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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-04
ISN'T 1T TIME TO BEGIN TO PRE-
PARE FOR WHEN THE GOVERNMENT
MAY HAVE TO OWN THE RAILROADS?

Although average directly or In
directly. $3.50 OF its income. for transportation
perhaps 500 BY PRIvHGbyet NOT
until
and skin Then
still skinnng US though
Now, by process called
regulation wrist To be sure TINS
regulation high points In the abuses OF
which STILL and OF necessity skps
without public
ship workable thing that the nation VIII Dc
high prices before has MADE
o wisely.
the other DAY 10
transportation Is there
anything
Immediate definite concerted move towro
public
privately this what railroad H. 80,
Morgan and his railroads think So look at New
Engand's dilemma example
Morgan through Melen has perfected practically monopoly u
lines
omelette Unscrambe it If The tax is Let the ,n
ercng option split the by buying In the boston
apparently all New England knows now S @
could
privately owned trunk lines using their nauese IL O Rt
disested pertinent facts mighty scarce Inc ps0p n
Wen
formation where he II minute by merely pressing
OF Is ON THE INSIDE
high for the public put on Its cap anu on
railroad SuatonT Wnetner
tnue regulate be driven to own, 1t needs to KNOW.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-04
GIVE THE PRISONERS WAGETO
PENNILESS WIFE AND CHILDREN

social justice companion piece the mothers
pension enactment the progressive state Of Washing
provides county shall destitute wives
institutions 81 for each day that the imprisoned
husband either in prison or in road gangs
queer Of discrimination have been visiting the sins OF
the upon upon innocent and helpless children
Putting jail when he does ordinarily does little good
the man trade Were he alone concerned
utility however might suffice excite effort toward better
But it almost invariably upon family penalty uncaed for
Is il il unfair.
To deprive cOmpanionh the husband and father
had To subject them nghbo because Of the
misdoing Of these trials to leave them penni
less support doom them in that for
sheer cruelty society Of savages
Of the country have been ordering
system Of punishments do just this cruel thngl
Nobody can system Nobody tries TO- Yet here In this
advanced Christian goth century, only just beginning to
awaken to its gross injustice provide in Washington for the
support children by the imprisoned husbands labor
At least and children Of jail birds have little
show for life liberty pursuit Of happiness
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-04

Never was truer thing said than
xnur me Lord helps those who help
themselves. All the waiting. all the
longing of lifetime for q better
day isn't worth one hour OF brave
effort to bling It to pass.
There was recently a vivid Illus
tration of this.
Though cost Of living had scared
until the strain to make ends meet
had brought burrows into the face
and gray into the hair, 5000 freight
clerks on the New Haven system for
years pegged along only q little
above the starving line. They would
be there yet, dull, sullen. hopeless.
had not some stirring spirit initiated
! united demand for more pay.
Organization of railway freight
clerks IL Of recent growth. Until
these clerks organized they would
not have dared singly to 60 up
ngainat the great monopoly which
employed them and pit their puny
strength against the brutal power Of
Mellen or a Morgan.
But now aware Of q Just cause,
and strengthened by union, they
made q set Of demands-among
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-04
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT HAPPENING
THUS FAR IN 1918 is AN ASSERTION
OF MANHOOD AMONG CLERKS

others. 10 per cent increase and two
weeks annual vacation with pay.
Not much to each worker com
pared with the millions that Nor
gan has been pulling out of this rail-
road through juicy underwriting
schemes or that Mellen, ambition
mad. has been wasting in the reck-
less purchase OF inflated rival lines.
Averaging indeed only 31.05 a week
apiece. Yet to them II meant far
more than q mere matter OF money,
important though that was; II meant
consciousness, of self assertion; II
meant the immense difference be-
tween despair and hope.
Many things OF moment have al
ready happened In the good year
1913. but none more significant or
more cheering than this assertion
OF the railway freight clerks. For
they got what they went for. Self
help won. Rather than take on more
fight, the New Haven monopoly
yielded. But more important even
than that--they set an example for
all unorganized masses Of under
paid labor--an example and an In
centive.
Suppose that It stirred to similar
action the thousands OF girl and
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-04
BABY's DIET.
ny a Physician.


How shall we feed the baby during
the FIRST year of Its life? When shall
we feed " and when shall we not7
Should baby have food during the
night time and IL 30 how often and
until what ase7
Is there anything else beside milk
which the baby should havef
The questions all seem simple enough,
and a person who may not have had the
experience OF trying to bring up a
baby in the way II should go. might
say tho answers should be simple. too.
During the FIRST two days OF baby's
life IL should be nursed four times n
day and once at night
From the third day until IL IL six
weeks old. the nursing should be every
two hours during the daytime and at
least twice at night.
During the period between six weeks
OF age and six months, the little one
should be fed every three hours, and
once at night
Between half a year and year old.
the feeding should be six times be-
tween 6 n. m. and 10 p. m. and not at
all during the night
From the very rrst, babies require
water as well as milk.
When the baby r. two months I'D.
begin giving orange juice each day.
| being careful not to have any pulp
| In IL.
Commence this extra food diet with
about two teaspoonfuls a day and In
crease II until at least four Tablespoons
! fuls are taken.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-04
Cutting in Heaven

Mrs Belmont Mitchell, said OF a
very exclusive matron: :.
"The dear lady reminds me OF
Queen Victoria.
Lady Southampton, talking to the
queen about the hereafter, said:
Don't you think, ma'am, that one
OF the joys of the future state VIII
not only be the reunion with long
lost friends, but also the opportunity
OF meeting for the first time the noble
f,eures OF biblical history Think,
NATURALIZATION will be there, and
isaac. Moses will be there. And the
sweet singer of Israel-David-yes,
he. too, will be there.
aThe queen pursed her lips.
HPosfrtyefy, she said, Il Will not
meet David Toledo Blade.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-04

women clerks In the cities who now
get less than self-supporting wages
and have either as dependents to
take help or slave In grinding extra
toll or seek in shame the living
which greedy business otherwise re-
fuses. wouldn't that be a glorious
thingf
II Is Just that thing which THIS
New Haven incident presages. For
the same awakened spirit OF human
ity which is impelling the American
people to halt the destruction OF
children in sweatshops, canneriei
and mills as sure as fate Will moi
rest content while potential mothers
of the race are being sacrincee
through underpayment In shops anc
stores.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-04

Opportunity steadily narrows aor
the fraudulent patent medicines Only
few years ago they controlled the
daily press widely through the no
torious red clause" proviso In their
advertising contracts. which COM
PEELED the papers to oppose any anti
fraud legislation. on penalty OF los
ing the contracts. Few, indeed, are
the newspapers which today debase
themselves to do the dirty work or
the quacks, editorially. even though
they continue to accept this class OF
advertising. And more publications
every year discriminate, with a
greater or less rigidity. against medi-
cal advertising as a class. The latest
convert to the higher honesty is the
Chicago Inter-Ocean, long the pro-
miscuous repository OF any quackery,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-04
CLEAN LINEN

no matter how foul or dangerous.
With the assumption of control by
II. II. Kohlsaat, this paper has
promptly dropped out the fraudulent
and indecent nostrum advertisements.
Along with them go the announce
ments of massage parlors" Ian all
too-obvious euphemism), free WINS
kies, and other agencies OF pubic In
Jury. At the very start some twenty
thousand dollars OF income went Dy
the board. Decency for a newspaper
isn't cheap. But It IL worth the price
In character. In satisfaction. and-in
the long run-in patronage. since the
whole tendency OF good advertising
IL TO avoid the company OF bad al
vertising. The Inter-Ocean han WASH
ed its dirty linen quietly; but II mas
washed It ciean.-Collier's.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-04
woman tired of her husbend besides to marry
anuther just for hint to friend husbend

can still claim the title II It makes
him feel any better.
the what do you mean, hollers the
clerk, by making a munky out Of our
ofis, we don't give out marriage II
censes to married people, what u the
brite little idea anyway
the brite little idea Is this. says the
lady, thought II took out q license
to get married, maby my husbend
would tumble to the fact that 1 am
through with him
been telling him so till my voice
has got a cramp In 1t, but he don't
seem to be able to get II through his
nut
want him to let me get a diverse
so can marry this other Teller, ana
had bunch that when he heard
about the license some sort of light
might break In upon him
it's a swell bunch, says the clerk,
but gimme back them papers, II you
don't want to go to jale
by golly. can you beat that
johnny
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-04

empowering physicians to give such
patients as described In q recent issue
of your paper, an easy death. The pa
tient cannot move q muscle Of her
body and Is continually tortured by the
most excruciating pain. Che pleads
to be put out Of misery, the reading
Of which makes one shudder. Nirvana
Of the Hindus, which Is eternal
sleep after death, is preferable.
DANIEL w. COLE,
No 20 z. Alexandrine-ave.
Detroit, Feb. 8, 1913.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-04
by the Junior offs boy


n. ", feb. 4.-gee, but We got some
pretty swift folks down here
the uther day nice-looking Teller
and a welldressed dame went into
the marriage license offs and said
they guessed they would have one
down here you got to tell whether
II Is yours1st or I'd offense. or maybe
more, as for instence net goodwin
and lilyan russell
well, this here skirt she admitted
having committed matrimoney be
fore, and in the place where you tell
what becomes OF your former better
1-2, she wrote divorced
the Teller he hadept never married
nobody yet, and the clerk handed
them their papers and away they
went, as happy as burglars In
prosperous bank
next day there was fireworks In
the marriage license offs
guy come in that had seen the H.
cense printed In the paper, and he
SAYS, sinse when have you been CIV
ing out marriage lisenses to married
wimmen
Is this sum kind OF mormon joint,
this here female is my wife, and III
am divorsed they must Of done 1t to
me while was asleep
SO then the marriage license offis
sent a clerk out on the jump to IND
the dame and tel, her they dident H.
sue no permits to commit bigemy,
and take her papers away from her
the clerk found her, and he says,
madden, how about this, Is this boob
your husbend, like he says he Is
sure he is, she says, we amt lived
together for months, but guess ne
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-04
PARCEL POST rs DOING As
WE'LL As COULD BE EXPECTED

e TACT that the parcel has brought into the cities
ege Of country produce and downfall the living ism
reason for encouragement
The growth Of good habit takes time
Farmers, like other prudent folk want to be shown
1on remember the story trolley freight
Il was to work miraculous bring producer and
mer together intimately would have take to
the woods
Well it didn't
There miracle
But the trolley freight where carefully established has grown into
useful public convenience
People would without they could easily it fire.
luenty than they do
There j. scarcity packages from the cities into
the country.
That because organized and quick pOun
On each new opportunity
Long before became effective tdope thousands had figured
carefully they postal facility mail
order trade o extend it.
Only spots there in the country organization of rural inter
ests parallel.
Very largely the farmer is still going it alone,
THE PARCEL POST WILL NOT REACH FULLEST GROWTH
COUNTRY LIFE AS WELL AS CITY IS ORGANIZED AND
UNTIL THERE Is IN EACH RURAL COMMUNITY SOME ONE-AN
EEERGZER CIVIC SOCIAL REvIvAIIsT, LEADER, IN A
WAY Boss-wHosE BUSINESS MAKE IT WORK AT TOP
SPEED.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-04
She Doesn't Hav. To.

Il know woman who never has to
ask her husband for money"
HE must be a very good husband"
"He isn't"
Then how Is II she never has to
ask him for money!"
Because the court makes him pay
her limony."-Baltimore American.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-04

The cost Of glass would be muoh
cheaper II II were not for the Rreat
amount OF breakage In the manufs O.
ture and transportation OF the article.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-04

ST, Paul women are preparing for .
statewide equal suffrage Campaign.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-04
Woman. PIE. Should Be Heard.

Womans Plea Should Be Heard.
To the Editor Of The Times:
Dear Sir-Reading the account OF
Mira. Sarah Harris and her appeal TO
the people for law making II permits
sible for physicians TO end the suffer-
ings of incurable patients. ! say yes.
Mrs. Harris is eternally right. | have
always contended that something
along that line ought TO be done.
B. F. CLINE.
Alma, Mich, Feb. 2. 1913.
Would Danish Employment Agency
Ads.
To the Editor Of The Times:
Why don't you cut out the liner
ads OF employment agents7 You
will gain In individual ads and in
circulation by doing It.; also you viii
earn the gratitude Of men and women
who are being held up for dollar be
fore they have chance TO earn IL
I have also written to the "Nows,
Free Press" and Journal"
JAMES BACON,
969 Mt. Elliottave.
Feb. 8, 1918.
Favors easy Death" Law.
To the Editor Of The Times:
No one should for moment hest
tate to 20 on record In favor OF Law
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-04
Favors easy Death" Law.

To the Editor OF The Times:
No one should for q moment hes
tate to 60 on record In favor of la
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-04

Suppose that II stirred to similar
action the thousands OF girl and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-30

vidsd the money for the gift BY their
winnings In the races &C the Warren
county fair last fall They were en-
tered by Mr.. Brown. contrary TO his
custom Of not racing hts fne horses,
and they won good lot Of prize
money. Some weeks ago he asked his
friend, Harry Hopper. Of Indianola, to
use tho money in sending boys to the
short course at Ames and Mr.. Hopper
found enough Off to pay every dollar
Of expenses for five young men.
The Ave boys chosen for the gift
are Glen Tomlinson, Indianola; Ru-
dolph Otz, Jr.. Lacona; Leo Adamson,
Ackworth: Edward Burlinhame, Nor
walk; and Jennings Reed. New Vir-
ginia. They were not chosen in any
public competition, but on the recon-
mendation Of ten different men In as
many rural communities Of the county.
Every boy had to stand the "acid test
of character. Is he Industrious? Does
he plan to make farming his life work? ?
IL he reliable? Is he good student?
Has he common sense? Does he smoke
or chew? Does he loaf in pool halls or
anywhere else? Who are his con-
panions? Is he rowdyish or does ne
swear? Has he qualities OF leader
ship? Those were some of the ques-
lions the men who recommended boys
had to answer about them. AS re-
suit five Of the finest boys In War
rem county were secured.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-30
COUNCIL eLuFFS TINsMiTH VIC.
rlMIzEp ~ SMOOTH CHECK
FoRoER.
SOUGHT ESTIMATES ON
ALLEGED CONTRACT JOB
Appre aehsd Several Timers and Sue
eesdsd in swindlins ons-ssnds
"Hired Man" 70 City to Make Ad-
vanc. Payment and agent" Casinos
His Own Pay Check.

Special to Times Republican.
Council Bluffs. Dec. SO.-The prize
fake of the year 1913 came to light
here Yesterday when the manager OF
one of the tin shops of Council Bluffs
returned from Glenwocd, sneaked nome
by way of the back streets and sent
for the fool killer.
1t appears that last week every man
ager or proprietor OF tin shop III
Council Bluffs received a letter from
man stating that he lived in NILS
county near Glenwood, and was about
to lot the contract for big job of tin
work. He gave evidences Of skill in
mechanical work 10y sending along
draft of the plans Of the work Wanteu
done. He stated that he would be at
the railroad station in Glenwood ana
would take the manager out to his
farm If he would Scmc there. he
said he would take the manager out In
his Studeibaker car and gave the num-
Der Of the car SO that the tinsmitn
would make no mistake and get into
the wrong car on reaching Glenwood.
Today In comparing notes the tin
smiths here fino that the fellow must
have had several cars as he gave
different number in each Ct his letters.
Another bait was q statement that
he had a fine drove Of turkeys and
that when the manager returned he
would be given a brace Of the birds for
his New Years dinner. This is chap
ter No. / much relieved OF detail.
Tinsmith cashs Check.
Saturday q chap looking like farm
hand, appeared here. He visited sew
eral of the tin shops but in only one
Of them did he succeed in completing
the fraud SO neatly prepared in ad-
vance. He had letter from the Glen
wood man stating that the bearer was
his hired man: the hired man had two
checks drawn upon an Omaha bank.
one for $125. which the letter stated
was an advance payment on the TIN
work. and the other. for $4s. was the
hired mans pay. and would Mr.. Tin
smith cash the $4S check? One OF
them did and today the check came
pack unpaid. The tinsmith knew be-
fore this, however. that he had been
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-30
Southern Io1ua Items

ton and 1t was then found that the
robe did not belong to Mr.. Woods and
that 1t was the property Of Mr.. Con-
cannon. The boy was given talking
too and was then sent back home.
Buck Grove.
w. L. Morton. agent Of the Chicago.
Milwaukee & st. Paul at this place. Is
cured of absent mindedness. He was
working at the desk when the phone
rang. He had lighted cigar in the
hand he usually worked the phone
with, so picked up tho receiver with
the other. opened his mouth, tried to
ram the thing in at the same time
showing the fire end Of the cigar into
his ear. The lineman repaired the
damage done and traffic was not inter-
ruptel past noon. The doctor says the
burn is superficial.
Abba.
Mystery surrounds the birth Of a
child at the Byerly Hotel at Abba. A
young woman applied at the hotel
last Tuesday evening and engaged
room. She registered as Goldie Nc
Conahay. Ottumwa- At 2 o'clock a. M.
she gave birth to child. At o'clock
the same morning, or just six hours
later. the child was found dead in the
bed and the case was turned over to
the coroner. The body Of the infant
was removed to an undertaking par
lor, while the young mother was taken
to a hospital. There were no persons
who accompanied her. 1t was stated
that she was on her way to Iowa City.
It is since understood that she resides
in the west part Of Monroe county.
Museatine.
The beautiful country home Of Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Bloomer, at Oak Grove,
three miles northwest Of Muscatine.
was totally destroyed by fire at 8
o'clock Saturday evening. The loss
which will be close to $4,000, was COW
cred by insurance. A few articles OF
furniture was all that was saved from
the burning structure. Mr.. and Mrs.
Bloomer were in the city when the fire
broke out. Robert ROLAND. a youth en-
ployed at the Bloomer home. discovered
the fire raging f1ercly in the kitchen
when he returned home and he i'm
mca:atc!y gave the alarm. The farmers
responded and bucket brigades were
formed but to no avail. In an hours
time the building was In ashes.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-30
Gathering Labor Statistics.
e1f-I D@~,,h1i@o~

special to T1meS-HepuDllcan.
Des Moines, dec. 30.-Labor Commits
sioner Urick Is getting ready to send
out the new blanks to employers OF
labor for statistics for the coming year
For the first time since this statistical
information was sought a new blank is
issued. In regard to the statistical
matters sought 1t closely follows the
Massachusetts blank, and as to the
questions asked Of tho employers It is
patterned after that used in New Jer-
sey Similar blanks are used in Kansas
and other states. Tho Information
sought Is secured In such manner
there Is never any danger Of facts get
ting out to the detriment OF anyone
reporting. The effort is to procure all
possible Information as to labor con-
ditions, wages, injuries. good made.
capital invested, etc.