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The Detroit times., 1917-09-15
PLANS FOR
NEW BRIDGE
ARE READY
Belle Isle Traffic Prob
lens Solved BY Pro-
posed Span

Tentative plans for the new per
manent bridge TO Belle Isle have
been prepared by the board of enei-
neers appointed by the common
council for that purpose They call
for a reinforced concrete structure
SIS feet wide and 30 feet high. the
estimated cost Of which is $3.50, 900
on the basis of the present prices OF
material The question Of bonding
the city for not TO exceed s. 900, 900
for the erection OF the bridge will
be submitted 10 the electors in a
special election Nov 6.
II Is estimated that IL would re-
quire three years 10 build the bridge
as planned Cleveland is just com
pleting a bridge OF this type. the Su-
perior Detroit bridge. at cost OF
s6.000,00
one OF the main objects of the de
signers was 10 secure bridge that
solves the traHc problem now pre-
sented az Belle Isle I'm this respect
they have approached the ideal. A
subway under Jenerson-ave pro
vides for an uninterrupted flow OF
automobile traffic from the Roule-
ward AZ the island end the bridge
takes the form Of a mammoth y.
which will serve 10 separate the
south bound from the north bound
traffic and dispense with all confu-
sion
a gentle incline Is also provided
al this end of the bridge by which
the foot traffic is diverted. at con
gested periods. 10 the island level,
while subway under the right ap-
proach gives easy access 10 the cen
trail roadway. There are boat land.
ings an each end OF the bridge. and
stairways leading down 30 them.
The Detroit times., 1917-09-15
FUSILADE OF SHOTS is RAIhED IN
DARKNESS ON AMERICAN SOLDIERS
PASSING THRU MINGO JUNCTION, OHIO
c"'dinrs of Unidentified
nit Hit By
Bullets
WOUNDED CARED
FOR ON TRAIN
Posse Searches Sur
rounding Country
Following Attack

STEUBENVlLLE. O.. Sept 15.--
Police Chief Carter OF Steubenville.
with posse of citizens and detec-
tives. was searching today for un-
Identified persons who fred a fusil-
lade OF shots at a troop train as IL
was passing thru Mingo Junction,
three miles west OF here. Four sol
diers were wounded, one seriously.
The shooting occurred in the dark
ness OF last night, and authorities
were unable even to guess at the
force of the attacking party.
Names of the wounded soldiers
were withheld and it was not even
stated 10 what unit they were at
tached The victims were cared for
by the detachment OF medical on
GERS on the train.
The Detroit times., 1917-09-15
Gas Explosion Causes fire

An explosion OF natural gas in a
defective pipe in the drygoods store
OF A G. & w f. Belllnger. No 20
Ouelette-ave.. Windsor. Friday after.
room. caused disastrous FIRE. the
loss amounting 10 about $4,000 An
employe OF the Windsor Gas com
pany was investigating leak in
the pipe when the explosion occur.
red The hre department was on
hand promptly. but the flames
spread so rapidly that the entire
stock In the store Was destroyed
and considerable damage done to
adjoining buildings
The Detroit times., 1917-09-15
NO PEACE
HOPE Seen
IN CAPITAL
\. S. Terms Not Met In
Kaiser's Reply To
Pope Benedict

WASHINGTON sept l5.--The
Central powers reply TO the vatican
peace pFoposais aroused only curios
ity here today
lnasmuch as vague forecasts " Dr.
gave no hope OF fuldllmcnt OF Prc-r
dent Wilson's demands for elimina
tion of gaiserism. authorities here
showed little interest
The single possibility it offers s.
that h Will create new peace discus
sion interfering with America s
work and perhaps inspire the pope
to further proners That the Unit
ed States viii stand pat on ifs dec
The Detroit times., 1917-09-15

laration- 20 the pope is certain
and the Allies will be with her
The United States government is
positive that the tide can be turned
aga INST Germany by both military
and economic blows and hence is
not Interested in any halfway peace
offers OF Germany Kaiserism must
go-that is the sum and substance
Of American demands
Meantime Germany is being chok.
ed by the embargo
This viii become even more ag
gravated by tho SwedishGerman.
Argentina Mexican exposures
The Detroit times., 1917-09-15
Will You Have Rye
Bread, Corn Bread, or
Oatmeal Bread, Later?

CHICAGO. Sept l5.-Tho Ameri-
can people. especially IN the east
will be feeding extensively on rye.
corn and even oatmeal bread before
the present wheat -four shortage rs
adjusted IN the opinion OF grain ex.
perts here today
The Detroit times., 1917-09-15

the law gives him the power 10 is
sue the warrants and hat he would
do II himself instead OF asking 20
lice justice Go do it
There viii b. no session today.
but Judge Connolly will resume The
grind Monday afternoon
The Detroit times., 1917-09-15

Weld daily starting Monday in the
Coliseum ~ 25 Amusoments FOR 25c
on the Board Walk. jefferson az
Bridge Cooking school each after
noon at conducted by sherwood =
SNYDER. Wonderful displays Free
samples and souvenirs Ladies' band.
SO Increase in prices Frtc ADM 4-
sion o. cooking school Adv.
The Detroit times., 1917-09-15
pett6lter pies AZ es.

Edwin Perry lnsersoll. one Of De
troit oldest citizens. died Friday. IN
he home OF his daughter. Mrs Lou
Burt No l4f Cantield-ave west
aged % years Mr. lngersoll was
widely known and for 10 years was
faithful clerk IN the county build
ing he was born In Cleveland. and
in his early business life was q con
tractor He came 10 Detroit I'm
1887. Mr. lngersoll IS survived by
his daughter Mrs Burt. and one
son. r W lngersoll. OF Cleveland
Funeral services viii be held Mon
day afternoon
The Detroit times., 1917-09-15

victor SuchInnd was sentenced e.
Jackson prison tor from i've 60 ~
years by Judge fenries Friday TO-
attacking "a FouuE girL fhiiil
Boyd. pickpackct ua9 given from
one year 10 u months.
The Detroit times., 1917-09-15
100000 IN GOLD
is COWBOYS FIND

PHOENIX. Ariz.. Sept. l5.-Joe
Walsey. a cowboy, while hunting
stray cattle came upon an iron box
secreted in tree trunk It's con
tents consisted OF old Spanish gold
coins and gold vessels, worth
100000
II is believed that Walsey discoy-
cred a hiding place OF priests who
left the section about IS years ago.
The Detroit times., 1917-09-15

Hotel Cadillac Japanese Garden
Vow playing chiragD~ scueaticno
Dance Orchestra. Exclusively danC.
inE.-AdN.
The Detroit times., 1917-09-15

Mount Clemens Mineral nnths
'ure rheumatism and blood diseases
-A Adv
The Detroit times., 1917-09-15

PrlnttnK--fhe plain neat ktnd--fhat
II riEht--Times job Dept.--Mnis a52O
The Detroit times., 1917-09-15

PrintinE-the plain neat kind-that
Ia right--Timrs Job Dcpt.-MRin $3.50.
The Detroit times., 1917-09-15
HOTEL CADILLAC

Try our MONDAY war ration lunch
con soc. Liberty dinner 90c. both
worth while Adv
The Detroit times., 1917-09-15
IT'S MIGHTY COOL

Pleasant and comfortable Rt fhe UOTFI
ATLANTIC. clark near Jackson Blvd. 80
She hesutifui hotel o. chicago
The Detroit times., 1917-09-15
A Selected Paper for a Selected Soldier

You can have the seif-oensored Times-only Detroit
daily conducted time saving, paper-saVng basis
TO your busy brother In the training camps
Tor what would cost you 10 renal your own copy
$500 for 312 papers
Let the Times your daily letter to your hero,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-01
MORAL INDIGNATION

Dispatches from Berlin lately have
revealed new note in German war COM
ment-a recognition of the iriquity of
bombing defenseless towns from the air.
More than one important German paper
has protested against the practice, and
government officials have denounced IT,
This is said to be the first printed
evidence reaching the outer world since
the war began revealing open protest
in Germany against any form Of fright
fulness Aerial shrecklichkeit. in par
ticular, has heretofore always been held
justifiable.
why the sudden change of front?
Well, for one thing. 1t may be noted
that the protests mentioned have nothing
to do with German air-assassins. They
keep right on dropping bombs on help
less women and children. The moral
indignation of the German critics is di-
rected solely against the wicked British
and French. who have been threaten
ing lately to retaliate If Germany per
sists in her air atrocities
And II may further be noted that the
German protests come in advance of
any reprisal campaign Allied airmen
have dropped hundreds of tons of ex-
Dlosives over the German lines lately,
but SO far as known. have directed their
operations solely for military purposes.
They have not yet started slaughter
ing German women and children to
show the German people what their
own representatives have been doing.
1t Is something. however. for German
officials and editors to apply their minds
to the moral aspect of the matter from
any angle whatever. Eventually they
may come to suspect that possibly it
is almost as wrong for German soldier
to murder an English child as 1t would
be for an English soldier to murder
German child.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-01
THE PRICK or A SHINE.

The expected sometimes happens. The
price Of shine is being raised-that is.
70 those old-fashiond folk who continue
to wear black shoes. There viii be no
more discrimination between blacks and
tans: each will cost 10 cents. New York
has started the thing. just as Il starts
most price jumps. and the rest OF the
country may be expected to follow suit.
II IL all right In one respect. Wearers
OF tan shoes have long wondered why
they had to pay dime for a shine when
the aforesaid old-fashioned addicts OF
black footwear got of for a nickel. Sure
~ IL was never worth twice as much 10
shine a tan shoe as n black one. Any.
body may question whether II ever was,
IL now. or ever will be. worth, II dime to
shine either But injustice applied uni.
formly is less intolerable.
II may safely be prophesied. however,
that ohe of two things will happen. Eth
er most of the shoes I'm America this
winter VIII go unshined. or most OF the
wrsirers will do the shining themselves.
Ten cents day would buy an extra
pair of shoes or two In the course OF the
winter. even at present prices.
And here IL "A word To the wise: Army
shoes don't need any shining.
In taking leave of this solemn subject,
we're haunted by fear that maybe our
nomenclature's muddled. shine or pol
ish"--the phrase rings in our ears. May
lie we should say polish" What or
earth is the difference. anyhow? WIN
some erudite Greek explain?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-01
KICK THE KAISER
OUT OF CONGRESS

BY Lowell c. Frost of The Vigilantes
Senator's and Congressman are now at
home with leisure to learn the senti-
ments of their constituents. Would
il not be well TO let them know once
for all. what patriots think should be
done TO La Toilette and the other
allies Of the kaiser?)
Is the kaiser in congress?
Not in person. of course. Neither is
lie In the reichstag in person, But he
represented in both places very eff.
iently.
Who would dare TO represent him In
he congress of the United States?
Robert VI. La Toilette would dare,
las dared, and will dare, not merely to
epresent the kaiser in the halls of con
;ress, but also 10 give him aid and
comfort wherever he goes. through his
speeches, acts. and influence.
But how can he do all this without
being arrested for seditious practices?
Well. you see it's like this: Under the
constitution he cannot be touched for
anything he may say in the Senate. and
as TO his activities outside of the SEN
ate. that august body stuffs its fingers
into It's ears and doesn't hear anything.
You will notice that there are very
few men In the Senate who care, or per
haps dare. to throw any very big
stones at anyone.
Can nothing. then, be done TO stop the
mouth of a traitor in high Office in
this country?
Yes. the Senate has the right to
cleanse itself of the gentleman from
Berlin by expelling him with a two
thirds vote.
Then why have they not already done
so?
Wen. IL pole-cat got into your house
by mistake. you would be sure that 1t
ought to be put out. wouldn't you? But
you might very likely hesitate for a
few moments hoping that someone else
would come along TO do it for you
How. then, In the name of justice and
sense, can we remove the
shame once and for all. and make La
Folette's expulsion certain?
We must come down so hard on the
political toes of every senator from
every state. that he will jump TO his
feet with the conviction that public op-
inion Is more to be feared than the pole
cat. and that the men and women of his
state will no longer be soothed by such
balmy phrases as senatorial courtesy"
'undiplomatic exposure" and so on.
II is very necessary 20 send our sons
abroad that they may make the world
safe for Democracy, but it is equally
important for us at home to kick the
kaiser out of congressl
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-01
A NEEDED SUGGESTION.

Hutchinson Kas) News: One of the
most significant happenings in the or
ganization of the army is the care bein'
taken to guard the health. the morals
and the habits of the soldiers. That
this IL necessary is the statement of the
men themselves. That this is wise is the
testimony OF officers and all the men
OF any experience in the allied nations
But while America is doing this good
work the allies are not following it up.
The environment of training camps ano
all kinds of camps is not guarded in
France and not much in England.
Liquor and vice are not fought by the
authorities in the countries to which
American soldiers are going.
Would II not be be proper for our gov.
ernment to take timely notice Of this
condition and to ask the governments
of France and Britain 20 accept these
views of the American people on these
subjects? The United States has gone
into war to save the situation for the
allies. II would seem to be as little as
they could do 10 insure the health OF
the American soldiers in the ways de
sired by America
The stories of conditions which have
taken from the forces of Canada and
Australia large percentages OF their ef'
ficient men. weakened by the glitterine
temptations of Europe. are too well
known. These conditions should not be
repeated for our soldiers. and yet there
is no reason why they viii not be un
less the allied governments go To work
They may consider us too sensitive and
prudish but they ought to accept our
prejudices on account OF the help we are
giving to the cause.
Informal warning to the European ma
tions that America expects them to
protect the seas. would doubtless be al
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-01
THE WORKMAN's INCOME TAN.

There will be great to-do, after the
close OF the calendar year. when the
nation takes pencil in hand to figure
out its income tax. Heretofore this duty
has not caused any great amount OF
trouble, because the tax applied to com
p3ratively few people, and those few
We're mostly business men. But under
the new law the income tax is much
more complicated. and applies to n vast
ly greater number. There will be many
hundred thousand men and women who
never dreamed of finding themselves in
the income tax class who viii be obliged
in January or February to trace their
earnings back through the year and
grapple with unaccustomed problems of
arithmetic.
Few skilled workmen are not making
more than $1,000 n year. the minimum
limit beyond which they must pay an
income tax IL they are unmarried. Tens
of thousands OF common iaborers are
earning more than that. In most of the
skilled trades the years income will be
nearer $1,000. II is said 10 be nothing
unusual I'm munition factories for ar,i.
sans TO get $50 and $50 week.
Most Of the eligible wage earners. IL
is safe to say. win pay this tax willing.
~, with sense of pride. Few Of them
ever expected to attain TO such dignity.
The victims" may properly regard
themselves as having been admitted to
new aristocracy of labor. They should
take pride, too. In the fact that the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-01
ENGLAND on THE KEEL MUTINY

Chicago Post; The mutiny on the Ger.
man high seas fleet at Kiei may mean
much or little. but II certainly affords
an interesting glimpse OF the different
psychologists which rule Germany and
Great Britain.
The German autocracy seizes II and
makes OF II a political byproduct The
chancellor uses II TO attempt TO Fix the
label OF treason upon his radical social
list opponents. The materialtsm which
gives the Prusslan his cheerful uncon.
Germ about most things allows him TO
consider even mutlny merely something
with which TO play the game.
Arthur Pollen. the English naval ex-
pert. furnishes arnusingly and intelli.
gently the example OF the typical Brit
lsh reaction TO the h,utiny. Most peo-
pies would rejoice at this apparent dis
aster TO the enemy most peoples. In
cluding our own, would fall into n happy
optimism over II. Not 80 the British.
Mr.. Pollen first removes all emotion
and subjects the Kiel revolt to scientific
examination. He finds that II occurred
in September at just the time when the
" eTpcot it's'o obhhtiiy biopBois AhAbntly
enough. II seems to us. he connects the
two events. He shows that the terrific
losses Of U-boat crews had made the Ger
man navy restless. Sailors were un-
willing to be commandeered for n naval
service that seemed TO mean sudden and
mysterious death. This feeling, preying
upon the deadly monotony OF idleness
at kiel. Mr.. Pollen is inclined to con-
slider as the motive of the mutiny.
One would think that he would be
delighted at this sign Of Germany
cracking" Certainly not. however
Being an Englishman. ne proceeds TO
examine II with great gloom and to draw
lessons from II that are the opposite
Of optimistic.
If. says Mr.. Pollen. the drop in U-boat
losses was due TO the Kiei mutiny, it
could not have been due to the antisub.
marine warfare of the British navy. Eng
land. he points out. has been rather in
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-01
From Other
Editorial Pages
SILENCE THE GOssIPs.

New York Post: The national com
mittee OF patriotic societies does well
10 protest against the ceaseless circu'
lation from tongue TO tongue Of baseless
stories OF disaster to American forces
on their way to France. OF plots that
never were devised, OF damage To mill
tary property that never occurred. Ev'
erybody has heard the narratives OF ter
rible things that never happened. There
In that complete hospital unit falsely
reported 70 have vanished months ago
somewhere between the United States
and France. No newspaper ever print
ed n line about IL. but every gossip can
tell you OF n sorrowing mother or young
wife In "A distant town who has had wori
from some mysterious source In Europe
OF the obliteration OF the whole body OF
surgeons and nurses. OF course the navy
and war departments have denied that
such a disaster has occurred, but what
il the word of cabinet officer com
pared to gossip industriously circulated
aud backed up bv such personal EVIL 'ence
as 81 know a woman whose cousin heard
that the stepsister OF one OF the nurse
said" etc?
How much of this sort OF thing is
started by German propagandists can
only be guessed. Once started IL Is
assiduously circulated and multiplied by
the ever ready tongue of gossip We
hear that our transports have been sunk
and the fact suppressed that our sol
liers are underfed and brutally treated,
that contractors are prafters and officers
incompetent The foolish give ear to the
gossip and repeat il. Wiser ones listen
incredulously and forget it. But the
proper course is To demand precise proof
of the allegations, and IL ii be not forth
coming 10 silence the circulator of evil
report by ridicule OF by immediate de-
nunciation.
The man or woman who goes about
telling, on the most doubtful authority
or upon no authority at all, tales likely
to disquiet and worry those who have
given their dear ones to the nations
armed service. or who retails scandal
likely to bring the management Of the
war into contempt, is much more than a
public nuisance. The practice is pub.
lie menace.
The loyal citizen can render posi-
tive service TO his country by demanding
of such a distributor of distressing and
hurtful gossip the proof of his assertions
and if II is not furnished. but shutting
him up.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-01
FOXY LITTLE JAPAN.

Ft Smith LArk) Southwest Americana:
Foxy little Japan will not be caught by
the blundering Germany. She listened
patiently 10 the overtures of the Hun:
she studied the maps and the tables per-
tanning 10 commerce, and she very wise
ly decided that her interests lay with tha
allies and not with the Teutons So she
Is busy now trying to prove TO the allies
that she had no intention at any time
of turning against them and Of joining
forces with Germany.
At first Japan was in doubt, despite
what she now says. Germany had much
TO offer on paper. There was Russia,
lying at her door. and always in her
way II Japan joined Germany-ran"
hey won--Japan could do as she pleased
in Russias sphere of influence. Then
there was the United States. and Mex
leo. If Japan joined Germany. Mexico
would form an alliance also. and give
Japan certain rights at our very doors,
and that would help 4 lot The bait
seemed tempting to Japan. and she prob
ably sat up nights figuring upon it.
But then she turned to the accounts OF
the allies. What if Germany did not
win? What If the United States should
emerge triumphant over Mexico? What
if Great Britain tore up the treaty that
now exists with Japan. as it would have
TO be torn up If Japan Joined Germany.
Foxy little Japan saw the figures and
added them up, and found that the totals
differed-and she says now she was only
leading Germany on, and had no idea OF
abandoning the cause of the allies.
We may accept her at her wori-and
forget that she ever so much as made a
calculation. She is going to remain with
the allies. and we are all going to get
along better in the future than We have
in the past. We are going 10 do bust
ness with each other, to the profit of all.
only Germany viii remain outside of thC
commercial fold when the war is over
but for fifty years German commerce
will suffer because of the inhuman con
duct of the barbarous Huns.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-01
rHE SAMMY WHO HAD no CHANCE

IN you happened to read a translation
from "A French newspaper saying that
three regiments of Uncle Sans fighters
had arrived upon their shores who were
not only ignorant of the French lang
uage, but who actually had never learn.
ed To read or write their native tongue.
would you believe II? Would you not think
that the reporter or the proofreader or
the translator had made serious mis-.
take?
Yet scattered through Kentucky the
visitor comes upon placards like this:
Fifteen entire regiments of Kentucky
r-Oidiers cannot read or write. We must
teach them before they are sent 20
France. WIN you help?"
And like this:
Kentucky boys are plucky.
''They will fight.
But some are most unlucky-
They cannot read or write.
Your dollar will teach one.
An energetic campaign is being made
by public-spirited citizens to raise funds
for teaching the fundamental TO more
than $4,000 drafted men.
The average citizen goes complacently
along, occasionally glancing at news
aote which says illiteracy is decreasing,
and he thinks OF II as practically non
existent in this enlightened country. 1t
takes big jolt like this to make him
realize that our democracy has been
pretty deficient IN educating its children.
To send illiterate troops abroad would
be national disgrace.
nd fba cftizan of gDma her state
need not sit back in Judgment upon
Kentucky, Massachusetts and California
If they were to do a little investigating,
might unearth some surprising condi-
tons.
How many children are growing up in
this town, in spite OF its good schools,
hereft, somehow, Of the education which
il their due?