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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-24

Gardens exist. and in ali probability
the deeds are genuine.
But there Is a very reasonable
doubt as TO the integrity VI the
methods employed b. the Detroit
promoters OF the Bob-Lo Gardens
IN disposing OF lots.
AND there Is further doubt that
he lots are worth So
To ascertain from persons living
on Bots Blanc island. where Bo5LC
/ Gardens are located some idea o.
the value OF the lots. the Ad-Mirror
communicated with Glars NJ Schrah
postmaster al Pointe Aux Pine. three
miles from the Bob-Lo Gardens prop
erty.
Miss Schrah writes that the lane
IL low and wet. and that she would
not give FIFTY CENTS A LOT" FOR
/ H.
Her letter follows
! Pointe Aux Pins.
FEB. 20. 1917.
Editor Al Mirror.
/ Detroit Times
\ Dear SIR
In coping 70 your letter ~ Fst
/ IS. would say that the so-raiied Ii1t-
| In Ca. deus IL only lana that has
rffr eat Ger.
| they are selling but brush ana
stuInpS There are no summer HON =
| or hsulevards In fact. thfre orc no
bouievards On the Island. The only
! good road on the island "a the one
running from Pointe Aux Pins O.
The west md az the ISLAND
4 And the beautiful summer homes
| they are moving must he the ones A.
Fcinte AK Pins.
n sou nave lots on the beach or
the road . speak OF. you could build
IN them ont u will take money ana
| a lot - hard work 90 clear them ~
and I ~ not know what the value
Po.rts AK pins IL beautiful Their
BE- one MOTEL here and about - cot
taFss
Bob-Io Ga rdens lay between Points
/ Aus ilnF and what 10 called Sand
! Bay. There ~ a Jaw mill and some
tar paper~d houses there. But me
/ Inlil BE- not running. and there ~ 2
only tn9 families living there TINS
W,nte-
/ In fact B would not giFr them 20
cent? iot for o.
NJ you are investigating and have
TINE. SOW ought 10 come 40 ana So
I Tor NHIfHrIf
| n there 10 anything more can
I d. Ter YOU let me know
Yours respectfully.
CLARA 81 SCHRAH
Postmaster
A. Far az the Ad Mirrof knows
the Bob.Lo Gardens community
agents have legal right 10 sell
he property.
A. 10 refunding money. Mr. Moran
has stated that TO anyone TO whom
his agents had misrepresented the
Bob-Lo Gardens proposition, be
would return his money.
In this respect Mr.. Moran has kept
hls word az indicated In the case ~
Mrs IL l.. who writes the
Ad Mirror as follows:
- you requested on Tuehdny !
went O. the DOb.Lo Gardens Com
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-24

nrunify office and explained % the
man there the way hH agent had
~ represented this thing % me, and
he said that since u had been u1isrc-
presented. ne would gladly give me
refund so I received my 3. 30 I
paid down 6n the lot
Thanking yoB very kindly for the
Interest vou have taken "a my be-
half I remain.
Nngrs very truly,
Mrs II. e
No BscCher-st.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-24

We might be lucky enough 20 win a
lot - Se niled In the small card
plsialy and sent u 10 the McGraw
building
We did 90. and received the same
Information a. others appear 70 have
received We we're awarded a lot
FOR $3.50
Ay husband and his friend vent
- a. the McGraw building and the
earn 6efcription Of the subdivision
u z. In the Office they
paid % % each. and for IL they re-
ceivef the deeds. and were told that
- they were sent 20 Frank Woo
register ~ deeds. 81 IEnace. Mao
mac county. with 20 cents they would
De recorded
since seeing ihos- two letters In
The Times We are wondering II tns
Rob-Lo Gardens Community have a
legal right % sell the subdivision
DO you think ~ possible that 80
could make them refund our money
az We-both partisz-are only of the
working class
Thanking You in advance Tor any
W formation y0u may De able 20 give
cor cerning this deal am.
MRS y IL
So.-- Huron-st
(Eindly withhold name and number }
10 AFAAAFl III AAlAr W
Il. Mr.. Moran who appears 10 be
In charge o. the ONCE OF the Bob-Io
enterprise In the McGraw building.
denied most emphatically that he
was conducting a game % chance.
The above letter. however. would
indicate that he either has been con.
Quoting q game % chance. or tina.
one OF his agents IL up 20 his Ole
tricks again, and h "misrepresent
ing the project.
Mr.. Moran promised in such In.
stances that agents would get the
rip" his term for fired"
There IL possibility that Mr. No.
ran Is entitled TO a little clipping
himself. II n Is true that he sent
MrE X. Il notice 20 The q.
feet that she had been awarded
a loi--for s. 80. because he advised
the Ad-Mirror man that the BOb-Lo
enterprise g. not awarding" any.
body anything -eNcept bargain. +"
He insists that II ~ strictly a SELL,
ING proposition with him.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-24

inform you mat
a friend and my
self were hand n
a sm all card
fsimilar 10 the
one given 20 an
other party and
described In the
80 Mirror as a
coupon In n RIO
a. on ptrtu r .
house, and We
were told that
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-24

Feb. 81. 1911.
Editor Ad-Nirrur
Detroit Times.
city.
Dear Sir.
A. one 81 your suhscTi bers who has
seen two letters o. The Times con-
cerning Boh-L1 Gardens Community
% 30. ~ McGraW building. ! wish 10
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-24

- greater man
the gate loss
from foods.
Cold as sweep
thru Onces. stores
and schools and
officials and EN-
ployes will be alb
sent for n day or
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-24

way met another spider. who
accosted him as follows:
Well. old chap. what's the
natter Lost a couple Of fat
1ies or IA your liver out OF
order7"
Neither. dear friend. The
fact r. sleep under the pulpit
cushion and the vicar will per
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-24

n any longer. Would you mind putting little
OF this on your tongue and telling me what X
tastes iike3"
by all means" said the other. and placed
the powder on his tongue.
Note any Effects
mo. professor"
Does II bite the tongue?'
No"
Us II unpleasant"
NO: It's rather bitter, though.
"Ah | thought So"
what In Il exactly professor"
II don't quite know. That's what I'm trying
70 fnd out Some one In this district has been
poisoning horses with IT,"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-24
REVERSE ENGLISH.

Gentlemen Of the jury, the testimony in the
case has convinced ne beyond reasonable
doubt that my client 10 guilty. The prosecuting
sttorney o. our county has established the case
81 the people strongly that u cannot be
broken. I want to compliment him and eorsrstU-
late him. ! ask you 10 return verdict Of guilty
charged ard 10 recommend 20 the court thst
my client be given the limit.
Twin boys born in Detroit last Christ
mas week have not yet been named Why
not Tom and Jerry?
The idea IL. Phyllis. that the man who raises
the potatoes doesn't fare nearly az well a. The
man who raises the price.
Which demands, we suppose. that a
distinction be made between the man
who raises the price and the man who
cannot raise the price.
Nobody was killed by bandits on any
Detroit street last night, so, presumably,
we are due for another statement by
Superintendent Marquardt that the city
is rid of its dangerous criminals.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-24
H,al,h eue,,ion, Anr~ered.

Miss A c. DO you think II In.
furious for me 10 go 10 work with
out breakfast II seems impossible
for me - allow enough time TO eat
properly"
Yes.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-24
eur Police Department
y Not Catching Criminals,
Commissioner COuzens!

u word 20 Police commissioner Cou-
Ems:
The Times wants to commend you fol-
what you have accomplished since you
were placed at the head OF the depart
ment.
You have enforced certain laws as they
were never enforced before in this city.
You have closed the saloons tightly on
those days when 1t is illegal for them
10 be open and during the hours II is
Illegal for them TO be open.
: You relaxed for an hour. the Saturday
night preceding New Years, which
mars your record. but it is still rec
ord which stands by itself.
You have driven the big gamblers out
Of the city
They are operating on the outskirts,
but that is not your fault.
Petty gamblers remain. but they are
operating carefully; by no means as
openly as they were.
We admit that it would be next to inn
possible for any police commissioner to
stamp out this type of gambler in any
short space Of time, and that persistent
~ keeping after them is the only course
that will tell
When We told you there were hand
books in Detroit, taking bets on the
races, you told us we lied.
Since them you have arrested and put
out of business many handbook oper-
ators, admitting that we told you the
truth.
The morale of the Detroit police
force under your administration shows
pronounced improvement.
The traffic squad shows marked de-
gree Of increased efficiency.
Things are so much better than they
were that there is no comparison be-
tween your administration and that of
your immediate predecessor. which could
not have been worse.
Parasites who played on the under
world with mysterious pulls admitting
there were occasions when the pull did
not exist, but holding that these in
stances were due to the fact that there
we're 50 many more instances where pulls
DID exist)--these have been put out of
business so completely that We are per-
mitted to say "Good radiance"
All these things you have accom-
plished.
All of these Improvements you have
brought about
But your police department is NOT
catching criminals.
A few days ago, a shoe merchant on
Michigan-ave.. engaged in his little store
In the honest pursuit of a humble liv-
ing, was brutally slain by men whom he
greeted as customers.
Brutal blows were rained on his
head with hammer and he was left
dead on the floor of his shop.
One Of the perpetrators of this crime
6cd into the street wearing one black
shoe and one russell shoe.
But no member of your police force
was able to follow the man, marked as
he was to attract the notice of any he
met in his fight.
These slayers are at large.
The staying of this shoe merchant
goes unavenged.
Only night or two ago, a patrolman
walking his beat was shot dead in his
tracks.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-24
The Keep Well
& oIumn
COLDS.

Health experts estimate tina, the
economic loss due 10 colds each year
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-24
Laugh With Us

"Ah. good morning. jenkins. said the aged
professor as an old friend walked into his lab
orator.. Il was just hoping you'd drop In.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-24

"Oh. certainly. professor.
What can I do"
This IL what's bothering
me-" said the old man. produc-
ing a sheet OF brown paper GOV.
cred with a quantity OF white
powder. MY taste has become
so vitiated through continually
s,atfrV thfpOu that can't trust
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-24


NO don't want toe SIT down and tell me q
fairy tale. mummy"
NO dear, I can't now I've got several things
20 do But II you wait till daddy comes horna
expect he'll tell us both one"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-24

A. stated In this department be-
fore. there IL no doubt that Bob. 10
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-24
HAMILTON tFsg HePARrgE

Passenger (need we say irs;e7) who has been
carried By. who mas spoken about u 10 the mo
tornnsn a about 20 exit through the front door
ard who has been replied 20 oy the notorran
(eariier remarks indstinetl--"is that sol Well
let me tell you this much: you do ard your start
something you won't be able 10 stop"
Would you say that the ST Louis mar
who attended church service for the first
time in his life, the other Sunday, was a
novice at it,
Little Jack Horner
Stood on the corner.
Ills buzz wagon couldn't BE- found
some cops came and toned if.
And three cause he owed a.
Re had 10 cough up AZ the pound.
We used 90 buy autos
AZ much auto.
But now u is changed right around:
You buy I'm and leave EN-
And when you retrieve em,
You purchase them back by the pound
Let's see; what is the name of that
citizen Of the Fourth ward who is not
running for alderman?
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-24

Bills for divorce filed Friday indicate
that Margaret has tired of her John NJ.
Doll.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-24

10 emphasize his points. and am suffering from
three broken legs"
"Oh I am sorry for you. but II you don't mind
sharing my bunk you are quite welcome.
And where may that be-"
In the poor box. Nobody ever distmbs me
there"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-24

Just as mother was retiring
with the light a small voice
said:
Mummy
Yes. dear"
Don't 20 away yet. I'm not
very sleepy"
"Oh, but you must go 10
sleep. Its quite past the time
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-24
TIMES PRINTS 1T, TIE TIMES BELIEVES 1T.

IF The TIMES PRINTS IT. The TINES BELIEN Is IT.
TINS
o. assertion and
y welcomes letters relating
dollar falls
recognition
who
u applicable
advertising protecting the advertising
signed giving
The lines, Detroit.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-24

spider one day was crawling down the aisle
OF an old church. looking very disconsolate and
Nth docfdah linn nd On hfs
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-24
From Another Point OF TeD
81 c. 7. S

Try as we may. we cannot help but
agree with David Lloyd-George in the
matter of that German submarine block
ade. Something certainly should be done
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-24

Little Gertrude had been sent early to bed.
but like most little Gertrudes. she was unwilling
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-24

~ you requested on Tuehdny
went o. the DOb.Lo Gardens Cor
The evening world., 1917-07-06
DIVOT TO BE ABOLISHED
"For the Benefit of the Unsoed We Will Squeal That
Divot Is Chunk of Orphan Earth"
By Arthur ("Bugs") Baer.
CThs New York EVENING wortd)


TT will be golfers that the
bodies abolish the divot already
the styme and be before golf will be
pec Of orchesraon almost unpopular pink card
blue flush No professional hired kick
achrymose balyhoo when toted Its masoleum.
tackled handles
dvo golf going to be stylish spelling
afternoon.
habit the
air might call a aerial bunker
In order accomplish dvot Just club at either
supply although golf
Is pretty smooth.
dictionary that Noah
the Scotch claim. MANY divo makes doovtt"
TO THAT BEAUTIFUL POEM,
"Lp drops Of
Make the mighty
And the pleasant land"
The evening world., 1917-07-06

THB National League to-day will
try to stamp out the backflre
in the famous McGraw repudla-
ton case. A special meeting OF the
League magnates will endeavor to
discover the plot In the celebrated
who's telling the truth" comedy.
The League rulers would have been
well pleased to drop the controversy,
but the baseball writer's concerned
in the matter didn't exactly relish
the idea of being scapegoats and
asked for q hearing. The meeting to-
day was the result of their request.
Manager McGraw is the storm CEN
ter OF the whole business. After q
suspension following a fight with
Umpire Bryon. McGraw It Is alleged
made some spicy remarks about
President Tener and the National
League in general. Several New
York newspapers printed stories pur-
porting to quote the Giants manager
on the subject.
When 1t came for a showdown Nc
Graw repudiated these printed state
ments and the National League. fol-
lowing its custom of taking tho cas-
lest way out, accepted McGraw's ver-
sion and closed up shop. But the
baseball writers whose veracity had
been questioned we're not quite SO
willing to end the case and they asked
for a chance TO present their side OF
the matter.
Now the case must be sifted all
over again. TO find the guilty party
who undoubtedly will be gently chas-
tised and told to go forth and sin no
more.
A circuit crack by Home Run
Baker stopped the slipping Yankees
and broke their losing streak OF eight
games. Bill Donovan. whose smile
has completely disappeared these
days, had q nervous time until Baker
connected with his mastodOnic wal
lop in the thirteenth inning that won
the decision. Before this it was any
one's game. Both Donovan and
Grifith used up almost every reserve
man on the bench. Leonard, a pinch
hitter. peeled off a pretty triple in
the tenth that looked like curtains
for tho Yankees, but Donovan's tribe
came right back and squared the
count
II was this Same Leonard whose
single in the eighth won the first
game for the Senators.
The Yankees, trying desperately 20
The evening world., 1917-07-06

Robert A. Gardner, national anna.
teur golf champion in 1915. has apAi'
piled for place in the officers' re-
serve training camp which IL 20
open at Leon Springs, Tex, Aug. ~.
Gardner in his college days waas
prominent as u pole vaulting cham,
pion at Yale. lie will go to the
camp with his cousin, Paul Gardiner,
former Western intercollegiate tennae
champion. 1t Is believed their appli-.
cations will be favorably acted upon.
A foursome for the benefit OF the RSat
Cross Fund will be played over tfal
links of the Crawford Golf Club. New
Jersey, TO, morrow afternoon. Jirss
OF Baltusrol will face L. NJ Wild. tilH
club champion. and Joe Ansen. the ciiihI
professional. ~
A competition that might be caIiStl
international" has been arranged forl
the links OF the Baltusrol Golf Club al
Wednesday. July %. on that day foiif
be composed OF British. Scotch aTiI4
home bred professionals, while the
fourth consists OF players picked by Jd-q
rome Travers, will gather for a test a.
Baltusrol viii not be the only coursS1
upon which the rivals will meet, fdft
conditions call for much the same pros
gTamme the following day al Siwarloy'
and the day after that at Garden CITY
II will be practically week OF golf
with a start at Englewood on Monday,
July %, where the pros" will take Part
in medal play competition.
The Executive Committee Of thS
United states Golf Association has rel
fused to reinstate Francis Ouimet as
an amateur.
Some weeks ago the former national
champion applied for reinstatement and
subsequently he appeared befono the
committee in this city ~
During the hearing. In which fhh
best OF feeling prevailed. Oulmet showed
TO the committee that his business as
now conducted had to do with golf only
In part. To be exact. he said that that
end OF tho business amounted to not
more than 20 per cent.
The officials OF the parent organiEa-
tion. however, felt that so long as Out
NETS affairs were conducted as they
are at present Il would be Impossible
to make any change IN Its original de-
cision.
Oulmet Is entered for tho amateur /
championship Of the Western Golf Az
sociation. scheduled 20 start on Nom
dav at Midlothian. .,,
This revlves speculation as 70 what
action the u. :. O. A. may take. with
regard to the Western body in allow
ing a golfer not In good amateur stand
Ing to compete.
The evening world., 1917-07-06
Local Baseball Writers
Will Be Heard To-Day
In Reputation Case

break their losing spell, were partic-
ularly keen for the bunting game
yesterday. The Washington lnfield
most of the time played in close to
check the unexpected bunting at
tack. These tactics worked once for
a score. but it's nothing like the old
fashioned swats that bring the fans
to their feet,
The Yankees wanted TO blow the
whistle at o'clock to catch n train
for an exhibition game up State, but
Clark Griffith stated his Intention Of
sticking till 3 o'clock II necessary to
finish the game. The Yanks got even
with the Old Fox.
The Giants. after losing a tough
battle 10 the Dodgers, are back at
the Polo Grounds this afternoon for
setto with st. Louis. The invasion
OF the Western clubs should come
very near deciding the pennant-and
the Giants still remain topheavy
favorites.
Ty Cobb has made a., ,least one hit
in his last thirty-flve games. Tyrus
| touched of a single in the third in
ming against the White Sox yester-
day. which accounted for bis remark
able record.
Urban Shocker, the Yankee spitball
! pitcher, hurt his arm In the eleven
| inning game against the Red Sox In
| Boston recently and was forced TO quit
in the tenth inning. II was learned 10,
| day that an N-ray OF the injury revealed
tho fact that the pitcher was suffering
| from a broken bone near the elbow and
would be unable to pitch again for at
| least a month.
The Yankees are now almost as
badly crippled as last year. High is
suffering from bolls and will not go
West. WRlterss right hand Is badly
! spiked and Gilhooley Is at his home
| in Toledo recovering from a broken
| collarbone. Joe Gedeon. the second
| baseman, is still weak from the opera
] tion performed on him this spring and
will not be ready for duty for another
week or two. Slim Ray Caldwell IS stlll
under suspension for violation OF the
clubs rules.
Manager Bill Donovan OF the Yankees
| yesterday was notified by telegraph that
| he has been indefinitely suspended by
! President Johnson OF tho American
| League for his run-in with Umpire
Dineen in the afternoon Fourth of July
game on the Polo Grounds Donovan
| got into his argument with Dineen after
| Bin made "A decision calling Menosky
safe on steal OF home.
The evening world., 1917-07-06
CIapp Defeats Henderson.

Edwin j. Clapp rushed through a
semi-fnal match to a conclusive vic
tory on the courts OF the University
Heights Lawn Tennis Club. The
former Yale hurdler approached
the net with a stride and pace as II he
expected to leap into the next court.
He met the ball Just as II passed into
his court, smashing and volleying It
back with such severity OF stroke as TO
defeat Embrey II, Henderson at 6--l,
G-O
The evening world., 1917-07-06

CINCINNATI. July 0.--The Kentucky
Racing Commission at a meeting at the
Latonia race track to-day allotted fall
racing dates In Kentucky and adopted a
resolution In which II gave broad hint
70 promoters OF a new race track at
Rosedale, KY, that the construction OF
additional racing plants In kentucky
cats OF the breeding industry and the
DpoTt OF racing.
The evening world., 1917-07-06
Athletic Notes

Notwithstanding opposition. the
Senior Championship Committee of
the Metropolitan Association Of the
A. A. U. will vote at its meeting on
Monday night to hold the annual
track and field games on Aug. 25.
The place at which the meet will be
held will be decided at that time. too.
but as yet the committee has given
no inkling as TO the track to be Sc
lected.
Four events are on the card OF the
New York A. c. for Its weekly handicap
meet at Travers Island tomorrow
afternoon. The contests listed are 22O-
yard dash. l,0OO-yard run. two-mlle walk
and discus throw. George Bonhag is in
Maine and therefore will not be on hand
| TO furnish excitement In the walk, but
Eddie Frick. the old warhorse, who is
slowly coming back. viii try to repeat
| his victory OF n week ago by winning
the l.000-yRrd race. Frick has been
training with great regularity at the
City Collese Stadium.
Ralph Brown. the young negro lad
who won both sprints at the lntersec-
tional Athletic League games In the
city College Stadium on Sunday. APP
parently has II In him to be second
Roy Morse. Brown had ten yards in the
| 22O-yard dash and he broke the tape in
2l seconds, on decidedly poor track.
| Victor Voteretsas, the Morningside A
| G. distance runner, has taken part IN
more races In the last four months and
| made a better record than any other
athlete In the district. IL is rare week
| that he doesn't run two races aggre
| eating nYe miles or more. This week
! hts record includes "A victory In the two
mile run at the Safe and Sane games
! on the Fourth and second place in tn,
| three handicap race at the Inter,
| league games on sunday.
The evening world., 1917-07-06

Reporters Whose veracity Was
Questioned Through McGraw's
Denial That He Made Alleged
Printed Statements About
President Tener will Be Heard
by National League Directors.