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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-03-28
PLOT | FLUNDER
PAWlSH1P HERE
BAREDTOSLEUTn
Felix Jspp TsIls q Plan to Pun
orr III Job b Gross
Nights
ARREST IN CLEVELAND
PREVENTS LOCAL CRIME
Detroit Youth and Two Others
Sent To Prisoa For Burg
larry in Ohie City

Details Of Z daring plot to plundel
the pawnshop OF Joseph 0rosslight
lat No. 80 AGonroe-ave., and 20, Per
haps. repeat crime similar to thu
staying OF Pawnbroker Joseph Meyer
several years ago. were barred 20 Do
tecttve Brady. Of Cleveland. and D.
Felix Jepp. Detroit youth, convicted
and sentencod h Cleveland, this wee1
with Julius Cunning and another
youth. On charges Of burglary.
The youths were sentenced 10 serve
from one 70 ave years each IN thu
Ohio pexitentjary.
Joe" 0rosaisht spilled the story
lof the plot, Saturday. and Detective
Dowd reluctantly admitted that Il
wAs true. when asked about Il. and
said that he was looking M some
local burglaries, a. the three young
burglars had stated that they did sev'
eral Jobs here. 0roooIight had
heard the story OF the Cleveland rev
elAtjons. through Z Detroit detective,
and says that = few weeks ago be
received 3 mysterious warning - be
careful. ~ he might share Mcyer'a
fate.
"Detsetive Brady and young Jepp
got 70 b quite friendly. while JSpp's
trial was pending say \ Detective
Down, and Jepp told ~. finally. that
his arrest IN Clsseland spoiled 7
good Job h DUtroit.' Then he STATED
that he and bis rang, including the
two implicated with him IN Cleve'
land. had laid al their plans to haks
10 big haul In 0roGellght's, just 1t the
noon hour.
"Hs said they didn't want 10 tackle
Joe Grosslight hut would watch un-
I'll he went to dinner 1t IL o'clock.
|anc would then sannter In and AK
Morton 6ilIman. the clerk. 70 show
them Z trunk. Part Of the rang would
hit Sulman on the head and shut him
up n the trunk. while Charley Gross
hght Joeis son, Would b. held up at
the paint of . revolver, and then slng-
I'd. and locked - q the sa1e. Then
the bandits planned TO take Of their
coats, walk into IT, NonroeAve. show
window h their s11rt sleeves. to die
arm suspicion. anA proceed TO 70
move everytAing q value. n the
window. and make = quick get away.
Tn1V satd they had planned some
Cleveland Jobs 70 ~ done Arst. and
|WoulA then tackle tho 0Fossllght job.
hut vsse caught While On their Cleve'
lnmd burgIaTtes.~
Morton Gfllman. tle clerk who Wa
~ ~ Sluoged and packed N thu
trunk, was clerk fDr Joosph M0yoP at
n tims ne lsttsr ~as slain N n
Glllman Wa an important witness
n the Subsequent trial Of Harry
Parksr- and HARRY Johnson" who
asU serving liSs sentences In Mar.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-03-28

Fluffy" Woods, oneptimo member
q the underworld, has . week Ia
which to reform. and give up the man
she calls husband" or 70 ray good
bye forever to her 11-yearsold child.
This 10 the ruling Of Judge Hulbsrt,
In juvenile court. The Children's AID
society brought action to have the
child taken from her. "F1uffy" ap.
pearsd to hight the case. but admitted
che II living with man not her hus.
band.
The child had bean kept IN board.
ing school while her mother was 4
citixen Of the district. and since III
abolishment she has been with her
mother In . boarding house conduct.
- BY FLUFFY" Judge Hubert said
he would take the child away II ''p1uf'
~ did not reform and start In Ia
earn m honest living. She has Z
week to make up her mind.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-03-28
PRODUCE MARKgf

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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-03-28

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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-03-28

Our grocer tells nc that no gives
short weight % some customers be.
cause II. Il long wait for them to
pay their bills.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-03-28

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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-03-28

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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-03-28

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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-07
-Four Months OF War

M OST of the military experts appear to
lY1 agree that the end Of the fourth month
Of conflict finds the Teutonic armies with
nothing ahead Of them except a defensive
campaign, which may be dragged out for
long time. Germany has shouted from the
house tops that her plan, If great war broke
out, would be to crush France to the earth.
so as to release her troops to perform the
same kind office for the Russians. This was
to be attained by hurting overwhelming
masses against the western foe with such
speed that 1870 would be re-enacted. This
made the violation Of Belgian neutrality a
military necessity" but 1t did not take into
account the possibility that the Belgians
might not be tame spectators.
So the French have not been crushed. In
stead, they have fought the Germans to
standstill, and are growing in strength all
the time as are their allies, the British. The
masses of German soldiers were hurled ac-
cording to program, and very valorously
these masses have marched to death in still
uncounted thousands.
In the eastern fields the Russians have
obliterated the memory of the Japanese War.
They have foreseen Teutonic strategy with an
almost uncanny prescience, and their own
plan of campaign has worked out with dead
ly precision Their soldiers are now we'll
within Prussan territory; they have over
run Galicia, and neither German nor Aus
TRAN can stay their further progress.
After four months Of war, then, what has
been called the greatest military organiza-
tion of all time, whose living parts possess
an almost unhuman courage, finds its
strength ebbing away while the forces of its
opponents steadily improve in numbers and
in morale strip of neutral territory has
been occupied and laid waste, 80 also strip
of French territory. But the signs are that
even these poor guerdons of slaughter and
destruction will soon be restored to their
rightful owners
1t will gradually sink into the German
people, united though they may be In sup
port OF the war, that they are not getting
much return for having made their country
an armed camp for generation. An abor-
tive adventure for world empire will be poor
compensat ton for a father who has lost his
sou. for the wife who has lost her husband,
and for the many, many thousands of Grip
pies whom war robs of mans fair proper
tons When that realization becomes gem
eral in Germany-it must be seeping In by
this ttme-those who inculcated the military
ideal and profted by 1t will probably fall
upon very evil days.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-07
A Chance for Better Baseball

D ICHMOND'S community spirit should be
IN squarely and strongly behind the effort
to bring an International League baseball
club to this city. Chances Of effecting this
are brighter than they have ever been, and
they should not be dimmed or lessened by
any failure of public understanding public
interest.
The Virginia League is Glass d organi-
zation, while the Internationals class is A.
In standing, the international ranks just be-
low the majors and three grades above the
league that now supplies Richmond fans With
the only professional baseball they have a
chance to see here. The margin of difference
between teams of the international and those
CT the majors Is thin paper. 1t was
generally admitted by baseball experts that
the Baltimore Orioles. at tho beginning Of
last season, were of full major league calibre.
Richmond fandom and will support
better baseball. 1t Will be great thing for
the city.if the change Is made.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-07
War News Fifty Years Ago

Down on the James River front. (which the
YANKEES call the Richmond front" there were
substance OF all of these rumors lead us to
believe that big fight is imminent. 1t may
confederate officers are ready for 1t, and, what
ever may come, tho grand army Of the South Is
ready and prepared for any emergency.
From down on the James there comes the
information that the whole of the negro force
has been consolidated into one corps of African
lighters" whatever TINT may mean. and that
the negroes crossed the James River night before
last; Yesterday they occupied the line from
Fort Harrison to the river. The white troops
stationed there went off towards our left; that
Is to say. to tho enemy's right. 1t is understood
that there, or near there, the enemy has accumu-
lated very large army.
Tho Northern white soldiers do not take on
very readily with tho negroes who have been
impressed into the Federal service by General
Butler. There come reports from across the
lines that General Grant disapproves of Buffers
plan OF enlisting negro soldiers Grant did not
object to this kind OF thing very heartily until
tho affair at tho Crater convinced him that the
negro soldier was In no way dependable
Intelligence has reached Richmond that q
large number OF transports. heavily laden with
TIRE ,roUps FOR Grants army are sailing down
peako Bay. Tho estimate Is that not less than
5000 troops are aboard Of those transports.
The report comes to army headquarters that
considerable force OF the enemy under cavalry
flags han entered the upper section OF Fauquier
farm products and everything else that may be-
OF service to the confederates. However.
say Just
New York papers are actually pathetic in
their appeals to the patriotism OF the North to
give General Grant more mon. They say: "All
General Grant wants now is more men to deal
a finishing blow to the Confederacy and end
From the latest copy we have OF the New
York Herald, 1T Is learned that Generals Grant
and Butler tthe Beastl returned from confer
ence In Norfolk on the second ultimo. When
they landed both generals sought their regpec-
Two HEADQUARTERS. and neither told the news
paper men what they had been talking about.
emf has inf fh,&
ADMIRAL semmes reached Bagdad Mexico, on the
nth uitimo but wasted time there. He
hurried to the Rio Grande, and, crossing tho
same. landed on Confederate soil. that is to say
IN Texas. and from there he is making his way
to Richmond to make official report to the
Navy Department OF the Confederate States of
America. -
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-07

Tive action which the outsider MID
imngine-in spite of himself he L
comes q good deal OF n politician, d
probably at the Same time good al
more useless to the country than
would be were the House or RepI
democratic body.
II was interested In a lot Of thip
outside of the regular routine OF Cd
gross as Imposed upon IL by the Pre-
dent. j went to work with all the
noccnce and energy OF new man,
troduced my bills. prepared my ST
jects. and tried to get hearings beft
the committees. found my colIeaRt
generous with their time and patien
and willing to do everything I'll
could for me-but within tho linn
OF the system. And ms the years o.
crossed and one session melted Into &
other, j discovered that the limits
the legislative system here are 30 nj
row that literally ecores of tho sti
plcst and most necessary measuj
must be put over year after year urS
finally when they become law they q
practically out OF date.
ConErcss a Decade Behind.
In short. Congress is such clun
body that 1t IS necessarily ecade
so Behind the actual needs of tho cou
try. Take. as n sirgle example, {
revision OF the Federal workme
compensation act. This revision Is 9
solutely necessary. Experts arc agrl
upon 1t. and there is practically
organized opposition to II that Is wof
considering. Still the bill does not pa
and in all probability Will not pass
ut least three or four years to cor
l have the feeling that 1t is waste
time for a young and energetic IN
like myself to hang around these In
with tho mere hope of being able
Jump on bandwagon some time I
fore he dies. / think that the pls
for MEN like me Is outside Of ConHre
SO long as Congress Is organized
such a fashion that 1t can do very ]
tie inside OF It,"
or course, these are the views OF
exceptional man, a man who got ir
politics for other reasons besides I
desire to hold job. Not all lame due
would share in these views. nor wot
themselves. It Is evident, howev
from the most cursory sort OF &C
versation with samples of this spec
that there is In the status OF being
lame duck nothing particularly trag
The average lame duck Is bearing
under his decrepitude fairly we'll.
the very least he has had couple
years In Washington. D. c.. which
liberal education in itself, and
matter whether he returns to the me-
private OF private lives, or secures
appointment to a Federal positi
which forever makes 1t unnecessa
for him 10 worry about his salary,
has a life connection with the Unit
States government which renders h
a better trained. IL not better citiz
of his country.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-07
PARIS NIGHTS PLUNGED IN GLOOM

Correspondence OF Associated Press
PARIS. November 25.-Montmartre
has been put to sleep by martial law.
The Butte" from Batignolles to Belle
Vile. is plunged in gloom. and to the
wakcful spirits that still haunt the
streets and boulevards 1t seems as IL
the light OF the world had gone out.
FlickerB from thousands of bar fronts,
until 8 o'clock strikes. seem to make
a timid effort at revolt. then go out
as II 1t were no use. The contest with
Gallieni is too unequal Popular res
taurants OF the more serious minded
order hold out longer, but the lights
BIO out at half-past, Q. Then Mon
martre fades Into nothing.
The Moulin Rouge" seems to have
gone blind; the enormous wings OF its
windmill, that for SO many years have
INCREASINGLY revolved in rudy glow
Of electric Temptation. are, motionless.
The Moulin de la Galette," possessed
now by women Of the upper crust
grinds out daily grist OF soldiers
shadows fall 1t stands like ghost
of past glories looking over the anaes-
thetized Joy that lies at Its feet.
The cabarets are closely hidden be-
hind iron shutters, as IL to spare the
passer-by the pain OF regretful memo
rles. Hell" seems to have decided
that It cannot compete with war. The
gates OF Heaven" are shut, until the
end of 1t all makes 1t worth while open
ing, and Meant" quite invisible in the
dark shadow OF the boulevard. can only
typify what Montmartre has become.
"The Rat Mort" 1.-THE Abbaye" and
kindred institutions whose mission In
life has been to turn night into day,
have shrunk before the task Of turn
ing day into night, and have retired
like groundhogss into their winter
holes. go
If Afontmartre is asleep. 1t is not
absolutely. deserted. Long columns OF
promenaders walk It's streets, after
having exhausted the last bit of pa.
tience OF the military regulations, but
they appear to have lost their way, and
not to know where they are going.
It Is rather melancholy spectacle,
and. perhaps, tho most bewildered of
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-07
LAMENT OF A LAME DUCK

WASHINGTON. December Cit Isn't
half SO bad to be lame duck as the
general reputation OF the term implies
The lame ducks who are coming bach,
to Washington Just now. ready for their
Inst session OF Congress-, their last trip
Mt tho profitable rate OF 20 cents n
mile. their last fraction Of those COM
Portable $500 salaries. are, on the
whole looking great deal more cheer
ful than the mere outsider might con-
lecture
OF course. the regular rolo OF the
lame duck is to look completely cha
grined. and II smiling at NIL. then smil-
ing bravcly. in order to conceal n
broken heart According to tradition,
the lame duck Is always looking for
n Federal Job, In which he may con-
tinue to render services to the public
and II he falls to land such Job. he
Is. technically speaking, no longer
lame. but dead AS far az WashIngto on
is concerned, he has passed beyond the
horizon, and II he ever shows up above
1t. II will always be with tho careful
explanation that he Is has been
who is trying to come back"
A member OF Congress who has Just
been defeated for reelection to-day
consented to make known his views OF,
his experience In the House OF Repre-
sentatives during his one term. In
that time, he was the member OF an
important investigating COTInlttee hnO
n member OF an important committee
OF the HouHe. and made an enviablo
record for n one-termer. He has no
prospect whatever of a Federal Job.
and expects to return homo after March
4 to take up the practice of law. in
which he will earn moro money than
was paid him In salary as a member
OF Congress- Had he been reelected.
no would probably have been able to
do more effective work In the House
along the lines In which he Is inter-
eBted. and II Is quito possible that the
luck Of politics would have made him
n prominent and useful member OF the
House.
He Found Restrictions.
Asked how he felt about his defeat
and how he liked being n lame duck.
he answered: -
WELT to tell the truth. I have a feel
ing of relief. 1 feel AZ IL now I might
be able to get out and do something.
AS you know. ] have been oppressed
during my term by the same thing
that holds down and Expresses many
the Individual man, strive as he may,
Is under tremendous handcaps unless
he absolutely conforms and surrenders
to the powers that be- Now. while I
have been on perfectly good terms
with the leaders OF the House. and
while cannot complain of their per-
sonal treatment of me In any way,
have, nevertheless. suffered from the
sense of being restricted, of being held
down whenever anything that was not
on the regular program came my way.
In other words, the average man in
Congress has not the liberty Of efrec-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-07
Economy Duty of Congress

wv HEN Congress assemblies to-day for the
wv short session, its principal business
will be the passage OF the appropriation bills
necessary for the conduct of the government
1t is assumed that the Democratic majority
will see to it that these measures are framed
in accordance with and limited by that wise
economy that the existing situation renders
imperative.
Wise economy of course, is not the same
thing rs foolish parsimony. Government
must he carried on, and there is neither
rhyme nor reason In policy which handi-
caps the country's business energies and
hampers its development
Economy means that there must be no
waste. 1t means ALSO in the OF nation
in that OF an individual. that 1t must get
along without Injuries. 1t means, in times
like these, that there must be no extraordin-
airy capital expenditures save those absolute
ly and imperatively required.
The country looks to Congress, and espe-
cialiy to the Democracy in Congress, to see
that these considerations are kept in mind
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-07
Violating It's Own Ordinance

THERE is an element Of rich humor in the
fact that the city Of Richmond has been
placed on the docket of the Police Court for
maintaining a nuisance, the charge SO made
being one consequence of the crusade to free
the streets of unnecessary rubbish and
waste.
That city employees should violate city
ordinance is not absolutely new thing, but
it is rare indeed that such violations are
followed by docket charge. Private citizens
and corporations should be required to OBJ
serve the law and punished for persistent
refusal or failure, but certainly it is not too
much to expect that the city government
will set q proper example.
few days ago we ventured, In this con-
nection, some casual remarks about the mote
in the pubics eye and official Richmond's
beam. Perhaps we should have said beamA
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-07
RICHMOND TIMES DIsPATcH MONDAY, DECEMBER q 1914.

coveries OF science must all be used prodi-
gally and ruthlessly, to obliterate 'the
enemy" It
Something Of all this is connoted by word
which in time OF, peace has little exact signifl-
canoe, although It always has but one for
soldiers. Men call their brothers enemies
because of difference of opinion about
horse trade; in pining political strife that
now most dreadful expression, "the enemy"
is used as interchangeable with 'the other
fellow" not one hair of whose head does
anybody wish to harm or course, the
word has been merely Communicated to
serve military purpose, otymologically
it means nothing more dreadful than mot
friend" But war transmutes innocent
things to further deadly ends, and just as the
effects Of war are felt generations after peace
is declared, SO for many years to come 1t is
probable that "the enemy" will carry with
1t the note of horror and the feeling of terror
and will be banished from the everyday
vocabulary of grief-stricken world.