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The Detroit times., 1915-07-28
FAIL TO
BLOW SAFE
Amateurs Try Job In
Restaurant Without
Success

Burglars who entered the restau-
rant OF George Sucking. No. IL
John R.-st.. made an Intellectual ef.
fort to blow the safe. some time
Tuesday night. but succeeded only
In knocking on the combination
knob. and bullying out the front
plate of the safe. being unable to
get into the cash box, which contain
ed about $3.50.
Detectives Grove and Hayes. who
investigated the report turned In
when the restaurant was opened.
Wednesday morning. believe that
the safe crackers were amateurs.
and that ordinary gunpowder formed
their explosive. instead Of the pow
erful E;tro-glycerin.
The thieves had gathered up many
napkins and tablecloths, and used
them TO deaden the sound made
when they hammered of the COM
oinaticn. before drilling the safe.
Anthony Asiulewicz, Of No. 1909
Michigan-ave.. reports that thieves
forced a rear door OF his store some
time during the night. opened the
safe, which is believed TO have been
LETT unlocked. and stole $500 from
the cash drawer
Detectives Coil and O'Donnell are
investigating.
The Detroit times., 1915-07-28
FRANCE STEMS
TIDE OF WAR AT
CRITICAL MOMENT
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS.
tSfaf Correspondent United Press.
THIRD STORY.

PARIS, July 2S.-When General
de Maud'huy blocked the kaiser's
legions in their smashing drive for
Dunkirk, Calais and Boulogne, he
scored for France one OF the biggest
victories of the first year Of the
great war.
The Germans even place this bat
tie first In Importance. and their
verdict In this matter might well be
taken. since they, better than any
body else. should know just what
success there would have meant to
them.
Whatever else victory Of the I'm
perial arms would have meant. II
would have brought them In sight OF
England. the whole course Of the
war would have been changed and
the result probably have been disas-
trous TO the Allies cause.
AS IL turned out, General de
Maud'huy's success completely used
up Germany's initial strength. or
what was left OF II after the Marine,
heightened the battle front consid-
erably and inavgurated the strength
sapping winter campaign In the
trenches. each OF these a hard blow
TO the Teutonic hordes. For not
only were they thus doomed to
months of immobilization when time
was 50 valuable to them. but GenerS
al Joffre was given time 10 reor-
ganize his resources in men and
material both on and back OF the
line. how an urgent and necessary
thing.
After the battle OF the Marne. in
early October. the second great Ger.
man offensive began; the dash for
the sea. General Joffre began a
similar movement about the same
time. his object being to turn his
opponents right flank. A. series OF
surprises followed. Everywhere
they went in their turning move
ment northward. they found the Ger
mans a little ahead OF them and
though at the start Won Bulow's
move seems to have geen taken fos
an endeavor to turn the French
left, 1t was now perfectly evident
that the, mass descent upon Paris
had been transformed into a ad-
vance against the channel ports BY
the middle of October. a formidable
The Detroit times., 1915-07-28
DETROIT TIMES

lish offensive to begin--May /. The
Germans believe this second Battle
Of Ypres has. done more 10 confuse
the EAslish and create discontent
among them than any other event OF
the war. BY every Law OF warfare
the British ought greatly to have
outnumbered the Germans. and yet
the latter were able to drive the en-
envy back almost at win. Ypres II.
self was saved TO the English by lit.
tie more thSa an accident. The Brit.
ish newspapers were preparing the
pc.d.c for its evacuation when more
pressing interests demanded the at
tention OF the Germans elsewhere.
The loss OF the western border OF
Alsace 10 the French ia the only
continental defeat the Germans must
acknowledge az the close OF the first
year OF the war. The sentimental
Importance TO the French of seixing
a part OF Alsatian territory far out
weighs the military value to Ger.
many of driving the French across
the vosges. At present the French
hold little more than the foothills of
the vosges. This they have been
able to do because the Alsatian
slopes OF the vosges are so precipi-
tous that troops coming down hill
have an immense advantage over
those trying to 60 uphill. But II the
war goes far into its second year.
and II the eastern situation permits.
the French will have to climb back
again.
The Detroit times., 1915-07-28
CHAPTER VII.

A rear-admiral came this morning
to the ship. OF course. every one
was dressed In his best. the band
was on the spar decR!2t ofhcers
awaited him at the st6fboard gang
way. the sailors stood attention. the
marines presented arms.
Az the launch touched the gang
way. the bo's'n piped the side. six
Jackies fell In, forming an aisle at
the top. and ms the admiral stepped
into II the whistle was answered by
two rolls Of the drum-the last rat
tie Of which mingled with the fare
Of trumpets. that Justify played Hail
to the Chief"
The commander-in-chief saluted
the ship. The captain and nag lieu
tenant stepped forward to greet him.
escortinS him aft to his quarters,
while Q rear admiral's salute TIA
guns). silenced the music OF the
band. While the salute was firing.
the pennant was hauled down and
the flag run UP. A rear admiral's
Dag IL a blue field with two white
stars upon H. An admiral's dag IL
the only nag that ever floats at
night; but at sea. or in port through
all kinds OF weather. 80 long as we
carry an admiral, that dag will pro-
claim IT,
From ancient custom the captain
10 still called "the skipper" the doc.
tor is called Microbes" the earpcu.
ter. Chips" the chaplain. "Sky
Pilot" etc. and because the admiral
has nothing to do with our ship he
ID nicknamed ''the Passenger"
One OF Yokohama's boasted prides
is its police force: still know sea
men who tell how they have taken
their swords away from them. toss
ing them upon the roofs. just to see
them 60 down on their knees In
salaams to their torment
ors.
My own experience with them was
on leaving the wrestling match on
Christmas night. There was a gang
OF US. and as we walked along we
heard a high note Of undeniable
English running through 1t. Follow
ing the note around the corner into
q by-street. there was Billie. one OF
our sick-bay nurses. He is the small
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front was presented by the Germans
clear to the North Sea and the sit
pation looked serious.
There are really three gates TO the
channel. The User river. La Bassee
and Arras. the last being considered
by far the best since Il not only
opens the road TO the coast but TO
Paris as we'll Against the Prus-
SLAMS were General d'Urbars Eighth
army. the British Expeditionary
Force. the tattered remnants OF the
Belgian army and General de
Msud'huy's Tenth Army. the last
named holding the critical point be
tween Albert and point to the
North OF Arras, against the whole
of Won Bulow's command.
Military writer's agree the attack
on Arras was probably the critical
moment OF the terrific attempt OF
the Germans TO reach the channel
coast. The bombardment Of the city
began Oct. s while General de
Maud'huy. Just outside the city TO
the eastward was holding In check
the rapidly increasing army OF Won
Bulow, the Bavarians to the north
trying 10 our flank him.
The great battle for the posses
sion OF Arras continued until Oct.
26. the Germans at one time enter.
ing the city, The famous Prussian
Guards hammered away at the
French. making some OF the most
desperate assaults OF the war. Their
hopes 10 slash their way through
10 the coast. cutting OF large slice
of France and what remained OF
Belgium. and with this territory tens
OF thousands Of prisoners. including
the entire Belgian army and the
whole of the British Expeditionary
Corps. not 10 mention seriously ham
pering communications between
France and England.
But de Maud'huy held firm and
more: he drove the Germans. includ-
ing the Prussian Guard. from Arras.
He kept open the lines Of communt
cation and trainload Of reinforce
ments poured into the north OF
France. The Allies owe him q great
debt, for his was one OF the finest
performances Of the war.
After Arras. the Germans tried
to break through on the User: they
tried to get past Dixmude. defended
by the gallant Admiral Ronarc'h and
his daredevil Breton Marines. La
Basse saw very stubborn lighting and
lastly one OF the greatest engage
ments OF the whole war came at
Ypres with the British. In bulldog
fashion. holding practically the
whole OF the line.
But after all. Arras was the main
gate 10 the coast and had de
failed there. the other
fighting probably would not have oc-
Cured. His victory was the deci-
sive one.
In subsequent battles had the Al
las been forced back at any point
were 1T hand and
the thing could have been remedied.
The British victory at Ypres. by some
said to be- the biggest battle not only
Of this war, but Of all time. was not
Of itself decisive since de Maud'huy
ad won out at Arras BY Oct. Is, IN
suring the arrival Of reserves all
along the line a. far north as the
sea: and, had the German advance
The Detroit times., 1915-07-28

They are even bringing back iron
the trenches skilled workmen who's
enlistment. II IL now agreed. Shouts
never have been permitted. The en-
rollment OF volunteers for the king
army-the use of the term "kitch
ener's army" has recently beer
abandoned In the postets--of cours,
continues. but the enlistment o.
men at all qualified to work in mu
milton shops is discouraged.
With the realization that organic
alton of the country's Industries for
the manufacture of munitions had
become imperative came apprecia
ton of the fact that the machinery
OF the government was inadequate,
Lord Kitchener had not only been
overloaded personally. but the an
tiQuated system of the war Office
had proved itself incapable OF
handling the problem. So the gov
ernment-mostly Prime Minister
Asouith--decided to appoint a gen.
eral business manager.
Lloyd George, the little Welsh so
licitor who so successfully had been
running the nations finances. after
a record OF constructive reform leg
islation without parallel in history.
was chosen. He was given the title
Of minister OF munitions: but his
commission was practically TO take
charge Of the industries OF the coun-
try. The first thing he did was TO
tell his fellow-countrymen the truth
the grave danger confronting the
empire through the deplorable slack
ness hitherto prevailing in the man
ufacture OF the instruments OF war
fare. Next he brought both labor
and capital into line. He got the
trades unions associated with MUM
ion-making to agree TO suspend dur.
Ing the war their rules restricting
output and 10 bend all their ener-
yies toward the desired object; and
he got the manufacturers to agree
10 forego all additional profts arts
ng out OF war contracts in excess
u 20 per cent. To cinch matters
he had parliament put these and
,ther regulations into legislation.
including immediate government
control Of the workshops. and the
:reation OF q munitions court with
,ower to infiict adequate penalties
or sickness. strikes. lockouts. etc.
to insure an uninterrupted
low Of munitions In the largest
quantity possible from the United
states and Canada he sent hot-foot
o America one Of England's ablest
BUSINESS men. ID. A. Thomas.
Meantime, just to demonstrate.
lloyd George went out into one OF
he manufacturing districts where,
Inder the old system OF sub-con-
rncting. about 1000 shells a month
we're being produced, injected
|1ttle GiAesr. and started an output
n lga.Noo shells . month. which he
expects to have increased TO an
average Of 100000 He believes that
The Detroit times., 1915-07-28
TT AWAKE
YEAR OF
DY CONFLICT


q 1FcuD oWDoa1 Uslts6 Prsss.)
y)3lno STONY.
IN, 3u1y 1os-lt took John
y uenlhs 70 discover that
o nee1pd most was . general
1870 nopoCer.
4o0sps ~ has learned several
= Diseoa. among them: that II
Ia ~ 70 conceal the truth;
~ british people resent being
Z Mo children: that they can
A heut1ng bad news. and that
tEe situation ID pat before
Mn fkankness they can actu-
~ % patriotic - Frenchmen--
DDmAno.
~ ~ one big Issson-which the
oone hsvs taught him--is that
nDwaAayS II quite as much OF
06tneoe - Il u 4 science. He
ron III the old theories of war
1880. He wasn't prepared for
nanGe IN styles. He had no
3ne system Of trench warfare
! hecome 20 highly developed;
1UcA a amount Of high explo-
fAol1e would become neces-
that . preponderating sup
RI machine guns might spell all
y IGsfonce between success and
- that the Germans would
ooee The use OF asphyxiating
2 xquA nre. and other like agen.
A6lhorto unrecognised In the
~ of civtlised warfare--but
"a that the German superior
Z ehe new style Of lighting was |
m NJ mobilization Of the entire
1911 rdsources Of the empire
- ontally with the mobilization
1oe this question Of munitions
cnpl1y hFoaght home to the
= government appreciation Of
oolnto necessity Of mobiliSing
curtfy u ~ ration Il he war
k - bruusht % successful
$3.50. France al It early In
Ing, III hor industrial ~
epen n 1890 timss. were
CAG1y limited n compared
poo ~ the Df1tish empire. |
- - un0t important In
The Detroit times., 1915-07-28

arrested before the coast was
reached.
Thus Il was de Maud'huy who held
the Gate 10 the Sea and probably
saved punkirk. Calais and Boulogns
with all that such . victory meant
for the Allies.
The Detroit times., 1915-07-28
~ NATION ABLE TO REALIZE
HOPES AFTER YEAR OF WAR

under the system already 'inaugur-
ated the United Kingdom alone viii
soon be able TO exceed the estimat-
ed product Of the central continen-
tai powers OF 250, 1000 shells a day.
The Detroit times., 1915-07-28
THREE YEARS BEHIND THE GUNS!
Shore Leave In Toxic On Christmas NighA Row Between
Tars and japanese Police ~
~ L. q. r.
(cspyrisht ~ Century Gel

est man on the ship. and at that
moment was "All bound round with
wooden string" while not less
than II policemen were tugging. In
Is directions. at the ropes that
bound him. while Billie. ightins like
q demon. refused to 90 with them.
AT sight OF our uniforms they drop
ped the ropes and took to their heels
and we dragged our poor shipmate
along, running like fremen. and
never asking II his bones were brok.
en-. We jumped into our boats and
reported on ship. with only one man
marked ID. D.--"drunk and dirty
Ever since Columbus sailed the
seas. there has existed a custom OF
ringing l6 bells at the mid-wstch on
New Years eve-eight are tolled for
the departing. eight rung for the
coming year. The powers that rule
have ordained that II shall be q mis-
demeanor to ring more than eight
bells; nevertheless, there Ii not .
man living who has been on ship 1t
the birth Of New Year who has not
counted 16 strokes. but II II our
only demonstration. and Nobody
says nothing to nobody"
Japan's New Year. however. fol-
lows close In our wake. and they
certainly make up for any lack OF
enthusiasm on our part. Everybody
gets up at "the hour Of the tiger
four bells-2 D. m.-dresses in his
richest raiment. and goes forth to
greet the earliest dawn. Gifts are
exchanged. everybody says TO every
body else something that translates
irto. Good luck for ten thousand
years"
(To BE Continued.)
The Detroit times., 1915-07-28

Montana has 100000 acres OF
free public land awaiting settle
ment.
The Detroit times., 1915-07-28

The Million Population club 10
Gently gave TO the city Of ST. Louis.
Mo-. the largest American nag ex.
tant II measures 150x7s feet and
weighs 400 pounds.
The Detroit times., 1915-07-28

Commodore Mathew r. Maury was
the man who mapped out the wind
and ocean currents OF the Atlantic
ocean. Tardy recognition may soon
be paid him In the form OF a statue
in the American hall OF fame.
The Detroit times., 1915-07-28
MAN ACCUSED OF
ATTACKIN GIRL
HE TAKES RIDING

Police are investigating q report
by Mary Minnaugh, II years old. Of
No. so Marentette-st-. that she was
choked. dragged to q nearby COM
mons. and attacked by . young man
who took her for an auto ride on
Mack-ave.. at $50 o'clock. Tuesday
night.
She named Albert Reidy. 80 years
old, OF No. 257 vermont-ave.. Is her
assailant. and reports that after the
attack upon her. he took her to her
home. Reidy has been arrested. and
the girr~ Is held as q witness.
Bisbee daily review., 1915-12-19
BISBEE AND GLOBE
MEN ORGANIZE NEW
COMPANY IN OATMAN
G. A. Bridge, H. J. HierI, Bobert
Ferguson and w. E. Mckee In
tereSted in Gold Property in
the Secret Pass Section.

on the big deals of recent date is
the purchase by group of Globe and
Bisbee men Of the old Typhoon group,
formerly owned by Robert j. Roe and
John Ilson and Senator Henry Lovin,
and situated in the heart of Secret
Pass, in the Oatman District. The
deal was brought about by Fred T.
Bragonier, who has been interested ih
the development of mines in that dis
trict for some time. Associated with
him in the enterprise are DR. G. A..
Bridge H. J. Hierl, DR.. Robert Fer
guson, W. e. Mckee. president Of the
Citizens Bank and Trust company. all
of Bisbee, and Dr. W A. Holt Of
Globe These men have combined in
the formation of the Nancy Lee Min
ing company, which has secured the
excellent property. Dr. G. A. Bridge
is president of the company, Fred T..
Bragonier is vice president and man
ager and II. J. Hierl is secretary and
treasurer, the other men being of the
directorate.
The company has been capitalized
at one million 81 shares, with $4,000
shares in the treasury. The proper
ties are paid for and decided 10 the
company, not one cent Of Indebtedness
outstanding. The shares that were
paid for the property and for which
the promotion stock was issued has
been pooled for a sufficient period TO
allow Of the financing Of the property
and also in insure the investor that
every dollar obtained through stock
sales will go into the treasury for de-
velopment and equipment of the
mines.
The company has arranged to sell a
block Of 10000 shares of stock at 25
cent sper share for development pur-
poses OF this block, reasonable
number of shares have been allotted
to Cochise county, to allow invest
ment by men who know the mines
and their splendid possibility for max
ing good.
The topography of the country in
which the mines are situated is rather
rough, massive, volcanic hoWs haFlhB
been eroded into rugged peaks and
precipitious canyons The Nancy Lee
claim Of the group is traversed by
many large dikes and Lodges, coursing
northwesterly, some of them running
for miles through the country A
prominent assure vein with north
erly strike breaks through the dikes
and lodges and shows throughout its
course splendid evidence of possible
development of commercial bodies OF
ore.
The major part Of the development
work op the Nancy Lee, exceeding 500
feet in extent. has been performed oD
tue vein at a point about 700 feet
north of its juncture with the bis
CONTINUED on Page Two.
Bisbee daily review., 1915-12-19
FARMERS SUITS IN
SHELTER LOCATIONS
few IN THIS STATE
Suits Against SmeIter Owners BY
Farmers Are Few and Far Be-
tween in This State; Local
People Profit BY Experience.

The farmer is a broad minded and
public spirited man, so much so that
he welcomes with open arms the an
nouncement of a smelteT project in
his vicinity. He gives it all the assis-
tance in his power, because he knows
that it viii bring a small army of em-
ployes into the community; it will
build up the town; it viii provide a
market for his crops and will make
his own land more valuable. He also
knows that it often will provide en-
ployment for him or 'is sons
Much life is installed into a commu-
nifty by the establishment of a smell
ter for prosperity in the west is de-
pendent upon the mining industry.
But, after the new industry is created
and after several millions Of dollars
have been spent and the plant be
comes prosperous, some of the farm
ers see an opportunity for a "hold-uD
game" and the result is suits for
damages from smoke" While it is
undoubtedly true that there has been
damage from fumes in the past. it is
not to the extent that the owners
have to pay A dry hot summer comes
and crops are a failure-sue the smell
ter. a erasshopper or cricket plague
appears and crops are a failure sue
the smelter; a farm is worn out or
has not been fertilized properly and
crops are a failure--sue the smelter.
These and many others are the basis
of many of the imaginary damages
done by smelter smoke. Throughout
the country there has been an epi-
demic of suits against smelters, many
of which were upon almost no grounds
Fortunately Arizona has been free
from this plague, partly due TO the
public spirited farmer, aud partly due
TO the fact that the mining companies
have taken all possible precautions
Let us learn our lesson from the other
states and avoid such trouble.
Bisbee daily review., 1915-12-19
ARIZONA ASBESTOS
MINES ATTRACTING
GREAT ATTENTION
Asbestos Properties at Grand
Canyon and Near Globe Come
in for Their Share of Attention
From the Mineral World.

The best asbestos i'm the United
States has been mined at the Grand
Canyon in Arizona for some consider
able time but the recent numerous
discoveries of this metal in the Globe
district have caused considerable in
terest. The price of asbestos IS high.
running from $40 per ton ON extreme
ly impure material up to $3.50 per ton
for the better grades Although the
United States leads all other coun-
tries in the manufacture and use Of
Asbestos, most of It's raw material has
been imported from Canada. How
ever Arizona asbestos has been PROV
en- even better than the Canadian, as
ii contains lower percentage of iron.
The above information, with a bib
biography Of the literature relative to
the same a description of the occur
rences of the minerals of asbestos.
with some details relative to those
found in Arizona, as Well as the econ
omic factors governing the production
of the same, are taken up in some de-
tail in a recent publication Of the Ari-
zona State Bureau of Mines. BY p. e.
Joseph Metallurgist of the Station,
who is in charge of this work. Copies
of this pamphlet. Bulletin No. g. Min
eral Technology. Series No. 4. enti-
tied Asbestos. may be obtained bv
writing 20 Charles F. Willis. Director
Arizona State Bureau of Mines. Tue
son, Arizona