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The Detroit times., 1917-08-23
LITTLE STORIES FOR BEDTIME


hin, So Peter stopped and at safe
VINO are your he demanded
rather mpolitely Rut then you
know he was still fearful.
I'm Big Tom At least that -
tho other proudly I'm Bis Tom
Gohhlrr the Turkey.
And did YOU come up here from
way down SOUTH persisted Peter.
staring round-eyed the most I'M
Not from way down south" re-
piled Rig Tom. tho most OF my rcla-
tivss live down there now. I've
hea0i however. that they used %
live up here long time ago and
good place for them 90 live IL ought
70 he "A good place FOR ne 10 live
| rather Ike what ] have seen of II
80 far what DO YOU call u here
The Green Forest" replied peter
promptly But how ever did you
get Mere"
Blk Tom rather hesitst.d y WAS
brought here. said he slowly II
was caught in trap and 'osether
with Mrs Turkey was nailed up IN
sort ~ box and until that box
was opened here in the Green Forest
couldn't even stretch my legs
never was 80 shAmefully. treated in
my life ~ was ali the dotngs 81
those dreadful 'wo-legEed creatures
called men What they did q for
7 don't know. but 7 can tell YOU one
thing and that Is they'll never get
anothsr chance and ihats as sure as
my name Is Biz Tom I rather Ike
this place from what have seen ~
e. 7 think we shall soon be AZ home
here
Is Mrs Turkey here with YOU"
asked Peter NVcitedlv
"Shc'H somewhere about" replied
Big Tom cArelessly Tn fact ! was
looking for hrr when 7 heard YOU
And YOU are going 20 live here
aiWays7 asked Peter
We are thinking or settling here.
replied Rig Tom We will II u
suits US
Next story Big Tom Asks Ques.
The Detroit times., 1917-08-23
"23" Club Of Detroit
Police Force Holds
Reunion, Thursday

On the 23rd OF August, % years
ago. % men Joined the police force.
The five men left celebrate their an
niversary, Thursday.
One by one the members OF this
"23" club have left the force Some
OF them have died in the service.
while others are following different
pursuits.
But Tom Reardon, court officer
Detective Sergt Edward Gill. De
tective Lieut.. Louis Plies. Inspector
julius King and Lieut. Chris John
son. of the Bethune-ave. station, are
left 10 celebrate
The Detroit times., 1917-08-23
SEND WILD MAN
FROM WOODS

ATLANTA. Ga. Aug PA
strange Wild. hairy creature. bearing
some semblance OF man and some
semblance OF a wild creature. who
was captured on the banks Of the
Chattohoochoo river BY Sheriff Tsy.
'or, OF Heard county. has been
brought 10 Atlanta and turned over
The Detroit times., 1917-08-23

Lawyer for the Defense-Gentle-
men Of the jury Ny client took
the money. intending 70 pvt ~ hack.
and. always watchful 81 he banks
interest. he Rad even hgured on
y per cent on IL, from the date
OF takingi
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-07-13
HERE'S CHAMPION FISH STORY
Angler Encounters Giant Rsttlesnate
Swimming In River and Hooks
Reptile After Battle

Howard Wells of Dunmar, W.
Va, and two companions, who were
angling for bass in Capon river day
Or two ago, were given the fright Of
their lives when large rattlcsnake
was discovered swimming across the
stream and rafting its tail in a man
ncr that left no doubt of its readiness
for battle, says a Winchester Va
dispatch TO the Baltimore Sun.
Each of the three men was wading
and struggling TO land four and five
pound bass which they had hooked,
and instead of going in the opposite
direction the snake swan right up
to Mr.. Wells, whose companions had
rctreated.
Wells kept one eye on the snake
and the other on the line, at which
the fish was Juggling gamely, and
when the RATHER came within strik-
ing distance he dealt it a back-break-
ing blow with small steel rod. A
fish hook caught the snake in the
mouth and Mr.. Wells pulled in fish
and snake at the same time. The
bass weighed "a little over five
pounds. The snake was four and one
half feet long, its body was as large
as mans forearm. and its tail con-
tanned nine rattlcs and a button.
River men never saw a RATHER swim
III the river, they said.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-07-13

practiced, indeed, is the eye Of man
or woman that can distinguish It
from a knot on limb.
Although the humming birds nest
is exceedingly frail, there is nothing
on record to show that any crest
number Of them come to grief dur
ing the summer rains. 1t is, how
ever, not called upon for long term
of occupation. Within month after
the two white eggs are laid the
young depart on their tiny piniona
Young birds that require longer
period for growth before leaving the
nest are furnished usually with more
enduring abiding places. In the
case Of the bald eagle, the young OF
which do not fly until they are many
weeks old, a most substantial struc-
ture is provided.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-07-13
BUILD SHIPS ATOP MOUNTAIN
People Of Dutch Island Of Saba Con.
struct Vessels and Lower Them
Into Water With Ropes.

About forty miles to the eastward
of our newly purchased island of st
Croix in the Danish West Indies
lies the little Dutch island of Saba,
which is one of the most isolated and
peculiar little communities in the
world. There are no regular sailin",
to Saba-the trip is made in a sail
boat from st. Croix or from one of
the larger Dutch islands to the
south.
At first glance, Saba looks like an
uninhabited island. 1t is an almost
perfect volcanic cone rising 1,OOG
feet from the blue Caribbean. There
is no harbor anywhere on its circum.
ference. Landing is made on a tiny
strip of stony single, guarded by a
wooden hut that serves as the Dutch
customhouse. The villagers live in
the cup of the dead volcano, in a
little grassy valley 1000 feet above
the sea, reached by a flight of more
than 500 stone steps. Up these steps
they carry on their heads all the
necessaries of life, and down the
steps they lower their products-in.
Guiding the ships for whose building
Saba is famous.
All over the West Indies YOU will
hear Of Saba-built >loops and schoon.
ers. noted for their staunchness and
their sailing properties. These YES,
sells are built OH an island which ha,
not the trace Of harbor-they are
built in valley far above the sea
and lowered into the water with
ropes.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-07-13
IS SMALLEST BIRDS NEST
Home OF the Ruby-Throated Humming
Bird Scarcely Larger Than an
English Walnut

The most dainty structure built
in this country by the bill and feet
Of birds is the nest made by the ruby
throatcd humming bird, writes T,
Gilbert Pearson. When completed
il is scarcely larger than an English
walnut. and is saddlcd on a small
horizontal limb of a tree. often many
feet from the ground. 1t is COM
posed almost entirely of soft plant
fibers, fragments of spiders webs
sometimes being used to hold them
in shape. The outer sides are thick
" studded with hits of lichrn. and
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-07-13
JAPANESE ARE RESOURCEFUL
Emperor's Guards, While Enforcing
Orders, Are Careful Not to Offend
MISUNDERSTANDING Tourists.

Down through the valley runs E
sparkling river. Up the river 9
short distance is a place where there
are hundred images and one whirl.
pool. | started out to see the whirl.
pool. After walking little way !
met soldier, who addressed Ger.
tain words to me. | knew that he
was trying to dissuade me from what
was for the moment my favorite
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-07-13
FICTION MORE VIRILE TO-DAY.

The literary editor OF the New
York Times thinks he discovers a
new complexion in the novels Of to-
day. He says they are different IN
theme. different in atmosphere, from
those that were written before the
war, and adds: "The morbid, the
story that hangs on some involved
psychological thcory-secms to have
been done away with. Novelists to-
day are furnishing us with books that
have an absorbing plot interest, OF
that are based on some striking
theme in history, or that command
attention by their realistic interpre-
tation of life and its twentieth CEN
fury problems. In other words, our
fiction is becoming more virile, more
alive to the demand of the reader for
a book that will lift him up into q
world Of the Imagination that is at
once entertaining and filled with ro-
bust realities"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-07-13
FIRST TO SERVE ICE CREAM
Dolly Madison introduced Popular
Dessert in United States, But u
Was Made Earlier in London

Ice cream was certainly first
served in the United States by Dolly
Madison, the wife Of President
Madison, and it has often been said
that she invented the popular des-
sert. A writer in the Illustrated
World, however, says that the first
ice cream was made by Gunton, Q
London confcctioner. But Gum
toms method Of freeing was crude
and uncertain and it remained for
Nancy johnson. the wife Of an
American naval officer, to invent the
ice cream freezer.
The ice cream business has far
outgrown the small hand freezer.
Vast quantities are frozen by special
machinery The industry has be-
come so great that fortunes have
been made out of it. Last year. a,'-
cording to the Indianapolis News,
the American people consumed ESQ.,
0O0,000 gallons, which. figured at
only dollar and a quarter a Gallon,
means business of more than
$780, 00.O00.-louth's Companion.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-07-13
NOT VERY SWIFT,

Drill Sergeant say, Smith, have
YOU any idea how slow and stupid
you are?
Private SMITH don't know.
Drill Sergeant-Of course you
don't; but let me tell you that an
Egyptian mummy is frisky compared
to you!
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-07-13

The Mayor-I'ye a great scheme
to increase the sale of marriage IL
ceuScs.
The Civ Register-Ilow?
The Mayor-By having divorce
coupons attached to every one OF
them.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-07-13
NIECE SSARiLY.

"Aviators are always harmonious"
"How do you know that?'
"They have to be. If they're not,
they fall out"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-07-13
BETTER USE FOR MONEY.

Mr.. Noodle-It costs me 100000
a year to live.
Miss Bitter-IIow foolishly some
people spend their money!
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-07-13
DEMONSTRATED.

"Ma, our grocery man is gong to
enlist. His boy says his pas got
lots of grit"
81 know he has. There is consider
able of it IN our sugar"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-07-13
RECHERCHE.

"Aftcr all, money is vulgar
thing"
"Not thousand dollar bills; they
move in ' ~ select society"
New Britain herald., 1917-04-14
5000 MAY LOSE HOMES

Slovaks in Bridgeport, Although loyal
to United States, May Be Forced to
Move Away From Munitions Plants.
Bridgeport. April 14-Approximate-
~ 5000 Slovaks are threatened with
eviction from their homes in east
Bridgeport in the event of a declara-
ton Of war between Austria Hungary
and the United States
Members Of this nationality In east
Bridgeport who number 10000, less
than half of whom are naturalized,
will come under the government or
DER that no alien enemy may approach
within a half mile of any munitions
plant. Though loyal to this country
and in public meetings openly stating
that they hoped Austria Hungary
would be overthrown and their race
emancipated, they are aliens and
will have to move.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-14
BRISTOL SHOOTING
MAY BE FATAL
Frank Prada Rushed to New Britain
Hospital for Unsuccessful
Search for Bullet.

Abdomen punctured by bullet
from a heavy caliber revolver that
pierced the intestines in three places,
caused ugly wounds and inflicted
probably fatal injuries, Frank Prada,
aged 80 years, lies in an extremely
grave condition at New Britain Gen.
eral hospital as a result of a shoot
ing ARRAY in Bristol last night.
Rushed to the hospital by DR.. E.
Parker Sanborn Of that city in his
automobile. an unsuccessful emer-
gency operation was performed by
Drs. Ernst T. Fromen and G. w.
Dunn in an attempt to locate the bull
let. Another operation will be per-
formed as soon as the condition Of
the patient warrants.
Although the police departments Of
Bristol. this city and nearby territory
have used every effort to affect the
captured of Peter Cinean, alleged user
of the revolver, he is still at large.
He is described as between twenty
four and twenty-five years of age,
slim built, sallow complexion, smooth
shaven and wears a brown mixed suit.
He Is about five feet, eight inches tall,
has a large scar under his left eye,
a boil on his face, over which there
is plaster and had his right hand
bandaged, result of an injury suffered
a short time ago, while he was at
work in q factory.
The shooting took place about 9
o'clock in the rooming house at Ii
School street, Bristol, known as the
Incubator" Roomers at the house
contend that the shooting was acct
dental, that Cinean was fooling with
the revolver and pulled the trigger by
mistake. Before the authorities ar.
rived, he had left the scene and Is be-
| lieved to have taken dinkey train
or trolley for Plainville or this city
Victim and alleged assailant are OF
Italian parentage.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-14

next June Nygren will receive a COM
mission as first lieutenant in the avia-
ton service. -.
Nygren has been associated with the
art of flying for the past six years
and has been successful as an airman,
q mechanician and a manager. He
has made a number of flights in, this
vicinity and is noted for his daring.
He has met with numerous accidents,
any of which would be sufficient to
convince the average man that the
safest place is on the ground but Ny
gren has continued undaunted and re-
fuses to be scared onto terra firma.
One Of Nygren's admirers is Victor
Carlstrom, who made a fight from
Chicago to New York last November.
Carlstrom is chief instructor at New
port News and was one of those who
recommended Nygren to the army
officers.
Nygren will leave Monday for Fort
Slocum, New York, and from there
he will depart for a training ground
to be designated by his superiors.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-14
BOLIVIA'S REASONS

Attack OH Neutral Vessels Denounced
Relations Insupportable Under
Existing Circumstances.
La Paz, Bolivia, April 14.-The
note of the Bolivian government to
the German minister announcing the
severance Of diplomatic relations
with Germany denounces the attacks
Of German submarines on neutral
vessels as violations of international
law, and the Hague conventions The
note recalls that the Bolivian minis
ter to Berlin was on board the Hol-
land Lloyd liner Tubantia when that
vessel was sunk in neutral waters a
year ago. The note concludes:
Your excellency will understand
that although we regret the breach OF
diplomatic relations between Bolivia
and the German empire such relations
have become insupportable under
existing circumstances. In conse-
quence your excellency will find here
with passports for yourself and the
members of your legation
New Britain herald., 1917-04-14
AMERICAN SAILORS
SHIELDED BY U-BOAT
Crew of Edwin r. Hunt Forced to
Flee While spbinarine <tl1s "a. 80
Arc Working. -4.~aS

Washington, April 1.-THE Ameri-
can schooner Edwin r. Hunt of New
York was abandoned by her crew,
under shell fire from a submarine
near Cape Gata, Spain, in the Medi-
terranean, April z, according to a
despatch to the state department from
Consul Gassett at Malaga, Consul
Gassett's message said:
American schooner Edwin r.
Hunt of New York, Nicholas Miller
master. with crew of eight, bound
from Crete to New York in ballast,
shelled by submarine at a. M.
April Z, forty miles off Cape Gaia.
Ship abandoned by crew under fire.
Crew all saved, brought to Alme-
Ram by Danish schooner Konzo.''
New Britain herald., 1917-04-14
GENEROSITY OF FRANCE
ARGUMENT FOR WARLOAN
BIDS RECEIVED FOR
l,57S,OOO SHELLS
Bridgeport Projectile Co.
Among Those Figuring
on Munitions.

Washington, April 14.-The navy
department made public today bids
received from twenty-five munition
makers on an order for l,578,000
shells of all calibers.
Eleven bidders each offered to alb
sorb the entire order for 1,17O,OO0
one-pound projectiles and within a
few weeks to begin deliveries at the
rate of 100000 to 100000 shells a
month. There were six separate pro-
posals covering the entire order for
5000 fourteen-inch shells The bids
also show a capacity to produce 3d.
900 six-inch shells, $500 fourteen
inch and about the same number Of
twelve-inch shells month after the
machinery Is set in motion.
The Bridgeport Projectile company
bid on all classes of shells up to six
inch and showed monthly output of
1900 of the larger type and 100000
one-pound shells within short time.
The Baldwin Locomotive works
could begin delivery Of 14-inch shells
within one hundred days and turn
out 500 a month thereafter. The
Bethlehem Steel company could de-
liver $50 big shells month begin
ming within q year and within ten
days could deliver five-inch, four-inch
and three-inch shells at rate Of TO-
900 month. The Washington steel
and Ordnance company is prepared to
| deliver 100 fourteen-inch and 100
twelve-inch shells within six weeks
and turn out one-pounder projectiles
at rate Of from 5000 to 5000 a day
thereafter.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-14
Turks Resume Flight.

London, April 1.-THE Turks have
sustained another defeat at the hands
of the British in Mesopotamia. The
war offie announces that the Turks
are in retreat after a battle in which
they sustained heavy losses.
The Turks were driven from their
positions near Ghaliyeh, ten miles
northeast of Deltawah, (thirty-five
miles north of Bagdad). They then
withdrew toward Serafjik and thence
toward Delyabbas. The British arc
pursuing the Turks.
On Wednesday the Turks lost 200
killed and 700 wounded.
Young Peoples meeting which is to be
New Britain herald., 1917-04-14
WAR VOTE REFERRED.

Secretary Andrews Of the Chamber
Of Commerce is in receipt of a refer
endum of the national chamber, in
which the means of financing the war
will be discussed at the next meeting
Of the organization. Some time ago,
the national chamber appointed a
committee to bring In report on the
subject, end is now waiting for that
body to submit it's findings. The local
organization will probably meet
early next week for action, as it is
necessary that the opinion of the
chamber be filed with the national
chamber within a week.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-14
HUGHES PLAN TO HELP.

New York, April 14.-Charles
Evans Hughes as president of the
state bar association has written to
all city and county bar associations
in New York advising the formation
of local committees to take care of
the trial cases and other professional
work of lawyers serving in the Ma
tional Guard or who enter the federal
service.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-14
believed Cable in Danger.

Boston. April IA sentry patrol
ing the shore near one of the Boston
harbor forts fired several shots last
night at two men in a motor boat and
another on land. The boat quickly
disappeared in the darkness and the
man on shore escaped. The sentry
expressed the opinion that the men in
the boat were trying to cut a telegraph
cable and that the man on shore was
directing the work.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-14
MASKED MEN Seen
near R. R. bridge
Engineer Believes They Were El-
caVain6 at Abutments
ATTEMPT AT TOWNERS, n. Y.


Main Mill of Washburn- Crosby
Flour Company at Minneapolis.
Danbury. April 14.-Ofcials Of the
Harlem River division Of the New
York Central railroad, and Of the
Central New England railroad were
investigating today an incident re-
ported to them by freight engineer
which has given rise to suspicion that
a party of men had attempted to
tamper with the abutments OF rail-
road bridge at Towners, N. z.
eighteen miles west Of here, early yes
terday. The bridge in question carries
rails Of one company over those Of
another and is a means Of reaching
the Hudson river bridge below Pough-
keepsie.
The engineer Of south bound
freight train reported that in crossing
the bridge he noticed several men at
the main abutments. He thought they
wore masks. Upon arrival at Towners
he made report by wire to the Har-
lem river division at headquarters and
a special train was sent out. An ex-
animation of the ground beneath the
bridge showed that someone had been
digging at the abutments. A hand
kerchief was found which had been
used for binding purposes. On the
embankment were the marks Of q
number Of persons scrambling up and
down.
Henry Lee. farmer going to his
barn. on q road near Towners, half
an hour after the incident was re-
ported by the engineer, saw two au-
tomobiles with men in them pass his
place, having come from the direction
Of the bridge.
Attempt to Blow Up Flour Mill.
Minneapolis, April 14.-What it ia
believed to have been an attempt to
blow up the main mill of the WASH
burn Crosby Flour company's plant
here was frustrated last night when
National GuardsnAen arrested man
carrying q suitcase and acting sus-
piciously near the mill. According to
the guardsmen the suitcase contained
nfteen sticks Of dynamite and two
bottles Of nitroglycerine.
Three guardsmen and alleged plot
ters are in the military hospital at
Fort Smelling as the result Of encoun-
tiers between the soldiers and their
assailants Thursday night, it became
known today. The soldiers were on
sentry duty in various sections of the
city when attacked. None of them is
seriously injured.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-14
RUSH MUNITIONS PLANTS.

Charleston. W. Va, April 14-With-
in three weeks, according to official
information from Washington. the
preliminary work on constructing the
governments proposed $11,OOO,OOO
armor plate plant and $1.7OO,00O pro-
jectile factory will be started here on
one of the five sites accredited to the
government. The plants will be COM
pleted under one year, it Is said.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-14
QUENTIN ROOSEVELT AN AIRAf

Montreal, April 14-Quentin Hot
Welt, son OF Col Roosevelt has IN
the Canadian aviation corps
service with an American unit-
10 American troops go to FM
young Roosevelt will serve withsx
Canadian air forces.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-14
IT WASN'T LOADED.

New York, April 1.-THE 3-inch
shell found last night in the press
room of the New York Globe and
which caused a police investigation
proved to be unloaded when examined
today in the bureau of combustibles.
Inspector Eagan concluded the shell
probably was a souvenir of the Black
Tom explosion owned by an employe
of the newspaper.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-14
WESLEYAN MEN PATRIOTIC.

Middletown, April 14.-Members of
the Wesleyan unit of the reserve Off
GERS training corps today voted to give
an extra hour each day to military
training. using the time between $50
and 1880 Il. M, or as one student put
it, to get up before breakfast to do
an extra bit.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-14
JUMP IN COST OF FLOUR
And End Is Not Yet i'm Sight, New
Haven Wholesalers Bclievc-Pf-icc
Today AS High As $1l.5O.

New Haven, April 14.-Wholesalers
in flour here today looked for much
higher prices and a scarcity, accord
ing to statements made today, in ex-
PLANTATION of a jump of one dollar a
barrel. The Civil war record was
SIS. Flour today is from $3.50 to
$14.50.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-14
Successful in Examinations and Is
Assigned to Signal Corps
LEAVES FOR DUTY MONDAY
Faces Possibility of Becoming First
Lieutenant in Jmc-Has Been in
Flying Game Six Years and Has
Made Many Flights.

Richard c. Nygren of this city re-
ceived word today that he had passed
the military examinations for admis-
sion to the aviation section of the sig
nal corps, United States Army. It Is
expected that this appointment will
lead to a higher position and that by
New Britain herald., 1917-04-14
MILITARY HEARING CLOSE

Washington, April 1.-THE ho1
military committee closed Its he|
ing on the universal bill after a lai
delegation of anti-conscriptionist
voiced their, views. -
New Britain herald., 1917-04-14
ILLNESS OF KAISER DENIED.

Amsterdam, April IA, via London,
1850 a. m.-An official statement is
sued in Berlin says that all recent re-
ports of the illness OF the emperor are
unfounded.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-14
RECEIVER FOR ROYAL ARCANuM

Boston, April 14.-Thomas J. Boyn-
ton. formerly attorney general of
Massa chusetts, was appointed receiver
of the supreme council OF the Royal
Arcanum by Federal Judge Aldrich
today.