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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-16
PRoPosALs ron coAL
fee OF the Board Of County Audit,

OlHce OF the boaro OF county Au1tt-
orr
Detroit. May .. 1918
Sealed proposals viii be received Up
TO o'clock p. m. Thursday. May Is.
Auditors OF the County or Wayne
with approximately % tons Of chest
nut coal and 2 900 tons Of oitumsuous
coal 20 be used at the County Build =
Ing ana Detention Home Building.
Detroit In accordance with spscificg .
tions on rie in Ofhce Of said BOA RI.
copies Of which may be obtained on
application.
blank which may be obtained ia
the office OF the Boari 90 Auditors
and a certified check for Two Hun
dred $4,000 dollars must accompany
each bid
The Board reserves the right 20 re-
ject any and all bids
THE BOARD OF COUNTY AUDITORS
BY WIN. +. MoELLER,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-16
WANTED-PROPOSALS

Sealed proposals Will De received At
the Office OF the Village Clerk. NJ.
% Gerald avenue, Highland Park.
Michigan. until o'clock in the ~
terncon Monday May % lHlS. ~
which time anC place same VIII De
apaned for the furnishing o. coal. TO
10 used at the IrcinsratoT Plant. for
the year. July /. 1915 10 Jane %.
1917.
aaa tons more or less. ~ Coal
having heat value Of not less t.--n
~ 600 r. T. L. will be required
Grade 10 be Chestnut and Slack.
nrtces 10 be r. ~. Is. incinfrator SD
ing.
Further information may be had By
calling the Department OF Public
Works
The Council reserves The right 20
reject any or all bids
Village Clerk
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-16
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Secretarys Office
so Broadway
Detroit Mich. May Is, 1918

Detroit Mich. May Is. 1918
Sealed proposals. viii h~ received at
this Office on dates as specified. for
furnishing the Board Of Education.
during the fiscal year ending June
20 1877. with supplies. etc, as fol-
lows
Manual Training supplies May -. 1918
= kindergarten Supplies June 5. 1915
High school Supplies June 10. laIS
Blank Forms and
Miscellaneous Printing June y, 1915
Text Books ....-..... June Il. 1915
Physical Training and
Bath Supplies. ......,. June Is. 1915
Proposals must be submitted ac-
ccrding to specifications on forms
furnished which may be had upon
application 20 the Secretarys Office.
The Board Of Education reserves
the right 10 reject any OF all bids
CHARLES 4. GADD.
Bs5- Secretary.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-16
WEATHERPROOF
COTTON ROPE

az the offics OF the Public Lighting
rcr'm.sSion. IS East Ntwater street.
until ie-g9 A. m Tuesday. May -.
fsIG for furnishing Westherprpot
cotton Rope required for the public
lighting plant in accordance with
spec ihrntiors on file In the supcrin-
trrdeuts office
E T BOWLER.
B-1S5 Secretary.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-16
CANADA SOUTHERN BRIDGE
COMPANY.

Detroit, Mich, April :, 1918.
Notice Ia hereby given that q spe-
the Canada Southern Bridge Company
will be held at the principal office
Of tho company, Room se2. Fifteenth
Street Passenger Station, Detroit,
Mich, on Thursday, the sth day %
June 1915. at 10 o'clock a. m. for the
purpose OF considering ard suthorIz-
Ing the sale OF the railroad. rights
and frsnchises OF this company 20
The Michigan Central Railroad Com
pany and such other matters and
things as may be incident 20 or nee
essary or appropriate to be done In
connection Herewith.
BY order Of the Board OF Directors
d. w. PARDEE.
Secretary.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-16

2 Y0aS1SS8 - ooene - ofos-
- eesSSSe1s -As srainance %
qnen1 SeetSees issp. IT'D, 1te,,
Han Her ItO. 1tgs 1thp, fd,.
4(oDs 1tkb, ItlD. Itmb, ttns ItsD.
2 tississ is 81 tSe Cempii-s
z DuGono0ees 81 the CITY ef Detroit
4 - ~ yeas 1oo4 and also by sdd-
- DeW seee1oas thereto 40 be
\ 1Goggu - aeet1Oas 1tvt and 1(wp,
; oOueUseA Juse 3. 1915.
( II ~ HEREBY ORDAINED BY
! IS PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF DE-
s sSsn a oi Thss an g; S5d .n.ss
oertion 1tm) of an ordinance en-
( tltled: AN ordinance TO amend
oecti0ns ftap. ftbD, itc). 1,dl,
4fsls I'D itg). ith), 1up. lGl.
cSssnr.ss iib III 81 the &c 9om nna Oral,
4 pances Of the city OF Detroit
for the year 1904 and also by add
me new sections thereto 10 be
s known as Sections ltyl and
wv 1fw).v approved June 7. 1910. be
and the same is hereby amended
- read ~ follows:
Bee. 1(m). The fire limits OF
the City OF Detroit shall also
include all that section OF the
City described within the follow
NJ Hmifs. to-wit: Commencing
q point on the center line OF
Minnie street where said center
4 llne intersects the southerly
y t1ont-of-wsy OF the Wabash rail.
rood; thence westerly along said
psntsr line OF Clark avenue.
X fbeoce southerIy along the center
h ll0o OF Clark avenue TO the center
Z lIne. extended, OF the public al
loy dret north OF West Jerer-
Along the center ,ine 81 the pub
Ito alley first north % West JEFF
fersgn avenue 10 the center line
"A 09 Moore street. thence westerly
along q lire fz0 feet distant
q Ssec s nnrls =, righ, angles from
t4Yoon avenue TO the westerly
city limits: thence along said
xp1ttriy. city. limits To the Ma
eyoqaI boundary line: thence
1estefy along said National
AZ ~ Minnie street. extended. south
" ely: thence nortbtrly along the
1ooeor line OF Minnie street. ex-
tQn0ed. to the point OF Begin
glng--exccpting 80 much OF said
bounded as follows. Commence
y. Inc az tho Intersection OF the
WsetsrIy boundary OF private
* claim 80 and the southerIy line
% West Jefferson avenue; thence
Hofpllel with the westerly line OF
oo1d private claim 80 to the har-
"a Dor line Of the Detroit river:
&oe0ce In an easterly direction
nyqng said harbor line 70 the
Y ~ tlas with the westerly line
N.Y., mvIVnfo claim 40 ~ extended
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-16
BAY CITY a BATTLE CREEK
RAILWAY COMPANY.

Notice u hereby given that a spe.
elal meetins OF the stockholders OF
Company VIII be held at the principal
Office OF the company. Room 5o2. Fiji
tecnth Street Passenger Station, De-
troft. Mich. on Thursday. the sth day
Of June. 1916. at 10 o'clock a. m. for
the purpose OF considering and auth
orising the sale OF the railroad. rights
4Ss cpsan cs 81 nj e,snsns o to
Dany and such other matters and
Fhings NJ may be incident 10 or nee
DooaYy or appropriate to be done In
Herewith.
d. w. PARrEE.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-16


q ~ IN eSdtnsnec entitled "Au orsii
0o0ce prcs~vibtag certain limit
Vvotheu the city of DETROIT whereti
there shalt not hereafter he estae
DoeheA and maintained places 81
Doeaslsas for the sale NJ whoiesni'
HEREBY ORDAINED BY
rHE PEOPLE or THE CITY OF De
Election 4 That District 3 OF an
ordinance entitled IAN ORDINANCE
b pr~acribing certain limits within
the City OF Detroit wherein there
shall not hereafter ~ esta ollshed
and maintained places or ioca
lions for the sale at wholesale 1I
spirituous. intoxl eating OF mar
liquors" be and The same Is here
b. amended 10 read az follows
Dis s. Beginning az the IN
tersection of the National tboun.
dairy line with center hne or
Firth street projected. thence
northerly along said line ,- ahs
along the center lire % Fi'h
street e. the center line ~
Grand River avenue: Theme
northwesterly along the center
line az Grand River avenue 20
the center line OF dreenwopa
the center line OF Greenwood
avenue and Hamilton Boulevard
"a the northerly city limits,
thence westerly along said noL-
therly city limits and the south
line OF the Village Of lilEhlanS
Park TO the southwest corner OF
said village; thence nortberly
Along the westerly lire OF the
yiIlaGc OF Highland Park 20
point si5 feet southerly from tie
northeriy line OF the ie.oep-agrs
tract. thence Westerly pa,s Ia
0o0-acfe tract TO point ss3 Zee,
0oxserly OF the center line OF
FWe1fth street, thence soNthefly
and PARALLEL 10 the center line
81 Twelfth street 10 point IN
the center line OF Quarter section
eriy along the center line OF said
Quarter Section - 10 the center
Ifne OF Twelfth street. thence
oouth<rIy along the center hne OF
Twelfth street to the center line
Uf Calvert avenue: thence easter
~ along the center line OF Cal
Vert avenue TO the center line OF
Wilson avenue: thence southerly
fo1lowing the center line az VIII
noD avenue to the center line OF
Seward avenue. thence eaSteriy
along the center line ~ sewarc
Geoenneid avenue. thence south
erly along the center line OF
6reeaaeld avenue 10 the center
llne or Grand Boulevard West,
thence easteriy along the center
1jns Of said Boulevard to the
3nferxectipn with the center lire
~ Sterling avenue projected.
tne0ce southwesterly along The
Oe8feY line OF said Sterling ave-
onus to the center line OF Hoi-
In avenue. thence southeasteriy
01oog the center line OF Holden
Avenue TO the center line OF
xSumbuil avenue. thence souther-
II along the center line OF Trurr-
6u11 avenue TO the center line ~
Fort street West: thence easter
n along the center line OF Fort
Street West 10 the center line of
X1Ghih street. thence sontherly
atoms the center line of Eighth
otroGt and said center line pro-
Noted to the National Boundary
y1no: thence easferiy along the
National Boundary TO the place OF
IL. Tais ordinance shall
take fmmcd sate effect.
ApDgcved May .. 1915
OSCAR B. MARX.
~. HTcHARD LINDSAY.
BHSo City Clerk
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-16
Iron Mountain Miner Dead.

IRON MOUNTAIN Mich. May
l6.--Andrew Hassell. -. an en-
ploye 81 the Chaplin mine for 2s
years. was instantly killed by be
ing struck in the back by a large
chunk OF iron ore which fell from
AN overhead drift.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-16
OFFICE OF THE Department
or RECREATION OF The CITY
or DETROIT
sis-s:o Farwen Building

Sealed proposals viii De received at
the above otncs until y noon. Tues
day. May %. 1915. for furnishing the
following
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-16
MRS. WILLIAM GRANT BROWN
MRS. EDWARD sALsAcH

mNo. tDWeND BblbACH
AfteT six months Of hard work.
Mrs. William Grant Brown and Mrs.
Edward Balbach announce arrange
ments complete for entertainers o..
10000 women who will attend me
biennial meeting Of the Federation
Of women's clubs In New York. DO.
ginning May 20 Mrs Brown u
chairman and Mrs. Balbacb ls d.
rector OF the biennial board
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-16

IN ,ORDINANCE to amend District
z q - IN ordinance entitled An orsii-
Oo0ce prcsrvibiag c~rtain limits
Within the city of Detroit wheretn
there shait act hereafter he estae-
DosheA and snnintained places or
Doeaebeus for The sale ~ Wholesale
81 spisttssas, intoxicating or malt
IA HEREBY ORDAINED ny
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14
COMMISSIONERS OF AGRICULT-
URE MAKES GOOD
WITH FARMERS.

When it became my duty to appoint Com
missioner of Agriculture. | went to President
Schurman and asked him to pick me the best
man for the place from among those trained IN
the agricultural college maintained By the state
at Ithaca. He suggested Professor Charles 5.
Wilson. a member of the Cornell faculty, guar
anteeing him as one of integrity and executive
ability.
There is not farmer in the state that will
not say that Wilson has made good. In his
short tenure of office he has eliminated seventy
useless employees, effecting an annual saving
Of close to 100000; arranged constructive
programme for the county fairs, planned the
Standardization of New York products so that
it is hoped that another decade will see values
doubled.
When came to look into the administration
Of the workmen's compensation act, factory in
spection. employment bureau and other activr-
ties expressive of the states desire for social
Justice. I found ramshackle machinery oper-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14
Robert Lansing, the Next President

the Secretary Of War, the Attorney General,
the Postmaster General. the Secretary Of the
Navy and the Secretary Of the Interior. The
other Cabinet offices rank in the order Of their
establishment.
Since the foundation of the government Cab
met officers at the close of one Administration
have held over into new Administration until
their successors have been appointed and con
firmed and have qualified
The tenure Of Office act Of March 2, 1867,
reads: Every person holding any civil Office
TO which he has been or hereafter may be APP
pointed by and with the advice and consent of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14
ALBANY

ated by Labor Commissioner, Fire Marshal,
Workmen's Compensation Commission OF
five members, and an Industrial Board OF four
members. An appropriation intended for the
year had been dissipated in three months, and
the Offices maintained would have reflected
credit upon millionaire with aesthetic tastes.
We did away with the useless office OF State
Fire Marshal entirely saving Sl25,OOO year,
And then effected simple and complete CEN
tralization of administration in an Industrial
Commission of five members, representing
labor and the employing interests as well as
the public generally.
Through the consolidation there have been
eliminated various Implications of effort. In
the City of New York two absolutely useless
Offices were promptly closed up and the four
remaining offices consolidated into one central
Office. In Albany, the Office of the Bureau OF
Workmen's Compensation in a private build
ing was closed and new quarters taken in the
Capitol building. Consolidation of Offices was
effected in Rochester and Buffalo Through
these eiminations and the centralizing of re-
sponsiblity and effort the Industrial Commits
sion has been able to show saving Of approx
mately quarter of million dollars.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14

the Senate and who shall have become duly
qualified to act therein, shall be entitled to
hold such office during the term for which be
was appointed, unless sooner removed by and
with the advice and consent Of the Senate, or
by the appointment, with the like advice and
consent of successor in his place"
The coming commission issued by the Presi-
dent to Mr. Lansing specifies no term whatever,
although it contains the phrase during the
pleasure of the President Of the United States
for the time being" The reasons for this
saving clause are quite apparent, and the men,
ton of the name of William Jennings Bryan
in the message Of the President to the Senate
causes one to wonder whether the Commoner
was aware that, if he remained in Office until
March next. he would be the twenty-ninth
President of the United States-if only for Q
day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14

For years had watched the work of War
den W. j. Homer, and when | came to be
Governor one Of my first acts was to assure
this simple, whole-souled miracle worker that
the full power of my administration was be-
hind him With all my soul | hold to the
Homer idea Of prison reform, and AS fast as
may be I intend that this idea shall dominate
every prison IN the State of New York. Sing
Sing must go, and it is my hope TO see new
Sing Sing rise on farm site, self-supportng
without competition with free labor, and rich
in the physical values afforded by up-buildng
activities carried on in the SUM-
I found Dr.. Biggs doing the same fine,
splendid things in the Health Department that
Homer was doing at Great Meadow, and feel
that it would have been crime against the
state had accepted the resignation that this
single-minded official was willing TO hand me.
Professor Irvine, famous as an educator and
municipal expert. was just the kind Of man
that was trying to get for the Public Service
Commission. More than that, he had gained
valuable experience during his term, and ! con-
sidered his reappointment public duty. When
they charge that | am the first Governor TO re-
appoint a member of an opposite political party
TO the commission, my answer is that no other
Governor. perhaps, ever had opportunity 20 re-
tain man of Professor Irvne's remarkable
fitness.
Such then. is the record of my administra-
ton with regard to appointments. II there -
party treason in them, the bosses are well
come to make the most Of II.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14

tive has control, and TO ride to the Capitol,
should he desire as the outgoing President on
Inauguration Day.
Moreover, this is the first time in the history
Of the nation that a Secretary of State has
had this honor bestowed upon him and only
the second time in the 40 years of the eXis-
tence of the United States that the office has
been held by any one other than the President
or the Vice-President.
On January 10, 1856, Congress passed the bill
which provided for the succession to the Presi-
dency through the Cabinet, commencing with
the Secretary of State and passing on through
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14
SUMMARY OF THE STATES
ACHIEVEMENTS IN CON-
SERVATION.

The first step was the abolition of a three
headed commission that was working confu-
sion and the appointment of a Conservation
Commissioner with full power TO act and also
able to be held to complete responsibility. The
Legislature agreed with me, and for the new
most Mr.. George d. Pratt. OF Brooklyn, was
selected. lie was the president of the Camp
fire Club Of America, treasurer Of the National
Council of Boy Scouts, chairman Of the Physi-
cal Department of the International Y. M. {.
A., founder Of the Permanent Wild Fire Pro-
tectve Fund, and power in the great conser-
walton movement in the United States. Mr.
Pratt has reduced the number of employees,
brought the whole service under strict civil
Service regulations, has worked out a great
fire map, which is the most comprehensive plan
of organization against fire fighting in the
forests ever undertaken, and he is making the
first detailed study of the fishing waters Of the
state as a basis for scientific working plans for
fish stocking and protection. He has proceeded
with equal justice against both rich and poor
who have been occupying state lands Illegally
He has already reclaimed 1000 acres Of swamp
land in the Canaseraga Valley, and is project
ing other drainage projects that will add mill
ions to the value Of the states property. In
educational work he is himself spending far
more than his salary. Every phase of the con-
servation movement is being covered by moving
r;ctures for lecture use. He has practically
lut an end to the cutting down of trees in the
state forests. and for the first time ne is plan
ming a great survey of the state holding that
will provide a plan for the reforestatlon OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14

the same disability as the President. There
fore the Secretary of State. Mr.. Lansing, VIII be
President Of the United States for the twenty
four hours and some minutes elapsing between
noon on Sunday, March 4. and the time that
the new President takes the oath Of office on
the following day.
This brief term of Office is not mere for
mality 1t is an actual occupation of the power
of President, with all his authorities and pre-
negatives. Mr.. Lansing President lansing"
for the day-will be empowered TO occupy the
White House to issue pardons, to attend to all
the other business of which the Chief Execu-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14

March 4. 1917 will fall upon sunday anu
il is contrary to all precedent-although not
in opposition to any law-to hold an in"usuia
ton on Sunday Therefore the incoming 0hiei
Executive will take the oath of office and com
mence his term shortly after noon on March D.
President Wilson's term commenced at moo"
on March 4. 1918; therefore. according 10 t"e
Constitution. which defines the term OF t'es,
ident as -four years" his tenure OF once VIII
no over at noon on March and, even II ne Is
elected 70 succeed himself, he cannot take the
oath If office until noon on the following day
w. President Marshall, of course, is under
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14

man works for the Highways Department to-
day that has not proved himself fit for the Job
in fair competition. No man under Duffey
gets a wage increase except as he earns it by
the system of efficiency ratings that has been
installed.
do not ask professional politicians to prove
to me that Dufey has not built up the ina
chine" ! admit it. He has built up the roads
Of the state and that is what | appointed
him for.
New York spends 100000 year on the
Department of Agriculture helping farmers,
dairymen and frutgrowers to increase their
product, guarding consumers against fraud and
mpurity, and fighting insect pests and diseases
f livestock.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14

Service Reform Association. and Mr.. W. d.
NcKinstrie and Mr.. w. G. Rice, both famous
figures in civil service reform.
At every turn these men have stood like
rocks against the insidious influences of the
past. Hundreds of positions have been brought
under the classified lists, and where once the
whisper Of a ward boss brought about the ap.
pointment of henchmen it is to-day the case
that those who serve the State of New York
must submit TO the test of impartial examina-
ton in order that their fitness may be deter
mined.
Let no one think that the activities of these
gentlemen have caused me disturbance or re-
gret. They are doing only what l insisted
must be done stand by them, as | stand by
The principle that the state is entitled to the
same high quality of service that is received
and demanded by private employer Now, If
ever ar end must be put to the established
theory that the peoples money is easy money
Upon inquiry / discovered that the Super
intendent Of Public Works is a person of large
and almost autocratic power, charged with
many and divers duties. He enters into con-
tracts, pays for work done, seizes upon land,
structure and waters, and decides as to pay
ment, and as he is honest and efficient or dis
honest or inefficient so are millions wisely ex-
pended or foolishy squandered. Since 1895,
for instance bond issues TO the amount Of
Sl6l0OO0OO have been voted for canal con-
struction and canal improvement.
The established policy of committing such
vital interests to one having no larger quail
hcation than mere partisan activity seemed a
crime 70 me. and ] addressed myself to the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14

TINE next President of the United States
will be Robert Lansing, of New York,
the present Secretary Of State
This is not in the nature of wild politica
prediction, nor is it the inauguration Of boom
Tor Democratic dark horse" 1t is merely
the statement of fact which, barring the
death or resignation of Secretary Lansing, Is
as certain as anything can be.
Mr.. Lansing's term of office does not depend
upon the action of any political convention; it
likewise irrespective of any primary or di-
rect election. In point Of fact, it dates back
to January 10, 1886, when Congress passed an
act providing that, in the event Of the death
removal, resignation or inability of both the
President and the Vice-Presdent of the United
States, the Secretary Of State shall act as
President.