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The Detroit times., 1916-11-23
Apparent Fracture of
German Pledge Is
Disturbing
WASHINGTON
SEEKS THE FACTS
Britain Is Bitter Over
New Frightfulness
Manifestation
BY CARL d. GROAT
tStdf Correspondent United Press

tSEQU COfTeSpONucht CUltcd FTcss'b
WASHINGTON. Nov. 23.-De.
struction OF tho great British hos
pital ship Britsnnic seriously threat
ened today 20 en'er into the tangle
OF submarine negotiations between
the United States and Germany.
The state department, as usual,
wants facts before making conclu-
sions, for thus FAR II is unaware,
oflcislly. whethe' the vessel was
Summarized or mined
The reported presence of Ameri-
can surgeons aboard the vessel
made the case one for serious re-
HecGon and possibly serious action,
taken In uonne"tion with pending
cases that on tho surface appear 20
show transgressions of German
pledges and international rules.
The case would be taken merely
as an indication OF what way the
German war wind is blowing. should
II develop the vessel was torpedOed
but without Americans aboard.
Under additions to the Geneva
convention. rules were made giving
Immunity 10 hospital ships and their
complement Subsequent changes
did not affect this idea OF respect
Ing vessels engaged on errands of
mercy.
The Detroit times., 1916-11-23
HURT
WHEN HIS MILK
WAGON UPSETS

slippery pavements caused seri-
o8s accident Thursday morning,
when milk VaGon overturned AZ
Clairmount and Third aVes breaA-
ing several hundred bottles or milk
aud pinnine the driver, Sam Grod.
ski c3 years old. % tho Clayton
Hoto underneath the wreckaRe
Grodski suffered Internal in'gries
and 4 number 0 cuts and bruises
tie was taken 20 Ford hospital
where his condition s declared TO
BE- serious.
The Detroit times., 1916-11-23
Passing Rites Will Be
of Simplest Possible
Character
DEATH DWARFED
BY PAIL OF WAR
Vienna Plunged Into
Deep Sorrow; COl0rs
Half Masted

AMSTERDAM, Nov Ga
Charles Francis Joseph, new
ruler of Austro-Huneary, Will
be proclaimed "ksiser und
koenio Karl the First" accord
ing to German newspapers re-
eeiVed here.
Reports from Vienna said ar
rival OF Kaiser Wilhelm and
Gar Ferdinand Of Bulgaria was
expected at Vienna today. The
crown prince OF Turkey, sent
as the Ottoman empires repre-
sentative AZ he funeral OF the
Emperor Franz Josef, is expect
ed within two or three days.
The Detroit times., 1916-11-23
BREWERS
HEAD SEES
NO ESCAPE
Says Temperance Ideal
Is Sweeping
: America
BY n. c. WALKER.
Detroit Times }

(Stdf Correspondent Detroit Times)
CLEVELAND, O.. Nov 23.-Gus-
tave Pabst. president Of the United
States Brewers association. in his
annual address 10 the convention
here last evening. IN speaking OF
the fact that Michigan went dry by
such an overwhelming vote. az did
several other states declared that
there was no use IN holding a post
mortem He did see. however. one
great lesson which he urged the
brewers 10 learn and act upon. II
was that temperance is bound to win
this continent tie admitted this IN
his address, but went further and
declared that the brewers a-e tenn
perance men.
we ought TO be leaders in the
true temperance crusade" he said.
The thoughtful men and women
are not opposed 10 the reasonable
use OF beer and we believe the peo-
pie are willing TO meet us half way
In establishing conditions that viii
promote the welfare OF tho com
munity."
In short. Mr. Pabst proposes that
the saloon Of Tho future be- a whisky
less saloon lie would educate the
tCoatinued on PAGE Eight
Frank q. ICWden. governor elect
The Detroit times., 1916-11-23
POPE NOT READY
TO RECOGNIZE
NEW POLAND

ROME. Nov. Replying TO the
Central Powers, the Holy See has
stated its inability to consider the
Auhtro-Germ pronunciamento as
10 Poland's autonomy before oonclu-
zion of peace proceedings, It was un-
derstood today.
The Detroit times., 1916-11-23
DETROIT BONDS
EAGERLY SOUGHT

More proof that Detroit's credit is
the best is reaching the cfiice OF
Max G Koch. city treasurer. who Is
receiving many inquiries about the
$3.50 900 library bond issue asthor-
ized by the voters. Nov. Bond
buyers are eager TO get the issue.
which will be foated IN four months,
and are sending blanks for full In
formation about the bonds
CITY school bonds recently scld at
a better figure than United States
Philippine bonds
The Detroit times., 1916-11-23

LONDON. Nov. 23.--With new de-
tails OF the sinking Of the hospital
shir Britannia received. making il
appear certain the greatest British
ship aHoat was the victim Of q Teu
ton submarine, press and public
alike today united in bitter con.
demnAtion OF what was termed an.
c.ther example OF German "frightful-
ness"
One belief which found a number
OF supporters was that Germany Is
starting out on new campaign OF
"frightfulness."
The Detroit times., 1916-11-23
SIX THOUSAND ARMEN|ANS PUT TO
DEATH BY M0SLEMS IN SIvAS, TURKEY,
SAYS NEWS DISPATCH TO PETROGRAD
Baku Sources Sen d
News Of Horrifying
Massacre

LONDON. Nov. "a special
agency dispatch from Baku, Asiatic
Russia. via Petrosrad. declares the
Turks have massacred between 5!D0o
and 5000 Armenians at Sivss, Tur-
key.
The Detroit times., 1916-11-23

Hiehe.t Temperature this dste IN
the past AZ years, 6s In 1875 lowest.
= In 1880.
one year aGo todsyt Highest tcm-
p~rsture. gsi lowest. Isl mean. aai
cloudy weather with % inch Of rain
snd snow.
The sun sets Thursdsy nc sos D.
~. ssa rtses Friday at 7Iaa o.. ~.
TIE msen rises Friday st srSf q. ~.
The Detroit times., 1916-11-23

King George. n is said, has not
used a postcard since he was boy
II the King desires 10 send short
message 20 anyone he uses the tele-
phone or telegraph, bu. never a
postcard,
The Detroit times., 1916-11-23

War widows and orphans bus no N g
in tho French section. 90 the All 8
tazaar has depleted rtn-ke FI"aae
send donations ~ mcrchundtsr io thr
Tabernacle Joseph r. la Eu".
Pre- sideut ADV
The Detroit times., 1916-11-23
Arrests Are Certain In
Vote Fraud In
Few Days
NAMES ARE
KEPT SECRET
Making False Returns
Will Be Charge,
Is Belief

Two warrants charging mem bers
Of precinct boards with fraud in
connection wi'h the last primary
election Will be asked for this week,
or before the end Of the next week.
by Prosecuting Attorney Charles II
Jasnowski
JasnoWsH made this announce
mont Thursday morning, and az the
same time stated that be was by no
means thru with his Investigation
into election irregularities. He VIII
ask the election commission AZ It's
next meeting. 10 be held about the
middle of Dscsmber. for approval OF
plan 10 ch ok over the entire vote
entered In m recent election IL
necessary. in the hope OF uneartnne
new frauds
Would Check Every Name
We could not make compete
check of the entire city before The
date of the election" said the prose.
cutor There are seve,1l thou
sands or names which viii still have
70 be- looked up # there arc any
disclosures VarrantinG official &C
tion I'm Investigation ~ these names.
wo want 20 have he full Information
ON hand We want 10 be able 10
check mp ever name entered on
tho records of the Noveub"e clcc.
ron believe The city ard county
officials and others who have tskcn
part in he Investigation of election
cgulartrs have done a great deal
of good, but believe also that we
should take prompt steps 80 purge
the election gols OF any names that
shoud nor be upop thCm 50 ,hat We
Continued on Page EIghb
The Detroit times., 1916-11-23

Meanwhile vessels are advised TO
stick TO their liors. az the indica-
tions arc that all Of the Great Lakes
will ne turbulent.
The Detroit times., 1916-11-23

Take Mineral Bsths 90 VT. Clemens
For rheumstism and kindred all
msnts---Ady.
The Detroit times., 1916-11-23
THE WEATHER.

Detroit aud vicInityt Thursday
night rain. turning TO snow, Frtda,
snowt much colder, south. shifting
TO northwest gales.
Lower MichiHant Probably rain,
turning 60 snow late Tbur.day night
and ON Friday much coIderI shift
tuG gales. becoming northwest
tppcr Lakes shifting gnie-. he
COMING uortkwestI retn. turning 90
snow Thursday might. and snow nur-
ries Friday, much lower tempera-
tur~s.
whole safe warnings displayed on
all lakes.
Lower Lakes sontherly. shifting
60 westerly gales rain Thursday
night, probably turning to snow Fri
day With much lower temperature.
storm srcs central over southern
Lake Michigan, Will cause whole gale
and with rain turning 20 snow, cause
dssGcrows cenditionst siI vessels nd
vt.ed 90 remain In port.
The Detroit times., 1916-11-23

Prfrtirg--the pIsis nsst kird--that
z. rfrht--rimes Job Derty--Maia 4oxe.
The Detroit times., 1916-11-23

Frank O. LcWden. governor elect
Of Illinois. was forced TO leave col
lege az the beginning of his junior
year because OF lack OF funds.
The Detroit times., 1916-11-23

Tf The Times prints it, The Times be
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-16
BOATS PASSENGERS ALL SAFE,
No One on coWsrsss The Worse Fer
His Experience.


No One on Congress the Worss Fer
His Experiences.
Marshfield. Ora. Sept, 1s-.Ali OF the
passengers Of tho burned steamer Con-
gress left hero It I p. m. yesterday on
special train Of sleeping cars for
Seattle. All were In the best Of health
and spirits.
Two males of Coos bay lay the black
ened hull OF the Con ngrsss. the steamer
which had won q raoe with death Iast
evening and brought ats passsoGsfs
and crew to safety. Hopes sntsrentnsd
by Captain Cousins thak only = puS-
tion OF the vesssl's comrartmantD had
been Quilted vanished today when
special examination from weasel
alongside showed that the ConsreGa
except Tor the steel she'll. had been de-
stroyed.
We owe debt Of gratitude to the
United States government for the hne
service rendered by tho bar dredgo
Col. r. s. Niche" said Captain
Cousins. TT was a great stroke OF
good fortune that the dredge was ut
the bar when we were forced to drop
anchor. We were not able to proceed
a bit farther. every member Of tho
crew being driven from below by the
fire.
The members OF my crew acted like
heroes. Every man stuck to his post
In the face of suffocation and several.
after being overcome. wanted to go
back. The passengers also behaved
splendidly., A few hysterical persons
ran about the deck, but we kept them
under control and transferred all to
the lifeboats without accident.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-16
NEW SHELL GREAT SUCCESS.
Pierces Thick Armor Plate and Tears
Thru Occupied House.

:
Washington. Sept. ia 2.1oO pound
shell from one of the new sixteen inch
naval guns recently pierced thick
piece of armor plate, passed thru sand
bank, ricocheted, and tore thru a
helpers home, on the governments
proving reservation at Indian Head,
Md The helpers family narrowly es-
capped death.
To naval officers the remarkable
part of the test Is the piercing quality
demonstrated for the new shell. 1t was
among the first charges fired from the
new caliber rifles. minimum charge
was used. These guns are being DEM
onstrated prior to being set up on
dreadna ughts now building.
Naval officers were jubilant yesters
day over the showing made by the new
gun in the clean sweep it had bored
thru every object It came in contact
with.
with a full charge behind It," said
one officer yesterday, the shell would
have pierced from five to ten inches of
arrnor plate"
The sixteen inch gun when mounted
on such ships as the Tennessee, now
under CONSTRUCTION, VIII De the largest
Iiif;s aif;:oosst. The fftaen inrh guns OF
the British Queen Elizabeth and SINH
lar ships are at present the greatest
firearms on the sea.
The recent accident at Indian Head
is not the first. With the use OF the
sixteen inch guns, however, the navy
has decided 1t will be necessary to
secure a new range.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-16
DEATH CLAIMS
KIN OF. WILSON
Sister Of President Suc-
cumbs to Attack Of
Peritonitis.
RELATIVES NEAR
DURING LAST HOUR
Mrs. Howe Bseasns III While On Visit
at New London President canesis
almperts = sakins Dats-Bedy 10
Be 5 celumbia, s. c., Fo,
3 President Wilson Hastsns
summer Capital.

New London. Conn. Sept. 1s.-Mrs.
Anne e. Howe. only sister Of President
Woodrow Wilson. died at her apart
ments in a local hotel today. Mrs.
Howe had been III for a week Of per-
itonitis. and the end had been expected
at any moment for the last two days.
The president came here Monday. re-
turning Wednesday to Shadow Lawn.
Mrs. Howe came here from her Phil
adelphia home in the early summer
with her niece. Miss Margaret VIII
son. the presidents daughter.
With her were her two sons. George
Howe. OF North Carolina, and Wilson
Howe. OF Richmond. Va. and dauEh-
ter. Mrs Cochran. Of Philadelphia, be-
sides Miss Wilson.
The body viii bs taken to Columbia.
s. c.. for burial
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-16

are the holders of the largest blocks OF
the bonds of the tnterborough Rapid
Transit Company, which with the New
York Railways Company, owned by the
1nterborough, are involved in the trac-
ton strike.
Police Commissioner Woods said late
yesterday he had received information
that the longshoremen Of the city
would strike today.
According to union leaders the long
shoremen's union has a membership of
5000 1t was reported the men were
taking referendum vote on the strike
and that IS per cent had voted. Nine
out of every the members, it was said,
had voted to strike.
A decision on the question Of SYM
pathetic strike Of 10000 workers in
trades closely affiliated with the op-
Grafton of the traction lines is expected
today. A referendum has been ir
progress among many Of the crafts for
several days, and if the sympathetic
strike is authorized union leaders pre-
dict, it will be the most effective blow
that could be dealt in the Garments
strike that has been in progress since
Sept 6.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-16
TO PUSH BONDS CASE.
States Attorney Says He Has Pro-
Against Alleged Auto Thief.

States Attorney Says Hs Has Proof
Against Alleged Auto Thief.
Chicago. Sept. 16.-State's Attorney
Hoyne declared yesterday evidence had
been unearthed that would convict Ira
Bond. termed by the states attorney
the Ali Baba" Of automobile thieves.
Assistant States Attorneys James c.
O'Brien and James Quinn the prosecu-
tor announced, had ctynpiled evidence
after months of investigation that
would reveal Bond as the brains of
theft syndicate unriva1ed in modern
times.
Bond. who is a wealthy Minneapolis
broker, was indicted yesterday by tho
September grand jury on charges of
larceny and receiving stolen property.
An hour later he was arrested In his
offices at Minneapolis on a request sent
by Mr.. Hoyne.
On Aug. % last Bond was taken
into custody by Detective Sergeant
John w. Bourke while a guest at the
Hotel Sherman. He was brought be-
fore the states attorney. but a law
yer. his constant companion. lost no
time in applying for writ Of habeIs
corpus and he was released.
Confessions procured by Assistant
States Attorneys OBrien and Quinn
from a number Of members of his Syn
dicate. who were apprehended in va
rious parts Of the country. led to
Bonds Indictment. Two of the prin-
cipal clearing houses of distributing
points were also revealed by these self
confessed pirates. They named Birm-
ingham, Ala, and Sauk Center, Minn.,
as sale centers for the entire south
and northwest.
1t was learned that two members of
! ! r,,,,,;;', sy.a:c:.c E.s:! Ia.ris ..:.:. ia
ward Arnheim. disclosed to the grand
| Jury the inner workings of Bonds Syn
dcate and how profitable and tempting
the industry had grown.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-16
! NEW VEHICLE OF WAR.
Dritish Use Powerful Armored Aut,
in Somms Drive.

in Somns Drive.
British Front in France, Sept 16.-
Aside from thsir increased artillery
hre In the great new drive on the
Somme the British brought into action
for the first time, today new type
lot armored motor car, capable be-
cause Of its POWERFUL traction Of cross
Ting trenches and shell craters. For
some days the army had watched with
interest and curiosity, and today as it
moved along in support of the infantry
in their charges they cheered it. even
in the midst Of shell fire.
There has been nothing more won
derful, even in this war than the spec
tacle Of it's advance toward the Ger
man line.
The British have built under cover Of
closest secrecy a feet Of armed and
armored land dreadnoughts that will
plow thru trenches, wade deep riv-
ers and sweep death in broad and de-
vastating circles of twenty-mile ra-
dius.
Driven by engines of tremendous
power, plated with six-inch steel, these
automobiles of determination are arm
ed with big guns on pivots and di-
rected by men in steel turrets.
There is no obstruction less than a
mountain that can withstand their ap-
proach. They could batter thru a
building of granite foundation and
metal frame like giant walking thru
a wheat field
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-16
MAKE NO RADICAL CHANGE.
American Goods Given Letters Of A..
suranes Not Affected by British Order.

American Goods Given Letters Of As
suranes Not Affected by British Order.
washington, Sept. 16.-While the
state department is investigating the
last British order restraining commerce
to Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Hol-
land, officials are in some doubt as to
whether it covers American goods al
ready given letters Of assurance thru
the operation OF the Netherlands Over.
seas Trust.
British embassy officials say 1t does
not They say no change so fundamen-
tai as that reported In London dis
patches could have been made without
notifications to them here.
The only notification to the state de-
.partment seems to indicate that the
new order effects NO change. It says,
American goods already covered by
letters Of assurance viii not be stop
ped
The plan q all0w only enough Inn
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-16
NEW ENGINE or
WAR TRIED OUT IN
BRITISH ATTACK
Surprise Assault Along Entire S;x-M;'e Front
--Fo1 to Gain at Only One Po;nt--Monster
Arn10red Automobiles Used For
First Time.

the gunners after their ten weeks OF
work. There were lines and clusters
and parks Of guns. Rows of batteries
regularity Of mechanical workman
ship of the loom of cloth weavers.
New War Engine Tried.
The gunners were going on with
their parts according to charted in
structions. At midnight the cor
respondent walked about among the
guns, which were going on with their
night shifts Of gunners. whose figures
were illuminated by flashes. Except
for the guns which know no rest, the
army seemed silent and asleep for the
most part.
Everybody ard everything was in
place and ready including those
grotesque new armored cars. which
were to have their baptism of fire in
the morning The guns never stopped
their ear-racking noise from daylight
to darkness and from darkness to
dawn. Now and then the keys of that
strident piano were struck in a chord.
When dawn came all the keys began
to bang at once.
Only an hour before the time set for
the British attack, the Germans. who
had no idea the British We're coming
on in another big push. made small
attack in the neighborhood of Mauquet
farm They took a, section Of trench
and were holding it at the moment
when that wave Of British, six miles
long, began to move. The British re-
serves in that area swept over the
Germans and their own" men who were
struggling with the Germans upon the
objective set for three days work.
A chill autumn morning mist, pre-
ceding day 81 brilliant sunshine. hid
the actuaa attack, which the British
OFFICERS state was the most skiHul the
British army has ever made. The
British were putting behind them not
only the ridge but the old second line
which they struggled SO hard to gain
and were going TO the third line. which
the Germans had been building under
shell dre. With the infantry went
those new mstor cars across trenches
and shell holes. Ec +.
,-s Like PrehistSste Monsters.
So ludicro,3s are aheasin appearance
that the British soldiers sthemselve!
laughed at them in the charge. They
cheered them as. they played theil
stream OF bullets.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-16

Like prehistoric monsters they must
have seemed to the Germans. VINO mao
to seek dug-outs or surrender.
So far as reports indicate tonight
the British everywhere gained posses
sion of the new German trenches eX-
'cept opposite Ginchy. There the Ger
mans clung with desperate courage
and dog-to- bone tenacity to remain on
that bit Of high ground. There he
clings at last accounts.
The work of the new armored cars
in cooperating with the infantry in
their charges in yesterdays success
full attack is one theme of talk thru
out the army today.
"The idea was so good when 1t was
offered said staff officer that we
had some built and the way they have
gone over the German trenches and
have entlladed them with machine
gun fire is some return for the surprise
the Germans gave us with their gas
attacks in the first battle Of Ypres.'
Evidently the British were able to
keep the building of these ears en-
tirely secret and the first the Germans
knew of their existence was when i'll
the misty dawn they came trembling
across shell craters and over tree
stumps. cutting down small trees on
their way.
Look Like Battleship Turrets.
Tanks" is the slang word the army
staff has applied to these strange crea-
tions of machinery, but they look less
like tanks than anything else in the
world. 1t is hard to say what they
look like. They have been compared
TO armadillos and measuring worms.
and to many other weird creeping and
crawling objects Of natural history.
man OF wars turret crossing fields In
and out Of gulleys and thru fences
would present spectacle resembling
their progress.
According to reports trenches full OF
dead were left in their wake when the
occupants of trenches tried to hold
their ground and did not surrender or
fly from its approach. Yet destructive
as the fire Of the tanks was. many
German prisoners began laughing
when recalling the frst glimpse OF
them, while the. British RECALLED that
| these grotesaue comrades lre. LAUGHING
over the days victories. .s.'
The tanks" have added humoi
which put the army into festive
mood
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-16
mExIco's "FouRrA OF JULY"
Republics Independence Day Generally
CalahrAtad,

Columbus, n. wi, sept. &c. .:::ss::--
ism was opposed in Mexican day cele-
bration -peech here today by Felix Pal
avicini, minister Of public instruction in
the de facto cabinet. Palayicini spoke
as unofficial representative OF Carranza.
The speaker said it was not intended
to establish government controlled by
military power alone. Universal mill
tary training. he said. would fulfill the
plan OF the de facto government. be-
cause when each citizen had been made
a trained soldier there would be no
chance for military control or to run
over those engaged In civil pursuits"
The 106th anniversary OF Mexican In
dependence was being generally ceie-
hrated today thruout the republic.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-16
LOAN "NULL AND VOID"
Germany Diseourasss Advance
Money to 1eIsians.

Money to 5eIsians.
Washington, Sept. 16. - Ambas ssador
Won Bernstorff today informed the
state department that the German gov
ernment would consider null and
void" any. loan to Belgium by the
United States during German occupa-
ton Of that country.
State department officials declared
they had no knowledge that the Belgian
government was seeking loan in this
country It announced Germany's po-
sition. however, to protect American
bankers who might become interested in
such loan. The position was summed
up as follows:
"The imperial government. thru its
ambassador, has informed the state de-
partment that in view Of statements
that the Belgian government is trying
to contract a loan in the United States
and has for this purpose disposed of
the Belgian state railroad, any such
made during the German
occupation and without previous con-
sent Of the German government will
be considered null and void by Ger
many" }