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The Detroit times., 1914-08-27
SAYS RAILWAYS
ARE GOAT In
TAX MATTERS.
Suffer Because Other Property
is Undervalued, Declares
A. H. Green
REIMBURSEMENT NEEDED,
DETROITER ASSERTS
Says Stagnation in Electric Line
Development to Alleged I'm
fair Assessment

Andrew II. Green. Jr., who on Q trip
to the east several months ago made
an unsuccessful attempt to interest
oficials OF the Pennsylvania railroad
In q proposition to take over the Pere
Marquette. asserts that comprehen-
sive readjustment OF taxation assess
ments of property In Michigan and q
revising of the restrictive policy fol.
lowed In the regulation OF railroad
Affairs will be necessary before the
transportation facilities OF the state
can develop as they should.
An illustration of the way In which
the railroads have been hit more than
other property owners" said Mr..
Green to The Times. lis to be seen In
the taxes Of the Pere Marquette.
which have been increased 100000 In
the last six or seven years. When
you consider that this il the income
on $4,000. 900 investment you can ap-
preciate what q burden It Ii TO the
road under its present circumstances.
THE unfarness about II probably is
not In any over valuation OF the road
but In an differentiation Of other
kinds of property. II all kinds were
properly assessed. then the rate OF
taxation would be lower and the bur-
den on the Pere Marquette with its
present assessment would be less.
THE present situation IL bad. No
road can AFFORD to buy or build more
track In Michigan because. with the
existing conditions Of rates, taxation
and other restrictions, II could not
make q reasonable return on the In
vestment.
Look at the situation relative to
electric or interurban roads. No more
OF them IL being built. although q few
years ago there was an active invest
ment In that line going on. When
are cut on from floating
additional bonds to raise funds needed
to put them on q paying basis, 1t II
impossible for them to keep pace
with the growth OF the state. u.
1T Is true that there has been mis-
management Of some Of the roads In
the past, but that should not be held
against the present owners to the ex
tent Of preventing them from earning
a reasonable return on the actual In
vestment which the roads, represent
today"
The Detroit times., 1914-08-27
POLICE SEARCH
FOR DETROIT Girl

Detroit police have been asked to
search for Miss Adrienneede Drywere'
q maid In the home of Hugh Wallace,
OF No. 33 Virginia park. Mr.. Wallace
reported that the girl Is OF unusual
beauty and he fears she has been en-
ticed away He said he engaged the
girl in Belgium when he and HE ram
lily were travelling In Europe, two
years ago. and that the family mao
become very much attached to her'
When she fell recently and broke a
limb. the family sent her to the sea
shore to recover.
Aug. 10 she had recovered enough
to return, and Mr.. Wallace put her on
a train in Boston. She has not been
seen since, although her baggage was
called for here.
Mr.. Wallace thinks that two NASH
ily-dressed women he saw In the same
car the girl took may have had some
thing to do with her disappearance
The Detroit times., 1914-08-27

kissed him. HAS my father APP
peared YETI"
NO."
do you know anything at all about
him!" sadly.
Il thought I did. It's all tumble
to me- But beware OF the man who
brought you here. He Ii the head or
all our troubles; and II he knew !
was on board, he'd kill me out OF
hand. He'd have TO-"
Braine offered Bannock thousand
dollars to turn back rs far as Bos-
tom. and as Bannock had all the time
In the world, carrying no perishaoie
goods. he consented. But he never
could quite understand what foi.
lowed. He had put Florence and
Braine I'm the boat and landed them;
but when he went down TO see II
Braine had left anything behind, ne
found that individual bound and
gagged In his bunk.
(Contfnued Monday.D
The Detroit times., 1914-08-27
MCCARTHY NOSES OUT
SIMONS IN FIRST DISTRICT
lContinusd from Page OneJ

ing an investigation Of reported rreg-
ularities In certain precincts.
whether these reports are true or
not can have no way OF telling ex-
cept by recount" he said. III have
been fairly beaten, have no protest
to make. II IL was not q fair contest.
the facts should be known.
In the city primary. Mayor Oscar b.
Marx easily maintained his early lead
throughout the contest The race
which John Mcvicar ran against him
was, however. a surprise to many. Nc.
Vicar polled more than one-third or
the Republican votes cast. HIS
strength was chiefly in the residential
districts OF the city. The downtown
precincts were almost solid for Marx.
whose majority Is about $4,000.
City Treasurer Max c. Koch ran
ahead OF the mayor and received al
most three times as many votes as
his competitor, Aid. Otto Reinhardt.
The Republican state legislative
ticket for the Detroit district, with
practically complete returns In. Is as
follows: Ashley, Stevenson. Palmer.
Culver, Jerome, Martz, Jones, Ford,
McGraw, Flowers and Koehler. There
were eleven to be nominated. Rep.
A. Ward Copley ranks. twelfth with
chance to squeeze In IL late returns 60
in his favor. Copley was one of the
four present representatives which
the liquor men refused to put on
their slate.
or these four, only Rep. Charles
Flowers appears to have been success
fuI In the contest. Rep 0rvtce r.
Leonard, another of the four. ranks
seventeenth in the latest accounts.
Rep. Joseph p. Mas, the other one OF
the four, is twentieth.
Koeppner and Alexander, ranking
sixteenth and eighteenth, respective
", are the only members Of the liquor
slate who appear to have failed OF
nomination. Their places are held by
Rep. Flowers and Homer McGraw.
In the state senatorial districts, the
present senators were renurnfnHted
with safe margins. Senators Ogg, In
the Fourth, and Hanley, In the Third,
ran clean away from their compel
itors. Scott. In the Fifth, had closer
but won with safe mar
gin. His strongest opponent was
Coomer, who led in the early returns.
James A. Murtha. the Democratic sen.
ator from the Second district, was re.
nominated without opposition. The
First district which was represented
in the last legislature by Clarence E
Gittins, Progressive, selected Louis
A. Hilsendegen as the Republican
candidate.
The race to nominate two Republi-
cans for probate Judge finished exact.
ly according to dope" with Judge
Henry 8. Hubert first, Justice Edward
Command, good second. and Palmer
third. Carlyle and Erwin ran far be
hind.
A close contest for drain commits
sioner developed between Grant and
Schroeder. The former Is slightly In
the lead but a recount may be neces
sary to name the winner.
For county surveyor, Murdoch nosed
out Parker. with Smith trailing.
The Detroit times., 1914-08-27
$4,000 For 100 Words.
copyright. 1914. by
HAROLD Mac0RATH

The publication or --rne Million
Dollar Mystery" continues today.
The story runs for twenty-five con-
oocutive weeks in this paper, by
An ARRANGEMENT with the UNANIMOUS
~ Film company u has been maae
''poseibie not only TO read the story
u this paper, but also TO see IL each
week IN the various moving picture
xh&aters. For the solution OF this
Conditions GOVERNS the Contest.
The prize OF $4,000 will be won
~ the man, woman. or child who
writes the most acceptable SOLUTION
of the mystery from which the iast
will be made and the last two chap.
ters Of the story written by Harold
Mc3rath
Solutions may be sent TO the
chicaEo or New s' YorR. any time up
90 midnight. Dec. IA. They must
bear Postoffice mark not later IMAM
a board Of three judges will de-
tsrmine which Of the many solutiiSSns
sreceived Il the most acceptable. The
Judgment OF this board will be ap-
eolute and final Nothing OF
literary nature will be considered IN
sroe in the selection OF the winner
>of the sic, 200 prize. The last Two
reels which win give the most nc
ceptable solution to the mystery,
will be presented in the theateTs
having this feature as soon as " IS
practical to produce same. The story
to these motion PIC
lures will appear In the newspapers
coincidentally, or as soon after the
appearance OF the pictures as prac,
teal. With the last two reels VIII
be shown the pictures Of the win
sner. his or her home and other In.
toresting features. IL Is understood
that the newspapers. so far as prac-
teal. In printing the last two chap
ters OF the story by Harold McGrath.
will also show picture OF the sue
cessful contestant.
RI Solutions to the mystery must not
be more than 100 words long, Here
are some Of the questions TO be kept
~ mind in connection with the mys-
terry AZ an aid to n solution:
No. 1--What becomes OF the mil
No. swhat becomes Of the
10. s.whom does Florence mar
No. 4--what becomes OF the Rus
Gian countess7
q Nobody connected either directly
or indirectly with The Million Dol
AR Mysterys win be considered as
contestant
The Detroit times., 1914-08-27


didates In the race for the Republican
nomination for estimator-at-large, five
to be nominated. The other winning
four are. Clark. Gardner, Backus, and
Armstrong, with Ross only about SO
votes behind. In sixth place.
The ward contests for nomination
for estimator on the Republican
ticket, resulted as follows:
First ward, Hoffman and Davis;
Second ward. Van SICKLE and Hoff-
man; Third ward, no contest: Fourth
ward. no contest; Fifth ward, Pereira
and Thornton; Sixth ward, Sidebot-
tom and Langdon; Seventh ward, no
contest; Eighth ward, Purdie and
Kruger; Ninth ward no contest:
Tenth ward, Buchanan and Farley;
Eleventh ward, Gittschlag and Trav-
is; Twelfth ward. Lloyd and Fitzger-l
aid Thirteenth ward, Hintz and
Fourteenth ward, Beach
and wittmack: Fifteenth ward. Schae-
fer and Wilson: Sixteenth ward.
Schafer and Wright; Seventeenth
ward, Nichols and Engel.
There were no contests outside OF
the Republican party.
The Detroit times., 1914-08-27
WINDSOR TROOPS
ARE SAILING TODAY
Leave For Europe and Win
Soon be on the Battle
field

The 500 Windsor boys who left for
valcartier, Quebec, last Saturday, TO
join 10000 Canadian troops In the
mobilization camp there. sail. Thurs
day. for the continent of Europe.
their exact destination being kept se-
cret by Col. e. s. wigle, who received
notice Of the troops departure. We'd,
nesday.
The news that the windsor boys
are soon to be In the midst OF the
fighting on the European, battlefields,
from which such dreadful tales or
slaughter are being received daily.
has sent q CULVER through the little
city across the river, where thou
sands concealed their real fears, Sat
urday, and braFely babe the depart
ing ones God-speed.
Many had figured that the soldier
boys might never be called upon to
enter the actual battles across the
ocean. The hope was always present,
that orders taking them from Cana
dian soil, might never be received.
Some Of the Windsor boys will 20
as infantrymen. some as hussars, and
some will be attached to the ambu-
lance corps.
Thirty-four privates and, two non.
commissioned officers left Windsor.
Wednesday, for Ottawa, to Join Prin-
cess Patricia'sS Own infantry. which
will leave as soon as mobilization is
complete, for valcartier, there to
take ship for Europe.
The Detroit times., 1914-08-27
REPORTS THAT
NAMUR FORTS
HAVE FALLEN

the allied lines are forced back well
within French territory, the con-
sensus of opinion Is that long before
Paris can be seriously threatened the
Germans must withdraw to meet the
Russian peril.
Significant OF the difference between
offensive and defensive tactics wa3
statement today by the war ONCE that
the German losses to date are esti-
mated at three times those OF the
allies. And, the latter are admittedly
staggering"
The changes In the cabinet have
given the people much confidence.
The original announcement that Nil
lerand. Delcasse and BRAND desired
to serve In the council OF defense was
not relished by the French leaders
who realized that the national crisis
was far graver than even the presi-
dent cared to admit. The inevitable
result was that when the conference
at the Elysee took place, President
Poincare insisted that a new cabinet,
representing all OF the factions of the
republic, should be formed.
II is accepted that as minister Of
foreign affairs Theophile Delcasse
will have great influence with Italy.
He has just returned from Rome,
where he, In company with Count
Witte. the Russian statesman, was
successful in stiffening Italy's atti.
tude In refusing territorial pledges for
her support Of Austria and Germany
In the present war. Alexander Miller
and, the former Socialist minister,
brings to the war once an active
knowledge OF Its operations, having
served In his present post until his
reinstatement of Colonel Du Patty de
Clam In January, 1918, forced him to
retire As trained executive he will
be able to take much work or Gen.
eral Joffre's shoulders and leave the
|commanderin-chief free to perfect his
plans of campaign.
Oficials who admit the danger OF
the French lines being badly broken
In the north are insistent that the tide
of battle In Lorraine Is setting to.
wards France. The lighting there has
been continuous since last Friday.
when the general German advance be.
gan. and although the French were
compelled to retire to the protection
OF their secondary defense line II IA
now asserted they are making great
progress and have extended their
lines at number Of points across
the German frontier.
On the north II Is believed certain
the German advance Is well within
French territory. Estimates vary and
there are absolutely no facts on which
to base an accurate statement be-
cause the government refuses definite
ly to locate the fighting front.
That the casualties continue very
heavy is shown by the constant dis.
patch, to the front OF additional sur.
geons and medical supplies. Another
hatch went forward today.
The Detroit times., 1914-08-27

OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS.
e stanley Hargreave, millionaire. after
n,fracuious escape from the den OF
|@ho rang or brilliant thieves known as
|khe Blaok Hundred. lives the life Of
6c1uss for Is years Hargreave one
fGht comes face to face with the
ane's leader. Braine-
~ After the meeting. during which
|noather man apparently recognizes the
<Pss. Hsfgrsavs h nuT,a ana 70 ,ays pians
<or making his escape from the coun.
III. He writes q letter to the girls
Eohool In New Jersey where ~ years
oorotep his baby daughter. Florence
er 81 I daredevil aviator.
Brain0 and members OF his band sur
'kound Hargreave's home at night but
51tsidS zee ! balloon leave the roof
kieS Harsrs sSe' w sD known to have
saas cay sns Ssi o rs ssa i Sses
ana SrsppeS ra into ~, the PEI, sr,.
hool Princess Olga, Braines COM
[u1Qu, visits her AMI claims to be .
lctiye Two bogus detectives caii.
~ bribins the captain Of the Orient.
ct1on lays 2 trap for Braine and his
ysnts captain and she easily falls
90 the reporters snare. The plan
E9yes abortiye through Braine'. good
ok And only hireiings fall into the
xffsr failing in their nrst attempt.
~ Hiack Hundred trap Florence. They
~ her for money. but she escapes.
F6Pten and ne count ess cala- on Flor
~ the next day. once more safe at
Duo- The visitors having gone. Jones
@uoyes . section Of flooring. and from
o4Sfty takes box. Pursued by mem
&tching his movements. he rushes to
~ Weter front A thrilling race In
o<or boats ensues. Jones drops the
Into the sea and with his automa-
rsins concsives the idea OF giving
reaching party to which Florence In
Xxtod Jones and Norton both 70
9Ng and are fortunately on hand TO
t&e country house to which she 10
xlbrence goes horseback riding and
G4ptured by one OF Brainefs men
ns r DSq.nsS Merton rese as h Ter
~ make their complete escape only
<1f Norton has exploded a tire on the
"a approaching machine with bull
0ountess olga, schening to break
~ ongagement now existing between
loEo1ce Hargreave and Norton, invites
4oD both 20 her apartments and pre-
1o9 g faint In the reportsr's arms.
|0< the planned moment, and as result
|Ulxoo Norton back his ring.
OF Braine succeed In
kl1n4ptng Florence while she Is shop
c nsr az e ss neIsHn
list the girl had leaped into the sea
ana been drowned $500 -
The Detroit times., 1914-08-27
NOTICE OF CIVIL SERVICE Elk.
AMINATIONS. ~ y

Wednesday, Sept Q, 10 a. m.
Notwithstanding
Applications received not later than
Wednesday. Sept. 3
Thursday. Sept 10. 10 a. m.
CLERKS
Applications received not later than
Thursday. Sept, ..
wednesday, Sept ls, 10 a. m.
CITY FlREMEN
Applications received not later than
Wednesday. Sept =.
All examinations given In Council
Chambers. City Hall. on date and time
had by calling in person At the office
OF the Commission, zos Mofat Bldg
FRED w. SMITH
A-sos chisr Examiner.
The Detroit times., 1914-08-27
ROYAI OAK.

The Royal Oak Eastern Star chapter
county In picnic at Bob-Lo. Thurs
day.
william Lighthaii has gone on
nve.weeks' business trip In the Upper
Mr.. and Mrs. Clack and children re.
turned Tuesday from a trip to Ypsi-
lanti and Believille. ~
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark spent Wednesday
at Bob-lo.
The Royal Oak IRE department win
Birmingham win compete with Royal
Oak In water battle and hose race
and there will be various other con-
tests
By order OF the council DR.. Gas.
health officer, II flushing the hydrants
frequently I'm an effort 10 get rid OF
typhoid germs. found In a test OF the
village water supply.
The Detroit times., 1914-08-27

This tenement belonged to the
Hack Hundred; It concealed thou
Dond doors and . hundred traps. Its
hletQry was as dark as IT'S Railways. :
when Vroon and his companion,
mo had been waiting for him. des-
The Detroit times., 1914-08-27

The late figures also indicate that
David u. Heineman. OF Detroit. has
been nominated for lieutenant govern
or over Loren ID. Dickinson. OF Char
iotte, and Edward curts. Of Flint
The Detroit times., 1914-08-27

Dickinson ran surprisingly well In
the interior counties but Heineman's
big lead In Wayne county practically
assured him OF the victory. Today's
returns show him leading by more
than 5000 with Dickinson second and
Curtis q considerable distance behind
him.
Groesbeck's greatest strength de-
veloped In Wayne county In which
1913 out OF Ola precincts gave him q
lead OF more than 5000 over Osborn
and more than 10000 over Martindaie.
He was unable to keep pace with
Osborn In the state, however.
All returns "Wednesday showed Mar.
tindale strong second, although o.
born's victory was moro than appar-
emit. Reports from the copper coun-
try, where Groesbeck made an un-
usually strong race, we're received
late last night, and these placed him
ahead Of the secretary Of state by o
scant margin.
Despite his great showing In the
copper country Greesbeek.sE boast
that he would carry the upper PEN
Ursula did not materialize. Osborn
led him In all other parts Of that
section Of the state.
Wayne county returns from 1913 OF
the Fla precincts early today, give
oroesbeck ............fe,442
osborn ....,......... o,xlS
Martindale ........... 7,627
Linton, of Saginaw, and Ellis, OF
Grand Rapids, although polling heavy
votes In certain sections Of the state.
showed no appreciable strength and
were not reckoned with seriously at
any time. Linton was Q bad fourth,
more than 10000 votes behind the oc-
cupant OF third place. Ellis was
about 5000 behind Linton.
Heineman. a. did Groesbeck, ran
strong In Wayne county. He failed
to break event out In the state. but
the 1900 lead he received here made
him Q winner.
The Wayne county vote on lieutss-
ant-governor. was:
Heineman 1880
Dickinson ............ o,7o0
CUTS ................. wv
Later returns today cannot dimin-
ish the leads Of either Osborn or
Heineman, but may make some
change In the positions occupied by
the other contenders.
. .
The Detroit times., 1914-08-27

Busfness-like Prints-a. 40 ,fus, ma
no feathers The plain. neat kind that
looks right Times Printing Co.. IL
John II. 1T. fnone Main 1893
The Detroit times., 1914-08-27
ECORsn.

The Ecorse village schools will open
for the fall term next Tuesday.
z. labor day celebration az ID. A. Le
Blanc's. There will be chicken din
ner and supper and . program Autos
vluage 20 the picnic Erounds.
The Detroit times., 1914-08-27
BIRMINGHAM.


typhoid fever.
Mr.. and Mrs. James coibille. OF Chi
sago. are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. David
Mrs. Albert Blixburg and SON Dick
have gone to Cleveland to visit Mrs.
The a. J U. lodge was entertained by
Mr.. and Mrs. George Dawson at their
Mrs Smelling will soon leave for Can
ton. o.. 10 spend several months with
relatives.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Jane. Groves.
son.
Mrs Walter Tompson gave a party
for her children Wednesday afternoon
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Congleton. OF
Flint, are guests at the home OF Mr..
and Mrs. Frank German.
Mrs. Emma Robinson has returned
from n visit with relatives at Tawss
City.
for Mrs. G. J. Hupp. Mrs J. A. Bigsiow
and Miss Tallioferro.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cassius Crawford have
returned from their cottage at Pine
Lake.
Mrs. Charles Liiiis, OF Pontiac, Is n
guest OF her mother, Mrs. Jack Bald
win. ht~
The Detroit times., 1914-08-27

Kent county complete. and more than
ZOO OF the 214 precincts in Wayne
county gives ~
The Detroit times., 1914-08-27
SUBURBAN NEWS
YPsILANTI.


Floyd Collysr has returned from q
position with the 8. j. q c. r K. Co.
OF the s. city, snS h-: s0s
Detroit. In announced. Miss Yeatman
recently resigned her position as die
titan at the University hospital. Ann
Mrs. Duane SALISBURY has been en-.
tsrtaIning Miss Minnie Mulvansy. OF
Marengo.
Mr.. x Zee Payne :; ,s. Of Adrian, Is eusi-
ed TO her home in Lake Linden. after
an extensive visit Mt the home OF Mrs.
Prof. i. K. aorson tom and dsi family s have
returned from an outing at Gull lake,
Dr. 4. H. Lesson has returned from
* card has been received from the
Rev. Frank Kennedy who 10 In Madrid.
Spain The card was dated Aug. 10.
Dr., and Mrs. George M. Hull. Mr.:
Mrs Duane spais5ary are enjoyins q
ter, days outing at ssney. in the upper
Miss es,hersne y. coreet. will at.
The Rev. c. M. Creighton Will oc-
cupy the Presbyterian pulpit, sunday
at both services. during the absence
Mss whS n ns
cd TO her work as supervisors OF the
commercial department OF a pdbilc
school In Oregon. $3.50 !.
the position OF first and second grade
teacher In the Adams school.
Miss Leone De Pew has returned
from q visit In Dawson.
Miss Bertha Landowner, formerly
connected with the Schaible- Wiedmar
garage has accepted position In Ann
Miss Hazel Killan IL entertaining
Mrs. Eben Van curen. OF Toledo. o.
The Bennett fisherman reunion will
be held Saturday In Prospect park.
Doe Msrkle is taking weeks yaca.
Miss Eva Kishiar, or the Adam,
school. has been elected to position
The Crescent Aid society was en-.
tertainsd this afternoon at the home OF
Mrs. Horace Lafiin.
bo wil ham. Court ~ !, Visiting Ct his boy
The annual picnic OF the Do VIVA,
You Can circle Of Kings Daughters
was held today at the home Of Wallace
Born 70 DR.; and Mrs. H. H. Harper
wyn wallace has gone to Pittsburgh
Pa. In the interests OF Grand Rapid,
Mrs: Horace Carpenter. Of adrian. /,
spending the week with her daughter
Mrs. p. +. skinner.
ANah IoctHhH nhb peen granted
Two weeks vacation by the -. J. h &
n. X. Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert w. Hyne, hay,
returned from their honeymoon triI
which was spent at Portage lake ane
are .at home" TO their friends at No
Miss stella Horner returned toda,
from ten days outing az Mackinas
Enoch Thorn, Of Canada, a forne,
member OF the Cleary Business Col.
lege faculty, In In the city, called here
by the serious illness Of his father.
Miss Hazel Roberts In seriousIy Ill
pr. George Mckay II en- route FOL
The annual picnic OF the stony Creek
Sunday school will be held Wedncs.
day afternoon, Sept 2. on the parson.
Mr.. and Mrs. wilkes Patterson r..
turned today to their home in Pur,
Huron; after visit with Mr.. and Mrs
I. Th e S.,, y schaiele /. spending tn.
Miss Amanda Wagg Will be the neu
principal OF the Woodruff school.
wesley Beadle, former principal q,
the woodruff school, has saccepted :
similar position at Harbor Sprlngs
Mrs. Cora Slicker has rettirned n
Monroe. after a visit at the home ~
her sister. Mrs. Ella Ableson.
Mrs. 0. N. Baker IL visiting In Ply.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alec Nuian and daurn.
ter are enjoying an outing In Detroit
this week.
The Detroit times., 1914-08-27
FIVE ALDERMEN
ARE CUT DOWN
IN PRIMARIES

tContinued from page o.e.,
The Detroit times., 1914-08-27

Later returns today cannot dimin-
ish the leads OF either Osborn or
Heineman. but may make some
change In the positions occupied by
the other contenders.