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The Detroit times., 1917-10-05
THE WEATHER

Detroit md vicinity Tridry Night
mud saturday. fnir nnd cooicri nodcr-
nts 60 frrsb west 60 northwest winds.
Lower NtchfrHnf inir nnd cooler
FRIDAY niEht mud saturday.
puer Lakes ~uperior. fresh 90
strong north vind~i fnir nnd cool
Friday uiEhf and Saturdnr Michigan
snd Huron. fresh 90 ~trunr 2c..h--.st
winds this afternoon, becoming
northwest to north ~nturdnnt rain
Friday niRhtg saturday rt1udN.
lower f.uhcSs Moderate fe fresh
west winds aud rnins weather. Friday
nIEhtg clearing ~nturdns.
The Detroit times., 1917-10-05
SEWER VOTE
QUAR- Ter OF
REAL COST
Engineers + S tim a t e
On Big Job Is Far
From Adequate

Corporation Counsel Dingeman is
now trying to figure ont how the
city can build a s2.000O00 sewer for
$3.50 700. but he doesn't believe it
can be done The council commit
tee on sewers referred 70 him the
other day proposal of John A.
Mercier 20 build the I.ynch-rd
sewer for the COST OF labor and ma
terials. plus 40 per cent for his
profit Mr. Dingeman was instruct
ed 70 draw up an agreement 20 this
eject.
When bids were asked Mercier
offered 10 do the work for 81 095 600.
The board OF estimates. however.
had allowed only s650.000 for the
work and the committee was obliged
- turn down the bid Then Mer-
cier made the counter proposal that
he would do the work on a 10 per
cent basis, guaranteeing that IL
would not exceed hts bid The
council committee believed his bid
was too high, inasmuch a. the city
engineer had estimated the work at
not much more than half the sum
and decided 10 try ont the percent
age plan
II became known. however Friday
morning that Mercier's bid covered
only one-half or the Job and that
the other half would cost almost as
much The bid FOR the second half
based upon the figures for the FIRST.
would bring the total cost up 70
e 900 600 az least Dngeman says
& Is hopeless to try 20 get the work
done for S6jO.000 and he believes
the engineer erred In making such
IN estimate
Tho sower is 20 run from Connors
creek t0 Hamramck but is div.d.
al rto two sections The FIRST see
fion rho one upon which Mercier
made his bic runs from C3nn1r
rrr go Charles So. The second src
SION ran from Charlie 81 to HHH-
freuCh The engineer estimated fho
COS pf the first section at $4,000
,rf Che second at t1}0000 1t"
rol.rf.tac in consiler.ng The Nor
g. .r hd. believed 81 covered Do
r business
NJ lrnsewar saws in Wow of 'hf
fa, is iup3-sihIo to Eu ahead
W'l thc deal and hc will rendef aH
.nr ou in day or two. which ir
probability viii advise against
ra construction of the sewer -rn
rl um moro nearly adequate bass
appropriated
mo experts believe thsr I-
-rr.,to wrong with city enEa
when thpir estimate is urIy
ono luurti ar sf-" as tUD
f of mo work would hc hId
l1annan SchuHz chairman Of thf
rurftf.e says She sewer Del grelf.
ir Meo1ed fAe the eastern rsr of
fho cfy ard hc baulcs fhc dr'as
uWpn thf DneneorInE department oi
ht titt
The Detroit times., 1917-10-05
CANADA CALLS
CONSCRIPTS

OTTAWA. oct 5-Thc first class
Of drafted men, single men and wid-
overs. 81 to - Years OF age, have
been called 10 thr colors on oct o..
The Detroit times., 1917-10-05

priIevhr that hc co-s -ycr re-.
4ir h. hoaifH Oscar ~ --.~na. 5i
cars oiH o. 'f'll at ~. vS -
Mrrr. afc. ta mit,od fHieIle early
rga1y morning. tn a lrlroOm In bis
home by cutting his throat with a
razor.
The Detroit times., 1917-10-05
Lor1sNILLE scnATcHEs

Second lthymcr
Third Fashion Girl Sister Susie
Jovial. Julia l.
FiCth Matin Home Sweet Home.
SiNth-TeV Forman.
Seventh Marjorie n.
The Detroit times., 1917-10-05
Louisville Results

First RRcs-5i4 furlongs Pnrlor
Maid, 100 tDouahue), won. Cathedral
lOs tHanover. second. Ernest r.. H.
on Gornerl third Time. i0s as
Second Race q furlongs
loo (pishmon), won Zindel. iO9 CDon-
.phuc) second. Jcncrv. III (Morys)
third Time 1915 l-5.
The Detroit times., 1917-10-05
rnnAN,s TIMrInAIInIs

HIGHEST temperature this date ~
the pnst - years, so in 1900 lowest.
% in 1901.
One Neur ag otodn1t HIGHEST ~It
rhr sun srts Fridns ~ GjNs o. ~.
and rises saturday na 6iat -. ~.
rhe moon rises Fridns at $40 y.
m
The Detroit times., 1917-10-05

Excellent Liberty dinner % s.
ninety cents. uoanday luncheon siNfy
cents flpanesc Gard NJ dancing
evenings. .. m ADV.
The Detroit times., 1917-10-05
ON
WILFULBOD
is ASSURED
Senate Committee To
Investigate Speeches
and Report

WASHINGTON. Oct 5.-Sen-
ator Ia Toilette was request St
ed today 70 edit the reported
copy Of his speech al 81. Paul.
MINI. Sept 20. that senate
investigating committee may
open its probe Of seditlous ".
tersnoe charged against him,
Senator Pomerenc. who viii
head the investigat sub-cor-
nittce wrote Ia Toilette let
ter asking the information TO
determine whether the speech
was sarbled as Ia Toilette
charged.
The Detroit times., 1917-10-05
British Undisputed In
Possession eff of New New
Territory
DEAD TEUTONS
LIE IN SWATHS
X e cord Br e a k ing
Losses Are Inflicted
On Enemy

LONDON, Oct 5.-The Ger.
mans gave up their hopeless
eounter-attacks against the new
" won British positions in the
Passehendaele Ridge sector ear
ly today, Field Marshal Hslq re-
ported. The British were left
In undisputed control Of tho
great chunk OF territory won in
the drive Of yesterday.
The Detroit times., 1917-10-05

WASHINGTON. Oct s. Charges
of scditious uttcrances lodged
against senator LaFolictte are to be
Investigated by the senate a sub
committee of nto VIII bc named d.
senator pom,rene. Ohio. chairman of
fle elections committee. TO- first u.
Nratsalr thc CORRECTNESS OF reunr
oi Lufoilptlrs speech of sept 40.
40 So Paul Mimi. and second n
inquire into ,bc correctness of ht
statements Dr. Vil fhon report fa
fhc tu'l committee tho FIRST a3} ol
the peCcwhcr SECS son Senator rau
creue u,ll head tie suhco9
prspff" rcls hv Scnanr
Stone for an inquiry .nfo hi record.
fhp committee Will not comply u
was announced
Tbc senate wiil bc asked fo p9
q resolution comforting gonor1i w
thWlty on uh.committoo to In
tesfirato InFolletios utterancr
The resolution i- fo bc prc-pafri
udJ hY StnalrrlFom'r.uQ NAB q
rpfuff f8t WlkrlWp ac'lon
The vuNcaWi1dfcr VIII ItohW y
hold hearing. either calling vit
ne.ses to Wa hineion. or roir .n
s Paul sad Uhcr Nfrt eo'H c.fic
as well ss 20 Wisconsin to 'ahe
'cstlmony
The committee received "a letter
from Senator Stone. who was also
named n several oi the hundreds
Of petitions presented TO a. After
The Detroit times., 1917-10-05

Second -Ganter
Corntassel
Firth Jack Mount
SiNth Eimendorf Brocatclle, Col
Cuff
The Detroit times., 1917-10-05

PARIS, Oct. 5.--"VioIent can
nonadino" on the east bank Of
the Meuse at 5ezonVauS and
Hill 344, was reported In today's
war office statement.
The Detroit times., 1917-10-05

r'rfntipe-the PIsIH nest kina--thst
r. rieht--Times job Dcpts-Hafn tbzo.
The Detroit times., 1917-10-05

FamIIy WashluEs 5c per ~. Mas
sn n-hnaeffs Laundry co, Main 3aOa--
The Detroit times., 1917-10-05

pErPSrnINe W WIN. soc 4 CtsF.
Bottled af fhe errIus caNtiraui 4flh.
The Detroit times., 1917-10-05

scRrsb Club open 20 publIc sat. =
60 q. Addison Hotei.-Adv.
The Detroit times., 1917-10-05

tieutl i0c Niv.
The Detroit times., 1917-10-05
SOZOns
Twins, AS We Live !

Eighteenth year of the Twentieth Century.
eighteenth year of The Detroit Times.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-02-23
Leaflets for Mimi. Institution.

At the request Of Mrs. B. Druck,
Chairman of the Committee on Re-
ligion of the Council of Jewish
Women, St. Paul, the Department
of Synagog and School Extension Of
the Union of American Hebrew
congregations has sent a number Of
leaflet reprints of the Union Prayer
Book to be used for services, to be
distributed to the Jewish inmat=s at
the Minnesota State Prison at Still
water, MINI. DR.. S. N. Deinard of
Minneapolis, Mimi, recently deliv
cred a sermon before all the inmates
of the institution, after which he met
with the Jewish inmates for per-
sonal interviews
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-02-23
1917 Review"

The Essoess Club comprised of a num-
Der of high school students, will present
it's annual entertainment next Sunday
evening, at the North Central CONNER
cial Club, 113 University Avenue. The
title of the play, which will be followed
by dancing, is "The 1917 Review" HALF
of the proceeds on tickets purchased
from Zionist members, will go to the
benefit of the Provisional Fund. Those
desiring to aid the Provisional Fund and
enjoy pleasant evening, may secure
tickets through Joseph Krawetz, chair
nan of the Zionist committee.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-02-23
February 23, 1917

ent at meeting held Sunday afternoon
at the Arcanum Hall. Minutes of pre-
vious meetings held months ago were
read, together with number of reports
from the Administrative Committee at
New York. Special commissions have
been appointed to investigate conditions
relating to the Jewish people in various
countries, and these commissions are &C
lively at work making a thorough re-
search, so that when the Congress con-
venes on or about May LIST at Washing
ton, the delegates present from all parts
of the United States may be accurately
appraised of the situations with which
tons of the Congress.
The report of the COMMITTEES on Metl-
DDS of Elections, which will be presented
to- the Administrative Committee at a
meeting to be held in New York, on Sun
day of next week, will show the allow
ance of one delegate each to the Con-
gress from the cities of St. Paul and
Minneapolis. If this report is ratified
by the Administrative Committee, local
organizations will be at once informed
on the methods of election, and the st.
Paul Jewish Congress organization will
Immediately hold a meeting to make ar
rangements for the election of its dele
gate. For the purpose of eniis;.ng tle:r
support in more active manner pro-
paganda committee has been appointed
to visit all the organizations in the city.
Ladies Auxiliary Give Successful Dance.
A large gathering of people attended
the Hard Time Dance given by the La
dies Auxiliary of the Talmud Torah at
the Arcanum Hall, last Suncay evening,
with the result that neat sum was Sc
cured with which to replenish the Tai
mud Torah treasury.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-04-28

One by one and by the half dozen
the South American republics are
breaking with the German monster
The neutral world is rising to put down
the Prussian curse as it would hy-
drophobia dog whose poisonous fangs
spares neither man nor woman nor
child II is the Prussian military des-
potism that has created a naturally
peaceable and home loving race into
a DEVILS machine. The world Can
never be assured Of peace until the au-
tocracy is destroyed; as it was neces-
sary that the autocratic Napoleon be
destroyed. The liberty loving French
of today are the same shat all but con-
Quered the world and kept Europe in
turmoil for twenty years under the
arch murderer Napoleon the 1st
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-04-28
WHEAT IN KANSAS
Estimate Only fS,090,000 Buhels-
Corn and Oats acreage Larger

Topeka, Kan. April 2O-Fifty-fiye
per cent of the 1917 wheat crop in
Kansas has been abandoned, leaving
the smallest acreage since 1897 and
one of the poorest conditions the state
has ever known, according to j. G.
Mohler, secretary of the State Board
of Agriculture.
Prospec for crop from the re-
naming per cent of the last fall
sowing is shown as 6013 per cent.
The report does not give the bushel
estimate, but the experts figures
would indicate a probable crop of 49,
100000 bushe 's-nearly $1,000 900
bushels less than last year and more
than 133,000,000 bushels shc"t of 1914
Increased acreage for corr and oats
is shown.
This failure is attribu ed to several
causes, the most important of which
are the extremely dry weather
throughout the winter and the blowing
of the soil by the wind. Other causes
are freezing and late planting.
Of oats there are estimated to be
1,777,5OO acres this year, as compared
with 1851, 900 acres in 1916, or an in
crease of PIGS per cent. or corn
there will probably be 100000 to o.
100000 acres painted this year, as
compared to 6,965,000 acres in 1916.
OF potatoes there will probably be
$4,000 acres planted this year, as COM
pared with $4,000 planted in 1916.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-04-28
NEGROES ARE LOYAL

Little Rock, April 23.-Loyalty is es-
sentially the predomina+ing character
istic of the negro race, according to
Governor Brough, and he has no fears
that the negroes of the United States
will be excited ilto a rebellion by the
German agents working in the South.
"In all the pases Of history we have
never heard OF a negro traitor and l
am confident tlat we never will,
states Dr. BroUg Oh. The negro OF the
South stood by his owner during the
war, either going with him as a SER
want, or Saying at home to protect his
family. Though the army of the north
was fighting for his emancipation, he
did not leave the people in whom he
had such great confidence. There were
ed by anyone familiar with the ne
groes. and the negro question:
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-04-28

Uncle Sam will probably draft the
white and negro loafers into the fields
in order to help feed the armies and
workers of the world A loafer eats
as much as real man, and should at
least be made to produce enough to
feed himself and take that much bur-
den from the shoulders OF society.
There are enough husky negro men
lotfing around Ashdown to cultivate a
big plantation and who wouldn't con-
slider a job for love nor money. They
live off the negroes who do work, and
why they are tolerated is beyond US.
We also have a class of young white
sports, who belong to Che get-by class
of never-sweats, whose pass word is
charge it, and they get by with 1t
oftener than one would suspect. II
your uncle Samuel could utilize all
this kind of raw material into work
ing force he could produce enough in
one year to fatten a famished world,
but we suspect he would find this task
a bigger one than licking the Germans
with one hand.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-04-28
ANOTHER FlRi,

Again has Ashdown had aHother
fire. A kind providence in the shape
of a favorable wind prevented it from
totally destroying one of our leading
industries. entailing great property
loss and would have thrown many men
out of work at a time when all men
must work. Certainly it was not the
Ashdown Fire Department that pre-
vented it, for there is no such animal.
Our property owners have built great
plant at a cost Of some $4,000 largely
that they may have fire protection. The
city has spent $500 or more for
equipment for the same purpose. Yes,
we have it, the hest there is. But
what's the use? We have hundreds of
men any dozen of whom would serve
willingly on a fire department. We
have a good ordinance with splendid
regulations, but the thing hasn't been
mounted and framed. Why not frame
it?
The News has talked about this
thing for more than year, but we
were a voice crying in the wilderness.
We believe that the people of the town
are entitled to What fire protection
that the city is able to give them, and
for which they are paying Most of
them are fed upon promises of next
week and next year. They want act
ion. So long as fighting fire and get
ting there With the water is nobodys
and everybody's business it will be at
tended to along those lines. A further
delay in getting together working
organization will be nothing short Of
criminal Next week Won't do. Now
is the time.
For the mayor to succeed in this
organization he must have your COM
plete cooperation. It is your respon-
sibility as we'll as that of your city
officials, WHO must lead. Let's get
busy and prepare against fire now
this week.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-04-28
BRITISH AIRMEN
CONTROL The AIR
Few Germans Al0ft, While English TO
Far Behind the Enemy'S Line.
40 Machines Destroyed
Trains Attacked.

With the British Armies in France,
April "a, via London.-The intensely
bitter ground fighting of the last two
days has been reflected in the air and
the British Royal Flying Corps yester-
day made a new record by bringing
down 40 German machines Fifteen
of these were seen to crash, while 20
collapsed or fell in spinning nose
dives, completely out of control.
The fights took place $4,000 feet in
the air, from which distance it is bare
ly possible to see the ground, and i'm
possible to see an adversary crash un-
less the pilot deliberately follows
down. Such course is not feasible
where the fighting has taken on the
character of general melee, as is now
often the case. A remarkable part of
Yesterdays performance is that only
two British machines are missing.
1t was the finest day for war flying
that the young khaki pilots ever had
and today they have been at it again
since sunrise. but the full reports of
their exploits are not yet in.
1t is known however, that one in
trepid young flyer failing to find a
single German observation balloon
aloft sought out one in it's hangar on
the ground, dived at it and set the big
gas bag ablaze from stem to stern.
Attack Behind German Lines.
Since Sunday the British airmen
have been revealing in weather they
have long desired. Not cloud was in
the sky today behind which a German
could find shelter. Deprived of that
means of digging themselves the
German flyers were far scarcer than
usual and very difficult to find. British
machines were everywhere along the
battle front and far behind the Ger
man line Bombing raids were Gar
ried cut As niles back, the machines
ttilIetdIely IL Ing ONGi SIOuIu NLIC4 :
battles were raging with the greatest
fury.
German trains rushing reinforce>
ments to the front were attacked and
transport columns on the roads were
bombed and completely disorganized,
In several cases the British machines
came low over the fighting lines and
poured machine gun fire into the Ger
man ranks. In doing this machines
have deliberately crossed the fire of
their own as we'll as the enemy's guns.
Yesterday one British pilot, after
bringing down two Germans, and with
all his ammunition gone, descended
reloaded filled up his petrol tanks
and took to the air again. Within half
an hour he had brought down his third
machine for that day. Another pilot
felled two machines. While the other 50
We're divided among a similar number
of British pilots.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-04-28

The German government is cheering
its people on by telling them of a food
famine in America. We would have
KaiZer Bill and his staff of murderers
know that the American people are
aroused and on to him like a brick
house, We are going to double the
food production, the shell production
and the ship production, and last, but
not least, we are going to jam his he'll
met down over his ears and stand him
and his blunderbund on their heads
like Indian cigar signs the morning
after halloween. This is not the exact
language used by Mr.. Wilson, but
when translated it means exactly the
same thing.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-04-28
Pages w ekly
Farm Letter

Little Rock, Ark, April 25.-Two
products are all important this year.
One is corn the other is hay In case
of emergency, corn will always ansW-
err the purpose of breadstulf The
/ 1917 wheat crop is going to be short.
! The price Of flour is now outrageous!y
have wheat should not sell it, but have
it ground into flour and keep it to sell
to the neighbors, for there may come
time when you cannot get flour ship
ped for love or money. Corn is good
for making breadstuff and is also the
basis of all of the best stock feed. 1t
is almost indispensable, because it is
the sure and easy means Of making a
balanced ration for stock. We must
have some corn for our stock. We
must have corn to finish our killing
hogs. We can put fat on hogs with
peanuts, bran, shorts, peas, sweet
potatoes, rice bran and polish and
other products, but it takes corn to
finish and harden the flesh and make
pork, and pork we must have. In the
matter of feed for stock, nothing is
more essential Or useful than hay. The
greatest trouble with our farmers is
that they do not provide enough pas
ture for summer and hay for winter.
Pasture grass is the most profitable
crop where it is needed, because it is
crop that requires no cultivation
during the growing season, and re-
ouires no harvesting, as it is harvested
by the stock that eat it. Hay is pro-
duced with little labor and expense,
and is valuable for feed and takes the
place of more expensive feed. Cow
pea hay is always good if properly
cured and has about the best feeding
value of any of our hays. In addition,
a COW pea crop helps the land A good
plan is to SOW COW peas early and cut
for hay, and let the second growth
COiuC 81 DIS W Jll ii II ulluCl III lin S1i
ly fall for the benefit Of the land. A
good plan is to plant COW peas on all
your poor land You will lose the
least amount in labor and gain the
greatest amount i'll feed value from c
pea crop on poor land. Cow peas
should be planted With corn at the last
blowing in June, and the seed should
be picked and hulled for seed or food
the following year. Your COW pea
land can be sown to clover this fall
and it will make you good pasture
for stock next spring and summer
when corn is high and scarce.
By all means do not plant too much
of pershable crops. Take pains to
put in plenty of sweet potatoes and
late Irish potatoes. By using
care you can keep both through the
winter. Do not sell a mich COW or
brood SOW at all. Keep both. If you
have more of either than you need,
let your neighbor have them, but do not
sell either to be shipped out of the
country Put in some peanuts. Pea
nuts will be good price this fall.
Remember, peanuts will keep all the
year. There never was year when we
had surplus of peanuts, and most
likely never will be. The vines make
good hay and the DeanutS will make
good hog feed Any land that will
make 20 bushels of corn to the acre
should make 80 bushels of peanuts.
The hay will bring you enough to pay
for making the crop and you will have
the peanuts as a profit
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