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The Detroit times., 1917-08-22
REMODELING
PRICE Is TWICE
ORIGINAL COST

Detroit wants 70 remodel the old
municipal courts building for the
I.f O fhe board ~ health. The boiler
.G PFC .0r- hf' building department
anf fnr poor commission Since the
muni pal courts moved into the
iep 14ldinE recently fhe old oily
.puv house has been used by tho
poor commission alone. save for "a
frN N'eks when ho board %, health
-ed The a-elneni and first floor
iur temporary scarlet fever hos
sHal
NDa INC civ wants 10 remodel no
eri0r f0 take care OF tho growing
needs ~ ehe various city depart
vents and lo that end recently ad-
trrf od FOR bds on Tho work Of
rsm0delng fhe interior The build.
ug was erected % little moro than
20 teer ago Outnardly IT. d. still
boo dae condition. The walls. f0unda-
son and other important features
being 80 firm as ever, bur rho large
cogri rooms must DO partitioned ~
400 make smaller offices
d cost Tho citt just si6.1gi 70
rrc' his building and b. nas be-.
irNfd fhaf rev fhpu aud- ~ dol
ls-a ovpen3 q ON it non would turn
l INTO an IDEAL city Office building
HlGs .Wcto extensively advertised
tor AU had 90 bc submitted by
Tuesday on Tuesdsy Commis ion.
er Fsnken of The department Of
public WORK had received single
b.8. bar ~ the Frank " PAUL. com
fany Tbi company agreed 10 un.
4erias- tho work OF rcmodelng The
building tor Tho modest sum ~ ts5..
sss. OF con Idorablf more than
double Tho total cost OF rho original
building
Comm Toner Fenkcil has not yet
.rce pted fhe bid and ne is not Ger
an that he Will Mean While h,
will refer b. 'o competent engineers
and architects
The Detroit times., 1917-08-22
POLICE UP
ON THE CARPET
BY Condo.

Tuesday morning. for the first
time Ia - wears. hcurnauts OF tho
police department Mere forced 20
appear before tho commissioner for
trial on charges OF failure 90 prop
crly perform their duties
Lieut. Oliver Davis. az tho Hunt.
- station. was deprived OF 10 days
of his ruflough and unmorcIiuliy
panned' Dy Commissioner Cou2ens
for failure 20 report the recovery OF
Is stolen automobile
4 car was found IN from OF Nc.
I5l Pierce "A few dafs ago, al
: 90 D. m and atho he did not
leave duty until o'clock Lieut.
Davis failed fo make tho report Ito
said he lcft fhe matter in the hands
q NotoIcycl, pauolman Louis Hac.
ker. but Commissioner Couzens 70
fused to find Hacker guilty and pc
nalizcd Davis
Lieut. Cornelius OConnor, ~ M,
Be'hune ave- sfafiov was severely
reqrimanded for leaving his station
I'm charge OF his sergeant while he
changed clothes
Patroluian Robert Nunlev, ~ he
Grand Rlforavo sf7Tion went TO
me movies instead ~ patroiing
hie beat tfc Wa warned that tho
n.s1t occurrence would mean his dis.
missal from tho force
The Detroit times., 1917-08-22
BOYS IN BLUE
MARCH AGAIN
Army of 81, 10000 Strong,
ParadeS Streets of
Boston

BOSTON. Aug % Whfe-haired
tottering with ae Seigh' of years.
me Boys ~ h} 10000 strong.
marched hero Tuesday IN parade
Feehl" aud a Do 81, aas cads hut
strong attn .te spirit tha carried
them thru "a Bottles OF other day
RIO veteran os the q n NOV
between soNf lines of cheering
tooUsand- And while The fasf .aI-
ing ranks of The "th p bpc lu
o. archod fc' ,bt ita fim" here aud
p ere in fh- c1f suud man 81
KHAKI a silent figure .EnholiCal ~
the birth ~ % grcat reW national
army which Is 20 uphold tho strnd
ard OF liberty ser by the veterans
~ 81
The Detroit times., 1917-08-22
ONE APPEAL
IN TH|R TY
ALLOWED
District Draft Board
Sustains Local Bodies
In Nearly All Cases

~ to tuesday noon ih' hIst DIS
,rict exemption board had consid.
cred 30 exemption claims denied by
io.,l a,-.o 49,. ~ an n,, ,,e
"' ih'@e cases, the io'aI ooaTa- were
sustained ln Che one case IN which
rho cAim was allowed the board
SON, for ths ai,,sio, ,eeisis who
""Nil ~ '1'N udu 'tA'N iH u'hN 1uA
The Detroit times., 1917-08-22

TIE following -rms are privileged
% execute orders on the exchange:
w. r Moss a. Co. Carlyle & Povah.:
Geo. NJ West a Co.. r. r Maccrcns
q Co. III. w. Nobis a Co. p. l. Sey-
mour A. Co, W. n. Mc1apEAlin. Nor
rlil. Lynch 4 Co. W. A. Harnlin CO.
VIM A. Neer a Co. Sinclair 4 -oulS
Wendell. Mulkey a Co, VIM. IL Ross
q Co. r. X. Pciton e. Co. Joel stock
ard q Co. Bennett. Smith & Co. w.
r. Reilly & Co. Matthew Finn. A w
wallace a Co. Lewis q. Gorton. Bel
DEN wcodrur & Co. BesncF. Crsmer
q Muehl. Dodd, Martin & Co, JHara
Ferries a Co webb. La = 20.
The Detroit times., 1917-08-22

Tne foter{l grand jury went INTO
,os Jon again TUESDAY afternoon To
understood that .if viii consider
eo1cfai cases Involt lng slackers and
urn accu-e ed ~ conspifarF no con
lerfinu With seeking 20 defeat tho
ARMY drft law 1n addition there
AFRO several general criminal cases
tO boz Considered
The Detroit times., 1917-08-22

leading feature Of tho lows
state Fair opening today az 'es
Noines. viii De- food training
camn organized by The Food Train.
ineDCamp Department Of the Amer
lean Association OF Fairs afii FIX
noafffous
The Detroit times., 1917-08-22

Methodist preachers and laymen
are 20 begin conference I'm Chicago
today io discuss progress made dur.
INK he last year in the promotion
% the campaign 20 obtain $4,000.
600 for preachers pensions
The Detroit times., 1917-08-22

i.EM YORK. Aug 2i-- Butter
Firmvr. receipts. 1899. creamery
extra, sc, creamery. special market
43tt u csc. state dairy, tubs. 500
Slhr. Imitation creamery frsts. 3Si
fufA Eggs. steady. receipts. 70.ffT.
osRTby white fancy. sac shc Nneafht
n,lSsa fancy 19s''e fresh arsts
The Detroit times., 1917-08-22

rfrnciT. Aux. 1i -nItter Freah
cr.amerf extras IN good demand and
MN st 3aNc and drsts at AZ = y 5sc
re- ~
Egps; Fresh Michigan Hrsts n
good demand and firm at st&ssc per
Goa IN new cases
The Detroit times., 1917-08-22
HIN nIITTH

EiGfN. iil tua - Hgftr- Wr.
crip-sl ~ tubs. sold AT Goes fle h.d
Tor 80 more with poo faie. Last
veek-s price aaiae.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-27

cent. on the coupons of all German ;. nds and bonds of other nations held in Germany would furnish another H. 0O0, 100000 francs M de VerneuH says, to be applied to the indemnifica- tion of all the victims of the war.
 M> de Verneuil disagl ees with those who think that Germany's resources will be entirely exhausted when she asks for peace. She will be able, he thinks, very promptly after the cessa- ton of hostilities to take up Nagain, with even increased facilities for pro- duction, the extraordinary activity that Dr. Helfferich exposed with de- tailed figures. &
 France, with her great industrial region of the north paralyzed for a considerable period vii be in great CT state of inferiority than ever as compared to her aggressor, he antici- pates, and he cites it as one more rea- son for loading upon Germany a com pensating burden that will prevent her from enjoying an advantage so ruthlessly gained
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-27

objective and as we go pumping on t( 1 the other side we land with a terrific l bump. A can of petrol has slipped from it's pigeon hole, and come clat l tering down on to the arrnored deck with its stopper shaken out, and tht dangerous spirit running over on the ] floor. However, we enfiladed tha trench, followed up the retreating Huns for minute or two, cleared the
 nearest dugout, and went on our way to the next trench.
 By this time the fumes from the
 hundreds of rounds which we hal fired, with the heat from the engines and the waste petrol and oil, have
 made the air quite oppressive and un- comfortable to breathe. Now we are
 nearing the next enemy trench, an6 we hear the deep report of bursting
 bombs, above the pattering of the storm of bullets. striking our armor Soon we find ourselves on the edge of the Hun trench. This proves to be composed of shell holes of all
 sizes, just linked together, showing
 how severe our previous lombard ments had been. The Huns show fight here. and we have warm ten
 minutes before they give signs of re- treating. We leave them for a min- ute or two in order to ram a machine
 gun emplacement, which is still threatening our rapidly advancing in- fantry. We just crawl over the em- bankment, guns and all it is not nec- essary to fire single shot.
 "Now it is time for us to advance to the next and last position. We have the good fortune to strike a road which has escaped serious damage, and, making all speed along this we make up to the Huns who have es- capped from the last trench. But they have had enough of the all-devouring monster, and are ready to throw down their arms and make their way to our infantry. glad to be prisoners.
 'The last trench proves to be the worst for just as we are crossing a large hole our bus stops. Two or three Huns, seeing our difficulty, crawl out of a hole like rabbits, and are brave enough to creep on the back of the tank from behind. But we hear them on the armor and they were doomed not to get the iron cross, for we open small trap-door and shoot them with a revolver. Of course, we had seen them before they reached the tank but as our mech anism was giving us a little change of occupation just then. we did not trouble about them.
 And now the old bus is going strong again. Only just in time. for a large. lyddite bomb bursts against the armored jacket of my gun. The flare comes in through the port-hole, binding me for a minute or so, while
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-27
HOW IT FEELS
 TO FIGHT. FROM
 BRITISH TANKS
Canadian Soldiers Tell Ex- periences Inside Arm
 ed Travelling Forts

London, April 27.-The first ac- count of fighting as viewed from the inside of British tank" is contained in letter, just released by the cen sor. from Sergeant F. E. Divall, a Canadian who has been attached to one of the tank companies since the big cars were first sent to the French front. He says:
 The order to advance is given. Steadily the long powerful shapes move forward in the gray mists of dawn. AS the weird-looking forms travel over the front trench the troops therein rub their eyes in. won der at the strange cube-impressionist coat of many colors which the tanks are wearing. Inside the tanks are the keen-eyed fighting men, strange ly garbed, as becomes their strange craft, while around them is a compli- cated mass of machinery.
 Nov we are passing over the shell-ho1es, tree stumps, and many other trifles. which fill the ground of No Mans Land. The deck of the tank rolls and pitches like a torpe- do-boat in a storm. The crew hold on to anything within reach to steady
 
 she1l-hole.i But we come safely through without seasickness.
 Suddenly the gunnery officer gives the order: TO action His voice is only just heard above the noise of the whirling machinery. A few sighting shots, and we have found the range. We succeed in put ting out two machine-gun emplace- ments, the guns of which have been worrying our infantry for some time. And now the action begins in earnest Hun bullets are rebounding from our tough sides like hail from glass root, while inside the tanks the whole crew are at various guns, which break forth in a devastating fire, un- der which nothing can live.
 And now we are on the parapet Of the first Hun trench, just on the outskirts of the wood which is our
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-27
MERIDEN BERLIN
 ROAD IS CLOSED

Meriden, April .27.-A Getour has been provided between Berlin and Meriden, because of the construction of concrete road from the end of the concrete in Berlin street to the Warrenite at the Meriden town line.
 All travel is directed through New Britain to Berlin junction and from there to Kensington and from Ken sington to Meriden by way of the highway which terminates in Meriden on the Meriden-Southingt trunk line near the overhead fridge cross ing the Meriden-W Waterbury railroad.
 In event travel goes by the way of Berlin turnpike, 1t should turn to the right at Berlin center and proceed on the New Britain road through Berlin junction, and from thence over the same road described above.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-27
THREE BILLIONS A YEAR GERMAN
 DEBT TO ALLIES
Broker Calculates That the Amount of Indemnity
 Would be About Right

Paris, April 27.-The equivalent of $3,20o,o00,00O year is what Germany should be compelled to pay the Enten- te allies during as many years as may be necessary to 1iquidate the total war debt, asserts M. de Verneuil, hon. iorary president of the Paris Official Stockbrokers' Association. He call culates that she will be able to pay such an annuity.
 The expositi n by Dr. Carl Helffer- ich, the German Vice-Chancellor, of the economic situation of Germany in 1913 is taken by M. de Verneuil as the. basis of his calculations. The f1g- ures he cites are as follows:
 The wealth of the German empire in 1913-375, ,OOO, 900, 600 francs.
 Annual revenue therefrom-50,0 0, ,000,- O0O,OOO.
 Government and individual expen- ditures of all sorts = 37,6OO,0O 900 francs, including Germany's vast out lay for Armament.
 Total yearly economies = 12,5O0,- 900, francs of which 2.500,OCO,OOO is credited to the growing value of ex- isting fortunes, leaving 10000, 900, 900 francs net savings from actual earn ings.
 These figures of Germany's annual accumulation of wealth are confirmed, M. de Verneuil asserts, by all careful German calculators and he takes the net 10. ,OOO, 900 as the basis for fig uring Germany's paying capacity. He adds 1.3o0,000,o0o francs to be deriv- ed from a tax of five francs per ton on Germany's coal production of 260,- 900, ,00O tons, 650,OO0.000 to be raised by a per capita tax of ten francs per year, 75,0O0,00O francs from an an- nual contribution levied upon all cit ies of more than 100000 population, and 1,750, ,000 francs from increas- ed passenger and freight rates and re- ceipts from mcnopolies. Thus he arrives at an aggregate of 15,000,000,- 900 francs.
 A superposed tax of 20 to 30 per
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-27
Chinese Council Formed in China
 To Aid Premier

Peking, Apri! 27.-Since the break Germany, an International Affairs commission has been created to ad- wise the Premier and the President upon international questions of mo- ment. This committee at present consists of fifteen members, practic- ally all of whom are elderly men with wide experience in official affairs. Premier Yuan Chi-jui is chairman of the committee. Dr. Wu Mng-fang, the minister of foreign affairs; Lu Cheng-hsiang, former minister of foreign affairs, Hsiung Hsi-ling, for mer premier, and Tsao Jn-lin, for mer vice minister of foreign affairs, are among the prominent members of the commission.
 At the suggestion of the premier, subcommittee have been appointed and the various men in the commis- sion will deal specially with matters in which they have had wide experi- ence.
 As result of the severance of Ger man relations, many changes must be made in the personnel of the rail- way and custom staff. The commis- sion has decided that Germans em- ployed on the railways must surren- der their positions, because of the close connection of transportation with any possible war operations. Tn the customs service it will not be so easy to discharge the German en- ployes because of the treaties in which neutrals are just as much in- terested as belligerents. It is quite likely that Germans holding respon- sible positions will be asked to leave the customs service, while those hav- ing merely clerical places will be re- tained for the time being.
 The International Affairs comn1is- sion is devoting much time to the dis. cussion of the conditions expected to exist after the war and is moving with great caution.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-27
Reverted to Primeval Life

Wellington, New Zealand, April 27. Several German prisoners who have just been interned here were brought from the, island of Tahiti, where they were discovered living on the slopes of a mountain in a state approaching semi-savagery. They had for some years discarded all ci- vilized clothes, and only partly cov4 cred themselves with the fibre and leaves of trees, their food consisting of nuts and fruits. Their skins were almost black from exposure to the sun.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-27
ooDF1sH SKIN FOR LEATHER

Bremen. April 27.-A bookbinde CT here is using codfish skin as a substi- tute for leather in bookbindings. The new material is said tQ give excellent results, and 1t has EfEny advantages over shark-skin. which has frequent ly been used for deluxe bindings. The strength and durability of the new material have been tested and ap- proved by the Imperial Testing Of flee. It is easy to work, literally un- tearable, and has the beautiful mark ings of snake-skin.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-27
"A. R. Erskine Sees Era of Prosperity for
 The United States

Now that our country has been thoroughly embroiled in the titanic world war, there exists in the minds ! of some men 8 feeling of uncertainty I as to its effect upon business condi- tons here on this side of the Allan tic Contrary to a rather general i'm pression that prevails in this country Dig business" is apparently not at all worried over the international complications. The corporation, cer- tainly sounds an optimistic note con corning future prospects,:
 "A state of war always stimulates an active demand for the products of the mines. fields and factories" says MT. Erskine, land the United States has felt this demand from foreign countries for the past three years to an extensive degree. The entry of thea United States into the war simply increases the demand, and conse- quently large increases in prices have ensued recently for all agricultural products, live stock and food supplies generally. The demand for muni- tons and war supplies continues very heavy, not only from the Allies but. from our own government, and con sequently the industries of the coun- try are and will continue to be opera ted at full capacity upon these orders. Thus. it is evident that our people in all pursuits are receiving large in-
 comes, perhaps greater than ever be-
 fore in our history, and as long as this condition lasts, business will be
 good.
 Our plants at Detroit, South Bend
 and Walkerville are operated at ca
 pacity, and we are selling our output
 as fast as 1t can be shipped. We be-
 lieve that our business for 1917 will
 be larger than that of last year. and
 we urge all salesmen and dealers to take advantage of the existing oppor-a
 tunities and get their full share of
 the business.
 This is no time for any man to
 feel pessimistic. The great resources
 of the United States, it's energy and
 power are being employed in the war,
 and large expenditures must ensue.
 which in themselves mean prosperity
 for our people, in spite of the high
 prices and increased taxes that will
 prevail while the war continues"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-27

sires a sufficiently large organization of the second class of home guard re-
 serves to insure prompt and efficient
 work in repairing damage done by en' emies, or mischievously inclined per sons which might interrupt 'transpor' tatiOn, interfere with the water sup
 plies or the light and gas companies of the state.
 |, These men will not be kept on duty any longer than is absolutely neces- sary to make such temporary repairs as will permit the municipality or the company whose property is damaged to resume temporary operations and make their own permanent repairs Realizing the danger of cutting of the water supplies of any large mu- nicipality or interrupting the trans portation of munitions, etc., the mil- itary emergency board believes 1t wise that all citizens physically able to do SO, should earnestly cooperate in per- fecting the organization that will mi1- imize the danger from this source.
 An organization that could and would make immediate temporary re- pairs, is the most effective means to provide safety in this respect, and un- less the danges is extensive and the need of immediate repairs critical. the second class of the Home Guard reserves will not be called for duty away from the immediate vicinity of their homes and places of employ ment
 The military emergency board is perfectdng arrangements and expects the earnest cooperation of all munich palities, or privately owned companies whose property could be damaged to such an extent as to require the ser vices of the second class of Home Guard reserves, to the end that men called for this class of duty will be amply compensated by the municipal ity or company receiving sthe imme- diate benefit of their services. ]
 The feeling of peace and security which must follow upon the knowl- edge that Connecticut has an organiz- ed force to minimize if not frrstrate the efforts of all persons who might seek to cause this sort of damage, Is in itself a great compensation to the mon who form this class as well as to the 4tate at large.
 Thifsd- Glass Home Guard Reserves
 The third class of Home Guard re- serves shall be cofnposed of men who because of physical disability or SUI Rreme importance in their particular business enterprises. cannot perform any military duty.
 Men of this class should be organ. azed into companies, with officers and non n5commisxioned officers, and by their advice and example, promote the spirit of patriotism and devotion to this country and state among their associates, and by their coolness in times of emergency show their confi- dence in and reliance upon the orgar nations which have been perfected to do military and guard duty.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-27

small splinters strike my face. But my gun is still untouched, thanks to the armor plate, and, somehow, seems to work much better. And now l catch some Huns retreating along a trench almost in a line with a burst of fire. The Germans are now scat tered in small parties. It Is almost like playing at hide-and- d-seek as we now travel backward and forward along that trench. After few short runs we, find no more Huns to hunt"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-27
MEMS SHOES.

MEMS SHOES.
 Gun metal butcher and but ton models. $500 value. .$1.45
 Mems Condo calf shoes. new lasts. $8.50 values. .$5.05 Misses canvass (white) shoes and pumps, $2O0 value. .$1. .49
 A new complete line of tennis shoes and oxfords, just received.
The Springfield herald., 1917-01-26
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