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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-12-10

GEO. ENGEL.
Controller.
Accepted and referred TO toe Com
mittec on Ways and Means. :.
To the Honorable the Common Council:
Gent!omen-Ths following approved
accounts ore respectfully submitted:
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-12-10
From DEPARTMENT Of Public Works

Accepted and placed on nie.
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ReSpCctfuliy,
OSCAR II. J


Following is the amendment re
ferred TO:
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-12-10

From the City Treasurer.
To the Honorable the Common Council,
Gcntlemon-I herewith submit my
trial balance for November goth. 1919
Respectfully submitted,
MAX G.. KOCH.
a. City Treasurer.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-12-10

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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-27

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EH e BEEN
II III Yes, ana beat Evelyn" Jack shiekec in glee
girls
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children,
books. but Brown, the teacher, o
really bright little will
speak English better said the teacher She has
q
in the
the little
No asked
"onc night there sharp The
the sclonouse and they could
OF
the first to hurry to the edge OF the pond when
The other little
put ON their skates Some little boys helped their
Nobody helped
Then she and SKINNED the
already striking ont but
little lee bird First she skated
ash
coudd
skates aud long
neey being ordered about 10y little Selma
q N chool"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-27
DEVELOPING ICELAND.

Iceland for years an exporter of
live sheep to Scotland and England.
is to become a large factor in the
commercial world, despite it's north
crn latitude. An English concern has
closed contracts for the purchase of
Dettifalls. the largest waterfall i'm the
island, situated about thirty-fve miles
from the seacoast, in the River Tux
usa, which flows over northern lee
land for 100 miles anu cmpties into
the Arctic ocean. The company will
erect large works and construct a
railway from the coast To the falls.
Fertilizer will be produced and the
plant will require some 100000 horse
power. The waterpower available at
The falls purchased is estimated at
10000 horsepower and much moro
can lac obtained in the vicinity if need
ed Tho falls were purchased from
four Iceland peasants, each of whom
received about $4,000 for his interest.
The Argonaut.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-27
FOREST NOTES.

There are 7O3 L,sholns or mountain
sheep in the rational forests q Ne
Vada
In 20 states there are state fDrcstors
who cooperate with private timber
land owners in solving forest prob
lens.
The forest service maintains nine
experiment stations Tor studies IN r.
forestation and similar subjects.
The bureau ot entomology aud tie
forest service, woriury together for
the control of forest insects, last year
covered more than 100000 acres in
their operations.
a national arbogc,um is being cs-
tablished i'm Rock Creek rational park,
District of Columhil Eventually :
will contain all Amc,ictn tree spe-
cies which will thrive there.
The total amount Of lard purchased
In The eastern states for federal FIR.
csts is nearly SO5,oDJ acres. - far
the principal work On these areas has
involved their protection against tor-
est fires.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-27

more than $45 apiece. The estimated
saving to the city of New York in the
use OF its own city box i'm the next
few years will be over "a million doll
lars.
In maintaining New York's present
system of boxes. trouble men" are
employed To locate and repair breaks
In circuits at all hours Of the day and
night. When a break in the circuit
Is located between two fire alarm
boxes, these two fire alarm boxes are
temporarily grounded by these men so
that the earth takes the place of the
broken wire until the wire circuit is
repaired In New York's new fire
alarm box a simple mechanism is en-
ployed which in no way alters the
standard type Of box and in no way in
terferes with its essential features, but
which automatically accomplishes in
stantly, when a break occurs in the
circuit everything that is now being
done by trouble men,"
The net result of it all is that tho
business of supplying municipal fro
alarm apparatus is now thrown open
TO practically every manufacturer OF
electrical supplies in the United States.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-27
DEVELOPS NEW FIRE ALARM.
New York Men Invent Box Which
Obviates All Trouble.

ObVlates All Trouble.
After a series of practical expert %
mcnts extending over two years. Leon
ara Day, chief of the fire alarm lelc.
graph bureau, and l.. \. F'allcr tclc-
sraph export of the New York city
fire department. have developed a fire
alarm box which will break the mon
Opoly ia fire alarm boxes which has
existed in this country for the past
seventeen years on account of the run
of United States patents.
From searches in the United states
patent office the fire department ex-
ports ascertain that this year "A suf-
hcient number of patents would cx-
pirc to enable them To construct a
non-infringing fire alarm box which
would practically duplicate the alarm
box now standard throughout the
United States.
The present price of these boxes
Is from $75 to 1915 each whereas the
new city box will not cost over S45.
AS illustrating this cost condition. the
records OF the fire department show
that when it was necessary. recently.
to buy ten box movements from a pri-
Vate concern, the city had To pay $40
apiece for box movement alone. The
new city box complete, which includes
in addition To this $50 movement" "a
protecting shell, a case, a, cut-out
switch, a telegraph transmitting key
and telegraph sounder will not cost
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-27
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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-27
BIRDS ARE GREAT
AIDS TO FARMER
Kill Insects Which Would Cause
Big Annual Loss

Atlanta, Ga. Dec. 27--Last year the
/ American farmers lost $1,150, OOO. 900
through the depredations of insects,
according TO figures complied by the
! department of agriculture. Much n
that loss was suffered m the south, and
recently Jas. Henry Rice, Jr., field
secretary for the National Association
of Audubon societies. which has its
genera! headquarters i'm New York.
went To- Atlanta To establish southern
headquarters for his organization.
Birds play AN important part n cx-
terminating insectiverouS pests, and
because of this the establishment If
southern headquarters for the bird
protective organization is directly re-
lated To the condition of crop destruc-
ton. II is estimated by an Atlanta
authority that Georgia alone suffered
S40.000.000 crop losses as a result of
insects last year I'm I'll of the south
Crn states, especially the cotton states
where the boll wccvil etill makes "A
heavy toll on agriculture, the damage
wrought nv insects is constantly in
,reasng. This is being used as an
argument by the Audubon societies,
and is gaining for them loyal support
among southern agrirulturlsts.
Mr. Ric" says insec,iveruus birds in
Georgia consume more than ljo,OO0
bushels of insects a day. Deprived of
the birds protection, It's fields and or
Chards would become a desert
The figures given by the agricultural
department do not represent all of the
loss ertaile1 by insects however. Many
more millions of dollars are spent in
the campaigns fighting insects, aud
these expenditures arr logically losses
caused 10y insects Massachusetts is
spending 81 100000 year fighting the
gypsy and brown-tail moths. It Is
combating them with fire axe. spray
I'd poison ana crcusotc, and still many
hundreds Of iiuc old olms i'm Massa-
are falling each year. ard
other valuable vegetation is dying, be-
cause ot the insects activities. The
same kind of campaign against other
Of states at neavY expenditure and
with pitifully small results. The Au-
aubon societies argu" that the most
Valuable and successful cdmpaigacrS
against destructive insects are birds,
and the arguments is getting more
game protective laws and a heartier
popular support
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-27

even diamonds would bend more than
steel.
The results at Lake Geneva mean
that the earth. excer: near the sur
face, where volcanoes. hot springs anG
other local conditions squeeze out fluid
masses, is solid all through, and the
probability is that it is mostly iron
The temperature Of The solid mass is
very high. The heat is great enough
to melt most things with which We
are familiar What probably keeps
the mass from melting is the enormous
pressure
interior Largely Iron.
Il say that the interior is probabl,
iron partly because iron is such Il
common metal and partly because it's
density is nm argument in its favor
The interior of the earth has a density
much higher than at the surface be-
ing perhaps eight or ten times rs
dense as water
The water tides would he about %
or so per cent higher IL the earth were
I A-ihs llt laAlli llAltN NlllNli We lltNf
measured make tho water tides far
smaller than they would otherwise he.
II was known through Hecker's eX-
periments that land tides existed. and
we make no claims 80 this discovery.
The extreme degree of accuracy i'm our
work however, is contribution.
"rhe most interesting result of tho
experiments To the physicist is the
first intimation that pressure causes
IN increase i'm rigidity The dctcrmin-
alton tLat the interior of the earth is
solid is important for the biologists.
ma the accurate measurement of the
and tides is perhaps victory for ac-
uracy. We are by no means through
with the experiment, which will he
continued until next August to com
,lctc one entire year
Professor Thomas c. Chamberlain,
Iead If the department of geology at
he University Of Chicago himself an
authority on tides, and one of the sci.
ntists who urged Professor Michel |
on To make the experiments, declared
he results were of much Importance !
II geology.
Professor Michclsor's results con.
irm a view toward which we have re-
emily been tending" said Professor
chamberlain. Personally, | have held !
or years that the earth was an elias
ic solid. but | had felt that II was an
pinon and probability rather than a
g..
furnished the demonstration. | believe
he interior OF the earth To lie COM |
osed of rock material. probably grad
ny toward the metallic. Crystalline /,
ock with more and more metal near
r the center like the material of me- |
coritcs, probably fills the interior of !
he earth. Professor Nichclsou'S work !
n tides is also OF great Importance !
n geology"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-27
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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-27
SHOW DISCONTINUED.

Another Washington custom has
been shattered. For nearly nfty years
4 had been the custom for officers OF
the Army. Navy and Marine corps.
those on the retired list as well as
those On the active, to rig up in their
best bib and tucker and march to the
White House, shake hands with the
president and his wife and pass along
without IN opportunity for more than
a New Year greeting.
This year the president announced
that the custom would be abandoned
during his term.
The announcement has afforded the
officers stationed in Washington no
little pleasure The notice heretofore
that the president would receive
the officers of the Army. Navy and
Marine corps on New Years was
equivalent TO an order tor them to
appear clad in full uniform and so
through with the empty ceremony
Any officer who failed to respond was
Under obligations to make a satisfac-
tory explanation to his superior OIL
Ger.
While the officers in questions are
pleased with the arrangement, it is
found that many Washington folks are
srcatly distressed, because it was the
me occasion during tine year that the
general public had the right TO visi,
The white house and look at the pres
dent, his wife and the cabinet officers
md their wives, at close range.
Mr. Wilson has a very pardonablc
version to making rare show of
elf and family. His feeling is natur-
II and tutellgible in gentleman of
MS breeding, If not perhaps strictly !
IackSoniau and democratic.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-27
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DOCTORS USE PUBLICITY
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That the physicians of the country
have recognized the efficacy of pub
LEFTY as a means of checking disease is
of course known and the excellent re-
suits that have followed their grasp
ing of this have been marked. The
crusade against tuberculosis has been
one OF the striking instances of this.
Every agency Of publicity has been
employed, not as IN aid in the cure Of
the disease, but 10 spread the know
ledge that will prevent it. As a re
suit very substantial progress has
been made against this and all other
impure air diseases. II has been elm
mated. Its ravages are still great
But tie public has gained a knowl-
edge not only Of the conditions that
cause 10 but of methods Of right liv-
ing that has already had a marked er-
feet.
Possibly it was felt that IS would De
impossible TO keep public interest
stimulated too long on the same sub
iegt or perhaps it was believed that
Tho primary purpose Of the campaign
had been served and that the ma
yhinerv had been started which would
assure that public knowledge of the
cause Of tuberculosis, which is the
best possible safeguard against it, Al
amy rate. the medical profession now
shows disposition 10 turn it's atten-
tiou nom tuberculosis and more spe-
officially To another disease.
cancer is the disease chosen. At
'he clinical congress of surgeons at
thleag' reports were presented show
i0a tho work that had been done dur
m- tho past Year, This shows that ar
uoles had been written and published
ion newspapers and magazines whose
rupos' was 70 eulightcn the readers
u.s. 10 This grim disease. and other pub
hcity work had been done
Unfortunately there is no cure for
cancer aud the task of prevention is
"a difficult one. Expert
menJs nave been made with radium,
although not ON an extensive scale in
This country But even that is most
satisfactory The best that can be
said Of it is that it perhaps has pos
s.JiIitIes ~ fact, there is only one
method Of dealing with cancer in the
present knowledge of that disease that
Premises satisfactory results and that
Tho knife and it must come in time.
iu its early stages cancer, provided IL
has u'i yet fastened upon vital
point. can he permanently removed
through the offices Of skilled sur
geou.
Public knowledge Of the disease is
comparatively slight now, but if we
are 10 Judge by the attitude of the
medical profession, we shall soon
know as much as the profession can
.mpart. Even the physicians are bat-
Fed 10y cancer more han they are by
tuberculosis. At any rate, we shall
learn the importance Of the disease
and the necessity Of prompt steps to
iNoid becoming victims Of it.
This is an important service ths
medical profession is rendering the
world. q service that is entirely un-
selfish. 1t aims at more healthful
conditions and Seeks 10 reduce disease
not through cure but through proven
sion, II IL could be carried far enough
10 would abolish the need for physi-
clans, and no doubt the physicians,
Yourselves would he fhe first 10 pOint
the way TO this If it were possible.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-27

y shipbuilding slip is maintained in
connection with the high school in San
Pedro, Cal, where, under the practical
instruction Of a nautical architect. the
students learn how 10 build a boat,
make and place the engine, and launch
and run the craft.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-27

Many industrial firms in Germany
provide their wurkmcu square pieces
of cloth for cleaning purposes instead
of the cotton waste that is usual there.
The scheme has the advantage of
aCOnOmN.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-27

Next years sugar crop i'm Cuba Is
estimated AT 100000 tons. slightly
less than this year. when a record was
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-27

az 1000 boys under rs years Of age
employed i'm the Warwickshire, Eng
land, coal field. only so belong TO the
Warmiekstire miniue schools, .-----------
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-27

Pittsburgh is enforcing rigid regu-
'atipus FOR cleanliness among milk
men.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-27

covering the advantages of window
dressing arter me American plan.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-27

The Krupp people have just dcclar-
ed fourteen per cent dividend. That
Balkan war did somebody some good
after all
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-27


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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-27
Daddy sBedtiilne
The Little
Stranger Knew
How TO Skate.
CtOrV
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iLLo daddy Evelyn rushed or
again.
II III ana beat Evelyn Jack hreke, in glee
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-11-05
Plan TO make
THIS CITY AS
LIGHT AS DAY

The business section of Taco
ma is to be made bright as day.
The council this morning order
ed Lawson to create an improve
ment district for the installation
of luminous arc lights on CORFU
gated iron poles along A street
from 7th to 18th, Pacific avenue
and 7th to 25th, G street from
7th to Jefferson. Commerce from
7th to Jefferson, on st. Helens
from 7th to 9th and 18th from A
to Pacific avenue.
The cost will be $37,127.S4 d.
vided $6,136.6S on A street or
$1.S7 foot front; $15,552.70 on
Pacific avenue or $1.34 a foot
front; $11,139.23 on G street or
$1.59 a foot front; $2,295. "a on
st. Helens or $1.53 a foot front;
$1,373.59 on Commerce or %
cents foot front. and $500 on
18th street or $1.57 a foot front.
The poles will not be removed
from Commerce street but big
flaming arc lights will be put on
this street.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-11-05
TAMMANY is RECALLED

NEW YORK, Nov. 5.-Boss
Murphy of Tammany has been
recalled" His closest friends
admitted today that that was
what yesterdays landslide meant.
He has been deprived of practical
ly his last bit Of patronage, and
the Tiger faces the leanest four
years of its existence. Murphy
declares he won't abdicate, but 1t
is clear that It wouldn't be neces-
sary.
New York is looking to Wash
ington for some hint of the choice
OF new leader. 1t Is expected
that the president will shortly
appoint successor to Mitchell as
collector of the port. The coll
lector cannot afford to become the
titular head of Tammany, but can
work with Mu-phy's successor II
the latter is the right sort. The
Tammany defeat was crushing.
The fusionists swept New York
county as they did the city, elect
Ing the entire ticket. including
District Attorney Whitman to sue
ceed himself. Republicans were
chosen to fill two vacancies of
judges in the court OF appeals.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-11-05

livered one of the most severe
harangues and warnings to
yeggs and the criminal classes
ever heard in the municipal
court.
Each of the 10, including no.
torious yeggs. caught Sunday, was
given 30-day sentence. Today
the prisoners were photographed
and their Bertillon measurements
taken by Bertillon Officer Harry
Smith. The pictures and meas
urements will be sent to every
city in the United States, in an
effort to learn whether Tacoma's
gangs of yeggs are wanted else
where for other crimes.
If the police can locate q Scam
dinavian named Hanson, held up
and robbed Saturday midnight at
18th and Pacific avenue, they
will file charges of highway
robbery against Martin and
Curry, members of the gang
caught Sunday. Witnesses have
identified the yeggs as the hold
up men, the police say, but Ham
son has completely disappeared.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-11-05
DRIVER
EXONERATED

After hearing evidence all
morning in the case of Dewitt b.
Wood, travelling salesman for
Peet Bros Soap company. charg-
ed with reckless driving when his
automobile ran down Minnie
Bates, age 6. two weeks ago, q
jury Of six men in Justice West
cott's court returned q verdict OF
'not guilty" after deliberating 80
minutes this xfternoon.
Hvfde1ce showed that Woods
machine. contained himself ana
Wilbur Marion Boggs. was trav-
cling at rate anywhere from 1
e 10 nailes Der hour when Il