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Evening star., 1916-08-06

something refined. The invitation was a
compliment. Mr.. Chaunt accepted the
implied responsibility, and determined to
give them something high class-some-
thing really refined and uplifting.
His first thought was to recite "The
Psalm of Life" for an encore and to make
his main effort slightly more dramatic
u poem.
Mr.. Chaunt was invited to cast blight
over the Elks' show because it would
boost along the project for new club
house to have some one from the Com
mercial Trust Company on the program.
"lt's only for few minutes, fellows,
said the head of the amusement commit
tee. ave can stand him few minutes.
All the rest of the show will be good
Mr.. Chaunt went over his list of stand
ard poems, and finally took the bold step
of branching out with new one. He
made up his mind to spring "Herve Riel,"
by the well known English poet, Robert
Browning. 1t was dramatic, and at the
same time piece of verse that no gentle
man need blush to repeat in the presence
OF ladies. So he went down on the pro-
gram as HARVEY RILEY-recitation, by
Percy Chdunt." The printer knew how to
spell, If Perez Chaunt didn't Proof was
not submitted to MIR. Chaunt. OF course,
he was eager to see copy of the program
with his name in print, and he made a fuss
when he saw the spelling.
saw, what's the diff, Perce?" asked the
amusement committee impatiently. "Who
gives whoop? The crowd will think its
spelled all right. What's the dif? Just
stand for it. Nobody will notice it," r,
pERCE stood for the spelling because
there was nothing else to do: the pro-
grams were all printed. A thing that hurt
him in different way and in deeper
place, and that shook him all the way to
his foundation, was comment he heard
from Vinella Ecker. Vinella was an
instructor in the Normal School, very
pretty, and that intellectually which
gave pause to the joviality of the town
boys was the cap-sheaf of her charms for
Percy. Concerning Vinella Perce said:
al certainly shall not do anything to
risk lowering myself in Vinella's opinion.
1t has taken me four years to got to where
stand with Vinella Ecker r.
The comment Percy heard from Vinel-
las own lips was dropped at the Elks'
rooms on ladies' afternoon. Vinella and
a girl friend were sitting in one side of
big double settee with high back.
"Mr. Chaunt is going to recite poem
at the show" said the girl friend.
"My goodness, l couldn't imagine any
thing more dismally out of place. said
Vinella. "Why doesn't he do something
original? l would, if it killed me, on an
occasion like that
Vinella and her friend moved away.
Percy Chaunt lifted tragic face for one
instant above the high back of the settee.
He drank a glass Of full strength, clear,
strong lemonade few minutes later, and
left the rooms.
at has taken me four years to get to
where l stand with Vinella Ecker" muir
INJURED Percy as he reeled toward home.
"What can do at the show that won't
risk my place in her thoughts?'
Rehearsals of the individual acts in
the olio of the minstrel show were carried
on in strictest privacy. The performers
were keeping their stuff under cover.
Mr.. Chaunt in vain tried to get line
on tho sort of antarta inment tho other
Evening star., 1916-08-06

Percy decided to recite Herue
Riel,' by the iUeH kno,Un Eng
lish poet, Robert Bro,pning."
but none OF it seemed to fit his needs. He
even speculated on an acrobatic turn.
He racked his brains.
PERCY lived in as good residence as
there was on Pine Street, and his two
elderly maiden sisters kept house for him.
His sisters saw him evenings, seated
under the reading-lamp, his pale, gentle
manly features lined with care as he
scowled at nothing and muttered to him.
self.
"What is it, brother?"
Il am thinking about my act at the
show. 1t is to be original"
Brother is composing an original
piece" whispered Miss Capitola to Miss
Evaleen.
Il understand you are getting up some
thing original for the minstrels.' said Miss
Vinella, the next time she saw Percy.
"Pm so glad. Capitola said you were
working hard at it."
lnwardly Percy performed whatever
may be the gentlemanly equivalent of
cursing his sisters loquaciousness.
EYES," he said. "I have decided not to
recite poem. That was my first thought"
he added bitterly. "But refinement seems
to be not what is wanted. My piece will
be of an intellectual nature, naturally, he
concluded hastily.
1t was not his cue to be bitter, with
Vinella. He spoke in his usual semi
courting manner. The ordinary rough
character-in love, as Percy was, with
Vinella---would Immediately have pushed
further into the sacred realm of the af-
fections, if vinella had stood for the semi
courting manner, as she did. But it
had taken Percy four years to get to-
where he stood with Vinella, and his feet
got cold at the mere thought of taking
any chances.
II don't suppose dare to ask you what
the act is to be?' limited Vinella.
"Fd be pleased to explain it to you, but
in fact, it's $3.50 strikingly unlike-I
mean different-I mean to say it is such
radical departure, that IL hesitate-I
mean to say should merely spoil it for
you by trying to describe it, floundered
Percy.
In truth, Percy had not thought Of any
thing. The show was only four days dis
tant, and Percy's mind still was virgin Of
dramatic ideas.
THE idea came to Percy in the middle
of the night. He sat straight up in bed
when he got the thought. In the morning
he was on the eight o'clock train on the
way to the city. As soon as the train ar
rived in the terminus, he went to tele-
phone booth and consulted the business
directory. "Meyer & Rubens, Vaudeville
Evening star., 1916-08-06

into your house tomorrow
night late, and you can keep
me under cover until the
show. You don't need to be
afraid the folks in your town
will ever see me there with
my act, because the time /
play in don't book that town.
What'll you have? Mike,
give my friend a beer
ANo, thanks" said Perce
nervously. 4What is your act
like, Mr.. Katz?'
kid, if l do say it myself,
it's q knockout. 1t knocks
'em stiff. It's the best stuff
l ever had. All clean comedy
and new gags. There amt a
canned wheeze in the whole
mess. l write my own stuff.
It's high-class.'
@That's what I wanted to
know. Is it refined?'
4Refneds Say, guy, if you
know a refined act when you
see one, why, you oughta
see mine; that's all. It's the
highest class, strictly refined
comedy that ever was pulled
on this circuit. Say, Mike,
Evening star., 1916-08-06
Roughneck g Percy

NV THEN Mr.. Chaunt was assigned
ny part in the Elks' minstrel
" show. he naturally determined
Immediately that he would do
The Detroit times., 1916-10-27
In Our New York Factory

That's why you SIS instead Of $25 Bonds We make
and sell direct to the We have found way success
expense items that had and could enter
of the clothes Why should the ordinary retailer S25
sell the thing for SIS? Isn't $40 worth saving?
Quality has not been sacrificed in order sell Bonds Clothes
but the retailer and his profits and expenses have been en
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-25
LOUDER! LOUDER!

Of Monday fell three degrees short
OF the seasons record, the sleeping
hours were the warmest OF the
summer.
II was 6 O'Clock in the evening
before the mercury reached It's
limit for the day. AT that hour it
registered 90 degrees, and its de-
scent was low as the night wore
on. At o'clock II was SS, at S the
mark was Sc, ard at midnight those
who sought dreamleos repose were
confronted with handicap Of so
degrees.
The temperature did not lessen
greatly during the early morning
hours. the lowest figure recorded
being "a, which figure prevailed for
the three hours from to a. IN.
Many persons, finding II impossi-
bic 10 sleep comfortable indoors,
stretched out upon lawns and porch
es. and as late as o'clock. Tues
day morning, Grard Circus park
presented ar interesting study IN
the mobilization forces commanded
by Morpheus. All over the grassy
(Continaed on Page Three)
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-25
DetrOiter Heavily In
dOrsed As Candidate
for Lieut.-GOv.
PROMISES THE
BUDGET SYSTEM
Reform Is Needed In
States Financing, He
Declares

Former City Controller David E.
Heineman, who was defeated for the
nomination for lieutenant governor
two years ago by the smallest mar
gin In the history OF the state, gave
out the following statement today
relative to his candidacy for lieu
tenant-governor:
"On Tuesday. my nominating pe-
titions go to the secretary Of state.
They have been signed by over 10r
900 voters, residing In more than q
score OF counties Of both PENN
sulas. am Withholding all petit.
tions from counties where ether
candidates reside. My friends have
been so kind to me that I want them
to be neither embarrassed nor i'm.
portuned.
II was the first candidate 20 enter
the race for the lieutenant-g governor
ship. entered against the present
incumbent. I then figured and have
ever since, that my opponent would
be Mr.. Dickinson. That suits me
exactly 1t Is commonly believed
by politicians IN the state tha;
was done out OF the nomination
last time, when the returns after
(Continued on pnrs TbrceJ
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-25
Crack of Snipers'
Rifles Heard Each
Night
MEN ARE READY
FOR ACTION
Application Blanks For
Discharge Re-
ceived
BY MYRON w. GILLETTE
stan CsrpesDsnlsns DstsoIs Ttmes.)

~
tstsn CsrsssDeaasns Dssseit Ttmes.)
Ell PASO. Tex. July 25.--In the
face of a sand storm followed by
heavy rain. Company z, Thirty.nrst
Michigan infantry. commanded by
Capt. Wilton L. Pinkey, Detroit,
broke camp Monday night. and left
for the remount station at Fort
Bliss. Tuesday. its movements will
be under guidance Of district head
quarters. The change is permanent
but no other immediate changes are
expected by regimental officers.
Owing to activity of snipers In
the neishborhood OF the Massachu.
setts camp. less than a quarter-mile
from the station Of the Michigan
boys, which precipitated lively
skirmish late Sunday night, the
guard has been strengthened and
ammunition carried by each man
has been increased. After the call
OF lights out, following the initial
shots Of the skirmish, every com.
pany fell in" and, after call to
quarters. slept under arms" Shots
we're fred at various points for at
least a mile along the. Rio Grande.
Every company was orderly and
each desirous OF being the first to
be called out for active service.
Onlcial forms for the usc OF men
wishing discharges because OF de-
pendents were distributed to the
company commanders by Col. Bar
low today. After proper indorse-
ment. the applications will be for.
warded to the commanding oficer
at Fort Sam Houston. Approximate
ly 200 applications will be required
for the regiment
Mrs. George c. Waldo. wife Of
Maj. Waldo. and Mrs. Marvin l..
Stanton. wife OF Lieut.. Stanton. ar
rived In camp Monday afternoon.
and obtained cottages in El Paso.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-25
French Troops
Advance Again

PARIS. July 25.--Another advance
OF French troops was reported In to-
days Official statement. They car.
ried strongly fortified blockhouses"
south OF Es'res and elected the Ger
mans from trenches they occupied
nearby. Counter.attacks elsewhere
along the French front by the Ger
mans were repulsed
North OF vermandovillers the
Germans were thrown out OF some
trenches they had occupied.
On the left bank OF the Meuse. n
German grenade attack against Hill
304 was checked by machine gun
FIRE.
In Alsace the Germans made an
unsuccessful attack following exten.
sive artillery preparation, north OF
Altkirch.
The communique also revealed
French air squadron raids on Pierre.
pont and Longueyon railroad sta
tions and Mangiesse bivouac.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-25
By UNITED PRESS.

CLEVELAND. O., July 1b~--Caugfe
in a pocket Of natural gas. ~ men
are today trapped In the new )lr
100000 water tunnel. $50 feet below
the surface OF Lake Erie and fivo
miles from shore. II Is believed
that all have been choked to death.
Bodies of two men who perished IN
the fumes have been taken from the
tunnel.
The men in the death trap were
members Of a gang of workmen ana
OF two rescue parties. Whether an
are dead will not be known until
helmeted rescuers are able to peue-
trate the gas-nlled chamber.
Fifteen workmen were overcome
at $3.50 o'clock last night, when eas
seeped into the tube. Other work
men on the water crib discovered
the accident and eight men, led BY
Gustav c. Van Duzen. superinten-
dent Of construction. made IN hs-
roic attempt to save the trapped
men, but were themselves caught
behind heavy steel doors. which were
locked by the gas pres
sure.
Roman candles and skyrockets
we're shot into the air by crib work
men. II was two hours before help
(Continued on Page T'hree)
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-25
Michigan Troopers Are
Well and Happy,
Say Letters
NOT ENCAMPED
ON CITY DUMP
1--WE Fare As Well AS
Any Detroit Family"
Says Sergt. TiltOn

Oontradicting reports that the
Thirty-frst Michigan regiment, OF
Detroit, is encamped ON a cit ydumr
and that the men are poorly fed
and mistreated. ser.t' Francis TIL
ton, in charge of the Headquarters
company. has written q letter to The
Times. The letter also has the sig
natures OF every man In the COM
pany.
The men in the Thirty-nrst are
indignant, the letter says. at reports
In Detroit papers concerning their
health and treatment. "Our wives
mothers and sisters are almost wor-
ried to death after reading some OF
the reports" the letter says.
The letter urges The Times to set
at ease the minds OF relatives OF
boys in the Thirty-frst camp.
I'VE are not encamped on a city
dump, there is no sickness or dis
ease IN camp, and we fare as well
as any family In Detroit Sergt. Til
ton declares.
The letter from the Headquarters
company is regarded as conveying
the sentiments of every man In the
tContinued ON page ThreeJ
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-25
THE WEATHER.

Detroit and vicinityt Tuesday
night and wednesdsy partly cloudy .
conditions favorable for thunder
showersi iiGht TO moderate shifting
winds.
Lower michigan Partly cloudy
Tuesday night and Wednesday, prob
ably thundershowers.
Upper Lakes Gentle 60 moderate
east and southeast wtndst partly
cioudy Tuesday might and wednes-
day, probably thundershowers.
Lower Lakess Gentle shifting
vindst partly cloudy Tuesday niGht
snd "Wednesday. probably thunder
showers Wednesday on western
Erie.
Highest Temperature this date In
the psst ta years, ef, In fs79t lowest.
81, tn 1911.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-25
MICA. GIRL DIES
OF CHILD PLAGUE
Infantile Paralysis Makes It's
Appearance In Lenawee
County

LANSING. Mich, July 25.-The
first death from infantile paralysis
known to have occurred in Michigan
since the outbreak OF the epidemic
OF the disease In the east was report
ed here last night through Peters.
burg, Monroe county. from Deerneld,
Lenawee county, shortly after the re-
ceipt Of the news OF the discovery
OF a case at Riga. Lenawee county. a
few miles south Of Deerfield.
The Deerheld victim is Miss Iva
Smith. IL years old. daughter OF the
keeper OF n general store at Deer
field and sister OF the Deerfleld post
master.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-25
Deutschland Does Not
Take Advantage
of Storm
ALL NOW READY
FOR HER DASH
Whereabouts Of the
Bremen Remains
a Mystery
BY CARL n. GROAT

totdH correspondent united Press.
BALTIMORE. Md, July 25.-A 1T.
tie patch of green visible through a
driving rain told watchers today
that the German sub-sea freighter
deutschland. like the star-spangled
banner. was still there.
what had prevented her from
heading for the capes overnight, az
apparently planned, was more mys.
terious than all the mysterious
moves, dope dreams and theories
connected with this submarine ven
ture
Moves at her dock overnight made
II seem certain-at leaGt more Ger.
tain than ever before-that she was
going at once.
But after the first manoeuvers OF
the early night. calm settled over
the pier, the tug Tlmmins only oc-
casionally flashing her searchlight
tCcutinued on Page Three
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-25

LONDON, July 25.--The British
thrust OF today was a hurting for.
ward Of an inferno OF namo. steel
and shot along nve-mile front
from Thiepval to Longuevh. At
only three points In this stretch
was there contact Of men-at Del
Vile and High Woods and Pozieres.
Tho last named village. which Is
divided by the main highway from
Albert to Bapaume itself housed
British and Germans. Ever since
Sunday morning the two forces have
srappled hand-to-hand In desperate
combat
The wide street which stretches
out In The towns suburbs to Join
the Bapaume highway was No Mans
Land. II was swept by rain OF
machine gun bullets from both
sides. Now and then the deluge
stopped momentarily as forces from
one side or the other charged. Then
IL was bayonet TO bayonet. At last
reports Il seemed that the Anzacs-
sturdy British colonials tested In
the blazing heat Of Gallipoli-were
slowly but surely wrestling An ad-
vantage.
None the less desperate were the
struggles for supremacy in the two.
sparse forests at Delville and High
woods. The forests themselves were
gone. or the leafy foliage nothing
remained. Shot and shell and hand
grenades had stripped the trees
into gaunt nre blackened poles. or
laid them low on the ground in In
extricable confusion.
Behind these barriers OF logs the
Germans and British fought Hercely.
There was no diminution In the
artillery fire which Gen. Haig has
nov been pouring ceaselessly into
the German lines since Friday On
the other hand, tho Germans pound
ed away with explosive shells, gas
shells, shrapnel and machine gun
FIRE.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-25

Blue Ribbon Races Today
Board of Commerce Stake,
SIS, 900 purse.-Adv.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-25
FATALITIES
NOW NUMBER %
Hundreds Sleep Out of
Doors, Monday
Night
Detroit VIII experience another
tremely warm day. Tuesday.
Weatherman Coneer sava ,ne m

tremely warm day. Tuesday.
Weatherman Conser says the mer-
curry will probably again climb to
the 80 degree mark, but that the
heat will not be so oppressive, as
the humidity Ia low. being only ~.
This Ia the comforting assurance
that Mr. Conger sent out from his
cupola in the Majestic building at Q
o'clock. at which hour the Official
temperature was 81 degrees. This
was two degrees less than was reg
istered at the same hour Monday
morning
The weatherman appended his
usual ITO be continued" TO his daily
serial about the atmospheric condi-
tions.
While the high-tempernture mark
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-25

Big Fields and Fast Horses
at the Blue Ribbon Races, Fair
grounds this week.-Adv.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-25
INFERNO OF STEEL AND
FLAME RAGING ON five
MILE FRONT IN FRANCE
BritOns and Germans
Stab One Another In
Pozieres Street
ARTILLERY MOWS
DOWN FORESTS

LONDON, July 25.-"The
greater part OF poxieres 10 now
ours" reported Gen. hals In an
oueiaI Statomcnt today.
The British commandcr-ln.
chief declared that nowhere had
the Teuton eounter-attaek reach
ed the British trenches,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-25

CLEVELAND, July aS~-oxpG
q. Q. vsW Owen, who led -
rsseue party into the eas-hIIsd
tunnel, wss taken out unsoN.
se'ous but alive At ESQ Q. "A.
today.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-25
WORKERS HELD BEHIND STEEL DOORS
IN GAS-F|LLED CLEVELAND tunnel
$50 feet BELOW SURFACE OF LAKE
Strike Pocket Of Dead
ly Fumes Five Miles
From Erie Shore
RESCUE PARTY
ALSO CAUGHT
BIZ UNITED PRESS.

CLEVELAND, o, July 2s-
Up TO 10 q. m. today eight dead
men had been taken from the
water tunnel. Seven Of them
have been Identified. In add.
non four men havs been
brought out alive. Reseuese
and workman lnsIst there ase-
still from " 70 10 moro hodlso
" che tunnel. .s ~. 80.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-25

Ir. Cool at Wayne Gardens
on the river front at Third-ave. High
class cabaret, dancing. cafe.-Adv.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-25

One Big Carnival of Speed
at Blue Ribbon races today
Adv.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-25

M. & M. Day Wednesday
Fair Grounds-S10,000 purse.
ADV.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-02-16
Discovered

Ben Harris, the theatrical man. and
Bat Masterson. the sporting expert,
had an argument over the name of the
dlscoyerer of the Mississippi river.
Masterson said it was De Soto, and
Harris thought it was somebody else,
They decided to leave the decision TO
the next man who entered the cafe
where they were seated Mt the time.
In n minute in came vaudeville book
ing agent they both knew. Masterson
beckoned him over to their table. and
he came.
Ike" lie said, Ben here and / want
you to settle a dispute for us. Was it
De Soto who discovered the Mississippi
river or wasn't it?''
We'll. IL it was him never heard
him mention it," said the vaudeville
man. Il know him well too
Know who Well: g
This guy De Soto Hes trick Jug
gler. | had him working for me ten
weeks last year on the small time
Saturday Evening Post.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-02-16
Z. T. Stafford.

Mr.. and Mrs. John Barrett, who
were employed at Dorset Inn during
the past few months, left Thursday
for their home in Newburg, N. Y.
Quite number of our young people
are planning to attend the Ministries
given by the union club in Manches-
ter Friday and Saturday evenings.
Mrs Roscoe Wilson and little son
came Thursday from West Hebron,
N. Y, to spend several weeks with
her parents Mr.. and Mrs John Pei
tief
Miss Cora wilkins has resumed her
position at w. w. Fahenstocks' after
being laid up with a sprained ankle.
she sustained by an accident several
weeks ago.
Mrs. A. W. Phalen attended the
| meeting Of the Rutland and Benning.
ton Counties Librarians association
held in the Griffith Memorial library
in Dandy Thursday.
N. n. Love, County Supt. of Schools
was in town the first of the week on
official business. While in town Mr..
Love made his headquarters with
Mr.. and Mrs. John Fisher.
Mr. and Mrs Laurence E. Heath
left Monday for their new home in
West Acton, Mass, after spending
their honeymoon at the home Of Mrs.
Ellen Ladd on the West road.
Thomas Burns. who has been spend
ing a two months vacation at his Old
home, returned Tuesday to his station
in Alaska where he has a responsible
position with the Vermont Marble Co.
The annual town meeting is only 20
days away, which will be held on
the east side this year. Very little
talk is being heard among the local
politicians concerning the political
situation, yet we understand that
there is to be one Office contested by
several aspirants.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-02-16
DORSET

E.. II. West spent Sunday with his
family on the west road.
T. L. Comba left Saturday for New
York city where he will remain for
several weeks.
Z. S. Casselman returned Friday
from a several days trip to New York
City.
E. Palmer Boughton returned Fri
day after an absence Of several days
spent in Bennington.
Miss Ruby Harwood of T. C. A.
Poultney, spent the weekend at her
home on the West Road.
Mrs. Mary HARDWOOD spent several
days last week at the home OF her
son.. Henry HARDWOOD in Dorset Hol-
low. getcl
Gus billiard OF Dandy was in town
Friday, buying cattle of several of
full trip.
Mrs. Sarah Connell has returned
from fortnights visit at the home
of her son. B. j. Cornell in Manchest-
er Depot.
About so people attended the Box
social held in the church vestry
Thursday evening by the Christian
Endeavor society.
Miss Elizabeth Lille is spending
several days at the home of her grand
parents, Mrs. and Mrs. George b.
Lille on the West mountain.
The Library has received two very
useful gifts in the form of Roches-
ter reading lamp, the gift of Mrs.
John Peltier, and three large library
waste-baskets, the gift of merchant