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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-30
MAN INJURED
IN MOTOR CRASH
APRIL Ia, DIES

Leo verhuysse. 20 years old. a
brick contractor. died in his home.
No. 80 Treadway-st. Friday morn
Ing. from blood poisoning resulting
from injuries suffered In a motor
cycle accident. April IA.
Verhuysse and August Derienaek.
er. OF No. 103 Lewis-st., were riding
on Verhuysse's new motorcycle,
testing II out. when they collided
with Baker car at Canfield-ave.
and Chene-st. Both men were In
jured. and verhuysee was sent to
Grace hospital. but after remaining
there until April is, was transfer
red to his home. Blood poison de.
veloped. Coroner Rothacher is in
vestigating.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-30

and that he's always ready for q
fight or a frolic. There's no frolic
about IL and very little music. He
came out here to Tight and he's in
dead serious earnest. This is q
serious job. yust like his peace time
duty: the frolio ana the, music may
come after the Job is done.
The thrill that an American gets.
rubbing elbows with this volunteer
British army comes with the knowl.
edge that there are only two great
powers in the world that have the
voluntary military system, Great
Britain and the United States.
Through all the long winter back
In the British Isles, / saw men In
silk hats. In derbies. in long coats.
In short coats. In hunting boots. In
street shoes, drilling and marching
and ounter-marching; their faces
were always set determinedly. Now
see these same men here In khaki
and caps.
saw part OF the army at church
this morning. The parson talked TO
them just as he would have talked
back in any little old stone church
In any corner Of the British Isles
on any Sunday morning. He didn't
mention war: nor the nearness OF
eternity. heard q salvo o: heavy
artillery while he was speaking but
he continued unmoved, telling how
hard II may be. sometimes, to live
a Christian life.
His text was about Thomas. the
disciple would not believe Christ
had risen until he had seen for him
self the print Of the nails.
To-day" he said, when we
doubt. there are no prints Of the
nails for US to see. Christ appeared
In person to that fortunate Thomas
and carried him over the torrent OF
doubt. But we must bridge the
chasm between doubt and belief by
faith. and we must spare our lives
to our beliefs"
He was an earnest person: his
huge tan shoes were distinguished
beneath his gown: the collar OF his
chaplain's coat showed above II.
A lieutenant OF artillery sat al
the organ; on his military coat col.
lar was the artillery emblem of q
bursting shell. The audience was
in khaki except for a score OF nurses
In blue.
The world has never before seer
another army like this English one;
men who can be counted almost ir
millions; each man his own mans
man; each man doing his duty be
cause something within him had
forced him to do Il; each man play
ing TO the grandstand that lies with
In himself. and to the little gallery
in HIS castle back home.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-30
JURY OUT IN
WRECKCASE'
Coroner Says Wants
Responsibility Fixed
Definitely

Coroner Burgess jury. that for
nearly two weeks has been investi-
eating the wreck Of a street car by
. D., T. q I. train at the Jeffersou-
aven. west crossing. In which ~
people we're killed. retired at $50
Friday morning to frame its yer.
dict.
Coroner Burgess told the jury that
he wanted no blanket" verdict. He
Instructed the jury to specify tho
individuals or corporations respon-
sible for the wreck and to declare
the degree OF guilt He said he con.
sidered this crossing one OF the SAT-
est level crossings In the city. but
did not believe thatlt the safety OF
citizens should be entrusted to me-
chanical devices or the care OF street
railway or steam railway employees
when the separation OF grades would
make such a horror as the one un-
der investigation impossible.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-30
BRIDGE NOT
FIRED, SAYS
GILLESPIE
Story of Incendiaries
Being Responsible
Denied
INQUIRY SHOWS
LIVE GOALS CAUSE

1T Is being falsely rumored all
over the city that Belle Isle bridge
was set on fire by incendaries." said
Police Commissioner Gillespie,
Thursday afternoon. Naturally, fol-
lowing q fre of that kind all sorts
OF stories are started. The police
department Investigated the origin
OF the nre thoroughly. and am sat.
isfied that live Goals dropping from
q city-owned. tar wagon set IRE TO
the bridge. Police Justice Stein saw
the wagon dropping fire brands on
the bridge pavement.
Personally. I am not sorry the
old bridge In down. Last summer
and the summer before my heart
Vas In my mouth more than once
when the old bridge was packed
with automobiles and pedestrians.
was afraid that one OF the spans
would let 20 any minute and dump
three or four thousand people into
the river.
Because of the shaky condition
OF the old bridge. I had under CON
sideration a plan to regulate the
trafYic this year In 15-minute flows.
intended 10 place n~extra force Of
ofiicers on the bridge and near. the
approach so that we could get the
machines TO and from the island In
double streams by making the traf.
nc all 90 one way for rs minutes at
time. In this way the island could
be emptied and filled again with ma
chimes twice every hour. We may
use this plan for the regulation Of
automobile trafic on the temporary
bridge. I will worry less about traf.
flc on the temporary bridge than I
did on the old structure"
Commissioner Fenkeli, OF the de-
pertinent OF public works. has not
definitely decided on the location OF
the temporary bridge. He would
like TO build II across the river at
Owen Park II there IL not legal OBJ
lection and the depth Of the river
does not make tho engineering prob
lem too diflcult. About 1000 piles
will be used In the construction Of
the temporary bridge. Several De-
troit dock building and lumber con-
Germs stand ready to submit bids AZ
soon as the site is selected.
The 'estimators have passed the
81 0,0o0 supplemental estimate pass
Cd by the council for temporary
structure. y
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-30
Executive Can Ignore
Subpoena If He
Chooses
ALBANY AFFAIRS
TO GET AIRING
New York State S0lons
Are Scheduled to
Testify
~ BOND p. oGooes.

tffon correspondent Unsfcd Press.
SYRACUSE. ". ". April so.--
Charles r. Murphy, Tamrhany
boss and Gov. william sulxer
generally expected to testify IN tbs
Barnes-Roosevelt libel trial. VIII no,
be called. Gov. whitman. however
may take their place as q star
witness.
This was stated today by counsel
for the combatants.
Attorney Wins today denied a
report that he had already tele
sraphed Gov. whllssn askins him
TO testify regarding the new Dnell
letter proposing q Bull Moose-Re'
publican alliance to beat the Demo
cratic and Republican machines. but
Indicated that Whitman. who In en-
empt for subpoena. would probably
be asked to appear and identity the
letter next week"
Regarding Boss" Murphy and Sui
ser, attorneys on both sides said
that neither was wanted as wit
ness. That nothing could probably
be secured from Murphy. and that
any facts desired through suizeI
would be secured from other wit
nesscs were the reasons assigned for
the change OF plans to call the Tam
many shicftain and deposed gov
srnor.
Authenticity OF the whitman-Duel
letter was questioned today by the
. yarnes side. although It bears Whit
tCsstisuea On Psss EIeves.)
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-30

DOES SMALL
EXECUTION
Raid Over Britain De-
str0ys Homes and
Stables
NO ATTEMPTS ON
FORTRESS POINTS
Airship Slips Away to
Sea in Dense
Fog

LONDON, April 3o.---Advices from
Felixstowe and other points over
which the German Zeppelin passed
last night, received today, show
that very little damage resulted.
A In the case Of all previous Wis
itations no attempt apparently was
made to do any damage to fortified
positions.
The German aircraft was aided
by q dense fog which covered the
coast last night. II passed in from
the sea at Felixstowe at midnight
and proceeded to Ipswich. where
two explosive and fve incendiary
bombs were dropped on Brookshall
road, q residence section. Five
houses were destroyed by fire here.
One of the bombs fell in the bed
room occupied by Harry Goodwin.
his wife and their daughter, IL years
old. The girls bed was set on nre.
but the father rescued her. Scores
OF people fed to the streets In
their night clothing. The throb OF
the powerful engines OF the aircraft
could distinctly be heard.
The Zeppelin then proceeded to
whitton, where several bombs like
Wise were dropped. Soon after 1
o'clock II was sighted over Bury
Stedmunds. where IL bombs were
dropped. Two were incendiary and
set fre to stable and buildings in
the vicinity OF the Suffolk hotel 81.
Andrews hall and other buildings
nearby were destroyed. Some of
the bombs fell In the residential
section. One man rushed out into
the road and extinguished the fuse
OF q bomb with n pail of water. The
Zeppelin finally disappeared In the
direction OF the sea.
One Of the clearest stories told
was by w. T. casey, of 5s Brook.
shall-rd.. Ipswich. who said:
II was awakened by a buzz and
almost Immediately I heard an en-
piosion. All OF the windows OF my
house were shattered and the build
ing set on fre. I rushed into the
street. taking my wife with me. I
oouid see the airship above the
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-30

, IL IL believed here that . demand
already has been made on the Br1o
ish government TO send ships TO pro-
tect the French coast. Most OF tho
new French warships are aiding tho
British forces In their operations -
the Dardanelles. u had not beea
believed possible here that the Ger
mans would take the chance oe o.
Grating 80 Tar from their base of sucs
plies. and, up until today's an
nouncement was made. everyone -
lieved that the French ooast was -
tirely safe.
II is believed here that the 0ers
man warships were sent south -
cooperate with the German army q
the new drive against the French
coast The success Of the British
warships last fall In checking tho
first German drive with lifht dram
monitors and cruisers In believed O.
have inspired the latest German
move. II is believed here that the
warships now on the Belgian cooGt
are fast little cruisers Of the tyDo
which raided the English coast dnzs
ing the winter. n
1t is believed here that Already 8
squadron has been despatc1Ie1 n
head them on, shd news OF Arot6c
naval battle 10 expected at any f1uAo<
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-30
GERMAN WARSHIPS ESCAPE:
CRUISERS lombard DUNKIRK
British Squadron Dispatched
to Head Off Daring
Raiders, Report

PARIS April 30-The Germans have struck from the
Their warshps operating 800 miles from their base have shell
ed the fortified city of Dunrk Nineteen shells known %
have fallen in the city, Twenty persons have been killed and
45 wounded Whether the bombarment being continued
the hostile fleet steamng south to shell Calais and Other
points the French coast not yet known the
limiting the information far made available to brusquc
statement that German warships of the Belgian
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-30

BY WILLIAM @. SHEPHERD.
(Stdn Correspondent United Press.)
tCepyrisht 1918. by the United Press)
(Copyrtght I'm Great Brittany
HEADQUARTERS OF THE
BRITISH ARMY IN NORTHERN
FRANCE. April 1s.-(By mail to
New York)-This Is not Tommie
Atkins; its John Bull.
The minute you begin to rub ell
bows with the English army you
make this discovery.
Tommy Atkins. the professional
English soldier, Is here aplenty: he
dots the English army. John Bull
is the everyday English citizen and
he seems to be around here In hun.
dreds OF thousands. Tommy Atkins
Is the soldier that Kipling sings
about John Bull has never been
sung about.
Take any one of your younger
neighbors--a lawyer. street car
conductor, real estate man. a
clerk: quiet fellows who stay at
home on summer evenings and
squirt the lawn or weed the gardens
and I'll 60 out on the streets OF
this headquarters town and find his
counterpart for you within five min
utes. He's carrying gun and
wearing khaki. Or I'll find him for
you lying under a wooden cross in
one OF the field cemeteries nearby.
his part OF the Job that he came out
here 70 do, well and nobly finished.
There's thrill about being with
the English army that no American
can miss. These hundreds upon
hundreds OF thousands Of men are
volunteers; every man Jack OF them
sat down and thought II all out for
himself before he went TO the re.
cruiting once and asked for a place
In the army.
Don't believe these stories thai
he's always singing "Tipperary,'
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-30
BABE CHOKED TO
DEATH BY STRAP
IN PERAMBULATOR

Jane G. Clark. six.months-old
daughter OF Mr. and Mrs. James
Clarke, OF No. 6is Hamilton-ave.,
/. was choked to death, Thursday noon,
when she shipped from her seat in
her perambulator and was strangled
by the strap across the buggy.
Mrs. Clark had left the baby in
her buggy. upstairs. while she did
some work in the basement.
Discovering the baby's uncon-
scious form when she returned. she
summoned DR.. A. A. Hughes, OF No.
1904 Msck-ave., and DIR. George w.
Robinson, Of No. 17oi East Grand
blvd. the physicians using a pull
motor IN vain attempt 10 revive
the child.
Funeral services for the child VIII
be held Saturday afternoon, at 2
o'clock.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-30

city. I went back then and carried
out my young son. BY that time
the entire building was on FIRE. The
bomb destroyed the back of II and
made big hole In the ground"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-30
National.

Boston at New York, threatening.
Brooklyn at Philadelphia, cloudy.
Chicago at Pittsburgh, cloudy.
Cincinnati at ST. Louis, clear.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-30
BARNES WILL REQUEST
WHITMAN TO IDENTIFY
DUELL machine Note
MARKETS
N. Y. OPENING

NEW YORK. April so.-The stock
market opened strong and active to-
day with Just few stocks showing
slight losses. United States Steel
was up IA. at 80 IL. Four hundred
shares Of Missouri. Kansas q Texas
common sold at IL IA. gain OF one
point.
IL a. m.-Trading was unusually
active all during the first hour. War
order stocks were the most active.
Westinghouse touched a new high
record at 100 IS. AIS above yester-
days best figure. Rock Island. after
selling down to % IL, recovered and
gained q point.
CHICAGO GRAIN.
CHICAGO. III. April 3o.-opening:
Wheat: May, down 1c: July. down
NC. September. down I've. Corn:
May, down nc; July, down NC; Sep
tsmber. down hc. Oats; May. down
Nc: July. down hc; september, up
Nc. Provisions: Slightly lower TO
slightly higher.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-30
SHIELDS FIRE SALE OF
SPRING SIITs

workingmen's SIS special for s5.s5
others at t7.05. 1895 and up Your
own fault n you don't see 'em before
you buy. $3.50 Grand River-ave.
west--Adv.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-30
TOday's Games.
American.

New York at Boston, cloudy.
Philadelphia a. Washington. clear
St. Louis at Cleveland. cloudy.
Detroit at Chicago, clear.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-30
READ THIS, THEN
SWAT THE FLY

One ny will have more de.
scendents in one season than
any man could count In a life
time, working eight hours a day.
Think OF this when you see a ny
crawl through a screen. and
SWAT THE FtYi
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-30
aanM MARIGoIns.

We offer one hundred dollars In
gold for the best flowers. Call West
1000 Mr.. Horan will mail you a
free package OF seeds.--Adv.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-30
SILK SHIRT SEASON

IL now in full swlng-get yours at
Shields Fire Sale IS shirts t,.4S. %
shirts ss4s, n. v. D.'s sec. $3.50
Grand River-ave. west.-Adv
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-30
THE WEATHER

Detroit and vicinifyt Friday night
and Saturday, partly cloudyt scme-
what warmer Saturdays moderate
westerly winds.
Lower Michigani Partly cIoudy
Friday night and saturdays some
what warmer Saturday.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-30

WHY SERVE YOURSELF
iunss ssR ySH az IS. he Hotel sriswoid Tor 'iSs
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-30
"TOMM|E'S''
JOB HELD BY
JOHN BULL
Civilian Types FREEDOM
mate i'm Kitchener's
New Army
REAL SOLDIER
MEN SCATTERED
Clerks and Lawyers
With Guns in Hands
in Majority

Following. Is the NTH and last ar
ticle OF the stories In the Shepherd
series, the fourth OF which appeared
yesterday. William q. Shepherd,
United Press stan correspondent, is
the only American, representing an
Individual American press organiza-
tion. now at the British front under
official credentials.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-30

a IT'S TIME TO PLANT.
Call West 1000, Mr.. Horan wH
seeds. One hundred dollars In gold
for the best fowers.--Adv.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-30

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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-30

Clean yorr wall paper. wi.eew
Paper Cleaners-Adv. -/
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Detroit Time. job Printins Dept
Main l520.
The Washington times., 1915-12-27
Board of Trade Delegates.

The Washington Board of Trade is
being represented at the Pan-American
Scientific Congress, now In session at
the Willard. by Appleton r. Clarke, ir.,
delegate, and A. N. McI,achlen, alter
nate
The Washington times., 1915-12-27
TO RECEIVE
DELEGATES TONIGHT

The social events OF the Pan-Ameri-
can Scientific Congress, which are to
be numerous throughout the two weeks
of the congress. begin this evening with
the formal reception to the delegates at
the Pan-American Union by Secretary
og State Lansing.
This reception Is being given by Sec
retary Lansing in his capacity as first
vice president of the congress, and as
chairman Of the board of governors of
the Pan-American Union. Mr.. Lansing
in his address to the delegates at the
opening of the congress today empha-
sized the fact that he was in attend
apce in this dual capacity. and he wish
ed so to be recognized throughout the
congress.
The reception this evening begins at
8 o'clock, and every delegate to the
congress, with the ladies OF his party,
is expected to attend. Through some
mishap invitations to the reception have
not reached all the delegates, but Sec
retary General John Barrett announced
today othat all will be made welcome
whether they have invitations or not
Tomorrow Secretary OF State Lans-
ing will give luncheon to the Of
ficial delegates at his home, 1923
Eighteenth street.
In addition TO the reception by the
Secretary of State tonight there will
be a reception to a small group of
the delegates at the home of Mrs.
Robert w. Patterson, 15 Dupont
circle.
The Washington times., 1915-12-27
MARSHALL IN HAPPY.
MOOD IN ADDRESS

BY referring TO himself as a "polit-
ically plated scientist" Vice President
Marshall caused the assembled scien-
lists and diplomats OF the three Amer
tcNs to forget their dignity in laughter
at the opening session OF the congress
today. The Vice President appeared to
be In his happiest mood. and his address
caused almost as much laughter as 1t
did applause. and it was rather more
generously punctuated with applause
than most of the other formal speeches.
AT the beginning he stated that he
did not apologize for the absence nf
President Wilson for the worry good rea :
son that ''in the presence of love
science is silent" He said he regretted
that the President was not present sole
~ for the reason that lie would have
heen able to ''ticklV the English
language to such effect tnat II would
bring smile of JOY and contentment
to the faces of all the delegates as
though 1t were their mother tongue"
The Vice President expressed his de-
light at welcoming the delegates to this
congress because he believed 1t meant
the dawning of a new era in the his
tory of the American continent. This
is a day OF new ideas, he declared, and
the Pan-American Scientific Congress Is
a new idea that should do much toward
solidifying a Pan-American spirit.
The Washington times., 1915-12-27
ROAR OF GUNS ECHO
TO SERMON OF PEACE
English Blow German Christ
mas Trees Out Of the
Trenches.
By CARL W. ACKERMAN.

LILLE (via Berlln). Dec 2.-IEnglisR
mines blew Christmas trees out of the
German trenches on Christmas day ana
sent the German soldiers running helter-
skelter. There was no truce. at least
on this part of the battle front
On Christmas eve, 5000 German SOL
diers heard peace sermon in the
cathedral of st. Maurice. Let us pray
that God will carry our peace prayers
to the enemy" said the minister. His
words were echoed by a ceaseless roar
of artillery along the front between
Ypres and La BaEsee.
Throughout the night artillery on
both sides Numbered. despite intermit-
tent downpours Of rain. Lille woke on
factories isolated by the flood. Other
villages near the battle front seemed to
be floating. But despite the downpour
an outer atmosphere of gloom, Lille,
with its quarter of a million inhabitants
and its thousands OF soldiers, managed
TO celebrate Christmas In merry fash
ion.
Lighted, decorated Christmas trees
peeped from the windows of private
houses. Large ones stood in the rail-
rants and I'm the Red Cross trains.
Many of the soldiers carried Christmas
trees into the trenches. to the aston
lshment OF their officers and probably
of the enemy.
The German front on Christmas day
offered "A retutation OF the worldwide
accusation that the English "are letting
the French do all the fighting" ON
THANKSGIVING day I walked two hours
along the front line trenches in tho
Argohne, at some places only fifty feet
from the French works. Only three
rife shots were fired during that time.
and there was cnly an occasional ar
tillery shot.