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The Detroit times., 1916-02-29
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KEEPING TAB ON
'CURBSTONE HOGS

Traffic Inspector William T. Rut-
ledge. Tuesday morning. issued or.
ders 10 the special traffic squad. de-
tailed to enforce the ordinance rela.
tive to the parking of machines. TO
compile comprehensive table, Civ.
ing the records of persistent curb.
stone hogs" or drivers who leave
their cars in the parking spaces at
the curb longer than the ordinance
allows.
"We have printed a regular form
on which we will list the name. al.
dress and license number of the
drivers who persist in ignoring the
parking order" the Inspector said
while many machines are laid
away for the winter, the special
traffic squad has discovered that
many of the winter drivers are toe
careless OF the ordinance
I'VE have the records OF the per.
RENAL offenders" the Inspector de
clared. and this summer. when
more machines crowd the streets
we will have records to show in
court that will bring these men tc
time.
Some of these people think the
city streets and public property may
be used as private stable room with
out regard TO the ordinances.
The Detroit times., 1916-02-29

Tom is dead and In his grave.
| certainly shall do nothing more
TO prolong the row with his family,
said Mrs Mary Mason Greene. "love
wife" OF Thomas Greene, Tuesday
morning
II went through with the program
| had laid out. held the funeral
and knew that his body was placed
In a vault In Evergreen cemetery.
While | did not attend the services,
] feel that | had done all that I
could do for Tom. II Mrs. Beatrice
Greene wants to do any more,
shall look at II as desecration.
"They couldn't have got the body
last night if hadn't let them. The
health board had TO give a removal
permit and asked me TO sanction Il.
| did, because | was afraid they'd
call In the coroner and there'd be a
postmortem. didn't want Toms
body all cut to pieces"
Mrs. Mason Greene does not be-
CONTINUED on Page Eight
The Detroit times., 1916-02-29
sPrOvence" Carried l.
500 Men, Says War
Office
RESCUE BOATS
SCOUT SEAS
Nature Of Disaster to
Ship Is Not Re
veaIed
BY UNITED PRESS.

PARIS. Fen, iarc than 800
lives are believed 30 hav' been lost
In the siukius of tho French puNil
iary cruiser Provence formerly IN
service as n Transatlantic liner, in
the middle Mediterranean ON Satur.
day.
Eighteen hundred prrsous we're
aboard the cruiser. an Hcial state
ment rom the ministry Of marine
stated
OF this number 2gG 9f The crew
have been landed ut Malta and
about 4Oo on the Greek Island OF
Melos.
A later official statement from The
admiralty puJ the total number
probably saved at SO making the
number missing about 9a0
Ten boats ere uoW az tho scene
of the disaster. continuing the
search for other supsrviscrs. the
ministry OF marine announced.
In all probability the Provence
was carrying troops either from or
TO Salonika, The Islands OF Malta
and Melus, where survivors were
landed. are 500 miles apart Mclo>
lies of the southeast coast o.
Greece. 1t is probable that tho Pro
vence was sunk somewhere between
the Greek east coast and the Isl
and OF Malta
The Detroit times., 1916-02-29
Denies Statements APP
parently Made From
Embassy
GERMAN NOTE
NOT PUBLISHED
Any "Views" of De-
partment Un-
Authorized
BY UNITED PRESS.


WASHINGTON, Feb. 29.-Secre-
tary of-State Lansing today admin
istered another direct rebuke 10
German Ambassador Bernstorff for
what he regards as the improper
publicity methods OF the ambas.
sador.
He issued a formal statement an
nouncing the reports of the contents
Of the German memorandum. laid
before him yesterday by Bernstorff,
had not been made public by him
self or his department, and further
declared no statements had been
made expressing his department :
views regarding the memorandum.
Morning newspapers printed what
purported to be paraphrase of the
memorandum. The statement said !:
'In view OF the publication this
morning of what purports to be the
view of the state department on
the communication received yester-
day from the German ambassador,
wish to say that the contents of the
communication have not been made
public by me, and that any state
ment as to the views Of the state
department on the communication
are absolutely unauthorized have
made no comment and expressed no
opinion in regard TO the matter"
The secretary was obviously out
OF patience with certain lengthy
statements accredited TO the state
department, which tended to indi.
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The Detroit times., 1916-02-29
SWITCHMAN IS
KILLED IN FALL
FROM ENGINE

James Bomhara 90 years old. OF
No. III Howard-et sNltchman Tor
the Michigan Central railroad WAS
killed instantly Tuesday morning,
when he fell from a switch engine
at peaufait and Jenprson-aye. east,
According 20 The ueiac crew. Born.
ham was starIipa on The running
board OF the oneilc when bis 700.
slipped lie foll in front of The driv
ing wheels and his head was crush.
ed. Corouer's CioIk William De
Lauricr investigated The accidenj
and ordered the body taken TO the
county morguc
The Detroit times., 1916-02-29
Burial Tuesday Morn
ing Ends Exciting
Contest for Corpse
LEGAL WIDOW
WINS VICTORY
Gets Remains On Writ
of Replevin After In
junction Fails

WARREN, Mich, Feb. 29.--Be-
fore daylight this morning, grave
diggers were at work in the little
cemetery here and by 10 o'clock
the dirt was being thrown back upon
the body of Thomas Greene, former
Detroit hotel detective and time
keeper.
The body arrived here in an auto
mobile hearse at midnight, and was
accompanied b ytwo men and Mrs.
Beatrice Greene. the widow. There
was no funeral procession, no SER
vice and no prayer at the grave.
As soon as the casket had been
lowered, the part ythat accompanied
IL left the village, probably for De-
troit
The Detroit times., 1916-02-29
J. Stirling Is Caught
Through "Ad" in
Personal Column
is CAPTURED
IN FLORIDA
Allie ed Swindler's
Identity Made Known
BY The Times

John Stirliug, international conf
dencc man, who was driven out of
Detroit last August by his erstwhile
partner. after he had attempted 10
float a $4,000 cemetery stock fraud,
and who has been apprehended by
the federal officials in Tampa, Fla,
was undone hy his devotion to his
wife.
Strings ideahty was exposed by
The Detroit Times last week, when
a picture of his was Identified by
Strings partner in Detroit, Ster-
/ ling was sought III the east under
the name Of DR.. ]. Grant Lyman. and
| j. II. Putnam.
He is charged with using the
mails TO defraud in the promotion
of a brokerage business i'm New
York, Boston, and Springfield. Mass.
The federal officers are taking him
back to New York
Stirling was caught through "A
want ad which he inserted i'm a
New York paper 9s means OF in
forming his wife that he was i'm
! Florida, and that he had left money
for her in a Philadelphia bank. IL
Is said that his wife was formerly
The wife of a millionaire tradcsman
In London, and that she had ran
away with him II was his devo-
tion to this woman which won the
confidence OF the Detroit business
man, and which was finally the
means Of his capture in Florida.
Not only did his wife prove a
nemesis, but hotel etenographer
whom he employed in Richmond
Va. TO remail letters for him aided
Postofl'ce In nspecjors Mosby and
Kahn in keeping track of Stirling
movements, and IN finally tracina
him 10 Florida.
Stirling went 70 New York after
his exposure in Detroit. and wa.
later driven from that metropoli.
when his stock dealing venture a,
}. u. Putnam q Co. leaving Ion.
trail of victims, /; Is said. was un
| earthed
Stlriing came 10 Detroit last juno
ana opened brokerage Offices In IN,
Dime Bank building with a wei
/ known Detroiter Hc acquired con
troll of local cemetery. and pro
ceeded to sell stock in that concern
According 10 MS partners. ne OK
pecied to make $4,000 in 30 day,
by making drafts on sralI banker,
throughout the state. He was foile,
in this plan when his partner ~
ported his plans &c Assistant Prose
cutor Keidan and Lieut.. OF Dctec
tives James Mccarthy.
Stirling then took warning. ane
with his wife. with whom he wa.
living in exclusive apartments In
the Hotel Charieyoix, took suddcr
leave Of Detroit in August. 1915.
J. Rufus Wallingford was a pikel
compared to Stirling, according "a
the story of the Detroit man h,
tried TO interest in his scheme.
The Detroit times., 1916-02-29
Ey UNITED PRESS.

PARIS, Feb. 29.--Standing On ri
hill four miles north Of Fort Douan{!
mont. Kaiser wilhelm watched fc
six hours the bloody strugele ~
possession OF the fort, according rs
German prisoners wisu
we're telegraphed here tod&y
A raw wind blew sheets uf =
and snow across the eminence an -
STAFF officers urged the emperor c0
account of his recent illness, MOT ~
expose himself. Despite their CO.
treaties he held to his post, nei4
glasses in hand and protected ~ -
great stormproof coat, until TIA
Brandenburgers charged into the'
French positions. "
The Douaumont guns did frightSu3
execution before they were silenceo
by German howitzers. Battaliop
after battalion OF German troops ~
most disappeared from sight ~ big
shells tore their fronts.
In the village of Douaumont and
CONTINUED ON Page Eight.)
The Detroit times., 1916-02-29
PRIMARY CAPS
CHICAGO ROW
Mayor Thompson and His Foes
to Try Conclusions At
the Polls
BY UNITED PRESS.

CHICAGO, Feb. 29.-Chicago's bit
ter political war. which involved
charges of political grating by won.
en-. eliminated at the polls today in
n primary election for aldermen.
The principal night is between the
Republican party wing controlled by
Mayor William Hale Thompson and
the wing controlled by the mayors
foes.
Further hearing OF the charges
against Mrs. Louise Osborne Rowe,
Of the department OF public welfare,
charged with salary splitting" will
be held after the primary.
The Detroit times., 1916-02-29
FRIENDS PAY
LAST TRIBUTE TO
w. c. WILLIAMS

William G. Williams. prominent
druggist who died suddenly in his
home, No. 500 Jefferson-ave.. Satur-
day was buried In Elmwood ceme-
tery. Tuesday afternoon. following
services In Christ church
The honorary pallbearers were
men prominent In all the profes.
sions. The most representative
names of old and new Detroit were
included. and testified most eIo-
quently 10 the place Mr. Williams
whom he bad been associated dur
held IN the esteem of the men with
ing his long career in this city.
The Detroit times., 1916-02-29
Dust Explosion Works
Havoc in West Vir-
ginia Coal Mine
RESCUE CARS
ON THE WAY
Desperate Effort I'm
der Way to Save
Buried Men
BY UNITED PRESS.

KEMPTON, w. Va, Feb. 29.-Six
miners were killed, a number in
jured, and 33 are still reported en-
tombed in Mire No. AZ of the Davis
colliery company here, following a
terrific dust explosion early today.
Mine rescue cars were rushed from
Maban, w. Va, and Russellton. Pa,
I'm an effort 70 save those stili
buried. Following the explosion, 26
men were brought out uninjured,
carrying the bodies of the six dead
The Detroit times., 1916-02-29
GERMANS TAKE 1851
IN WOEvRE AT TACK:l
FIGHT AMID CORP
THE WEATHER

Detroit aud yfciBityi Tuesday
night and Wednesday. probably
snow durries, continued cold, mOder-
nte variable winds.
Lower Michigani Probably snow
nurrtes Tuesday night and Wednes-
,layi moderate variable winds.
Highest temperature this date In
past AZ years, - In 1850, lowest, q
below zero in 1884.
Four years nEO todayi Highest tenn
perature, -, lowest, 70; mean, I0i
partly cloudy weather with .03 inch
OF snow.
The SUN sets Tuesday mt G,23 d. m.
and rises at 7s07 a. m. "Wednesday.
The moon rises mt I'D a. I'M. We'd
nesday.
The Detroit times., 1916-02-29
RATES ON COAL
ARE INCREASED
BY UNITED PRESS.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29.--The in
terstate commerce commission
granted slight increases in anthra-
cite coal rates TO the Erie, Lacka-
wanna, Lehigh Valley. New Jersey
Central and Delaware g. Hudson
railroads.
The Detroit times., 1916-02-29
SENATE PASSES
HAITI TREATY

WASHINGTON. Feb. 29.-Tne SEN
ate last night ratified the Haiti
treaty, giving the United States
practical protectorate over the black
republic.
The Detroit times., 1916-02-29
BY UNITED PRESS.

BERLIN, (vla Londorl, poGg
2e.-cerman troops havo 60
tured q small armorsd .veoelE
northwest Of Fort DouaumeG
the war office announced tAoe
afternoon. ia
At the same time Il Wae -
nounced that 16,B76 Ereneh 90
dIers and 22s officers have booe
taken In the fierce hehtino ~
the Woevre region, where -
Germans are assaiIins FroneA
positions southeast and ease ~
verdun. The booty includes oo
cannon and 86 machine guns. X
In the Woevre region -
statement announced, osrmoa
troops have passed OieppeI
Abacort and elances, and CO..
tured ManheuIis and champleN.
Northeast Of 1adonvlller =
portion Of 4 French trench v0a
captured and many prlsonsfs
taken.
The Detroit times., 1916-02-29

Tea is one Of the leading exports
of Brazil
The Detroit times., 1916-02-29

prfntfps--ihe p'ain nrnf kind hnt
f. righf--Times Jor DcpI.--NiRin 1870.
The Detroit times., 1916-02-29

you'li pay more ~ you whit. Got
that blue serge suit now. s25 up at
Ballantinc's.--Adv.
The Detroit times., 1916-02-29

Enjoy DancinE nt Wayne Gardens.
Music and floor the 5es- in Detroit.
ADV
The Detroit times., 1916-02-29
a
DOuamOnt Now
circled By Frcne Y
Troops, Says Park
800 DEAD FOUND Oh
TWO-MILE FRO
Wounded in Verdu
Struggle Crushed b
Heaped Slain
BY UNITED PRESS.

LONDON, Feb. 2s~eeere.
than $4,000 Germans have heea
killed In the assault en toee
verdun positions. according - ~
Central News dIspsteh from 49,
sterdam today. quoting ouneN
sources az authority.
The Detroit times., 1916-02-29

Printing-thC p,atn neat kInd-that
a. rtUht--T.sucs job Dcpts-Mnin t52O.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-13
PARADISE FOUND

From the New York Times
 Perhaps the Sioux Falls Press is in- discreet In divulging a fact the publica- ton of which may bring multitude of immigrants into South Dakota and turn to lead the golden fortune and felicity there abounding:
 For 50 cents a fairly good meal can be obtained at any first-class American plan hotel in this part of the country"
 "A fairly good meal' Is a phrase wherein the rare are of understatement shines. They are robust eaters, the South Dakotans. They are healthier than health, children of the open, lusty trenchermen A South Dakota fairly good meal must be enough for at least two and a half sedentary customers. Fifty cents is not even fairly good tip after sparing meal in some less favored regions. South Dakota Is a part of that great agricultural realm which the late Col Pat Donnan loved to call the Ba- mana belt If little euphemistic in re- gard to climate, the name befits land of plenty Island of cheapness in con- tinent that stares and swears at the cost of it's provender South Dakota de- serves veneration and will get envy. An island that will be flooded all too soon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-13
Maker of History

Many of the greatest men in the worlds history have been somewhat ahead of the people of their times" said Fred F'ite a well-known attorney and representative in the legislature from Tuscaloosa county. "No better example exists today than William Jennings Bryan. Practically the whole country has come to the point now where the doctrines advocated by Bryan many years ago are accepted as matter of course. When Bryan first advanced these doc- trines he was considered by many people as being revolutionary and almost social ist!c.
 Tn my opinion, he has been the great est power in America in bringing about the progressive sentiment of today. He started the movement which finally brought the people around to the point where they elect progressive leaders to the highest public offices. Bryan may never be President, but he will have played more important part in the mak- ing of history in the United States than any man in the last half century"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-13
WOMAN AS A FRIEND

From the Knickerbocker Press.
 Shaw is an important name. "G. B." the clever Irishman who stands England on its head and spanks it every week or so, is not the only one of the name who can surprise the public. Charles Gray Shaw. head of the philosophy department of New York university, thunders and lightntngs with all the energy of his Brit ish namesake
 Professor Shaw has climbed into the headlines with the assertion that wom- an cannot be friend. She cannot be friend, he says because to be & friend one must be an individual; one must stand alone; one must have clear-cut personality and a disinterested outlook on life. Woman, the professor declares, is not so organized as to stand alone; it is quite impossible for her to have a dis interested outlook on life. He would not have her different, of course, for woman self sufficient, independent and disinter- ested would not be woman.
 Between this point of view and that of the cynic who says that every platonic friendship consists of 8 man who is await ing the first opportunity to steal a kiss and a woman who is waiting for the first chance to land proposal, there is wide gulf in terms but not in fact. The profes- sor, we think, is not as correct as he is clever. No man who attempts to describe and define woman in phrase or two could possibly be correct. There are as many different kinds of women as there are women. As for friendship, it is a matter of ~unselfshness, and as Franklin P. Adams remarks, if woman is one of the unselfsh sexes, she can be as good a friend as anybody else.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-13
FUTURE OFFICERS

From the New York Herald
 The Army and Navy gave demonstra- ton in preparedness last Saturday, when, at the close of the football game. 2oOO cadets and midshipmen were turned loose in the Great White Way of New York to do as they pleased. The only check on these young men was their own sense of honor and respect for the uniforms they wore. They mingled with the tens Of thousands of other visitors. and were the heroes of the hour, with all sorts of hospitality pressed upon them. But they had the self-control of veterans and no member of either academy was found wanting in the discipline which makes gentlemen as we'll as soldiers and sailors. midnight. but the midshipmen were quar- tered in the great and gay hotels near Broadway, and had but one order from the superintendent. to report at the rail- way stations at o'clock Sunday morn ing.
 The confidence of Captain Eberle in the midshipmen was not misplaced. Every man of the 1200 was at the station Sun day morning, as spclS and span as for
 inspection and march to the chapel at the academy. Secretary Daniels expressed his pride in the lineup of the Annapolis team on the Polo Grounds. He is no doubt even prouder of the lineup of the regiment Sunday morning after night of freedom in the greatest and gayest city in the world, where they faced temp tation with the self-control of men who realize what is due the service to which they belong.
 It was one of the best demonstrations of preparedness we have had since Con- gress began the programme for larger army and an invincible navy. New York was crowded with visitors from all parts of the world. the holiday spirit ruled and responsibility lightly touched the con- sciences of men freed from the restraints of business and eonlentional society. While the adets and midshipmen min gled with the fewas fsccepting and dis-
 pensing ho sifallsy tAioying their free
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-13
A COLLAR BUTTON SUGGESTION

From the Providence Journal.
 In keeping with the general uplift of prices the cost of detachable collar buttons has now gone up. We can avoid getting hot under the collar on that ac- count, A suggestion is offered here which if adopted by all men would cut down the consumption of this particular commodity by nearly 50 per cent. Here is the idea neither more nor less in all it's simplicity than using no button to fasten the ordi- nary Troy collar of commerce to the back of the common or garden coilarless shirt.
 Next time you lose your back collar button, just try the experiment of dis pensing with it altogether. Better still, leave it out anyhow for an hour or two and you will find that there never was any earthly reason for it's existence ex- cept as provocative of profanity. After you have foresworn it about a week, and have found that the collar does not climb because of it's absence, you will decide that the back collar button the two holes which it connects on i, i<sof an army of unenllghtened souls afe among the most unnecessary things in human life.
 Down with the high cost of collar but ton. Boycott the one on the back of your neck.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-13
MORAL WAVE STRIKES COLFAX

performers came out on the stage and kicked Up their legs sat in the very first row at this last show, which had a lot os pretty girls in it, and laughed and nudged each other, and winked, when the theatrical women smiled at them and by other coy ways tried to make believe trey thought the men of Colfax were regular devils" like the men with high hats who hang around stage doors in the city.
 The men didn't know they were only dupes of these women who do that in every town the show goes to. How would shows get along that didn't do that? Tt was just plain temptation and noth- ing else Some of the men spoke to these theatrical women afterwards and they spent money like drunken sailors ashore after a long, long time at sea.
 The women of Colfax tried to close their eyes to these orgies and revels, but they couldn't do it. They remembered what happened to Pittsburg when some of its millionaires got to flying around with stage women, and they decided it was tiine to step III diio hooP tiiiS happy anu prosperous town, with it's unblemished history and honorable traditions, from going to wreck and ruin. and so 200 of them signed a petition demanding that the civic authorities take the measure they took to stamp out vice and corrup- ton.
 This ordinance may take away some of the spirit and hiliarity of life in Coifax but if that's the sort of thing that would bring people to Colfax, just looking for a good time." and not helping to develop it, then we don't want that type.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-13
Peace overtures Welcome

"The high cost of food supplies all over the United States Is one of the gravest problems before the President and Con- gress today" said M. Welch, chief Of detectives of the Seaboard Air Line, who was In the city yesterday. Less than three years ago eggs could be bought for 20 cents per dozen. Flour was just half the price it is today, and sugar was 5 cents per pound less. Everything is still advancing. "a
 "The only hope held out to the citizens of this country is that the federal in- vestigation now being conducted will be productive of good results. If something is not done it will mean universal suffer- ing. Some are of the opinion that ev- erything will drop in price at the con- clusion of the war. If this is the case, the news of Germany's overtures for peace is certainly the most welcome thing that has been printed by the papers in two years"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-13
HATS OFF TO DUFFY

From the Memphis Commercial-Appeal
 A dramatic scene was enacted off the coast of Spain recently when Prussian submarine sank the Chemung. com manded by an American, Capt. John L. Duffy, and flying the American flag.
 The story of the sinking was told some weeks ago, 1t is with Captain Duffy that this article deals. The Prussian subma- rine commanass ordered him, after the Chemung was torpedoed, to lower his flag. And the American answer came back promptly from an American cap tain that The would not" His ship might go down, but it should do so with the Stars and Stripes floating at the mast head to no power would he lower his country's flag.
 It was splendid piece of patriotism and will take rank in history. with the stories of other gallant acts of the sea. It Is great thing to be born an Amer ican: Nit is a greater thing to keep un- dimmed and unconquered the splendid spirit of Americanism
 Hats off*to Captain Duffy.