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The Detroit times., 1914-08-22

CHARGE IS MADE
AGAINST NACEL
Postmaster Said to Have Used
Position to Coerce Friend of
Edward f. Kelley
PROTEST LODGED WITH
DEPT. IN WASHINGTON
J. S. Schmittdiel Admits Nagel
Advised" Him to Give Up
Candidacy

Edward +. Kelley, candidate for the
Democratic congressional nomination
In the First district against Congress
man Dorenius. has filed charges with
Daniel c. Roper. first assistant post.
mastergeneral. against Postmaster
William ]. Nagel. charging the De
troit postmaster with having violated
the law by using the influence attach,
ed to his federal position for political
purposes.
The specific charge against the De
troit postmaster Is that he approach
ed John s. Schmittdiel, candidate for
state central committeeman on the
Democratic ticket. and advised him tC
withdraw from the race, intimating
that relative of his. now in the pos
tai service. might suffer II he refused
to do so. As q result OF Nagei.s ad
vice, Schmittdiel pulled out, it's said
The Progressive Democratic league
has also taken a hand in the affair
and Thomas A. Ahern, secretary Of
that organization. has written to Post
master Nagel. protesting against the
use OF his position for political pur
poses.
Postmaster Nagel was out Of his Of
fee, Friday noon, and could not bt
found by Times reporter to get his
story OF the affair.
John 8. Schmittdiel. who lives a.
No. 1873 Warren-ave. east. admitted tC
The Times that the postmaster hat
talked with him about his candidacy
and had advised him TO withdraw
from the race.
Mr.. Schmittdiel appeared reluctant
to say anything about the matter. He
denied that Mr.. Nagel had taken ad
vantage Of his Official position to In
duce him to withdraw.
He talked to me simply as a fel
low member of the party" he said
Mr.. Schmittdiel refused to say wheth
er the postmaster had said anything
about Schmittdiefs relative in the De
troit postofiice.
Il regret very much to learn tha
Postmaster Nagel has felt the neces
sity OF STOPPING to the point of intim
idat'on to bolster up the weakenin,
candidacy of his friend, Congressman
Doremus." said Mr.. Kelley. II hav,
served notice on the postmaster tha
II Is my intention to see that the In
fiuence of his department. or any 9th
er department OF the government ser
vice, Is not used In the interest o
machine politics, or as a prop to sup
port q candidate for any once. I
Mr.. Nagel Is not acquainted with tn,
law, he should be. and to this end
while preparing charges to file II
Washington, have wired the first as
sistant postmaster-general, Daniel c
Roper, calling his attention to Mr.
Nagels action along these lines"
The message sent to the postal ON
cial by Mr.. Kelley follows:
Daniel c. Roper,
First Assistant Postmaster-Gen.
eral. Postoffice Dept,
Washington. ID. G.
VIM. j. Nagel. postmaster at De-
troit. is openly disobeying the law
by using the influence of his po-
sition to fnjure my candidacy for
congress on the Democratic ticket.
He has also carried his activity to
the point OF intimidation.
Mr.. Nageps attention should be
called to the penalty for PERM
cious activity In politics. Letter
follows.
EDWARD F. KELLEY.
The Detroit times., 1914-08-22
SENT TO
STATE FOOD
INSPECTOR
Grand Rapids Official Saves
Self by Soaking Internal Ma
chine in Water
LAW VIOLATORS ARE
BLAMED FOR OUTRAGE
Muskegon and Kalamazoo Men
Threatened to SECT"

GRAND RAPIDS. Mich. Aug. 21.--
Especial --Detectives are bending
every effort to locate the persons
who sent giant bomb to w. j.
Nickel, state dairy and food inspect
OF, who saved himself from death
this morning by soaking the package
In water before opening II. He said
he was prompted to do this because of
threats made against him. Muskegon
and Kalamazoo men are under sus-
picion, having told Nickel recently.
when convicted OF disobeying state
tlawsrtAat- they weala aget HIN. y
The bomb was enclosed In a pack
age Ave inches long, and two inches
high, and came through the mail. II
contained a quantity OF high explo-
sive powder, three big decorating
caps and three matches, so arranged
that the slightest friction when the
cover was pulled of, would explode
the contents
The outside covering contained
newspaper clippings OF Mickers &C.
tiyities. On the inside cover of the
box was strip OF sandpaper
His suspicious aroused by the clip
pings. Nickel carefully opened the
wrapper sfd found a small amount
OF gun powder. Then he soaked the
package and turned II over to the
police. Government inspectors have
been notified
The Detroit times., 1914-08-22
Bells Toll For Dead Pope.

The bells of all Roman Catholic
churches In Detroit were tolled with
solemn precision Thursday evening at
6 O'clock. as q means Of formally noti-
flying the populace OF the death OF
Pope Plus. Bishop Foley received a
telegram from the apostolic delegate
in Washington during the afternoon
the tolling OF the bells. Arrangements
are now being made for solemn re-
QUEEN mass In memory OF the holy
father
The Detroit times., 1914-08-22

Business-ifke Printins. no russ and
no feathers. The plain, neat kind that
looks right. Times printing Co.. IL
John R.-st. Phone Main 1884
The Detroit times., 1914-08-22

JOB Pr,.sisa pcse nishs. Time.
The Detroit times., 1914-08-22
Children Play About While Glare
Or Exploding Shells Crimsons
HeavensHo Housewives Cook
Mid Roar of Guns
FARMERS SET FIRE TO
RIPENING FIELDS
German Prisoners Under Escort
Of Cavalry Laugh and Joke
With CaptOrs
az n. p. BURTON

(staff Gable Dispatch, Copyright, 1915
by the Newspaper Enterprise
Association.) ~
The Detroit times., 1914-08-22
SENATE PASSES MARINE
INSURANCE BILL

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2l.-By an
overwhelming vive voce vote the sen
ate passed the administration bill pro.
yiding for war marine risk insurance
by the government. As amended II
provided that the government should
issue insurance policies at rates
which would place American ships
on terms OF equality with foreign
ships.
The Detroit times., 1914-08-22

Job Printing Done Rrwbs, Times
Printing Co.. IL John R.-st
The Detroit times., 1914-08-22
To pace snail for Record.

TUCSON. Arix. Aug. 21.--Prof.
Farniss, a naturalist of Joliet. nj.
whose speciality is snails, has gone
into the White Mountains with Frank
Cole, a trapper and guide. to study
the effect OF altitude upon some snails
he Is taking with him.
II is well known that snsils travel
slowly at low attitudes. What their
running time Is In the more invigor-
ating climate Of the mountains will be
one of Farniss' problems
The Detroit times., 1914-08-22

The average annual egg yield Of
each hen In the United States Is 20,
but the record is 303.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-03-14
Agricultural Education
By Prof. M. e. buckles, Elk Rapids, Mich.

| The summer camps, and annual mid.
winter meetings are not primarily tC
give the boys good time, although
these are worthy ends in themselves
All these activities are carried on fol
the purpose of making better boys anC
better men. 1t is not so important
that boy shall raise hundred bush
els of corn to his acre as it is that
the acre of corn shall raise hundred
bushel boy. There is a spiritual les
! There is lesson i'm social efficiency in
game requiring united effort. Sec
ondary aims are the ennobling of the
vocation of farming, giving the boy 6
glimpse of the possibilities of scien-
tific agriculture, and the attainment
on the part of the boys of certain
amount of physical skill and ability
to do team work. But it must not be
forgotten that the big purpose in view
is a matter of education"
The Importance of books in educa-
ton is not to be minimized, for they
are necessary, but the discipline OF
repeated trials and hard work, learn
ing by doing, adds strength and char
acter to a boys development. And
strength and character are always ac-
companied by influence and happi-
nes". Booker T. Washington, in his
book "Up From Slavery" relates that
in going from town to town in the south
in search of aid for his great indus
trial school, he invariably found that
the most influential colored man in the
community was one who had learned
trade in his youth during slave days
and who was engaged in practicing
that trade TO make a living for him
self and family. The law is universal.
There is culture of spirit in skill of
doing. Book knowledge added in the
right proportion makes the balanced
ration in education, the whole factor
that works toward good farmers, good
home-makers and good citizens.
The time is drawing near when a
new club enrolment must be made.
Already the enrolment cards have
been received by all those who
had their names down last year. 1t is
safe to guess that all the boys and
girls who succeeded in growing crops
will go in again, excepting those who
have passed the age limit of eighteen.
Added to this years army will be a
brand new lot who have just reached
the age of ten. The doubtful ones to
enter will very Likely De found among
those who did not grow their crops and
who are too easily discouraged. Maybe
they lack ambition. Or are they
are they lazy? Let's hope not, for
there is no room in the world for that
kind. For the workers, for the ambi-
tious, for the clean and strong, there
will always be plenty of room.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-03-14

"The only one who never makes
mistakes is the one who never does
anything" In those words of one of
our big statesmen there is some COM
fort, especially for us farmers. Every
step in advance that we take is taken
at the risk of making a mistake, and
we do make a lot of them. But on
the whole the result is progress. Stag
nation is TO be feared more than mis-
takes.
Of the 100000 boys and girls en-
rolled in the various agricultural clubs
in the United States last year very
many of them failed to grow crop.
OF those who failed some have said
that they never will try again. Others
have said with more determination
that they are going to try again
and next time they are going to win.
To give up OH account Of having made
mistakes is admitting a defeat that
leaves It's unworthy mark upon one
forever, even though one undertook
something he was hardly fitted to do.
Though a boy has made up his mind
not to follow farming as life work,
it would pay him to make a success
of the crop he undertook TO grow
rather than to be conscious of a Turk
ing sense of failure clinging to him
for years TO come.
The fellow who keeps on trying
again till he wins and then for legiti
mate reasons decides to quit, quits
with a sense of power that the other
fellow does not possess. Remember
that success at one thing is the best
assurance of future success at an
other. Every club winner last year
now has q new leverage on the future.
On the other hand every fellow who
failed when he might have succeeded
by greater energy, better preparation,
closer attention and perseverance
is less able to overcome difficulties
hereafter, unless he removes the mark
by another determined effort.
Failures have some things to be said
in favor Of them. They are forms of
adversely, by which men learn the
most valuable lessons of life. For this
reason, if for no other, there is large
part of last years work that can be
and girls who made mistakes will roll
up their sleeves and enter the contest
again this year.
Apropos to the educational value of
crop growing, County Commissioner of
Schools w. II. Faunce, of Wexford, in
his report Of the work done by the ag-
ricultural clubs under his direction
uses some very significant language
Mr.. Faunce says: "The corn contests
are held not for the purpose of in
creasing the yield of corn or its quail
ity, although these ends are attained
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-03-14
Early Matches For Autumn Eggs

During the spring and summer
months, when eggs are produced in
large quantities, poultry breeders
often forget that during early au-
tumn, where there is likelihood of
scarcity, some attempt should be made
beforehand in order to get the pull
lets to lay in October and November.
Wherever poultry raisers congregate
the subject Of the egg supply is one
of special interest, yet nine cases out
of ten opinions seem to differ, and the
number of varieties which are fancied
as the best layers during winter is
really surprising. At any rate, it is
generally acknowledged that where
stock birds are selected with care,
housed properly and fed on suitable
foods, fair number of eggs can be
obtained during autumn and winter.
In the first place much depends on
the date of Matching. If chickens are
not Matched out early enough to ma
ture properly by September and the
first of October, then it is doubtful
whether they will prove good layers
at time when eggs are selling at a
high price. Heavy breeds, such as
Orpingtons, Wyandottes, Rocks and
Langshans are general favorites for
winter eggs. As rule they are much
harder than non-setters and grow
into fine birds All chickens for win
Ter laying should DC Matched in March
and April, with the possible exception
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-03-14

He got some socks that kept his
feet warm, and the good wife got
some nice Vegetable Silk stockings,
and some nice little stockings for the
baby, some good warm shirts and
drawers for the boys, and some of
these new union suits, which he had
heard so much about, but never tried.
tell you they felt good, and he had
them made to measure, SO they fitted
him, and all came out of his ten
fieeces. And now he is waiting for the
wool buyer to come round this spring,
and offer him 10 cents pound for his
wool because he has only got ten
fieeces, and the tariff has been taken
off. 1t don't make much difference to
one man whether there's tariff or
not, as long as he's got his ten sheep,
and has got a friend that will make
that wool into the goods he and his
family want to wear The bulls and
bears can below, and growl, gore and
hug to their hearts content, but
there's one farmers dollar that's
worth just 100 cents to him.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-03-14

, other little farmers who also had ten
fieeces, and he wanted to know why
ten of them would not make a hun
dred, and a hundred farmers could
not ship a thousand feeces.
The manufacturer thought his arith-
metic was all right, and said that if
there were enough of these little far
mers who would get together, he would
be glad to manufacture their wool into
goods for them.
The manufacturer seemed to get in
terested the longer he talked to the
Sand Farmer, and finally he said: "Ill
tell you what I'll do. If you'll get
some of your neighbors together, we'll
cut out some of these middlemen, and
both of us make more money. You're
selling your wool to buyer, who sells
it to another buyer, who ships it to
Boston, where it's sent to a mill, and
secured, then shipped back to me, in
stead of your bringing it to me direct.
Each one of these fellows, and the
railroads, are putting an additional
price on that wool, and it costs so
much that can't use real all-wool an
make a sock for you at SO cents, be-
cause / have to sell it to the jobber,
and he sells it to your storekeeper,
and both of those fellows have to
make a profit, too.
"Now, if you'll get your friends and
neighbors together to buy my under
wear, hosiery, leggings, mittens,
sweaters. caps, ETC., we'll go into a
kind of partnership. I'll pay you 2
cents pound more for your wool than
you can get from your buyer, and I'll
sell you good so cent socks and gu
antee them to be all-feece wool, the
best that can be made, no shoddy, and
no cotton, dyed up and mixed so you
can't see it."
The Sand Farmer reached out his
hand, and shook the manufacturers
with a grip that made them both un-
derstand they meant business, and on
the way home he stopped in to sec
Sam, Mr.. Crawford, Bill Jones and
John Blake. They all had a few
sheep, and he explained what he had
done. They all said: "We're with
you, and we'll have our fleeces ready
tomorrow morning, and you can take
them all in to your manufacturer; but
how are we going to know what kind
of goods we are going to get for
them 2"
ooh, that's easy" said the Sand
Farmer. "He's friend Of mine, and
he offered to give me lot of SAM
! pies, so that you could see just what
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-03-14
The Sand Farmer Gets Mad

1t is not often the Sand Farmer
loses his patience, but he has been
reading a good deal about the far
mer's So cents dollar, and also how
the bears and bulls in Wall street can
get to fighting, and make the country
think that they are going to tear each
other all to pieces, but when they get
through, their dollar-which is mostly
on paper-has gone to $1.08, and
without raising stalk of corn, or a
hill of potatoes, their dollar is worth
three times a much as the farmers.
But look at some of the pictures print
ed in some of the Wall street papers.
The fat farmer, with his billions of
dollars in crops, is made to appear as
the one indispensable member of So
ciety.
The Sand Farmer has ten sheep, and
naturally, when shearing time comes,
only has ten fleeces for sale. He had
noticed that there had been a meeting
of the wool buyers of the state a
few weeks before, and that they had
determined to pay Is cents a pound
for wool. The local papers quoted
16 cents, just to help the wool buyer
when he came to talk to the farmer.
The wool buyer knew that the old
Sand Farmer had a few sheep, and
dropped in with a careless air, as
much as to say: eff it is any accom-
mediation to you / will take this wool
in order to get it out of your way"
The Sand Farmer asked how much
wool was worth, and the buyer re-
piled, ooh, from 10 cents to 16 cents.
If yeu had big quantity / might be
able to paw you more"
This quantity talk has been noticed
by the Sand Farmer for a good many
years, and he said: 81 guess I'll keep
this wool for the children. Good day,
SIR"
The Sand Farmer remembered how
his grandmother used to card and spin
wool TO make his stockings, and he
wondered why he could not get this
wool made into some Of the old-fash-
toned, aIl-wool socks that were warm
and durable, and now that his fighting
blood was up he was determined to
try it out and see what could be done.
He drove into town to a knitting
mill, where they had just put in mod
ern cards and spinning mules, to
make wooden underwear. He knew the
proprietor pretty well, and dropped in
to see If these was any way for the far
mer and manufacturer to get together.
He explained that he had only ten
heeces, but there were a good many
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-03-14
By J. W. Lafferty,

Progressive business men do not
do things a certain way because my
ancestors did il that way" they no
longer "vote 'er straight" because it
was the family tradition to do so, and
they do not live, talk, work, play,
think, choose, buy, pay, sell or do any
thing else just as it was done in the
long ago. Remember, / said, "Pro-
gressive business men,"
In the matter of advertising, the
old way was to regard all of it with
the thought that the cost would have
to be equalized by advancing the price
Of the goods; no attention was given
to the thought that increased sales
would enable the merchant to sell at a
lower price and realize greater returns
on his investment by increased bust
ness.
Nobody today would expect to buy
cheaper from a store on the argument
that ave do not advertise" nor would
the buying public believe today that
advertising has increased the cost Of
single article advertised.
The four greatest necessities of the
human race are food, clothing, shell
ter and tools. These are the actual
necessities, which one would think
could be sold with the least advertis-
ing; yet it is we'll known that they arc
the most extensively advertised arti-
cles in the world.
Advertising is NOT an expense in
the sense that some would make
themselves believe. 1t is as necessary
rs the stock in the store and more
powerful in creating a demand for
goods than all other forces the human
mind can conceive. No man doing
business without the power of adver-
Using can say what his business would
have been today had he coupled or
the potent power of advertising with
the policy he has practiced.
In the face of all that has been said
and written upon this subject by some
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-03-14
How to Pick Out a
Good Dairy Animal

The COW may be referred TO as a
machine built for doing a certain kind
of work. There are three kinds of
cows. One kind that eats a large
amount of food and converts it into
milk Another kind eats a large
amount of feed and converts it into
beef. Another kind eats a large
amount of feed and the Lord only
knows what she does with it. She
is the scrub cow
Her inclination to do certain thing
with the feed she eats is what we term
temperament.
No one would think of taking along
bull dog to hunt prairie chickens
Neither would he think of trying to
use draft horse in horse race.
The animal should be created for
the work we expect It to do.
The best way to choose dairy bull
is to examine his dam and know what
she has done at the milk pail. If he
comes from a family of good mixers
the chances are that he will get good
heifers.
We may confne ourselves, there
fore, TO the question of how to judge
a good cow for the dairy. We con-
slider the most essential point, her ca
pacity to handle the feed. She must
have a big bread basket so that she
can eat a large amount of feed and
digest it. She should be long from
her shoulder blade to the pin point,
have a deep middle piece with well
sprung ribs, wide apart. This all in
dicates large capacity. Coupled with
this she should have long, wide jaws
indicating ability to properly chew a
large amount of feed. She should be
deep through the chest, showing
strong circulatory organs, because the
food must be manufactured into milk
in the blood. She should have spare
quarters, sharp over front shoulders,
a prominent back bone showing strong
nervous system, a slim neck and a
head feminine in its character. She
should have a large wide udder, run
ming well up behind and well forward.
The udder should he soft and pliable
and collapsible. The essential things
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-03-14

he had, and you can fill out your or
der. II doesn't make any difference
whether you buy wooden goods or silk,
you can have anything he has at his
regular prices. He'll take our wool,
and run the coarse into batting, the
medium into socks, and the fine into
underwear, and we'll get back just
what we take there; or if it's all
coarse he'll trade for fine, the kind
that won't scratch your back"
"All right" said the neighbors,
"well give him a try"
The Sand Farmer started out the
next morning, and picked up the small
lots of wool on the way down, and he
and the manufacturer have been
mighty good friends ever since.
He got that wool carded into thick,
puffy bats, which his wife made into
the warmest kind of bed comfortables,
and the boys snuggled down under
them as he tucked them in, and then
he raised the window so that they
could get fresh air all night long, and
wake up with rosy cheeks the next
morning, and never feel the cold.