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The Detroit times., 1914-06-24
When "The Line is Busy"

Wasn't her crepe de chine waist
too lovely for anything"
NO, we can't get away this sum.
merlin has TO work"
you use two quarts OF butter, three
quarts OF -four five eggs and stir 10
minutes"
Sure I'll be there. What hat are
you going to wear?"
Just for fun a reporter whose house
phone is on party line made note
the other evening OF snatches OF talk
he overheard on the four occasions
when he tried TO call the doctor for
his sick baby and couldn't because
somebody was on the line
But il couldn't have been very fun.
ny, for his wife says that the fourth
time, instead Of laughing. he cnssed
Lovely woman, gossiping over the
wire, surely is irrepressible. isn't sheo
DO you wonder the telephone octo.
pus wants metered service?
The Detroit times., 1914-06-24
WHAT

What have you ever done to make
anybody happy? A little boy was told
that he ought TO make somebody hap
by every week, and he began nobly.
IL made a lady happy" he said. she
was my aunt, and | spent a week at
her home, and when / left she was
very happy. Chicago Tribune.
The Detroit times., 1914-06-24
Mediation Has Served Its
Purpose, Quieting GngOes

be judicially interpreted into nothlns'
ness. but the senate fears that the
language is too specific and that the
court might not do It's duty as they
see IL, so IL is proposed TO change
the language and cut out all the dan.
geTous" features which are desired
by Gompers and the American FEEDER
alton. Meantime, OF course. the Dem
ocratic congressional campaign man
ayers and the Democratic congress
men seeking reelection will go bel
lowing about the country proclaiming
that with their votes the labor fea.
lures of the trust bills have passed
the house.
In red ink on the postal cards an
nouncing the arrival of shipments,
the Baltimore & Ohio and other east
ern railroads print this TO counteract
the psychological hard times.
Keep cars moving. Crops are ao'
normal and the business Is going TO
boom. Load cars promptly and as
nearly as possible to full capacity.
Unload cars promptly regardless OF
free time allowed Somebody needs
the empty 1t may be your turn
next"
1T is apparent that 30 standing
committees In each house would be
ample provision to take care OF the
legislative business OF congress- says
j. David Thompson, law librarian or
congress, who has completed an an
alysis OF the legislative methods OF
congress Mr.. Thompson found that
out of the $4,000 bills and joint reso-
! buttons introduced into the Sixty-sec-
ond congress. only 457 public acts, 70
public resolutions and $50 private
acts and six private resolutions were
acted upon Further. he found that
OF the 70 committees. only 81 had
anything 10 do with legislation which
| became law. and on the house side
only % committees out OF the 90
acted on bills which became law.
Former Senator Jonathan Bourne,
Of Oregon. who is now chairman OF
| the Joint congressional committee on
railway mail pay, Is considerably
peeved with the postoffice depart
ment The department has submitted
a plan TO congress which would re-
suit in reducing the amounts paid "a
the railroads for hauling mail iona
than is indignant. He wants the roads
! TO get more than they now get. lie
has issued two pages of prepared in
terview'' in which he interviews him
| self FOR the press on the pig-headed
ness Of the postofflce officials in try
! ing 10 save money for the public.
The Detroit times., 1914-06-24

The worst epidemic OF trichinosis
ever known was caused by a butcher
OF Hedersleben in Saxony making
susages OF an infected pig and failing
to cook the sausages properly The
sausages we're eaten at a public ban
quet, 300 people fell all. and 1870 died.
The Detroit times., 1914-06-24

State monopolies and undertakings
in Japan yield an annual revenue Of
about s64,000,000, Of which s25.O00 600
comes from posts. telegraphs and tele-
phones. S25.000,00O profits from to-
bacco. s5,00O000 from salt and So
600 900 from forests.
The Detroit times., 1914-06-24

They say 1000 years ago
(How fast the time has flownD
That elevators just like ours
In ancient Rome were known.
n would have made our hearts re-
joice
And filed with JOY our cup
Could we have heard old Caesar
shout:
"Hold on there Going up"
--Yonkers Statesman.
The Detroit times., 1914-06-24
The Worse. the Better.

$50" said the visitor. you intend
10 become a physician when you grow
up?"
ayes. SIR" said the youth.
.sAnd why have you decided upon
the medical profession"
We'll, a doctor seems TO be the
only man who keeps on getting paid
whether his work is satisfactory or
not"
The Detroit times., 1914-06-24

Ragtown. city of about 5000 in
the oil fields OF Oklahoma, is perhaps
the only town of its size in the Unit
cd States that does not have a post
Office.
The Detroit times., 1914-06-24
On the LOW Gear.

Bix--How are you making out on
your resolution to economiZe?
Dix-Fine, rye got my running
expenses slowed down TO a walk
Boston Transcript
The Detroit times., 1914-06-24

The Canadian Pacific railway Is
erecting seven gates that will be oper
ated automatically by electricity 10
safeguard trafIlc across its tracks
along the waterfront in Vancouver
They are OF the portcullis type. and
the pressure Of an electric button Will
lower or raise them.
The Detroit times., 1914-06-24
A Rift In the Lutte.

Jesse Lang was seen out Saturday
night carrying banjo with two
strings gone. Some girl probably got
a crippled erenade.-Wa itesburg
(Mo.) Record
The Detroit times., 1914-06-24

Inmates Of Fairview asylum for
the insane (Pennsylvania) issue a
weekly paper,
The Detroit times., 1914-06-24
BY gibson GARDNER.

WASHINGTON. June 24.-Media-
ton has served its first and most i'm
portant purpose, which was to give
the American jingoes time TO cool on
President Wilson did not. and does
not want war with Mexico. One OF
his admirals stubbed his toe and the
president accidentally took a foreign
city. II was a difficult situation ana
backing out was an awkward task.
The South American foreign gentle
men lent themselves conveniently 10
the idea that they We're mediatlng
something between the United States
and Mexico They have had pleas
ant time at Niagara Falls and so has
everybody else up there. or course
big business set about getting the me-
diators, and OF course the mediators
entirely unconsciously 10 themselves
would see mediation from the point
of view OF big business. Diplomats
are usually that kind OF people. IL
does not imply that they were bought.
Their idea OF neutral as a suDsu'
tute for Huerta was straw man TO
be appointed by Huerta. or course
this would not be satisfactory 10 the
only real power remaining in Mexico
namely. the Villa-CarranZa constltu-
tionalists. II is no more possible 10
mediate between the constitutionalists
and Huerta than il is between oil ana
water or fire and sand. The reHolu-
ton in Mexico must go on. IL is an
economic and social revolution ana
the only outcome possible Will be en-
tire power in the constitutionalists,
which may result in contiscation OF
large land holdings and many other
things-acts OF war-not pleasant 70
mediators and foreign investors. How
President Wilson will let go OF his
foreign city is a problem still UNI
| solved by either the mediators. VII
liam Jennings Bryan, Joe Tumulty OF
President Wilson.
The senate committee which is con
siderinR the house trust bills has
eliminated the undesirable features
OF the house measures" This is the
Language in which large, conservative
and influential newspapers announce
what is happening in that committee
The undesirable features" to whlch
they allude are the house provisions
against strike injunctions and othel
paragraphs which are aimed TO in
sure 10 the workmen the right 70 or
Ranize. TO peacefully picket and tC
conduct strikes, etc, as Is necessary
10 the freedom OF labor, Friends o.
llahor feared that the house bill wal
mot specific enough and that II might
The Detroit times., 1914-06-24

Lem Lowney and Bill Study was
In Detroit Yesterday. where they have
lust painted of tn streets where peo-
pie are e walk. Along t'wards eVenin'
Lem said Bill had about all he could
do Z keep inside tn chalk lines"
The Detroit times., 1914-06-24
Our Diplomatic Service

HERBERT QUICK.
Author
The Detroit times., 1914-11-02
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The Detroit times., 1914-11-02
55,OOOCARMENTS
COLLECTED FOR
BELGIAN RELIEF
Detroiters Respond Most Gener'
ously to Appeals For Aid
For Refugees

The Belgian Relief Committee
closed its efforts In behalf Of the
refugees in England, Saturday noon
after collecting and shipping oveI
Is 1000 garments, i've times the num-
ber that the members Of the COM
mittee planned to obtain when they
started their campaign two weeks
ago.
two weeks, more than 10000 articles
Of clothing pouring into the head
quarters In the Grindley arcade. The
people of Detroit, regardless OF ma.
Honality, have responded with great
Gsnerosity, and many cities and
towns in the state also made big
Cnntributions. Algonac sent Doc
Cerments. and three big boxes pack
"a with donations, came from Jack
-. Residents OF Royal Oak, Beaver
Co. River Rouge, st. Clair and Me-
Hoefa donated many garments.
More than 500 big boxes were
,ssd In shipping the clothing. many
busfness firms Of the city loanina
fhsir large trucks to haul the crates
"a the cars. The Canadian Pacific
rssiroad transported the shipment ID
GO BelRian consul at Montreal free
~ cost. The Belgian government
sviII attend to the Transportation
6uom Montreal to London. Eng.
The Detroit times., 1914-11-02

that II Is too busy keeping political
machine or organization In shape, to
take care of matters Of public well
fare" said Mr.. Ingram, at the church
meeting.
He also charged that Mayor Marx
In on the saloon slate and that the
saloon voters will 20 to the polls and
vote as one man, while the citizens
opposed to saloon domination will be
divided by partisan politics and by
internal hostilities, and their vote will
be split. That's why the machine
crowd IL able to prevail" he declared.
"If the good people of Detroit would
vote az one man, we would beat the
saloon. and would spike the present
political machine, and gang rule. at
one blow, as the law.breaking inter
ests are behind the present admins
tration."
Discussing the workingmen's belt
line. which was badly wanted by resi-
dents OF that district, Mr.. ingram de
clared that IL had been promised the
people 20 years ago. az a concession,
when the Pingree three-cent fran
chises were granted, and he declared
that Il should have been built by the
people. as q first step toward NUM-.
cipally-owned street car lines, and not
by the private corporation, which was
only getting q stronger foothold.
Discussing the amendments, at the
other meeting. Mr.. Ingram pointed
out that the administration had sub
mitted the amendment, raising sal
aries for its henchmen.
Under the charter that the people
defeated, raises In salaries were pro-
vided, but extra duties we're demand
ed. Under the present amendment,
the salaries are raised, regardless OF
efficiency. The machine wants the
right IN raise salaries just as II sees
At.
"You will notice that they didn't
submit the labor amendments that
were included In the old charter. and
that were to be submitted piecemeal
to the voters, II the laborers would de-
feat the old charter.
The Detroit times., 1914-11-02

month. and all others. $50 per
month.
Amendment No. .. reads as fol-
lows:
"shail the terms OF ONCE of the
mayor. city clerk. city treasurer. al
dermen. constables. and members OF
the board OF estimates be for four
years instead OF two, as now pro-
vided by law"
The passage of the amendment
would not affect the present terms
OF office of the candidates, nor the
Jobs which will be won at the cleo
ton, Tuesday. The amendment pro-
vides that November, 1917, shall be
the start OF the very-four-years city
elections. A special election, to Ill
vacancies In the short intervening
term, would be necessary.
The tenth amendment reads, on the
ballot:
do you favor the abolition OF the
board Of estimates OF the city of De.
troit as now elected and constituted
by law?"
The board of estimates passes on
budgets of various city departments
and the amendment contemplates
putting that duty In the hands of the
common council. abolishing the board
OF estimates as an unnecessary insti
tuition, sort OF "fifth wheel on the
wagon"
The last amendment provides for
$4,000 salaries for members of the
civil service commission, who now
serve without salary, the position be
Ing purely honorary. though the sec
rotary of the commission Is paid Q
salary.
The Detroit times., 1914-11-02

DIsines.- IKE Printing. No fu9p
no feather. The plain. nest k11o
looks right Timeg rRanuSx
John R-st Phone Maln 49,
The Detroit times., 1914-11-02
mr.. VOTER HAVE
YOU READ THOSE
'llAMENDMENTS?
The questions Printed ON Ballots
viii Not Give Comprehensive
Idea of Contents
HERE'S A BRIEF, BUT
ACCURATE SUMMARY
A Majority Vote Will Carry All
Save One Abolishing Board
of Estimates

With the voting on the proposition
to cut the school board down TO
seven members done away with on
account OF delay in handing down the
supreme court decision. the city bal
lots still contain IL important propo-
-sitions, which seem to be but little
understood by the general public.
On the ballot. the amendments ap.
pear In the form Of plain question,
TO be voted on, yes or not. On all OF
the questions but one. majority
vote will decide. On the question OF
whether or not the people want To
abolish the board of estimates. In
November. 1917, there Is some doubt
as to the required majority. Cor
poration Counsel Lawson gives 1t as
his opinion, that that question does
not class as an amendment to the
charter. but as q separate and dis.
tinct proposition. In which instance,
q two-thirds vote would be necessary
to decide II.
The amendments have been so sim.
plifled. In the form in which they ap.
pear on the ballot, that the questions
do not give a comprehensive idea OF
the amendment. the purpose being to
avoid confusion In clearly setting
forth the question.
The first amendment appears on
the ballot In this form: do you
favor the establishment of a commits.
sion to be known as The Recreation
Commission Of the City OF Detroit p
The amendment, the fate of which
depends on the vote on that question,
provides that the recreation commits
sion shall consist of 10 members, the
mayor to appoint Ave citizens, and
the other members to be the super.
lntendent Of schools, park commits.
sioner, city librarian. police commits
sioner and commissioner Of public
works. They will manage. direct
and care for Fairgrounds, playfelds,
indoor recreation centers, gymnasi-
ums, public baths, and debating clubs,
and shall make inspections Of all the
aters, moving picture shows, pool
and billiard rooms, bowling alleys,
and other commercial recreation
places which are licensed by the city,
but their work will not In any way
abridge the powers of the. police and
fre departments, building inspectors
and health board. In their work con.
nected with such institutions. II
y The second amendment appears On
the ballot In this form:
do you favor authorizing the com
mon council to Ak the compensation
of certain elective and appointive Of
ficers of the city Of Detroit within
certain limitations; also to Ak the
compensation of subordinates to such
offcialsT
The amendment provides that the
salary Of the mayor may be raised to
a sum not to exceed $4,000 per year;
the corporation counsel, $500; the
commissioner OF public works. $500:
the city clerk, $1,000; the city treas
urer. $4,000; the city controller. s5.-
900; the police commissioner, $4,000.
and the park commissioner. $4,000;
the recorder and associate Judge of
the recorders court, $500, as the
The Detroit times., 1914-11-02
WILSON ENDORSES
THE WRONG MAN
President Sends Letter to Pro-
gressive Candidate Whom He
Thought a Democrat

WASHINGTON, Oct. Presiden-
tial endorsement by way Of the cam.
paign letter system got President
Wilson into strange tangle today
when II was found he had placed hts
o. X. on a Progressive candidate for
the house. j. c. Vaughn, q Bull
Mooser In the second Illinois district,
was the man who received Wilson's
endorsement. but M. B. OLeary, q
Democrat. was the man whom the
president intended TO commend. Be
cause OF mixup, the president was
today forced to telegraph Vaughn, re.
questing him not to use the letter In
his campaign.
The Detroit times., 1914-11-02

city's share OF the salary. All subor.
dinates to such ofiicials and all other
appointive officers shall receive such
salaries as the council, from time To
time. may prescribe. but Il IL provided
that NO official shall have his com.
pensation increased during the term
Tor which he was elected or appoint.
ed.
The third amendment appears on
the ballot in this form:
shall all bonds hereafter issued
for the payment OF which the City OF
Detroit Is obligated, bear interest Al
a rate not exceeding i've per cent per
annum?"
The present interest paid by De.
troit on its bonds is four per cent
and II is contended that a FIVE per
cent rate would make the bonds more
desirable. and permit OF disposing OF
bond issues quickly. The charter
provides that Detroit cannot be bond.
ed for more than four per cent OF its
assessed valuation, plus the valua-
ton of the sinking funl.
The fourth amendment reads, on
the ballot:
do you favor vesting the mayor
with the power to appoint and re-
move all OF his appointees at his will
and pleasure, except the members OF
the civil service commission"
Passage OF the amendment would
put the mayor In sole control of all
appointments, without being subject
to the approval OF the common coun-
ell. and appointees could hold Office
only at the mayors will and pleasure
Shall the common council be de-
MED the power to grant special priv.
leges for the use or occupation of
streets by AUDITING lot owners?" e
the way the next amendment appears
on the ballot.
The long fight against street stands,
which had occupied city sidewalks,
year after year. by council permit,
was the cause Of the introduction Of
that amendment. The supreme court
ruled that the city had the, right To
GUST the stands, but It took a long
battle to get the decision. The
amendment contemplates putting
street permits beyond the power OF
the aldermen.
Construction barbados, occupying
streets under permit from the depart
ment Of public works, would not be
affected by the amendment.
do you favor dividing the terri
tory Of the city OF Detroit into Fl
wards?' Is q question that needs nc
explanation. The division OF the big
Seventeenth ward, into the Seven.
teenth, Nineteenth and Twenty first
wards. Is regarded as necessary FOR
proper handling of the district The
Eighteenth ward. has also grown toe
large for practical purposes, It Il
claimed. and a Twentieth ward IL
deemed necessary.
do you favor increasing the forced
paving provision, so-called. of the city
charter, from 100000 to 100000 q
Year,"
That amendment is also self-ex.
planatory. II is claimed by those who
favor the amendment, that the citys
growth. and the necessity for great
amount OF new paving each year, to
keep pace with the growth, makes II
necessary to remove restrictions
against expanding more than $4,000
a year In paving operations.
The eighth amendment provides
for increases In the pensions of re-
tired orr disabled members of the FIRE
department. and Is clearly stated on
the ballot. 1t stipulates that the
chief and assistant chiefs shall re.
eeiye pensions Of $75 month; cap
tains. $50 amonth; lieutenants and
engineers Of apparatus, sos pei
The Detroit times., 1914-11-02
OTTO STol-
REPUBLICAN, CANDzpArn po1
REGISTER or DEE

has placed the offce on = PAYNE u
during his administration 81 tuID
portant and rapidly growing -
Previous to his incumbsncy the
year That II to say, the texp4x
were required TO meet . de1c1t e.
amount yearly between the foo9
ceived and the salaries of tne
was turned over to the COUNTY ~
and above the salaries- This oW4
stands as q dividend to the se1peS
ADV. :, Z.
The Detroit times., 1914-11-02

Those who would like to run q gov.
ernor In this state are boiling Osborn.
Osborn imperturably proceeds on his
way a. II nothing had happened Men
with memories can testify that Fred
Warner. John Blodgett. ct al. never
had much influence with Osborn when
he was governor once before. so that
may possibly explain why some par.
ties are 30 strong for boiling just
now.-Howard City Record
The Detroit times., 1914-11-02
DO YOU SUFFER
FROM BACKACHE7

When your kidneys are weak and
torpid they DO not properly perform
their functions; your back aches
and you do not feel like doing much
of anything. You are likely to be
respondent and to borrow trouble,
Just a. IL you hadn't enough al
ready. Don't be a victim any longer.
The old reliable medicine, Hoods
sarsaparflla. gives strength and tone
to the kidneys and buiId1 up the
Whole system. Get Il today.-Adv.
The Detroit times., 1914-11-02
DETROIT SALESMAN
TAKES OWN LIFE

GRAND FORKS. N. D.. Oct. 31.--
r. d. Handy. Detroit. Mich. travelling
salesman, aged So, committed suicide
here today. when threatened with en-
posture of alleged improper conduct
toward the seven-year-old child OF q
rooming house proprietor. When
Mrs. J. Myers, rooming house owner,
threatened him with arrest. she says
Handy sent q bullet into his temple.
The Detroit times., 1914-11-02
MACHINE TOO BUSY
PLAYING POLITICS
IN INGRAM.
Democratic Mayoralty Candidate
Urges United Vote of Detroit's
Good People

Frederick +. Ingram. Democratic
candidate for mayor, discussed Civic
problems" before q large audience In
brand Riverave. Christian church. Al
lsndale and Grand Riveraves-, Friday
evening, and later addressed meet
snr in a hall at Caseave. and High
~. on the subject Of the amendments
20 be submitted to the voters. next
you cant get proper attention 10
olvte nafters non an aem'nn9eoee
The Detroit times., 1914-11-02

Nantucket's letter carriers must not
work after dark. according to an order
Of the postofice. Therefore, all mail
that reaches the island after 3 o'clock
has to wait until the next morning to
be delivered.