The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-09-19
OPENING OF THE
MICHIGAN FAIR
FIRST DAYS CROWD AT THE 1914
STATE EXPOSITION BREAKS
RECORD.
GOVERNOR FERRIS SPEAKS
Mayor Oscar MARI Opens Fair and
4 Welcomes the vlsltors to Detroit
Eugene v. Debs Also De
llvers Address.

uvero Aooreoo.
Lansing-With the slap-bang char
acterfstic Of q huge Labor day crowd,
the Michigan state fair opened, all
exhibits ready and without slip In
the program.
This is the biggest opening day
the fair ever had" was the optimistic
EXPRESSION Of Manager @. w. Dckin-
son.
Il should say there are at least
10000 people on the grounds. and for
the opening day this fair is corker."
said President Aiken of the fair a..
sociation. x.
Although the scarcity of half-dol-
lars for the turnstiles damped the
'ardor Of thousands OF visitors when
1t held them back from twenty to
forty minutes at the gates, eliciting
much profanity and torrid aspersions
on the fair management. dispositions
improved when the changing pano-
rama of the fair flashed In sight.
No accidents. further than automo-
biles throwing tires during the aft
ernoon races. marked the day. One
man was arrested because he tried to
make easy money passing his belt
with an admission button riveted on
It, through the fence at 80 much per
pass-through. He said his name was
Edward Dalton and that he lived in
Glare. He was locked up In Sheriff
Oakman's "coop-on-wheels" to await
transfer to the county Jail.
Five takers. whose games were
Judged by Deputy Sheriff Cooper
Smith to be too near the color Of
gambling, were ordered closed up.
The games had been approved on de-
scription to Sheriff Oakman. but when
IN operation appeared to be little
''of color"
Deputy sheriffs were kept busy
chasing agile pole-climbers away from
highly-charged electric light wires.
They had climbed up to get better
look at the vaudeville, auto racing
and aeroplane program. With force
OF 4S deputies in his charge. Sheriff
Oakman was able to look after mat
tiers In general with good results dur
ing the day.
Mayor B. Marx formally opened the
fair by short address from. the
stand in the grove He welcomed the
visitors to Detroit and introduced Gov
ernor Ferris, who congratulated the
people Of the state on the fine pros
poets offered by the fair.
Eugene ". Debs, former Socialist
candidate for president OF the Unit
ed States. delivered an address or
"The Laboring Man." From the wal
situation in Europe he drew material
for characteristic attack on the coun
tries at war.
war is inevitable In capltalistit
nation" he declared. Because these
nations are capitalistic in their gov
eminent, they are fighting for com
mercial supremacy. They must ex
pand or burst They are commercial
rivals and enemies, though calling
themselves Christians. The govern
ment furnishes the patriotism. and thu
1aboring men furnish the corpses. Tit
belligerents are seeking for control o
the worlds market. and have beer
preparing for this war SO years"
No part OF the characteristic fai
picture, as fair pictures go, wa
lacking. Bellows-lunged and raucous
voiced fakirs. cut the air into sliv
ers and cubist chunks. The churcl
"feed.mills' were there for the hun
CRY. AS early as the first day o
the big agricultural and human inter
est show there was the unmistakabl
sprinkling Of the rural visitor. job
and Mary with the whole outfit an
the dog were there.
Catholics Meet In Detroit.
with 10 delegates present fror
many points in Michigan. the twenty
second convention Of the Germa
Catholics Of the state opened in 8
Mary's school and church In Detroi
The visitors were welcomed to tn
city by Hilarious Schaefer, presider
of the local committee, at the nrs
meeting in the school hall. The dell
gates marched In procession to s
Mary's church where pontifical hig
mass was celebrated by Rt. Rev. E'
ward d. Kelly. auxiliary bishop Of tn
diocese of Detroit.
Rev. Francis J. Haick. pastor
st. wenceslaus church. of this cit,
preached the sermon, on "Christia
Education" He reviewed the VOL
done by the German Catholics I
Michigan in the education Of Il
young and the training Of youn