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The Detroit times., 1915-04-21

shark bill. lie wanted the $50 fee
for the right TO loan money cut down
To egures ranging from SO TO IS, at
the discretion OF common councils.
The amendment was lost. only six
senators supporting Il, with the bill
pasting In a squeeze by is votes for
II 10 against.
The bill was considerably changed
fiom the form In which Il left the
house and will. therefore. have 10 20
back to that body for concurrence In
the amendments. II was originally
known as the Flowers bill
The Straight bill. directed against
evil resorts. with the owners and oc-
cupsnts to be dealt with In the chan
Gerry courts, passed without dis
scntlng vote. II must receive the
sanction OF the house to become ef.
feotiye.
The Newell Smith house bill was
amended TO give county surveyors
the right TO oversee work on tile
drain.building where the cost 10 more
than $1,000.
The Michigan fair bill to appro-
rrIatc $4,000 annually 10 pay pre-
mDxfns vt county and state fair. de-
Tatod FN!day. was laid on the table
for fnrthex action.
The Straight patent medicine
lIqnor bill. introduced Friday after
noon. was reported out and placed on
tie general order. Under It's proyi.
slons patent medicines cannot be
sold II they contain moro than 20
per cent alcohol.
The presidential primary bill. TO
restore the provisions OF that act
which were repealed In 1911 through
a mistake In eliminating the enroll
mcnt features or the primary regis.
tration law. was also reported out
favorabiy.
Not TO spoil IT'S record for 1915.
the house killed another labor meas.
IRE last night when the Ashley con
stitutional amendment, to give the
state Legislature the right to pass
biiis affecting the wages aud hours
OF all employees. was defeated by a
vote OF 80 10 81. with CAT necessary
10 pass.
Fifteen bills were passed on third
reading and three were defeated.
One OF those TO go down. with but
ono vote necessary TO win. was the
watkins house measure 10 create
q commission TO investigate the
present system of public care and re-
lief for poor persons.
The Paul serate bill 10 permit
Elks' lodges TO have Ave directors
ON each board Of trustees to permit
the Elks' organization TO own prop
Grey up TO 100000 was passed.
The house calendar contains -
bills on general order and IL on third
reading, with over so bills having
passed the senate and sent to the
house for immediate action.
Representative Oakley ands Sen
stor Gansssr. who championed the
amendments TO the state compensa-
tion law, which we're defeated m the
house last week, declare. they viii
initiate an amendment 10 the state
constitution covering the compensa-
ton law 20 get around the difficulty
OF having TO run counter to an un-
The Detroit times., 1915-04-21
BAD YEAR FOR
SEAL HUNTERS

ST. JOHNS. N. r.. April Ia
Wireless reports received from the
sealing fleets indicate that the out
look for the season Is unfavorable.
The eight steamers of the Eastern
feet. after working their wa,
through the ice for some $50 miles
up the eastern coast of Newfound.
land, are now jammed In the heavy
foes on Cape st. John, about l25
miles south OF the entrance to the
strait OF Belle isle.
Five hundred seals taken by the
steamer Florizel on Saturday COM
prise the total catch to date. In the
The Detroit times., 1915-04-21

friendly legislature each session.
The bill to repeal the act estab.
lisbins the state sanatorium at How
ell was defeated by q decisive vote
on the explanation OF Representative
Snow. OF Kalamazoo. who said he
offered the hill to test out the loyalty
Of the legislature In continuing to
support the institution at great ex-
pense.
The board Of supervisors. he said.
had finally secured q good we'll OF
water. something at FIRST that seem
ed an impossibility, with the build
ings nearly all completed. The san
storium viii now be- made . perman'
emit state institution.
The Detroit times., 1915-04-21

windows, and all miscellaneous iron
work were furnished by the Detroit
Metal a Sheet works. First and Con-
gress-sts. A feature OF the railing
put In the gymnasium for the run
ming track is the slant by which this
railing Is not an obstacle to the ath-
letes.
This arm has filled similar con-
tracts on many others among the
leading buildings in Detroit and
their plant and It's equipment en-
able them to handle these orders on
short notice.
The Detroit times., 1915-04-21
United Eusi a suppIy Co.

The building supplies used In the
new d. A. c. home. were furnished
by the United Fuel & supply Co.
"Built for the Ages" Is a phrase
aptly applied TO buildings in which
their supplies are used. With yards
located In all parts Of the city, .nu-
merous dredges and sand-suckers at
work supplying sand and large gray
ell pits and stone quarries convent
emily situated on rail lines. this
company Is in a position TO give SUI
perior service to building contract
ors.
The Detroit times., 1915-04-21
Nsvscomb- endleott Co.

NeWcomp-GHoicot 70.
Not less attractive than the build.
ing itself and It's interior decora-
lions, ara the rugs and carpets
which were furnished and installed
by the Newcomb- Endicott Co. Thou.
sands Of yards Of carpets were re-
CURED. most OF II OF special pat
terms and colorings to harmonize
with the color schemes Of the vari.
Gus rooms. Thousands Of yard Of
these carpets were required to out
AZ the new ID. A. c.. besides several
hundred yards of rubber mats and
mating.
The ability OF the Newcomb-Ertdi-
colt company TO handle such large
orders With complete satisfaction
has been long recognized and there
are few buildings OF any Importance
erected In Detroit. whether private
residences, once buildings. stores,
hotels or club houses, that New
combs" are not called upon to fur
nish some part of the floor cover.
ings or draperies.
The Detroit times., 1915-04-21
Iru...d concrete Steel ce.

The Trussed Concrete Steel Co.
had very important part In the
making OF this club house. IT Is
made fireproof by the Kahn system
Of reinforced concrete. the floors
being OF steel fioretyle construction
with Hy-Rib concrete arches. Hy-
Rib and Rib lath are used as base
for. the plaster. The Trus-Con hol-
low tile were also used for parti-
tons.
The Detroit times., 1915-04-21
New Deputy Marshal Named.

MARQUETTE. Mich. April 90
Timothy T. Hurley OF this city was
Monday named deputy United
States marshal by United States
Marshal Herman o'Conner OF the
western district. to succeed William
Ross.
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average season the Eastern 6e&
captures about 10000 seals By tn
date. f.
The vessels OF the Western fse|
SO far have made no catch.
The Detroit times., 1915-04-21
Gregory, Mayer q Thorn.

The entire ONCE equipment In
GLIDING tables. desks and chairs In
the new ID. A. c.. were furnished by
Gregory. Mayer q Thorn. whose con.
tract also included the stationery;
membership cards. menu cards and
other printed matter. The latter
work is one OF the finest exposi-
tons of the printers and engray,
er's art.
The Detroit times., 1915-04-21

q discharged revolver In his belt
and bullet had pierced his groin.
Williams wife and daughter live
In San Antonio.
The Detroit times., 1915-04-21
]. c. Wldman q Co.

The bedroom furniture in the new
ID. A. c. home was made TO order
by J. c. widman & Co.. Fourteenth
and Kirby-aves. This Arm has an
enviable reputation for building
period furniture. and one OF the
best examples OF Jacobean furni-
tire Is TO be seen In the d. A. G..
bedrooms. Adam. Colonial. Chip
pendale and Charles ii are other
lines OF period furniture made by
"widman." and their mirrors. sec
tional bookcases and dining and bed
room suites are well known among
furniture men. Mahogany and
American black walnut are used ex-
clusively In all "Widman" period
furniture.
The Detroit times., 1915-04-21

INSPECTOR OWEN C. Inns
DAY. whose resignation from
the police force will take effect
July 1. He has been a member OF
the department since 1882.
The Detroit times., 1915-04-21
Vessel Passages.


sAIrLr STE MARIE, Mich. April
2poSup; Nsepawah. :. last nishtI
bert, i1.30. Port colborn. sac a m.
Matthew'S o: Lakewood, s;So.
Down; aeaverten. .. last night
M SISEn,e n m: w,,,ss "1 Kssx
Kopp. ie:os. ~
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NEW HOME
OF THE d. A. C.
tCosti.ssd from Preceding Psse.)

home In detail would be futile.
must be seen to be in any sense
comprehended or appreciated.
The Detroit times., 1915-04-21
BrunswIck. Bake coIlender Co.

Billiard tables and bowling alleys
In the club house were furnished by
the Brunswick. Bake Collender Co.,
No. 100 Randolph-st.. their equip
ment being standard the word over.
The Detroit times., 1915-04-21
Venetian Marble Mosaic Art Co.

Marble mosaic and terrazzo floor
Ing were put In by the Venetian
Marble Mosaic Art Co.. Nos. 211-213
Monroe-ave.. which has specialized
In this work In Detroit for Is years.
The Detroit times., 1915-04-21

Detroit Metal q sheet Works.
The window balconies. apparatus
supports In the gymnasium. flag
pole. area gratings. steel door
frames. elevator framing. lintels over
The Detroit times., 1915-04-21
sMeNauehton.Meksy electric Co.

WcNauDhton'WcNhy EIectFtc 20.
Mazda lamps are used throughout
the building and these were fur
nished by the Neutrality-suspicious.
Electric Co., No. 20 West Jefferson
ave-. which makes specially OF
these goods.
The Detroit times., 1915-04-21

Detroit T,.e. job Pri.tiss Dept
Main <S10.
The Detroit times., 1915-04-21

Up: Old Scranton, i2:io a. MI
sicken, 1870; BrownelI, $40; OweKo.
$40; stackhouse, $40; Die Huron. toI
AI nc io1o oS Sai pans,ds o,re' W. a.s
Wisconsin, $50 q. m.
Printins. the plain neat kind--shat|
d rfgkt-Tfmes Job Dept--Msfn <53n
The Washington times., 1915-07-08
Germans Have Cornered
Cod Liver Oil Market

NEW YORK. July S.-weekly Drug
markets. In Its issue of yesterday, saws
that Germany has cornered the cod
~lver Oil supply and that dealers in this
country are wondering where they are
going to get sufficient stocks to carry
them through the winter.
According to persons infotmed In the
drug and chemical trade the Germans,
having trouble in getting sufficient pc
troleum for lubr:cating purposes for au-
tomobiles. guns. submarines and other
machinery, are using cod liver Oil and
nave round satisfactory lubricant.
Norway is the cehter of the trade and
Norway is one of the few countries
from which Germany is not cut off by
the British blockade,
1t Is said that Norwegian dealers now
have not more than 20.00O barrels which
have not been contracted for by the
Germans The total production this
year is estimated at $500 barrels.
The price of cod liver oil in New York
jumped on Tuesday from the $45 a bar
rel prevailing last week to $50 a barrel.
Agents are offering SIS a barrel in Nor
way and BIOS. $3.50 a barrel Is being
asked in London.
The Washington times., 1915-07-08
V|LLtSTAS ROUTED.
With HEAVY LOSS
varranzistas Claim to Have
Captured 100 Prisoners in
Battle Near Hicamolee.

LAREDO. Tex. July s.-After a fierce
battle between Hicamolee and paredon
yesterday, Carranzistas dlslodged and
defeated the Villistas. Losses on both
sidcs were heavy, messages received
here today said.
The Carranzistas claim to have cap
t,,red 100 prisoners and 1900 cartridges
The Villistas have retreated to Pare
don. where the battle has been resumed.
BROWNSVILLE" July s.-Growing
bolder In their raiding operations. Mexi-
cans around Matamoras today sent the
sheriff here a warning that the banks
in this city will be attacked. . .'..
A general roundup has been proceed
ing the past few days. and reports from
Raymondville showed Texas officers haG
killed two of the bandits.
q, A statement given out by the Carranza
agency this afternoon, said. In part:
"A complete rout Of the Villista army
by Constitutionalist force under the
command Of Gen. Emiliano Naffarette
dispatch received late today.
The ,Villista force which was large,
suffered a loss of more than 600 killed
and wounded. The defeat was complete
and the Villistas In theor precipltate
rctreat left practically all Of their train
behind them. The Constitutionalist
force, following up their success have
engaged the enemy again nearer to
Paredon on with a second success
The Washington times., 1915-07-08

equipment in the heat OF the day" he
writes, "and the dust. which is inches
deep In places, Is choking. could
have picked up plenty of German SOU
venirs IL 1 had wanted to, but 30 far
! have not bothered about them, as te
is a nuisance carting them about.
Some of our fellows have taken the
trouble to bring back helmets from the
firing line.
The Huns are up to all sorts OF
lodges. One OF their latest 10 to leave
an officers helmet lying in a trench
from which they have been driven, ana
to attach wires from mines to Il. know
ing that our fellows are likely TO seise
II in q hurry and SO explode TIE
mines"
An army gunner writes:
YAH is quiet now along the line. ~
would not think there was a war on u
1t wasn't for a few visits In the WV
OF big howitzer shells which drop -
unlimited now and again and bring
your mind back from home to stern
realities IL you happen to be doing a
little bit of day dreaming. I remember
one Saturday about 1890 o'clock ! was
sitting down watching my two horses
grazing In the field and saying to my
self. Now IL was at home I should be
getting my wages about this time,' and
was dreaming SO seriously about It that
! started feeling in my pocket for my
Fay ticket when a couple of Big Wiilies'
dropped in the same field as my horses.
Then there was q scramble, but 1 got
them behind a wall all CHEEKY and for
being
The Washington times., 1915-07-08
Carranza Envoy Here
Makes Denial of Charge
Of u. S. Financial Support

Eliseo Arredendo, Carranza represen n
tative in Washington. today gave out a
copy of a letter sent to the editor Of
the Army and Navy Journal. The let
ter reads as follows:
I'm an editorial published in your is
sue of the Sd instant, a statement is
made to the effect that II the Govern
ment of the United States intends to
prosecute the financial hackers of
Huerta, fairness and neutrality in deal
ing with the different factions would
appear to call for similar treatment Of
the Villa and Carranza juntas. And
your journal further states that no one
will seriously contend that Villa and
Carranza are without financial support
from this country
While l am of the belief that this
article. must have been suggested by
some enemy of ours, Which, as a mat
ter of fact Is not entitled to serious
refutation. I. however. feel that in as
much aos the charge against Mr.. Car
rama, whose representative / am in
this country, is so utterly unjustifiable,
/ am constrained to brand the imputa-
ton as wholly unfounded and calumin-
Gus, and earnestly challenge any per-
son or persons to indicate the source
from which Mr. Carranza has received
one penny from this or any other
country.
I'm view of this most formal and
earnest denial. l trust that your es-
teemed journal will. in behalf OF fair
ness and neutrality in dealing with
matters referring to Mr.. Carranza, ac-
cord us the benefit OF just rectifica-
uon,"
The Washington times., 1915-07-08
GERMANS HELMETS
PROVE DEATH TRAPS
When Picked Up BY Enemy in
Captured Trenches They
Explode Mines.

LONDON, July s.-Pathetic sidelights
on the war are given in letters from
the front received by relatives of the
soldiers and communicated to the news
papers. The tragic death of a trooper
killed while digging graves for his fall
len comrades Is related by Private
George Stratton, OF the Canadian d.
visional Engineers.
A surprise for a German attacking
party is described by Lance Corp. }.
Anslin. of the First Somerset Light
Infantry as follows:
Il shall never forget Sunday, May 2.
The Germans had been shelling us a
whole fortnight, and on that Sunday
afternoon they shelled our trench again
and then gassed US. When they
thought they had rendered us all un-
conscious they made an attack on us IN
broad daylight. but they got the sur
prise of their lives! All we had to 90
was to shoot them down as they came
up. You ought to have seen them jump
up as we hit them. come down. and
stop there"
The dangers attending souvenir hunt
ing in the trenches are alluded to in a
letter from Private A. r. V. Dyke
Tenth Battalion Canadians. to his
brother at Milborne Port (SomerseD.
1T is terribly hot marching in full
The Washington times., 1915-07-08
NAVY TO ADOPT NEW
DISAPPEARING GUN
Submarines To Be Equipped
With Invention Covering Two
Years Experimentation.

A new type Of three Inch disap-
pearing gun for use on submarines
has been perfected by the ordnance
experts Of the navy. according to an
announcement of Secretary Daniels.
In the future all submarines will be
equipped with this gum. with the ex-
ception that a four-inch gun OF SINH
lar type may be used for the larger
seagoing submarines.
The new gun, according to Secre-
tary Daniels. is the result Of two
years Of experimentation and has no
superior. The carriage operates like
the disappearing apparatus of shore
batteries.
In ten days. the gun and its car
riage, having stood all tests. will be
sent from the ordnance factory here
to New York for mounting on the new
submarine under construction at the
Electric Boat Company's plant.
The problem has been to provide q
weapon for submarines when cruis-
ing on the surface which would not
delay clearance of decks for diving.
The German U-boats mount power
full three Inch rifles and they have
proved effective in compelling Brit
ish merchant ships to halt when at +.
tempting escape.
The Washington times., 1915-07-08
Gen. Obregon in Danger
Of Losing Entire Force,
Says Vera Cruz Report

His lines of communication cut. ana
his supply of, Ammunition running low,
General Obregon, Carranza's chief mill
tnry leader, who has been operating
against Villa in the vicinity Of Aguas-
calientes and Torreon, Is In danger or
having his entire force wiped out, ac-
cording to official advices which reached
the State Department today from Vera
Cruz.
For two days, these advices state.
the Carranza authorities at Vera cruz
have been unable to get word from
Obregon On the other hand, scouting
parties sent along the line of Obregon,s
Communications have reported largo
force Of %apatistas operating In rear
attack on the Constitutionalist army.
At Vera Cruz, it is stated. Carranza
has large supplies of ammunition which
he is unable to got to Obregon and the
latter's plight is regarded as critical
On the other hand reports concerning
the operations Of the Constitutionalist
army under General Gonzales against
Mexico City indicate steady progress.
Gonzales, 1t is stated is operating his
military trains within ten miles OF the
capital, having driven the Zapatista de-
tenders back eleven miles In the past
forty-eight hours. Evacuation of Mex
leo City by the Zapatista defenders IL
momentari1y expected.
The Washington times., 1915-07-08

reaching here tonight. Since Monday
they have not moved forward. and on
the Krasnik front, in southern Poland.
counter-attacks with great re-enforcs-
ments of reserves.
Military critics here believed that the
fifth German drive on the Polish capital
has suffered the same fate as the other
attempts. This time the Teutons got to
within fourteen miles of the important
Lublin-Cholm railway, and there, ac-
cording to all reports, they are sticking.
The sudden termination of the German
adavnce is laid to the Russian victory
on Monday, when the Cars troops
struck the flank of Archduke Joseph
Ferdinand's army to the northeast of
Wilkoaz. This unexpected blow and the
great forces which Grand~Duke Nicholas
Is now bringing to bear, It Is believed
here. will make the positions which the
invaders now occupy the high water
mark Of their advance.
So far as communications are con-
cerned, the Russians now have the ad-
vantage OF positions. as they have O
fine system OF railway behind them or
which they can quickly move troops and
guns to threatened areas This battle
bone OF many since the Austro-German.
commenced their drive through Galicia
has only just commenced. but according
to dispatches received in Geneva from
Austrian sources. the Russians have
thus far had the advantage and sincs
Monday have inflicted very heavy losse,
to the invaders. These dispatches stat
that thousands Of wounded are arriving
Din Lemberg. Przemysl and Jaroslau.
The Washington times., 1915-07-08
ALLIES NEAR WARS
GREATEST DRIVE
Canadian Colonel Says It Will
Force Germans From French
Soil Within Year.

NEW YORK, July S.-Col George
Sterling Ryerson, surgeon general Of the
Canadian army forces, returned yester-
day on the French liner Espagne from
Bordeaux, with his daughter Laura, a
,st1rvivor of the Lusitania, who saw her
mother drown. -...
Colonel Ryerson covered the entire
battle fronts along the Aisne and the
Marine, studying conditions in the
trenches. He asserted he found the
health of the men excellent, and their
spirit one of determination to defeat
the enemy.
within a short time" he said. there
will be put under way along the entire
western front a drive which will be the
eral Joffre recently said the Germans
would be out of France by the first OF
the coming year, and from what l have
seen have every reason to believe II
another. year. and the Germans will be
defeated"
The allied troops have no lack OF
equipment he continued. 'The
trenches are sanitary. and all water waite,
man before leaving the base camps Is
subjected to vaccination and anti
typhoid treatment
DR.; W. Sutton, Of Kansas City. who
lance hospital in France, was a pas
| senger on the Espagne. He said tn,
cases of the wounded now being treat
ed at the hospital are more seriou
| than at the outset of the war. This h
ascribed to wounds from high expio
sives, asserting that early in the wa
the majority of wounds were from
| shrapnel.
| Among the steerage passengers was
Belgian soldier on leave to visit friend
| here, who wore a medal awarded him
| he said. by King Albert for bravery II
| blowing up a bridge which resulted II
| the killing of 800 Germans.
The Washington times., 1915-07-08
YEARS COTTON CROP
LARGEST ON RECORD
Texas Alone Produced More
Than a Fourth of the Total
Grown in 1914.

Final figures issued by the Census
Bureau today show that the 1914 cot =
ton crop was the largest ever pro-
duced. The total production was
16.1S4.s3o equivalent 60o-pound bales.
which exceeded the 1913 crop by
nearly 2.00c.0 bales. or about II
per cept. The largest crop raised
prior to 1914 was that of 1911 when
l5.6s2.7o1 bales were produced.
Although cotton is grown In eight
cen States. only six. Texas. Georgia.
Alabama, South Carolina, Oklahoma.
a million bales each in 1914. Tho
combined growth of these six States
represented more than four-nfths of
the total crop Of that year.
Texas alone produced 4,59S,112
bales, or moro than one-fourth OF tho
total grown in 1914. The next great
est production was that Of Georgia,
2.71S.o37 bales. or one-sixth of the
sGop. tGta Sere 1ner Ssfss %s 5ifF
bales. or 1913 per cent Of the total;
South Carolina, with 1.533.s10 bales,
or 9.5 per cent Of the total: Okla
homa. with 1.2G2.l76 bales. or 7.s per
with 1.245.535 bales
The banner cotton county In re-
spact to number of bales produced Is
Ellis county, Texas, in which the
ginnings from the growth Of 1914
mately rs per cent more than the
entire crop Of Missouri or Florida.
about three times that of California.
and nearly six times that OF Vir-
sna s1n ans ms of gs sGHnty yrd is
duction In 1914 was 4e.s3S bales. as
compared with S,215 in 1919.