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The Detroit times., 1916-05-13
Supreme Court Up.
holds Wayne Circuit
Judges
DEPRIVES CITY OF
100000 IN TAXES
Three Justices Dissent
From Majority
Opinion

Corporation Counsel Harry ].
Dingeman viii attempt TO recover
for Detroit part Of the automobile
tax money that the state turns back
70 Wayne county for road improve
ment.
The supreme court decision. Fri
day. UNFOLDING the validity OF the
state automobile horsepower and
weight license tax law passed BY
the recent legislature. means the re
movai OF about $4,000. 900 worth OF
assessable property from the city's
books. The difference in cost 70
the automobile owner under the
state Law is not great. but the bur
den falls on the cottage owner. who
is Obliged 10 help make Up the $500.
0oo deficit caused by the removal OF
valuable property from the city's
assessment books. The state tax
means the converting of about ST.
100000 for highway Improvements
in various parts In Michigan. As
Wayne county has carried its high
way Improvement 10 a point OF near
completion. Wayne will not benefit
under the tar law az will the north
ern counties. where there is little
or no highway Improvement.
Five justices upheld the ruling OF
the lower court in the automobile
tax case, while Justice Brooke. for
merly OF Detroit: Justice Kuhn. or
Detroit. and Ostrander. OF Lansing,
held that the act embraces more
than one object. thereby violating a
constitutional inhibition. Justice
Brooke declares m his opinion that
the section providing 80 per cent
shall go back TO the county Of It's
origin clearly invades the domain OF
selfgovernment
In sustaining the law. the court
holds that the tar is not a property
tar, but a privilege tar All OF the
automobile tar in Wayne county
will be collected by the state and
half OF II viii be returned 10 Wayne
county for road Improvement
The city assessors say that the
loss OF the automobiles will tend 20
increase the now difficult task OF
putting personal property on the as
SCI sment books. Automobiles fur
nished tangible assets that the as.
ses sors could get at with compare
tive ease. n followed that when an
automobile owner received blank
or which he was asked TO make a
sworn property statement. he often
included, in addition 20 the automo
bic, other assesssble property that
the assessors knew nothing about.
Many Detroiters who have waited
for the supreme court decision be
fore buying their 1916 license tas
viii have to DO go now or be prose
cuted as violstors OF the state Law
Because OF the congestion AT the
state Office In the Majestic building
the police commissioner has beer
lenient In extending the time for Oh
fsining new licenses. but now NJ
will insist that the old blue tags b'
replaced by new white ones ut once
The Detroit times., 1916-05-13
PREVENTION is
URGED, AND NOT
CURE, FOR DRINK

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. May 10
Use OF prevention rather than cure
probation under good behavior. rath-
er than imprisonment, with its dis
grace. and abandonment of the plan
Of giving money, were advocated IS
the new methods Of treating inc.
briefly by speakers before the nation
al conference on charities and cor
rectIons here Friday.
Frederick Amy, secretary OF the
Charity Organization society. OF
Buffalo. who Is slated TO become
president OF the national conference,
led a formidable discussion on the
subject.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-13
|fei0hf Piles Up on Docks as
Workers Nai1ly Try to Woo Dame
Fortune Against Loaded Dice

vesselmen believe that II they can
get rid Of these. who have been
largely responsible for their predics.
ment. their troubles will be al an
end.
When Detectives Kunath, McKen-
gle. Mcpherson and Burkhart, from
headquarters. and Special Oficer
Fred Hessler. OF the d. & C..
swooped down on the gang at the
foot of Cassave.. Thursday. there
was . scattering. Money few In
all directions, and down through
the openings in the dock planking
Early Friday morning they were a,
II again. Boards OF the dock had
been torn up during the night. and
the lost currency recovered. In
the space OF two blocks Ave games
were going on. and the participant
numbered no less than 80.
|z Professionals from UP In the
M11osst neigh borhood are work
- No Gown here for every
49, says Fred HessIer
~ = - eetsettvs. IN the ssps
~ ylgke4 - yestsrGay sfsernoon
ws fseal asvsrsl pasr Of IosAs,
Dice. ThssS fsIlows DON'T seem I,
realize that they are being rome
10, and they refuse to work. claim
ing that they are making bette
money shooting craps.
The ave that were arreste
Thursday were taken before Justic
Gainey. found guilty and fined. Bt
they Are back at II again. It's
hopeless task to get rid Of them
The Detroit times., 1916-05-13
Seeks Missing wife and ssbe.

Charles A. Russell. OF No. 100
BaItimore.ave. west. reported 10 the
police. Friday. that his wife and
mir emontbs-old baby had been miss.
ing from his home for several
weeks. Russell said he had been
out OF work for FIVE weeks az the
result OF an injury sustained In an
accident when he was driving a
truck for a local nrm. His wife, ne
declares. told him on the morning
OF her disappearance that she was
about 10 advertise for work In or.
der To help make both ends meet" "
That day she said she was going
90 visit her brother. Herbert Rum
ney, OF No. IL Junction-ave.. and
has not been seen by her husband
since. They had been married
three years.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-13
u News in Brief


A. A. SeAasss. vtee-pressdeat ssd
G~oovul asnages 81 Detr~st
Cleveland NaviGation Co. Who has
been at French lex. Ind. FOR the
past several weeks In an enor' 20
ported 10 be greatly improved In
formation received at the com
pany's ofnces 10 that he espeet,,
10 be back about June !. and VII
shortly thereafter resume his WORK
TIE Rev. ,. ID. NcDeasid replies ="
the Board 81 Educattss OF Hiss
land Park in regard 10 danclns IN
the public schools BY saving tnS'
He claims that teachers have OF
fered 10 instruct pupils IN w.
high school in dancing; tnst pups
have accepted the offer ana receN
ed instruction and attended dAhEes
without the consent OF ths'r PAT
tafnn,ent conducted IN the schools
In detrlment. nr. McDonaid -
pastor OF the Highland Park Pres
hyt-rfan church
re fuueraI % Fr~dertck Mates No
IloS Lsfsyeste-bfvd-. took pssce "a
hts home at oc.ock. SAturaaf
afternoon. II was cenGucte4 Win
nall bearers and Boy Scouts sound
ing taps over the grave. Mr.. MAI
tes was born IN Germany in l>42
He came 20 this country while a
boy and served as private IN 20
n. Eighth L. : infantry through-
out the Civil war In ISIS ne
again entered the army serving IN
co. c. L :. infantry. until he was
retired In 1901 as hrst sergeant.
he was member OF tire George
a Meade. Po<ta No. :. G. 4. IT,. de-
rarfment OF Pennsylvania.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-13
70 MISSING
MEN SOUGHT HERE

u - mother Of r.. s. Palmer. OF
ostlyn, and the wife OF Rudolf
8lnrdt. Of Rochester. have ap-
800 to the inter-city department
~ Y. ~. c. A.. TO help locate
- men. wac sIs missing
Ma Palmer writes that she Is
|1D her son has been In trouble OF
80 Kind. or IN. and though he has
(1en % her. his letters have been
- unsatisfactosy. For q time
Ina1ded It No. l7s Fourth-ave.,
ling to his own statement, but
w tnant q that address disclaims
knou1edes of such bcarder.
CSr. Burkardt says he husband
M IN Rochester last August.
~ ~ desertion 90 worried her
- had to b taken 70 the
80 u her parents IN Toronto.
1hnrdt q 1ve feet. dve inches
Wsighs $50 pounds, 10 short
1Gooaly a. build, with gray eyes,
~ ana complexion- He was
W. - I leader In the Rochester
r.. e. -
The Detroit times., 1916-05-13

ators were discharged at the West.
crn Unicl ofices Local union on
Gals charged the men were dis
charged FOR no other reason than
that they were suspected OF being
members ~ the telegraphers union. F"
There Was ain; OF calling a sym
pathetic strike in every Western
Union Once in the country. Tween
" thousand operators are employed
by the Western Union.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-13
COL. ROOSEVELT
is INVITED TO
VISIT DETROIT

An effort TO bring Colonel Roose-
velt to Detroit at an early date Is
being made by q NUMBER of Detroit
men. who have forwarded him q
special invitation. He will be askeC
TO speak on Americanism. The IN
vitation was signed by the follow
Ing: Frank d. Eaman. Judge A. J
Murphy. Emory W. Clark. Edwin
DENLY. Henry B. Joy. Richard p
Joy, Frederick NJ. Alger. Russell A.
Alger, G. d. Pope. Hugh Chalmers.
Eugene w. Lewis. Harry ". Ford.
Roy ID. Chaplin. Harry NJ. Jewett.
James T. Keena, Charles B. Warren.
David Gray, E. A. Sumner. Z. n.
Doyle, wilfred c. Leland, NJ. J. Muir
ply, Frank W. Blair. Prank H.
Croul. A. H. Green. Jr.. J. o. Murfin,
Jeremiah Dwyer. Jere c. Hutchins.
Howard = Conn, Alvin MacauIey,
J. G. Heaslef, Ralph Stone, Philip
r.. Mcmillan. e. d. Stair, Muir b.
Snow. William J. Gray. Leo VI. But
eel. John Ballentine. Truman H
John Kelsey. Henry z.
Bodman-
The Detroit times., 1916-05-13
l.. s. WILL HAVE
ARMY OF 175,OOO

WASHINGTON. May I2.-The
army bill. over which house and sen.
ate have been deadlocked for two
weeks. vas practically agreed upon
by the conference committee In an
all day session. The bill will pro-
vide for an army OF i75.000 men. a
government nitrate plant. and a sys-
tenn Of civilian training camps in
lieu Of the federal volunteer army
plan OF the original senate bill.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-13

H c6oDns q - ysseg Ne
< .1e1eZ Aay y. - y :
- Z y = = ;af's.'i as. ;isi::
1nvoase uDnlsssslal essssaasses
dsSS4 . SAs WssAwsrA-eve.
Vi1I s. sddrsssed by w. J.
rD1oL manager OF the Wayne
60wtry dry campaign
Aovs I'M - The s.sss - ~ 3D.
q ~ sasss mseting In the Y. ~ c
- iFsdAeid. assistant pastor of
6 toFest eve Presnyterian
ss:sist. RI. nsssias = IRE. 10
$3.50 vuese - 80 - has ehtef
0A DUoWn LaD9ooes - Eursss
1me4 told members Of the sales
a1Shlp club. Friday night. In an
4rse. N Bcara OF S9mmsrI r,o,1
{. 1Srsrtanf chan words" ne declared
f&T&u speak To q dog and he I'M
not by the words You
-. bot by the tone
*nnn ~. Wsr, engineer % TIE eeus-
- ~. 49, eoyoeess
lt&3k BY q fall from \ ladder he
$500 Not king ON the ladder and. In
p,GW attempt 10 avoid a squirt OF
'xVnAcr. lost his hasance; He was
h 8n11iy xhAken up and bruised oy tne
\ PM. and WAS taken TO hts home
- No. IS Harrison-eve- He IL
ySother OF Police Inspector Ed
- anss~u AsA. Jewish writer ssa
rSsnsSo~s, VIII speak o. Twrner
rIXjl Nh 1SS Shermsn-zt-. SUNDAY
ST<esnw for the purpose of ac-
& &9sa fnfsng tho people OF DETROIT
n I'M the condition Of the Jews In
~ f1cin. Though much has oeen
X SSS~ "a alleviate their suffering
\ STsse are 8 great number who are
y 61reI<ss owing TO the Russian ad-
SS1<e IN 0aifcia- Other SPEAKERS
p @ha evening wiz be Rsobi.
4 ~{S Ais6inski and Elsman. OF
.3yStf1il ana Dr.. Hirshman. OF New
The Detroit times., 1916-05-13
REALTY CONCERN
OPENS BRANCHES

Following out their plan OF bet
ter service In the handling OF i'm.
proved property. the f>embach-
Humphrey Co. has opened branch
ofiices At Ferris and WOODY ward,
Grand River and Euclid. and
Twelfth and LongfelIow. These OF.
fees are OF attractive design. and
are distinguished by the green and
white color scheme. which the com.
pany has adopted.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-13

'fno sheoting II proving such IN
1ng pastims to Negro freight
<HCgs Along the river front that
- lougse have time or incii-
TO los work. vesselmen are
m os1ag where they viii obtain
- - 1oad the immense piles OF
I1rh1 that are accommodating for
r0namt. Tho hustiers, lured on
oc1osional gamblers. who are
01nG among the wallopers. are
1Dong - cents an hour from the
oe0panies. claiming that they
ooolvlng such . substantial in
IN their gambling opera
- and work no longer
~ = ~ oAme. Thpsuoay. ,,
G( ~ prcfessa0nais. ~
The Detroit times., 1916-05-13
TROOPS
IN REBELLION
Set Fire to Arsenal. According
to Report From
Berlin

BERLIN Via Wireless TO Say
vile, l.. ID. May IA revolution
has broken out in Lisbon according
TO a wireless dispatch from Granada.
Spain. Friday. The troops have
muiinied, ard the arsenal in the
Portuguese capital has been set on
fire.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-13
Former President Taft
Criticizes Social Re-
formers
.DISOBEDIENCE
is COMMON
Popular Government in
Mexico Is Impossible,
He Says

tausuc CRITICISM or the social re-
former and social agitator was
made by William Howard Taft, for.
ner president OF the United States
in an address 10 members OF the Re
serve City Bankers association, In
the Hotsl Statler. Friday night
The occasion was the closing ses
sion % the bankers fourth annual
conven;iop, and Mr.. Taft was the
guest ~ honor at the annual ban
quet
Mr.. Taft, who took as his subject
Duties ~ citizenship" deplored
that lac kof respect for authority
hat is being manifested by some
OF the disturbing elements He re-
,erred 10 The present age as one o.
social or .otionalism. and one that Is
wronxfuliy seeking 10 place all per
sons on L common level
Svmptor1s OF growing disrespec
for tho laws were detailed by Mr.
selves IN untold ways. he said.
History" he said. shows ,ha,
the rich cvaGc laws with lawyer
and money. Our interstate com.
merce commission aud antitrust
laws are merely evidences Of the
ettemp' 81 the larger body OF citi.
.ens 10 enforce respect for tho tax
laws by Ire wealthy. An these arr
evidences only too common.
"Oppoeitior to militia and state
constahul.ry by labor unions Is
merely an indication OF this disrc-
Gpect .o- tho law. as is the oppost
lion 10 the federal power 20 protect
alie.s.
"Bas'cal,y. we must 60 back 70
the family, for we find there the
nrst IDEA OF discipline. We find
disrcspeet for parental authority
that goes unheeded Go TO the
school TEACHERS II you wish TO nnd
lust how our children are lackIne
in thei' sepse OF respect for author
Ity. Witness the socaIled school
strikes"
Popular government. such as ths
United States has. Is impossible IN
Mexico, hIr. Taft declared
The Mex.cans are not prepared
FOR such a gov eminent as ours" h.
declared. they wouldn't know what
10 do with It, they haven't learned
'he lesson OF respect for authority
md rest amt OF themselves. Our
'orm ~ government, so great a
boon 20 us. would merely perpe'u
ate anarchy IT. Mexico"
OGcnrs OF the bankers associa
ton WIRE elected, Friday afternoon
ss follows:
Pres'1ont. Percy II. Johnston
vice-pros dent Citizens National
tank. Louisville. Ky: vice-president
Ismos Ringold. cashier United
States National bank. Denver. Colo.
secretRry. Herbert n Owens, vice
president Drovers & Mechanics Ma
t.onal hank. Baltimore. Md: treas
urer. II J. Haas, assistant cashier
First National bank. Philadelphia
Pa. Drcctors-A. Breton, vice-pres
itent Guaranty Trust Co. New
York Thomay Hildt, vice.presiden'
Astor Trust Co. New York city;
James Y. Leavell, assistant cashier
Mechanics * American National
bank ~. louis. Mo: n. s. Rossell
assistant cashier. Merchants Ma
,ional bcck. Richmond, Va, F.. A.
Setter. ,ce-president Fifty-third
National bank, Cincinnati. o. o.
Howard Wolfe. assistant cashier
Philadelphia National bank, Phila
delphii, Ia: George y. Smith, a.
sist1nf cashier Continental CONNER
cial National bank, Chicago. H.: Z
J. uugbts, assistant cashier First
National bank Milwaukee. Wis; X
II. Woodward. assistant cashier Col
orado National bank, Denver, Colo
The Detroit times., 1916-05-13
GETS BULLET
/. IN HIS CHEST

1870 Ht1er, Of No. All Brooklyn
1sod . shot through the glass
= NJ ho6wom window. late Friday
- . man he thought was 4
1s ~ hit william Frederick.
~ police say. had heen an
0 lGra yIlsr.
e. 1er1ck was found IN his home.
al vime4et, b. Detectives Roche
Nrc1yk. VINO went there on In
lDon fnrniahed them By Mn.
y n Id : fresh wound caused
= oUIlet IN his breast and was
n ~ ~ city hospital His blood
$3.50 clothes were taken a. en-
~. Fnsr was locked up It cen
~ 61ntion, charged with felonious
The Detroit times., 1916-05-13

eo)Dee HAN oaswlne Hevsss-
oec&Ives Burkhart and Bittle, Of
y froe lance squad. arrested IL
. oayay Saturday morning. in q
" - N al1sesd gambling room
- 10 Mjehigan-sye. They are
~ ehoSuea viii being disorderiy
1850. The police found - Greeks
oting craps q the second noor
= coGss house q No 247 Ran
$500. Friday night. and II of
~ 1870 taken to headquarters ~
e1esiiss-
The Detroit times., 1916-05-13
STRIKE FEARED
WHEN OPERATORS
ARE DISCHARGED

WASHINGTON. MAY ~. 49, A
STRIKE o. loca. telegraph operators
hat world seriously hamper teie-
graph communication with the cap
ital, threatened Friday when II oper-
The Detroit times., 1916-05-13

4 mee:ing OF friends and sup
Dorters OF Irish freedom" in Con-
1ecficrt p 20 be held at New Haven
tomorrow for the purpose OF form
ing q state organization.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-13

Progress.ves OF Georgia are TO
hold q state convention 10 Atlanta
today 10 elect delegates to the ma
,ional convention at Chicago.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-13

Nashville, Tenn. II to have a big
outrage parade today with hundreds
Of women marchers attired In yel-
low and white, the suffrage colors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-12

but his cha was missing. he was
caught in the act. He had been the
victim of plot. He was the only one
who had taken part ir the rough
house. He had been the victim of
mean joke. The next day he was Civ
en- twenty-five hours extra duty. This
meant that he was forced TO walk
twenty-five hours with a gun or us
shoulder, three hours each day.
All during the term such antics were
continued. But his mother was inter-
ested in the ideals, temperament and
habits of his schoolmateS.
All Kinds of Boys.
There was a st. Louis boy there, a
from birth, whose par
ents were rich and wished him re-
formed. There was the tenement
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day. There were hundreds of hours
spent working extra duty. There was
excitement out of the ordinary every
hour and there was constant complaint
of the food the management and the
rules But all remained healthy.
The youth returned home for his
summer vacation and told his parents
only the tales of his studies and disci-
pine He wanted to go back. But it
wasn't to be so. Just before the next
term he became i'll of typhoid fever
and during his delirium described
other scenes of crap games, of SNUG
oled cigarettes, of wild trips % Kan
sas City, of other lndiscretions. When
he recovered his father confronted
him with the true facts about the case
and sent him to a state normal school.
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venting something. Bert has died
Jesse is still inventing. He lives in
Wichita.
Kansas City Boys.
There was John and Frank Punton,
sons of e nerve specialist in Kansas
City, boys who worked and worked
hard. They own a big printing estab-
lishment in Kansas City. There was
the hot-house son of Kansas City
merchant, who wore pajamas. There
boy there. Each with experiences out
of the ordinary for youths-unnatural
youths to be exact Yet most of them
have turned out all right.
There was strict discipline which
was broken at every opportunity.
There was a fist fight almost every
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house nephew OF d railroad president,
who had been sent there by his I'M
Gle four years, and hadn't yet learned
to write his own name. There was the
son of actor parents. There was a
youth of 16 years from Mexico who
had had delirium tremens ana con-
tinued to have them every time he
went to town
There w re Bert and Jesse Mcbride
OF Independence, Kan, sons OF an
early day oil baron. Their father gave
them SIS a month spending money
and when they went to Kansas City he
would give each $40 or $50 a day
and order them to spend it in a cay
Bert was the most popular boy IL the
school and his word was the same as
that of a car. Jesse was always in
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II could send you to a reform school
for nothing he said.
At this time of year his dreams are
still punctuated with fleeing sights
of the boys of the school, of the
merry hazing, of the prize fights in
the gymnasium, of the stories told in
their rooms by youths from the four
corners of the United States and of
the midnight 1arks. Other youths
dream the same things and after all
the best times of their lives were
spent at such a school and they
learned self reliance and human ma
ture better there than they could any,
where in the world.
Uruguay's 1915 imports were valued at
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BRYAN GOT CROWD AT Usage.
thousand Attended Meeting-Chau-
tauqua Success in Every Way.

Usage City. Kan. Aug. dosage
City closed a very successful six days
chautauqua Thursday evening w j.
Bryan spoke to more than a thousand
people in the afternoon and the tent
was crowded for the last number in
the evening.
The local committee has signed for
another chautauqua next year. People
came for twenty miles to hear Bryan.
The local committee paid out in full
on the contract.
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STUCCO BUNGALOW. DESIGN NO. D1355
Simplicity
galow home aracveness
tons window
family where required
suggested would
They generous
dations.
Taking the entire front of the house. the living
The
wall.
The exclusive heating plumbing
tons 100000.
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Uruguay's 1915 imports were valued at
S34. $685.
Arizona republican., 1916-11-19
WESTERN LEAGUE IN
 bAD WITH COMM|SH
[RepubIican A. ?. Leased wirel

CINCINNATI. o.. Nov. lS.-'The Ma tlcnal hase pall mrn,csirn has not only dismissed the appilCa ton of the Sioux City clup of the Western League fol re-hearing in the Kane case, but served notice on tho Western League as well es upon the Sioux City clut that If the award is not fully adjusted within five days after the promulgation of this finding, the national aGreemen. privileges which the Sioux City club and the Western League have enjoyed will be no longer respected.
 During last September the commis- sion reversed a finding of the national board and allowed claim by player James Kane. against the Sioux Citv team for salary from May to July r at the rate of SZ25 per month less a credit of BPS. The award against the Sioux City club was predicated on that clubs refusal to permit the player to join the Wichita club unless under tho terms of a gentlemen's agreement which barred players released by one of the clubs in the league. from signing with another club in this club unless the releasing club was paid the leagues waiver price of s400
 The commission in the finding today states that it is convinced that this gentlemen's agreement was in effc"t o the Western League. despite a notifica- : tion from the Western Leagues presi- dent on October S.
 Tte commission bases it's opinion on statement from President Zehrung of the Western League under date of September IS in which the latter said Regarding the legislation relating to the barring of players from signing with another club within sixty days un- less the other club pays the releasing lees the waiver price of s400. this understand is a gentlemen's agreement an1ong the owners" etc.