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The Detroit times., 1916-08-01
Allies viii Not Suffer War
To End as Drawn Game, Says
British Foreign Secyetayu
By WILBUR s. FORREST.

BIZ WILBUR s. FORREST.
(StGn Correspondent United Press.)
LONDON, Aug. 1.-The great war
will not be drawn game" The
allies will surely win the reward
OF their sacrifices and those sacri.
fees will have been vain unless
there shall result new world condi.
tions OF comfy and better under.
standing.
SO declared Lord Newton, under
secretary OF state for foreign az
fairs. In a statement prepared today
for the United Press. II was in re-
sponse TO a query addressed to the
foreign ONCE for comment upon the
second anniversary OF the outbreak
OF the European conflict.
Entering the third year OF the
war" Lord Newton asserted, "one
Is struck by the fact that contem.
porary events In France indicate the
allies effort. which. until now. has
been largely that OF preparation,
will not result in the depressing
state of equilibrium which some
have prophesied for IL, using the
The Detroit times., 1916-08-01
THREE BOATS
CRASH IN FOG
Empire City, Towing Caring.
ton. Rams Sierra On st.
Clair River

In a fog in the ST. Clair river
just above Algonac three freight
boats were badly damaged in a col.
lision early Monday morning. The
steamer Sierra, downhound with
ore. had been lying at anchor In
the channel, according 10 reports
and shortly after getting under way
was bumped on the stern by tbs
steamer Empire City towing the
barge Carrington. both ore laden.
The Darlington crashed into the
stern Of the Empire City. The
Sierra and Empire City lost their
sterns. and the tow OF the latter
WAS badly damaged. The Caring
ton escaped unscathed.
The steamer Pentecost Mitchell
downbound. picked up the barge and
towed her TO Toledo, where she
discharged her cargo.
The Sierra, operated by the Inter
ocean Steamship Co. was towed TO
the Ecorse yards OF the Great Lakes
Engineering works. The Empire
City is above Algonac making TEN.
porary repairs. The Pittsburgh
Steamship Co. OF Cleveland. oper-
ates the Empire City.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-01

metaphor "a drawn game The
sacrifice of our men and those OF
the great French republic and our
other allies on scattered gigantic
fronts. will quite sssuredly win their
reward.
what is 20 be the reward Of all
this sacrifice and effort?
1T is not only punishment OF the
blood guilty. or new hope for the
nations that have been victims Of
the central powers. new hope for
Belgium. Serbia and the Armenians
and Syrians that those who planned
such deeds Of violence will assured
ly meet just recompense; but be-
yond what Is TO be meted out, there
stands the possibility Of the future
and our sacrifice and effort win
have been In vain unless there shall
arise from all this bloodshed new
world conditions in which action be-
tween state and state Is conducted
in an atmosphere OF better under
standing. or when mutual under.
standing fails, the points at issue
be decided more under the fn0u-
ence Of the principles OF justice"
The Detroit times., 1916-08-01
T elling eply to
Hughes Speech Is
Planned
WILL ANNOUNCE
BUSINESS POLICY
Republican Party to
Be Arraigned AS
Renaissance
BY UNIThD PRESS.

WASHINGTON. Aug. i.-Presi
dent Wilson had Charles e. Hughes
speech Of acceptaice for breakfas,
this morning. He had plenty OF
time thoroughly to digest 1.-THE
speech-before cabinet meeting.
When that body convened they all
went to it.
The speech followed lines antici.
pated BY the president and his ad.
visers, 1t was declared.
So certain were administration
leaders that Hughes would say what
he did-so they said today-that the
president has been preparing his
own speech OF acceptance for sew.
eral weeks and It Is now practically
completed, with only few changes
necessary.
II Is understood his reply will be
largely constructive, dividing itself
into two major parts:
Development Of . declaration tina,
the Republican ,spaxtx, n = f'renin,
iscencS With D platform Uf p01F
cies. some Of which II failed tc
handle when in power. and many OF
which the Democrats have put into
laws during recent months.
Enunciation Of constructive bus
mess policy for the future, showing
what has been done and what will
be done through Industrial prepared
ness to meet the economic upheav.
ais after the war.
The presidents address will not
be as long as that delivered by
Hughes. It will include a defense
Of the administrators diplom attic
course In Mexico and toward Euro
pean nations. It will point at length
to prosperity and peace.
There II now no intention on the
part of the president to reply to
Hughes address previous to his
speech OF acceptance. at Long
Branch.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-01

GRAND RAPIDS. Mich, Aug. l.
Reports received here by various
lumber interests, have given Rae to
fear OF heavy damage and possible
loss OF life from forest fires now
sweeping the northern sections of
the state. Advices from Fire War
den Morford OF the Michigan Hard.
wood Manufacturers association. at
Gaylord, indicate that fires are rag
ing furiously In the Blue lake sec
ton. and In the section southeast OF
Frederick with the certainty that
unless rain arrives soon, heavy dam
age to timber will result
There is heavy fire IN the south.
west corner OF Otsego county and
in the northwestern corner OF An
trim county and more or less fire
extending clear down 10 Sigma.
This fire tract probably covers at
least $4,000 acres at Blanchard's S
camp OF the w. u. Young Co. on a
branch OF the Detroit & Charlevoix
railroad. A cook shack was burned
and II could not be learned whether
they had succeeded in getting he
horses away from this camp or not.
The losses in this section are some
logs belonging TO w. ID. Young and
Ross e. Wentworth.
The most severe forest fires Ia
several years arc reported near Man
celona. The blaze j. now within
FIVE milee of the village. and great
fear is felt for farmers living be-
tween the Are line AMI tho town.
II Is impossible TO driye through
the country for miles around, and
in places the flames are as high as
the tree tops.
From Boyne City II is reported
that the Blanchford lumber camps
near Deward have been destroyed.
Two thousand acres of Land in
Colfax township, near Cadillac. are
estimated 10 have becl SWEPT By
flames
The Detroit times., 1916-08-01
QUIET PRIMARY
IN KANSAS
is OUTLOOK

TOPEKA. Kas., Aug. 1.-Today's
primary election promised to be the
quietest Kansas has known In
years. In spite OF cool wave pre-
diction, the vote was expected TO
be light.
Assistant Atty.-Gen. Hawks quiet.
ed a report that women were not
permitted to vote on presidential
electors.
Kansas women have the same
right to vote for any candidate that
Kansas men have" declared Hawks.
Gov. Capper. Republican candi-
date TO succeed himself. has no op-
position.
On the Democratic side OF the
ticket Ben s. Gaitskill. II Girard,
and W. G. Landson, OF Salina, are
after the nomination
The Detroit times., 1916-08-01
Strike Spreads to Sub
ways and Ele-
vatOfs
SURFACE LINES
OUT OF BUSINESS
Nearly 1000 Miles of
Trackage Is
Idle

NEW YORK, Aug. Surface car
lines OF total mileage OF LIS
were threatened today with the most
complete tieup in the city's his.
tory The right to unioniLe Is the
one big issue involved.
Unless this right is granted the
10000 surface men by the COM
panies, they threatened to carry the
fight to elevated and subway lines.
Such action. company and city on
cials admitted today, would result
in the worst street car strike Amer.
lea has ever known. As II is, q tie
up OF the surface lines would seri.
ously hamper business OF all kinds.
The outlook was SO gloomy Gov.
Whitman stayed over In New York
today to discuss the situation with
Mayor Mitchell, Police Commission.
er Woods and other oficials. Gov.
Whitman. realizing what such q
series Of walkouts would mean,
wanted to know II New York's TO-
900 police could handle the situa.
ton without militia aid.
Mayor Mitchell today called both
sides TO a conference at city hall
at o'clock.
Conditions almost unprecedented
in the history Of street car strikes
In this country presented them.
selves today. Strikers openly
boarded the cars that are still run
ming. quietly paid their fares and
stood with strikebreaking motorman
or conductor. calmly urging them
to join the strikers. The few pas
sengers aboard didn't even know
what was going on. II the strike
argument failed the pleaders would
remark. We'll, old man, I'm sorry
you can't see us. Maybe you will
later. So long"
The Detroit times., 1916-08-01
Both Wings of Party
Like Hughes Speech
BY PERRY ARNOLD.
(Sfdf Correspon dent Tinted Pres,

(Sfdn Correspond dent Tinted Press)
NEW YORK. Aug. Charles
Evans Hughes Keynote" for the
coming campaign pleased all Repub.
leans today. Party chiefs who as
sembled to hear the former justice
formally accept the nomination last
night were unanimous today In prais.
Ing the striking sentences with
which the candidate outlined the Is
sues on which the G.. o. p. is TO
start eviction proceedings against
Woodrow Wilson and the Democratic
majority In the senate and house.
The fact that 1000 men and won.
en- sat for nearly three hours in
sweltering. sizzling heat TO hear the
nominee break another one OF his
famous silences In the meeting at
Carnegie hall was looked upon by
Republicans today as auguring we'll
for success in November Moreover,
the same sticky, sweating auditors
had enough enthusiasm left at the
end Of that session in the close air
Of the hall to cheer Hughes vocifer-
ously. They would have liked to
have heard something from Col.
Roosevelt, but the former Moose.
playing second fiddle" at a politi-
cal gathering for the first time in a
great many years, hustled out OF the
hall.
Hughes speech pleased today, be-
cause. In the view OF his friends, he
supported his harmony plea with
selection OF the issues for the cam
paign which combine views OF Re-
publican standpatters. Republican
liberals and Progressives. The "old
liners" were pleased with a ringing
protection declaration on the tariff;
the liberals with the labor. conserva-
tion and administrative efficiency
sections In his upbraiding OF the
Wilson administration. and the Bull
Moosers with the "Americanism'
creed. the preparedness platform
and the Mexican discussion,
Republican, an6 Democrats alike
a~-.ti...A - P.-. r>-s
The Detroit times., 1916-08-01
At Least, That's the
Expectation In
Baltimore
TUG TIMMINS
DRAGS CHANNEL
u S. Revenue Cutter
On Hand to Assure
Fair Play

BALTIMORE, Md, Aug. l.
Owen Coleman. the pilot who
brought the sutsea freighter
Deutschland safely into port, will
take her out again. Pans OF the
promoters call fer him tc pilot her
down the bay before night. This
was learned authoritatively early TO.
day, and II was undcrSt tool that
Coleman was then at the dock
where the Deutschland and the tug
Thnmins lie.
Everything was ready for the get.
away and the tip that the vessel
sails before night came from a more
reliable source than the usual crop
OF unconfirmed and uncomfortable
rumors. There were alLo reports
from various members OF the Tim
Minis crew that the sailing is at
hand.
The revenue cutter Apache lay in
the patapsco a short distance be.
low the Deutschland. apparently
ready 10 see that she haG fair play
on her return journey.
Rumor had 1t that the Deutsch.
lands sitter ship, the Bremen. is due
along the Atlantic seabcard either
today OF tomorrow. but there was
no definite information as to wheth-
er she will dock here or in Boston.
Shortly after The information con.
cerning the pilot tecame known. the
tug Timmins and the smaller launch
Eco started out toward mid-chan-
mel, carrying a drag, apparently to
pick up any mines or oostIuctions.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-01
Victims Were All EN-
plOyes of Detroit
Piston Ring Co.
ONE BODY is
RECOVERED
D e troit Factory Is
Closed Down As Re-
suit of Tragedy

Drawn into the channel OF MIX
river at Gaukler's Point, nve men In
the employ of the Detroit Piston
Ring 90. met death by drowning at
ESQ O'Clock Monday evening. after
two companions who were rescued
trisd In vain to render aid.
The dead are:
CLINTON r. KNO, No. 500 Bald
W1nAvA
LEsIxE BOWIE. No. ,1s Hague.
0TANIGK oocek. rocmer at No.
S1S HAgueAve.
JOSEPH 0OCEK. brother OF Stan
II, yocming At the same place.
MILTON ELLIOTT, No. 221 Bu-
o1nnan-st
The body Of Effiott was recovered
b Haybormastsr King late Tuesday
morning. and taken to the city lin
IN, where Coroner's Clerk William
D. IAurisr took charge OF II for Ell
Nctt's father. Elliott was ~ years
Ul6
The men rescued are John Gram
gsr and Mason Knox. brother OF
Clinton r. Knox. one of the drowned
men. Granger and Knox tried to
save the drowning men but were
almost lost themselves.
The two survivors are unable TO
~
say all the victims were strong
swimmers. They say the Ave men.
after wading to a sharp drop into
deep water. disappeared as IL caught
by an undertow.
The drovnings occurred In \
channel that had been dredsed to re-
csivs boats. and Granger and Knox
are CERTAIN their companions were
caught by q current they were un-
able to overcome. The property ad-
jacent to the river at this point Is
owned by Henry Ford.
The party. one OF the men accom-
panied by his wife and child. drove
10 Gaulkers Point In delivery
truck belonging to the Detroit Pts
ton Ring Co, and another automo-
bile.
Because OF the accident, the shops
OF the concern have been closed
down and probably will not resume
operations until the victims are
buried, II more bodies are recov-
cred.
Mrs. Leslie Bowie. wife OF one OF
the drowned men. is Frustrated at
her home and is unable TO give a
coherent account OF the tragedy.
Clinton +. Knox also was married
and a child survives him besides his
widow. There are two children In
the Bowie family. One is but six
weeks old.
Harbormaster King is continuing
the search for the bodies, and Bert
Forten and Lee Ledger Bachman.
deputy sheriYs, are assisting him.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-01
THE WEATHER.

Detroit and vicfnityi Tuesdsy
night and Wednesday fair with med
crate tempersturet moderate winds
mostly north To east.
Lower MichiGaai Fatr Tuesday
night and Wednesday, not mueh
change In Temperature.
UHper Lakes Moderate east TO
northeast winds Tuesday sight, be-
coming southeast Wednesday, fsfr
weather.
Lower Lakesi Moderate northeast
TO east winds and fair weather Tues
day night and "Wednesday.
Highest temperature thss date n
the past ~ years. NJ, I'm fs7pt lowest.
81. In 1905.
One year ago today Highest tenn
pcrsture, sai lowest. 0s, mesn, T<t
partly cloudy weather
and rises st 5iza q. m. wedues6sy.
The moon sets st siDs ,. NJ Tues
The Detroit times., 1916-08-01
Two Railway Heads
Implicated In
Explosion
STATE TO CHECK
UP SHIPPERS
Authorities to En- d
Piling Up of
Munitions

NEW YORK. Aug 1.--Arrests OF
higher ups in the so 0,o0e, 900 explo-
sion on Black Tom peninsula were
expected today AZ 1 result of q long
night conference betweeN Prosecutor
Hudspeth and Commits sioner of
Public Safety Hugh, OF Jersey City.
According to these officials, At
least two presidents OF railroads
with Jersey City terminals are con-
cerned.
These ofYiciais, before the expect
ed arrests. today refused to say
whether the men would be charged
with granddaughter as were the
three men arraigncd and held In S..
600 bail yesterday, or whether they
would merely b. charged with vto-
lation OF statutes regulating ship
ment and storirg Of ammunition
and explosives.
Prosecutor Hudspeth's proposed
requests for warrants follows Q ~
hour investigation which showed
that approximately 1000, 900 pounds
Of explosives ars handed q the
Rleeh Nm ptztnnelA erAne1ho
Jersey centfaf yxf4t G3151 NV.
From Hudspeth's figures ana those
furnished by W. 6. TOPPING. cllAsf
Of the bureau Of explosives, organ
lied by the railroads. 1t ID also
shown that S33.s42,4es worth Of OK.
plosives were shipped from this port
during May and that more than
$3.50. .00o.oo worth of munitions for
the Allies had been shipped from
here during the IL months ending
June 80 last.
While Hudspeth's immediate de-
sire 10 to prosecute alleged viola
tions In the past, his ultimate aim
Is to force munition makers and
railroads to ind rome other place
than Black Tom, or, In fact. the
state of New Jersey. as a shipping
point He will be backed up by
Rep. Hsmill. who is said TO be plan
ming congressional action toward
prevention Of another such series of
explosions as shook f,ve states Sun
day.
The known death list increased
today to Ave when Patrolman VIII
liam O'Neill. Of Jerrey City. report
cd he had found a woman's head on
Craven Point road, near Black Tom.
The woman wac supposed to be
Mrs. Freda wflson.i wife OF a barge
captain The two Wilson children
are among the eight known missing
II became known today that the
loss Is almost entirely covered BY
insurance. Lloyds, OF England. be.
ing the company largely concerned.
The allies. to whom the munitions
were going. will be the sole losers.
as far as destruction OF munitions
Is concerned.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-01
EIGHT PERSONS
SAVED BY TUGS
Ohio and Marion TrOttier Go to
Rescue of Launch Drifting
With No Propeller

William Finlny, proprietor of the
Union hotel, Amherstburg, and
Cam" Davidson, Of Windsor. their
wives and children. were rescued
by the tugs Marion Trottier anu
Ohio, early Monday morning, after
they had drifted for more than an
hour In a gasoline launch that was
put out OF commission in "a collision
with buoy. crushing the propeller.
Water began &c seep into the
tcat and the men worked desper-
ately bailing II out as the women
and children cried for help. When
the tugs finally reached them there
was six inches of water In the boat
The Detroit times., 1916-08-01
.HUGHESF0R
NTH0NY
RESOLUTION
F avOrs Suffrage by
Amendment to
Constitution
BY UNITED PRESS.

NEW YORK. Aug. Charles e
Hughes today declared for a WON
ems suffrage amendment to the con
stitution in a telegram sent Senator
George Sutherland. OF Utah.
MY view Is that the proposed
amendment should be submitted and
ratified" the Republican candidate
said In his telegram to the Utah sen
ator.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-01
BY UNITED PR1ss.

LONDON. Aug. 1.--ProbG1ly 60
Of the Zeppslins engaged In the ai1
on eastern counties was bagged, u
war ONCE announced today. Tho
raider was engaged by British aiSs
craft and bombsrded by anti-aircra3t
guns. Later It was seen to drop
to . low altitude and disappear -
the mist OF shore.
The number Of dirigibles engaUs6
In the raid was not announced. i
number of explosive bombs were
dropped In a score or more Of places
and the Zeppelins apparently cruiseA
over half dozen or more countiesy
dropping bombs at several places Of
no military importance.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-01
Floods Fail to
Stop Russians
BY UNITED PRESS.

PETROGRAD, Aug. 1.---F1ooded
fields, mushy swamps and barbed
wire entanglements. partly sub
merged. have failed to stop the
Russian advance across the Stock
hod river north OF Kovel. German
positions which the reutonjc COM
manders have spent months In per.
fectins are succumbing daily to the
Russian assaults.
The enyeloping movement around
Novel ~ proceeding step by step.
Gen. Kaledines' forces have nego-
tlated the difficult marshes OF the
(Costinued ON Page Teal
The Detroit times., 1916-08-01
Bombs Dropped On
East Counties Of
Britain
FRENCH REPULSE
NEW ATTACKS
Russian Advance II
Continuing
Steadily
By UNITED PRESS.

LONDON, Aug. 1-Wirslsss
rsperts, rscslvsd at Rene ane
Forwarded here, today asserted
that Germany 10 wlthdravvina
her heavy artillery and her feed
and munItiens dspets from ko-
vel In the face Of the Russian
envsIopIne movement.
The same report sisted that
Vladimir and velhynsIsy, In the
same sector on the eastern
trent, have already been esm-
pIstely evacuated.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-01
Scores Are Buried In
Trenches Near A.
COchrane
MICHIGAN ALSO
is MENACED
Damage Done
Already In North
Counties
BY UNITED PRESS.

HAilEY6URY, Ont, Aug. T.
AS scores ON dead In the fire.
swept district between Ramore
and Cochrane were buried In
deep trenches today there was
every indication that the toll OF
life taken by the devastating
forest fire will never be known.
Relief workers believe more
than 500 were lost In the forest
fire which swept hundreds OF
square miles in northern On
tario.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-01
Oils Cut Once More.
BY United PRESS

LIMA, o., Aug. Crude oil for
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois was re-
duced 10 and FIVE cents a barrel by
the Ohio OIL Co. today. bringing
Wooster to $50 and North and
South Lima $1.5S.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-01
BY UNITED PRESS.

LONDON, Aug. f-~Ne
change In the situation" was
reported today BY Gen. Or
oeuslas Hais. Drltish eemman-
dsr.in-ehIsf In France. Halg ~.
lated that north eF oaxsntlR-ls.
Psit . hostile attack asalnst
the oritlsh trenches wac eve.
csssfvily repuIssd,> and sal6
there had been heavy artillery
firing during the night.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-01

James =. Cullen, for rs years ship
ping clerk for the A. A. Gray Co.,
died In his home, No. 764 Lorraine
ave. sunday nisht, from Brights
this city In 1878 and had lived here
all OF his life. His business as
sociates in the A. A. Gray Co. and
the members OF his lodge, the So
clal order OF Moose. held him In
great esteem. lie was unmarried
and leaves one brother. Capt. Peter
cullen. OF the Are department. and
one sister. The funeral Will be held
Wednesday morning from the
house, at sac o'clock, and from St
Leo's church at o'clock.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-01

The Frost Family Association of
America. with membership ex-
tending throughout the country, will
hold It's annual reunion today at
Marblehead. Mass.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-01
SUMMER WEAKNESS

Hersford's Acid Phosphate
quickly relieves hot weather languor,
exhaustion and ncrvousness-Adv.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-01
By UNITED PRESS.

PETRooRAD, Aug. 1.-ceN.
tInued pvsSuit ef Turldsh forces
toward MesuI wac anneunee6
In the war office statement ..
day.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-01
BY UNITED PRESS

BY UNITED PRESS.
PARIS, Aug. t.-Tws osssNon.
surpg,se attaelss dlrsetsd - ~
Frsaeh Inns absvt uhsue ppy
The Detroit times., 1916-08-01

DELTvER rA.wAsEs. MnssAGEs.
VIC. ~ Messewgev Service. Csp
GDl1Dloe 1Sos-Aav.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-01
In Politics

ii. l.. Hcrschberg. OF the United
News Co. is In the race for repre-
sentative from the First Michigan
district. He has had experience in
the legislature. having, In his young
er days, been page for four years.
Herschberg began life as news
boy I'm Detroit.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-01

In his campaign for the mayor
atty, Judge william r. Connolly will
have the support OF Thomas +.
Ahern. a staunch Wilson Democrat.
Ahern. Monday. came out with a
declaration expressing his intention
TO support the candidacy OF Judge
Connolly In his fsht against Mayor
Oscar B. Marx. When Edward o.
Wood, OF Flint. was named Demo-
cratic national committeeman for
Michigan. Ahern led fight for the
appointment OF william A. Com.
stock, OF Alpena.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-01

The Wayne county Democratic
committee is confronted with the
task of picking a nominee for sher-
IN because OF the refusal OF Wa.
hoo" Sam Crawford. OF baseball
fame, to make the race. The com.
mittee will meet Friday night In
the ofices OF Percy w. Grose, coun-
~ chairman. to consider selection
Of nominee. No other names
have been mentioned. The Repub-
ican county and city committees
will gather at noon, Tuesday. at the
Hotel Pontchartrain for a joint ses-
sion and luncheon.