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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-24
Call Open-Alr Meeting.

A "Cowan for alderman open-alr
meeting will be held at n. G. Camp
BELLS, No. 2014 Fort-st. west, We'd
nesday evening. All prospective
candidates for alderman and other
city Offices are invited.
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office Omen EVENINGS

City Clerk Richard Lindsay an
nounced. Monday morning. that he
will keep his Office open until 3
O'Clock each evening this week TO
take care OF the films OF petitions
Of political aspirants.
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Louis Schattler Strick-
en- On Mack-ave.
Street Car
COOLER TONIGHT,
SAYS CONGER
Mercury Merely Max
ing Up For Lost
Time, He Explains
THE TUBES TESTIMONY.

William Schneider, IS years
old, proprietor OF a saloon and
grocery, at EIlery and Hen
dricks-sts., was found dead In
bed by members Of the family,
Monday morning. Coroner
Rothacher decided that death
was due to the heat.
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Nlnhnla Ellea pntltlon

Charles A. Nichols, Monday morn
ing. fled n nominating petition with
County Clerk Tom Farrell for Re-
publican representative from the
Thirteenth district. He gave his ad-
dress as No. SIS Forest-ave. west.
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PARIS, July 24-Municipat au-
thorities are considering special
tax on all persons who dine alone
and eat moro than a dollars worth
OF food--the idea being TO tax bach.
elorhood and spinsterhood.
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The Usage Valley highway. con
Meeting Kansas City with the heart
OF the Ozarks. is to have its formal
dedication today.
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Blue Ribbon Races Today

SO entries, 2:17 pace--some
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-24
ASQU|TH ASKS 450,000,000 POUND
WAR CREDIT; GERMAN NAVAL RAID
REPDL SED: HA|G EXTENDING GAINS
Total British War Cost
Now Appr0ximates
$14,0Oe 100000
HINDENBURG'S
FRONT PIERCED
Russians Crush Down
Resistance of
Austrians

LONDON. July 24.-"The prSs-
poets Of battle are good. British
generals are more than satisfied
they are confident that vic.
tory 10 assured" declared Minis
ter OF War Lloyd-ceoroe In the
House Of Commons this evening.
BERLIN, July 24.-BritIsh
troops failed to obtain any de-
clsive foothold In their offensive
along the PoxIeres sector, the
war Office statement declared to-
day. 1.-THE only advantage the
British obtained yesterday along
the limo from ThiepvaI to Gull.
lamont was at Poxieres, where
they penetrated q few houses"
the statement asserted.
LONDON, July 24.-Slx Ger
man destroyers, attempting
either a raid or a reconn aisssnce
on tho British coast, were put
to flight by British sea force
In a running fight of shouwen
bank, Saturday night and early
Sunday, an Admiralty state
ment announced today. The
German ships, II was said, were
repeatedly hit" One British
vessel was struck once, but the
total British casualties were
two wounded. The German de-
stroyers succeeded In reaching
a base on the Belgian coast.
Tho North Hinder ll9htshIp 10
located of the Belgian coast be-
tween ostend and the mouth OF
the Scheidt river. Shouwen
bank 10 In tho same nelshbor-
hood. The action which the ad-
mlrsIty describes, therefore,
took place off the Belgian coast.
The German vessels engaged
presumably eame from Zee
bruaqe, where there 10 Q Ger
man destroyer base.
BERLIN, July 24.-"Our tor
pedo boats returned from a point
close to tho mouth Of the
Thames undar,aeed after Sun
days short engagement" said
an orfleIal statement Issued here
today.
LONDON. July 24.-Premier AS
uith In commons today moved FOL
vote OF credit on 45o.0oO.oO'
ounds-the largest sum which th'
has asked for In
insle bill since the beginning o
he war.
The measure. characterized az
supplementary estimate" will brinl
he total asked this year up to 1
so. 900, 900 pounds tnd the tota
ince the beginning OF the war Z
,Co,,t,uued on Page Two.D
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prfnting--the plain neat klna-that
In risht-Times Job Dept.--Main 4Sco.
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DELIVER pN,N huEs. MESSAGES.
ETC, by Messenger service. Cal
C.dftfnu sSG.-Adv.
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500 Reward

$50 for return Of Buick light six
touring car, stolen IN front Statler
Hotel Washington blvd. about 3
clock p m. June 10 License 3eoS
$50 for arrest and conviction OF thief.
United Automobile Insurance Ex-
change. 1890 Dime Bank Bldg. Tel
Cadillac ST..
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Mig Cabaret at wayne Gardens
Cruzeta orchestra for dancing.
First-class cafe service. Always de-
iightfully cool.-Adv.
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- prtutfpe--fhr piufn uept htnA--thst
u vfxht--rimes Job Dept.--Main 4520.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-24

One Big Carnival of Speed
at Blue Ribbon races today
Adv.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-24

HEAT EXHAUSTION
Horsfor d's Acid Phosphate
Revives retresbss. strengthens. Re-
lieves depression. restores the nerve
force Buy a bottle.
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BERLIN, July 24.-"our tor
pedo boats returned from a point
close to tho mouth OF the
Thames unchanged after Sun
days short engagement" said
an Official statement Issued here
today.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-12-21

us of seeing Phoenix. We did not re-
| gret this, as we learned afterwards
that the roads were very bad in that
vicinity, but do not believe the roads
could have been worse than what we
travelled. The distance between Mag
dalena and Quemado is 81 miles. 1t
took us all day to make this distance
and only one stopping place and sup
ply station, gas being so cents per gal
lon and oil 80. The gas proved to be
diestillate, this being the cause of a
great deal Of our trouble. Quemado,
er 'Top O. the World" as it is called
owing to high altitude, is Mexican
burg, there being only one white man
living there. We found this to be the
coolest point on the whole route. We
took room in the private house of
Mexican family. Found it neat and
clean. We got this room through the
aid Of a brother Odd Fellow who was
running would-be garage and who
could speak the Mexican language.
The proprietor could not speak Eng
fish (but believe with the experience
of another leaky radiator will be able
to speak any language on the globe).
"A WY odu oA"il AlelPpCICu Ill NkuOAo-
do during the night. There had been
Mexican wedding, followed by
dance and general blowout After the
jug had been passed around several
times gun fight developed. Unfor-
tunately fine looking American COW
puncher got mixed with two Mexicans
who got the drop on him first and he
was seriously shot, once through the
body, through the wrist and through
both legs, breaking them both. But
in spite of his condition he managed
to get both greasers, but didn't kill
either one. Leaving early the next
morning we didn't hear how he came
out, for when day broke there was a
streak of dust, Tin Lizzie" red
headed Irishman and his tootsie-WoO,-
sic trying to break all worlds records
for the coast. We didn't lose anything
in Quemado, not even time in getting
out, but the other fellows experience
taught us to fight shy of any Mexican
blow-Outs.
After getting out of Quemado about
40 miles we had trouble with the car
buretor, but learned that the trouble
was due to the so cent distillate, but
were glad that we were out Of gun
shot of the blood-thirsty village, for
we had decided that distillate was pre-
ferable to a duel. The exorbitant
prices charged for supplies is due to
the fact of being so far from railroads,
the nearest railroad point being IS
miles. Consequently supplies have to
be freighted in by wagon or packed in
by burros. 1t was in this vicinity that
we found our first tarantula. We cap
tured one of these unwelcome crea-
lures and now have him picked in al
chohol for relic of New Mexico. They
are much dreaded through this coun-
try, as they are deadly poison to any
one they bite.
The country between Magdalena,
distance of 1872 miles. is very wild and
Continued on Page 12)
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i row and dangerous, the grade in som,
places being 80 1-3 per cent and al
cut to pieces by washouts. Here W,
reached an altitude of $500 feet il
eight miles. Some climb! Near tn,
, summit we found a car in the ditch
caused by careless driving. The.
were evidently blessed with good luck
too, for there was no one hurt and nj
serious damage. Just as old Sol wa.
disappearing over the horizon we pull
ed into Magdalena, cattle, sheep ant
mining country. We spent the nigh
at the Wilson hotel. Here we had the
pleasure Of listening to a real COW
puncher's orchestra, composed of g
the adjoining room. This reminded
me of old times when l was punching
cattle in Alberta, the days Of rea
sport.
The next day we started for Spring
erville, Ari., there only being two pos
sible places for provisions, Datil and
Quemado, both Of them nothing but
trading stores. Soon after leaving
violin and a guitar, with saloon in
Magdalena the last ranch was passed
and with the exceptions Of the above
stores hardly house was seen on the
whole 1872 miles. Just west of Datil
we crossed the Continental Divide, an
altitude Of $500 feet. Here all car.
experienced much carburetor trouble
owing to high altitude Near this
point we found several cars out of
commission and waiting for repairs
These were not FOrds.
On our arrival in Datil we found a
family consisting of father, mother and
daughter, the father being the victim
Of an accident while coming up the
Blue Canyon. His car turned turtle
and he was pinned beneath it. He had
spent three weeks in the hospital at
Magdalena and was on his way again
He was on crutches and could no do.
thing but drive His wife and daugh.
ter were left to crank the car and do
all the heavy end of the work. When
they learned we were going their way
they asked that we drive slow so that
they might have assistance in case OF
trouble. Considering their condition
we did as they requested. Lucky for
them that we did, for all cars were
bothered with the high altitude here,
Well, with our own car trouble and
their trouble combined l got plenty OF
exercise. If l was to get a cent for
every revolution I made on the crank
that one day believe we could live
on easy street the rest of our lives
My wife is trying to get a patent on
me as a self.starter. We felt we were
doing them a good turn, SO we stayed
with them. We had planned to go to
Phoenix, Ari., but to do so would take
us on a different route, so our hearts
being too big to leave them to fight
their way alone, we saw them through
to their destination which was PERKS,
Cal. This was to US the greatest plea
sure of the trip, realizing their real
need of assistance and being able to
fill the bill. This, however, too us 300
miles out of our way and delayed us
two or three days longer and deprived
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-12-21

ed her part we'll, often hearing hel
say, Cheer up, Jack, the worst is ye'
to come" and occasionally giving me
a few vocal strains of some of tina,
dago taught her by our friend, Mr.
woodlands. Our breakband being
burned out required that some one fol
low up the steep grade with a stone
In case old Tin Lizzie" failed to make
it in one pull. This my better half did
scientifically. She said it seemed like
real physical labor. We had about a
dozen stops on one long steep grade
but finally reached the summit. From
here we could see the lights of Sante
Fe. This gave us new courage and we
sooh reached the burg 1t seemed on
our arrival here that we could not get
out Of the back alleys. We thought
we would never get into the city, but
to our surprise learned we were al,
ready in the heart of the city and in
the main streets. The streets were
Is or 30 feet wide, with about three
small electric lights per block. The
entire city Is built in this manner with
the exception Of two or three small
streets which are more like streets OF
a civilized city. We spent one day in
this city, visiting some very interest.
ing places, among which were the old.
est church and the oldest house in the
United States. These buildings were
built of adobe or mud. We also visit
ed the archaeology museum, a place
Of extreme interest. It would require
ten pages of your valua BILE paper to
mention all we saw here, so will pass
on.
Next was Albuquerque, reaching
there shortly after noon. We spent
the remainder of the day visiting
points Of interest and repairing the
car. We found Albuquerque to be a
wide-aWake and prosperous city, the
resources in this section being red
peppers and stock. The road from the
quaint old town of Sante Fe to the
thriving metropolis of Albuquerque pos.
sesses two distinct features, first, a
very good graded road most of the
way: second, the famous La BajaGa
Hill, with drop of over 900 feet in
about a mile. The scenery from this
summit is very beautiful and the sur.
rounding country may be viewed for
miles in either direction. The popula.
tion of Albuquerque is mostly Mexi-
can and Indian.
Our next day took us over the great
Socorro desert, IS miles long, scarcely
any sign Of civilization the whole dis
lance. We found a small puddle of
water about two-thirds of the way
across the desert. Using dipper
succeeded in getting all into our two
and one-half gallon water bag. The
finding of this water was some more
Of our good luck, for when we reach
ed here cur engine was hot and water
all exhausted The IS miles finally
elapsed and we were in Socorro, an
other Mexican town. It being early
in the afternoon we decided not to
stop, but soon were on our way to
Magdalena. Just west of Socorro we
entered the Blue Canyon, steep, mar
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-12-21
Jack Morley Tells Of Trip to
Pacific Coast in Ford Auto

Jack Worley writes the Times. Rec
ord the following interesting account
aof their trip to the coast in their Ford
The letter is well worth reading.
Riverside, Cal, Dec. IL, 1916
Editor Times-Record: 49,.
We will attempt to give you a faint
Idea of our journey to California by
auto or by Tin Lizzie" as it is more
generally known.
Leaving Valley City Oct. at 1.30
p. m. we started for Aberdeen, and
landed there at $3.50 p. M, 1928 miles
which we made in seven hours. Not
so bad for starter. There being
nothing of any consequence in Aber
deem, we took an early start for Trip
S. D., which is near the Nebraska line
Finding conditions favorable we reach
ed there at o'clock. No lights and
raining. Tin Lizzie" began to act
up slightly. The following day put us
in Fullerton, Neb We entered Ne.
braska by ferry across the Missouri
river at Running Water. The first
few miles of Nebraska road was quite
rough, but improved rapidly as we pro.
ceeded farther into the state.
Nebraska is corn and pork state
and we found the farmers sowing
grain, which in some places was two
or three inches high. -a-.-.-~~- go. .
The fourth day we reached North
Platte, Neb, on the Platte river, 218
mile drive. Old Tin Lizzie" seemed
to have her second wind by now and
we were putting her down the road
at the rate of IS to 40 miles per. We
struck the famous Ocean to Ocean
highway at Kearney, Neb., and our in
PRODUCTION to this wond erful thorough
fare was a speed limit sign" Ninety
Miles Per Hour Here we found the
road so feet wide, as straight as a
chalk line and smooth as glass. We
didn't exceed the speed limit, but
made her go some. In regard to good
roads 1t was nip and tuck between
South Dakota and Nebraska. $780,.
The fifth day we reached Fort Nor
gan, Col, having our first breakdown
and were laid up for six hours. The
housing of the differential gear came
unrivited, so had to have new hous-
ing, but having a Ford had no trouble
in getting fixed up 0. X. Fl. Morgan
seemed to be thriving and prosper
Gus little town and being near Shey-
enne, Wyo., we saw many COW punch
ers. Those were real wild and woody
boys.
The seventh day being Sunday and
about 100 miles from Denver, we de-
cided to run on in and got there by
noon, making Denver from Valley City
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in five days without any trouble to
speak Of. While in Denver we stop.
ped at the new Savoy hotel, remain.
ing there three days visiting different
points of interest, including the won.
derful mountain drive over Lookout
Mountain through Estes Park and up
to Idaho Springs. We also visited the
museum and city parks. After seeing
Denver thoroughly we proceeded on
our journey south to Colorado Springs,
where we found many wonderful and
interesting sights, including the gar
den of the Gods, the Cave of the
Winds, Pixies Peak, and many others
too numerous to mention.
We then proceeded to Pueblo, Col.
We found this place to be famous for
its mines and peculiar formation. We
| were now surrounded by ,greasers,
there being double murder commit
ted that night. A young Mexican
! bride shot her husband and then her.
self, the cause being jealousy. Being
groom of only a few weeks l slept
with one eye open. My bride seemed
to be quite at peace and l was I'M
harmed. -....
The following morning we started
for Ration, N. NJ, crossing the wonder
full Ration Pass. climbing to an altt.
tude of 10000 feet and descending the
same in rs miles. 1t was on the sum-
NIT of this famous pass that we enter
ed New Mexico and here found our
first mud hole, being greeted by two
large truck loads of booze which was
being struggled into Colorado. They
had been stuck for ten or II hours.
Before we got them out there were
ten cars held up. After the way was
clear we built runway over the mud
hole with planks and proceeded down
the 10000 feet of very narrow and dan
ger0us road.
On our arrival in Ration we discover
front wheels. On examination we
found the spindle was cut by brok-
en- .ball-bearing to the size of lead
pencil. We were lucky to get down
such a grade right side up. We were
born lucky, not rich. We were now in
a Mexican town proper. We took
room in what we thought was a hotel,
but judging from the odor from the
downstairs bar we must have been mis-
taken. We we're now under the care
of a Mexican policeman. The follow.
ing morning we awoke and found it
raining and the roads almost impass-
able. with mud from six to Is inches
deep Many tourists with heavy cars
were compelled to lay over and wait
for the roads to dry up. Nothing but
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Fords proceeded on their way. Motor,
cycles were shipped-could not get
through. I have travelled most of my
life, but have never seen roads that
could equal those. Well, we just kept
stiff upper lip and ploughed away
until we got into Las Vegas after
dark and about frozen. It had rain.
ed all day and the roads were getting
worse. We stopped at hotel, guess
1t was. woke up in the night and
thought had been walking in my
sleep and wandered into saloon. My
wife declared I had partaken of the
fiery dope, but had only been breath.
ing the air and had nearly reached
the jag-On stage.
The next days drive capped the cli-
max. After getting well out Of civil.
cation we had the, misfortune of a Sc.
we're radiator leak, having to fill It
about every half mile, with what?
Anything, everything, part of the time
bad language. I was compelled to dip
muddy water right out of the road
I mean anywhere I could get it-there
was no road It had all been washed
Into the Rio Grande. But real red,
muddy water was all we could get and
we were glad to get it. Things began
to get interesting. Next on the pro.
gram our fan belt went to destruction.
Having no extra one substituted my
own belt, sewing it together with wire
and it did very we'll for while, but
soon went to pieces. With a leaky
radiator and fiimsy fan belt and no
roads my Irish went up to about 1870
But we finally came to a small Mexi-
can burg Here l cut belt out of
COW hide. That relieved us somewhat.
But still so miles stared us in the face
before we could get our radiator re-
paired. Finally we administered
package Of Bull Durham tobacco. God
Bless Bull Durham. It did the work,
plugged up the leak and we proceed
ed more cheerfully. It was now about
dark and a heavy grade to climb:
Turning the switch for lights we dis,
covered we had a short Circuit and it.
being dark could not locate it. Being
anxious to get into Sante Fe we kept
plugging away. It was here We found
our worst roads, there having been
cloudburst all over this section of the
country, all bridges and culverts being
washed away and also the road in
many places. The roads were so bad
that it was really interesting to pass
over them. Oftentimes we thought it
impossible to move on, but we took a
long chance and old Tin Lizzie" wad-
died through. We now had II miles
to make over a dangerous mountain
road and two rivers to ford, but we
put her on low and hit it hard, trust
ing to luck, for luck was all we had to
depend on. We went into the ditch
once. Was 20 or 80 minutes getting
out. but did so with out damage. Old
"Tin Lizzie" was now bucking like
broncho. Everything seemed to be
wrong. Dirty spark plugs, timer on
the bum, and to make long story
short my wife learned new language.
However, she bore it bravely and play
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-03-31
FORD COMPANY FoRFEITS
CHARTER IN CALIFORNIA
\ Sacramento dispatch saws:

A Sacramento dispatch says:
Governor Hiram w. johnson issued
a proclamation yesterday declaring
the charters of 5525 domestic and fore
ign corporations doing business in
California forfeited. The Ford Motor
company of Detroit, Mich. which has
two assembling plants in this state,
is among the foreign corporations
which, under the proclamation. will be
prohibited from doing business in
California. The company refused to
pay its corporation franchise tax,
amounting to $4,000. claiming that it
was excessive and unjust.
The action of the company means
that II will either have 20 revive it's
charter by paying two years tax. or
$4,000, and the penalty of $4,000 addi-
tional. or else withdraw from the
state. Its assembling plants, one of
which is in San Francisco, another in
Los Angeles, representing jointly an
investment OF 100000. will have to
close. The company's business IN
California last year was estimated at
100000. or about six percent of its
annual national business, which
amounted to $12O,O00,OOO.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-03-31
LINER AGROUND
100000 LOSS
ey Pae. and intI News sarviee.

BY Pae. and int'l News ssrviee.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 31.-The
liner Chlyo Maru. OF 13,431 gross
tonnage. which went aground on Le-
may Island at the mouth OF the Canton
river. will probably be total loss.
The vessel left here March 2nd with
500 passengers. 1t is believed that
most OF the passengers landed before
the disaster. as the vessel had already
touched Yokohoma and Manila. 1t
had. however. taken on new pas8eng.
ers at these points.
The loss will be not less than Sc.
100000 as the vessel carried a $1,000
900 cargo and $4,000, 900 in gold. and
1t was worth 100000.
HONG KONG. MarS:r 3I.-The Jap
anese steamer Chiyo Maru. carrying
299 passengers and a crew of $50 went
aground off the Lemay Islands in a
fog. and II is feared that il will be q
total loss. A wireless summoned tug
boats and British destroyer. and the
removal of passengers was begun i'm
mediately.