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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-20

Goodros. AZ, Boiling.
VII liam chayilla. 80. Mae McAul-
iffe. SO.
William ". Campbell. So: Adie
Rowley. -.
George W. Meyers. s.. Detroit
Minnie A Bowman. IS Windsor.
Wis.
Mathew schaefer. IS: Nora JoynI
81
Louis Pix. -. Detroit, Margaret
Gagnier. 20. Greenfield township.
James A. Ksnnel. as Kalamazoo;
Margaret A. Graper 80. same
william y. Fountain, "a. Rosabelle
NJ. Poland az.
Joseph Roy. 10; Marian wrobiew-
ski. 2.
Lewis n BeSoncon. 81 Redford.
Elizabeth l. WillmRrth. IA. same.
Samuel Pulmutter, 81; Rose
Schwartx. 10.
Arthur W Smith. IS: Elizabeth A.
Davis as
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-20
A Boost To One Is Knock To Another.

Well. You are starting in all
right. Paula. sneered Ernest Law.
ION Tie next afternoon as I passed
him on my way 20 the stage
III was our frat matinee in Phil
adelphla. MRrgie. and noticed he
had one OF the morning papers in
his hand.
What do you suppose he meant?'
ESP I'd Ruth az she stepped into
ircssing room between the
sine looked at me In surprise
Haven't you seen the morning pa.
persg she asked.
NO answered. Did that
pretty little Miss Huntington have
something nice about me in her
paper
Your pretty little Miss Hunting
ton ~ on an afternoon paper. IL
she going to have something nice
about YOU inquired Ruth with al
most grin
think so.
Wen. II she does. you can
tremble in your boots for Earnest
Il frothing at the mouth now at
the notice you have in one OF the
morning papers
Let me see g. said, for I saw
she had a paper in her hand
a. raad 40 r,va.r, k.roA -.
had overheard at the next table
10 mine the night I went on 70 play
my part. not knowing whether
was going TO turn out an actress or
Just a woman. The piece was head
ed. Still an Enigma and II went
on TO state that the writer had gone
again 10 see The Woman He Chose
purposely 10 make up his mind
whether | really had talent as an
actress or was Just enscting a WON
an with more OF less OF the enthu.
siasm OF youth for romances.
when Miss Newton nrst came
on the stage the other evening he
continued. I was sure I was right
In my nrst analysis. Earnest Law
ton had added another TO his long
string OF conquests and the girl was
suffering from her first quarrel
Her whole attitude was one or
hopeless endeavor utterly at vari-
ance with her part.
"once ! thought saw IAwton
say something In an aside 20 her.
and she seemed TO try 10 get into
thc tight tempo. That girl IL either
soul or bodily III. said 10 myself
and then came the big scene. To
my surprise and almost to the con
sternation OF Lawton, could see.
she acted-yes. this time II was
splendid cting-lnterpretlng the
part better than she had on the frst
nlSht.
"TAwton could not pick up his
stride and his characterization fell
nat. Lawton has always been very
lucky In his women's support since
he has been star. They have al
ways seemed 20 me 10 play up 20
him without thought OF themselves
"'He has been with his leading
ladies and his lngenues one OF those
men who are always getting and
forgetting. for these many women
who have supported him have strut
Ted their little hour on the stage
and then dropped oat ~ The public
eve They were The kind OF won
IN who will always give and for
give.
However. the young woman
whose name II on the bill "a Paula
Newton IL not that kind. would
hate 10 do her a wrong. for I am.
sure Il would mean an eye for an
eye and q tooth for a tooth.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-20
FAMILY is WIPED
OUT IN FIRE

TABER, Alberta. Feb. 20.--s,x
|members OF tho family OF Fred Dose.
/ wealthy German farmer. were
turned 10 death today when a stove
their home overturned Gas from
he stove oyercame the family and
Prevented them escaping from the
burning building
The dad are Mrs. and MrS. Fred
3ose their daughters. Sgcd and . /.
Minnie Tankrotz, aged 10. and her
BON, aged 2
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-20

In order 20 be on hand for the
recent opening OF the Colorado lex.
islaturc, Rep Frank w. Murphy
snowshoed 40 miles across the con.
tinental divide 20 the nearest rail
road IN operation.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-20

Sir J. Forbes Robertson IS said
to have pronted TO the extent Of
more than $500. 900 thru his appear.
nnces in Jerome X. Jerome's hIrh.
ly.suocessful play. THE Passing OF
the Third Floor Back"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-20

Enslands youngest playwright IL
Vincent X Douglass. a l7.yesrold
Fouth who already has had two Of
bis plays produced IN London.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-20

FrintinE-the plain neat kipd-tbat
- riEht--Tlmes Job Depts-Msin 4S2o
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-20

WASHINGTON. Feb. 2o.-ln
an EFFORT TO obtain legislation
empowering President Wilson TO
vse the armed forces OF che
United States 20 enforce the
obligations imposed by the
laws Of nations or the statutes
Of the United states" Secretary
Lansing and Assistant Attorney.
General Warren appeared before
the senate judiciary committee
today.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-20
u. S. PUTS
BREAKUP TO
AUSTRlANS
Amsterdam Says Pen
field Asks Showdown
On U-BOats
BERLIN AGAIN
GIVES WARNING
Fate Of u. S. Ships In
Barred Zone Closely
Watched

AMSTERDAM. Feb. 20
American Ambassador penfeld,
az Vienna. has asked the Aus
tro-Hunosrian foreign Office
what attitude that government
10 taking on the submarine war.
fare, dispatches from the cap
Ital declared today.
His inquiry was specifically
whether or not Austria had
withdrawn Its assurances In the
Aneons and Persia submsrin-
inss.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-20
AMBITIOUS YOUNG
WOMEN

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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-20
WANTED TO Observation-Disclosures.

CASH for old false teeth. gold crowns
broken teweiry. diamonds. watches
etc. full value paid. Liberty Rfg.
Co. ~ Woodw'd. 9th moor. slevatoK.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-20

BERLIN. via ssyvilie Wire
lees. Feb. 2o.-"it must be re-
pssted again, that whoever
dares penetrate the barred zone
perishes." declared the OFFICIAL
government press bureau today
In . statement discussing the
British claims that the subms-
rlne war has failed.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-20

WARRINGTON. Feb. 20
This government will shortly
ask Turkey TO obtain safe con-
ducts from Austria and Ger.
many for the passage OF the
United states naval collier cae-
ear and the ounbost Des Moines
60 Beirut, where about 1000
Americans are awaiting trans
portstion home.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-21
Reduce Portions and Prices, Too!

The Society of Restaurateurs Of New
York, whose membership includes the pro-
rrietors of most of the well known restau-
rants, hotels and clubs, is to be commended
for its offer of cooperation with Mr.
Hoover in a food-savng campaign. There
is abundant opportunity for it. There may
be some waste in many household kitchens
as a result Of ignorance or carelessness,
but it seems impossible that it can equal
the waste in hotels and restaurants. Leav-
ing out Of consideration the vast number
Of fancy dishes, which are costly to make
bat worth no more in food value than
much palmer dishes, there is always the
question of the size of portions. Custom
crs have no particular quarrel with mer-
chant for generosity, yet for restaurant
now 70 serve more meat in a portion than
an individual with reasonably large ap-
petite can eat is waste-shameful waste
Then there is the matter of the big plate
full Of bread at which the guest picks, and
its associate matter of the unwanted piece
Of butter which the bus boy puts on the
plate.
Some restaurants have already simpli-
fed their bills of fare and have begun to
scale down the size Of their portions. The
dining car service Of the Lackawanna Rail
road has taken the lead in a highly sensi-
bic handling Of this problem. 1t serves
war portions" and regular sized portions
The really important fact in this is that
its charges are about one-thrd less for the
smaller portions than for the regular sized
ones. This phase Of the change is one
which has not been noticeable on Broad
way, where prices mount steadily whether
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-21
Woman Suffrage in England

The opponents Of woman suffrage are
losing their grip in England. Sir +.
Banbury's amendment calling for the omis-
sion of the clauses relating to women in
the new reform bill was defeated over
whelmingly on Tuesday night. Indeed, 1t
is clear that such support as he got came
mainly from those who oppose the bill alto
gether. for the vote in his favor hardly
exceeded the adverse vote on the second
reading division.
There is no doubt that the war has
worked this great change in popular senti-
ment Mrs. Humphry Ward and few
others continue to plead against the des-
perate experiment, but they have no hope
of securing an audience to-day. Mrs. Ward
warned the House of Commons only the
other day that nothing could be less demo-
cratic less constitutional, less English
than their action in this matter; she
scolded the politicians; she told them 1t
was an Outrage" to betray the millions OF
men who are fighting for their country by
handing over the political sovereignty Of
the United Kingdom from one sex to the
other for that is what the enfranchise-
ment of women amounts to in her eyes.
But she scolded to no purpose.
These arguments count for little in Eng
land to-day. however telling they may
have been in the days of suffragette ac-
tivity, and Mrs. Wards rhapsodies on 1.-The
physical force, the bone and blood of men,
fall on deaf ears The battle is not won
vet; but it is only necessary to wade
through Mrs. Wards tedious discourse,
with its condescending references TO wCm-
ems work, to realize that she is of another
generation. The new generation may he
'less English" but it is more critical, and
the debate on the Banbury amendment
shows clearly enough that it no longer
cares for the threadbare arguments with
which Mrs. Ward amused England three
wears ago.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-21
Was Bishop Potter for Suffrage

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In letter written by Mrs. Ida Hustled
Harper in "The Churchman" of June she
said that in 1894. when an effort was made to
have a woman suffrage clause put in the
constitution of New York, "Bishop Pot
ter signed a petition in favor of it," She also
said "He frequently expressed himself as
friendly to the cause"
remember the suffrage agitation of which
she speaks. While ii was in progress. or
about that time, | asked Bishop Potter what
his views were on the subject. He told me
most distinctly that he was opposed to wom-
an suffrage He added that he always re-
fused to sign any petition or paper favoring
woman suffrage. Furthermore, he said tina,
he would be more in favor OF lessening the
number of voters than of increasing or dupli-
eating the number.
am willing to make sworn statement to
the truth of what | have here written.
W. G. APPLETON.
Dobbs Ferry, y. y, June 16, 1871
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-21
Mother Goose No Anti-Semite

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: A lady of the Jewish race objects TO
a Mother Goose rhyme which says:
Jack sold his gold egg to a rogue OF a Jew,
Who cheated him out Of the half Of his due"
There arc rogues of all races and Mother
Goose is impartial. She says:
"Tafy was a Welshman.
Taffy was thief,
Tafy came TO my house
And stole piece of beef"
Mrs. Rosenthal feels no sympathy for the
Welsh-nor for other races whose moral OBJ
liquity has always been jest.
If the Jews have nothing more serious to
complain Of than some senseless rhymes by
Mother Goose, they are indeed fortunate
people. ROBERT w. LEONARD.
New York, June IA, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-21
Prohibition and Illicit Stills

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: "A Reader" repeats the old prohibit
ton claim that Illicit distilling prevails in
wet" states to a degree that does not war
rant too great emphasis on the moonshners
Ct the Southern dry" states.
What are the facts? The reports of the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue show with
the spread of prohibition there has been a
large increase in the number of Illicit stills
seized, or from l.146 in 1909 TO 1876 in 1916.
OF this number SOB were seized in Alabama,
667 in Georgia, $50 in North Carolina. $50
IN Tennessee dry states while 23s were
seized in South Carolina. dry during half
Of the fiscal year 1916. This is more than
-fourths of all seizures in the entire
country.
The direct relation of prohibition to moon
shining is so apparent that it has frequently
been commented upon by commissioners of
internal revenue. A. y. +. |.
New York, June Is, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-21
Must a Radical Be an Ass?

The Society to Lower Rents and the
League for Municipal Ownership are moth
ing if not radical. They are so radical, it
is evident from reports of proceedings at
their recent dinner, that they simply can
not support Mayor Mitchell for reelection.
Speakers so diverse in their views as
Frank Moss, Bird S. Coler. immigration
Commissioner Howe, Amos Pinchot and
William Lustgarten united in condemning
the acts of the Mayor and his colleagues.
The Mitchell administration has not been
radical enough in any or all of dozen diff
ferent lines. In fact, it has been so bad
that Mr. Lustgarten declares: I'D rather
vote for Senator Bob Wagner on an out
and-out Tammany ticket than for John
Purroy Mitchell running with the Ten Com
mandments as his platform"
There seems to be a close spiritual kin
ship between this little group Of serious
thinkers and the Scheidemann Socialists in
Germany. Scheidemann and his followers,
talking "internationalism" and democracy
and the brotherhood of man, are doing the
work of the Kaiser, the mightiest despot Of
the world to-day. Messrs. Howe, Pinchot,
Moss and the rest of this little group are
talking highfalutin sentiment and at the
same time bending their efforts to serve
Tammany, the worst political despotism
this city has ever known. Mr.. Moss, in
deed, ought already to be wearing Tam
many's equivalent of the Iron Cross for
his service in electing Mr.. Swami, Tam
many's candidate, District Attorney.
The situation inevitably raises the
query: Must radical be an ass?"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-21
Pity the Poor Autoist!
Every Mans Hand Is Against Him.
Including the Courts

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: As an automobiles have feeling oil
resentment against the attitude OF the news
papers. both in the editorial and news col
unns. toward the automobiles. From expe-
rience and observation am convinced that
drivers, as a rule. are neither careless nor
criminals.
Take ride any day and watch the number
of pedestrians who. in the middle OF the
block as we'll as at crosswalks, step out IN
front of cars without stopping, looking or
listening. The majority are saved from IN
Jury by the skill of the drivers; the rest re-
cover damages. no matter how great the con-
tributory negligence, because the press, the
moulder OF public opinion in this country, has
taught the general public from which the
juries are drawn that the automobilist IS al
ways TO blame. Watch the number OF chill
dren of all ages. not only playing all over
the street and darting out suddenly from the
sidewalk but deliberately standing IN the
path of The oncoming car, to jump away az
the last moment, and perhaps to jump tne
way the motorist swerves his car TO save
the youngster Watch the bicyclist riding all
over the street, without IeBdiu " t"p i"'NS
of the road and without giving any indica-
ton of where he intends to go. Watch the
truck drivers hurry up their horses to get
in front of a car, and then laugh as the
driver jams on his brakes, racking the car
and running tires. to avoid an accident the
truck driver has invited
Spend morning in the Magistrates Traf-
fic Court You will never see an acqulttal.
A plea Of "Not guilty" means conviction and
an increased fine. The word OF the officer
always prevails No suspended sentences
here. The same fine. no matter what the
prisoners financial ability or traffic condi-
tons. Any fool can see what it leads to, and
it certainly is not the curbing of the really
reckless drivers, who know the ropes.
All automobile legislation is against the
automoblist, never to help him. The fees for
licenses that he pays not only provide many
Jobs for the faithful, but arc an appreciate
part of the states revenue.
Isn't it about TING that he began to get
some semblance OF square deal?
New York, June Is. 1917. LAWYER.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-21

but with this and many similar instances
in mind it is not hard to understand why
Ito quote the official announcement the
King has deemed it desirable IN the con-
Gitions brought about by the war that
those princes of his family who are his
subjects and bear German names and titles
should relnquish these titles and hence
forth adopt British surnames."
Mount Batten" was a happy equiva-
lent. 1t is suggestive Of Plymouth and
British naval enterprise, while at the same
time it is no more than a literal transla-
ton of the original German title. The
change is evidently desirable for, little
as names may mean they have an unfort-
innate effect on the popular Imagination.
AS Battenberg Prince Louis was sus-
pected of all kinds of wickedness, and 1t
will not be forgotten that in the three
months of his service at Whitehall ne was
several times carried TO the Tower and
shot for treason. AS British marquis ne
and his family will have better chance
with a suspicious public.
There is really but one Enghsh prince
the Prince of Wales. and that is an unmis
takably British title. The rest of the
princes and princesses bear their titles
only by courtesy, and though they be chill
dren of the sovereign himself are in reality
oommoners. As to the princes of Schles-
wig Holstein and Teck, they must now drop
their German titles, and it is safe to pre-
dict that these titles will never be resumed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-21
Your Red Cross

If the war were being fought on Ameri-
can fields and wounded soldier staggered
against ones door, there is no one who
would not open, no one who would not do
everything in his power to help. Most of
us would be glad and proud of the chance
TO do a little, anything, to uphold the men
who are fighting our battle with their flesh
and blood
The Red Cross offers you exactly the
same chance to aid your wounded soldier
three thousand miles away He needs your
aid more than ever, because he is in a
foreign land, remote from friends or fam
ily. You cannot care for him with your
own hands, but you can care for him di-
rectly, surely, with the best and most ex-
pert of aid, by a gift to the Red Cross.
The American Red Cross is not an i'm
personal abstraction. II is your Red Cross
1t is exactly what we Americans in our
generosity choose to make il. 1t is nothing
more than the collective tenderness Of the
nation efficiently organized to give our sol
diers and sailors the protection of human
skill and science.
Every one will wish to give something
to the Red Cross, and this is the week to
give. Make your something as large as
YOU can. Your dollars mean the salvage
of American perhaps the life of
your friend, your brother, your son.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-21
The Cry of the Children

To the Editor of The Tribune
SIR May be permitted not only to thank
you, but. through your paper, the many
friends of sorely afflicted France who have
sent letters of sympathy as well as money
in response to the cry of the children?
1t will give me pleasure during my work
at the Orphelnat des Armees this summer
to send reports through yogr columns to
these friends, if you will kindly give them a
place.
The donors will be glad to hear that we are
in possession of 10 beds and some funds.
cable just received from VI. Jouanneaux,
director general Of the Orphelnat des
Armees, suggests that further donations
would be best made in money. to permit the
immediate opening of the "Maison Familiale"
with the beds already provided. The Board
of Education of Washington, thinking it
would be privilege for the children to help
their unfortunate comrades in France, has
given them permission to contribute to the
cause.
So many persons have asked what they
could do for these children | shall be glad
to receive any garments, especially warm
ones, for night or day wear. suitable for
ages from six years to eleven; also sheets
for single beds, towels. wash cloths; indeed,
anything suitable for the comfort of these
orphans, which may be sent to the American
Girls Aid, Pier 81, New York City, plainly
marked "For Nine Blanche J. Bimont, Or
phelinat des Armees, u Rue Jacob, Paris
With gratitude to you. and through you TO
the friends of France, I remain.
BLANCHE J. BIMONT.
Washington. ID. c., June is, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-21
More Oatmeal
30 ~ CIereIand I'D.

from The ficrCIGud LcOdcrI
Last year the wheat crop was largely fail
ure in the spring wheat states, and the total
yield for the United States and Canada was
small But the crop of oats was very good
running well over the usual figures. Now il
is probable that the yield of wheat will be a
little larger than the crop of 1916, but il will
still fall far below the average of recent
years On the other hand, there is fair
chance that the crop of oats will not only
exceed last years good harvest by about $780,
100000 bushels, but will also break all rec
ords for the United States, if not for Canada.
These conditions point to more than the
usual adoption of Scotch diet 1t looks very
much like the most general eating of oatmeal
and oaten cakes that the country has ever
known. Prices will guide consumption in that
direction Economy will argue the wisdom
Of eating more Of the grain on which the
Scotch have built up their remarkable vigor
OF body and mind.
That would be no loss TO the country or
any real hardship. There are many ways Of
using oats for human food. II is not neces-
sary to eat mush or porridge in order TO give
that grain place among the food staples Of
an American household. And there is no
reason why more eating of oats should not
coincide with improvement in the health and
physical condition of thousands of families.
Europe and the horses in America ought not
TO be the only benefciaries Of the big oat
crop promised in this country.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-21
Abandoned Titles

II he had always been known as the
Marquis Of Mount Batten the gallant
sailor who served as First Sea Lord when
the war broke out might have held his
Office at the British Admiralty for some
thing more than three months. But he
could not survive under the style and title
Of Prince Louis Of Battenberg. II was Of
no consequence that he was naturalized
British subject and had entered the Royal
Navy in 1868 at the age Of fourteen.
Forty-six years Of faithful service counted
for nothing in comparison with the dam
ming fact that he was a Battenberg, and
20, submitting % popular protest, he re-
signed.
II is perhaps unfortunate that mere
names should be an occasion Of stumbling,