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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-07-10
TYPHOID GERMS
BRED IN CANALS
OF BELLE ISLE
Sanitary Engineer Reports to
Park Com. Dust That Sewers
Are Needed
DIR. KIEFER BEGAN SEWER
FIGHT SEVEN YEARS AGO
Children Play on Banks OF Ca
~ mails That Are Like Streams
of Pollution

William G. Williamson, sanitary en-
,inaer of the Board oil Health has
traced numerous cases OF typhoiu
fever 10 the unsanitary waters OF the
Hello Isle canals. In a recent survey
OF the island canals Engineer William
son found them TO be badly polinte"'
due 10 the poor system of sewerage
anC|dralnage on the isand<
lie reported 10 i'ark Commissioner
Dust that he found plenty OF traces Of
typhoid germs In 1908 Guy l." kieler'
then health officer, made similar re-
port 10 Philip Rreitmeyer al thal time
commissioner OF parks ana Doule-
-vfsrtis.-e Commissioner Breitmeyer used
the report as the basis Of his fight 10
secure an appropriation for an ade-
oratc sewerage system on the island
but he was turned down by the board
of estimates Commissioner Myrtle
p. Hurlbut also fought for the appro-
priaiion until he became discouraged.
Tits year the request was not includ-
ed in the budget OF the department.
Commissioner Dust has resolved 10
renew the fight for the appropriation
which he says is absolutely necessary
10 protect the health and lives OF isl
and visitors lie has enlisted the aid
OF the board OF health and he hopes
next yea 10 secure an appropriation
OF $4,000 for the sewer system and
pumping station Now the island Is
partially drained By y surface sewer
system which ompties into the canals.
polhting The waters around which
children are constantly playing during
the summer months.
Even the water in front of the isl
aud hathhouse. where thousands of
people battle daily during the summer
months is not free from pollution
Only few days ago Commissioner Dust
was forced TO address q letter TO the
Detroit Yacht club, which is located
above the bathing beach. ordering the
club 10 stop throwing garbage and
other refuse into tho river 10 be wash
ed on the bathing beach.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-07-10
BELLE ISLE REFUSE TO
BE BURNED ON ISLAND

A $500 incinerating plant will be
installed on Belle Isle to dispose or
all refuse and garbage collected on
the island At present the refuse and
garbage is hauled across the bridge
and carted 10 the garbage station at
the foot Of Twenty.fourth.st. Park
Commissioners Dust says that the cost
of these long hauls will more than pay
for the plant in a year. The plant
will be located near the island barns.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-07-10

The oldest citizen OF Illinois. Dr.
James Lynn, of Oconce- ten miles
south OF Lynn. recently entertained
l0S guests, including relatives and
friends, in celebration OF his one-hun-
dredth-and-eighth anniversary.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-07-10
BATH HOUSE WILL BE
3 OPEN TILL 9, SATURDAYS

= Moonlight bathing on the Belle Isle
beach will likely be the popular spor,
SITTER next Saturday night. Park
Commissioner Dust will experiment
With moonlight bathing by keeping the
bathhouse open an hour later In the
evening. starting Saturday. Instead
Of closing at 8 o'clock. just when the
moonbeams are beginning to slant
over the trees. the commissioner will
allow the. bathers an extra hour To
bask In the shimmery waters.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-07-10

Pulp wood statistics indicate that
l.S46.el0 cords OF pulp wood were
cut in Canada during 1912 or this,
es6.Oi2 cords we're manufactured into
pulp in Canadian MILLS. while Csc. 1913
cords we're exported In the raw or
manufactured state.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-07-10
McCombs ReaainIna Health.

!. PARIS, July civilian r. Nc
Combs, chairman of the Democratic
national committee, Is resting we'll to-
day. following the operation for ap-
pendicitis performed at private hos.
pital here. Attending physicians
state that the operation was entirely
successful. McCombs rallied and
there Is no fear of complications.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-07-10
Farms Company Files Articles

Articles of association for the Lake
side Farms company were filed We'd
nesday. The capitalization OF the
company is 100000.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-07-10

on engine propulsion for ocean 20.
ing vessels has reached so successful
D stage that a $4,000. 900 company has
been organised IN London 70 operate
lines Of freight ships Of THAI type,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-07-10
PITTSBURGH BANK
PROSPECTS CLEAR
Head of First-SecOnd National
Bank Declares DepOsitOrs
Will BE Paid In Full

PITTSBURGH, July 9-In the
United States court today, recelv.
erships were asked for six sub
sidiary companies of the Ameri-
can Water Works & Guaranty Co.
Most of the applications which
were made 10 Judge Charles p.
Orr, were signed by Lucian Hill,
citizen of Maryland In each
case the application was granted.
but the receivers not officially
named as yet
PITTSBURGH, Pa, July 9.-Tht
Pittsburgh bank situation was be
lieved to be further clarified today
and much of the uneasiness which
has been aroused since the appoint
ment OF receivers for the First-Sec
end National bank. and the j. s.
W. s. Kuhn interests was believed tC
have subsidized.
W. 5. Kuhn, who has been at the
bedside of his sick wife in Beverly
Mass. vas expected to arrive. today
and plunge into the work OF helping
to straighten out the affairs OF the
Kuhn concerns. He stated that he
expected all depositors OF the First
Second bank to be paid in full.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-07-10

The merchants OF Chattanooga
have raised s2G, 900 for the building
OF Great White Way" half mile
long
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-07-10

Watermelon seeds are regarded as
a delicacy In China.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-07-10
A Blessing to Victims
OF "SOre Feet" Agony

The following is said to he the surest
and quickest cure known TO science
for all foot ailments. dissolve two
tablespoOnfuls OF CaloCide compound ia
basin 81 warm water. Soak the feet
in this for fully fifteen minutes. gently
ruiNing the sore parts" The effect Is
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-07-10

Almonds are high In nutrici~us
quality.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-07-10

really WOndefful. All SrG-
ness goes Instantly. the feet
feel delightful Corns and
tallouses can ". peeled right
OF. II gives immediate relief
for sore bunions. sweGtv.
smelly and aching feet q
twenty five cent box OF cal
ocide Is said to be sufficient
TO cure the worst feet "
works through the poree and
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-07-10

gt moves the cause ~ the trouble. Don't
waste time on uncertain remedies. Nav
druggist has Calpcidc compound ~
stock or~ne oan get IL In few hodr.
from his Wholesale house
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-18
The Ace of Consent.

Dubuque Telegraph-Heraid: Phila-
delphia's vice commission has recon-
mended that the state legislature
raise the age limit of consent for stat
utory offenses to twenty-one years.
Such law. it would seem at first
blush, would attend traffic in girls I'M
der that age and criminal relations
with them with a danger that would
repress crime. But 1t is seriously to
be questioned that the benefits which
it seems should follow enactment OF
such a law, would follow it.
Recently two juries in Dubuque re
fused to convict two defendants not
withstanding the prosecuting wit
nesses were under the age OF consent,
because the defense showed that the
latter were notoriously dissolute. The
I juries decided that 1t would be I'M
I Just to punish men under statute
/ intended to safeguard virtue when
they had not destroyed virtue.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-18

Kansas City Star: II you swear
YOU are probably in full sympathy
with the ministers proposed tight
against profanity.
There is no more reason why
profane man should not be opposed
to profanity, or drinking man be
an enemy of the liquor traffic, than
there is reason for suffering man
to be against a cure for suffering
We do not all defend our own sins
or weakness.
Ordinarily the swearing citizen Is
like the ungrammatical citizen. His
swear words are habits with him
slovenly, careless habits, like the use
OF the double negative or a tendency
to get mixed up in pronouns. An oath
is usually not conscious blasphemy
Only in melodrama and novels does
the villain make point of scornina
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-18
READY TO FACE PANIC.

In the actual presence of growing
financial stringency and decline In Sc
curity values here and abroad. the
United states government in the hands
OF the Wilson administration has taken
steps to Offset possible emergency
or panic by statement to the pub
lie from Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo. This was to the effect that
the secretary would not hesitate to
issue emergency currency up to the
limit prescribed by the law to any
national bank or currency association
making application under the Aldrich-
Vreeiand act passed right after the
1907 panic. This authorized the
treasury to issue currency on the Sc
curity of state and municipal bonds,
as well as government bonds and also
on high-class, short-time commercial
paper. The secretary says that he has
on hand for this purpose s5oo,ooo,oOO
in national bank notes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-18
If We Were in Mexico

The Independent: June 1.-The
army has revolted under Gen. Leon
ard Wood. The soldiers have not
been paid since the revolution of
last November, when Senior Taft has
ousted from office and banished.
june s6The California insurrec-
ton under Colonel (now General)
Roosevelt is reported to be under
control. Senior johnson was taken and
shot by the federal troops near Los
Angeles.
June 10-The Wisconsin revolt un-
der Senior LaFollette, which has
smouldered since last summer, has
just broken forth with renewed VIC
lence. Canada has stationed six regi-
ments near the border. !.
June 15-.The army under General
Wood has besieged and taken Wash
ington. A provisional government
under his leadership has been pro.
claimed. The late President Senior
Wilson, has been held for trial. Con.
gress was hastily summoned and I'M
der threat of armed force the mem
bers We're compelled to recognize the
new regime
June 16-Senor Wilson, Senior Mar.
shall and cher deposed officials at
Washington were shot today while
escaping. The government official
ly expresses its regret and refuses to
give up the bodies to the relatives OF
the deceased
June 1.-THE wilsonistas of New
Jersey have been making trouble
Five regiments have been sent te
quell the disturbance
June 20-Canada still refuses tc
recognize the de facto government oi
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-18
DESTROY THE WEEDS.

There is a very stringent Iowa law
requiring weeds to be destroyed and
everyone will do well to obey this
law. The Burlington Gazette en-
phasizes the need of fighting the
weeds by saying:
THE new weed law which makes
il compulsory for everybody to de-
stroy all noxious growths on their
land and in the public highways has
been posted in all the school districts.
The noxious weeds must be destroyed
between July 10 and August Is, and If
the land owner does not do the work
the township trustees will do it and
Z tax the cost up to the property own
err The purpose of the law is to rid
THE state of the increasing growth
of quack grass thistles, plantain and
Iother noxious growths.
The law, in its classification OF
roxious weeds embraces the follow
ling: Quack grass, Canada thistle,
y cocklebur. Wild mustard, sour or curl
ed dock, smooth dock, buckhorn or
ribbed plantain, wild parsnip. horse
tnettle. velvet or button weed, burdocK
shoofly, wild carrot and RUSSIAN
thistle. It Is provided that any trus
tee who is negligent of his duty 10
these respects may be fined not &c
exceed SO"
Landowners and township trustees
would do well to pay attention to the
requirements Of the new statute ane
carry its provisions into effect 1t IN
wolves no hardship upon anyone, ant
it's Observance would soon free thf
, state from noxious weeds. There i
whole month in which to do thu
work and ii should on no account b.
7 neglected
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-18
II cn1,Idn,t De Done.

Somebody said that it Couldn't be done,
But, he, with chuckle, replied
THAT maybe it couldn't but he
would be one
Who wouldn't say SO till he'd tried.
So he buckled right in, with the ira se
of a grin
On his face If he worried, he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the
thing
That couldn't be done, and he done
It!
somebody scoffed: "oh, you'll never
do that,
At least no one ever has done 1t.
But he took off his coat and he took
off his hat,
And the first thing we knew he'd
begun It;
With the lift of his chin, and a bit OF
a grin,
without any doubling or auibbling;
He started to sing as he tackled the
thing
| That couldn't be done. and he did it!
There are thousands to tell you It can
| not be done,
/ There are thousands to prophesy
failure;
There are thousands to point out te
you. one by one.
The. dangers that wait to assaii you;
But just buckle IN with a bit of grin
Then take off your coat and go to 1t
just start in to sing as you tackle
the thing
That cannot be done' and you'll
do it,
Edgar A. Guest in the Detroit Free
Press.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-18

old soldiers now in Office will be dis
charged, even though disabled and
giving good official service A law is
on the statute books which directly
prohibits the discharge of such old
soldiers unless for cause. Judge
Towner called on Postmaster General
Burleson this afternoon to point out
that unless the existing order was
modified it would work hardship to
disabled veterans Of the civil war;
1t is to be hoped that the pressure
brought on behalf of the old soldiers
who are holding fourth-class post
offices will be effective. They are de
serving OF preference and should be
continued in Office.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-18

President Leonard Wood. although
Costa Rica and Hayti have done so.
Hostile demonstrations were made be-
fore the Canadian embassy.
June 23The state of South Dakota
has been leased to firm Of Canadian
capitalists Federal authority has
virtually ceased in the upper Missis-
sippi region, and the La Follettistas
have declared Wisconsin and North
Dako.a independent states. It is
thought that they may join Canada.
June. 30-General Roosevelt has
taken the city of Denver
July 2-The state OF Kansas has
suffered from the raids and counter
raids Of the regular and insurgent
troops. ~ rs 81.
July. President taft has land.
ed from Cuba. He denies any inten,
ton of trying to regain the presi
dency. The city of Omaha has been
retaken from the Wilsonistas, but Col.
onel Bryan was not apprehended.
July Independence day was cele.
brated with rejoicing in the capital
The treasury is empty and the state
OF Arkansas is mortgaged to firm OF
foreign capitalists to pay for the ex
penses Of the government There il
much fear Of Canadian Intervention
The relative position OF the two coun
tries may be better understood wher
lit is considered that Canada has q
population OF 54o,0oo.00o, and thai
under the Borden doctrine Canada
represents the claims of the world up
on the American government and In
sures the safety of foreigners within
her borders. The day passed quietl,
except for anti.Canadian riots in New
York
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-18

According to statistics compiled at
Northwestern university in Chicago,
college education is worth $4,000.
According to the United States CEN
sus bureau, the average earning power
of salarfed man is s1,2e2 Chi
cage, while the average earning
power of the graduate after five years
is 81 $50. Multiplying the difference by
forty, regarded as the number of
working years of a man. the value OF
college education is determined.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-18
STANDARDS FOR ILLUMINATING
GAS.

The bureau of standards, depart
ment of commerce, has prepared a
on Legal Specifications
for Illuminating Cas-" which is a
brief discussion of the recommends
lions made by this bureau for state
or city laws to control the quality OF
gas sold
The bureau undertook several years
ago an Investigation of calorimetrie
standards and of flame standards for
gas photometry, but as the work pro-
crossed it became evident that other
phases of gas testing were equally de-
serving of attention, and the field of
the investigation was therefore ex-
tended to include all gas-testing work.
AS the heating value of gas is a
better measure of its usefulness for
power, heating, or lighting with
mantles than is the candlepower OF
the gas, the heat delivered to custom
ers should be measured and CONTROL
ed in order to insure good service
For open-flame lights only, the candle
power must be maintained As many
persons still use such burners, ever
though they're less economical than {
mantle, the candlepower can not b'
entirely overlooked. The bureau o
standards proposes that secondar,
requirement be fixed by cities to in
sure sufficient candlepower of tn
gas for this use, and that the heatin:
value be made the principal basis 0
gas rating. The basis of rating 0
the gas and its purity are also dis
lcussed in this paper.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-18
Taking Things Easy.

Sioux City Journal: The newspapers
take their politics rather lightly. The |
time was when they felt themselves
commissioned leaders of the ;srmies
enlisted to save the country; but now |
the newspapers are mere bystanders, |
with the privilege of comment subject
to the laws of libel 1t may be true
that the newspapers have been COM
mercialized, and contention to the
contrary is contention on the side of
exception to the rule. The dollar las
come to be very important repre-
sentative of our institutions, although
IL is forcibly alleged that all corrup-
tion and all unworthy motive should
be eliminated from our politics. A
good deal of strenuous effort is put
forth to elevate the conduct of public
affairs above the level of the source of
initiative, which is something like
struggle to make water run UP hill.
The newspapers may still be doing
what they consider their share in the
work of leavening the whole lump,
but they are not taking the respons-
Utility OF preserving the integrity of
| our politics they once carried in rec
og milton of a continuing obligation.
| The weight has been transferred from
general managers to the people, mani
! fest through the activities Of special
agents appointed at the behest of
their own ambitions. Party discipline
and zeal in behalf of party integrity
and accomplishment have been reie-
gated to the junk pile. The news
/ papers have surrendered. The are
devoted to consideration of the count
ing room, where the wires are locat-
/ ed for the disratch of admonition to
the editorial desk. Otherwise the
newspapers are denounced as back
numbers, jeeringly referred to as re-
dictionary, ridiculed because of infer
iority in business acumen and bitter
Nv accused of deficient fidelity to the
. cause of the people, struggling to
escape the iron heel of the magnate
The tendency of the time is to pro
. iduce the finished product in demagog
ism and to make distinguished the SO
, licitor for personal favor. 1t is ne
great wonder the newspapers take
ltneir politics rather lightly.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-18
ek,,nL River Now NaviaabIc.

Burlington Saturday Evening Post:
The closing of the lower tier of gates
OF the Keokuk dam short time
since, which has enabled the power
plant at the dam to generate electric
current, has backed up the waters OF
the Mississippi, until it is an inland
lake as FAR up stream as BURLINGTON.
II has also backed UP the waters OF
skunk river, until that ancient and
honorable water way is bank full as
far up stream as the town of Augusta.
The skunk is now navigable for boats
drawing net over three feet as far up
stream as Lowell, which is about thir,
ity miles inland by the meanderings oil
the rivers course.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-18
Tho ninth convention Of the ASS,

The ninth convention of the Asso-
ciated Advertising Clubs of America
has been held at Baltimore, and its
main purpose was to formulate code
of ethics for the publicity profession
through which 1t is hoped that all rep,
utable papers and magazines will
come to the point of refusing all cheat
ing or harmful advertisements. A
resolution was adopted requiring all
members to favor those papers which
have voluntarily accepted financial
loss rather than print harmful or I'M
truthful copy Another move was that
OF the retail agents who decided to
taboo the bargain-counter receptions
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-18
q, 60, ora PosTMAsTERs.

A special dispatch from Washington
TO the Des MONIES Register and Lead
er says that protests against the dis
charge Of old soldiers who are hold
ing fourth class postofice positions
are coming in from Iowa and other
states. The disRatch goes on to
state.
"A typical letter Of protest has come
Ito Judge Towner from Captain J. D.
Brown Of. Leon. He calls attention
TO the fact that under the order Of
the postofice department regarding
the appointment and examination Of
Ipostmasters and candidates therefor,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-18
AT YOUR SERVICE.

Here we are, gentlemen; here's the
whole gang of US,
Pretty near through with the job
We are on;
Size up our work-it will give you
the hang of us
South to Balboa and north to Colon.
Yes, the canal is our letter of refer
ence;
Look at Culebra and glance at
Gatun;
What can we do for you-got any
preference,
Wireless to Saturn or bridge to the
moon?
Don't send us back to life that is
fat again,
We who have shattered a CONT
nents spine;
Office work-Lord, but we couldn't
do that again!
Haven't you something that's more
In our line?
Got any river they say isn't cross
able?
Got any mountains that can't be
cut through?
We specialize in the wholly impos-
sibIe,
Doing things nobody ever could
dor
Take good look at the whole husky
crew of us,
Engineers, doctors, and steam.
shovel men;
Taken together you'll find quite few
Of US
Soon to be ready for trouble again
4 Bronzed by the tropical sun that j:
blistery,
chockful of energy. vigor and tang
Trained by a task that's the biggest
in history,
Who has job for this Panama
gangg
Berton Bra1ey in Golfers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-18

It is suggested by the Omaha Bee
that the charter committee of that
city could win large bunch of APP
plause by imposing a stiff tax on PEI
sons wearing the titles of Judge, col
onel or major without hero certifi-
cate AS rerenue-getter this would
push an occupation tax off the side
walk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-18
Why iowa is Great.

Waterloo Reporter: The faith OF
Iowa people in education is reaping
its reward in the intelligence Of her
people, in farming, in manufacturing,
in banking and In better citizenship.
Iowa is great because her people
make her SO.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-18

1t Is properly urged by an eastern
paper that all men who 90
to Washington to save their
business interests from destruc-
ton are not the enemies Of the re-
public. The right to petition congress
carries with it the right honorably to
buttonhole congressman in repose
or in transit.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-18

That wife put kerosene In her
husbands whiskey does not entitle
the latter to divorce, according to
Kansas judge. Presumably the
same holds good in this state. Wives
would do well to make note of the
ruling.