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The Detroit times., 1917-05-21
3 PLOTTERS
FOUND GUILTY
RinteIen and Associates Face
Heavy Penalty For
Conspiracy

NEW YORK. May ll APT
Franz Rintelen. of the German navy
David Lamar and Henry Martin
we're found guilty hy a jury In Che
United states court here last night
OF having conspired 10 sisrupt The
munitions traffic between this coun-
uy and the Allies The fury disa-
greed as 20 the four other defend
ants. former Congressman Frank
buchanan and II Robert Fowler.
Herman schsuteIs and Jacob g. Tay
Tor.
Sentence on the convicted men
0iu be pronounced this afternoon
The penalty for their oGense. vio
lation of he Sherman antitrust
law. is year in prison. $4,000 fine,
or both. IN the discretion % The
court
II IS not likely that Buchanan and
Fowler who were active IN "LAbor's
Peace council" an organization thru
which Rintelen hoped 20 accomplish
his ends. viii bee tried again.
schulteis and Taylor may also es.
cape further prosecution.
The Detroit times., 1917-05-21
CLEANUP WEEK
STARTS TODAY
Many Organizations Take
Part In Campaign Under
Direction of Commerce Board

Cleanup week. dedicated 20 The
annual spring house-cleaning start.
ed 10 Detroit Monday morning an.
der auspices OF the Detroit Board
~ Commerce
Several organizations are cooper
sting in the work. including The Boy
Scouts. the boys department Of The
I N e. A. and churches and civic
bodies
Pledges are being distributed
among school children. in which
they promise 10 exert their effort
to clean yards and alleys and 70
beautfy The city in general by
plsnting and protecting trees.
shrubs ard flowers Seventy. five
thousand Of these pledges have been
distributed
Each boy spd girl who has signed
the pledges has been given A Ger
tain district in which 20 work
The cleanup committee in charge
Of the campaign is made up Of
Harry T. Carver. chairman " B.
Campbell. W R Farrand r. G.
Fowler. Alfred J. Stecker and a r.
Forbush. OF the board stan. who is
acting as secretary OF the com
mittee.
The Detroit times., 1917-05-21
JUDGE FUTILE
SENTENCES FIVE

Six OF nine federal prisoners ar
raigned before Judge Arthur J. Tut.
tie Saturday afternoon plead Cd
guilty. Five were sentenced and
sentence vas deferred IN Tho case
Of Leo Rajefsky. OF Berlin. Ont. un
til Tuesday He pleaded guilty 20
violating the immigration laws in
having brought Vera Stahl rs years
old, 70 this country They ran away
from home 20 escape objections ~
their parents 70 their marriage
Daniel simson. vho stole a par
eel post package. was sent 70 INsv
enworth for three years. John Rog
ers will spend ~ months In Iesven
worth for smuggling drugs from
windsor. Roy A. Clement. Vho
stole an overcoat and two watches
from the basement Of The federal
building. vas sentenced 20 two
years IN Leavenworth. Roy Berry
and George n. lewis, the latter q
Negro. will serve four and three
months. respectively. In the Detroit
House OF Correction for smuggling
Joseph Williams. indicted on the
charge OF violating the drug laws.
and Robert Farmer and George
Morton. accused OF violating the lm
migration laws, pleaded not guilty
AL were remanded 20 jail
The Detroit times., 1917-05-21
PAGEANT OPENS
FOR FINAL WEEK
Missionary Spectacle Grows In
Popularity: Committee APP
preciates Local Help

Darkness. and Light the big
operate missionary pageant viii
open It's last week In ne Arena
Monday evsn,ng There will be
bargain maunees Wednesday and
Saturday when the entire lower
floor viii be offered 80 30 cents and
The balcony ar g.
When the Hymn ~ The Cross
dies away Saturday evening. So per.
tormances * the pageant will have
been given here practically by vol
lnteer artists OF the city, profes
sioual and amateur Almost every
one participating has been paid a
little. bat not a sum commensurate
with either the quality or the guam
tity ~ their service.
The generosity Of Detroi, singers
and actors Ia this connection is az
deeply appreciated by the local e1
ecutfve committee as IS the quality
of heir work by audiences As in
every other city the attendance has
grown steadily week after week, and
capacity houses are eXpected foF
the closing performance
The motor truck aoat showing The
meeting Of Stanley and livingstone
from the African episode has been
touring The nearby towns fhe .as'
Few days with great success both
from the polnt % view ~ the dozen
young folks who have made gp The
party and 81 The deuizeus az The
places visited
The same principals Vii partici
pate this week. Monday evenlna
the four solo parts VIII. be sung by
Grace GRAY Brown. soprano Helen
Fitzgerald c3nrsfo Frank MeNor
tenor Chase Skies bass
The Detroit times., 1917-05-21
SAYS WAR WILL
CURE L. S. OF IT'S
LUST FOR GOLD

War will cure America on its lust
for gold, the Rev Cassius Morton
Carter told the congregation Of the
First Baptist church Sunday night,
In his sermon on is war blessing
or a cursor" Benefits that are TO
follow the great struggle now raging
only will be obtained thru sacrifice
and suffering, that being Gods Will.
be said.
Dr. Carter filed the pulpit for the
Rev. Thomas j. Nillers, who is at
tending the Northern Baptist con
vention in Cleveland. He continued
Coo. in His love for His people is
going 10 savs America from her
clanktng chains OF gold. In their
lust for gold many men In this coun-
try have forgotten God. and it is
only thru suffering only thru the
sh edding OF blood that redemption OF
this sin may Dc obtained.
have asked the question Is
war blessing or a curse IL f.
bofn. The wrath az man and the
sowing ~ Sin always Brings a curse
But n the end war and wrath and
hatred bring good 70 those who love
wcrld prohibition viii De one OF
what nerve England would have
90 come 20 as In America and SAY.
GIVE "a your grain 20 save our
Nves-so that we can make plenty
u beer" The abolition % the liquor
trafhc in the United states will pay
the debt of this wsr-huEs a. that
debt VIII he--in generation.
The Detroit times., 1917-05-21

Because Dusky was proving the
smartest Of the four children OK
Reddy Fox. his mother was just a
wee blt more proud OF him than u
the others Perhaps she didn't love
him any more than she did the
others don't suppose she did. J
hope not because that wouldn't tayc
been ar az right But she Just
couldn't hclp giving him a little
more attention than she aid Club
bv and s,uboy and cutie. You viii
and that all thru life.it is that way
Everybody likes 70 show one who
IS quick 10 learn, who does as he
is told. and uses his head, how 10
90 things
So II Is not surprising that u was
pusky that his mother took the
most pleasure in training In the
things that young Fox must learn
You see. he had showed her that
be was eager 20 learn, and be had
used his wits when his sisters and
brother had given up without really
trying 20 learn about the things that
had puzzled them SO Probably this
Is why Mrs. Reddy took Dusky on
alone one day when the others were
taking nap in their home
The Detroit times., 1917-05-21
RAIN DOESN'
STOP PARADE
Oil Skins Protect Performers.
Horses and Even the Ele-
plants From Weather

Even the elephants had 10 wear
raincoats 10 shield their delicate
hides from the cold dr.z1le which
fell Monday morning as the parade
~ the John Robinson shows rolled
thru tho ci,y one hour later The
process sion did not leave the circus
grounds before 10 o'clock. because
both men and women--and beasts
had 10 be- decked out in oilskins
The Robinson circus Literally ad
yertised The marine corps huge
banners urging men 10 enlist being
hung upon wagons
Monday is the day that many
mall boys waited for as their fore
fathers for many generations have
waited for some morning in the
early spring-the day OF the arst
circus II came az last and found
the heavens overcast with black
rain clouds opening and weeping a;
intervals "a II in sympathy with the
small boy However. II takes more
than pelting rain and sea OF mud
10 daunt the John Robinson circus.
and n the boys can stand II the
circus can. and so The show will be
given just as tho a brilliant sun
greeted the tented congress OF
wonders
The Robinson shows are said 20
be greatly enlarged since their last
appearance here. Performances
will be given both Monday and
Tuesday on the Jenerson.sve.
grounds. afternoon and evening
The Detroit times., 1917-05-21
ALLEGED GERMAN
PLOTTERS FACE
COURT TUESDAY

Albert Kaltschmidt and FIVE other
members of the alleged KAitschmldt
ring all indicted by the federal
grand jury on charges Of having
consplred 70 dynamite buildings in
Windsor. will be arraigued before
Judge Arthur j Tuttie Tuesday
morning Judge Tuttle returned N
Detroit Saturday from Bay City. and
IL had been supposed by federal
court officials that tho Elk German
aliens would be brought before TIC
court Monday morning
The days postponemenf % the AT
taignment was brought about by the
reconvening OF tho grand Jury, which
has about days worF remaining
The Jury began us session az 10
o'clock. and u Is expected that its
findings will be reported 10 the court
Tuesday morning or late Monday
afternoon
The Detroit times., 1917-05-21
The Confessions of q Wife
A Sincere Lover Sees His Case Alone.

The package that DT Nirot gave
me contained two letters. little book
This is the momentous day OF
my life. Margie was the beginning
~ The hrst letter from Malcolm stu
art. written on the day OF his death
"Of course dear. ! hope you will
rot see this letter for years and
years. for shall send It 20 my good
friend Or virot 70 be given 10 you
only IN case OF my death
Perhaps years hence. when Won
and have grown old together.
may read n 70 you myself Today
am writing II 90 that II anything
should happen 10 me q wonder. Mar
gle, why We use that phrase when
we mean. ~ should dc suddenly
you will know Just what I think Of
you. dear
"Margte. hope thai tomorrow
will see Us both far away from these
shores. probably never to return.
What / am asking Of you. dear. Is
the very greatest sacrifice woman
can make for mAn-only a great
and empowering love- love that
can brook no restraint, love which
means that 20 be with the loved
one. we would gladly welcome the
whole world with its thumbs turned
down n Il were necessary
make the sacrifice bearable.
Il am not going 10 enter into the
moral aspect OF what ! am asking
you 10 do. You know very we'll my
IDEAS Of love without marriage yer.
sus loveless marriage ! would
gladly be the most conventional
man 7 know FOR your sake wish
you could keep your friends. ! know
there will be times when your heart
viii ache for Moilie. FOR Eliene. and
all mo rest. However much try.
cannot make II all up to you.
"Sow, dear. am coming 20 the
hardest part % my confession. Mar.
gle. other women have sailed away
with me IN the old yacht that Is
Why 7 built a new one. FOR could
not let YOU enter for good and al
. place which had been the abode
o. any other women.
God grant. dear heart. That you
u.il NOT soc this letter Tor years
years .n which Won have boon a.
happy as Dr. r. possible for mortal
~ Boz
And these other women hear
YOU ask
Each ~ them knew definitely
The Detroit times., 1917-05-21
AUTOS INCREASE
TRAIN MiSHAPS

The annual report OF the Inter.
state commerce commission cover
ing the year ended June 80. 1916.
indicates that there were iSs6 per
sons killed and S.2e7 persons IN.
]ured on grade crossings "a the
United States durine the year Ia
Michigan SIS were killed and 1866 in
Wrcd
The majority OF these persons
killed and injured were drivers or
occupants Of automobiles The New
York Central lines are dolng every
thing they can 90 combat this evil
and show automobile drivers that
they invite injury or death 20 them
selves and those travelling with them
every time they carelessly cross A
railroad track a. grade
The Detroit times., 1917-05-21
Liberfy-LOdn Is
Pushed Locally

r. r. Fenton, representing the
Federal Reserve bank OF Chicago,
Is in Detroit 70 explain TO the Bond
Mems club and the Clearing House
associations executive committee
the Chicago plan for pushing the
Liberty loan campaign.
Mr.. Fenton met with the Bond
Mems club Monday afternoon. After
the meeting committee was ap-
pointed TO meet with the executive
committee OF the clearing house IN
company with Mr.. Fenton
After the plan Is explained. A
general committee representing both
organizations viii be appointed TO
take charge OF the campaign IN De
troit subcommittee will then he
appointed 10 extend operations
turnout the state
The aid OF the churches Is being
south 10 promote demand Cor the
bonds and II is probable that lib.
erty bond Sunday" viii be named
as part Of the campaign
William j. Gray. vice-president Of
the First and Old Detroit National
bank. has been appointed a mem.
Der OF the American Bankers asso-
Citations committee in charge Of
the work in Michigan
Banks OF Detroit have subscrip
lions for Liberty bonds totaling
close 70 100000 II was estimated
Monday. Detroit's contribution
should be from $4,000 600 TO $40.
000. 900. II Is stated.
The Detroit times., 1917-05-21

what she was doing each one OF
them knew that II would probably
mean just for time To not one
Of them did ever make the decla.
rations am making here 10 you
Not one of them touched the aide
Of my nature-the idealistic and In.
tellecuual side-that you have.
What became OF themT you may
insist
Two of them died OF fever In :
foreign land Two OF them tired OF
tho monotony OF life on a yacht
with only me for company. and one
Of them proved such termagant
that I came 70 feed that only with
the whole world between VA could !
end peace
81 think she was as glad 70, leave
me a. I was glad 20 have her go.
The last had the face of an angel
and the heart OF devil She nearly
lost ms what little tAith had In
women before we parted-snd then.
dear heart. you came.
Il wish ! could tell you Just how
you. with your purity OF outlook and
your greatness OF character. affect
ed me. Truly, az said to you once.
did not know that such women a.
you and Noble and Elieno existed
Il think ] fell In love with you
that night FIRST saw you. but you
Will remember that I sailed away
without the slightest intimation TO
yon 81 my feeling towNSd you.
Neither have ever told YOU that !
loved you in so many words. for
wanted you 10 be sure that you loved
me well enough 70 make this great
sacrifice am asking without my
love for you entering into H.
"Narge. I worship yon adore
You Here | can say II "a ] hope
10 tell II 10 you tomorrow on the
Saliva and every day atfeTward FOR
the long years We hall be together
IL have taken you into the vistss
OF my mind and you have never
halted or strained ai any distance.
] have taken YOU into tho light and
darkness OF my heart have shown
you just a man
"N will not insult You BY SAVING
that know I shall love you for
ever 80 man or woman can Say
hat iru'h'ully. but do know thai
AZ long az Won have the nature. tho
intellect and the spirit Won have
now / can be nothing else but your
SLAVE
The Detroit times., 1917-05-21

I've Avenue stock ~rsrv 70 rlr
fesQHers never FAN On ever u-r-.ft
and a surprise = some x m ars This
week % hss come across wlth thrill
Ier led ry Mabel Falco- who ia
Usually 'he feature % tne- real novel
tics The dainty souhrette sings
you've Cot e Million DOLLAR SRI
assisted bt chorus All ~ whom
wear about ut~keHs worth - drsp-
crs and huge wuTs The audience
e.'ots tbIs arf but ~ - ikeir that
the 0ffcisI CENSOR may suggest a
mod Hratiou or tt as % would ap-
pear triFe suEEestirs FOR staid ans
d'Rui fed old woodward ave-
Tho show IL full ~ slam harg ans
loud guTsws The Country store
fV me tfrir NJ thr Hrvt Part ana +nr
store gives Sam Mitchell chance ~
rull down several shelves Load =
WITH cans and groceries tin can
hatf'e foAOws Nile fs-vert1 80
sings as well a. ever while Fredi =
Amlott and Mabel Edwards are Iva
evidence - well
Peing known from weekly nsper-
tI.r - the patrons % tho theater the
chorus girls please particularly hy
.rs .iaual appearance after Jim Ben
nett has finished singing tino1rr
d. HOFFMAN Now Re calls the .
forth one ~ one. Most II them en-
terrain with accomp ltshments Other
than vocal
The Detroit times., 1917-05-21
Big LIBERTY.
LOAN DRIVE
UNDER WAY
Campaign To S ell
Bonds Begins In
Scores of Cities
BILLY SUNDAY
/ BOOSTS THE WORK
New York Department
Stores Helping In
"Ofensive"

NEW YORK, hay 21-AmerSca' =
first offensive OF the war-the two
billion dollar Liberty loan drive
is in full swing today Reports
gathered by the United Press from
every part Of the country showed
the nations entire energies cen
tered in tremendous EFFORT TO
make the issue a winner.
Millions of people are engaged in
the mighty campaign. In scores OF
cities and towns the walls are plas-
tered with slogans Buy A Bond
for Baby" Ring the Liberty Bell
Again" Finance Your Boy On the
Firing Line Put Bond in Every
Home
Some cities report slow sales, due
to an idea that the loan Ia oyer-sub
scribed. Headquarters here de
clare il Is not half subscribed
Capital and labor are allied. bank
ers and toilers have Joined hands
and every an OF advertising. as well
as sermons, speeches. parsdes and
patriotic revivals. are being used
TO make Americas hundred millions
realize the loan must be made a
success BY their united efforts
Pittsburgh's pledge is $40, 0,o00
the allotment $4,000 600 Boy
Scouts are distributing cards. 20 bond
statesmen and 100 orators are lead
ing the fight
New York took two powerful
short-arm punches at the Liberty
loan today Billy Sunday delivered
one and the big department stores
the other.
Liberty loan booths" in red.
white and blue were opened in the
Fifth-ave and downtown shopping
center stores with pretty and EN-
cient young women In charge taking
subscriptions,
dig down, you folks" Billy Sun
day told Gothamites today. and get
behind the government in this new
loan. Everybody with $50 buy a
bond. I'm going 10 buy few"
The Detroit times., 1917-05-21
THE
OFAGE
ORPHEU VI

RessI@ BarrIscals ts on the or
phflu screen THIS week IN her new
pis, The snarL in which she has
trai role.
combined with speedy and STRIP
prs action RI Miss BARR scales in
trrrst.ng portrayal ~ divrrsined
cfs-aCt-fs oue a chhrmtng girl OF
noble nspirat4ona. and the other a
Near. spirited creature who merci-
lessly cheats her sister cut - the
happiness that he hers by right Hell
en- beam has been crippled on the
eve al her debut In Faust and her
ststfT Marian IL engaged 20 appear
on th- stage and 50 thru with the
actIug ~ her sisters role while the
latter from her wheel chair ia the
wing sings the part
le suarl has been given Law
Isl production and MiAs Barriscsle
ia highly effective IN the double
role liz oTers weu-toid story
coming logically 70 ia conclusion. ia
which TIRE right couple attain 70 the
happiness that had been withheld
from chem by the selfish course the
wlIrL' Marian had pursued
The Detroit times., 1917-05-21
WOMAN HAS TWO
LEGAL HUSBANDS

NEW YORK. May 21-For the
frat tine IN The history Of the Unit
cd States one woman has been de-
nlared By court the legal wife OF
two husbands
George Timchick deserted Mary
Timchick IN 1a0s In 1918. not be
ing able 20 ind him, she married
again Then Timchick came back
Justice Greenhaum ruled that she
e the legal wife ~ husband No 2
until No. establishes MS claim
and gets tho second ceremony an
nulled when she reverts 20 her
origipal place as the wife Of No /.
The Detroit times., 1917-05-21
SEES DRY u. S.
IF WAR LASTS

NEW YORK. May 2f.-Permanent
national prohibition for The United
States II the war lasts two years
was the prediction ~ former Mayor
Lndley. Of Dallas, Tex. 20 John D.
Rockefeller bible class
"As a nation" said Hndley. thru
the great sacrifices We are about 10
make IN blood and money, we shan
benefit in higher moral tone and self
control Once the American people
realize the time and money lost In
drinking. prohibition will follow"
The Detroit times., 1917-05-21
CADILLAC.

The PieAsures OF Folly" appeared
in the Cadillac theater several weeks
ago. when a big audience by its ap-
piause voted the performance one
40 th~ very best that had been ia tho
theater during thu season and ~
PLAYED 20 crowded houses all week
The show 81 back FOR return en-
RaEsmsnt and wili De on view for
the remainder ~ NE weak
clyde Bates fhe leading ocr1s-
dian. seems 20 get as much Pun out
~ his eEpertencg - "a tramp ~ the
cartoon variety hs toes fhe audience
and that Isl plenty Bates has a
votre - funny aB that % q foEhorn
He cbulf get a JOB IN a iightho- -
.n thick weather 90 warn mariners
away However he can change this
voice o. one 90 c'enr auf fufs like as
that pr ~ akv\arE\at dawn cr me
sweet rqf ~ tho vrra bird - ftH
raurr fr tnr0f ssuigar1t ia high
- frrre afef
Tnm MrNerra makes ore - fhs
very few eoat 80 pe reria- lr ffr
sfngr old rctcr4 rav the dope
ts q Iffrult 40 play thouf max ~
The rarf ridiculous MeRsnns char
aeteriEatlcn arousrs sympathy and
s1Egsst- that the player should &C.
20 sanitafium AZ once. Re also
The Detroit times., 1917-05-21
BUYING AGENTS
WILL ORGANIZE

A branch OF the National Assocla
tion OF Purchasing Agents will b.
permanently organized THURSDAY
night. when meeting will be held
in Hotel statler Besides uurchaq
ing agents OF rFtroiL n ls expected
that there will be- representative
from Toledo. tansIng. Flint Jackson.
Pontiac. Monroe. Ann ArbOr. Wind
sor and Walkerviie IN The organi
zation The board 81 charge or fbs
Organization r. now composed ~ tha
following e. a Woodrlf. Cha
mers Motor company, chairman D.
II Main. Cadillac Motor compan,
T. y jacksonville. Thinker Detroit
Axle company p 81 viot. Couu
mental Motor company Go0rre
Berringer Psrke. Davis e. Companv
r p Thornton. Detroit steel pro
1Gcts company Paxton, Nende'v
sohn Flshff Rod corporation AZ
fiawk. Willys Overland camr 1rIr
The Detroit times., 1917-05-21
LITTLE. STORIES FOR BEDTIME
Something About Sand.
81 THORNTON " BURGs'
lConYrIsht. t9la. N T " RnrK.aAl

You have learned how % break
a trail by jumping far 30 one sIds
and YOU have learned that running
water can hold 40 scent" said she
Now | am going 10 teach you
something else. but 7 am going 20
leave Il for you 70 End ont for your
solf what that something else IL.
Ne viii take little walk and
want you 10 follow me with. voT-
nose Just as you did before This
is all am going 70 tell You The
rest is for you 10 ind out for your.
self"
That sounded ike puzzle ~
some kind. and Dusky liked puzzles
So he followed his mother with his
nose in her tracks The ground
was damp and the scent was so
strong that he could have followed
her with bis eyes shut Presently
they came 70 a little open placs
which was almost pure sand and on
which jolly. round. bright Mr. Sun
was shining with all his might Mrs.
Reddy trotted straight across this.
Dusky followed lie had kept his
nose to the ground as be had bean
told 70 do.
The instant he reached that sand
something queer happened He
could no longer smell the scent
from his mothers feet. No. sir. ne
could no longer smell that scent
Re kept right on across tho sandy
place and the instant he was across
the scent tickled his little black
nose az strong az ever BY and by
they came 70 another little sandy
place and the same thing happened
II was very queer. very queer IN
deed n happened two or TIRES
times more. Whenever his mother
stepped on hot dry sand she left
no scent or else so little that be
could hardly smell Il az all
Mrs. Reddy didn't say a word m
til they were hack home once more.
Then she smiled at Dusky and
asked him what he had learned.
Dusky blinked his shrewd. sharp
little eyes and looked very thought.
ful
IT don't know as HAYS
learned anything" said he "But
noticed something" he added hope
fully
What did you notice." asked his
mother
II noticed That when you ran
across those sandy places couldn't
smell your tracks very well Some.
times couldn't smell them at all
replied Dusky.
HIS mother smiled more than
ever Then you did learn some
thing" said she. You learned
what wanted Won 10 learn. went
across those sandy places inst N
sec ~ you would notice anything.
You have learned that hot dry sand
doesn't hold scent from tho feet ~
those who Cross Il. or n Il does Il
holds very little and that soon die
appears Don't forget H. II Is an.
other one OF the things every Fox
should know Now III get you
fat mouse"