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The Detroit times., 1914-10-23
ALLEGED MOTOR
PIRATE IS CAUGHT

PORT HURON, Mich, Oct e..
Especial. )--Intercepted at Goderich.
Ont, In his fight up Lake Huron with
a $1,000 speedboat. Paul Var is under
arrest In the Canadian city and will
be brought back here today by Dep.
uty Sheriff Windsor. Last Sunday
Yax, IL Is alleged. stole the motor
boat from the Flats. The craft oe-
longs TO Solomon Schueler, OF No. 1877
Detroit. and az soon as the
theft was discovered, II was reported
to the sheriff's once here. The boat
IL OF q speedy type. and it IL believed
that YAK was trying to get TO Geore
ian bay with H..
He has served time before for a
similar theft, the police declare.
Seb Pv1ne1n4 Desc RaghS. rsse.
rrf.1l~w O.. IA John r. AT
The Detroit times., 1914-10-23
~ p. M. sARI..


0fo6 Correspondent United Press.
PARIS, Oct. 23.--The Germans
ore making . desperate effort to
oroak through the allied lines In
ME vicinity Of Arras a. well ~
~ the NORTH. This was Admitted
~ The war Office today when u
olso stated that the fighting 10 Of
5 - severe character that at
various points II has been found
odvisabie to cede territory and
q others ground has been gained.
u u very plain from the tone OF
1he dIspatchss that the battle In
ne north 10 still some distance
from any decisive result. The
)ooses on both sides are declared
- ~ snormous. Because Of the
NJ nature Of the ground, with
{ oraotiesIIy no cover, the troops
. oro exposed 60 artillery IRE, al
Ways deadly on both sides.
The cermans are taking every
o1vantape Of the network OF trol-
3 ~ lines that run like = spiders
Ueb 10 the rear OF their main 40
~anesd line in Belgium and north
ovn France. They have Impressed
+ 1rotley cars and are using them
~ rush fresh troops 20 threat
og>od points and 70 keep their men
! >peli supplied with ammunition.
The HAGUE, Oct. 23.-Re-
corts reaching here declare that
Ne allies have succeeded IN cut
1IRp the German communications
1ctween Bruges end ohent. The
)lohtino IN that section 10 deelar-
~ 70 be Increasing. Bands Of
)freoulars are reported oper-
otIno In the rear Of the German
lines and have SHIPPED hundreds
- 0esmans. :
BY WILLIAM PHILLIP SIMMs
(ff0N Correspondent United Press.)
UAZEBROUCK (North France, vi
|oeis). Oct 23s--.My skin is OF n
IRE value 10 my country than !
ara. My place Is on the fightin
Tia. was the reply OF King Albert
Belgium. to the opportunities O
y personal star who urged him (
we the front. II was my privileg
tGsatisses - t-sxs Fesr.s
The Detroit times., 1914-10-23
States Postage Bill for
3 Months Is SII,895.85

LANSING. Mich. Oct. 23.--(spe.
cial. )-Dupng the past thee months.
postage bills Of the various state de-
partment totaled s11.s95.85, according
to quarterly statement of expendi-
lures for postage filed with the execu-
tive ONCE.
The Detroit times., 1914-10-23

Premier M. Vivian, who gave out
the answer to France to the German
ultimatum. is essentially an artist. He
knows the lines and the works OF
every living French painter OF prom
inence. II 10 said that no poet has
gained renown In France in the hast
generation without gracious word
from him, uttered at time when the
poet was still striving for recognition
The Detroit times., 1914-10-23

Highest Temperature this date I'm past
a years, 70. In 1899 and 1905 lowest,
~, In 1906. ~
One year ago todayt Highest Temper
ature. 53g lowest Sey mean, 4ot cloudy
weather with rain anounting to 90
Inch.
The Detroit times., 1914-10-23

Detroit ana vicinitys Friday night
and Saturday, unsettleA, Dossibly show-
erst cooler saturday nightJ moderate
south Co west winds. =
Lower Michigan Unsettled Friday
night and Saturdays PROBABLY rain,
rSDxy,s Trwprn Arup-.
The Detroit times., 1914-10-23

Photography aas discovered the
depth to which the suns rays pene-
trate water. Five hundred and thirty
feet below the surface darkness was
much the same as that on the earth
on clear but moonless night
The Detroit times., 1914-10-23

WARRINGTON, Oct. 2s.-The
osriln foreign office declares:
sThs enemy 10 slowly retreating
oIono the whole 'front.'" In wire
loso message to the German en-
bassy this afternoon. II said II
British warships are supporting
NE allles.
The Detroit times., 1914-10-23

lob Printing Dose Right. Times
Printing Co. Il John R.-st.
The Detroit times., 1914-10-23
ING ALBERT BATTLES
I'm RAIN-SOAKED TRENCH
BESIDE HIS SOLDIERS
~ Skin No More Valuable
Than Yours" He Tells Off,
GERS Who Urge Him to
Leave Firing Lire
.lECE HISTORY NOW
REPEATING ITSELF
1eroic Little Army Defends
Last Strip Left of Country's
Soil Against Germans

LONDON, Oct. 23.--Slr John
cavendlsh, brother OF the Duke OF
Dsvonshirs, has been killed In ae-
Non.
Cir John cavendish, D. g. o.,
WAS captain in the First Life
ouards. He was born In 1875, and
ioIned the Life Guards az the Open
Inc Of the Bocr war. He was ap-
polnted divisional signaling OFFICER
q the Second infantry division and
MS frequently mentioned In dis
patches for bravery In action. He
wss awarded the Distinguished
0opvice Order and the medal with
olx cIssps for his bravery In that
The Detroit times., 1914-10-23

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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-11-09
COLLEGE PAPER IN BAD.

The Daily Maroon" student news
paper of the U. of c., is in bad again.
The annual raking of the editors may
result in some disnissals from the
university.
All of the trouble arose because
George buckingham, editor, accused
an unnamed professor of cheating"
by giving high marks for work not
done.
President Judson of the school
said that the faculty would talk over
the charges of the editor and perhaps
take action. y !,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-11-09

My bunch is that Hoyne can't be
pulled off, but will go clear through;
and that the trust newspapers won't
be able to suppress the news.
We are apt to find that the most
dangerous crooks il, Chicago are the
richest and most influential crooks.
Very likely some of them are emf
nently respectable citizens and go to
church in silk hats every nice Sun
day.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-11-09
LETTER TO EDITOR
CONCERNING ART

Editor Day Book - Before Mr..
James E.. Stuart, postal inspector,
proceeds to confscate that present
ment of the human form divine called
Nude" now on exhibition at our Art
Gallery, it might be well for him to
consider that his brother-inspector,
a certain Anthony Comstock of New
York, lost his job as a result of just
such a high-handed proceeding.
A growing and influential section
of the public realizes that from any
or every standpoint, mechanical,
physiological, chemical or aesthetic,
the human body is the most wonder
full and the most beautiful organism
we know.
The attitude of the average police
man, inspector or other petty official
who condemns" it is one which
shows that he thinks himself wiser
than the creative force which created
it.-Dr. Rudolf Won Liebich.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-11-09
ONE MANS OPINIONS
BY N. D. COCHRAN

. Ne ~ NONT1NHN
Taxdodgers.-We make an awful
fuss when some poor devil robs an
individual, but robbery becomes re-
spectacle when an individual can rob
an entire community. And that's just
what rich man does when he lodges
his fair share of taxation.
That same taxdodger will yell him
self red in the face for police and fire
protection for his property-an let
somebody else pay for his protection.
He will oppose labor unions and deny
his employe the right to organize for
a living wage and decent working
conditions and hide his property or
fix tax official to help him sneak out
of his share of the cost of govern
ment.
He'll urge the issue of millions of
bonds to build good roads on which
he may ride in comfort in his auto
mobile-and fail to list the auto for
taxation.
He will appeal to the law to protect
him in his property rights, and pay
nothing for the support of legisla-
lures, councils, courts and other ma
chinery of government.
Yet the workingman who owns his
own home will pay not only his share
of the cost of government. that sell
dom helps him, but will help to pay
the share of an employer who lodges
his taxes and gets whatever protec-
ton the law affords.
1t seems that the more wealth a
man has the less taxes he wants to
pay. And there are some of them
who would bring tax official with a
few hundreds to save them from
payment of the thousands they legit-
imately owe.
States Attorney Hoyne has start
ed in on an investigation this time
that means something to wage-earn-
nrS and hOma-OwDarS IF he ontc tho
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-11-05

Some men SOW thistles and then
pray for good crop.
The sun always casts its shadow be-
hind us as we face it. So does trou
BILE.
The straight and narrow path is not
always lined with the most attractive
scenery.
1t is not always the best-looking
horse that covers the greatest num-
Der of miles in day.
The world moves. and If man has
the grit to hang on he will be pulled
out of many a bad hole.
1t is just as necessary to repair the
weak places in the fence as 1t Is to
There is a deal more pleasure and
profit in the live things all about US
than can ever be gotten out Of dead
languages.
Some of US waste too much time
trying to make tools and other things
for use on the farm, when better and
cheaper ones can be bought In the
open market.
People who expect reward for
kindness are often embittered by their
failure to receive 1t. But real kind
ness, one without a string to it. al
ways brings its own reward
Why not smile? Gladness irradi-
ates the countenance. throws light into
the eyes, imparts buoyancy to the
step, enlarges the heart. widens the
perspective, gives energy, patience
and hope to associates, and strength
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-11-05
Fruits In ENGLAND,

BY far the greatest achievement OF
Cardinal Wolsey was combining straw.
berries and cream. A world benefac-
tor, his failings may we'll be forgotten
and forgiven!
How long have Britishers been, at
least, partial fruitarians? Apples,
pears, gooseberries and plums appear
to have been grown in England for
very long time, but cultivated rasp-
berries did not arrive until the six
teenth century.
Rhubarb was introduced from Rus
sia in 1873, but did not become pop.
ular until the nineteenth century. 1t
is recorded that a Deptford gardener
in 1910 sent a few sticks to the Lon
don market, but was unable to find
customer.
Cherries were brought over by the
Romans, but ceased to be cultivated
until one of Henry Wis gardeners res
introduced them.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-11-05
FAMINE IN BELGIAN TOWNS
Shortage of Food Is Serious and Hol
land Refuses to Send Any
There.

London.-A dispatch to the Reuter-
Telegram company says the Belgian
minister to the Netherlands announces
that famine prevails In most parts of
Belgium which are occupied by the
Germans. 1t Is most serious at Brus.
sells, but the shortage Of food Is also
felt at Namur, Luxemberg, and Hahn
ault.
A Rotterdam dispatch to the Ex-
change Telegraph company says:
General Won der Goltz, the German
commander In Belgium, recently sent
several emissaries to Holland in an
endeavor to obtain foodstuffs to coun-
teract the famine threatening Brus-
sells.
"These emissaries completely failed
in their mission and the Dutch gov
ernment Is closely watching the export
trade. The emissaries, who are Dutch
men, say Brussels has no salt, yeast,
or -four, scarcely any meat, and no
bread fit to eat:.'
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-11-05
GENERAL LOVE OF PRAISE
Common to All MortaIs, and In lts
Proper Form Is Not an In
stinct Of EVIL.

Love Of praise is one Of the weak
nesses Of mortals. Some there be,
who II not praised by others, don't
hesitate to praise themselves. II
praised by others, they parade, with
no thought Of the "delicacy of praise"
what others say of them. Such deem
it legitimate to solicit the praise for
which they lust, knowing that there
are men in the world who are as
careless in attesting and magnifying
the assumed virtues Of others as
many are in signing petitions. OF the
substance Of which they take no
thought
This love of praise is confined to
no class of men, 1t is an incentive to
the poor man who works faithfully
for his daily bread; the average man
of wealth is not deaf to praise, even
though it may come from one OF his
menials This love Of praise Is not
an instinct Of evil 1t may be just the
opposite II 1t is born Of desire to
be thought well of by ones fellow
men, or Of a purpose to make oneself
worthy OF the confidence and esteem
OF others, by treating others as one
would have them treat him.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-11-05
COOPERATIVE SOCIETY AIMS
Capital Paid Ruling Rate Of Interest
and All Further Profits Returned
to Members.

The term cooperative society" Is
often misunderstood This often
comes about because of the loose way
in which words are used and not
infrequently from a lack OF under
standing OF the difference between a
true cooperative society and Joint
stock company.
The Massachusetts Agricultural col
lege has just published pamphlet en-
titled The Farmers Cooperative Ex-
change" by DR.. A. +. Canoe. We
quote from his publication as follows.
"A joint stock company Is a combina-
tion of capital and shares. Capital Is
invested in the business and all the
profits are supposed to accrue from
the use Of capital. consequently all
profits are returned as dividends to
the share holders. 1t makes no diff
ference whether the dividends be
per cent. or 20 per cent, or 200 per
cent it is distributed among the men
who hold the shares.
Now the principle of cooperative
society is fundamentally different. A
cooperative society recognizes the
need Of capital, but 1t also recognizes
the fact that a reputable concern may
obtain capital anywhere at the ruling
rate OF interest. SO In a strictly CO
operative society 1t Is agreed that
capital shall be paid merely the rul
ing rate Of interest, say per cent,
and that all further profits shall be
returned to the men who have sup
piled the business to the cooperative
society, on the basis Of the amount OF
business they have furnished.
"A cooperative society is demo
cratic: it is a union not of shares, but
a union of individuals. Instead of al
lowing each share to have a vote, each
man is given a vote"
These are fundamental distinctions
and are put SO plainly that they should
not be misunderstood by any one.
The pamphlet above referred to Ia
well worth reading by any one inter
ested In the formation Of cooperative
societies.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-11-05
SELECTION OF COTTON SEED
Some Of Points to Be Carefully Noted
Are Type, Variety and Storage
Keep In Dry Place.

Careless cotton farming and gin-run
seed are responsible for lot Of short
cotton crops. There Is but little pure
bred seed planted, and the product
of that little generally becomes more
or less mixed in the field and at the
gin.
Five points should be carefully
noted in cotton-seed Improvement:
Type, variety, selection. ginning and
storing. A farmer should determine
the type OF cotton he wants to pro-
duce. He can In the end produce
what he wants II he studies and
works for it. BY type" Is meant the
kind of stalks boil, lint. etc. The
type generally preferred Is strong.
short, vigorous stalk, with plenty OF
fruit limbs on the lower half; fruit
limbs short jointed but extending to
the outer border Of the plant and
fruiting to the end; large bolls, storm
resisting; heavy percentage OF lint;
staple, If large-boll cotton, at least
one and one-eighth inches, and strong:
plant hardy, early, and prolific.
store your selected seed In q dry
Mace and wait until the steam gins
are nearly through. then carefully
clean the gin, put down a sheet to
catch the seed. and run your selected
lot through. Store in a dry place till
1t Ia time for planting.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-11-05
NOT THE MAN SHE WANTED
Probably Lucky for Caller That VIc-
tim Of Mistake Was Good
Natured Individual.

Fifteen years ago or SO, when one OF
our Central street business men was
considerably younger than he is now,
and he would not be considered old
now, a very pleasant woman who was
not acquainted with him came to the
store and asked If he was Mr.. -.
He replied that he was, and she pro-
ceeded with her errand.
1t developed that an Old Folks serv-
ice was to be given by some church or
ganization on certain night several
evenings hence and Mr.. IS pres
ence was greatly desired. Would he
come If carriage called at his house?
Somewhat taken aback at being
placed in the class with the aged, Mr.
- replied very courteously that as
he had ridden $500 miles that summer
on his bicycle, he doubted II he could
get into a carriage, but If they would
be willing to send drag, he thought
perhaps he would be able to 60.
By this time one of his business as
sociates was climbing into the shelter
of the safe and another was crawling
under the counter. Not till the some.
what dazed woman had left the store
did 1t occur to any Of them that Mr.
IS father should have been the re-
cipient of the invitation.-Franklin IN.
H. Journal-Transcript.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-11-05
RUSSGUNNERS GOOD IRISH ARE PLUCKY
Proving Themselves Worthy Of
Races Best Traditions.
Dragon Relates Two Instances He
Witnessed Of Their Endurance and
Bravery on the Battlefield.

Paris.-Irishme fighting Britain's
battles in France today are proving
themselves worthy of the finest ira.
ditions of their race. There have been
many stories of their endurance and
pluck, but two related by a trooper Of
the Irish dragons may be taken as
typical.
There was man of ours" says
the trooper, who carried chum to
a farmhouse under fire, and when the
retreat came, got left behind. The
German patrol called and found him.
There were only the two, one wound.
ed, against dozen uhlans. Behind
a barrier Of furniture they kept the
Germans at bay, wounding or killing
half of them. The Germans made off
and brought a machine gun to the
house and threatened to destroy 1t.
THE two soldiers were not unmind.
full of the kindness shown them by the
owners of the farm, and rather than
bring loss on them or the village, they
made rush out with some mad Idea
Of taking the gun.
"Just over the threshold Of the door
they fell dead, their blood bespatter.
Ing the walls Of the house.
There was young chap of the
Irish. rifles. He was kneeling beside
a wounded man Of the Gloucesters, !
think, keeping off the Germans, who
were circling round like carrion birds.
He had been hit himself, but was
gamely firing at the enemy as fast as
his wounded arm would permit. We
went to his assistance but they were
both worn out when we reached them
and, greatly to our regret, we had to
leave them to be picked up by the
Red Cross people.
THAT was hard; but II you tried to
pick up every wounded man you saw
you wouldn't be much use as fighter,
and as we were under urgent orders
to take up a position from which to
cover the retreat, we had no time for
sentiment. They knew that, and they
weren't the men to ask us to risk the
safety of the army for them.
"'Never mind the rifleman said.
with faint smile on ghastly face,
the sisters will pick us up when It's
all over, but If they don't, sure, then
we've only got once to die and it's
the grand fight we've had anyhow.
What more could soldiers ask for?'
when we came back again one Of
them was there stone dead; but his
mate had gone, and whether 1t was
the Germans or the Red Cross people
that got him, wouldn't care to say"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-11-05
RULE THAT HAS EXCEPTIONS
Not Always Well to Place Building
Stone as Experts Have Agreed
1t Should Be.

In modern masonry it Is, generally
speaking, the rule that stone used in
building should be SO placed that 1t
will be as it lay in its natural bed
when quarried. This rule is not, how.
ever, always to be depended upon and
in many cases needs to be supplement-
ed with other precautions.
There are three planes of fracture
known to quarrymen. The rift" Is
the direction in which the stone splits
most easily; the grain" that which Is
next easiest; the head" that which Of
fers greatest resistance. In a paving
block the two sides represent the rift
fracture, the top and bottom the grain,
and ends the head. But In a quarry
the natural bed Is sometimes consider
ably inclined to the plane Of the rift;
hence the imperfection Of the ordinary
rule for placing stone In building
Popular Mechanics.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-11-05
Curious Gaelic Alphabet.

A very curious and distinguishing
characteristic Of the Gaelic alphabet
is that nearly every letter thereof Is
represented by a tree. While the al.
phabet OF ancient Gaelic comprised
but II letters, that OF modern Gaelic
has IS. But with the new, as with
the old, forms the letter Is represented
by tree The exceptions are "g,"
It" and "u." which stand for ivy"
"furze" and heather"
The alphabet now stands: Ailm,
bette, coll. dur, eagh, fearn, gath,
huath, iogh, luis. muin. DIV, peith, ruis,
suil, teine, ur, all Of which is equal to
saying: Elm, birch, hazel. oak, aspen.
alder, Ivy, whitehorn, yew, rowan, or
quicken. vine, ash, spindle tree, pine,
elder, willow, furze, heath. In the old
Gaelic alphabet the letter "h" (the
huath or whitehorn) does not exist.
The alphabet is called the beth-luis.
nuin, because 3D." a." IN" and not
"a" "b. &C" are the first three letters.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-11-05
Mans First Wings.

The first effort to equip man with
wings that he might fly through the
air, says the American Boy, seems to
have been made by Watson q. Quin-
by, Delaware inventor, who patented
a flying machine many years ago. The
inventor used the bat as the model in
designing the wings. Previous flying
machines had been constructed, on the
balloon principle, but Quinby's appara-
tus consisted of wings IL feet In di-
ameter and semi-circular In form. The
wings were attached to the limbs Of
the person flying, and the motions
used were very similar to those used
in swimming. The wings refused to
work, however, and no one ever suc
ceeded in flying with their aid.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-11-05

FOR THE WIFE's PROTECTION
French Laws Make Drawing Up Of
Ante-Nuptial Contract Matter
Of Highest Importance.

II an American girl marries
TO live in France, let there always be
an ante-nuptial contract. But let 1t
be remembered that If no contract has
been signed the consorts, after they
have returned to France, will find
themselves under the community
regime. Every married couple is sup
passed to make a marriage contract In
France, and If they have not done SO
the law gives them contract, which
Is the legal community, Case and Com
ment says.
The legal community may be likened
to partnership, but a partnership of
a special kind, in which the husband
is the sole manager and absolute mas
ter, and the wife has no voice in the
management. Consequently the hus-
band may dispose of all community
property without any hinderance. BY
community property you must under.
stand all personal property belonging
to the spouses before and after the
marriage. The husband has full and
untrammeled right to cash and squan.
der all interest and dividends, to draw
checks against the community funds,
to incumber or sell at pleasure all real
estate belonging to the community.
He is the lord and master
Now, let us take it for granted that
the French husband is a sterling char.
acter, that he is possessed of high
business ability. But he may be I'M
successful in the management of the
community. He may have debts, and
still be the best man on earth. Pre-
cisely In the case of debts or unsuc-
cessful management, and because
there is no fraud, the creditors of the
community will have the right to at
tach the community property, even II
it belongs exclusively to the wife, thus
leaving her pennlless.
Enough has been said, we believe, to
demonstrate that it is a wise precau.
tion to carefully draw an ante-nuptial
contract, minutely describing and re-
citing what property belongs to the
wife, and it is not to be included In
the regime of the community.