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Evening star., 1914-10-04

But the United States contented itseaf
by sending this reply to the Prussian
government: So
There was also an interesting protest.
to the French government by Secrf-
tary Fish against the appearance Of
Franch warships on our coast, al-
though not technically within the
three-mile limit. This may prove am
interesting precedent in the prese Mt
war in the light Of, operations of both
British and German vessels within the
shadow Of our shores. Secretary Fish
complained that French vessels have
been seen at the entrance of the har-
Dor OF New York, Off Sandy Hook, at
the entrance of Long Island sound, and
near the entrance of Chesapeake bay
A large trade has been carried on
from the ports of the United States,
these vessels have thus appeared, by
vessels belonging to north Germany"
wrote Secretary Fish. The appearances
of French vessels in these Immediate
neighborhoods. In such numbers and
force. does not fail to excite the alarm
of these vessels, and must have the ef-
feet to greater or less degree to d.
minish that trade. 90
The United States are not prepared
at present to say that any actual vio-
lation Of international law has been
committed. or that the hospitality OF
these waters has been positively
abused. But the lowering of the yes.
sells of war Of a belligerent on the
coasts near the entrance of the princi-
pal ports of a friendly power does In
terfere with the trade of the friendly
power"
No reply seems to have been made to
this charge. -
Evening star., 1914-10-04

archbishop of Paris, who. had been
arrested by the commune and i'm
prisoned.
1t was the first time that the United
States had really figured in large head
lines in the history of the world 1t
was the first time that we had really
played a part in the great diplomacy
of Europe. In writing to the State
Department to transmit the request of
Chancellor Bismarck that the United
States undertake the care of German
subjects in France, Minister Bancroft de-
scribed it as an act that called the
United States visibly into the circle Of
first-class powers"
The British government had under
taken the care of the French citizens in
Germany and stood ready, at the same
time. to protect German interests in
France. Count Bismarck, however. ac-
cording to the dispatches sent to the
State Department by Minister Bancroft.
had refused to permit this. and had asked
our government to undertake this iInpor-
tant task. In accordance with the GUS
toms of diplomatic intercourse the Ger
man government offered to defray the ex-
penses Of this work, but Mr.. Bancroft
suggested that We carry that burden our
selves.
Evening star., 1914-10-04


also contain a long file of dispatches.
bearing on what was at the time re-
garded as one of the great scandals
of international diplomacy. This is
the famous ..Benedetti treaty" In that
document, the facsimile of which 'ts.
included in the files. Count Benedettf,
then the French ambassador at Ber-.
lin. proposed to the King of Prussia,
that France would not object to the
union Of the German countries in ono
great empire IL Germany would permit,
France to annex Belgium and Luxem--
burg. Count Benedetti was the diplo-
mat whose famous interview with
King William at Ems had precipitated
the war.
The French government at once de-.
clared that the existence of such - T.
treaty was but the machination OF
Bismarck. Minister Bancroft. however.
vouched to the State Department for
the fact that he had seen the original
copy. and had recognized the hand
writing of Benedetti himself 'U} o.
You may rely implicitly OH the
authenticity of the document of which
I inclose a copy" wrote Mr.. Bancroft
to Secretary Fish. July 81, 1870. for
I have seen the original. in the hand
writing Of Benedetti, which handwrft-
ing is very well known to me. AS an.
expression OF contempt for the re.
straints of international law, the docu--
ment may rank with the late declara-
tion of war by the emperor against
Prussia; but 1t has. moreover, the
character OF a defiance of Great Brit
ain" 80.
AS a result, Of the French protest.
our government directed Mr.. Bancroft
to find out why the fact of the exist
ence Of such a proposal as the "BeneS
detti treaty" had not sooner been made
known. To this Minister Bancroft
replied with great detail as to the ex-3
act nature Of the negotiations that.
Benedetti had sought to undertake. He
declared that Bismarck had not pub
lished the French proposition when it
was made because it would. have
brought on a war which he was striv-
ing to avoid, and therefore Withheld
the treaty until war had actually come.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-11

Or. Canestrini concluded that
wherever a record of this kind
shows an increase of pulse or an in.
creased respiratory activity, it may
be attributed to some unpleasant
sensation which disturbed the in
FAINT. while a decrease in pulse or
respiration and an even curve-line
indicates pleasant sensation.
1t ought not to be difficult there
fore with instruments of this kind
to compare the relative efficacy Of
different lullabies upon a particular
child, and 1t might very we'll be pos
sible by series Of experiments to
ascertain which lullaby is cal
culated to be most effective with any
baby.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-11

printed on containers of wood
alcohol:
The fumes OF wood alcohol burned
In a close room If inhaled are in
furious TO the eyesight, often pro-
daclng total blindness"
When wood alcohol preparations
OF witch hazel or bay rum are ap.
pied 10 the face and then followed
by hot towel, the hair dresser or
barber has done his worst. The hot
towel opens the pores of the skin
and causes the blood to absorb the
poison, at the same time the nose
inhales quantities of the fumes.
Though the barber and hair dress
er pass numerous diseases from pa.
tron to patron, there is one malady
i'll particular which they distribute
so uniformly that virtually nobody Is
without IL. This is dandruff, caused
by the microbes OF seborrhea.
Dandrutf does not cause sores
and immediate badness as do ring
worm and alopecia areata. yet it is
the largest cause of our hair troubles.
TO understand how dandruff slowly
but surely causes falling hair, thin
ming hair and finally badness, it is
necessary TO consider the hair mi
croscopically. The hair is tough,
hard, elastic shaft held in little
tube in the scalp called a follicle.
The hair has no blood circulation
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are not poisonous. He also knows
that the cheapest grades are often
adulterated with refined wood
alcohol and other poisons. The mid.
die grades are a gamble. Some are
safe and some are poisonous.
There is always the temptation
for the honest barber to take a
chance with the middle grades.
Whatever he does, no must meet
the competition Of the wood alcohol
user on the next street.
In only four States Of the Union
is there law against using wood
alcohol externally. In the other
States the barber is free TO use
wood alcohol in preparations, even
turer is liable to punishment If de-
tected
Recently the Committee on Pre-.
vention OF Blindness of the New
York Association of the Blind has
pursued some Of these manufacture
ers in the criminal courts, and had
them punished. 1t was done after
their attention had been called to
several cases of blindness which
seemed to be connected with bar
Der shops. Investigation proved that
these shops were using bay rum and
witch hazel containing wood alcohol
in the refined state called "Colnr--
bian spirits
Every one knows better than to
drink wood alcohol. Where death
and blindness have resulted from
drinking, it has been mistaken for
grain alcohol.
Few people understand that the
fumes of wood alcohol are poison
Gus enough to cause blindness. II a
wood alcohol preparation is sopped
on the face after shave and the
towel containing it held there
moment it is enough to cause
poisoning Of the optic nerve
Wood alcohol fumes do not take
effect at once. You will walk out of
the barber shop feeling quite as
usual. About eighteen hours later
dizziness may appear, followed by
total or partial blindness. There is
no known treatment for wood
alcohol blindness. The poison seems
TO have All affinity for the optic
nerve and singles it out above all
other parts of the body for attack.
Breathing very small amounts OF
wood alcohol fumes AT frequent In
tcrvals will not cause blindness, but
weakness Of the eyes and defective
vision If your eyes have been
troubling you for some time it may
be your BARRIERS bay rum or witch
hazel or the bottle of perfume given
You for Christmas, or even the
fumes from your chatting dish
In the State of Montana the law
requires that the following notice be
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-11

like other parts OF the body, and is,
except at the inner end, nearly
dead.
For years BARRIERS have been SINCE.
ing the hair ends on the theory that
Inc halr is tube containing nutri-
tive juices which flow out OF the end
when the hair is cut, just as sap runs
out OF the stalk OF plant when it
is cut. The smuggling was supposed
10 close the hair end and preserve
the juices. No barber would hon
estly recommend smuggling IL he had
ever studied the hair under micro
scope.
Near the point where the hair pro.
trudes from the skin little oil gland
/. found. This gland supplies the
grease which Is necessary for the
preservation OF the hair. Water and
dampness are the natural enemies OF
hair. To keep the hair damp or wet
for long periods is to ruin it utterly.
The barber uses lather on the
beard before shaving because the
soap removes the oil and allows the
water to attack the hair, making It
SO soft that the razor mows it
down easily.
The microbe Of dandruff having
found It's way to the scalp burrows
down the tube or follicle which holds
the hair. On It's march, after the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-11
If There Wood Alcohol Witch Bay Rum This
Hot Towel Method of Likely
Blindness Been Brought
Before the Courts

The hair, now starved and without
any anchor. shrivels and is ready
to fall out the next time you pass a
comb through your hair.
Nature ia not easily discouraged.
and having lost the hair she seems
TO have way of getting rid OF the
microbes long enough to start the
pulp at work giving birth TO a new
hair. When this is full grown 1t is
subject to new invasion OF the
dandruff microbe and the loss of
the new hair
1t is estimated that the normal life
OF hair is from ten to twelve
years. Nature is ready to rethatch
your head every ten years or
oftener, and keep 1t up for one hun
dred years. But with dandruff she
has to give you a new outfit every
year or SO on an average. This ex-
hausts the fecundity OF the follicles
and your badness is the result OF
their having given birth to their last
hair long before Nature planned.
1t is important to remember that
the hair Is very elastic 1t Is easily
stretched, but once stretched il
never springs back, as does rubber
and other elastic substances. When
hair has been stretched it has been
ruined, and though it may be alive
and healthy at the root, it will soon
break where 1t has been stretched
Men rarely stretch their hair
enough to injure it. because it is SO
short that 1t can't be pulled without
tugging at the roots and hurting.
Women seize their tresses near
the head, thus relieving the scalp
from all pressure, and tug away
with their combs as hard as they
please.
When a hair comes out you can
easily tell what caused its fall. If
both ends look alike you NAV be
sure 1t broke off on account OF
stretching or of your curling iron.
If it shows tiny bulb at ons end
you may thank the dandruff germ.
unless the hair is very long. In this
event 1t may have lived in your head
its allotted decade and died respect.
ably OF old age.
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copyright 1917 by the Star Company Rights Reserved
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side. and the idea of applying
nourishment to the hair is as rldicu-
lous as applying it TO a tooth No
body advertises a tooth powder as a
tooth food" yet 1t Is just as plaus-
bic rs 10 suppose that medicine APP
piled to the hair will nourish it.
Arrived at the bottom OF the folI-
Gle, the dandruff microbe attacks
the pulp which nourishes the hair
The pulp, like the nerve OF tooth,
promptly flares up at the first touch
of the microbes poison. II first be-
comes infamed and then shrinks
and detaches itself from the hair.
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AS the whistling begins. however,
these regularities disappear while
the brain pulse waves become longer.
In Chart No. 2, the mountain-like
irregularities in the respiration-line
were the effect OF a person entering
the room and disturbing baby.
The effect Of sudden noises upon a
baby is we'll illustrated in Chart No.
8, where. at the point marked by
the cross, the baby undergoing the
experiment was startled by the noise
OF a shot from toy-pistol. The res
piration line reflected this disturb
ance by sudden ascent and sim
liar effect was recorded by the brain
pulse line, although in a somewhat
lesser degree.
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and simultaneously another appar.
atus is used to record the baby's
respiration-curve This instrument
Is called a pneumograph and is APP
piled to the baby's abdomen.
DR.. Canestrini made nearly 800
separate tests to show the effect OF
different noises or sounds upon
babies. In these experiments he
used over seventy babies OF ages
from six hours TO fourteen days.
Some of the babies were asleep and
others awake.
In the diagrams shown on this
page and Which are from photo.
graphs of the records obtained by
DR.: Canestrini with his various ma.
chimes, the top line shows the res.
piration-curve as obtained with the
pEeumograph. The second line was
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-11

comes out of order. 1t either clogs
up or secretes fatty Jumps. In the
first case we have the common form
of dry dandruff. In the second case
the result is sgreasy scales.
On goes the microbe down the
follcle, causing disturbance as 1t
proceeds, but doing little direct dam
age to the hair until 1t reaches the
bottom.
A hair Is in some ways like a
tooth. Both, for instance, receive
their nourishment from a pulp
which reaches up short way into
the root. Both are hard on the out
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-11

obtained by means of the special
apparatus applied to the babys
fontanelle and shows the brain
pulse curve
Normally, DR.. Canestrni points
out, new born babes respirations
are between forty and fifty min
ute, and his pulse-beats between 100
and 140 minute, and each gives a
more or less uniform curve-line. A
noise or other sensation which an.
noys him usually results In great
variations in both curves.
Chart No. 1, shown on this page,
shows just how soft-whistling helped
TO soothe crying child. Before the
whistllng began the baby was cry
ing Justify. condition which is
shown very plainly in the respira-
tion-line by It's marked irregularities.
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Vt may soon he possible to deter
mine with almost mathematical
4 accuracy which OF the time.
honored lullabies is best calculated
TO put uneasy babies to sleep.
DR.. Silvio Canestrini, OF Graz,
an eminent scientist, has invented a
delicate instrument by which 1t is
possible to ascertain the effect OF
any given sound or series of sounds
upon n baby's brain-pulse and res
piration.
The idea occurred to him one day
when he placed his nand upon the
large fontanelie, or "soft-spot" OF Il
new born baby's head and felt the
throbbing OF the brair-pulse be-
meath his fingers.
The apparatus which he con-
structed is applied to the fontanelle
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g Microscopic Enlarge
ment of Root Base. Showing
Descent of Dandruff Microbes
Down the Hair Follicle as
Far as AA.
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sort Whisting Caused tho Quiet, Long Brain
Iuisaions shown In the Lower Line, Upper
Line Is the Record OF the Tranquil Respiration
The Subject WaH Child Three Days Old,
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- inis HeishteninS and IrreguIarIty OF the Drnin
n SHOWN In the Lower Line Was Caused by n
uerson Entering Unexpectedly Baby,s Room,
The Respiration Record shows the Disturbances In
the ~
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3-This Same Brush, Usu-
ally Without Being Even
Washed, Is Used on the Next
Customer, Thus Injecting the
Hair with the Germ.
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6-The Microbes, Reaching
the Bottom of the Follicle,
Attack the Pulp at the Base
of the Hair.
The Detroit times., 1914-07-17
Band Concerts for
Today and Tomorrow

Sehmeman's Military band will giva
TWO concerts Friday IN the afternoon
AT Cass park and In the evening a.,
Belle Isle. Henry Santry. baritone VIII
sing The following progtam has bee,
aHHeHHrvvt-
March American Volunteers" II
hanl' 'I'eer Gynt' suite No 1. Ca) 'sfnl
Morhins' tb) "Asa's Death" "a
'AnGe Of Anitra,' tdl I'm the Han Of
lection from aida" Verdi. xyIopbono
SOLO Light Cavalry overture" Suppc.
Adolpn NohI overture Der Frei-
sus Ncyin selection from THE For
Banner 'e''
on saturday schmeman's band viii
ITs sio lHe touowing program AT Belle
l.5rk saturday evening beginning AT
March "Niebetungcn." wagner: IN
ltFmeHIo, 'Nitchery' L. Lockwood
Moore selection from The Highway
man, dc koven overture ''Semiran-
lde, kosslui, war songs Of THE BOYS
"a BlAe Laurendeau. waltz caprice.
from The Jolly Musketeer" Edwards
Horny Santrey baritone. viii sing at
the evening concert
The Ford Motor co. band will give
noon al 3 O'Clock IN Palmer park:
March "Tannhauser" Wagner: selec-
ton, Echoes from the Metropolitan
opera House" Moses Tobani. fantasia,
Way Down UpoH the Suwanee River. {"
Shipley-Douglas. musical episode ~
Hunt IA the Black Forest" Voelker;
selection aida. Verdi valse Ca
price, Rubenstein selection. adele I"
arranged by Lampe star Spangled
Banner" Key.
Whiteleys Military band. J. w.
Whiteley director viii plaV the follow
ing proRram IN Waterworks park SAT-
urd7y afternoon AZ $3.50 o'clock March,
Bonn haste" Farrar overture 20 Ca
liph OF Bagdad" Boildeau; Il Love the
Ladies' schwartz who Paid tho
Rent for Mrs Rip Van Wrinkle" Fish
er-Waiker, intermezzo and waltzes.
ia Ziugarella" Frederick x Stearns.
on Detroit. characteristics, THE Grass
hoppers Wooing." Puerner selection.
THE Chocolate Soldier StrauS -
Real Moving Picture from Life" Won
Tnzer Don't Go Away" Feiber Sc
lection from Faust Gounod gallon.
"Infcrual" Rolling star Spangled
Banner"
The Detroit times., 1914-07-17
No DECISION REACHED
IN KUNZ SCHOOL SITE

The real estate committee OF mo
board OF education failed 20 come TO
a decision on the question OF site for
The proposed Kunz high school Thurs
day afternoon. "a the meeting held 20
hear protests against the tentatively
selected slto on Goethe-aye. Not q
great deal was accomplished oy me
meeting, aside from much talk An.
other meeting Will be held TUESDAY
afternoon and IN the meantime the
committee viii visit several other
sites that have been suggested. Aese
include two near Lakeview and heF
cheyalayes, priced az S2o.0Vg casa
and two near Waterloo ana Cohhois.
ayes priced at $4,000 and Sso999.
The Gotthe-ave site would cost IN
Gliding commission and other necss.
sary expenses, a little more than Sou'-
O0o
The Detroit times., 1914-07-17
D.P.W. employees
HAVE ROYAL TIME
ON BELLE ISLE
Three Thousand of Them Enjoy
Holiday With Politics
Cut Out
AID. ROBERT RUTTER
WRESTLES TEDDY BEAR
Mayor Marx on Scene-BaSe-
ball HOnors Carried OF BY
Sewer Department

Three thousand D. p w employees
and their families. making 10000 per-
sons in all enjoyed a halliday frolic
az Belle Isle, Thursday afternoon. on
the first picnic the department has
gwen in lbs history
Mayor Marx visited Belle Isle for a
short time in the afternoon The ai-
ialr, however, Was a nonpoiitical one,
During the morning the wives and
families of the workmen gathered III
the island and made ready for the az
ternoons play and feasting. Commits
sioner Fenkel had provided automo-
oiles and other vehicles 10 convey
them TO the island
When the men arrived, after the ! 1
o'clock lay.on the run began IA
earnest. A program of sports inciud-
ing two ball games and a band con
cert followed in rapid succession
Commissioner Fenkell himself took
part IN a game between the sewer de
partment and the asphalt workers in
which HIS team, the asphalt men, was
beaten
Aid Bob Rutter. who had declared
that he would wristle Oscar. the Po-
lar bear contented himself with Jug
Cling a Teddy bear just 10 show what
he would have done had Park Com
missioner Dust consented Go allow him
70 grapple with the monster from the
North pole.
An operator from the studio OF the
Ford Motor Car Co took moving pic
lures OF the days sports They VIII
ha ahpvrr Hama -,,Y-,.,g
within a short time.
The $500 lot on Fiske-aye. donated
by Robert Oakman, was won by ticket
No. l,046, but the holder could not be
found. The winners OF the athletic
events were as follows
l0o-yard dash, boys under l4-Geo
rico, Harold Louth
50-yard dash girls under l4-Frmi
kartz Elizabeth Wilson, Martha shank
52-yard dash, unmarried ladies Dor
Bcaker, Josephine Goodhand. Editl
WBriCk
50-yard dash, married Iadies-Mrs
Kibate, Mrs schatey Mrs. Fisher. Mrs
IGrdee Mrs Hack Mrs Chavey. Mrs
Throwing baseball-Mrs. zimmel
Miss Wilkinson. Miss Reed Mrs Rich
enback. Lillian Galinot
lO0-yard dash for men-Allen Rut
ter Richard SalanReter, VIII Aubin
sidney Legg John Smith
Three-legged race for boys Beakej
and Putzig, Holstein and Huber, Lougi
and Foo. Goetsch and Daniels
Three legged race for men-Perkts
and Slaughter. Smolske and LeRE
Eichenback and Law. Dever and StOd
dard.
Running broad jump Busch. a
Rutter. A. Uriscoll. j. McGiu. r. J
Brennan. n Schfartz
rug-ot- war--W on by John Marshall
team.
Fat mems race knight, J Mar
shan. @ Fenken. n Meridav
Fat wOman's race--AIrs O'Brien Mrs
Burger Anna Casa Mrs Ebo.
Throwing 56-pound weiEht--Hawk
ms. Fish, Dever.
Putting l6-pound shot-Fish For
den Marshall, Pichie
An event Tor the city hail newspaper
The Detroit times., 1914-07-17
BEAKES AND SMITH ASK
GIBBS REINSTATEMENT

WASHINGTON. July t5r- Re.astaie-
mcnt OF Captain John - Gibbons Z,
IS =. Of Grand Rapids Mich Is q
probable result of tae Joint action IA
congress taken by Senator Nt.iam
Alden smith and Representative iH-
rel rs. Beakes Gibbons was anon :
recent victims OF the pluckiue board
Roth President wilson and ~tcrt-
tary OF the Navy Daniels are SlioNs4A
ln .Gyor Of the captains rslHsla 8
meut. Were IL possible, The pTts'ath.
would end the situation restoring the
pucked" naval officer 70 ms SNIP
Hut the law as 70 pluckins Is mahota-
tory, and nothing can save captain
Gibbons. short OF contemplated action
OF congress-