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The Detroit times., 1916-04-20
Former President Does
Not Think Germany Is
Anxious for Break
BUT u. S. MUST
BE PREPARED"
Professor Honor Guest
At Banquet of Yale
Alumni
HOWARD TAFT.

A break with Germany may be
averted by Germany's realisation OF
the disadvantages OF having the
United States srrayed against her In
the world war. William Howard
Tam. former president. declared in
an address on preparedness. Wed
nesday night, before the Michigan
Yale Alumni association. But the
war that Is almost certain to follow
a breach In diplomatic relations has
brought the country face to face
with the situation OF defending It.
self, he added.
I'VE cannot afford TO give up our
substantial rights as neutrals." said
the ex-presiGent. I'VE must insist
OIL those rights. But wherever IL
leads us. II has brought us to real
ixation of the proximity of world
war in spite OF the ocean that Is be-
tween us.
Though war may not come. we
have no right to count on immunity
from war and the absence of unjust
military aggression. II We have
anything here worth preserving that
has come down 10 us from our an
cestors. we owe II TO them 10 make
ourselves ready 10 defend It,"
Tn his consideration OF the exi.
gencies of national defense. the ey-
president named Germany as the
nation from which we have most to
fear because OF her ability TO mo-
bilize and land on our coast 900. 900
TO 100000 men within six weeks or
two months. And We also have Ger.
many to fear. he said, because OF her
navy. which could protect her trans
ports.
Our navy to hers Is about IS per
cent poorer" the former president
continued. But with navy as
great or greater. she would hesitate
to risk the lives OF such force az
this on unarmed transports, which
may be sunk by one well-directed
shell from battIeship.
THE navy Is the first line OF ma.
tional defense. and is the most i'm
portant part OF preparedness. II is
not an offensive weapon. and a
strong navy Ia consistent with re.
public"
A considerable part Of his address
was devoted TO the educational
problems of Yale. OF which he show.
ed as much of grasp as n veteran
educator, although he has been a
professor only since 1913 He drew
comparison between Yale and
state universities and declared that
Yale. because of her independence
through private endowment. should
limit the number OF her students.
About 100 graduates attended the
dinner. which was preceded by z
business meeting.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-20
DEATH TAKES
WILLIS BULL
Head of Hardware House Was
Financier and War
Veteran

Willis +. Bull. president of the
Bull Sons Co, wholesale hardware
dealers, died in his home. No. 1900
Jefferson ave, early Thursday morn
ing, from a complication OF diseases.
He had been very low for several
days and had been confined 10 his
home for some time.
The Oldest son of the late Theo-
dore ID. Bull. Mir. Buhl was born in
Detroit, Jan. &c. 1915. He was a
man Of affairs. engaged in MANY so
cial and business interests. During
the SpaniSh-Amo rican war he served
as an officer of the United States
auxiliary cruiser Yosemite, and was
an active veteran of the Michigan
Naval Reserves and the Spanish
American War Veterans association
He was president of the Bull Sons
Co, president Of tire Bull stamping
Co, and the Bull Land Co., vice.
president OF the Bull Malleable Co.
and The First and Old Detroit Ma
tional bank. member of the board of
directors OF the National Can Co,
Park, Davis a Co, Detroit Union
Railroad G. Depot CO., and the Paige
Motor Co.
Memberships in almost all the so
cially representatives clubs in De
troit were held by Mr.. Buhl.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-20
Estimat0rs Admit Park
Fund Has Been Too
Deeply Slashed
ARE LIBERAL
WITH FIRE DEPT.
Improvement ApprO-
priation Allowed to
Stand at $1,483,O86

Members OF the board Of estimates
are finding It more difYicult than
they anticipated to reduce the bud.
get figures submitted by the COM
mon council. The estimators are
caught between two fires. II they
do not materially reduce the budget.
1t will prove the uselessness Of the
board of estimates as an economic
body. On the other hand. IL they
cut too deeply. holding up needed
improvements or Gripping the EN-.
cheney OF any city department, the
board will be 01Ajected to severe
criticism.
"The board q estimates will not
play politics on the budget items.
was the statement made By Presi-
dent e. C. Bolton, when the board
opened its sessions. but 1t Is no
ticeable that the personal requests
In the budget have stood thus far,
as in previous years.
Some OF the cuts made by the
general fund and parks and boule-
wards committees will likely be re-
stored before a final report Is made
to the board. Estimator Buchanan's
committee has made the mistake OF
cutting out a mandatory fund, the
city controller thinks. Richard Kra-
mer, chairman of parks and boule-
wards, is quite convinced that his
committee has trimmed Park Com
missioner's Dust's budget a little too
close.
The Are fund committee reduced
the item for CONDUIT work from $32.-
30S.50 TO an even $4,000. The high
cost OF copper on the present mar
ket will result In comparatively 1T.
tie copper cable being purchased
during the coming fiscal year. The
committee cut $500 of the fire
commissions maintenance fund. and
allowed the Improvement appropria-
ton to stand at Sl.4S3.0S6 the
amount passed by the council.
A reduction of $4,000 was made
in the public health budget after the
members of the committee had gone
over the list OF proposed improve
ments with Health Officer William
III. Price, Wednesday. Only $4,000
was cut from the poor fund.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-20
TICKETS FOR
B. OF C. CRUISE
ARE IN DEMAND

When reservations for the Board
of Commerce annual cruise were
opened at noon, wednesday. several
hundred members had congregated.
and were waiting to obtain their
tickets. The sale was started by
Howard A. Coffin, chairman OF the
cruise committee. In an hour more
than 100 reservations had been
made. and that had almost doubled
by Wednesday night.
Some applications for reservations
were dated back as far as April,
1915. and others bore postmarks In
the later months of 1915. The De-
troit III, on which the cruise to
Grand Island, in Lake Superior VIII
be made, has a capacity of 500 per-
sons. and 1t is expected that all the
space will have been taken up In
few days.
Edwin DENLY, president OF the
board, Is actively engaged in the
work of the cruise committee, and
is diligently arranging some OF the
many stunts thai will have places
on the program.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-20
IT'S A FUNNY
SPRING, THINKS
PROGNOSTICATOR

Norman Il. Conger, the govern.
ment's offlcial weather prognos-
ticator IN Detroit, who has chilled
the hearts Of the ball fans no less
than several times in the last week
by spying rain clouds in the dis.
lance, all destined to be directly
over Navin field Thursday after.
noon, says Detroit has experienced
an unusual spring.
Mr.. Corger would offer no OK.
PLANTATION for the out -of.the-ordinary
qualities exhibited by the 1916
spring atmosphere.
In the las, few weeks five storms,
or whereabouts, have hit Detroit, &C.
cording to the bureaus official rec
ords. OF that numicr. three have
passed to the south Of US. with the
northern edge sweeping Detroit.
Tint Is the extraordinary happening
to which Mr.. Conger referred.
I'm normal spring. all of these
storms probably would have passed
to the north" he said, "and only the
southern edges would have been felt
here. But this year the usual or
der Of things was just reversed. That
Is the explanation OF the frigid
winds We have been receiving, and
the unusual amount OF rain and
snow.
"A similar thing happened last
summer, which caused the wettest,
coolest and most disagreeable wealth
er imagina BILE"
Thursday Mr.. Conger displayed at
the bureau for the first time this
year the storm warnings for the aid
Of mariners. This service will be
maintained unit! the Official closing
Of navigation In the fall.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-20

Barns Heavy YVES elected president
% the Moehogoa Yale Alumni esso-
sia,ien for the coming, year. Allan
.eSe ss": :i.. - g.: :s:.e,:s s:ss' w,,i
held In the school, Friday evening:
Plans for the annual excursion and
for q novel get.together dancing
party. TO be held At the school
May 5. will be discussed.
stvuck ~ Q Grand Trunk englae ~
Rsssevelt.ave.. an6 The va1lree1s
Wednesday mernins;, o1 FE ESa.. Wiz.
ave, suffered = compound fra0ure
hospital Il was found necessary to
amputate the arm.
In IN eHsgt 70 organise the custom
cutters 81 Detroit ~ . branch 81
the Merchant Tailors Association
Of America. Albert Mstthews. OF
tion. addressed the cutters at .
dinner In the ID. A. c.. Wednesday
night All business men. ne Sale,
concede that tailor-made clothes
are an asset to business.
Lse:n.e e!srks z: Is'.ss nseSs.astss.
to the secretary OF states effice on
the second moor OF the Majestic
building. where they may get their
automobile license TAGS; Many Of OF.
large number OF autoists who are
ignorant OF the fact that the. po-
lice department does not issue
state licenses.
james Ceisuitt. . ssssdeet ~ Detrest
l Cal. April Il. and was
buried there April is. Mr.. CoIauiti
was born in WATERFOWL. N. Y. and
came to this city when the village
Of Lsssviiie Vas rn within t ~ present
yived BY three sons and two
daughters. James. Jr:. Of Dayton.
O.. Roy. OF Tuiare, Frank. OF Los
ANGELES. Waiter r; Mrs Lucindss
Detroit.
.sDetroit, II the midst 81 her psss-
perity. las fergetten - complete
Rev. N. s, Rice. OF the North
woodward Methodist church; told
s .n Ss oth sr. a. S.n'@I slnS q.
library. the much wanted Belle
Isle bridge. II Is high time that
the se,r men r.s sma TSey q 10 The com
munity. Each individual has his
duty and must prove his riEht 70
stand in the city. The problems o.
Detroit are the problems OF Al
TO be able to solve them better
than we do"
"HsvesS yen . little fairy In .yesv
homer pertiy issuirea cne 81 tie
orphan" youngsters from the
Henry Miller company. Wednesday
afternoon. In the Detroit opera
house, as she endeavored to
wheedie dollars from the pocket
books OF the audience. In return for
the Bible Shakespeare calendars,
being sold this week In behalf OF
the Michigan chiidren's Home So
ciety. mo. I haven't shortly re-
piled the man with the sprme
want to have II she was as saucy
as YOU are MY. oh my. I'm sor.
nv for you. and I'm glad you Amt
my adopted Daddy Long Legs.
shot back the child quickly.
Truly. didn't mean to be saucy
10 you. and I was just thinking OF
that soap al when ] said that to
YOU. Just the same, ! wouldn't be
SO mean IL were you. Come on
now. be a nice man. and buy one
Of the calendars" And he did.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-20
ARMOR OFLICHT
IS STATIONS NEED
-yOEN n. MOTT.
Y. M. c. A. Leader Says This
Is Preparedness u. s.
Must Have

"The armor OF light and unselfish-
ness is the kind Of preparedness we
need in the United States" said
John r. Mott, general secretary OF
the International committee OF the
Young Mems Christian association,
az dinner OF members OF the De-
troit Y. NJ. c. A.. held In his honor,
Wednesday night. st Is my hope
that we may find way out OF this
war. I sincerely trust we may not
have to lay down our lives. What
we should do Is to keep our moral
powder dry and serve the men who
need us so greatly In the way a real
Christian nation should.
II am looking for strong, courag.
cous young men with business expe'
rience and a thorough knowledge OF
French or German to give their lives
10 such a service as that OF minis.
tering to the needs of the millions
OF men and boys In the trenches.
war camps and prisons and hospi.
tails, Of Europe.
ALSO I am looking for men OF
substance who are willing TO build
huts for the work Of the Y. NJ. G. A.
In the European countries or who
will get behind one OF the secre-
taries who will represent us there"
Having travelled through all the
countries now ct war. Or. Mott gave
his audience Of eco men q table Of
confidential figures with reference
To the number of men In battle. In
hospitals and In training.
1.-THE Y. NJ. c. A. In England" he
declared. has found itself In this
war-and more than 1000 English
women have done likewise. There
ere now LOO Y. NJ. c. A. huts In
training camps in England. with 500
English university students actively
engaged In association work for the
soldiers.
1.-THE Young Mems Christian asso.
citation has spread q network OF
helpfulness all over the great battle
Geld. We have had 10 men at Cairo;
our wen have been under shell nre
a; Gallipoli. serving the men In the
trenches; 40 picked secretaries are
serving in France under the direc-
ton Of your Detroit representative.
n A. Davis.
1--WE have established scores OF
soldiers homes In Russia and Aus
tr,a. Hungary which are supported by
American money. Canada 10 max
ing an effort TO double the number
OF Ito secretaries now in the field.
making a total OF 100 Y. NJ. c. A.
secretaries actively engaged.
"As to the close Of the war. look
for sudden ending: think al
ready that I see II drawing to . eli.
max. When n Is over, the countries
engaged In II will be exhausted eco.
nomically and physically, II not ex-
hausted In hope. II we are not hypo-
critics then. we shall be able TO
serve them. The armor Of light and
unselnshness Ii the preparedness
we need"
The Detroit times., 1916-04-20
City News in Brief

Dsr1stte ,. Eliiett, . nissss esgisees
vita n.c!e thes - yesvs eHpesi-
ence. will speak before the Detroit
Proepectors association at Its next
in the kowisnd suiidins. NJ. Bur.
dstts II acquainted with nearly
every mining camp on the conti-
nent. and hts lecture will be of In
vsstors. The public il invited.
weather Observes Censer made .
Hee1oetlee 1a eourt. Wednesday. on
the weather for the hrst ball game
Of the season. Thursday. but he
hastened TO- say that he couldn't
when Ne testified on this subJect.
The sun may shine" he said. "but
had been subpoened to testify
the b. u. n. He was asked to make
before ne left the witness chair.
Jews an ever the wsvsA sre new
celeessti.g the feast Of Passover,
or the. feast OF unleavened bread
celebration. which began Monday
evening. lasts for eight days and
commentaries the deiiverance Of
the Jews from their achievement
into s nlSss p.rs: Re s.. two Ss s.ys
four days. during which the Jews
can work. and the last two days
WHICH are considered as important
Eesl iss annual party. Tses;.y.
May .. at . place to be decided on
later. Members OF the girls well
fare committee will be the hos
e. ;cru The =, celebration ,Tst VIII take
fred o. Dunk. president OF the
league. to act as toastmaster. The
Program has been arranged by
s mr.: RUBY ,zshn; the is.sus's
Mise Minnie Booth. No. 81 East
Hancock-ave., Saturday. April 90.
ct which all the fnai arrangements
for May 2. will be made and work
destitute girls in this city. u
lDpsessive servtces are hesns he,A
teday % al the Catholic and Epis-
copal churches of the city. This
II Maundy Thursday. and the sac
rament will be carried with I'm
altar. by the Catholic ehurches. and
exposed until Saturday morning
Thurnday evening the reading Of
the Davidic psalms OF penitencs
com sunf p. s.ry, IN the ne s.s
In Episcopal churches. Thursday
evening. and also by the Metho-
dists. The Catholic clergy will at
tend the blessing OF the sacred
oils for the coming year IN Ade-
1aide-st. cathedral. Bishop Kelly.
OF Ann Arbor, officiating Good
Friday. April 81. will be ceis.
brated BY every church In the CITY
re Rev. CLAUDE J. Pepnla. q j.. Will
deliver the "Geod Friday sermsn
In sS. Peter and Paul cathedral.
He 10 well known to Detroit. hav-
ing been a student In Detroit coll
icge for six years. II was while
there that his remarkable oratori-
cal ability made itself known. He
was graduated from Fordham uni.
versity. New York. and In 1859. en-
tered the jesuit order. Fr. Pernin
was at one time a teacher OF Eng
ltsh history In Chicago and Omaha
and his pupils distinguished them
selves by winning most OF the in
tcrnational scholastic debates. He
established a student lecture bur.
eau. which has produced some not
able speakers. He has written.
also. many articles On sacred ora
tory. The Pcrnin shorthand sys-
tenn was the work OF Fr. Pernin's
father. who was also the founder
OF the school which stili bears his
name.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-20
COURT UPHOLDS
BLUE SKY LAW

GRAND RAPIDS, April 2o.-Judgc
NJ. L. Durham, sitting in the supe
rior court here Yesterday, UPHELD the
constitationality OF Michigan's blue
sky law. In q case brought by Move.
Snow. CoIroean and Bertles. Grand
Rapids brokers. who we're recently
arrested for selling stocks and bonds
OF the Clifford Realty Co.. Detroit.
which had not been approved by the
state securities commission.
Counsel for the brokers attacked
the validity OF the statute, but the
court ruled against him.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-20
Thugs Fall To Get Cash. /;

Stanley Skibo, of No. 113 Denton.
ave. reported to the police that two
armed men held him up at Gratiot-
ave. and the Belt Line railroad
tracks about midnight, Wednesday.
They failed to find his money and
left after knocking him to the side
walk. Officers from the Chene-st.
station later arrested Otto Herman,
81 years old, and Clarence Martin,
"a years old, and charged them with
highway robbery.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-20
AGED man LOSES
LEG UNDER CAR
John DOleski Slips Under Truck
While Alighting; May
Die

John Doleski, Sc years old, OF No.
207 Proctor-ave., slipped as he
aIighted from a west-bound Michi'
gan car at Michigan.aye. and Flor
ida-st., early Thursday morning, and
his right leg was severed at the
knee by the front trucks OF the
street car. He was taken TO the
city receiving hospital in a police
ambulance. On account OF his adj
vanced age, his recovery is doubt
full, hospital authorities say.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-20

Owing to the disputes that arose
between the Eastern and Western
churches. II was decided by the
Council Of Nice, in 325 a. d.. that
Everywhere the Great Feast Of Eas-
ter should be observed on one and
the same day"
The Detroit times., 1916-04-20

The harbor of Vancouver, which
is one of the finest on the Pacihc
coast. is being improved and
equipped with the necessary faciIi-
ties for handling large cargoes and
for The prompt dispatch OF vessels.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-20

An American-made piano now on
exhibition in a London theater Is
the largest in the world. II has o2Z
Legs. and six pianists can play on
IL at once.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-20

II was debated. at the time OF the
introduction Of the Gregorian calen.
dar. whether Easter should continue
to be . movable feast, or whether
hxed Sunday after the 3ist Of March
should not be adopted.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-20

In the northern counties of Eng
land the men parade the streets on
Easter Sunday, and claim the priv.
iege Of lifting every woman three
times from the ground. receiving In
payment kiss or a silver six pence.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-20

CHICAGO-Tired of standing on
"a corner waiting for a street car to
stop. a crowd of men finally halted
one by standing between the tracks,
afterwards wrecking the car.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-20
Odds and Ends

CHICAGO-Mrs. Jessie Rose. ST.,
Of Wise Man camp, Alaska. over
come by 20 above here, comes to
and says; Take me back to Alas
ka, where it's 90 below. It's too
hot here"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-10-11
WHOLESALERS MEET
Discuss Opening OF Buy i'm South
Bend Campaign.

The Wholesalers bureau of the
Chamber of Commerce met Tuesday
evening and reviewed its work of
the past few months and discussed
plans for an early meeting with the
Retailers and Manufacturers
bureaus. for the purpose of inaug-
ura ing a Buy in South Bend Cam
paign."
At the meeting reports we're re-
ceived which showed the bill boards
which the wholesalers recently in
stalled on all the principal roads
about town recommending buying
in South Bend, had created much
favorable comment and had accom-
plished an important purpose in adj
vertising the city during centennial
and fair weeks Favorable results
were also reported 10 have been OBJ
tanned from the trade directory
which was recently gotten out by
the wholesalers.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-10-11
NEWS IN AND ABOUT TOWN
22,296 REGISTER
DURING z DAYS
Turnout of Voters Far Above
Estimates of Leaders
Democrats EIated.

Unofficial reports from the various
precincts last night showed that
22,296 voters registered in st. Jo-
seph county Monday and Tuesday,
thereby becoming eligible TO vote at
the election on Nov. T. This figure
is believed to be as near correct a.
Il is possible TO secure at this time
and came as surprise TO politicians
and party leaders, who had not an
ticipated more than 10000 at the
polls.
The greater number OF the voters
were registered on Monday and all
was quiet at those polls which re-
mair ed opened Tuesday, in many
cases not more than three or four
new voters being recorded on the
books. although IS additional men
came TO the polls in the third pre-
cinct of the sixth ward. Registra-
ton was duh Tuesday in Mishawaka.
although every precinct poll in the
city was held open. In Mishawaka
there was a total registration OF
3,672, not including the 246 in Penn
township who registered at Osceola.
1887 i'm south Bend.
Reports from the IS precincts in
South Bend showed total registra-
ton Of 1881. The Il township pre-
oincts showed a registration of APP
proximately 5.6S5, according TO the
reports available.
Democratic leaders are highly
eiated with the result Of the regis
tration. They declare that st. Jo-
seph county will go democratic by
a good majority at the coming cleo
ton and that an enormous vote will
be cast for Pres't Wilson and the
congressional candidates. The dem
ocrats are claiming the greater part
Of ne west side, while the fourth
and first wards, they assert. will be
strong for Pres't Wilson and the
democratic ticket.
The fourth precinct of the second
ward produced the largest number
of registrations, III men being
placed on record there during two
days. OF this number 7O4 were
registered Monday. New Carlisle in
Olive township registered 4S7 voters
in two days, but IL men coming to
the polls Tuesday.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-10-11

More than 100 men have offered to marry Miss Clara Bshon the
l.
would decent respectable who would
Miss Bshon who unable
Of
a
a
1t
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-10-11
HUGHES RAPS WILSON
TRADE POLICY ABROAD
Declares No Assurances Given For
Protection OF Those Who Would
Invest Their Money.

BALTIMORE, oct. 11.-Charles
F. Hughes, speaking i'm the great
armory here. where Woodrow Will
son first was nominated for the pres
idency. Tuesday night. assailed Mr..
Wilson's policy as president toward
the promotion of American trade
abroad, and replied to published
statements of DR. Charles w. Eliot,
president emeritus Of Harvard, en-
dorsing the presidents policy.
"Dr. Eliot pierces the heart OF
the matter" Mr. Hughes said, and
he finds that the roar Of the admin
istration means this: No interven-
ton by force of arms to protect on
foreign soil, American commercial.
and manufacturing adventures. who.
OF their own free will, have invest
ed their money or risked their lives
in foreign parts under alien jurisdic-
ton.
Think of the import Of that. you
who represent the best genius of
the world, and are thinking of US
Ing it abroad" Mr.. Hughes added.
Think of that, you, who it is sug-
gested, are to be asked to finance
the chief undertakings Of the world.
Think of that, merchants. statesmen.
tellers. clerks. and dealers. who in
serving the world take your place
remote from your friends and safe
guards. in communities where rev.
olutions are frequent and only the
respect for your flag and the power
il symbolizes may stand between
YOU and ruin or even death"