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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-12
The Machine Gunners


MOTHER s.
talon OF
from Detroit. Highland Park Milwaukee
dealing
and dsmounted bicycle riders
finders poee
that
other machine These fellows
OF training ahead OF them.
Young officer talking
wae telling him how 10 make good Hero the
Show lot OF all have he'd task
pretend 10 be anxious 10 DO something right
FOOLISH questions but when
out al about Really YOU
wait for II 10 soak OF souad
OF men make them work for hlgetout
work isn't slowing The
precision
pleasing feature OF the drill
prone march their buildings
getting tangled
dion
satisfactory drlmasters, but excellent on
The regular
spare N ne daytime oy give 20 brushing
ne TO have become
hundreds OF questions regarding military
The have been questions en and
~ 9D' e7"''i' anu
Folks at home doubt
custer men There the
nouee"h AS one experienced said
u at or' OF ming but when button
minutes before OF codn.
US VII" needles tho
wife the for "'
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-12
ON WARS
SIDELINES
With
Harold
V.
Wilcox


to get
TO out r.
University Of Michigan
OF the j. A c. other live
the al
raid officers from the canton
nent because the de
aton features AZ the
He Niagara
Will LOT OF equipment
SportHmen IN the city VIII have
o
There be another appeal along the same lines MINER Is hsIs
behalf OF the NJ C. A. Mr. Miller dd
similar work this summer at IT Sheridan That middle name ns
probably
dona athletic equipment for the BOYS OF Camp Custer Look out ro nm
them boh ey
rushing the Knights OF Columbus buildings
hand this matter or athletics
theirs should angush
the immensely or THIS camp
climbed Tuesday afternoon the
b about zoo feet
The
90 degrees OF the
that this quite
II
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-12

larc. Dennis Muhu Arthur BaumgaE and Edwin stephen
There bingham Bartond
Wood Roan Jeans Earl smith, RAYMOND Rutherford and Leon
Wiese.
Shners H.
Ieutenan Thomas Claude
p Charles
kaurhener Attached
senhrugge and Second Lieutenant
once this regiment the biz
until the big
panes and patoons along will
The job practically
officers already assigned 10 this no
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-12

The fashion cdict rom Paris, .
S'd La New York that four and a
aalf yards OF cloth is the maximum
war allowance for skirts has stirred
he dressmakers OF Detroit 10 &C
tiyify
we Will have 20 organize. said
The Colorado statesman., 1917-02-17
ALL EXPORT RECORDS BROKEN
Value of Shipments From United
States in 1916 S2,ooo,ooo,ooo
Greater Than in 1915.

American exports for 1916 reached
the unprecedented total of S5,4S1, ,OOO,-
600, Uncle Sam reports. According to
a statement issued by the bureau of
foreign and domestic commerce of the
department of commerce, this exceeds
the total for 1915 by S1,926, 100000 and
the total for 1913 by $2,997, 100000.
Imports in 1916 aggregated S2,392,-
100000, also a record total. For 1913
the total was s1,779,00OOOO, and for
1912, the previous record year, $1,S1S,-
100000.
The years export balance was 3d.
OS9, 100000 as compared with S1,776,-
100000 for 1915, and 81, 100000 for
the five-year period from 1910 to 1914
inclusive.
The net inward gold movement for
the year was S53O,OOOO00, also a new
record. 1t compares with net inward
gold movement of S421. 100000 in 1915
and a net outward gold movement of
$16j, 100000 in 1914. Gold imports in
1916 aggregated S6S6,O00,0OO, against
1852, 100000 in 1915 and $57 100000 in
1914. The corresponding gold exports
were $156,OOO,0OO, S21,O00,OO0 and
S223, 100000 respectively.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-02-17
FOOD SUPPLY SMALLER
Fails to Keep Pace With the
Growth of Population.
Per Capita Production in Most
Items of Nations Diet.

The nations food supply has not kept
pace with the growth in population,
figures furnished by Uncle Sam show.
The statistics cover the last 10 years,
during which the population has grown
about 33 per cent and disclose that in
foods constituting about 70 per cent OF
the country's diet there has been de-
cline in per capita production.
Officials believe that despite this
showing there is no danger of food
shortage.
Secretary Houston in a statement
said:
with all three agencies now avail
able for improving agriculture, there
is ground for optimism as to the abil-
ity of the nation not only to supply
itself with, food, but increasingly to
meet the needs of the world"
The output of meat and dairy prod
ucts, which furnish 81 per cent of the
food that goes on the American table,
fell from 24S.2 pounds for each person
in 1899 to 219.6 in 1915. Cereals, which
supply 81 per cent, declined from 43.9
bushels to 4O2 Fish fell from 12.5
pOuHuS 10 LILO III looo, Win ho hS"A Go
given for 1915. Potatoes remained at
about the same ratio of production,
but sweet potatoes increased about 80
per cent per capita. Poultry products
made slight gains.
Production and consumption of fruit
and vegetables has increased rapidly
within the last few years, and they
coustit,,te q larper and more imDOrtant
part of the permanent diet.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-02-17
ASKS MANY QUESTIONS
Uncle Sam Starts Living Cost
Probe in Washington.
tion Regarding Household Ex-
penses, Income and Savings.

What is your salary?
How much rent do you pay?
What did you pay for that suit?
What did your wife's last hats,
gowns and coats cost?
What do you pay for coal?
How much do you pay your maid
servant?
What is your monthly grocery bill?
How much money do you have left
over-if any-each month, after all
your bills are paid-if you pay them?
Those are some of the intimate ques-
tions asked of Washingtonians by
Uncle Sam through agents of the la
Dor statistics bureau of the department
of labor. The agents worked under
an appropriation recently granted by
congress.
On the result of the probe there, will
rest whether congress will carry the
queries into other sections of the coup-
try.
The agents visited specified sections
of Washington, leaving a schedule of
questions to be filed out by the house
wives of the district. Later other
lected the schedules which were filed
out with the desired information as to
the amount of money expended annual
ly for rent, clothing, food, light, and
the other necessities of life, and the
quantity of each commodity received
for the money.
DR.. Royal Meeker, head of the bu-
reau of labor statistics, said everyone
connected with the inquiry realized the
intimate and personal nature of the
questions propounded, and for that
reason absolute secrecy would be
maintained as to the information
given the agents.
Besides studying families, the bu-
reau Investigated what are the In
comes and expenses of single women
who board or who room and prepare
their own meals or eat in restaurants.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-02-17
FERTILIZER SOURCE FOUND
Uncle Sam Will Encourage Develop
ment of Bone Deposits on the
PribiIoff Islands.

A new source of fertilizing material
las been found in the bone deposits on
the Pribiloff islands. These represent
the accumulation of a century or more
and have resulted principally from the
slaughter of seals on the killing
grounds. They are probably the largest
bone deposits in the world, and their
commercial value has been recognized
so that Uncle Sam is sending circulars
to persons interested ip utilizing them.
1t is stated that there are at least
5000 tons in sight on one island and
1000 tons on another, while it is prob
able that much larger deposits will be
found below the surface. There will
be some difficulty in removing the
bones, for there is no good landing
place on any of the islands, and it is
necessary for vessels to anchor half a
mile or more from the shore. Govern
ment supplies are landed in native
skin boats capable of carrying five
tons, and scows of similar capacity
have been introduced.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-02-17
WAITS IN SILENT GRIEF
FOR NEWS OF LOVED ONES
Plight of Bereaved Englishman IN NE"
York Brings Home to Watchers
Tragedy of New Warfare.

New York.-It took the silent Srle1
of John NJ. Little, Englishman, to bring
keenly home to the officials and clerks
OF the Anchor line Offices the loss OF
the California, one Of the liners sunk
as a result of Germany's new subma-
rine campaign.
Modestly, almost diffidently, Little
snare. slight man, asked for news oi
his wife and four children, Fteerage
passengers. The latest cable, he was
told, reported his wife and ore child
missing-the others had been saved.
'But the wife and baby" he pleaded
Cant you give me word of hopeT
No one dared reply. Tears welleo
from Little's eyes and rolled unre
strainedly down his cheeks. The bus
Ting activity stopped and heads were
bowed.
Strengthening himself with an effort
Little squared his shoulders ane
walked away, the tears still stream
ing down his face.
Not a word was uttered as the wori
of the busy office was resumed
The Colorado statesman., 1917-02-17
U. S. Leads in Wireless.

That the government wireless sta
tions of the United States are better
equipped than those of any other ma
ton, and that with the completion of
several new stations now in process of
construction the United States will be
able to cover the greater part of the
globe with communication over its
own wireless lines, are facts brought
out recently. The new stations giving
American wireless range that almost
circles the earth with the present long
distance transmission instruments are
those built at the Canal zone, Hawaii
and the Philippine Islands.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-02-17
Arizona Mightiest of
All Fighting Vessels.

The Arizona, the newest addi-
ton to the United States battle
ship division, not only is the big
gest of Uncle Sans sea fighters,
but no other naval power has
fighting vessel that can reach 1t
in size.
1t is larger by 200 tons that the
Pennsylvania, the flagship OF
Admiral Mayo, Of which it is
sister ship.
It will be a damaging foe for
an enemy to meet. Its twelve IL
inch guns fire broadside of 20
600 pounds of steel, which can
be directed accurately at mark
Is miles distant. The broadside
is 6,000 pounds more than the
combined broadsides of the Kan
sas, Vermont and New Hamp-
shire, ships that have been
placed in the reserve fleet.
The displacement of the Ari-
zona is 31,600 tons. 1t Is pro-
PEELED by oil-burning engines,
which drive it at a speed averag-
ing 20 knots an hour.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-02-17
INDIANS WERE STONE MASONS
Excavations in Mosa Vero National
Park Disclose Masonry at Least
600 Years Old.

There were stone masons and brick
layers, somewhat different from those
of the present day, in Colorado 600
years ago, aceording to DR.. J. Walter
Fowke of the Smithsonian institution,
who has been engaged in excavation
work in the AIosa Vero National park.
Evidences of buildings fully 600
years old, constructed with form of
brick, with stone foundations, were
discovered by the excavators, says
Doctor Fowke. The North American
Indian became a stone mason because
of his life in the cliffs and science be-
lieves he is responsible for many of
the relics found today in the park.
"The prehistoric masonry in this re-
gion," says Doctor Fowke, sis a de-
velopment that occurred before the ad
vent of the white man."
Relics of the buildings were taken
to Washington and placed in the in
stitution
The Colorado statesman., 1917-02-17
AMERICAN CANDY SUPPLANTS CHOP
SUEY IN AFFECTIONS OF THE CHINESE

kid steal mothers keg of best
handful in the kitchen and make
Well IL
relean
big candy
thereabout but If manuac
Atlantic
undersea craft then dodge the bullets that
batteeds
wall that gs the western frontier of China
diverted
craving according
ceived by Uncle Sam
Brshmade candies fast being uppand by the tooth
launch United
great Mongollan business.
Ceestials
goods.
told that the Chinese were first attracted to candy by
material
them that
they macking
their the sweetse first
Chinese have deserted the traditional
American dainty.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-02-17

war department bus decided and an
nounced that the appointment TO vol
unteer commissions will be made
from those classes of our citizens who
have had such experience, and that
from those classes the selections will
be made in the following order:
(A)-Persons who have had expert
ence as commissioned officers in the
regular army of the United States and
perience and efficiency.
(B)-Non-com officers of
experience in the regular army.
(C)-Persons who have had expeE
ence as officers in the militia.
(D)-Persons who have qualified
according to law under prescribed ex-
aminations to test their fitness to
command and control men in the field.
(E)-Graduates of educational in.
stitutions of military standing to
which regular army officers are de.
tailed as professors of military science
under the law.
(F)-Should the necessary number
of volunteer officers required not be
furnished from the above classes, the
war department will give civilians
lacking in actual military experience
an opportunity to appear for examina-
tion to test their fitness for commits
sions, before boards which the war de-
partment proposes to create in the
several states.
Beqin Training at Once.
Under the caption Training of Vol
unteers" the war college pamphlet
reads:
1.-THE training of volunteer troops
must begin without delay after their
induction into the service. No time
must be lost. 1t should begin at the
company rendezvous, without waiting
for complete mobilization. Under our
traditional policy of relying princi-
pally for defense upon citizen sol
diers, the larger part of our land
forces will not be fully trained on the
outbreak of war. 1t is more than
probable that we shall have to employ
some of them with little or no train
ing as soon as they can be assembled
in suitable units.
"The amount and character of tie
training will at first be directly pro-
portional to the time consumed, pro-
yided a rational scheme be followed.
How much time will be available it
is impossible to predict. 1t is reason
able to assume, however, that in the
event of war with an oversee enemy
it will be the time required for our
enemy to establish at least a partial
control of tie sea sufficient to open
the way for landing of expeditionary
forces.
"Any system of training, however,
good in itself, will fail to bring the de-
sired results unless there are avail
able q sufficient number of trained in
structors. officers and noncommis-
stoned officers. The blind cannot lead
the blind"
Referring to the mobilization of the
volunteer armies, the war college
points out that all points of mobiliza-
ton have been selected, one in each
state of the Union, and that these pre-
liminary arrangements have been ap-
proved by both the federal and state
authorities. These plans provide for
the necessary buildings, for water sup
ply, and all other essential needs
which will arise.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-16
TO TRAIN FOR REAL DUTIES
Wen nj Officers Camps VIII &c Dis
trihutrd HmonE Various. Branches
of Army Service.
IBy Associated Pre.s.J

WASHiNGToN, u. c.. June 10
After IL months preliminary work the
applicants for war army commissions
under training 1T the sixteen officers
camps throughout the country will be
distributed tomorrow among the vari-
Gus branches OF the service and re-
organized into infantry companies.
cavalry troops and artillery batteries
for specialized training. Until now.
candidates for commissions i'm all
branches have trained as infuntrymen.
In most cases. those assigned TO the
infantry, cavalry and field artillery
will remain at their present camps for
the remaining two months of the train
ing period, while those chosen for the
coast artillery. will proceed to new
training posts on the coast.
Selections were made o-day ut the
Fort Myer. Va. camp. 1854 men out
OF about 1000 originally admitted TO
training being assigned to remain for
the rest of the training period
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-16
.BALF0UR URGES READING
OF FLAG DAY ADDRESS
Declares Presidents Words Justify
Alliance Among Nations WHO
Love Liberty.
RELIEF COMMITTEE MEETS
British Foreign Secretary Says Ono
True Remedy for Wrongs Of Bel
GUM Is Defeat Of Germany-Am-
bassatior Page Also Speaks.
IDy Associated pr.s.l

LONDON. June 15.-Arthur Balfour,
Foreign Secretary. to-day stenaiiz.d
his first public appearanl, sine ne
returned from the Uni,ed States by a
speech at the second annual meeting
OF the National COMMITTEES for Relief
in Belgium at the Mansion House.
In his address. Mr. Balfour advised
every one to read President wilson's
Flag Day address. published in this
mornings papers. because OF it's rcla-
ton TO tierrnany's treatment of Bel
gIum.
IF you have not already read Pres
ident Wilson's speech" said MIR Bal
four. 81 strongly advise you to do so.
and, at the same time. to hear in mind
Germany's actions and policy in Bel
GUM. In IL you will find justitica tic n
Of this great alliance among all ma
tons who love liberty.
The one true remedy for the
wrongs Of Belgium is the defeat of
Germany"
The action OF the United States in
taking over the whole cost Of the re-
lief OF belgium was greeted with loud
applause By several hundred persons
most prominent in the relief work
which has been carried on since the
outbreak of the war. and who have
collected nearly two and a half mil
lion pounds sterling for II.
Walter Hines Page. the America n
ambassador. followed MIR. Baifour. He
thanked the American members OF the
belgian Relief Commission. and an
nounced that although the entry Of
the United States into the war had
made il impossible for Americans to
carry on the work in Belgium. the
machinery OF the commission would
be kept intact for eventualities.
Among the speakers ~as Paul
Hymans, the Belgian minister TO Lon
don. MIR. Hymans paid tribute TO the
work Of the commission under the
energetic impulse OF Herbert G..
Hoover. which, he said under strict neu
trality was the first Intervention of
the United States in the European war.
Continuing. he said:
The presence here to-day Of the
American ambassador and the British
Secretary for Foreign Affairs sym
boliEes the devotion Of these two great
nations TO BclGium's cause. and l am
proud in their presence TO express the
profound gratitude Of my government
and OF the Belgian people"
Minister Eymans concluded by de-
picting the grave suffering that Bel
i;ium still is enduring on account OF
the high prices Of and scarcity OF
food. which bears heavily upon tho
working classes. The destruction of
food ships. hc said. had aggravated
seriously the dcplorable situation in
his country. Tuberculosis. he said,
was making frightful progress, and
cnd@ngcring tho future OF the race.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-16
DRILLMASTERS NAMED
FOR DEFENSE LEAGUE
Mayor AinnIie Appoints Men to Conn
n,nnd sixteen Companies Through.
ont CITY.

Mayor Ainslie has announced the APP
pointmcnt OF drillmasters for sixteen
companies of the Home Defense
League. They follow:
First Police District:
First conpany-Fulton. Walter Lip.
ford, drillmastcr; fourteen members.
Second Company-South OF Marshall
street east OF Eighteenth Street; c. p.
Epps drillmaster: thirty mcmbe-s
Third Connany-north of Venable
street. cast of Eighteenth Street e. A.
cancEa. drillmaster: ten members
Fourth company-cast of Seventh
street. west of Eighteenth Street. in
Guiding lower Main Street, l.. J. Ch.a,-
wood. drillmaster: twenty-five mem
bers.
Second Polio District:
First company-HiGhlan Park. L. B.
Ens!cw. drilinIaster; six members.
second Company-ISarton Heights. D.
= Hawkins. drillmaster: sixteen mem
bers.
Third Company-t;inter park. George
y. Skipwith. driilmaster: thirty-three
members.
Fourth companv-B. Lorraine drill
master: forty-seven members.
Fifth Company-B. L. Morgan. former
commandment Virginia Military Insti-
'nte cadets, driilmast.r: forty-nine
members.
Sixth Conpany-Otcy y. Miller. drill
master: foriy-cight members.
seventh Company-P. ST. Geors.
',oohc. driilmaster; forty nine mem
Ders.
Eighth mpany-Hugh StockdeII,
drillmastcr: :orty-cight members
Ninth Comnany-J. NJ. Ruisseux.
drilin'rstcr: fortysiN members
Tenth Iompnny-Walke c. CottrclI,
"riliIiastcr: ffty members.
Third Police District:
First Company Charles Eurkert
arillma itcr: forty seven members
second Compnry-I.. b. Lioyd drill
master: thirty -n!Ee members
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-16
LATONlA RESULTS

schorr arphS ..o sis4S .Tao
$; SO. second; Eastern Princess. ia fDish !.
nom. 50: third. Time, 3 seconds, March
honeiuiu RosaiInd. Lockwood Pretty Baby
Seoond-mie-D Dream. l03 tGoose,.
,li7o. $50 and $50 hrst; Southern
League. lns Connolly. $3.50 and $50.
:. cond; Cora Lane. Ia tke!sny. $50.
bird BIRD. Fime' MI, "a III Pro.ectinn. Dick
DuNoss. Miss Mimi also ran.
Thiri-E!S iuriorrs-Bily Joe. l2I tShii-
II: tNanGusen). $40 and $3.50. second !:
Niles Finlen. III tGoose). $50. third.
Time: ia; Nigh, Cap. Brilz. Elkton. spa
oFour,hL;nlie and se..eenty ynrds-visue.
ITO &c. HUNT. $40 and 40.
ss"ond: Pnchiou. 81 tWingheldb. 500. third
Time. l:+a 40. Captain Recs. Highland
Lad DOROTHY Dean anu For Fair also ran.
Fif,h-nve furlonEs-Nepe. ll3 IKeisayD.
tiS 81 ana g. 5T' ps'ensr 10Y
,;ull. io5 tMurphyJ. ss5.GG third. Time.
!:ol So: Carl EllNanEcr. king. rastime,
w. W Hastings. LagScrd. Quartet;e. Am
sixth.six turlongs1.sauee,er. II3 Gan
Essf so $50 .s ..e s, Dss ssy
Nays. lo5 Connolly. 1910. tSrd. Time.
liz 30. Prince Albert. Mary H.. Fieuro.
NeserNe also ran.
seventh-ni!s and three sixteen,hs-oisa
Waterproof. lla tConnoliyl. $3.50, $3.50.
,hird. Time. 1850 Prime Mover. Prince S.,
VIII Do also
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-16

Chesterman ct ais. 3oxl53l-3 fee.
known as to7 East Main Street: also
9sxl3O feet. known AS 1907 West Broad
street. juno IL. 1917. $1,000.
r. SitterdinS ct ais. trustees. to
James IL. Rohrer. 35xS61-2 feet west
line OF st. Peter Street. 400 feet north
or Baker Street. June IL. 1917. $500.
Howard sutton. trustee. to Claude t..
Sprenkle. 25xl25 feet. known as 3l42.
north line of Floyd Avenue. 204 %
feet east OF Auburn Avenue. June IL.
1917. s3.36o
+. q. Thomson ct ais. trustees. to
west corner Clay and Thirty-fifth
Streets. June Il. 1917. si,lSo.
II. r. Pollard. Jr.. trustee. to Charles
Millhiser, 32xl63 feet. known as SIS
617 East Main street. June Is. 1917,
s23.50o
a. V Shea. trustee, to w. w. rolkes.
lot ls. block c. Lee Park. June IL,
1917. s616.
Leroy H. Brown. trustee. to John e.
Swartwout 3j3 5-i2Nli6 ia feet north
west corner North Avenue and Cedar
Tree street: also 333Xi39i- IA feet
southwest corner Bacon Road and
Barton Avenue. June Is. 1917 $4,000.
w. +. Redd. trustee. to Lola NJ.
Lyme. 50Xl20 feet. known as sos Fir-
Stuart Bowe. trustee. to r. l., Dunn
Brauer's plan: also 5oSi:o feet. know n
as iToS North Twenty second Street.
June II. 1917. si.lS0.
Rcheson & crutchield, trustees. to
Max L.. Calvin ct uX.. portion OF block
i. Chestnut Hill. June -. 1917, $4,000.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-16
BAPTIST TEAM
PRESENTS CHANGED IISE-I +,

a general shakc-up In the personnel
OF the Tabernacle Baptist, Sunday
School League. baseball team will be
against the Randolph Street team at
Byrd Park this afternoon. Manager
Jones and Captain Brandt. who were
the last week. have signed several new
men. and the boys expect they will
break into the won column this after
noon with victory over the Randolph
Street team.
The following is the Tabernacle
line-up: Brandt, third base: Vermillera
center field: f. Smith or w. Woolard
catcher; Tiller. right field: Spicer
shortStop; Hollins or Rees. catcher: r.
Woodland. second base; r. Anthony. first
base; Grant or A. Anthony. pitcher.