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The Detroit times., 1917-03-13
SAYS ARCHITECTS
ARE TO BLAME

A few Detroit architects who con
slider Themselves superior 10 all reg
ulations are responsible for the pres
ent trouble In the tuilding depart
ment. and are TO blame TO n large
orient for the present muddled con
dition Of the city's building code
that IL the claim OF John @. McCabe,
city safety engineer
"A study will show that there are
q few architects who disregard all
regulations until violations are cell
ed to their attention" said Mr.. Nc
Csbe. They neglect requirements
for safety. and erect buildings with
out permits. Then when they learn
that they have no. complied with
the code, they come TO the council
and obtain amendments 10 suit their
own needs. Tia Is why Detroit to-
day has such a iumbled lot Of build
ing ordinances"
The Detroit times., 1917-03-13
BRITISH DISLIKE
PROPAGATION OF
RUSSIAN DUMA

LONDON. March 13.--Jn the view
OF British observers. the cEar has
taken an unusually drastic step IN
proroguing sessions OF the duma and
Of the imperial council In order 10
deal with food demonstrations
which according 70 unusually detail
ed reports have not been OF any
marked degree OF seriousness.
The Daily Telegraph commented
today that IL was to DO regretted
that such action had been taken
since II was TO be marked hereto
fore that the duma constituted the
"safety valve" OF public feeling: its
sesslons periods OF sunshine and the
days OF it's prorogatioh periods Of
eclipse.
The Detroit times., 1917-03-13
Wife BROKE UP
HIS BUSINESS
Former Ohio Manufacturer
Gets Uncontested Decree
of Divorce

william ]. Francis. a former Ohio
manufacturer. told Judge Miner.
Monday. that he had endured cruelty
al HIS wife's hands, and that she had
disrupted relations with his mother
and child thru her persistent nag
ging. Francis was seeking an un-
contested decree OF divorce from his
wife, Nellie J.
She prosecuted bis s5.yearold
mother. highly-educated woman
Francis asserted. and finally drove
her from his home. All his proper
~ was finally secured by her. After
writing Cephas Atkinson, OF Plain
City, in an attempt TO get him 10
foreclose a mortgage on a building
belonging TO his mother. she practi-
cally denied his house TO him. he
declared.
Shed accuse mother OF stealing
The cream OF the milk" he said
and Of sneaking about the house so
she could get the mail and read the
post cards. She called mother an
old witch. and In 1908 mother had TO
leave us. In 1900 she had been
forced out in almost the same way.
but came back.
Then she told me she would
ruin me IN any business went into
and she did practically. For sir years
she nagged me almost uninterrupt.
edly She would call me q failure
| had some men manufacturing an
article for me and she went TO them
TO say that would beat them, 90
they wouldn't make II for me. They
told her to keep away and then she
wrote them"
Francis Is a pleasant appearing
man about 50 years old. He was
married In 1883 and has three chill
dren. One daughter was alienateo
from her father for a time, accord
ing TO Francis brother, Fl. 8. Fran
els, but became attached TO her faith
er again when freed from her moth.
er's influence. Francis got decree.
Judge Lamb granted q divorce 70
Mrs. Anna M. from Joseph n. Edsan
The Detroit times., 1917-03-13
URGES DOCTORS
TO SUPPORT NEW
HOUSING CODE

Citing that soldiers know better
how 10 safeguard their personal
health than the average civilian
and also have q wider knowledge
Of how to provide for the safe
guarding OF the public's health. Dir
J. Walter Vaughan. of the Detroit
board OF health. advocated univer-
sal military training 20 members
OF the Wayne County Medical asso-
citation Monday night.
Lawrence veiller, secretary Of the
National Housing association. was
one of the speakers before the med
ical men.
Detroit now faces problems that
New York met Is years ago" he
said. Building restrictions are the
remedy, and Detroit ought to have
them.
AS to inside rooms Detroit is
now similar 20 New York which 10
years ago had $4,000 rooms with
out a window in them.
'Dr. Price saw the necessity Of a
housing code and obtained IT'S
passage. Now want you doctors
to stand by 1t and fend OF It's en-
emies."
Other speakers were Dr.. r. A. c.
WollenburE. formerly OF the United
States medical service; Dr.. A. p.
Riddle. OF the state board OF health.
Dr. Charles Barton. formerly OF the
Thirty-hrst Michigan infantry. and
DIT Henry Carstens.
The Detroit times., 1917-03-13
VOTERS TO PASS
ON SEPARATION
OF ELECTIONS

A charter amendment providing
for the separation OF city elections
from state and national elections is
asked in a petition OF 1909 voters.
fled with the city clerk Monday by
Fliny w. Marsh. attorney for the
Detroit Citizens league The pro-
Tosed amendment will be submitted
al the spring election. The aIusLd-
ment would make the city elections
come in the fall OF the odd year. the
first OF which would be in 1918. with
an election in f9lS for one-yeAr
terms. TO get the plan In operation.
The Detroit times., 1917-03-13

Altho watching the traflc care
fully and not attempting TO cross
the street until after the trafic ON
Ger had given the signal for pedes-
trians TO move. Helen Kauski. two
and one-half years old. No. 20 Du-
Lois-st. walking with her mother at
Nonroe-aye. and Farmer.st., was
struck down by a truck. Monday
afternoon, and carried 90 the re-.
eeivlng hospital with a broken leg.
The truck belonged TO the Silver
Produce company 20. 3ss High-st
east. and was driven by William
Catalano. No. 1899 concord-ave.
Witnesses OF the accident declar-
ed Il Vas unavoidable and Catalano
was not held.
The Detroit times., 1917-03-13
PALMER ESTATE
IS $4,000
Inventory Filed In Probate
Court Shows Real Estate
Alone Worth $4,000,000

n the will OF Mrs Thomas w.
Palmer 10 upheld In the courts, So
35s.006Ss will be available for the
establishment OF a motherhood train.
ing school according 20 an inventory
OF the estate hled Monday in the
probate court. The inventory covers
only Michigan property and does not
include an estate az Great Neck.
Long Island. N. Y, which Mrs. Pal
mer directed In her will should be
sold 10 cover her other requests.
With the exception OF q $50, 900
legacy 10 Mrs. Harold Palmer. the
wife OF her adopted son. and be
quests 10 friends and charitable In
stitutions, which are relatively
small and aggregate less than 5000.
600. Mrs. Palmer left her entire
property for the establishment OF a
school TO train girls In motherhood
She directed that the institution
be located either in Detroit or Green
field. The circuit court would have
the burden OF working out plans
for the training school, according "a
the provisions OF her will.
II Is almost certain that an effort
will be made by several persons 70
break the will. Harold Palmer. who
was adopted as an orphaned Spanish
lad by the Palmers while Senator
Palmer was ambassador TO Spain
has already fled notice OF contest
He was cut on by Mrs. Palmer In
her will because. as she explained
OF generous provision by his adopted
father. Young Palmer Is said to have
been given a fortune In the neighbor
hood OF 100000.
The real estate is appraised al
t4.011,161. The Log Cabin farm
comprising 273 acres adjoining Pal
mer Park and facing on woodward
ave, Is the most valuable piece. be
ing placed at s2.047. $50. A 163-foot
strip OF property on Adamsave. west
extending from the Fine Arts build
ing TO within so feet OF woodward
ave. Is valued at 100000 Besides
these pieces there Ia the land on
which the Palmer building stands
on washington-blvd.. the southeast
corner OF Jefferson-ave. and Girls.
woldst and numerous other down,
town parcels.
The Detroit times., 1917-03-13

charging all Of them with felonious
assault Revolvers were found on,
each. and the police declare they
have reason TO believe the pair we're
planning to stage a hold-up In the
Y NJ G. A In the near future
The three men are wanted on
serious charges In Chicago. 81.
Louis. Omaha and Kansas City.
They have been registered at the
Annex at Arthur Leb, n years old.
salesman; Harry Thompson. n
years odd. machinist, and William
Jackson. 20 years old. laborer.
LAeb and Jackson went 20 the
The Detroit times., 1917-03-13
POLICE HUNT
GIRL FRIENDS
Left Homes For School On
Monday; Have Been Miss
ing Since

Two little girls. Gladys La Page.
No. 7ss Coplin-ave.. and her friend.
Gertrude Trevor. have been missing
from their homes since Monday
morning Both OF them started out
for school but investigation shows
that they never got there. Whether
tAey were kidnapped, got lost. or
went on on an adventure, neither the
girls parents nor the police can
say.
Gladys LaPage is q large girl for
her age. IL FIVE feet tall and weighs
i25 pounds. She Ia dark and wore
pink dress when she left home.
Her little friend Is four feet and two
inches tall, and is a blonde.
The Detroit times., 1917-03-13
ALLTEUTON
OFFICIALS
SEARCHED
Bernstorff Party Pro-
tests Treatment By
Halifax Authorities
WIFE OF ENVOY
NOT EXEMPTED
Every Person Aboard
Liner Minutely
Examined
BY ARTHUR Il. MANN

(stsr Correspondent United Press. }
GKRBTIANIA. March 1o.--CBy
Wireless to Berlin and themes via
Tucksrton. ~ J.. March ls.)-Eot
even Countess Won Dernstorff. the
American wife OF the former am
bsxsador 70 the United States from
Germany, was exempt from the
minute search OF the Scandinavian
American liner Frederik VII. and
Der passengers by the British au-
thorities at Halifax
90 thoro was this search md 90
repugnAnt tho methods az well as
the delay IL enforced on the former
envoy that he will lodge formal pro
test NJ Washington At the time OF
the searching the British authorities
refuse dto transmit HIS teleghaphic
protest They did mail a censored
protest 70 DR.. Ritter. the Swiss min
later I'm Washington. who was lcft by
bernstorff N charge OF German In
tsrest AZ the American capital. But
this was not forwarded, II In under
STOOD. until after the examination
was completed and the Frederik
VII. left port
The BritAh authorities refused 10
permit the American consul at Hali-
far TO come aboard the Fredelik
VIII. and forced the captain OF the
liner 10 promise not to use his wire
less.
Count Won Bernstorff was the only
enc OF the party who was exempted
from search His wife was thoroly
searched
Even the insolss OF her shoes
were ripped OF. But her sIamina-
ton was mild compared TO that
which tia other Germans had to
submit TO. They were stripped 10
the skin and thoroly looked over.
Even their mouths were examined
"a well a. The spaces between their
party were excused from this pains
taking hunt.
All German gold money was con
6seated as contrabAnd- A few Ger
mans lost a little paper money.
Customs officials likewise connSeat-
cd all rubber-including hot water
bottles. baby nipples and rubber
heels.
Commander Adair Hall OF the
British cruiser DevonShire was ir
charge OF the ship guards during
the customs inspection. He person
ally returned some articles which
his subordiuates haA taken.
Many OF the customs examine
tons were brutal n was claimed
Unknown 10 the naval offcers In
charge II was notod at one trns
that two customs men wee drunk
while on duty.
The ambassadoriAl and consul ar
party expected today 10 take train
at Copenhagen for Berlin ON
March IL.
The Detroit times., 1917-03-13
BEATS MAN WHO
THREW BRICK, BUT
WON'T PROSECUTE

While Charles Kanvacki. No. 1899
St Aubln-ave.. was sitting in his
store smoking, be was startled by
the crash Of a brick flying thru
his large plate glass window. Kan
vach ran out OF the store and pur.
sued the disturber.
After a pursuit OF a half.do1en
blocks. he overlook John MANS.
No. 1873 Dubois-st.. and thrashed
him. SO severe were Manis' in
juries that be had 20 be taken 90
receiving hospital. Apparently sat.
ished with the punishment already
melted out TO MANS. KAnvaeki re-
fuses TO prosecute him
The Detroit times., 1917-03-13
zine. Drunken Cat. Tender

John Desbach. the Grand Trunk
gatetender found drunk Saturday
while on duty, was sentenced to pay
a $40 ine OF serve 30 days in the
House Of Correction by Judge Sci
lers. Monday. Desbach. who is 40
years old, was arrested Saturday
night by Patrolman Harper al DE-.
quindre-st. and Lafayette-ave Attic
there were no trains passing when
Harper came up. the gates were
down and trafic tied up.
The Detroit times., 1917-03-13
POLICE BELIEVE
THEY FOILED PLOT
TO ROB Y. nj. G. A.

A bold plot TO rob the Y. M. C. A.
on pay might was foiled. the police
say, with the arrest Tuesday of two
young fellows for striking Peter
Johnson. one OF the proprfetors Of
a restaurant at No. ~ Broadway.
Monday night With these two, the
detectives locked up third pal,
The Detroit times., 1917-03-13

NEW YoRK--Aftsr IT. 49,
New York cop tells yos - 60 =
Is the law. believe hin Threo -
dred Of The boys I'm blue aro -
tending Law class lectures e O.
lumbia university.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-05

lished grain monoply taking charge of all grain imported and produced here. The farmers are not allowed to sell their crops to anyone but the gov ernment and at fixed price. The nation will be put on flour or bread rations, every person, adult or child, being. allowed 25 pounds of bread monthly, or Is pounds of unsifted flour. The people, however, are in- structed to mix potatoes in the bread dough. With this years crop and the imported grain in storage, Norway has enough flour till February or March. It is hoped here that the United States will grant export li- censes for some of the grain bought there by Norwegian importers and the Norwegian government which now is ready for shipment.
 Norway is dependent on imported sugar as no sugar is produced here. The consumption of sugar is still un- limited. Candy factories turn out $ much candy as before and no sugar card is in rse here, as in Sweden.
 Last summer an ordinance was passed putting motor vehicles and motor craft on rations of gasoline. The result was that automobiles were used more freely than ever. The Am erican embargo again forced the au- thorities to action and the sale of gasoline for use in private cars was entirely stopped beginning October 1. Taxicabs were only permitted to op- crate from 6 a. m. to 8 D. m. and the streets in the city are now as quiet and free from noise as they were twenty years ago.
 The supply of kerosene is bocom. ing very low with no prospect of re- placement. For fishers this is disas trous as all along the coast they are using kerosene driven motor boats
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-05

The country population and the poor people in the cities using kerosene for light and cooking are hard hit, as every family is only allowed two gal Ions month.
 The scarcity of fat is felt more and more every day. The majority of the population have ben using margar- inc instead of butter, but now that the raw stuffs for this product are not allowed to be exported from the Unit ed States the margarine production is reduced every week Grocers have been forced to put their customers on allowance, nobody receiving more than pound at once. Norway is facing fat shortage and the nation will have to be rationed.
 As for fuel, the people are put on rations, except those who can take care of themselves and afford to pay the r; ces for coal and coke imported frS:l Great Britain.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-05
FOOD SITUATION IN NORWAY
 SERIOUS

CHRISTIANIA, Norway, Dec. D. The food situation in Norway has grown from bad to worse, especially since the American embargo was i'm posed. So long as the commercial re- lations could be maintained between Norway and the United States the import of food was about big enough to meet the consumers demand. Fix cept for the steadily increasing prices of all articles of food everything could be bought as before, the only form of rationing being sugar which could only be bought from government stores two pounds at a time.
 As matter of fact, the government and especially the food minister had been too optimistic. When cable grams from Washington stated that the American government was going to place an embargo on different ar- ticles the answer from the Norwegian government to the press, asking how this would affect Norway, was that it only meant that Norway should guarantee that nothing would be re- exported to Germany, and then Nor way would get all it needed.
 At last, during the last two months it has dawned on the government that Uncle Sam means business and that Norway cannot expect special favors as favorite friend.
 After the importation of grain and flour stopped the government estab-
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-05

Sixteen days on a small ledge. sur. rounded by open sea, was the harrow Ing experience of Stephen Ryan. a Metlakahtla native, who was rescued a lew days ago after having been giv- en up for dead. Ryan's launch was wrecked on the reef on which he took refuge' and at every tide he was al most submerged. Two raw potatoes and rain water constituted his entire rations for the sixteen days. When rescued he weighed but 100 pounds, while prior to the acciannt he was an unusally large anu powerful man.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-05

everybody asks, "why does not the government entirely stop exports if thereby more favorable importing con ditions can be established with the aiiies?" But no official answer is given.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-05

Sporting goods cutln"y, flashlights. at The Nort lwe~ tern ardware Co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-05
Deaths Reported.

The following deaths have been reported to the
health department in the last twenty-four hours
Amanda Z. Gordon. SD years. 1912 Columbia
road northwest
Samuel S. Culbertson, 60 years. IS Q street
northwest
Elizabeth V. Boyle. 81 years. 1924 Lamont
street
Walter T.. Lowe. 80 years. Washington Asy-
Mary T. Hall. so years. 1926 9th street north
west.
Mamie E. Vernon A years. 1924 Georgia ave
nue. northwest.
Walter J. snellings. 70 years. 1919 street
northwest.
Ada NJ Pic. Al years. COB II street northwest.
Emma ]. Yinging, 20 years, 25ol 18th street
Patrick H. Mcouade. 40 years, sol cath street
northwest.
John Louis. 80 years, Washington Asylum
Louise ]. Racine, 81 years. 40 Porter street
northeast
William H. Lane. A. years. Kings court
Dorothy Brady. II years. Washington Home for
Incurables.
Harriet c. Whiting. 70 years. 2o1 D street
southwest.
Maggie Montgomery. 40 years, 1908 Walter
George Newell. a. years. Freedmen's Hospital.
Gertrude Watts, 3s years, Tuberculosis Hos
James W. Cole. "a years. tuberculosis Hos
Ediine Holmes. s5 years. Washington Asylum
Hospital.
east.
Dorcas Brown. SO years. 1902 Kingman street
northwest.
william D. Jefferson. s. years. $40 street
northwest.
Robert Talbert. 81 years. st. Elizabeth's Hos
pital.
1orthNeaks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-05
GERMAN PRISONERS HAPPY.
Pictures at Public Library Show
Their Surroundings in England.

In connection with the proposal of
Senator Wadsworth to have German
prisoners in Great Britain brought to
this country, attention has been di-
rected to the series of pictures of Ger
man prisoners in Great Britain now on
exhibition at the Public Library. These
pictures, which have been forwarded
to the Public Library by Sir Gilbert
Parker, show that German prisoners
are cared for In beautiful country
houses in various parts of Great Brit
ain. where they live among old-fash-
toned gardens and where they have OPP
portunities for tennis, foot ball and
other games. The smiling faces of
these prisoners are convincing proof
that they much prefer their present
situation to being in the trenches on
the Hindenburg line.
Sharply contrasted with these pic
lures of German prisoners are the
proclamations of German governors to
the people of Belgium and France.
Facsimiles of large number of these
proclamations in French. together with
English translations, form a part Of
the exhibition at the Public Library.
This exhibition in installed on a
series of winged frames in the main
lobby of the library.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-05
TARIFF COMMISSIONERS
ARE TO VISIT EUROPE
Expected to Gather Data Bearing on
Trade Conditions After
the War.

Some members of the new tariff COM
mission probably will visit Great Bit
ain. France, Russia, China and Japan
this summer to investigate tariff and
trade problems which Will face the
United States after the war.
The tour viii be part of an extensive
inquiry into trade relations, CONNER
cial treaties and preferential proyi-
sions. and will have as its primary pur-
pose to ascertain how commercial
treaties and alliances have been affect
ed by the war. The commissioners will
sound out official and public opinion
abroad as regards future CONNIE rciitl
policies, especially the trade policy OF
the United States. after the war \
thorough inquiry also VIII be made into
details of the Paris economy pact en-
tered into by the allies last June, and
how it affects the interests of the
United States
AS tariff rates and commercial pref
erences will be prominent factors in
peace negotiations, the tour of the
commissioners is regarded by officials
as of the highest Importance II is ca
pected to provide the President and
Congress with full data on the CONNER
cial relations abroad for guidance IN
the formulation Of this government
policy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-05
APPEALS TO RAILROADS
TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY
Chairman Fairfax Harrison, for Spe-
cial Committee, Offers Detailed
Suggestions to Lines in U. S.

An appeal to the railroads of ths
country, operating over 100000 miles
of track, to increase their efficiency
in the war emergency was issued today
by Fairfax Harrison. chairman OF tho
executive committee of the special
committee on national defense of the
American Railway Association.
Detailed suggestions are offered by
the committee.
In the committees appeal for greater
efficiency, stress is laid on ways TO
get more work out OF the existing
freight cars. 1t is pointed out that 4
careful study has shown that bv
heavier loading, by expediting the
movement even more than is beng
done at present. and ny speeding up
repairs. it is possible that the equiva-
lent to 900 additional freight cars
might be thrown into immediate u.s..
This would increase the car supply
more than 80 per cent.
Similarly ii is shown that by reducing
pairs. and BY increasing locomotive
mileage. 1t may be possible TO keep
In service Is, 625 more locomotives than
are in use today on our railroads. This
would be equal TO an increase of more
than 25 per cent in the number OF
locomotives available for service.