Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • 10

aula: MID EUROPE UNION TO BE REORGANIZED hl 195 Weil on 405 Webb avo street 10 Elsa IL South rye 8 Grand of West November 2G Grip Left ou with an Achy Back AW 1 i have to do most of the work of share (juick help and avoid serious kidney troubles Doan's Kidney Pills are always in unusual by liquor is DECREASES PHONE INSTALLING RATES NOT VENGEANCE lie coses Larger sixes 30c and 60c at drug stores Try it re BO1 Every Druggist has 60c a box oster Milburn Co Manufacturing Chemists Buffalo 1 exccpt are re not cx 1 hat has tax had It should pro bill New York some bottom ORMER CROWN PRINCE ABDICATION DOUBTED ive lators night quarts ky IS nr THE ASSOCIATED PRESS fIh I mc 1 The newly safe sure dry law vlo here Saturday One had 212 MARINES TO REMAIN UNTIL PEACE IS SURE Wellington Dvr There will hr no general demobilization of the marine corps until thn rnn (lusfnn of peace SenrHnrv today although such llsrhnrxvs uH can 'lYerfpd riditaHy with out impairment of the service will Under the plan inaugurated the food administration a system licensing transactions in foodstuffs was established and generally on turned Those licenses applied to all manufacturers wholesalers com mission merchant brokers and all retail dealers whose business ex ceeded $100 non a year These licensees were compelled to submit reports when they were call ed for of their transactions and lo keep records of their sales of Hmir and sugar to their customers The information thus received is used for the guldanen of the food DETROITER LOSES LIE IN MONROE AUTO WRECK a proclamation expressing his de light at again under the New Mayor of Metz Allays ears of Germans There Every Picture Telia a Story Cold North Winds are bound to get into cracks in teeth and first thing you know got the tooth ache Christmas is speeding this way and to be the best since the first one better take inven tory of your teeth if some that look or feci troublesome better come to the Hig gins Dental Offices quick action there sat isfactory and Painless John Wallace ageJ 74 a retired farmer of Ash township and Peter Nadeau aged 76 a former employe of the Wilder Strung Company are dead here Abdication Surprise England London Dec ormal abdica tion of the German emperor caused surprise jnEngland It had been supposed cm the strerigth of an nouncement made by Prince Maxi milian of Baden while chancellor ami reporta of Berlin council of soldiers and workmen's delegates that William Hohemtullern had ab dicated before he left Germany Abdication of the former German crown prim'u was accepted here as a fact on the same basis but it is now believed rederick William hay not relinquished1 claims to the throne The former emperor's pronouncement speaks for himself only I 1 COULD BREAK THIS RENCH SEEK 14 Advertisement of the prohibition of the food control congress It was dis TUSKEGEE ASKS GITS OR NEGRO CHILDREN Read These Detroit Cases: Almost as soon as said with Dr New Discovery Get a bottle today! Temps Says uture Course Must Await Arrival in rance The Hague Dee 1 The Nether lands government has appointed a commission to report on the posi tion which the former German em peror occupies In Holland National relationship of the Dutch government to legal questions which may arise respecting William admission to and his stay In Holland will be inquired into Commission Will Report on Position Ex Ruler Holds in Holland 4 oppression and after a four years' reign terror Addressing the German born Inhabitants I he proc lamation continues: ynn are asking In ter ror what awaits you I was In 1914 one of the first of the num erous victims of your government which wan nut ashamed to throw Into filthy prisons peaceable ciii seng wnu nsd always spect of your Ihwm The rapidity with which this fif ty year old family remedy relieves coughs colds and mild bronchial at tacks Is what has kept its popu larity on the Increase year by year This standard reliever of colds and coughing spells never loses friends It does quickly and pleas antly what It Is recommended to do tine trial puts It in your medicine cabinet as absolutely indispensable Sold by all druggists Advertise ment Bowels Usually Clogged? Regulate them comfortable Dr ills Correct headache umir coat by eliminating clogglnesH Ad To the Editor: or a number of years Tuskegee Institute through its off shoot schools its graduates and former students and through Jeunes fund workers and teach ers in Rosen aid schools has dis tributed among the colored children of the south many Christmas re membranccs of one kind and an other which havo been sent to us for that purpose by generous friends of the institute The colored people of the rural districts of the south I uni glad to say have given freely of their meager resources as well as of of their time to hel In the various war relief movements To many of them this has meant much sacrifice and privation and in any such homes and others there will be lit tle to remind the chldrcn of the happy Christmas Beason shall be glnd through the Tus kegee institute to continue to act8 the intenmedlary through whom nur many friends may transmit thejr giflft to these children and to take pains to see they reach th owe who are worthy distributing them over as wide it section of the south as possible Anything whatsoever no matter how Inexpensive may brighten a home which otherwise might he neglected at the Christmas season Very truly yours MOTON principal Tuskegee institute Alabama The menus of these establishments showed a graded increase In the cheaper to the higher priced articles Roast beef for instance which un der pre war conditions was served nt something like 75 cents per por tion in the first class hotels is now dispensed nt a minimum of $1 and in some Instances as high as $150 A bio cents now $2 Hoist bring DM vwirn airo of profiteering that alleged state were arrested and Sundav and one 128 quarts of whi A little CAPU DINE a little a Dleaaant drinlc And iwmv trn your headache Whether it it caused by cold heat grippe nervouimritomch trouble or brain it van ishes Oh my what welcome re lief! Good for backache also ire due to spontaneous combus tion caused $10600 damage Sunday to the paper stock in River Raisin Paper Mill No 3 sirloin steak which vas at from 75 cents to 99 commands from $150 to and fried chicken now per cent more than two vne ns lance startled oven the most liberal spend ers was the assessment of $750 for a small rack of roast lamb of the hotels AS Inc and Liquor Wines and liquors have com manded a minimum of double and' not unusually throe Hines us much as they used to cost A few months ago it was shown that the stocks of wines and ptquors held by im porters and distillers had increased' In value more than $900000 Ouu as a rf'suii visions passed by closed that much of this slock had been on hand for several years mat only the old normal been paid upon it and that have been retailed at old That which is true of also true of cigars and ns not infrequently instanced by purchases at advanced prices of tobacco products stamped as hav ing been made before the era Washington Dee Casuftltle re ported by th war department today number 1459 eummarlzed follows: Killed In Hrtlvn 110 Died of wound Zito Died accident or other cuuw a med nr aurae ouniei New Society to Submit Pro posal to Peace Meeing New York Dec The 5IUI European union organized recent ly in United States by delegates from 11 oppressed nationalities of Europe has been disbanded and its functions taken over by new organization vhleh has opened unices in Taris it became known hero tonight when Elliott Nor ton announced his resignation as executive secretary of the union According to Mr Norton both Dr Thomas Masaryk president elect of the Gzecho Slovak repub lic and fgnaee Jan Paderewski Polish pianist and political leader arc expected to become affiliated with the new organization Thu body proposes to draft a harmonious proposal covering in terests of al mid European peo ples to be submitted to the peace conference BY tOIJM SEIIIOLI) 1918 by the Puhllehlnr Co and Detroit ree Definite measures to 'limit retail prices were announced by the food administration June 7 this year but the methods outlined had been In operation for some months with varying degrees of success tn some of the principal cities of the coun try notably Now York The plan described In the admin istration's official statement began with the establishment of In terpreting Committees" composed of representatives of wholesalers retailors and consumers in every community This interpreting board was empowered to ascertain fair re tail prices on the basic commodities that a large part of the diet of the ordinary household and these pries were to be issued at regular intervals (kfiiHuniers Asked to Atyi Consumers were Invited to report stores charging more than the an nounced prices and Investigations by food administration offi cials were to provide "a base upon which to work In separating the patriotic dealer from the Though the small retailer does nut require a food administration li cense an indirect control over him could he exercised by forbidding li censed wholesalers to sell to him investigation show's that any dealer has charged exces sive the announcement rend local administrator will grant a hearing If he (the dealer) cannot show how a Just cause for his failure to keep within the prices announced hy the interpreting boards he will be punished plan (heck on Retailers food administration believes with the operation of this standarlzed plan throughout the country it can assure the consumers that the price they paj represents no more than cost of productlop plus reasonable rostg and profits of necessary handlers It has already through its licensing system placed a close check upon the various classes of retailors find eliminated all classes not performing a neces sary function In moving In the shortest possible line and with the least expense from the farm to the 1 table Prosecutions of dealers by the 1 food administration to some extent under this plan but to a much greater extent for violations of the nrlroH fixed for wheat and sugar and for Infractions of the various 1 regulations drawn to guide livens 1 ecl wholesalers and Jobbers result i ed in 1553 penalties being imposed 1 up to August this year excluding minor cases not reported by stale administrators Unlimited Revocations There were 102 unlimited revoca tions of federal licenses still out standing July 3L and there were 18 unlimited revocations which had been terminated There were out standing "9 limited revocations and 65 had been terminated Refunds and contributions (usually to the Rod Cross) hadf been exacted from 607 Individuals firms and corpora tions There had been J67 temporary suspensions and minor penalties and 32 requisitions and forced sales with nine complete cancellations of licenses There were eight criminal convictions Hoover Holds Conference The food administration held many conferences with manufactur ers of various food products and after such conferences announced maximum prices beyond which the charges wllL be considered unrea sonable for such commodities as canned sardines tanned corn peas and other vegetables prunes etc A new pledge being obtained from retailers of foodstuffs In this state by the federal food board pledges the sell licens ed foods at not more than a rea sonable advance over cost regard less of market 231 Butchers ined Charges of profiteering against 234 butchers In New York city re sulted In the imposition of fines of $100 each to be paid in the form of donations to the Red Cross in lieu uf more severe sentences The nature otf the profiteering was ro xealed by the prices charged in ex cess of those allowed by the food administration hi each case the offenders ordered to make refund to the cus tomers from whom they had ex torted the excessive prices in ad dition to the donations to the Red Cross rom Now on Till Christmas Out T1UG UK THU JT rYtSS MONDAY JIKCEMBHll 2 7518 Burleson Says Better Labor Conditions is Reason Wash I nt goilf 1 ec 1 Telephone Installat diarges recently fixed for government coni rolled wires were ordered reduced today by General Burleson Be lief from tluj shortage uf labor and material Mr Burleson announced permits modification of the rates for Installations of indi vidual or party line service private branch connections or connections of extension stations are ordered reduced to per ti lrpllOtir Teh present rate is from $5 io $15 or establishing by use uf in struments already on rhe subsciib cr'a premises a charge of $150 tu cover directory account circuit and switchboard expenses will be levied vere vengeance is not legitimate day? But we are rench nnil place duty equity and Justice above everything" The mayor promises the German' born Inhabitants the fullest pr tecilr of their rights If they oi aerve the regulations but warns against any nt lorn pt to tlr up tjuuth Hvvunth street Grand Haven Corporal HENNA WARREN EilcIM avhha tbitrirff 5HHELCIC JOSEPH THOMAS Trl Mounialn Private CROSS JOHN ADAM 320 Gilbert ave nue Detroit DEHO SILAS Mendon ELDER LYLE IL Kt Ignare CHEVRIE HAROLD (imtloX Gallen LAPOINTE WEIJU 754 Spuuner etreet Cheboygan TRACY PAUL Louis Walkersville TURNER frank JOI Euet Hatch Btrtwt Sturgill WOINDED SLIGHTLY Corporal RCNTJNG JACOB Wayne EDyiN Union Private TRIPP LESTER l'l Aeh street Detroit STUDLEY ROBINSON JAMES 332 Sec und street Grand Rapids MORORD I ELAND Onaway relief it brings to sufferers from this malady You can forget Sore Throat if you will only remember TONS1LINE nu ges we oottie that waits for you at jour druggists Look for the long necked fellow on the bottle when you get it 35 cents and 60 cents IIos D1U1 bize Ifluu 1853 Penalties Plac ed Upon Dealers Who Violate Orders of Hoover Dept The arenmfanying installment of rhe hrec I'ress exbose nf brnbifuf ina shotvs the extent fiml of prosecution initiated by the ood rid ministration as also the manner in which war conditions have affect ed prices charged by hotels and res taurants as compared with earlier tariffs unB nave aiso nil the ban fur charging ox other material ami granting tiotinl i'omebeen for a week Betting forth the char arter of their violations ana pledg hemse Ives to future obedience A few restaurants and several candy manufacturers have been compelled to close up their estab lishments for a few days of the week and to pay flues In the form of donations to the lied Cross The food administration had paid particular attention to what might be described as the second class or popular restaurants" As a whole however Institutions of this character have genet ally furnish ed load articles of as good quality as the higher priced Institutions and at much less cost This is because of the larger percentage of expense w'tlch the first class Institutions have been compelled to bear according to the hotel men and the better class res taurateurs The food administra tion recently singled out a concern operating an extensive chain of "popular price" restaurants throughout the country for dls clpllnea The foot? administration com pelled these restaurants to elimin ate the excess charge for bread and butter and to reduce its prices on other articles Jn one Instance the government threatened to com mandeer some of the restaurants in Washington for failure to com ply with the government regula tion aa to price and other consid erations (In the expose of profiteering to be presented by The ree Press to morrow Mr Seibold tvill show the extent to which prices of clothing and shoes have risen during the sear period as compared with those pre vailing during earlier years) Cuticura the oot Sore riend After long hours of hiking or guard ing when his feet are swollen hot Itching or blistered the soldier will find wonderful relief in a Cuticura Soap bath followed by a gentle anointing with Cuticura Ointment Cof1 Ilctanf Shia With Cuticura Bolhtwith Soap whe withOintmentdust wtthTlcum 25 cent each 11 dealers that biliunsnesn stomach tongue bowel OLDS and influenza leave thousands with weak kidnevs Remember Tonsiline tonsii nrc ICt 7 4 1 1 Threat it i a crJA iv vsnjr Dtstd in tnfl Union Moat rwnnla kntf bottle occasionally because most 3 occasionally have Sore Throat They buy it for the prompt welcome iQPNE! Detroit Hotel Rates Third Highest in Country Cleveland Takes Second Place high prices followed the Inaugura tion of war conditions Nome llotyle DhrlpHoed The hotels and restaurants have naturally resented the charge of prollleerlng generally made against them notwithstanding the fact that a number of them throughout the country have hmm disciplined for profiteering and for having vio lated other provisions of tho food regulations Many restaurants have also fal the ban fur charging px or bitant priccH hoarding sugar and I rthn akin I 1 fp I 1 1 UIl usual privileges to favored guests wj Hirsts reais urantH have compelled to exhibit signs administration and not disclosed to IDIJ PUD1IC 1 Rules for' llrenscpN Some of tho rules prescribed for licensers are as follows: licensee shall not import manufacture store distribute sell or otherwise handle any food com modities fftr an unjust exorbitant unreasonable discriminatory or un fair commissionprofit or storage charge licensee In selling food com modltles shall keep such commodi ties moving to the consumer In as direct a line as possible and with out unreasonable delay Resales within the same trade without rea eonable Justification will be dealt with as unfair practice Private Trading Burred broker or any other licensee shall buy or sell any food commodi ty for his own account unless he is regularly engaged in the business of distributing eueh commodity other wise than on a commission or brok erage basis" ollowing the inuaguratlon of the food administration the president Issued proclamations requiring dif ferent classes of food manufactur ers and handlers to take out li censes President's Proclamation They were as follows: August 14 1917 Wheat and elevXtors and millers i September 1 sugar sugar syrups and molasses October 8 1917 All staple food commodities November 7 1 Bakers January 10 eeds and cer tain other food cofhmodlties January 30 Small bakers green coffee May 14 1918 Canned tuna near beer and other commodities Industries Excepted The trades and Industries ed from the license system tailers whose business does reed $100000 a year common car riers farmers gardeners live stock farmers millers of com oats bar ley or rice operating plants can ners of peas beans corn tomatoes salmon or sardines whose gross production does not exceed 600 cases per annum manufacturers of maple syrup and compounds glnners buy ers agents dealers or other han dlers of cotton seed of less than 20 annual tons Persona who patronize hotels and restaurants throughout the country aiv pieuy generally convinri a every institution of the sort been profiteering Hold Defense In defending themselves against this imputation hotel managers and restaurant keepers who cater to the general public assert that the in creased prices asked bv th for thalr wares are dictated bv market conoiiions over which they have no control It is difficult of course to deter mine the exact percentage nf in crease that would apply to hotels and restaurants alike Even before the United States entered the war and the conservation regulations promulgated by the food adminis tration were put Into Operation there bad been a steady mounting of priccyr Restaurants Co operate The hotels and restaurants in stanced their whole hearted co operation with the plans of the food administration by exhibiting large signs establishing their membership In the food cutting down the portions and raising pi ices "ood will win the war don't waste became the most con spicuous feature of the menus in hotels restaurants and even clubs A comparison of the prices charged bv the hotels in London New York Chicago Washington Boston Cleve and and San rancisco shows that the prices charged by the American hotels exceeded those appearing on the menus of concerns of a like character In London Detroit Rates Are High New York was not the mst ex pensive city hi the country as far as hotel rates were concerned Vash ington appears to have held the record with Cleveland Detroit and Chicago next andlicfun frnm fiir The independent restaurants fol lowed the upward trend in prices the New York cabaret concerns leading the way The steward nt one or the large New York hotels recently admitted that the pi ices charged by the establishment which he serves increased on an average 135 per cent but he asserted that of this Increase the producers and handlers of raw material and labor secured the fighting off a cpld or a contagious disease They weaken slow up Then you feel dull and draggv ir writable or nervous and have head Put REE PRESS Character behind your advertising and watch your business grow PRICE AID CONTROL DUTCH TO SEEK OOD COSTS DURING WAR KT 1 Commission Will Reoort on S71 Detroit and other Mlchlfan names the list are: KILLED IN ACTION Corporal KLINE ROBERT JAMES Saranac I'rlvute JANSSENS JOSEPH $07 Bellevue avenue Detroit IHRD WOUNDS Lieutenant GLABSORD ALBERT Bervllle rrivates PEMBERTON JEREMIAH Algonac MILLER NORMAL GOLDEN Avoca ZJTOWIECKl MIKE Hamtramck TAYLOR JOHN Goodele DE1IMET Gladstone BERGER HAROLD Cold Water DIED DISEASE Sergeant OAKMAN HOWARD 8 nue Detroit Private VEERMEESEH JOHN Detroit BROWN CLARENCE Shlawaeaee street Owosno IM PERI GAETANO Rabid BAUMGARTEN EDWARD 1 Branch SOUTH BIRD ALBERT 5 WIL iminnDiirA Morris MANELY Beaverton WOUNDED SEVERELY IJeutennnt HATCHEN JAY WARREN 255 Grand boulevard Detroit Sergeant BRADNER MELVIN IRA Powers HOSKIN ROLAND Alluuez Corporal TENNANT ANGUS Box 59 Hub bell Private ROMANO MICKE 330 Brady itrfiet De troit STEVENS WILBUR 1055 Jeffereon ave nue Detroit BROADWELL WILLIAM Bangor EATON WILLIAM 828 Prospect street Lanalng LDK1NSKI JOSEPH 2 Sag inaw COUTURE RUSSELL Ontonagon ROST CLARENCE Dz i Elberta KRUSKA RANK Box 92 Broneon GIBB1E ABRAM 3 Stanton BRUCE ARTHUR 1012 itzgerald street Bay City CVCULI GEORGE Channing SULIK DOMINICK Sweet avenue Jaekaon WOUNDED DEGREE UNDETER MINED Ilentenant ROBINSON UHARIES LOUIS 120 HEADACHES Impair the nerves and prevent I one from doing his bet work therefore should not bo allowed to run on Stop it at once i CAPUDINE does not contain aco I tanilide the coal tar heart de pressant nor any so can be taken without fear Much quicker and more agreeable than tablets powders or pills Trial bot tle 2 doses Larger sizes Monroe Mich T)ec Louis Ku rowsld aged 19 unmarried 176 Thirty Second atreet Detroit was Instantly killed early Sunday morn ing when the automohllo he was driving skidded on the north end ot the Dixie Highway seven miles north of here and turned turtle into a ditch His aKull wag frac tured Andrew Kurowskl his father and rank Dzwomark' same address oc cupying rear scats escaped with a few bruises Th dead man was released on probation here Wednes day having been charged with vio lating tho dry law Ho was given permission by Judge Hoot to drive to Toledo Saturday Tto body was taken to Detroit backache sore joints and irregular kidney action Give the kidnevs Ooan Kidney demand after grip epidemics as so many people have learned their reliability Doan used the world oxer They are recommended by your friends and neighbors Paper Think William Will Quit Paris Dee 1 Petit Journal says it Is convinced the associated pow ers xvlll demand formal abdication of rederick William former Ger man crown prtnee In an article seeking to penetrate significance of the publication of the present moment of the German abdication Jean Herbette political editor of The Temps con cludes with thia passage: than ever it Is' possible' Germany is preparing a surprise for us More than ever must rance remain in close union with her com panions In arms this union to be efficacious must be general It is not only European Allies which must remain hand in hand Tho ro(o of the United States which was decisive in the latter stages of the war is no less decisive In preparing for peace can be done which binds the future before arrival in Europe of President Wilson The conversa tions which are now going on in London have no diplomatic charac ter It is och not Plchon (the for eign minister) who accompanies Premier mnHHHBMBHBEaaennMM I 4 I rN XV S' 1 i 1 4' 'V A A I I I 1 Hb 1 II WM IV 4 I 1 I im 'ill llll 11 UH i iis 1 I lIIf I I 1 Sr? i KXiiiii II 1 il 4111 I a backs The kidneys I az i i li Wlrtt k1 a I fs mil i 9 I I' I I I A KA' If i i IU I I I I 1 aches dizzy spells lame back i 1 "VilU LJ I 1 Wlm i i are I It I 1 I 1 Ba 1 i 'VI i Ji of 1 3 I I 1 I'm I M' i i I 4 i I 10 1 I 1 1 HIS 1 1 Al 1 4 ir McClean Ave Beals Ave Howard St Evans 257 McClean Ave says: Mrs MSchaefer 90 Beals Ave I rank Curtis prop of barber shop 650 have been a foundryman most of my life am never withoul a box of Doan's Kid Howard St have always found and so much change of temperature made th a9lhcy are hc Ki7 Pil1" advertised remedy that relieves me when suffering from When my kidneys act irregular or my back hard on my kidneys My kidneys acted my kidncy8 Whenever I am on my feet gets to hurting me I get a box of irregularly and the secretions contained sed very much my back gives out My kidneys' Kidney Pills and start using them linen I have had backaches so bad I could get out of order at such limes and there are have never failed to relieve me in a short ardly get up or down Whenever I have others distressing symptoms of kidney trou time Being on my feet so much at tny work felt this way Doan Kdncy Plls haven be am not ong in geMing rid of a com ha a tend to caue that Uo been long strmghtemng up my trouble paint aftcr taking Kidney Pills" gladly recommend Seventeenth St Baker St East Congress St Cfatnble 1 38 Seventeenth St Chas Lewandowsky prop of grocery Mrs A Acetham 584 Congress says: My back pained terribly and I had 482 Baker St says: "I am dn my feet a lot St says: "I suffered from pains in my back to have help to do my housework I was so during the day and as a result it brought oi 1 felt tired and my 'feet swollen My used up There were puffy sacs beneath trouble with my kidneys I suffered from kidneys didn't act right cither Two boxes my eyes and 1 became very dizzy My rheumatic pains and my lower limbs were of Kidney Pffis procured from Kin kidneys acted irregularly too Kid painful In damp weather I was always sei's Drug Store cured me of the attack" ncy Pills soon relieved me and whenever worse knew my kidneys required atlen Mr leethom gave the ebftve eteteinent July 20 my kidneys have required attention sihcc tion so I began using Doan's Kidney Pills 1915 and on July 29 1918 ahn added: Doans have always brought the same good Doan's soon relieved trouble and I am nrr nil they nre claimed to be 1 nlway ready enCTd i 1 A 1.