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The Detroit times., 1916-11-10
HUDSON TUNNEL
STILL HELD UP
School Board Appoints Com
mittee of Three TO lnyes-
tigate Project

The tunnel which The J L. Hudson
co proposes 20 build under the putt
lie library. from Farlner-st. 20 Libra.
wave. MAS tho chief topic Of Discus
sion At Thursday nights meeting Of
the board OF education
Inspector Nelnas threw bomb
into the proceedings of The hoard
Immediately after an inyestlsa,inE
committee of three had been az
pointed, when he announced Chat The
tunnel Was alreadr built
we inspectors have been asleep %
cried Neinas
Inspectors Harms Mumfcra aa1
Komroisky. the committee. d'a some
hurried invcstigatuF and learned
that shafts had Dcpl srnA bur trat
no tunnelinr had been done No
work has been done on the project
since the legality OF the plan Was
quettloned.
supt. Chadsey reported l. he
had ordered the closing ul thc Raw
snswood school Grand b3yr-1fe.
and Joyri. because there se., mo-
water connections
Inspector Arthur j. Gordon for
uer eruploye of thc Michigan r-r..
mics. disgruntled at the iauta7.ng
given his friend, Tu',3aE cicc.
tion. result 20 which Tho Times
contributed in a lar1c Wa' af.fr7'.
The Detroit times., 1916-11-10

PrfntinE-ths plain NEAT ktnd--th ~
4. rgEht---Tirnr. Job DsDt.--Nain ssen
The Detroit times., 1916-11-10

l. would have been almost Ger
falu
Miss shediock has spoken before
h. larar, employees many teach
ard Thu-sfav night she gave
program fh7 lngles!de club.
Miss Srsdluck has travelled al
over America nnI has given lectures
u many libraries schools. colleges
ar" vrr. tiles In 1907 she was
p. 7...H srrm tho United States 70
-.o COURSES " lectures. with
s''...r ''Acho-S under tho dlrec-
t..r of tho london county council
$40 remained 'n England eight
t.5-s 'eJ,rg stories in he training
,1aEra 'or teachers md IN tha
r'r- shao's FOR boys
The Detroit times., 1916-11-10
soi," Suspect Escapes

AT officers and detectives are
sesrching for Verne Armstrong. rs
years old. suspected pickpocke' ~ no
escaped from a deputy While being
led from the receiving hospital 70
the county jail Thursday night
Armstrong was taken 10 Tho hos
plth Wednesday. suffering from
larynRftis,
The Detroit times., 1916-11-10
CHALMERS NEW
STOCK TAKEN
AT S35 4 SHARE

EEw YORK Ner Ssrs--
ton for The new -1a,me-s MOTOR
stock a. 80 share beng taken
by : HseHa 4 -o~gacy. ar 2
Crarles p Barney 4 coupa-s a .-
close Nc' earlier ~ z srra-
toa ~ -ta bankers
Net earnings are mining ~ .ts
rae ot approx uats'y s." share
r is expected The new company will
inaug-ra-e a dividend policy Jan
a ,he -a'1 80 8 per an--l
P-esert production is ar he rs'r
~ e5.110 cars @ year ard ar 1-r9-'
% ea 200 cars is predicted 'o- -'--.
The Detroit times., 1916-11-10

Colds Cause headache ard Grip
LAXATIVE BBoMO QTINt$E rN-
moves 'n. caVHs There e. only ono
Hromo Quinjre T. ". GROVE S
.guature Is on box 25c Adv
Evening star., 1916-06-04

said. soften they don't amount to much.
| don't like the way she's been acting.
| told you I'd had my eyes open. Prob
ably nothing to this idea
Quaile's hesitation had vanished He
spoke eagerly:
"You didn't give me half chance
minute ago. You broke in with your alb
surd suspicion
He picked up the key and put it in his
pocket.
"Of course, you can count on me to-
morrow night.
"Good boy" McHugh commented He
yawned. I'm going home to sleep off this
debauch of thinking. Never had a case
at headquarters that worried me half so
much.
IN the street. Quaile noticed it had
turned warmer. Clouds had gathered in
the west. They sailed low enough to reflect
the city IS glare, from which they borrowed
the tints of melancholy twilight.
The unusual heat, the imminence of
storm, oppressed him. He was angry
that McHugh, within few hours of his
own bewilderment at Barbara's actions.
should have voiced so unjust sus-
picion. AT least he would prove that to
the manager. But, as his first enthusiasm
cooled, he was a little appalled, at the task
he had undertaken.
Quaile had never labeled himself as su-
perstitious, but the prospect of secretly
invading the dark and empty theater re-
volted him. With the rest of man
kind, he had from time to time received
intimatons possibly from over the
frontier of the explored freaks of MEM
ory; condolences, scarcely to be ac-
cepted; unaccountable dreams. These
flashed through his mind, together with
other bits from novels, and from club
and dinner-ta BILE chatter. But these We're
other peoples adventures, and now the
Evening star., 1916-06-04

question had come definitely home to him.
He turned in at his apartment, a modern
and expensive bachelor establishment.
The upper hall was bare, save for the
house telephone on the wall outside his
door.
When he had slipped the key in the
lock and turned the knob, he became
aware of an unfamiliar sound from his
rooms. He paused, surprised, for he knew
no one was within. The sound lacked
power. He could think only of the sound
of a bell heard at night-scarcely heard.
He switched on the light and walked
he didn't know why--on tiptoe down the
passage. The sound did not vary. 1t
urged him. He went faster. tracing it to
his study, beyond which there was nothing
but the house wall Yet even here the
sound seemed far away.
He pressed the switch. glancing around.
His private telephone on the desk caught
his eye. 1t offered an explanation, yet he
took the receiver from the hook doubt
fully. The tinkling ceased He smiled.
Decidedly, he was too imaginative.
Hello! Hello!" he called.
His hand shook. His eyes widened
His lips remained half parted. All at once
he understood Cartons white-faced trepi-
dation. He could guess at last what he
had meant by his warnings from the air.
For the voice that had answered was like
none Quaile had ever heard. Its quality
was soft and monotonous, yet it beat
against his ears with the urgent blare of
a trumpet.
"Don't interfere, it flowed on Keep
away. prefer to play my parts to empty
seats"
"Who are you?" Quaile shouted
He could not be sure there was an
answer but for moment he was almost
willing to swear that the name Wood
ford had sighed across the wire. He
tried to thrust the suspicion aside.
Evening star., 1916-06-04

At least, the line was now dead. He
waited with a growing sense of helpless
ness. Then central spoke;
"Number, please?"
"No number"
"Then hang up"
He obeyed automatically. The thin,
remote sound recommended.
THOROUGHLY bewildered. he began
to reason vaguely. The medium of
electricity through which the warning had
come appeared to him significant. With
an effort he controlled his thoughts.
Surely this was some tactless joke of
McEugh'S, for they had been alone in the
office. No one else could have known of
his agreement to secrete himself in the
theater tomorrow night He reached out
again for the receiver; but the unnatural
ringing and the memory Of that voice
made him pause The telephone in the hall
would do as well. He would get the
exchange manager and trace that call.
He went. followed by the persistent
sound. to the hall The brisk tones of the
manager We're reassurng. but the response
was not to be believed There had been
no call on his telephone since noon.
He cried back his contradictions:
"Not five minutes ago-I answered
call. want to know where it came from"
The investigation that followed brought
the same impossible answer:
"There is no question. Your phone has
not been rung since noon. 1t could not
have been rung.
1t was only when he realized how curl
GUS his insstence must appear that he
gave it up.
He turned away helplessly. He opened
his door His ears We're met by the I'M
varying note of bell Summoning him
with mournful vibrations over vast and
lonely spaces.
To be continued meet tccek
Evening star., 1916-06-04

photograph ny Brown " Dawson.
But Commodore Ruser of the in.
termed Jtaterland doesn't appreciate
all the innury that surrounds him for
it keeps him uirtuaiiy a prisoner.
to his affairs at leisure. His wife and son
live with him still in Hoboken, and ar
ranging affairs in Hamburg seems as dis
tant probability as that of moving his
family to that antarctic region that the
Commodore once enjoyed so much.
OF course he has few duties on board
ship. Altogether $50 persons are hv-
ing on board, where there are quarters for
1000 passengers and crew of 1900.
About 200 of the crew are held to look
after the boilers that must be kept going
for the electric lights and heating, and to
keep the ship in condition, so that it may
be able to sail at few days notice.
Evening star., 1916-06-04
He Is Learning How to Live on Land

WTOULD you like to have whole
w hotel to live in? Would you like
swimming-pool Of your own. two
gymnasiums, Ritz-Carlton restaurant,
grill, veranda cafe, palm garden,
Roman and Turkish baths, running
tracks, squash-courts, and a porch around
which you have only to stroll four and a
quarter times to make a mile? And can
you imagine the spendor of dining alone
Or with only a few guests-in salon
that can hold 800 persons? Not king in
Europe has such luxury; no millionaire in
America can boast of it. But Commodore
Ruser of the Toterland wants only one
thing in the world-to get away from it.
In August almost two years ago, the
Toteriand the largest ocean liner in the
world. was about to make its fourth trip
across the Atlantic to Germany. when the
war broke out and it was ordered to re-
main at it's pier in Hoboken, New Jersey.
There it has rested ever since.
Headed South Pole Expedition
COMMODORE RUSER of course.
must stay with it. The Commodore
went to sea when he was fifteen. Since
that time (in 1870 he has been on land,
for period of more than four weeks only
three times in his life-once for nine
months during the building of the I'M
perdtor; again for the same time when the
Vaterland was built; and earlier in his life,
when he was the captain of an antarctic
expedition that spent twenty-eight months
exploring the region of the South Pole
mot dash for the Pole. as you Americans
do" he explains. "but purely scientific
trip" But now. for two years, he has had
to live in Hoboken, with nothing to do
except see that the decks of the liner are
kept decently clean, and manage charity
for German widows and children.
When Commodore Ruser was about to
leave Hamburg in July, 1914, he remem-
bered that he ought to go to the bank.
But it was hot day. His wife, he thought,
would be returning to Germany from
America in few days, and could attend
Evening star., 1916-06-04
One of His Many Adventures

THE Commodore has commanded what
We're at the time the largest steamers
on the sea. the kajSerin Iug,tSte Victoria
and the Hmperdtor.
When he first went to sea it was on q
sailing-ship. The man who can find no.
account-book can remember many such
stories as would be each the event of a
lifetime to most men.
Once, when he was second officer on the
FUerst Bismarck. he and seven other men
boarded a small brig that was leaking
badly, and that didn't have chance. it
seemed, Of making port, The Fuerst Bis
mofck ran across the brig about 1900 miles
out of New York, on its way to Hamburg
When Commodore Ruser boarded it he
thought he could saveit The other seven
men agreed to try it with him The Bis
mdrck gave them provisions and left them
For twelve days they drfted. making no
headway in the heavy sea. Then pro-
visions ran out, the salt water got into the
rotten water-easks. and the seas swept
away their only ife-boat. The Bismarck
found them in the exact spot where it
had left them, and again stocked them
with provisions; for they We're bound they
wouldn't give up. But this time. before
the Bismarck was out of sight the storms
calmed down and a fine westerly breeze
sprang up. They We're able to repair the
rigging. and ten days later sailed their
brig into Falmouth like new yacht,
Evening star., 1916-06-04

No one is allowed on board who has
not a photograph to identity himself as
a member of the crew-for this liner is
one of the most valuable possessions any
German company owns in America.
How valuable it is one can estimate
when it is realized that it cost $4,000. 900
to build and brought in 5000. 900 a year
profit. But not only has the company
lost these last two years that S6OO.000,
but it has had to pay out. roughly, $4,000
a year to keep it in condition. 1t costs
about S400 day for coal alone
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-14
CHILD GETS SICK
CROSS, FEvERISH
If C0NSTIPATED
California Syrup of Figs
can't harm tender stomach
or bowels.

A laxative today saves a sick child
tomorrow. Children simply will not
take the time from play to empty their
bowels, which become c1ogged up with
waste, liver gets sluggish; stomach
sour.
Look at the tongue, mother!< If
coated, or your child is hstless, cross
feYerish, breath bad, restless, doesn't
eat heartily, full of cold or has sore
throat or any other cn1Idren's ailn1ent
give a teaspoonful of california Syrup
of Figs" then don't worry, because it
is perfectly harmless, and in a few
hours all this constipation poison, sour
bile and fern enting waste will gently
move out of the bowels, and you have
a we'll, playful child again. A thor
ough inside cleansing is oftimes all
that is necessary. Tt should be the
first treatment given in any sickness
Beware of counterfeit fig syrups. Ask
your druggist for a 50-cent bottle of
California Syrup of Figs which has
full directions for babies, children of
all. ages and for grown-ups plainly
printed on the bottle LOOK carefully
and see that it is made by the Cal
ifornia Zig Syrup Company. adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-14
GERMANS ORDER ALL
OF GREGORIAN DATES
IN CAPTIVE POLAND

Warsaw, Jan. 14.-General Won
Bese1er, governor of Poland, has is
sued a. decree according to which that
portion Of Russia now occupied by the
Germans shall henceforth change
from the Julian to the Gregorian cal
endar, andA therefore conform to the
standards of a majority of the coun-
tries of the world.
Heretofore Russia and Poland, have
gone by the calendar introduced by
Julius Caesar in the year Al B. c.,
which varies 1 days from the Gregg
rian calendar compiled in the 18th
century, and adopted by most, coun-
tries in the 18th century.
The introduction of the Gregorian
calendar into the government Of War
saw means a cessation of countless
misun derstandings. Heretofore it has
been necessary to sdoub1e-date'' every
proclamation and order. Thus doc
ument referring to December IL had
also to bear the date November 2S
for the benefit Of Poles reckoning ac-
cording to the Julian calendar. In
future all dates will be according to
Gregorian reckoning.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-14
Clerk Flanagan To
Address Applicants
For Naturalization

In order to help in the education OF
prospective citizens, Naturalization
Clerk M. j. Flanagan will make sew
era1 speeches soon to classes Of app1i-
cants studying to fit themselves for
citizenship. He will go to Norwalk
Jan. 10 at the request of Supt. Chap
man of the Norwa.lk public school sys-
tenn, who has large citizenship class
there. In the course of his talk Clerk
Flanagan will advise the applicants
how to gain the knowledge necessary
for them to obtain the coveted papers
On Jan. % he VIII speak perore
a number of Slavonians in st. Johns
hall, Jane and Pembroke streets The
pastor of st. Johns church, who is
interested in the class, asked Clerk
Flanagan to address the applicants.
Later when the Y. M. c.. A. of this city
has its citizenship classes in full swing
Clerk Flanagan will make several adj
dresses there.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-14
Basketball Is Newest Of
the Popular Ball Games

9P1ay, baill,' cried Eve, tossing the
apple sto~Adam. And ever since their
descendants have been doing SO. The
instinct to evolve games in which
balls of various kinds figure seems to
be universal, and its history is, as the
highbrows say, lost in the nists Of
antiquity. The earth itself is a ball,
although slightly flattened in spots,
as if it had been pasted on the trade
mark by some celestial Ty Cobb.
When the first paIefaces invaded this
now WelI-known continent they found
Poor Lo amusing himself with BAN
game which the French afterward
called lacrosse. Baseball; which is a
development of the older games of
FOUNDERS and 'ttown ball. football,
which was first played by the Eng
Iish with the head of a captured Dane
as the ball; cricket, billiards, tennis,
golf. hockey, polo, bowling, basketball
and various other games, are played
with balls.
sketbaII which passes the quarter
century mark this year, having been
invented in 1891 by Dr. James Mai
smith then director of physical train
ing at the Springfield, Mass. Train
ing School, but later with the UntVerr
sftv of Kansas. 1t was twenty-four
wears ago, come tomorrow, on Jan. Is.
1892 that the first match basketball
game was played at Springfield be-
tween two class teams, In the preV1-
o11st m outT1, at a meeting of the faculty
Of the Springfield school, the need of
some new mode of exercise was dis
cussed It was agreed that, there was
demand for a sport that would pro-
vide plenty of action without brutal
fty, and which would serve the pur-
nose of scientific physical develop
ment. Dr.. Naismith gave much
thought to the problem, and soon
evolved the. game of basketball. The
first contest demonstrated that the
new sport had powerful appeal
Goals were then made of iron hoops
from which nets were suspended. The
latter were at first so woven as to
hold the ball, but later it was found
desirable to change the nets SO that
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-14

about the lowest in intelligence of
the animal kingdom. AS a. matter
OF fact, there is no more reason for
condemning the ass as lacking in in
telligence thu a there is for praising
the wisdom G the owl.
The ass has long played a promi-
nent part in religious history. The
celebrated ass of BaIaam, as all stu
dents OF Scripture know, was wiser
than his master. In the pagan myth
oIogy the ass held an honored place,
as 1t was believed that an ass, by it's
braying, had saved Vesta from vio-
lation In the ancient world the
coronation of the ass formed an i'm
portaht part of the feast Of the chaste
goddess.
The Christian FESTIVAL of the
ASS" it is believed was first institute
ed in the East, and was designed,
like SO many other feastss to wean the
people away from the ancient faith
by substituting Christian spectacles
of a similar nature. The observance
of the fourteenth of January spread
over Europe, and for centuries the
Christian calendar.
The festival conmemorated the
! escape of the Holy Family into Egypt.
The observance Of the day began with
a procession, which was led by an ass
bearing a beautiful girl with a babe
in her arms. The animal was decor
ated with old-ernbroidered strappings,
and was looked upon as sacred. After
the procession had wendell it's way
through the streets of the city or
town, the marchers chanting a, chorus
interspersed with loud 'thee-haw the
ass was led into the principal church,
where the@gervices peculiar to the day
were performed. Throughout the
ceremony the worshippers frequently
initiated the braying OF an ass.
h The selection of the sacred ass"
was a matter of much concern, as 1t
was desirable to secure a gentle and
obedient animal. The ass is noted
for his perversity and obstinancy, and
these qualities were often in evidence
during the professions. Often the
sacred ass manifested decided
objection to entering the church, and
in many cases had to be carried in
a proceeding which detracted from
rthe dignity or the occasion. Tt was
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-14
ssSNOW, BALL" ARMY IS
GETTING STRONGER DAILY

Sydney, Australia, Jan. A. = The
SNOWFALL army idea has taken hold
of many communities and there are
now four such armies marching
from as many towns in New South
Wales toward Sydney, accommodating
recruits on their way. The wal
Iabies' so called from a species of
kangaroo-are marching here from
Narrabri; the .t<angaroos'' from Wag-
ga; the sfWara hs''--named after an
Australian flower--from NowraI; and
The Men from Snowy River have
left the town Of Delegate. The nick
name of the latter party is taken from
the poem of THE Men from Snowy
River. by A. b. Paterson, a popular
poet who is now a major with the Aus
traIian forces in Egypt.
The military authorities are giving
these voluntary armies as much en-
couragementi as possible. Stan SER
geant- majors have been provided, for
each contingent. The several march,
es now in progress. cover from 100
to 400 miles. and along the way the
volunteers are the center Of many pa
triotic ovations.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-14

the ball would drop through to the
playing floor,
. The Y. M. c. A. was largely respon-
sibIe for the Immediate and wide
spread popularity of Basketball The
game is now played by nearly 175, 900
boys and men in the United States and
Canada, and probably has more de-
voices than any other sport, with the
exception of baseball Nor is basket
ball confined to America, for it has
been introduced with great success in
several European countries, and. in
the philippines. China Japan. Ha-
waii, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and
Chile. In South America the newest
of ball games is much better known
than is baseball and in the Philippines
and Japan basketball threatens the
popularity of the diamondS pastime.
AS a winter sport basketball has Won
derfuI possibilities and in the. years
to come it Will doubtless play an in
creasingly important part in raising
the physical standards of youth.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-14
Festival of the ASS"
Recalls Quaint Ceremony


If you should enter a church today,
and find an ass tied near the altar;
and if, at the conclusion of the SER
vices, the priest or preacher should
bray three times, instead of the usual
benediction, and the congregation re-
spond with a general ''hee-hawing, -
wouldn't you immediately jump to the
conclusion that you were in the chap
ell Of a 1unatic asylum
Probably SO. Yet what you had
heard and witnessed might be moth
ing less innocent than the revival of
the ancient Festival of the ASS
which for centuries was celebrated
annually on the fourteenth of January
in churches throughout Europe. The
Jasmine fiesta was one of the most
popular of the year. and, although
it now seems ridiculous, it was looked
upon as a very solmen and sanctlfied
occasion in the days of our remote
ancestors
Nowadays the dictionaries define an
ass as both quadruped and biped, the
latter being a dull, heavy, stupid
fellow; a do1t; a fool" In the pop
uIar Imagination, an ass is considered
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-14
''TIz" CLADDENS
SORE, TIRED FEET
No pulled up. burning, tend
er aching feet-llo cornE
or callouses.

''Tiz' makes sore, burning, tired
feet fairly dance with delight Away
go the aches and pains, the cornss
caIlouses, blisters. bUnions and chill
bIains.
''Tiz'' draws out the acids. and pois-
ons that puff up your feet. No mat
ter how hard you work, how long YOU
you remain on your feet, '@Tiz' brings
restful foot comfort. ''Tiz" is magi-
call Grand, wonderful for tired, aching.
swollen, smarting feet. Ali how
comfortable. how happy you feel
Your feet just tingle for joy shoes
never hurt or seem tight.
Get a rs cent box Of t'Tiz' now from
any druggist or department store. End
foot torture forever-wear smaller
shoes, keep your feet fresh. sweet ana
happy. Just Think a whole years foot
comfort for only 20 cents,