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The Detroit times., 1911-04-20

We are engaged in a great and
bloody war.
Didn't know II, perhaps? Then it's
time you we're getting busy. II you
can't be a regular, be volunteer at
least.
This war Is as devastating as any
In history, and II is waged without
cessation, year after year. Each
spring the hosts OF the enemy descend
upon the land Each summer the bat
tie wakes bitter and deadly. Each
summer we bury our dead by thou
sands. And when the embattled hosts
go into winter quarters our hospitals
and homes are full OF those more or
less wounded in the struggle. The
enemy. too, suffer. They died by the
Enthusiastically like fiies-but their
host Is go great that the dead are
hardly missed from the ranks.
They say that the American civil
war was the most bloody war OF mod
ern times. yet when compared with
this war now waging, the civil war
was a Sunday school picnic.
There we're killed In battle during
the civil war 67,O5S federal soldiers.
Every year in this war now wagihg
there are slain that many babies TO
saw nothing of the grown folk killed.
In the past four years-a time equal
10 that of the civil war-there were
slain In this dreadful war 26i,O0O lit
tie babies, fully half as many as died
I'm the civil war from all causes on
both sides.
In the Japanese war the JapS
lost $4,000 men killed in battle.
In this war many times that many
are killed in this country every year.
Our enemy in this perennial war is
the common house fly, or, as the gov
eminent experts properly name hinl,
the Typhoid Fly.
II is established now that the ay
il one OF the greatest, II not very
greatest. enemies OF mankind We
know now that perhaps half the cas.s
OF typhoid fever. and fully three
fourths OF the cases OF Intestinal
trouble, at least OF children. can be
attributed TO infection from flies. We
know that tuberculosis may Turk In
a flyspeck: that malaria, cholera in
fantum and various other such dis
eases. are spread by flies.
In short, the Fly is a poison.monger,
He makes II his life work TO poison
human beings with such deadly baciiil
as he can pick up in the foul places
he haunts
The average fly carries about mil
lion germs about his person. Some
The Detroit times., 1911-04-20
Wanted: Recruits For Great War

OF them carry as high as 5000, 600
about a million for each OF his six
feet And, of course, when he drass
those feet through your butter, or
takes bath in your milk pitcher, he
leaves a trail of bacilli behind him.
When you eat the butter or drink the
milk. you get the poison he has pre-
pared for you.
During the Spanish-American war
the medical experts turned their at
tention to the fly They found that
the fly was killing many times as
many as were Mauser bullets Since
then the war has been on In earnest.
1t has been shown that the only
way TO secure comparative immunity
from typhoid and the other diseases
carried by flies, Is TO kill the fly. lie
OF the earth before the war Will
cease. There can be no such thing
as giving quarter. For there is no
such thing as a good fly.
Now, a fly grows up in about IL
days, and lays $50 eggs at a tine.
Thus one fly may produce millions
in the course OF a summer. Natural
ly one would think il ridiculous to
dream of killing all the flies.
But IL is not so ridiculous as would
appear For flies bred in alth, par
ticularly In horse manure. Decaying
garbage. the bodies of dead animals
anything that is foul and rotten In the
way OF animal or vegetable matter Is
likely to foster the maggots that bios
son into typhoid flies. so. all that
needs be done TO kill all the flies is
TO keep everything rigidly clean and
sanitary.
II isn't easy TO keep everything
clean, especially in this country,
where people and cities have yet to
learn the lesson of public cleanliness,
but Il can be done. II is done In
other places. In Germany, where san
itary science is far advanced, there
are only a fourth as many deaths
from typhoid as we have in the
United States.
So. eternal vigilance Is the price
OF freedom from the fly plague. We
must clean up everywhere. II is not
enough to have the kitchen floor
scrubbed vhiteZwe must also see
that the garbage can is fyproof. II
is not enough to clean the stable
we must see TO IL that the manure
pile is kept screened, so that flies
cannot breed there. And, OF course,
we must 20 on putting up screens in
the spring as We did of yore, when
The Detroit times., 1911-04-20

son Deaton was accused OF being one
of these, the enmity between the two
men was quite as naturally Increased
With Deaton still a member OF the
Hargis faction. Devil Anse" must
expect TO be called TO account by
those warriors since he shot Deaton
and Begley down.
The only thing. therefore, that Will
stand in the way OF reopening OF
the Hargis- Cockrill feud would be
refusal of the Whites TO take up
Devil Anses" quarrel. Under the
circumstances that seems a remote
possibility.
The Detroit times., 1911-04-20

We are apt to think of birds as
rather idle feathered folk, who lead
a life that is all frolic and song. But
this is not true. Birds sing, Of course,
but they work too, and work hard.
In fact most birds have trades-trades
that they work at busily all their
lives.
Oh. yes they do! Even the little Eng
lish sparrow, about the only bird that
some city children ever see. has u
sort OF a trade, though to be sure
he doesn't do his work very we'll. He
is a sort of street sweeper. And
there are some birds that are really
skilled workmen-so skilled. so indus
trious that 1t wouldn't be surprising
to find out that they have labor
unions. Maybe they have-who knows?
The Detroit times., 1911-04-20
SAVE THE DOG BISCUIfsp
New York Manufacturer Sends
Unique Appeal to Rep. Doremus.
,From q stan Correspondenp.

,From n stan Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, April 19.-Ot all
the walls against changing the tar
In. the most humorous one is In a
letter sent into Representative Dore-
mus by an eastern firm which does
not want the tariff taken of dog
cakes, the fancy biscuit given PAM
pered CANNES which demand special
food. At present the product enjoys
protective tariff Of twenty percent.
In a letter to Rep. Doremus, a dog
cake maker walls that the present
amount of protection Is barely enough
that the receipt for cooking the cakes
had TO be imported all the way from
England, and that great deal OF
real money has been put into the
dog cake bakeries. The manufacture
er makes a plea for the farmer. and
says that to take the tariff on OF
dog cakes would not help the hard
working tiller OF the soil.
Rep. Doremus saw a lot of humor
in the letter. PULLMAN.
The Detroit times., 1911-04-20

Anyhow, whether they are union
lied or not, there are good tradesmen
among the common birds-carpenters
and masons, and fishermen. and
butchers. They even have policemen
presumably not unionized-who
keep busy chasing thieves and muir
derers. (For there are thieves and
worse among birds. too And lastly
there are some birds who are pro
fessionals' OF such fine feath-
ers and OF such aristocratic ways
that they would be insulted IL We
were to speak Of them as trades
men"
Tomorrow the Times will print the
first OF a series of stories about bird
trades and professions. This story
will be about red-headed family OF
carpenters.
The Detroit times., 1911-04-20
Music Supervisors Meet.

A technical institute of public
school supervisors of music from va
rious parts OF the country Is being
held In the convention hall, OF the Ho-
tel Pontchartrain, and, Wednesday
morning, those present listened to a
paper on Sight Reading" by Charles
Fullerton, of Cedar Rapids, la. The
delegates will be taken on tour OF
inspection OF several OF Detroit
schools. Wednesday afternoon, ending
with the Central high, where a pro
gram by school children will be given
In the auditorium. Wednesday even
ing, a program OF music and the oper-
eta, The Talisman," will be given
in the same auditorium. The insti-
tute will contineu throughout Friday,
the Thursday morning meeting TO
open with an address by Supt. Mar
tindale.
The Detroit times., 1911-04-20
BELL COMPANY WILL
REORGANIZE MICH. LINES
Affairs Of Corporation In Five States
VIII Be Directed From
Chicaqo

Chicago.
CHICAGO, April 19.-At meeting
Of officials and directors of the Bell
Telephone Companies of Indiana, IL
linois, Ohio, Michigan and Kentucky
here today 1t IL understood prelim-
mary plans were laid for reorgan-
ization OF the Bell system in the CEN
trail west, to be operated from general
Offices located in Chicago.
Under the present arrangement, In
diana, Illinois and Ohio are operat-
ed as one system out OF Indianapolis
with Michigan and Kentucky run as
separate companies.
The Reorganization follows out the
plans being put in force by the Bell
companies for the past two months
of further centralizing their forces.
According TO preliminary plans. Pres
ident Sunny, of the Chicago Tele-
phone Co. is to be president OF the
combined five-state organization with
G. A. Richardson, present head of
the Central Union, of Indiana, IL
linois and Ohio, Vice-President and
General Counsel III. II. Hill, General
Manager Of the Central Union Will
be operating head OF the new COM
many
The Detroit times., 1911-04-20
LoRIMER MEN DEFEATED.
Edward D. Shurtleff and Others Beat
en- In Municipal Elections.

CHICAGO, April 19.-Lorimerism
will be an important factor In the nh
nois elections, according to politicians
who. have studied the result OF yes
terdays municipal contest.
Edward ID. Shurtleff, former speaker
of the Illinois house, who was presid-
ing at the time Of Lorimer's election,
was defeated for city attorney OF
Marengo.
The candidate OF Len. Small for
mayor of Kankakee, was beaten.
Small, a Lorimer follower, Is United
States sub-treasurer in Chicago. Gen
orally. candidates backed by Lorimer
or we're known as Lorimer men were
beaten at the polls.
The Detroit times., 1911-04-20
Girls Returned to Parents.

Pear Tenant, 10 years old, living at
No. 243 Columbia-st. east, and Edna
Lee, aged IL, living at No. 239 Colum-
blast. east, Detroit, were handed over
to their parents by the immigration an-
thorities, Wednesday. The girls, hat
less. were found near Belle River,
Ont, IS miles east OF Windsor, by
County Constable ]. d. Renaud, Tues
day night. They said they left home,
Tuesday morning, crossed over to
Windsor and then determined to walk
to Chatham, Ont, to visit an aunt
Chatham is 60 miles from Windsor.
but the girls thought II was not so far
away. They we're walking along the
tracks when picked up.
The Detroit times., 1911-04-20
GENERAL WAR ORDER.

II you keep horses or cows
keep the manure pile covered or
screened. Horse manure is the
favorite breeding place for flies.
Keep everything clean Flies
thrive in dirty pig pens, dirty
kitchens. rotting vegetables. meat
or cheese, in rotting straw or Nethei
decaying vegetable or animal mats,
ter.
Keep screens on every window
and door in your house and over
every can of refuse that may offer
a breeding place for flies.
Never eat food what has been
overrun by flies.
Never miss an opportunity TO
kill fly. It's war to the death.
II We don't kill them all they ii
keep on killing us.
The Detroit times., 1911-04-20

way connection with the coast. It's a
quiet, sleepy sort OF a town. Its streets
are mostly so steep that they are I'm
passable for wagons. but that doesn't
matter much, since the pack mule Ii
the most common means Of transporta-
ton
Quito is one of the Oldest towns in
the new world. II was the capital OF
an ancient Indian nation long before
the discovery OF America. II was TAX
en- by the Incas shortly before the
Spanish conquest and taken by the
the Spanish In turn in 1894.
From Ecuador we shall go to Pan
ANA. for our last stop before sailing
for the golden gate-and home
The Detroit times., 1911-04-20
Street in Quito, Ecuador.

world, all snow-capped year in and
year out, and all sending down ice
cold streams and cool breezes to of
set the heat of the equatorial sun.
These peaks give Quito the worlds
record for grandeur OF situation.
There's Chimborazo, 20.4S9 feet Coto-
paxi, 1858 feet, Antisana, 1885 feet,
and Cayambe, 10, 1856 feet-to say moth
ing of three or four more over 10000
feet high. Most of these high noun
tains are volcanoes, and one, Cotopaxi,
is the highest active volcano in the
world
But for all the grandeur OF its situa-
ton Quito isn't tourists town-yet.
It's only recently that Quito got rail-
The Detroit times., 1911-04-20
WEDNESDAYS GAME OFF.
Raln Which Fell Through Night and
Past Noon the Cause.

The ball game which was scheduled
for Bennett Park Wednesday after.
noon, between the Tigers and Cleve-
land, was postponed today, on account
Of the condition of the field, which was
soggy with the rain which had been
falling through the night and day. II
was still raining as the hour Of the
game approached.
The Detroit times., 1911-04-20
(The Times Tour Of the WorId.)

THE Times Tour Of the Worid.)
QUITO, Ecuador, April 20.-This city
is almost on the equator Ecuador
means equator in Spanish-yet II Is
one OF the most healthful OF the
worlds capitals. It's never very hot
here, even in midsummer, and never
very cold. The fact is that is one OF
the few places in the world where 1t
seems like spring all the time. That's
because Quito, though in the heart OF
the tropical zone, is located $500 feet
above the level OF the sea. That's al
most as high as the summit of Mt.
Etna
Furthermore Quito is surrounded by
some Of the highest peaks in the
The Detroit times., 1911-04-20
LOUD STARTS OVER AGAIN.
As Member Of Minority, Michigan
Man 10 18th On Committee.

WASHINGTON, April 19.-Rep.
George A. Loud, of the tenth Michi.
gan district, and other members OF
Republican minority found them
selves in strange position yesterday
when the house naval affairs commit
tee held its first meeting to organize
for the new session. Rep. Loud, who
was fifth ranking member Of this COM
mittee OF the house during the last
session, now sits at the foot OF the
table as number 10 In rank.
He is virtually starting again in
service in the interest of the navy, for
the place he now has Is the same as
when he started work on the COM
mittee years ago. The Republicans
tried as hard as they could to make
themselves feel comfortable in their
new minority position, but with little
success. PULLMAN.
The Detroit times., 1911-04-20
BEAR THIS IN MIND"

d. & c. Line. Mackinac Divi-
sion, opens Monday, April "a.
Two trips weekly to Northern
Way Ports. This means
money 10 the Business Man as
well a. your Customers. Send
your freight via the Water
Way 1t is the only way, ard
costs less.
The Detroit times., 1911-04-20
VIM. Badeau Arrested.

On a charge of assaulting Edward
O'Brien. and robbing him OF $50. Will
lam Badeau was arrested. early We'd
nesday morning, by Patrolmen Baker
and Lemond. O'Brien says Badeau
accosted him on Larned-st. east
O'Brien halls from Chicago.
The Detroit times., 1911-04-20
ocIETY LEADER WEARS
UNIQUE GOLD ANklET

CHICAGO, April ia Doii
among Chicago women shows
that not many OF them Will
adopt the style set by Mrs
Harold F. Mccormick, daugn
ter OF John ID. Rockefeller.
who has had made a gold ank-
let which she wears.
The anklet is made OF five
tiny gold strands, caught
loosely together and forming
ribbon from which hangs a
number of gold bangles tina,
tinkle merrily as the owner
walks.
But Chicago women have
not small feet and they declare
they cannot adopt Mrs. Nc
Cormick's unique plan, believ-
ing the tinkling anklet will at
tract toe much attention to-
their extremities.
The Detroit times., 1911-04-20
Chairman Knox in washington.

WASHINGTON, April l9.-W.
Frank Knox, chairman OF the Mich
gan Republican central committee,
came to Washington to secure Sena.
tors Smith and Townsend and Reps.
wedemeyer. J. M. G. Smith, .Hamil.
ton, s w. Smith, McMorran. Fordney.
Dodds. Mclaughlin, Lord and Young
as speakers for statewide meetings
in Michigan preliminary to the 1912
campaign.
The Detroit times., 1911-04-20
Lieut.. Wallace. Of Detroit, To Wed.

BUTTE, Mont, April 19.-Lieut
Henry George Stewart Wallace, Uni
ted States navy, class of 1902, who
has charge of the recruiting station
In Detroit, will be married this even.
ing to Miss Jeanette Emerson Gillie.
daughter OF John Gillie, superinten-
dent OF the Amalgamated Copper
properties. The marriage will end a
romance which began In Honolulu.
The Detroit times., 1911-04-20
BIRD STORIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.

Birds Have Trades Just Like Fokfes They Have
and The Times Going Tell Something About the Bird
Carpenters and Masons Of the Bird Tradesmen
The Detroit times., 1911-04-20

flies were merely nuisance-not 4
deadly menace.
The Detroit times., 1911-04-20

style and workmanship and
most unusually They variety
f serges tailored and trimmed STYLE half
full Peau general purpose in all sizes
IA lsyear sizes Come In the
doubt but what response VIII
be made TO Second Floor
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-22
THE SWITZERLAND PLAN.
Question Of How to Handle Children
Easily Solved.

Question Of How to Handle Children
Easily Solved
In the overcrowded quarters of every
city where working people live there
are always many small children who
are allowed to run the streets without
proper oversight. The great question
with the authorizes is how to handle
them and prevent them as far as pos
sibe from becoming criminals. Swift
zerland has solved the problem. partly
at least.
In the city OF Basel. for instance,
guardian schools organized and sup
ported by the state are open every
day. and from the middle of November
till the middle of March every evening.
They can hardly be called schools. but
rather recreation classes. Under the
teachers direction the children play
games. tell stories, sing. embr0ider.
sew. and so forth In good weather
they are taken outdoors for games or
walks. Each class has about thirty
FIVE children in It, just enough for the
teacher or guardian to handle comfort
ably. The state provides all the ma
terials for the games and work.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-22
Trade at Home.

The building up of a community de
ponds TO a large extent upon the sue
cessful establishment and patronage
Of stores and tradespeople to supply
the residents with the conveniences
which have now become an indispen.
sable part Of modern life BY support.
ing the local stores those who have in
vested In homes enhance the value OF
their own property by advancing gen.
eral prosperity. The shortslghted pol
ley OF spending money with the big
advertising concerns which do not con
tribute an iota to the taxes Of the
town or city Is neither wise from a
general or personal economic point. As
n rule. things are often bought at sales
which are not actually needed and
therefore would be dear under any cir
cumstances. The home store. as n rule.
gives prompt service. reasonable prices
and. when necessary. convenient credit
factors which more than Offset an
occasional bargain secured at the cost
OF trip TO the city and added ex-
penses. which more than onset the
difference OF cost A prosperous mer-
camille community Is one OF the
healthiest factors in city or town
Help to build one In your own vicinity,
Hudson Magazine.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-22
A BEAUTY CONTEST.
Washington Suburbanites Offered
Prizes For Best Looking Homes.

Washington Suburbanites Offered
Prizes For Best Looking Homes.
The Suburban Citizens association
of Washington has taken good step
toward the adornment Of the sub
urbs by determining to give prizes Ito
those persons in the ueighborhood who
at the end Of the season present the
best appearing lawns and gardens
The president Of the association has
announced that the basis OF competi-
ton is TO be on the laying out OF the
ground and permanency rather than a
display OF annual lowering plants
The exterior appearance of the
houses is also 20 be weighed rs one
of the factors in the competition.
This friendly nelghborhood rivalry
In the care Of grounds and houses will
inure to the benefit Of every neighbor,
prize losers quite as much as prize win
ners. The value of property depends a
good deal on the neighborhood charac-
ter. and property values are higher in
an attractive than in an unattractiye
neighborhood.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-22
HOW TO COOK BANANAS.
Several Ways Of Preparing wholesome
Fruit In Palatahle Form.

Palates that revolt at raw bananas
can enjoy them well cooked. Stomach
specialists-some OF them-say this
fruit is nourishing and should be
served often
\ simple pudding is made from a
custard Of yoks of three eggs TO a
quart OF milk. slightly sweetened.
When the consistency of thick cream
pour Il over thin slices Of banana in n
pudding dish. Put meringue of whites
OF eggs on top and brown slightly in
oven Serve cold with cream.
Sliced bananas mixed with corn
starch just before It stiffens and served
with fresh strawberry sauce are de-
liciuus
Baked bananas are sometimes used
as n vegetable Peel and cut in half,
lengthwise Divide II large To each
banana allow a tablespoonful OF sugar
two tahlespoonfuls OF water, a table
spoonful each OF lemon juice and melt
ed butter and pinch OF salt Put
slices In shallow casserole and bake
slowly for half an hour. keeping them
well basted.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-22
ssPLANE AT STATE FAIR
Contract Made with Glenn n. curtiss.
Inventor and Aviator.

Secretary Fred L. Davis OF the Yer
mont state Fair Commission has just
closed contract With Glenn II. Cur
tiss. the famous inventor and aviator,
to give flights in his Diplane at the
Vermont state fair al White River
Junction, Sept IS, 20. p and %
There will be three flights daily,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday,
and flights are guaranteed each day
with wind velocity up to 40 miles
This practically insures no disap-
pointment
The oval formed by the trotting
track az the State Fair grounds
makes an excellent course for the
starts OF the flying machine. There
are no distractions Ike buildings in
the way OF the two large grand
stands and spectators will be given
an unobstructed view of the starts
No type OF aeroplane is more
familiar to the layman, and none is
held in higher regard by the expert in
aviation than is the Curtiss bipane.
BY untiring experimentation, Mr. Cur.
tiss has developed his aeroplane for
the most practical purposes; the ma
chine he recently sold to the United
States Government for military use,
being the most efficient and safest Of
modern flying machines. This ma.
chine Is the best specimen OF the gen
eral type known as "Biplane,' since
there are two sets OF wings, or surfac.
es. one being directly above the other
This tpye OF machine is most favored
by Americans, not only permitting of
q greater spread OF lifting surface for
given width of plane than In the
monoplane, or single wing type, but
also being much stronger than the
other machines OF the same weight as
Il permits of a system of bridge trus.
sing In the Curtlss machine this
feature is especially pronounced, ow.
ing to the greater safety made posi-
Bile by the rigid planes as compared
with the weaknesses Of the warping
plane systems.
Because OF It's graceful lines as well
as because of the beauty of its finish,
the first high powered Curtiss ma.
chine. the Rheims International flyer
won the plaudits and admiration of
all nationalities. even the French be-
| ing loud In their praise. despite their
failing for the monopl0ne.