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The Detroit times., 1917-02-16

eral penalties provided In the bill
for postal law violations.
Rep. Carlin, OF Virginia, in re-
porting the Webb nationwide pro
hibition mendment on behalf OF
the senate judiciary committee. de-
clared 1T IL incumbent upon con.
gress TO submit the issue to states" :"
The Webb bill was agreed on by
q majority OF the committee sew
eral weeks ago. Csrlin's report TO
the house states the eomm.ttssE re
ports the resolution favorably and
recommends its passage. thereby
submitting the proposed amendment
to the legislatures OF the states for
ratification"
To be sent to the states for ratih.
cation. the bill must pass the sen.
alto and house by two-thirds vote
To be made a part OF the constitu-
ton II must be approved by three
fourths OF the states. II IL states
disapprove II. the bill Is lost.
More than half the states have
declared in favor OF prohibition"
the Carlin report said. "Eighty.fve
per cent OF the territory OF the
United States has outlawed the sa-
loon and more than so per cent OF
the people live in such territory;
approximately 100000 OF our peo-
pie residing In all parts OF the union
have petitiened directly for the
passage OF this resolution.
your committee cannot conceive
OF any good reason. therefore. why
the states should be denied longer
an opportunity TO pass upon the de-
sirability OF thus amending the con-
stitution. The question Is now one
OF suffcient importance to be sub
mitted TO them so that they may
pass upon t."
Representative Gard. o.. in a
minor report, declared the prohibi.
tion amendment would raise for
midable revenue question and would
not permit personal consumption Of
liquor; would interfere with the po-
lice power Of the states: does not
provide for a date OF submission 10
all states. would permit the connr-
cation Of property. and would iniure
the country by its general govern
ment effect
Reps. Igoe and Dyer. Missouri:
Graham. Pennsylvania. Steel. Iowa.
and Danford and Dale. New York.
signed the minority report.
The Detroit times., 1917-02-16

IN THROES
OF FAMINE
Serious Food Riots Are
Reported From
The Hague
OF
POOR DESPERATE
BlOckades Have Re-
duced Many To Point
of Starvation

THE HAGUE, Feb. 16.-Serious
riotlng. In which the crowds were
only dispersed after repeated
charges by police and hussars hur-
riedly called upon for reinforce
ments. occurred here last night The
rioters. mostly workmen. staged the
demonstration as a protest against
The high cost OF food. They occupied
the space In front Of the queens
palace and the ministerial buildings.
The food situation was regarded
today as having reached an acute
stage In Holland. Small salsried
workers nnd II almost impossible to
obtain coal and potatoes. Discon-
tent has been growing and authori.
ties today did not disguise their fear
Of further outbreaks or probably an
even more serious nature than that
Of last night. unless the government
takes some remedial measures At
once.
Primarily the shortage In food has
been due 20 the fact that Holland,
OF all neutrals, Is most affected by
the blockades which the beiligerent
nations OF Europe have established
about her.
The Detroit times., 1917-02-16
mOISTS WIN
ROUND
IN LANSING
Anti Saloon League
Bill Reported BY
Liquor Committees
DRYS CARRY
FIGHT TO FLOOR
H u dsOn and "One-
Drunk-a-Month" Bill
Hit BY Macarthur

LANSING. Mich. Feb. l6.--
'Moists" In the state legislature
won the nrst battle against the ad-
vocates OF real prohibition for Mich
igan last night when the house
and senate liquor committees, In
Joint session. reported out the Anti.
Saloon league "one-drunka-month'
bill in preference to the Macarthur
"bone-dry" measure.
The Macarthur bill bars the i'm.
portation OF liquor in any quantity
for beverage purposes. while the
Anti.Saloon league measure al
lows the bringing in OF a certain
stipulated quantity each month.
which provision has earned II the
sobriquet OF "one drunk a month" :"
The action OF the joint commit
tee transfers the fight between
the bone-drys and the moists to the
floor OF the legislature.
All the members OF both commit
tees. with the exception OF Near
thur. voted To report the moist bill.
Senators Damon and White, altho
"bone-dry" by conviction. declaring
they would stand with the majority
OF the committee.
Rep. Macarthur. In defending his
measure. made a strong attack on
Grant Hudson and the paid work.
ers OF the Anti-Saloon league. whom
he intimated were actuated by self.
ish motives in opposing his meas
ure.
Grant Hudson has charged that
the liquor interests are behind my
bill. that I'm their tool" he said.
"He went down to Csssopolis and
other towns and said these things.
that the vets were backing a bone
dry measure because they believed
II would react and bring about a
resubmission two years from now.
He and his crowd OF paid workers
have used big fund In fighting for
the prohibition measure. but now
they're using those same funds. con
tributed by other people for the
prohibition cause. TO beguile the
people into believing that now that
we have a prohibition amendment
we should still engage In the liquor
trsfnc to a limited extent. say
the vets are not fooling the bone
drys.' but they are pulling the wool
over your eyes. They're for a
'bone-dry' measure because they be-
lieye this will arouse your opposi.
ton to such an extent that you'll
not pass something they're for. And
you're playing into their hands By
The Detroit times., 1917-02-16
NEGRESS
FIGHTS FOR
Her WARD
Nanny" JacksOn
RsS s2|,an &5sse
LOVES DELBRIDGE
GIRL, SHE SAYS
Declares Officials Are
Against Her Because
of Color

The legal struggle 10 decide
whether or not i2-year.old Marjorie
Delbridge. a white girl. shall be the
ward Of the aged Ncgress who rear
ed her from babyhood. was begun
Friday morning in the circuit court,
before Judge Alfred ]. Murphy.
Mrs. Camilla Jackson. the Negro
Nanny" who says she loves Mar
iCrie as she does her own children,
Was arraYed in the case against on
cis.s Of. the juvenile courts OF Chi
caso and Wayne county. The girl.
found In Detroit Wednesday nlght
after Chicago officials had searched
for her aimee Jan. 20. last. IL the
object OF habeas corpus proceedings
begun by Mrs. Jackson in the nope
OF taking the children from the Gus
tody OF the court.
Mrs. Jackson came 20 Detroit
Thursday afternoon from Chicago.
Assistant States Attorney Robert T..
Hogan, representing the Chicago
court. and James q. Cotter. OF Chi
cago. Mrs. Jackson's attorney. are
also in Detroit to oppose each other
IN the court fight. Mrs Jackson. in
addition. has engaged n firm OF pe-
troit attorneys.
It's just prejudice" said Mrs
Jackson. with tears in her eyes. Il
brought her up from the time she
was a baby and raised her to be
good girl. but because shes white
Gnd I'm colored. tn" courts seen, TO
be- against US. She likes mo like
like her, ard when the judge in
Chicago took her away from me. she
cried and said. NANNY, let's both OF
us kill ourselves
Mrs. Jackson had been receiving
$40 week fer the care OF the child
until recently. Tha money was be-
inI paid by Marjorie's uncle. Henry
Davis The girls mother. Selma
Delbridge, was an opera singer, and
died when Marjorie was six years
cd when the girl was but six
months old Mrs. Delbrldge left her
In Mrs.. Jackson's care, in Atlanta,
Ga. MarJorie's mother was suing
foa divorce then. Her professional
engaSements made II impossible for
her TO be with her child.
The Detroit times., 1917-02-16

F..
(staf Correspondent United pveee.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 16.--ln co..
trast TO the general pessimism on
cially manifested over the Germsxr
American situation Yesterday there
Was some relief In the tension today.
AZ a result of Germany's belated TO
lease OF the 12 American Yarrowdale
prisoners and her revocation of her
order oustins American relief work
ers In belgium.
While oticials generally still are
indignant at the series OF apparent
insults and violations of American
rights and privileges precipitated by
Germany -sinco=ths break Tn rsis.
tions. her release OF the Yarrowdllc
prisoners and change in attitude TO
ward Belgian relief work had rsth-
or quieting effect.
Some offcials said these two in-..
dents may indicate a decided
change in Tho defiant German atti-
tude toward the interests Of the
United States. A majority. however.
held little hope that the optimistic
change will he long lived.
Aggravatirg incidents continue IN
accumulate. but the president. bis
advisers say. will hold 10 his avowsd
purpose OF moving deliberately ip
every step be takes.
when he goes before congress 10
ask authority TO protect American
lives and property move believed
inevitable and a matter OF not many
days-the president wants TO feel
that the entire country viii back his
action
In this connection the prevailing
question in Washington is What "
tho presidents idea OF an overt act,
huch as would warrant his going be-
fore congress
The president has no concrete
idea OF what "the over act will be
He feels II may be single incl
dent such as would shock the coun.
try into immediate response. or q
series OF incidents such as would
finally cause the country to break
out Indignantly and despite pcaee
propaganda call upon him 20 take
drastic action.
In other words he feels that when
the time comes. whether marked
BY some single act or whether
marking merely the end OF the
country's patience over a series OF
acts. he will feel" II. the country
will feel" Il. the world will feel
t. and all will know that the tins
has arrived.
In the meantime the most imme-
disteiy vexatious matter is that OF
economic conditions that are rap
tdfy growing worse. ~ = result cf
the indirect blockade OF American
ports.
with freight shipments pnina
The Detroit times., 1917-02-16
PERMISSION FOR AMERICAnS..To ]
REMAIN IN BELGIUM ALSO He'll TO
DELAY CLASH, WASHINGTON IHInl3
WOMAN ENDS HER
LIFE WITH POISON

Coroner Morgan Parker u making
m Investigation to determine whsth-
or or not charges can be made
against the druggist who sold poison
10 Mrs. Verne Walker. 20 years old.
of No. - AlfredNt. Mrs. walker.
whose husband 10 a automobile rae
"a and former professional baseball
payer, killed herself Thursday night.
The bottle which had contained the
spondency over her separation from
her husband and baby II believed TO
have caused her TO end her ltfO.
Following an aiIs6n6 ateemot at
puicide, Ars. Jessie tesrtn4 - No.
.1e2 euillcssS: ~ - EsIes
She Is expected to recover.
The Detroit times., 1917-02-16

I might bs supposed that Judge
world to be bothered By burglars
or even petty pilfsrers. but Judge
Edward. Command vas victim
twice In ~ hours First hous-.
bseskers got isto his hous. ana
fhen on WEDNESDAY night while
be vas attending party In the
ID. a. G.. sons inscriptions per-
son With no regard for the dignity
Of the bench. stole his rubbers.
Naturally. Judge Command 10
The Detroit times., 1917-02-16
YarrOwdale Men Ekuo|
To Return To ~. g,
Dispatch 6ays
BAN ON REI1W
WORKERS LII I
Commercial Tie-EJp ~
Now CIdGf WoEry q
the PfeGl 1T

AsasTgRpAsG ~. }o. 4,
lsass - re AsnesieaR sa1u1 .
hslt snenl the1es T. Z 80 -
srsuoht Int post - ~ sv0os !.
rowdsIe, ~ss sSvstalIy snneUsvs- =
ed In esriIn ssriy today. De
patches received here cave No
details.
The Detroit times., 1917-02-16

Scarcely more than q century ago.
what Is now the German empir. en-
braced more than 300 separate gov
ernments. including kingdoms,
grand duchies. duchies, principal
tiles and free cities.
The Detroit times., 1917-02-16
Ten Million Dollars
Worth of Detroit Motor
Cars In Tie-Up
$1,000, 900 BUSHELS
OF GRAIN STALLED
Thousands of Workers
Will Lose Jobs I'm
less Relief Comes

CHICAGO. Feb. is.-.Chicaso busi-
meas men. whose industries -re men
scsd BY the freight blockade. ARE
facing the most serious situation
ssnce the threatened railway ssrfke
last summer With their inability
20 get their finished products TO the
markets o. raw materials. comes
the predict'cr tha' unless Immediate
relief comes. thousands OF orkmen
will De thrown out % employment.
The embargo on further shipments
Z, rexport. which Was decided upon
yesterday b.. representatives u 90
railroads at Washington virtually
brought tbs matter OF a focus here
Rail officials and members OF the
Chicago Board OF Trade held a con-
ference In IN attempt To devlse
tome measure for relief.
Practically the only solution offer
ed was the move TO urge President
Wilson TO either allow merchant
vessels TO arm themselves or 10
furnish conveys.
Grain shipments To the east from
Chicago are at a standstill and do
mestic stagnation 10 becoming pro-
nouncad
Millions OF dollars worth Of
freight is lying In warehouses await.
Ing cars. In Detroit 10000, 900
worth OF motor cars are awaiting
shipment. railroad men assert. One
hundred new cars, being driven
cross-country In preference to wait
Ing transportation. passed thru Chi.
eago today.
Drain elevators here contain 30..
100000 bushels OF wheat awaiting
shipment. while an additional 7,tO0.-
900 bushels Is tied up In loaded cars
IN the yards. A considerable part
OF the grain held here is for don,es-
tic consumption in the east. and not
for export
Several moro embargoes were de-
ciarcd by western roads last night.
The Texas 4 Pacific put up the bLrE
vi gram lO NtW OThthhs tnt Cduth
Fs. Katy 4 Burlington on perish
ables TO east OF Ellinois.
The probability OF thousands OF
workers being thrown out OF employ
ment within a few lays has aroused
CITY ofiiclals and associations OF
corn Manufacturers and 9TH
q employers will meet today with
railroad representatives and gov.
srnment agents.
Military ofhcials are vainly trying
10 hide their anxiety over the situa-
uon.
u 10 admitted that II the nation
we're plunged irto war the freight
congestion would not only haihrer
the government OF troops and sup
plies but this traffic would serve to
Increase the crisis to the point ~ a
complete tie up OF the larger trans
Ssr points.
The Detroit times., 1917-02-16

Too many wem~n take divorce suits
ss tho they were holiday, se-
cisred Judge Fred $. Lamb, of Cad
lilac. Thursday. Il don't ike 20
at least that abe takes q divorce
seriously" he said.
The Detroit times., 1917-02-16
WHETHER PEACE on Wan

Don't forget your next sunday Din
ner. Fowl and heaps Of vegetables
and good things for tl7Bo; i2:10 20
t:So y. m. at Hotsl Griswold--Ady.
The Detroit times., 1917-02-16

vsur CheIee OF HssAssG
should be the Wayne Hotel Mineral
men; open day and night Expert at
The Detroit times., 1917-02-16

POWERS ASK ron MORE TIME
20 enjoy SOC Nocnday lunch at No.
tel Griswold>---Adv.
The Detroit times., 1917-02-16

and Bigeest bargains" in Mstinees
IN the world at The Miles Theater.
Chiidrsn's Matinses SATURDAY. ioc and
1oc.-Adv.
The Detroit times., 1917-02-16

New train schedule effective sun
day, Feb, is. Pere Maraustte City
Ticket Ofsee. 20 rort-st west Phone
hAin sss end sSsA--Ads.
Evening star., 1917-03-19
SENATOR NORRIS ASKS
NEBRASKANS' VERDICT
Wants Legislature to Authorize Ref
erendum on His Stand Against
"Armed Neutrality"

A request that the Nebraska legisla-
ture pass law providing for a refer
endum on whether he should be re-
called is contained in a letter writ
ten fy Senator Norris to Gov. Neville
of Nebraska. Senator Norris is one of
the senators who prevented action on
the armed neutrality bill.
Senator Norris, in his letter. promised
to hand the governor his resigna-
ton as United States senator if the
verdict went against him in such an
election held before May 1 under a
law to punish Illegal voting. He said:
"on account of my opposition in the
Senate. to some of the legislation de-
manded by the President, particularly
S. 1922, which in substance abdicated
the constitutional prerogative of Con-
gress to declare war. and gave this
power to the President, I have been
severely denounced and criticised not
only in Nebraska, but all over the
country. These charges have been
published and republished by the news
papers of the country, with a venom
and q unanimity which show a gf-
gantic combination to conceal from the
people of the United States the real
issue involved, and to push our coun-
try into the vortex of the terrible and
senseless war now being waged in Eu-
rope: 1t is charged not only that I am
a traitor to my country. but that I do
not represent the people of Nebraska,
from whom 1 hold by commission as a
member of the United States Senate.
\, The Remedy Is Recall.
II have no desire to represent the
people of Nebraska, either in the
United States Senate or elsewhere, If
my official conduct is contrary to their
wishes, and If I am misrepresenting
them the remedy is a recall.
"I am making this proposition in no
spirit of enmity or ill will. Neither am
I at all confident in my own mind
as to what the result of such an cleo
ton would be. The denunciation I have
received at the hands of the press, and
the condemnation of my course by or
ganizations and individuals, indicate to
me that there is strong probability
that the course I have pursued is un-
satisfactory to the people whom I
represent, and it seems therefore only
fair that the matter shoum be sub
mitted to them for decision"
In a statement, the senator indicated
that within a few days he expected to
go to Nebraska to accept some of the
numerous Invitations that have reach
ed him to discuss the subject before
Nebraska audiences.
Evening star., 1917-03-19
Defensive Works Strong.

The defensive works about Bapaume
were all that the Germans claimed for
them. Splendid trenches formed net
work about the place, and there were
veritable forests of barbed wire. The
Germans have always been great be-
levers in this method of defense. but
nothing approaching the amount en-
ployed about Bapaume has been en-
countered elsewhere on this front
Acres upon acres of brown rusted wire
stretched upon iron posts we'll screwed
into the ground. Between the fixed
barriers were countless balls of wire
"gooseberries," the British soldiers call
them. There also were widespread reels
of wire and various other tangled de-
signs scattered everywhere to make
progress difficult for an attacking
enemy.
Redoubts and other fortified points
about the town had been transformed
into modern defenses. In the town it,
self the numberless underground gall
leries, consolidated from old-cellars and
constructed anew, must have housed at
times thousands OF German troops.
British heavy shells had penetrated
| some of these shelters. leaving toll Of
skeletons behind.
German writer's have described Bapaume
as fortified against every point of the COM
pass, but after Loupart wood had been
taken by the British on the northwest
and the line was gradually going SOUTH
east Of Bapaume. it is evident that Ger
mans decided that they could hold the
town no longer. German officers taken
prisoner in the past have told that
months Of labor were expended by the
Germans in preparing Bapaume with
about every device known to modern de-
| fensive skill. and they frankly asserted
| that the British would not dare pay the
price Bapaume would demand Now this
stronghold has passed under British
| dominion with scarcely casualty con-
nected with the latest operation.
The road to Bapaume shows scars Of
| many mines exploded under it before the
German retreat began. Through the haze
| Of smoke that overhung Bapaume itself
last night could be seen the glow of
path Of the retreating Germans,
| From all parts of the outfung British
Evening star., 1917-03-19
Not a House Left Intact.

Fires were smoldering in many parts,
remnants of the incendiarism which
had been rampant during the last days
of German occupation. No house was
left intact, for those still rooted ex-
posed interiors all burned out. A few
rows of houses Of quaint architectural
beauty still maintain an outward show
of some of their former well being.
l'Shells, Of course, had done much dam
ago, when there were plentiful evidences
of dynamiting on all sides.
This was carried to such an extent
that certain sections of the town ap-
pear as having been swept over by a
cyclone, walls having been blown out
| by interior explosions, allowing the
slate roofs to slide almost undamaged
into the streets.
The upper part of the famous old
clock tower had been blown off to pre-
vent its being used for artillery regis
| tering by the British. All it's faces
was badly shattered estaminet, with
several empty beer barrels standing on
the wall.
All day and most of last night the
Germans poured shells into Bapaume
paying particular attention to certain
sections on which they had carefully
registered before leaving. This has
| been familiar practice with the Ger
| mans with. evacuated positions ever
since the battle of the Somme began.
! The statue of Gen. Louis Leon Faid-
herbe. who defended Bapaume agains,
| the Germans in 1870, which stood in the
center of the town. is missing; it had
been removed to Germany.
Evening star., 1917-03-19
Meant Much to Soldiers.

The taking of that town meant
great deal to the men in the trenches.
One British battalion due to be re-
leved yesterday from a term of stren-
uous work actually requested that
they might see Bapaume cleared of the
enemy.
In a war where the fighting is often
confined for months to maze of
trenches a noted town like Bapaume
stands out as a great goal to the SOL
diers. Under the prophetic sign in
Albert pointing in that direction hun
dreds of thousands Of British soldiers
have trudged since last July, many
never to return. The Bapaume high
way, reaching out over the rolling
fields of Picardy, has. indeed, been
the high road to "the great adyen-
ture." Out on this road ambled the
British tanks on their startling way
to battle renown. 1t is this road that
pierces Pozieres, and on either side lie
the unforgettable villages of Thiepval,
Flers. Courcelette, Contalmaison' Fri,
court, Mametz, Martinpuich and
Beaumont -Hamel and the notorious
Butte de Warlencourt.
1t was particularly fitting that the
troops which fought the hardest about
the butte last autumn should be among
| the first to reach Bapaume, of which
| the butte had long been regarded as
the key position. There was no flying
of flags or beating of drums as the
British patrols penetrated the town, for
there was fighting ahead, and Ba-
paume is filled with underground
strongholds. But 1t was not long be-
fore the advance guard sent back over
the telephone wires, which ever keep
pace with the onward movement of the
troops, that the enemy rear guard had
"all been accounted for"
Later came a second message, read
ing in true soldier language: '"The mop
ping up of Bapaume now is completed.
Evening star., 1917-03-19
|RETREATING GERMANS BURN
ALL VILLAGES BEHIND THEM
Wanton Destruction Arouses Anger Of Vic
torious Allies and Makes Pursuit
More Determined

line tonight come further reports OF prog
ress The German retreat is gaining in
speed
Prisoners taken and identifications OBJ
tained from the dead show that fresh
German divisions, including one recently
returned, flushed with victory over the
Rumanians, have been thrown in as a
screen to shield the retiring troops.
Cavalry Gets Into Action.
So rapid became the pursuit of the
retreating Germans today that the Brit
ish cavalry came into play after rest
has been wonderful sight to see the
cavalry squadrons moving toward the
front for several days past. They have
included some of the crack English
regiments. looking very grim and busi-
nesslike in steel shrapnel helmets and
equipped with gas masks.
The fine, drying weather of the last
three days has helped the pursuit,
which In some places has reached solid
ground that has been little damaged by
shellfire.
1t was officially stated today that poi
soned, wells were found in the village
Of Barleux, southwest of Peronne,
which was occupied by the British in
the wake of the retreatinS German gar
risons. This serious accusation was
made in report by the British doctors
on an analysis of the water.
The British test all waters in occu-
pied territories. in order to safeguard
the troops from various diseases. They
were startled to find that the BarleuX
well contained a deadly poison.
Other wells in the line of the German
retreat have been filed up, but this was
the first indication of poison in any OF
the wells.
Evening star., 1917-03-19

1t was early in the Christian era
that the peach was introducer to south
ern Europe from the east. 1t did not
reach Britain until the sixteenth GEN.
tury.