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The Detroit times., 1914-11-12
Faith In We 10 Gone.

TO the Editor of The Times:
Above all things in paper, like
to see clean advertisements--a paper
that the teacher can take into the
school room and hand TO his pupils,
or lay on the reading table without
having been forced to cut out articles
unit for children to read. This Is
what The Detroit Times has been ike
since I have been a subscriber.
Aside from the advertisements The
Detroit Times has been all that could
be desired until lately.
In regard to your cartoons and Dit
ter attacks on Gov. Ferris, allow rue
to state that IL a newspaper stoops
to such dirty journalism and claims
to be clean paper, II has earned
the detestable name given to church
member who Is sinful. but claims to
live the Christ life.
Attacks like these only lead intel
ligent people to investigate elsewhere.
and It seems that the only way you
Influenced the voters In favor OF Chase
8. Osborn, was a few who read no
other paper and were contracted and
narrowed down to The Detroit Times.
which did not allow Its readers to
look from favorable angle toward
our governor.
Please discontinue The Times when
my subscription expires. Hoping you
WILL print this AZ you have other
editorials from the people, am yours.
LEROY BELL.
Paris. Mich, Mecosta county, Nov.
10, 1914.
The Detroit times., 1914-11-12
How I Found Big Tragedy In Little Compass

Just met Mr.. Patterson, the owner
OF the Chicago Tribune" and Mr..
Powell, on their way back from an
expedition TO the forts. They left Mr..
Thompson. the photographer. to
spend the night there. and themselves
saw q shell explode over a cluster OF
houses from which little procession
Of peasants presently came forth.
One man was wheeling q barrow with
his small stock Of worldly goods on
lay sprawled over the top, while sit.
ting beside II was girl Of three with
her face covered with blood. They
say the sights are too CHASTITY, and
that the situation Is SO grave every
one should get out OF Antwerp who is
not bound to remain. refuse to go,
of course, but felt ought to tell
the truth to madame and her hus.
band. The Belgian papers are not
publishing anything about the real
danger, but merely announce that the
Germans have been repulsed with
heavy losses. Every government
concerned seems to be going In for
this system Of doctoring the truth.
II Il Is to deceive the Germans. II is
quite futile, since their ways OF get.
ting knowledge are wonderful, and II
Ia impossible to make the slightest
movement of troops without their
knowing It. II II IL to encourage vol.
unteering, II Is still greater mis-
take, as every time bad news Is al
lowed to come out there Is q greater
rush to join the colors.
Tonight, before dinner, told mad
anne the true state Of affairs. and
tried to impress on her that she must
get q passport and have everything
ready for flight She was very upset.
having been living, like the rest OF
the town, In q state of false security.
Later the officer who lodges on the
second floor came In from the fort
with the same news, and then mon
sieur came In, knowing nothing. and
had to be told. We had curious din
ner-he. she and lin the primly
furnished dining room with its walnut
Suite" on the sideboard an impos-
sible dog In white metal, which 10
really q money box, In which every
spare coin is put for the baby.
Poor little madame's eyes kept
trimming with tears: she held the
baby on her arm all the time and
kept on kissing II; monsieur cut up
her dinner for her and she ate Il me-
Chemically with her spare hand. Some
how nothing In the whole war has
brought the cruelty of II more sharp
~ to my mind than this dinner with
these two little Belgian tradespeople.
The Detroit times., 1914-11-12
Canal Traffic Already
Cutting Into Railroads

any rates In the central and western.
and particularly the intermountam
country. This revives the old Ques-
ton involved In what has been known
as the Spokane long-and-long haui
case. wherein the fntermountain
cities like Spokane. Denver, Santa Re,
etc.. won. after many years, their con-
tention that they should not Do
charged moro for the rail haul from
the east than the railroads charged
for a longer haul from eastern cities
To the Pacific coast. Now the roads
want to re-establish the practice OF
making the higher rate for intermoun,
tain points.
The position OF the roads Is that
they cannot AFFORD to meet the conn
petition OF the canal on through busi-
IL they are obliged to make the CORE
spending reductions to intermountain
points that they want to make for
Pacific coast points. They would rath,
er surrender their business to the
canal. which. of course, they ought to
do. Otherwise they are taxing the
people living within the zone OF the
coast rates. They are performing Q
service below cost for the coast cities
at the expense OF above-cost rates to
the intermountain cities to meet the
competition OF the canal.
Under present rail- rates, trafiic
from the interior cities such as Pitts.
burgh. Chicago and st. Louis. to the
Pacific coast Is to be heavily handi-
capped with trafilc originating on the
Atlantic coast. The charge to the lat
ter cities In SO great as possibly to
determine the location OF factories
and thus contribute to the Industrial
development OF the coast at the ex-
pense OF the interior. This, at least.
Is the claim OF the railroads.
The competition OF the railroads
shows a disposition on their part to
do what railroads have always done
to try 10 eliminate water transporta-
ton by cutthroat competition. and
"below-cost" service. They would
like to make their rail rate. temper
arily at least. so low that the goods
would not go as they ought to 90. by
the cheapest method OF transporta-
ton, which is water transportation
through the canal. II the canal were
privately owned. there would be no
difficulty. The railroads would pro-
coed to do as they have always done;
either control or own II, as they con-
troll or own the water terminals on
the rivers and harbors Of the country,
and then raise rates to suit them
selves The fact that the canal Is
goverrmentowned for the first time
establishes real water competition;
hence the howl from the transconti-
mental railroads.
The Detroit times., 1914-11-12
Warnings!

The Wilson reforms, then, are here
to stay. They have been effected un.
der very trying conditions at home
and abroad. On a straight issue as
to them, they have been sustained.
In force two years longer. the coun-
try will be no more inclined to go
back to privilege. plutocracy and
plumber than to slavery and seces-
sion.
II is this prospect OF peace and
progress that is giving confidence to
legitimate enterprise all over the
land. II is the knowledge that threats
of political upheavals In the interest
OF selfish cliques and repudiated doc
trines are futile that supplies honest
men everywhere with the one inspir-
alton that recently they have lacked.
There IL certainty and not uncer-
tainty ahead. and the certainty Is OF
equal rights and opportunities, OF Just
laws and their impartial enforcement.
and Of government not for the few
but for the many, all strongly upheld
by a president and congress who be-
lieve In them.
Business Is treasured. not because a
few irreclaimable old reactionaries
have come to life but because the
political situation is such az to render
them harmless. Their fangs are
drawn.
The survivors of Hannaism who are
to appear In the new congress viii
not be terrors. They will not be lead
ers. They will be warnings.-New
York World.
The Detroit times., 1914-11-12

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.-The pan
anna canal Is already making Itself
FELT. In the excitement over world
wars. and elections. II has received
little attention and few people know
that the vegetables canned In Indiana
this year are already being shipped Ia
the Pacific coast In large quantities
via the Panama canal. Such, however
Is the case. and TO such an extent
that the owners OF the trans-continent
al railroads are already getting "het
up" over II. AS usual. when these
gentlemen get "het up" they rush to
the Interstate Commerce Commission
to get something done for them.
In this case they want the privilege
OF reducing rates. in order to institute
"cut-tbroat" competition with canal
rates. One bunch OF railroad men IL
asking the commission 10 let them
raise rates. and another bunch wants
to reduce rates. and each bunch is
shouloering the other for the ear OF
the commission. Railroad rate max.
ing Is fine scientific business II is
the science OF "all the traffic will
bear" and people In the middle west
will soon have to wake up and see
how UGH they are going to bear.
The canal opened for business on
Aug. 10, and since that time - ships,
having capacity varying from 5000
70 10000 tons have engaged In hand
ling freight through II TO the Pacific
coast. From as far west as Ohio and
Indiana freight Is now moving In con
siderable volume by way of New York
| to the canal and the Pacific coast
states. A shipment OF $4,000 tons OF
wrought iron pipe from Youngstown
Ohio, to San Francisco Is one in
stance. The all-rail price across the
continent for freight is e5 cents a
hundred-weight. The same FREIGHT
sent by way OF New York and the
canal costs 4S cents per hundred
weight. or this sum. Is cents r. con
sumed In charges from Youngstown
o., TO New York, and the other &c
cents from New york to San Francis
co. via the canal. Canned corn is beins
shipped TO the Pacific coast from In
diana: cast iron pipe from Alabama
via New Orleans; and other freigh,
IN considerable qualities from the mid
die western states. The journey by
the canal route takes about 20 days
which Is not much more than that BY
the all-rail trans-continental route.
The railroads fear this competition
and want to raise their rates from
what they call the "sea-competition
zone" to Pacific ports; in other words
from points near enough to the At
lantic to get the water traffic rates
They do not wish, however, to reduce
The Detroit times., 1914-11-12

They have given q prison sentence
down east to an incorrigible for whom
someone has selected the hopeless
name Of Never"
They ought to change his name to
Late"
Maybe he would be better Late
than Never"
"John, why can't you get here
on time? Dinner has been on the
table an hour"
"Oh, q bore dropped In. dearie.
Just az was closing down my
desk, and stuck and stuck He
was an old friend and what could
dot"
THE HARD FACTS.
When he dropped In they were
showing q picture In four reels
| and the last reel was on, and then
they showed . comic and then the
war pictures. Then the singer
came on for two verses and two
ehoruses, and then they got back
20 those first three reela What
could he dot
A man who has reached Philadel-
phia announces that he has walked
95, 900 miles In touring the world.
Think of finding yourself In Phila'
delphia and $4,000 miles from home!
There's one thing to be said IN
favor of mr. mayor He isnt home
much.
whereupon Secretary Drake gets
into the lame duck class.
Can anybody accommodate Phyllis
who wants To know IL the speaking
campaign In Michigan for nationwide
prohibition II to be conducted under
the auspices of the state Democratic
organization.
The Detroit times., 1914-11-12
Let the People Rule
land Write
Wants Charity Kept at Home.
,s Editor Of The Times:

To the Editor or Ih6 Times.
Let the people rule and write has
been OF interest to me for very long
time. have often thought OF writ
ing you in regard to your unjust crit
icism OF Gov w. N. Ferris, but that
is past now and | shall let IL rest
will take up the iaea OF the Xmas
ship. which was sent to Belgium sur
ferers TO which your readers SO I'D
orally contributed.
Don't you think II Is helping 70
prolong the war, this aiding the SUI
ferers?
And then, charity begins AT home.
Why not now help the poor people
Of Detroit. Over five thousand nave
no employment. How will they ex-
list! Don't you think 1t would be bet
ter to help them than to send toys.
ETC., to Belgium where nearly al
have left the devastated country!
ANNA McQUADE.
Brighton, Mich, Nov. 10, 1914.
The Detroit times., 1914-11-12
Why Mothers Plea Was unheard.
To the Editor of The Times:

40 tHt EuHO VI INC f'"'Ss'
Persistent efforts are being made
to induce the Women Taxpayers
League OF Michigan to espouse the
case of the Hotel Metropole taxicab
bandit. While all sympathize with
the Offenders mother. 1t must be plain
that the league would lay itself open
TO the charge Of eccentricity were II
to swerve from the purpose for which
IL was formed-to work for prison re-
formal the behest Of mother who
wishes to soften the Imprisonment OF
her son. The league was formed TO
represent taxpaying women and to
assist them in claiming and exercising
the rights which are theirs. This Is
the reason Mrs. Van Walden's re-
quest made to the executive at our
last meeting was rejected.
JESSIE B. MACDONALD.
Detroit, Nov. IL, 1914.
The Detroit times., 1914-11-12

In the old world. and possibly in
the new. there II a strong ten
dency to look upon men and wom-
en- as machines to produce food
for cannon. That theory. to my
mind, should be eternally and I'M
sparingly condemned.-John A.
Simpson.
The Detroit times., 1914-11-12
Keeping In Touch.

He had waited 80 minutes for q
slow waiter to bring his dinner.
Now" he said to the waiter, "can
you bring me some cheese and cor
fee?"
"Yes sir, In a minute, SIR"
And" continued the diner, while
you are away you might send me .
postal card every now and them
Womans Home Companion.
The Detroit times., 1914-11-12
BRITISH NAN OF WAR HELPS
DEADLY FOE OF AMERICAN BOYS

A bsttehp had beenbu n a fight at
It Q German batleship.
Ih the Emden.
Pacific for in its record
capture sinking than merchant vessels OF
the allied nations comprising the and the sinking Of two warshs
Emdn had been finally discovered the an Australian
sydy had been forced battle had been set on fire by
the Sydneys shells, and then, flames, ashore.
told and advertising writer got an idea
There romance which appealed strong
the boy for the fellow quickly marks and stamps his heroes
boys football game baseball and you
surrounding player the laurl for the day.
paying him the worship Of big nved and they never make mis-
They are great admirers pluck and of audaity.
The story appeals them, does triumph
against odds N occasions
n. The Emden ad excited their interest
They watched the paper. to see what the
whose feet fight
ing ships had given her the Of Mistress Of the Seas
In their dreams the Emden stormy and challenged
line the enemy ships mile in length sending them down one H
They the captain urging on
crew. they fash they had the
rigging the fighting craft Of the break in the
middle sink sucking the reduced rib
They victory the the Emdsn
stripped with preparation and smeared black with pow
behind their boys take their heroes with them to-
their pillows
The Emd.n sailed out to sea- finally upon . day
al guns Of SINGLE singehanded
the Sydney had conquered the tormsntor the allies and taken the place
the Emden in the admng hearts Of boys noncombatant nation
q must the Sydney be-; what Of her captain and
her men, these heroes Of the warf
Young America il coming to dpae Maubetsch
will be the who stops the Michigan football star
hero il coming to displace Cobb
He win be the pitcher whom Cobb cannot hit
the boys Ill about them their
spurs
advertising writer who clever though he writes adver
ing for poison got idea because he understands boys
the Of the day the report that the Emden
the p had been vanquhd by the Sydney Brsh hp and
1 sp advertising writer inserted the picture Of
niHsh manof-war
he knew the would be looking for picture Of the Sydney
picture the Sydney he inserted it picture Of
ship attention Of the boys which
Uhat this advertising writer wanted
picture Of majestic shpstou strong defender Of ma
Hons honor and Of nations boys.
The picture full the spirit that appeals the finest boys
mp lofty thoughts and love Of country and makes good cins
And then, in the printed lines under the pioture It said:
THE BRITISH NAVY OTHER GOOD EAvES, MAKES IT Al
1UIE SUPPLY OFFICERS BEST EvERYTHNG
AND YEARS IT ONE IMPORTANT
b AID STEADY CUSTOMERS oF--CIGARETTEs"
Decent the cigarette deadly enough without calling
ep the fighting ships Britain for renorcemens against the oil
BE nsuta natonf
BIZ Didn't Nun Her. What He
EWhy DID she throw herself The Reuer-How
~ - ~ 81, a.. n you came 10 ran M
The Detroit times., 1914-11-12
What He Came FOR.

The Rescuer-How the deuce was
It you came to fall in?
The Rescued didn't come to fall
In; came for 'alf days flshin'l
The Detroit times., 1914-11-12
The Dominant Idea.

Mrs. Fathuns-I am going TO Palm
Beach this winter. It's perfect Gar
den Of Eden.
Mrs. slimuns--why, imagined II
was more dressy than that!-Judge.
The Detroit times., 1914-11-12
The Touen Of Nature.

"Hoch. Die Kuftur! High Heaven
speed the work."
This cries the aspiring Teution to the
Turk,
Creation echoes with the glad refrain.
Deep calls to deep, Armenia to Lou
vain. Punch.
The Detroit times., 1914-11-12

E1la--why did she throw herself at
him In that way7
Bella-Because she knew that he
vae . good catch.--Lippincott's.
The Detroit times., 1914-11-12
cam. Of Ala pownfaII.

visitor-What brought you here7
Prisoner owes me downfall TO
woman.
visitor-How was that, my poor
man?
Prisoner-she yelled for the police.
Ledger.
The Detroit times., 1914-11-12

9Th Teller that says = see you are
busy and III only take Q MInnIt Of
your time generally adds on IN Hour
Of HE own"
The Detroit times., 1914-11-12
Natural Weapons.
Gimlet eyes.
tn

Gimlet eyes.
The hook nose.
The biting tongue.
The Ratchet face.
The cutting voice.
Keen ears.
The bullet head.
Iron nerve.
The sharp chin.
The marble heart.
The stony glare.
Philadelphia Public Ledger
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-10-27
JAPAN'S FAT WRESTLERS.
Outside of the Arena Eating Is Their
Most important Task.

The most envied men in Japan are
the wrestlers. who are fat and bulky
The first requisite Of japanese wres
tier is that he be fat. Their stomachs
are their proudest possessions. The fat
ter the man the more money they will
bet on him, even though bedslat can
throw him clear out of the ring. As a
fat wrestler walks down the street q
crowd gathers around him, hoping that
he will turn into some restaurant. II
he does they gather in the doorway to
watch him eat. They would rather heal
three rin@, 4 wrestler never disap
points them T.. pl"ws through as
founding quantities Of food turnin. ev
erythlng under except 4 few radish
skins and turnip tops. It's unbelieve
able how murh noise they make when
eating, by smacI;ing their lips, sucking
up their tea with the open exhaust and
picking their teeth with the cutout Oh
The champion eaters of them all
the wrestlers-have long hair. but in.
StVau VI ictIih5 IL hdLS uoH oH tutlI
shoulders. as one would naturally ex.
pect, they do it up in knots until they
look like gigantic kewpie. Whenever
you see a man In Japan going around
with large sized walnut on his head.
you may know that he follows the an.
cient and honorable profession OF
wrestling. Their wrestling consists OF
the men standing upright in the ring
making rush at each other and try.
ing to push each other out Every time
two wrestlers come together they give
prodigious grunt. When one of them
finally succeeds in pushing the other
out the crowd bursts forth into mighty
applause, while the victor modestly
pats his stomach to show where the
praise is due.-Homer Croy in Leslie's.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-10-27
THE COLONEL IS Sc TODAY
Birthday Cake With Many Candles For
Roosevelt When He Arrives at
Johnstown Tonight.
BIZ Associated Press.

McKeesport, Pa, Oct. 27.-Faeing a
campaign tour through seven counties,
Colonel Roosevelt arrived here this
morning on his special train in snow
storm. He was out of his berth at Z a.
m. and ready to make his first speech
of the day at o'clock. The colonel
planned. to speak in sixteen cities and
towns during the day and evening.
This was Colonel Roosevelt's fifty
sixth birthday and members of the
party decided there should be a cele-
bration so they telegraphed a confec-
toner in Johnstown to have big
birthday cake with ffty.six candles in
readiness by tonight when the colonel
and his party arrive there. After his
speech at Uniontown, Colonel Roose.
welt made a dash into Morgantown, w.
Va, where he addressed a meeting Of
PrOgressives.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-10-27
FUSION HOLDS GOOD HERE
Judge McCarrells Decision Applies
Only to District of Philadelphia

The decision of Judge McCarrell yes,
terday to the effect that the Democratic
State Executive Committee cannot
make substitutions for candidates
where regular nominations have been
made and objections filed to the sub.
stitutions will only affect the nominees
for the Legislature in the Seventeenth
Philadelphia district who were subst-
tuted by the State committee 1t af.
fects no other district in the State, law.
yers say, for the reason that the law
states that objections to substitutions
must be filed within four days after the
substitutions are filed at the State De-
fartment.
In the case of the substitEtions for
fusion purposes fled at the department
by the State committee objections were
filed to but one district and that the
Seventeenth Philadelphia. The time
has long since expired when opjec tions
TO other candidates could be fled.
Had there been objections fled in
other districts it is held that Judge Ne.
Carrell s decision would apply 10 them.
but none were made. The fusion in
Dauphin county, there being no obie,:-
tion within the time limit. holds good
and cannot be contested now.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-10-27
FORMER LOCAL DENTIST
Shot IN philadelphia
DIR. Mcbride, One Time With Firm of
Bell Painless Dentists, Assaulted in
ONCE of Aged Practitioner-His
Condition Serious

Dr. Calvin Mcbride, fer a number of
years a member of the firm, Bell Pain
less Dentists, 10 North Market square.
was shot and seriously wounded in the
office OF Dir. Silas g.. Hertz, a 12-year-
old destist, T113 Chestnut street, Phil
adelFhis, according to dispatches, from
Philadelphia this morning. The bullet
entered the left side of his face. but
did not penetrate to the, brain. Unless
complications set >in DIR. Mcbride has
chance of recovery.
Dr. Hertz aud his brother. ELAN
hertz, also a dentist, were arrested
charged with assault. They pleaded
self-defense, and were allowed to fur,
nish bail for a hearing
. He told me was an old fogey and
has4been doctor and that | should
have been Oserized long ago. Then he
tried to strikes me, so l pulled the re.
volver and it went off, That was the
only explanation the police could get
from DR.. Silas Hertz.
The ease is strange one to the
Philadeiphia police from every angle.
The first intimatOn they had Of the
shooting was last evening at clock
when Mcbride was seen to fall out of
the doorway leading to Hertz S Office
and stagger down Chestnut street with
blood flowing from wound in the left
side of his face. At Eleventh street he
collapsed UNCONSCIOUS on the sidewalk
Reserve Policemen ran to his side and
carried him to Jefferson hospital. Dr..
Nc Bride lest Harrisburg. in April, 1913.