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Evening star., 1917-03-05
INCREASES Of SALARY
CARRIED IN FOUR BILLS
Most Government Employees and All
District Workers Receiving Up.
to 81, 800 to Benefit.

The horizontal increases in salaries of
government employees receiving $1,000
a year and less are carried in four OF
the big appropriation bills which have
been approved by the President and be-
come laws, These bills are the legis-
lative, executive and judicial appropria-
tion bill. the agricultural appropriation
bill. the naval appropriation bill and
the Indian appropriation bill.
Similar increases for employees of the
District government are provided in the
District bill. now law
The post office appropriation bill was
enacted into law with salary increases
for those employees receiving $1,000 a
year and less. The discrepancy Is due
to the fact that when the post Office
bill passed the House no provision was
made for the increase in pay of the en-
ployes, and in the Senate the So called
Smoot amendment was placed in the
bill The conferees explained on the
floor of the Senate when the confer
Smoot amendment was the only meas
ure of salary increases provided by
either house, and that, therefore. the
increases for those receiving from
Increases May Come Later.
The army bill, the sundry civil ap-
preparation bill. the general deficiency
bill and the military academy bill failed
of passage. and therefore increases
which might have been given the en-
ployes lof the government covered by
these bills were not enacted. 1t Is un-
derstood. however, that when those
bills are passed, presumably at spe-
cial session of Congress to be called
between now and the close of the pres
ent fiscal year, the increases will be
given. 1t is said to be probable, also,
that at the special session a joint reso-
luton will be adopted by Congress
making the salary increases for the
postal service employees conform to the
increases for other employees of the
government.
The general scheme of salary in
creases as carried in all but the post
office bill Is 10 per cent for those en-
ployes receiving up to $1,000 and per
cent for those receiving from $1,000 up
to s1,S00
Evening star., 1917-03-05
Majority Uses Only Device.

Senator Hitchcock said it was true
that this was the only device by which
seventy five senators could indicate to
the country and to the belligerents of
Europe the fact that the Senate stands
back of the President.
Senator Tillman interrupted to saw
that he was absent from the Senate
when the. paper was signed and he
would like to ask that his name he
added to the list.
Senator Hitchcock said there are
other senators who would also like to
sign. He said it was disgraceful that
senators should have to resort to such
a method of placing themselves on rec
ord.
Senator Hitchcock expressed his he
| lief that the President, II intrusted with
the powers he requests, would preserve
| neutrality But, If the United States
must have a taste of blood. if it shall
prove impossible to keep out of the con-
| f1ict, it would certainly be the honor.
able course to maintain neutrality, so
| that ii bloodshed follows 1t will not be
| the fault of the United States He was
| sure this country would never enter the
war as party to one side of the bel
| ligerentS.
| Senator Hitchcock. in drawing near
| the close of his speech, paid a glowing
| tribute to President Wilson Tor keeping
the country out of the european war.
At 11:43 Senator Hitchcock again re-
newed his request for unanimous con-
sent for a vote on the House bill and
again Senator La Folfette objected.
Thereupon the roll was called to de-
velop a quorum. and 1t was disclosed
that eighty-eiRht senators were pres
ent, and Senator La Follette again OBJ
| jected, and followed his objection with
| the point Of order that Senator Hitch
cock. having spoken twice ana busi-
Evening star., 1917-03-05
Great Rejoicing in Churches.


There was great rejoicing in the
churches and Anti-Saloon League cir
cles yesterday when it became known
| that President Wilson had signed the
Sheppard bill making Washington a
saloonless city after October 81 next
Many of the pastors mentioned the ap-
proval of the bill in the sermons, and.
as one Anti Saloon League member
| stated, the doxology was sung with a
display of more than the usual amount
of interest
On the other hand. it is stated, saloon
keepers and wholesale dealers in intox-
| icants were downcast. While it prob
ably was true that many OF them antici-
pated the action of the President it is
stated, it is equally true that many of
! them held out hope that the bill would
not be permitted to become law.
officers of the Anti-Saloon League
were delighted over the news of the
Presidents approval of the bill, and
President Andrew Wilson and Attorney
Albert Z. Shoemaker, who have labored
necessarily for years to bring about a
We're busy answering congratulatory
messe ges all day yesterday.
Attaching of the Presidents sigma
ture to the bill came as the climax to
stubborn and hard fight of years." was
the comment of Mr.. Shoemaker, "and
the beauty of the affair is that the bill
is one that is easily enforced, although
| do not anticipate wholesale attempts
to violate its provisions.
Plans for Enforcement.
Mr.. Shoemaker called attention to the
provision of the bill which imposes
upon the Commissioners the duty of
enforcement, specifically stating that
they shall detail qualified policemen to
make Investigations and arrests.
1T embodies the most up-to-date law
enforcement features of any similar law
in this country" Mr.. Shoemaker stated,
among them being the search and
seizure provisions and nti-adverttsing
clause. 1t is my opinion that the law
will he well observed and strictly en-
forced.
authorities and was welcomed by
them" counsel for the anti-liquor Or
eanization added, and under such cir
cumstances it is certain OF proper en-
forcement."
Mr.. Shoemaker pointed out that
there is no confiscatory provision in the
law, and said property values VIII not
be affected except in so lar as rentals
Of saloon property are concerned.
Such rentals, he added viii be reduced,
as they properly should be. The single
unfortunate feature of the law is the
throwing out of employment num-
ber of men, he pointed out but that
will be only temporary.
I'm all places where dry laws closed
saloons" he stated, matters quickly
adjusted themselves. Breweries were
converted into other business places
and an increased NUMBER OF persons
emnloyed and there is no reason why
the conditions should be different here
than elsewhere.
."The effect of the change upon
business will be good. There VIII be
an Increase in business along all lines:
hank deposits will show marked in
crease. and money that formerly went
Evening star., 1917-03-05
ASKS Change in Rules.

The President called for an immediate
change in the rules OF the Senate. He
said the Senate filibusterers have created
the impression in foreign countries that
other governments may act as they please
toward the United States.
In addition to his formal statement. the
President authorized the statement that
under ancient statutes which have never
been repealed he may not have the pow
er, Notwithstanding the geneI al belief that
he has such power, to arm American
merchant vessels.
The circumstances which make the sit
uatlon of the United States even more
grave than as outlined in the Presidents
statement are indicated in the further
statement authorized by him that while
the President under his general consti
tutional powers can do much of what he
asked Congress to empower him specifi
cally to do, there are certain old acts of
Congress which raise practical obstacles
and which may nullify his general powers.
One old law referred TO by the President
was passed in 1919 and relates to the re-
sistance of American merchantmen
against attacks of privateers and pirates.
This excludes from the vessels which
might be attacked by United States ships
"a public armed vessel of a nation in
amity with the United States.''
Evening star., 1917-03-05
Says "Group of Wi|IfuI Men"
Have Made u. S. Helpless
to Protect Rights.
DEMANDS CHANGE IN RULES
OF SENATE TO END TALKING
Old Laws May Prevent Arming of
Ships-Filibusters Create impress
sion Abroad Nation Not United.

President Wilson last night
made public a statement to the
people OF the country in which he
announced that "a little group OF
willful men, representing no opin-
ion but their own, have rendered
the great government of the
United States helpless and con-
temptible, : as the result OF the fill
buster in the Senate through
which Congress came to an end
without empowering him to pro-
tect American lives and commerce
on the high seas.
Evening star., 1917-03-05
SA;1sz!lla1 SA1sz![|l !;,[|
GL1Iilaaa;S&D
Kseps the Teeth White and Healthy
Fakers and Crooks!

Fakers and Crooks!
The advertising columns of
The Star are edited as care
fully as the news columns.
Fakers and crooks are barred.
Every advertisement known
TO contain an untrue or mis-
leading statement has been re-
jected.
Every reader is asked to be
on the Vigilance Committee
and help police the columns.
Evening star., 1917-03-05
Measures That Failed.

THE bill which would have permitted
such combinations of capital and Of or
ganization in the export and import trade
of the country as the circumstances OF
international competition have made i'm
perative-a bill which the business judg-
ment of the whole country approved and
demanded-has failed
The opposition Of one or two senators
has made it impossible to increase the
membership of the interstate commerce
commission or to give 1t the altered Or
ganization necessary for its efficiency.
The conservation bill. which should have
released for immediate use the mineral
resources which are still locked up in
the public lands. now that their release
is more imperatively necessary than ever.
and the bill which would have made the
unused water power of the country i'm
mediately available for industry have
both failed, though they have been
under consideration throughout the ses-
sions of two Congresses and have been
twice passed by the House OF Representa-
tiyeS
Evening star., 1917-03-05
Text of Statement.

The Presidents formal statement. is
sued at the White House, follows:
THE termination of the last session
of the Sixty-fourth Congress by con-
stitutional limitation discloses a situ-
alton unparalleled in the history of the
country, perhaps unparalleled in the
history of any modern government In
the immediate presence of a crisis
fraught with more subtle and far
reaching possibilities of national dan
ger than any other the government has
known within the whole history of it's
international relations the Congress
has been unable to act either TO safe
guard the country or to vindicate the
elementary rights of its citizens. More
than 500 of the 531 members of the
two houses were ready and anxious to
act; the House of Representative had
acted, by an overwhelming majority
but the Senate was unable to act be-
cause a little group of eleven senators
had determined that it should not.
The Senate has no rules by which
b debate can be limited or brought to
an end. no rules by which dilatory tao
tics of any kind can be prevented. A
single member can stand in the way
of action il he have but the physical
endurance. The result in this case is
Evening star., 1917-03-05
Applies to Submarines.

Technically, Germany is not at war
with the United States. and submarines
are public armed vessels of Germany.
Another ancient statute still in force
requires owners of merchant vessels
that are armed to give bond in double
the value of the ship and cargo, con-
ditioned that the vessel shall not be
employed against the subjects or prop
erty of any foreign nation with which
the United states is at peace.
These statutes were alluded to by
Senator Lodge and Senator Sutherland
in the debate in the Senate when they
appealed to senators to pass the reso-
luton the President asked. Their ex-
istence was the controlling reason for
the Senate committees action in chang
ing the opening paragraph of the reso-
luton, and it is stated that the fill
busterers in the Senate knew of the ex-
istence of the statutes and the need of
their repeal through the enactment of
the resolution the President asked.
Evening star., 1917-03-05

a complete paralysis alike of the legis-
lative and executive branches OF the
government.
This inability of the Senate to &C.
has rendered some of the most neces-
sary legislation of the session impos-
sible at time when the need for 1t
was most pressing and most evident.
Evening star., 1917-03-05

The president pro tempore of the Sem
ate. Senator salisbury, was in the chair
and recognized Senator Hitchcock. As
the Nebraska senator began to speak.
Senator La Toilette shouted. II rise to
a parliamentary inquiry" advancing
down the center isle and waving his fist
st the presiding officer.
II should like recognition when 1 rise
and address the president. to knoY-"
he began.
interrupted.
Whether I am to have an oppor-
tunity on this floor. which belongs to
me-" continued Senator La Toilette,
waving aside all objection.
Senator La Toilette said that when
he sought recognition. about 8 o'clock.
he was informed that when the Vice
President left the chair he had left
Evening star., 1917-03-05
Tries to Get Consent for Vote.


The news will now go over the
world" he said. "the President of the
United States has awakened to the fact
that American honor and self respect
were at stake. and finally the President
was awakened to the idea that patience
had ceased to be a virtue and insult
and injury and humiliation had gone
far enough, but the Senate of the
United States was awakened to the fact
all. The House was awakened, the
country was awakened, but a corporal's s
guard of senators deny US the right to
vote"
Senator Williams made further at
tempts to reach a consent for a vote.
The debate on the bill continued
through the night and day broke with
opponents of the measure still talk
ing Senators Works of California
Clapp of Minnesota, Norris of Nebraska
were heard. Then Senator owen of
Oklahoma was recognized, and he sup
ported the bill.
Senator La Toilette was seeking
recognition from the chair when Sena-
tor Owen finished his remarks. shortly
after 10 o'clock In the morning.
The Detroit times., 1917-12-08

.'r.''f '|t''' Al. 4 iHlt- NtAh-i
i"'se "Ie '"t 'aIe' essentials TO the
.'e anna prosperity "l loe peo2ie-iood'
'''' ''''' '''''7 l'oI'''''l'
lheN constitute the tlumVrate of nee
costly
AAl A+4 t-f++445tte enterprise. to
manage these three out Of them have
come fabulous sums of private wealth.
The land from pan to Beersheba is dot
ted with The castles of milIionaires whose
fortunes have their source in these three.
This has worked attor "a fashion. in
times of peace. Vet With a continuous ac-
compartment of strikes. lockouts and tie
ups. every one of which was paid for
by the consumer. a fearful tax of destruc-
tion upon the countys business.
Rpt ,,a,. il reyosIino IA ps o,r folly
rbe nre.suro IF ,atio,.l ,o,oer t. onon.
inq ann, ovo. to sc. tb.t T., Ioavo tbo.o
tbrao tbirgs ~ ~. on.,.relinr harons
and i,tolorent lsho,. oro,,,. i. - emf ,ho
,b,o,t ,r cor,,,o,,.iaI ottic;onc,.
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'', 90, o'''o''S anu s's'I oeeys nave pee"
~. leu ''' "geN9 W. '''e '"i'""y y"IuS'
neg nave 'egn 'i'e'e 80 'o"S 'n"I tley
no 80 --- - 'ie S,''i''y ''e,u
80 'I ~ ,''' ''''' - yin 'teN ~ "1eN'
'''''h 'o'' ''''" ''S0'" many Inns "i''ie
~ .'''1 80 .'', y" ~ ~ q i''lo i''oie
'0'''''''''''''' anu '''0 ''0o '"A' e'' '''S
'''9,eS ,.
'.'--- "'So "' Ct '''''''' poUi'''S ..
sugar a'oi ~ l'' ',, o''9 l'iii w W"ie''ouSe' 81
eHss ny '"e lhll''" Ho"loeu up "hHe
prices SCARED : OF chichens. Deans ana
o'heI commoaileS oe'ng heid TO run up
prices,
ana MI. hoover IS eHhStlng the mousse
wives 70 save at the spigot "hlIe tne plg
eNpIolters waste at the bung'
IL IS about time 10 nave done with the
quarreIs Oh theorists with cIashlng catch
words Win ''ie c'iil"u'''Ke oI socialism
cohilsca1lon ana P'leil|i government IL
Is z coHo'Ioh lh"1 coI'lIo"JS US ana not
+" lheoIy'
Inc lmnR 20 dQ Us pllIn as plkestatt'
ana Is coming as sure as de"'h' II we
couloh Z 90 u 'H peace OWING 10 lhe
ghosts ol "'1ll""1eu business traolV VloilS'
we We eol TO 90 IL I'D llihe Oh war or
go down
inat taihR is ihls Inc government
must see TO ~ Jhat 1000 ana luel enough
'> produced ana 'ha' ~ is carried 10 the
The Detroit times., 1917-12-08

at the bottom or lower at the top is
chock full of dreadful possibilities.
If worse comes TO. worst and either of
those alternatives has 10 be adopted, cam
not whole |ot of elastic be put into
them?
We refer 20 the skirts, not to the wear
The Detroit times., 1917-12-08
From Another Pontof Niew
By T. 5

JOY ~ TIE NEWS
Cut ir Bread Price Monday
Government Urges Sk5p-Stops
Relief Speeds on 20 Half5K
met Tjghtens Around ka'tscHmlct'
GLOOM IN DITTO
"More n gh Prices 70 Sc Invest gated"
"Orop of Twenty Degrees Coming
"O0iy ~ Days Till Christmas"
However the debate announced by the
Newsboys Association on Resolved.
That the Bridge Proposal Should Have
Been Adopted, has been put over.
It's hard to please all of the people all
the time Now they're Taking LaFollette
0v6T the Goals because ne didn't remain
i'm the senate and vote against war with
Austria
The Detroit times., 1917-12-08
Our Poor, Weak Suggestion

AT Cleveland, third city of the world
as to production of ready-made garments,
the garment manufacturers of the coun-
try are gathering to devise ,aving Of
cloth in women'> suits. and & Is really a
movement for conservation of the highest
Importance
Why save wheat, meat sugar fuel and
such, and keep right on blowing in money
ON superfluous cloth Is there lady
present who can answer it?
Why put a week into knitting socks
that can be bought for SIP and go
around in an overskrt containing enough
cloth to make SD worth of socks? j.
there lady present who can answer
that?
Why put father on am allowance of one
egg and one potato per day. that he may
save money for Liberty bonds, and spend
80 eggs aud 30 bushels of potatoes ON
serge bag whose only duty is to nop iD
the wind? If there a lady present pNo
tt+tf stff-1Frt-f'- 1Frt-f'- tttitettt t titet { 2
We admit that we are weak on ugges-
tions for those designer at Cleveland
Their proposition to make 'em shorter
The Detroit times., 1917-12-08
Having a Chance, AT
Last, To Get Some Place,
Let's Get Some Place

The attempt of the common council
TO impose rental Of $4,000 day upon
the Detroit United Railway for use of
streets where its franchises have expired,
in retaliation upon the company for IN
creasing It's rate of fare to five cents, rs
as silly as is the company threat to
quit operating IL, cars unless 1t IS allow
cd TO charge that fare.
Just at this time, when all of De-
trot's industries and worlmen are en-
gagged exclusively for the government and
in the cause Of democracy the ID I. L.
would not be allowed to suspend opera
tions if it wanted TO. bat nobody believes
that IL wants TO.
On the other hand school boy just
entering arithmetic is able to appreciate
that the rental proposed 10y the common
council would be uinous.
While the D. IT, r. coul.n't DO" itself
out of our streets as "a means of brow
beating us into submission TO it's de-
mands. we could give the ID. U. r. a very
good abb for presentation to the gov
eminent if We were to go OFT haif-cocked'
as the common council proposes. 10y fix
ING a rental charge that would be runous.
almost, under a rate of fare of 10 cents
straight
Mayor Marx is everlastngly right in
his position toward. this action OF the
aldermen
He voices the sentiment of a majority
Of the fair-minded people of Detroit and
the unanimous sentiment of every busl-
ness man that the Detroit United Rail
way is entitled to a fair and reasonable
return on the money it has INFESTED IN
this city.
And he outlines the only course that
the city can take in fairness toward an
important institution, which, tho it is a
public service corporation, must have the
same good American privilege enjoyed
by any other institution and be conceded
a right to live.
The situation is one that must be
handled, first Of all, without prejudice.
1t can best be met in fairness to both
sides by figures and frankness.
The d. L. r. has already come part
way by keeping its promise of improved
service for the higher rate Of fare.
1t has submitted without the show Of
a fight to the common council action or
dering the cars back on the old routes,
to make the old stops.
If it will now come the rest Of the
way, and we can curb some smaller board
aspirations in the common council, an
adjustment that will be satisfactory can
be brought about in the shortest length
of time.
The company has claimed decreased
earnings and increased operating ex-
penses until it is impossible for it TO give
service such as Detroit demands for less
than the FIVE cents it is now charging.
That claim will not satisfy those who
are paying the fares until it is supported
by the books Of the company and the viii
lingness of the company to "lay all the
cards on the table"
That is what the D. L. K. said it would
do, and if its claims TO higher rate Of
fare are made in good faith, it viii do IT,
In the meantime, Mr. Mayor if the
company shows a disposition to make
good on the proposition, keep the COM
mon councils hands off,
The traction problem has been out Of
politics now for a long time
Lets keep il out and h.ving a chance.
at last, TO get some place, GET SOME
PLACE.
The Detroit times., 1917-12-08

TTNHs DEPARTMENT mannd shed the light Of truth on ne
s"indler
n'sed or
honest aover
not oe
will Advice viii
70
preferred
The Detroit Mich
The Detroit times., 1917-12-08
BILL AND JIM
The Beach Boys"


They Uere brothers. Bill and jim.
Nornir'. night and interim
Folks said Never was uer viii
BE pair like Jim and Pill
Brothers on ri way q school:
Brothers 20 th swimmiu pool,
Jim step ahead inclined
Blu a-comni jus behind
Brothers on III coast!n hill
slid tgether, Jim and Bill
Barefoot brothers long ago.
Where th' hucklebcrries grow;
Brothers in their only crime
Robbed a brown thrush nest one time.
Brothers by th' circus tent
Bin warnt there unless Jim went
Brothers when th Ky was fair
And when heavy clouds were there.
Lady's smile ner captured heart
Never got th two apart
Brothers. still, in after years,
Side by side as volunteers,
IN tn days o. sixty-oue
When th civil war begun.
Bill pat on a suit Of blue
Nothin else fer Jim - DO
s'ns'e me 'hey Eot IN ine'
i1.l i' sl,. e..o''.H ~. 0s,,'n I.,
y" gnu ''' -'
ioI, BIZ ~ p'esseu "a is.u1 grim
- '.'als 7a.e nam
~ ,'sn, ,, ',7 - mn,
- -, ~ - 49,. =. "a oa -.,. ~
ra, 49,, -,.. - - 80 II
-. 49, ~, t.,ta- sut,
Column, laf, or colun, riebt
The Detroit times., 1917-12-08

The choo teacher told us once. Bar
hey. We didn't know the war is over. and
b gum. It, ann T.
The Detroit times., 1917-12-08

ID carrier IN Detroit, cents week; else
ID where 20 cents week 81 mail, So
wear Call Main $3.50 Entered a. the Post
office In Detroit as secondciass mail matter
The Detroit times., 1917-12-08
Food, Fuel, Transportation
BY OR FRANK CRANE

,copyasat 1918. by Fran. Crane,
The Detroit times., 1917-12-08
Laugh With Us

The mo.orbf had Io. ba way on q country
road Hu8uc thc dut pedestrian ho overlook,
The Detroit times., 1917-12-08

The nl6HT you READ TREASURE
1SLAr4D Ard HEApD SOMEONE
\hALklr@ VITA \ CArIE on TITO
pAVEr1BrtT MI FRortToF lHE HOUSE