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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-21
FINDS KEY; IT
LEADS TO CRIME
Ex- -Patrolman Tells How Little
Instrument Tempted Him
to Burglarize Store

Former Patrolman Clyde Freeman
is in the county jail. awaiting trial
on charge OF breaking and
entering In the night time, and try
ing vainly TO explain to himself how
the curiosity provoked by the And
ing OF key could have driven him
TO burglary.
Freeman. who pleaded guilty in
police court Friday, when arraigned
on a charge of breaking into the
store Leon of Steinberg. No. 140A
Mack-ave-. and was held to record
ers court, says he doesn't know
why he committed the burglary.
II found a key ring one night
while wss walking my beat" he
said. when things were quiet,
began to occupy my time by see
ing n ] could fnd the lock 10 which
that key belonged One night
found that the key fitted into the
lock OF soefnbergs store.
Il started going in there. and
thre times | took money and dry
goods away with me why9 !
don't know. Tve got uroney in the
bank. / don't drink or chew or
smoke. had walked into many
other stores At night when I found
the doors unlocked. and never
took anything A. the last auto
mobile show | stood guard over
thousands and thousands Of dollars
in the cash bo1es without ever
thinking OF taking a penny. ! WAS
never tempted until / found that
key.
1T aroused feeling in me that I
can't explain When that key let
me into the store. after had tried
It on many locks, let temptation
get the better OF me for the first
time In my life"
F'reeman's bail vas placed AZ 81
900 His wife Ia making an efrort to
acquire this amount
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-21
TO
CLOSE ALL
VICE DENS
Police Commissioner
Hits Resort Keepers
Thru Landlords
EXPIRING LEASES
ARE NOT RENEWED
Department Head Be-
lieves Gradual Elimi-
nation is Best Plan

BY policy OF gradual elimination,
Police Commissioner James Couz.
ems hopes to close every disorderly
resort in Detroit by the end OF this
summer.
Tho he has made no announce
ment OF his plan. Il is known that
the commissioner already has his
cleanup squad at work on the task
OF closing the houses as quickly as
possible.
Since Mr.. CouIens stepped into
once, no less than so OF these
places have been put out Of bust.
ness
The plan Of gradually wiping out
the vice district IL a new way OF
handling what Is generally admitted
10 be the most perplexing OF civic
problems. Commissioner C0usens
chose this method rather than a
definite date on which all places
should close. because he wishes TO
keep control OF the places until the
very end.
Closing all the resorts At one
time would scatter the inmates thru
the city, into respectable residence
districts, he argues
Mr. CouLens knows that his de-
partment could not control the sit
ustion II the 500 or more inmates
OF dlsorderS places were driven 10
find new places Of abode on a GER
tain date
Furthermore, II closing day IL
set, suticient time must be given. so
that the women may have an oppor-
tunity 10 arrange plans for the fu-
ture. During the short time they
would have before them, they would
develop a reckless disregard OF reg
ulations which would make adequate
police control practically lmpossi-
bic.
Now. II one place is put out OF
commission. the police cleanup
squad has no difficulty In keep
ing track OF the women who are
forced oUt.
Mr.. COuzens Is working thru the
owners OF houses used as dens OF
evil. He IL letting them know that
there is law on the statute books
which makes them liable to hne and
imprisonment for renting their
places for such a purpose AS fast
a. leases expire. the resorts are
, closed The police have clamped
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-21
By HENRY WooD

tNtuU tOffte poflfhh y "fse~ 'N~''
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES
N THE FIELD. April 2i-The
French out Hindenburged Hinden-
burg In their great offensive.
II is possible today for the hrSt
time 10 reveal some OF the strategy
which 20 date has swept the French
forces on in their greatest victory
IN general offensive since the WA
hogan.
II was the same strategic SUI
ycriority that enabled the French
10 force the Germans acceptance OF
the ground previously chosen by the
French. as the site OF the Battle oil
the Marne. In the same fashion
the French forced the Germans to
accept the site OF the present battle
~ tho Aisne-on ground carefully
selected by the French strateEists
from Scissors TO AuberiVe.
Hlndenburg's strategic retreat
VAS for the purpose OF forcing the
French 10 accept battle on ground
which the German stan had chosen
before the Hlndenburg line That
strategy has now failed. The French
did not choose Hindenburg's line as
the main poin, OF their offensive.
Likewise all the wanton destrue-
tion In the pathway OF the German
-streat-an the razinE of trees.
farms and villages-done TO inter
fore with the Allies advance, has
now proved utterly useless as
military step and completely un.
justlhable.
The battle Of the Aisne ls now In
us sixth day. II will likely continue
for weeks before decisive mo-
ment Ia reached. according 10 the
general impression among strs'e-
gists Al the front Along the 4O-odd
miles OF nghting line. there are
three general sections. whore the
topography of the country makes
three natural divisions To the len
is the section from Scissors 10
CrRonne. the center lies bctWeen
Craonne and Rheims and the riznt
T. between Rheims and Auberive.
Information obtainsble here AZ the
front today was that these divisions
are likely 10 underso notifications,
with the possibility always OF n
great extension Of the front
Today the battle IL raging every
where along me three divisions WITH
Incredible fury The great struggle
sub-divides itself into numerous
smaller engagements. They may
Eeem meaningless little or big
ciashss-but every one Of them
tends 20 common objective hxed
long beforehand.
The ability Of the Frsnch 10 bon-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-21
Twenty Th ous1u'
MunitiOn Workers
Are Ont !,
CITIES ARE UNL
MARTIAL LAX|
Situation Seriou
Alarms Imperial
Government

aAMSrDRDAB. Apgfs zi.--TUsu
thousand munitions wwkery~1A -
lin and spandau are out out1bunu1
eral strike today In pro6ust -sgn1no
reduction OF the bread rxsnm~ g
cordinS 10 latest insornzftun@frsu
Germany.
Scores Of conflicting rumxs 9.
10 the strike-includfng q uumHu
Of reports OF great viohence tsscaune
pznying riots In vArious eizDaD-&
reachsd here today.
A grest force Of strfkerv - -
TO have revoited Al Madgeourx -
tried to burn public buildings.
According to this report. truuuD
were called out 70 restore. -ort1w go
In clsshes win. the r.oters.had knn4
and wounded several. the city 80
being In a state OF Siege.
Reports from Dusseldorf declared
meeting of strike delHgxtee ~
Perrin had rejected a propos1eDu
advanced by some OF their headero
demanding That the German Uuu&.
arnment immediately renouncs an0<|
inte ntion ot annexation IN me w~r,
abolish compulsory service and tn
st!tute al once a general equal frun.
chise system. M
Not even the promises Of an m
crease in the allowances Of ncn9
and potatoes has been sufficient -
Offset the curtaflment OF bread SIR
piles. according TO the German ~
ports. Workers apparently hn~s Z
seized upon this as not only lnxt
cal time in which To express their
desire for more FOOD and more
equitable distribution by the gov
ernmeut. but to press demands fvr
more pay and reduction in hours
That Germany's leaders reco9.
nize the seriousness Of the general
strike. and hint that Il may -
morp grave than reports here hsvu
indicated. was evidenced todxy f0
an appeal which Field Marshsi vca
Hlndenburg was said 70 hsve d.
Watched 70 Gen, Groener. chief q
the munitions branch, urging tha9
every strike. however small. msy
% the means OF an unjustfhsbio
weakening Of our offensive forces
and il an inexcusable crime egninse I
ne hghting forces, especially The
men in the trenches, who bleed q.
consequence.
Extraordinary efforts srr appar~
entity being made by the oermsa
government to restore order and -
suppress news of the internal situa~
ton. Two days aEo the Eovernmers
let Il be known thru oficial newo'
channels that the entire strike 80
settled
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-21

Joseph Roche. who wac with r
u. willsonson, self-styied police spy,
when williamson threatened a pc
destrian with q revolver. was given
bis freedom Friday The police had
been unable TO get evidence against
him that would connect him with
any OF the hold-upe which hayo
been committed recently in the VI
einfty OF the Michigan Central de-
pot. williamson In out on bail.
swaiting trial In the recorders
court on a charge of carrying con.
esalsd weapons
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-21
REVOLT STIRS
IN HUNGARY
Vatican Hears Country Is
On Brink Of
Revolution

ROME, April 2l--A revolution is
imminent in Hungary, according 10
vatican sdvices today.
IA a result OF various disturb
ances, the information here assert
cd. Budapest and rs other cities and
towns had been proclaimed In
state Of siege.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-21
North HIoh Dedicated

Detroft's new Northern high
school was formally dedicated Fri
day night Ira W. Jayne, superin-
tendent OF the recreation commits
sion; DIT. Charles z. Chadsey. SUI
perintendent Of schools. and George
Bechtel, principal Of the new school.
were the chief speakers. The school
is on woodvard-ave.. between Jose
phine and Oven-aves Several hun
dred persons visited The school dur
ing the evening.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-21

SEVERAL KILLED WHEN MOB TRlE
TO BURN MAGDEBURG BUADINeS.g
IS REPORT REACHING AMSTERDl

down the lid on others because of
infractions OF regulations.
In some cases II is known that
women Who conducted piacas Of dis
rspute hare Obtained new leases,
on she ssrscmens nowever. thai
they would not conduct disorderiy
places.
Mr. Couxens knows This and ex-
plains n "a follows;
They're running rooming houses
and we're watching 20 see that
they're running decent rooming
houses. These women are holding
on TO their places IN the vague hope
that there's some truth in the rumor
that CouSens is going To resign and
policy more liberal to them will
succeed the one now In operation. "
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-21
BRITISH LAND ANOTHER
HARD ROBL0W;FRENCHARMY
GAINS FAST ON A|SNE

bard without limit any point, at any
time. IL what permits the absolute
certainty OF an advance. Such n
concentration OF hre "a the French
pour In where they want Il. com
pistsly wipes ont every dsfenssss
device known 10 German genius or
constructed by German labor since
1914.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-21
Hindenburg Plan 8
Brought to Naught
by Allies
GREAT RETREAT
WASTED EFFORT

LONDON, April 2ts--Fisid
Marshal Hsla smashed snothsr
blow az csmbral today--snd ae.
vaneed more than a mile te~rd
that stronghold OF the Hinden-
burg line.
His capture Of oennelieu was
announced in an ofTlelsl state.
rent today.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-21
ARGENTINE
READY TO FIGHT
Ultimatum Sent to Germany
By President
Irigoyen
By CHARLES P. STEWART.

bb ChARLES p. STEWART.
tStof CorrespondeH. United PYessl
BUENos AIRES. April 2l.-Ar
gentine has made formal demand on
Germany for satisfaction for sinking
OF the Argentine steamer Monte Pro
tegido by a German U-boat.
Announcing this today, La Nacion.
Argentine's leading newspaper. de
olares II understands n Germanys
reply is unsatisfactory President Iri.
goyen will not only break relations
but declare war.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-21
BRAZIL To WORK
WITH AMERICA
viii Assist In Sending Food
Supplies TO
Allies

RIO DE JANDTRO. April al
Brasil formally announced today she
will cooperate with the United
states In sending munitions and
supplies TO the Allies.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-21

St Georges church, New York
city. is 10 be the scene of a naval
wedding this afternoon. when Miss
Elizabeth Davies CoNe. daughter OF
Magrane Coke. former minister 20
Guatemala and Honduras, becomes
the bride OF Chaplain Truman Post
Riddle, u. s. ~, who is attached TO
the battleship Pennsylvsnia, nag
ship Of the Atlantic nest.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-21

Two thousand Camp Fire Girls Of
Boston and vicinity are 70 celebrate
the NTH anniversary Of their organ
lLation today.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-21

zee whe safer Prom Rheumstseun
Nj ciena@ns waters will help you--
Adv
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-21
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Evening star., 1917-02-20
Two More District Judges.

: The passage yesterday by the House
of a bill to provide two additional Dis
. triet judges makes it possible for action
TO be had at this session upon this meas
s-tre, 50 greatly needed to enable the Su-
preme Court Of the District of Columbia
to discharge its duties adequately. The
business of the local courts has increased
fso heavily IN recent years that the pres
fcnt bench of seven justices is over
burdened. Calendars are consested, and
many interests suffer seriously in con-
sequence. Important caseo are tried
Sbefore this court, some of them involv-
eing long extended procedure. The court
has jurisdiction over federal as well as
local matters. and upon its rulings de-
pend issues of grave consequence. The
/ addition of two judges to the bench has
been sought for a number of years, and
now with the passage Of the bill by the
House the Senate has an opportunity to
complete the legislation in season for
appointments this spring and the in
:. stallation of the new justices before the
: summer adjournment.
Evening star., 1917-02-20
Local Public Works.

The sundry civil bill brought into the
House yesterday carries numerous items
of local importance. making provision
for the continuation of public works
now under way and providing for the
institution of others. Funds are al
lotted for the prosecution of the Lin
coin memorial construction and for the
Rock Creek Park commission in liberal
amounts For the Potomac parkway the
sum of 1891 900 is provided. An appro-
priation is carried for the Ericsson me-
mortal to be erected here. An increase
of S71 900 is granted for the care Of
public buildings and grounds and the
appropriation for the care of the Execu-
tive Mansion is doubled. In other re-
spects the bill deals generously with
local institutions and works. The bill
is written in terms of appreciation of
the fact that the District as the National
Capital is in state of development call
ing for liberal appropriations.
Evening star., 1917-02-20

half million, founded upon the urgent
advice of tie army engineers, would ac-
tually be an extravaganza, not an econ
omy.
1t is impossible to proceed with the
construction until the actual plan is def
nitely determined. If Congress is ir-
revocably set upon a cheap bridge as a
mere traffic carrier-and not the best
traffic carrier at that--it may at this
session compel its construction by re-
fusing absolutely to grant the addi-
tional sum. In the interest of public
safety it will then be necessary to pro-
ceed with the cheaper construction, for
to delay longer with the replacement of
the Aqueduct would be an unwarranted
hazarding of lives.
The surdry civil bill, by which this
item may be carried, is now before the
House. 1t may be amended there, or
in the Senate. In one place or the other,
however, it should be changed to bear
this appropriation of half million more
for the Key bridge. There should be no
failure.
Evening star., 1917-02-20
Gen. Funston.

: The term has not of recent years been
arplied to anybody in our public af-
fairs more accurately than to Gen. Fun
ston. He was an excellent and most sue
>cessful "alI-around man" He did many
things and did them all well. Before
finally finding himself, he had taken a
shy" at science. He had been some
thing of an explorer. He had tried his
,lland at journalism. At last, however,
the restlessness and abounding energy
that possessed him stirred the fighter in
linn, and Cuba beckoned. He had had
mo training as soldier, but the soldier
.developed Immediately, and the mill
tary life claimed him from that time.
tIIe wore Uncle Sans uniform with dis
tinction. and has died at fifty -one, the
youngest of our major genera-s.
The man knew no fear. He was full
OF resources. He loved adventure. In
Cuba, helping the Cubans against Spain,
he took many risks, and had many close
calls. In the Philippines, serving his
own country, he srasped requirements
.intuitively; and his capture of Aguinal-
;do-a master schemer and dodger-was
80 picturesque a performance the whole
world both laughed and applauded. Pro-
7notiop instantly followed; and at home
here. as in the Philippines, the doer of
that deed became the hero of the day.
Called TO higher and larger response
bilities. Gen. Funston exhibited the
higher and larger capacities required; /;
and assigned TO duties in this country
he discharged them most aceeptably to
his superiors. and won their trust and
confidence. His part in the Vera Cruz
campaign was the redeeming feature
ashore of that iasco, while his manage
aent of affairs on the Mexican border
since his return had brought him much
praise.
1t is this latest achievement which
emphasizes the untimeliness of Gen.
-Funston-s sudden death. He was a very
valuable man at his post. He had mas
tered much of the Mexican problem, and
his judgment about it had secured high
appreciation at the White House and
tin the War Department; and the Mex
lean problem is very far from being
4eoived.
Fortunately for the country, however.
eve have in Gen. Pershing an officer as
well informed as was Gen. Funston
about the Mexican turmoil. fresh from
"a long stay in northern Mexico with his
command, and soldier of proven valor
and capacity. He is on the scene, and
in any sudden call would know what to
do and how TO do it, and would need
only the PROF. support to give the
best account of himself
Evening star., 1917-02-20
The Bathing Beach Item.

The arrangement effected whereby the
item of $4,000 for the DEVELOPMENT of
4 public bathing beach in the Tidal
basin will be carried by the sundry
civil bill instead of the District bill will
be satisfactory if the same result is
achieved by one medium as by the other.
1t matters nothing by which bill the pro-
vision for this necessary public improve
worthy the name has long been required
here. Years ago there was 4 beach of
sorts i'll approximately the same place
as that now proposed, but it was made
quately maintained, and was supplantcd
by the pools that have served since as the
sole public bathing facility of the capi-
tal These pools are ridiculously small
and ill-equipped. They do not begin to
accommodate the public decently. Now
it is proposed to utilize the large basin
formed by the impounding of the tide,
in which there is space for great num-
Der. For the modest sum named in the
amendment an equipment can be pro-
vided that will put this water into use,
perhaps next season. To assure the
earliest possible use of the basin for
public bathing purposes the appropria
tion to be carried by the sundry civil
bill should be made Immediately avail
:, bln
Evening star., 1917-02-20
New York and Prohibition.

| A special from Albany to the New
| York Tribune says:
William Jennings Bryan intends to
organize in this state league of pro-
hibition democrats. according to an an
nouncement made here today by Will
| liam H. Anderson of the Anti-Saloon
League. The present anti Tammany
movement i'll the democratic party said
Mr. Anderson, probably sooner or later
will have some relation to Mr. Bryan's
movement
Will New York prove in this matter,
as in the matter of silver. 'the enemy S
| country! Mr.. Bryan is quite as ear
nest now in the role of moral reformer
as he was in 1896 in that of financial
reformer. He does nothing by halves.
He puts his fortunes to full hazard every
time.
He probably does not underrate his
New York task. Making New York state
"bone dry is a large order. In all the
cities, and particularly in the metrop-
oils, the drink traffic is influential, and
strongly intrenched. 1t is likewise an
experienced politician. 1t knows poll
tics, and plays the game up to the limit.
It's retail establishments were for years
gathering places for the "boys" during
campaigns. Barkeepers have developed
into statesmen, so-called.
Another thing probably that will make
progress difficult is the charge, already
suggested, that this league once formed
for prohibition purposes will in time
be converted into Bryan clubs for the
purpose, if possible, Of influencing the
action of the state at the next demo
cratic national convention. if prohibi-
tion becomes a national issue before, or
by, 1920, Mr.. Bryan will be its leading
democratic representative.
Tammany is, of course, anti-prohibi-
ton, and Mr.. Bryan will have to fight
Tammany. But there are anti-Tammany
democrats i'll New York who are not
Bryanites. In fact, they were fighting
Tammany when Tammany was support
ing Mr.. Bryan for President. So that
this latest invasion of New York by Mr.
Bryan will cause something of a
howdy-do.
Today New York has no candidate for
the democratic nomination for Presi-
dent in 1920. But she has hopes. She
will try to develop one. If straight
out democrat is nominated and elected
| -aayor of New York city this year, and
gives good account Of himself in of
fee, he Will probably be put forward
for governor, and ii elected to that of
fee will be put forward on the strength
of his two victories for national leader
three years from now.
This program is already engaging at
| tention, with Mr.. Gerard the leading fig
ure of the discussion. New York demo
| Gratis refuse to accept last years result
as counting their state out of future
party calculations about the presidency
Evening star., 1917-02-20
Espionage.

Even while the Senate has under con-
sideration bill to strengthen the hands
of the government in dealing with es-
pionage comes word of the arrest in New
York of two men charged with com
plicity in a plot to spy out military Sc
erets in England and smuggle them to
: Germany Ever since the war in Eu-
.yrope began the need Of more drastic
law against espionage has been felt here
and efforts have been made to secure
Sit. Not, however, until the present dip
!, lomatic break with Germany has it been
!: possible to secure activity toward this
/, end. Now apparently the measure viii
pass despite some opposition.
The case just uncovered in New York
c does not affect this country's own in
terests, but illustrates the spy danger
wildly. 1t would seem from a com
p:isison of dates that after the arrest of
.ea Igel of the German embassy staff
his scheme was hatchcd, whereby TN
stier the direction of an agent IN New
Evening star., 1917-02-20

York spies were sent to England, and
facts about the British military plan.
These facts were communicated to Ger
many by two means, either through Hol-
land by hand of tourists, who on Dutch
territory met agents from Berlin, or by
letters to America, the contents of which
were subsequently dispatched to Berlin
ings were IN all eases in invisible ink
on the blank pages of what appeared to
be ordinary correspondence.
1t has taken the American secret
service agents several months to run
down this plot and locate the chief
agents in America. The offense is pri
ers, but it is nevertheless against the
American statutes as we'll. for these
schemers used American territory to
carry on Il secret work for the German
government i'll violation of the laws of
neutrality. 1t is expected that the trial
of the case will bring to light widely
ramified system of espionage, possibly
directly affecting American interests.
The passage, amended or unameuded, of
the pending bill to strengthen the gov
ernment's hand in protecting itself
against spies becomes urgently neces-
sary in view of the facts already known
about this affair