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THE JEWISH, CHRONICLE

Special
Election

A LOCAL YOUNG MAN AT CAMP
CUSTER.

EXAMINATION OF ACCOUNTS
. BY EXPERT NOW A NE-
CESSITY.

TUESDAY
NOV. 6

Polls Open 8 A. M. to 9 P. M.
Eastern Standard Time.

A special election will be held in
the City of Detroit, Tuesday, No-
vember 6th.

Propositions and Charter
Amendments Will Be Submit-
ted as Follows:

Do you favor a general revision
of the charter of the City of Detroit?

Do you favor a change in the form
of government of the City of Detroit
so as to provide for the election on a
non-partisan ballot of a small coun-
cil elected from the city at large in-
stead of a council composed of alder-
men elected from the different wards
of the city?

Shall there be one alderman in each
ward after the second Tuesday in
January, 1919, at a salary of $2,000.00
per annum, instead of two aldermen
as at present provided?

Do you favor increasing the pen-
sions of the widows and children of
deceased firemen killed in the service
of the City of Detroit from $25.00
per month to $50.00 per month?

Shall the Public Lighting Commis-
sion be authorized to engage in the
sale of electricity for commercial
lighting or power?

Do you favor giving to the Com-
mon Council of the City of Detroit
power to erect and maintain a bridge
over the American channel of the De-
troit River between Belle Isle and
the Mainland at the intersection of
Jefferson Avenue and East Grand
Boulevard, and to provide for an ap-
proach or approaches thereto, the cost
of the same not to exceed three mil-
lion dollars, which may be raised by
taxation or by the sale of bonds?

Do you favor dividing the time for
the collection of taxes so that taxes
on property on the east side of the
City of Detroit may be paid in the
month of July without interest, and
taxes on property on the west side of
said city may be paid in the month of
August without interest?

Do you favor empowering the Com-
mon Council to provide for the lay-
ing out and planting of trees and for
assessment to defray the cost thereof?

Shall the Common Council be au-
thorized to provide for the construc-
tion and erection of moles, break-
waters, sea walls, dykes and other

is at present a member of Company
C, 329th Machine Gun Battalion, sta-
tioned at Camp Custer. His friends
may address him with this designation.

MR. CARL SUMETZ

Prom business man to soldier does
not seem to have affected Carl Sumetz
to his dissatisfaction as the accom-
panying photograph shows. He is
well known in Detroit, being a mem-
ber of the executive committee of the
Congress organization, and is also a
prominent member of the Pisgah
Lodge, B'nai B'rith, and the Jewish
Workers' Alliance. Mr. Sumetz is
working hard for a commission. He

structures to protect the waters of
any river, stream or creek or the land
adjoining thereon in the said city and
assess the cost thereof against the
abutting property?

The world has never before been
confronted with such colossal mass of
figures as it is today. We speak of
billions instead of millions, and are
bewildered at the intricate methods
used to juggle these figures. Busi-
ness these (lays is increasing in vol-
ume and it is necessary to systema-
tize accounts more minutely. For
this purpose experts are needed who
arc equipped with the proper train-
ing to audit accounts, install systems
and open and close books. Among
the well known accountants of Detroit
none enjoys a more enviable reputa-
tion as a Certified Public Accountant
than A. F. Thayer, with offices at 617
Dime Bank Bldg. Mr. Thayer has
had a wide and diversified experience
in handling the details of business
houses, and institutions of a non-com-
mercial nature, and has brought sys-
tem out of chaos for many concerns,
thus enabling them to expand their
activities. The modern commercial in-
stitution that does not have its ac-
counts examined by an unprejudiced
third party to its affairs is not abreast
of the efficient spirit of the times, says
Mr. Thayer.

OPPORTUNITY FOR INVEST-
MENT IN FARMING.

The shortage of food that is now
agitating the minds of men the world
over brings us to the realization of the
necessity of further food production in
the future. The food administration

at Washington is 'spending much of
its energies in developing uncultivat-
ed lands for cultivation. The Agri-
cultural Lands, Inc. with offices at
1658 Penobscot Bldg. is an organiza-
tion that is supplementing the work
of the United States and Canadian
governments in further developing
agricultural resources. This company
incorporated under the -laws of the
state of Michigan offers a , splendid
opportunity to the conservative inves-
tor to perform a patriotic service in
helping to solve the food prOblem for
all time to come.
The Agricultural Lands, Inc. owns
and operates large tracts of farm
lands that now arc yielding great re-
turns. It is increasing its, holdings
and activities, and proposes, to place
farming on a commercial scale equal
to that of any other business. The
present prices of food stuffs are, of
course, exceptionally high on account
of the current abnormal conditions,
but a compariso n with -Prices of the
past four or five years will prove that
even though peace be declared today
it will be impossible for production of
staple food stuffs to catch tip with the
demand for the next five years.

THE ARMY IS "JEWISH" ON A
H 0 LYDAY
.
.
It didn't happen here, but•at Camp
Mills, Garden City, L. I. When the
order came from General . Mann, that
men of • the Jewish faith be allowed
passes over the Jewish Holy Days,
there was a stampede. of Mulligans,
O'Briens, Sullivans and O'Connells.
All this really happened, according to
a special correspondent of the Chi-
cago Tribune. And, adds he, "there
are two honest to goodness Jews in
the battery. and they nearly got lost
in the shuffle."

Primaries Oct. 16, 1917

.

Don't Forget

Election of nine charter commis-
sioners to revise the charter, these
commissioners to be elected on a
non-partisan ballot.

CHARLES PRAG

Republican Candidate for

Election of an alderman in the
Third Ward to fill vacancy.

ALDERMAN

REGISTRATION AND
TRANSFERS

All electors who are not regis-
tered, or who have removed from
the ward in which they are regis-
tered, may be registered or trans-
fer their registration at the office
of the City Clerk any day up to
and including Tuesday, October
the 16th, 1917. The law does not
permit registration or transfer of
registration after this date.

"I ask the support of the 3rd ward."

TRUSSES!

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Women Electors

Women who are qualified electors
under the law may vote on the propo-
sition relating to the issuing of bonds
for the construction of a new bridge
to Belle Isle, and the amendment in-
creasing pensions of widows and chil-
dren of firemen. Qualifications for
women electors require that they be
taxpayers or joint owners of property
assessed for taxation in the City of
Detroit.

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The election of November the 6th
will be held at the various election
houses, schools and other places de-
signated by the City Election Com-
mission.

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288-290 EAST HOUSTON ST., NEW YORK CITY

City Clerk.

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