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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-03
Advanced Warfare.

Little Willie dropped boulder
On his baby sisters head.
Mamma laughed when Willie told
her,
Il am playing war;" he said.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Platforms Are Safer Than Chalklines
BY MRS. E. 9. HITCHCOCK.

II takes considerable faith In hui
man nature, steering gears and q di-
vine Providence to stand the other
side Of q white chalk line and trust
yourself to whatever may happen
with calm resignation somewhat re-
sembling that OF the early Christian
martyrs, though the ideal Is lacking.
With street cars approaching and
an assorted lot Of automobiles, vary
ing from heavy trucks. huge can
vassed affairs that resemble a hegira
somewhere Of all the household ;oods
as well as the animals In pairs; Gown
to the motor cycle, deadliest OF all,
and the crank who pins you In be-
tween the aforesaid tent-like ark and
the approaching car while he lodges
between the two and crosses the
track In order to be ahead OF the
game and save an atom Of q second,
one is apt to lose his childlike 'aith
In the ultimate good. become q dis
ciple Of the theory OF fate or re-
destination and give himself up to
the inevitable. In the old days, a
holy man Of the church drew an Inn
aginary line about person II he
wished to protect him or hold him
sacred from the common mob. said
mob falling back silent and awe
stricken. II Commissioner Gillespie
held the same high place In the pub
lie mind that these high dignitaries
then held, we might more easily risk
life and limb in his holy Of HOLES
but--things being as they are we ask
for more. The chalk line Is very
good, q step In advance. We are
grateful for that much consideration
against the recklessness of the har-
dened automobilist, but we would like
an additional few inches above the
mean level which would make Il un-
comfortable for the new genus homo
(the aforesaid driver) should he over
step the chalk line and by chance
shatter q few bones.
We feel that our faith In human
nature, steering gears and divine
Providence would be considerably
strengthened and we would have
more nervous energy left for other
things.
In London, where the streets are
even narrower. space II given up to
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which called him q German some
German win likely nle cross-oill.
We CoulAnt Do Better Thai THIS.
sault Ste. Marie. Big Rapids.
Mich. Nov. - Mich. Nov. E.
t Sn.sT S.Syiiy print- Practically every
"a 1cdgers and the able bodied man,
hopes OF witness, woman and child
ins soa nnonie In Big Rapids
sacEsd TO the soo's turned out tonight
s on{ INT ana were pate In or witness
Ereetsd by the the most enthusi-
besming face Of astic campaign de-
local comm fttse monstration ever
and the detsrm- held In the city.
med .i.m q chsss ssIsbr a. sy the rs ss
Press ris:-Fres Press.
A Missouri man has hen with
four wings. That kind Of hen Ii
all right for those who prefer the
wing.
In Norwich. N. Y. q man gave
whisky 20 q boy Of nine until the boy
became beastly drunk. Submitted TO
the board Of foreign missions.
whichever way It goes We feel It
has been pretty well established that
Chase holds some Of our preferred.
Pay Dirt
The workman was digging.
The wayfarer of the inQuisitive turn
of mind stopped for moment to
look on.
my man." said the wayfarer. at
length. what are you digging fort"
The workman looked up.
Money" he replied.
Money" calculated the amazed
wayfarer. "And when do you expect
to strike it7'
Saturday" replied the workman.
and resumed operations.
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congressman Play Hockey
With Amazing Frequency

the seeds he rent them from the arr
cultural department. az
80 the average congressman ought
possibly not be held to too strict an
sttenaance record. and his times
thrdy mark must not be too closely
scrutinized. Allowing for all these
necessary and desirable activities.
however IL seems reasonable 10 ask
that the congressman be present and
vote on vital questions which come to
rollcal. At least half the time. BY
actual count however, there are 100
members-nearly one-fourth OF the
total membership-who have missed
more than half the 118 rollcaih.
There are three members who have
not answered single rollcall during
the session. They are Representatives
Hoxworth. OF Illinois; Merritt, OF New
York. and Martin, Of South Dakota. IL
should be said. however. that these
men nave HE'D statements that they
are Ill and unable to attend the ses-
siohs. Hut there are some gentlemen
who are not Ill and who have been
able TO pile up record for absence
that 10 hard to beat. Hobson. of Ala
bama, failed to vote 105 times: Con-
ley, or Illinois. 80 times; Stringer, OF
Illinois, SO times: Stanley. OF Ken.
lucky. "a times: Lindquist, Of Michi-
gan. SO times; Hamill, OF New Jersey,
81 times; Scully. OF New Jersey. IS
times; Dale, OF New York. 95 times:
Dooling, OF New York, "a tines: Gold
fogle. OF New York, So times: Grimm.
of New York, SS times; Loft, OF New
York. 100 times; Maher. Of New York.
96 times: Metz. of New York 81
times; Rior6an, OF New York, 80
times: Wilson. OF New York, 81
times; Lafferty. of Oregon, rs tines,
Ainey. Of Pennsylvania, 80 times:
Barchfeld, of Pennsylvania, SO times:
Burke, OF Pennsylvania, ia times:
Graham. OF Pennsylvania, 81 times:
Porter. OF Pennsylvania, 80 times;
O'Shaunessy. Of Rhode Island, 70
times; Carlin. Of Virginia, SO times;
Jones. OF Virginia. SO times. and
Hughes, OF West Virginia. % times.
II Schoolmaster WILSON were mark.
ing his congressional pupils on their
attendance. and decided to use the
civil service passing mark OF 20 per
cent. he would find that there were
225 schoolboys out OF 429 who would
fail to pass as this number answer
ed less than SO rollcalls out OF the rs.
The states with the greatest proper.
ton OF black marks In this respect
are Schoolmaster Wilson's home state,
New Jersey. where there are nine bad
boys out Of IL; New York. with 81 out
of 43 on the bad side; Pennsylvania.
with 80 out of So: Florida with AL
four: Maine with all four: Montana
with both her representatives; South
Carolina with 1--WE out OF seven poor
marks; and Virginia with seven out Of
ten. There are only 80 out OF 42o
congressman who missed less than 10
OF the lis rollcalls.
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BIZ aILsoN GARDNER.

WASHINGTON. Nov. Slow would
you Ike To hire clerk and then have
him work three days Q week instead
OF six. but draw pay for the full timer
That's what the voters Of the country
have been doing. According TO the
records or the congress which closed
Its session recently. the people OF the
country have employed q lot OF con-
gressmen who have been sinking
their jobs. stealing unearned vaca-
lions: playing hockey from school
and drawing pay Just the same.
A lot has been said and written
about Schoolmaster Wilson at the
White House. and his schoolboys In
congress. Either the schoolmaster has
been very lenient. or the schoolboys
have been very bad boys. The record
of after oance Ia scandalous.
Congress has failed to provide any
method for determining Its actual at
tendance. There are no daily rollcalls
and the only way to approximate the
attendance OF members Is by finding
the plumber OF times each member Is
recorded as not voting on yea and
nay votes on measures which come up
In the house. The attendance record
has been made upon this basis.
Between Dec. and Aug. 20, 1914
| (the date on which congress passed q
resolution to deduct from the salaries
OF members for each day Of absence
unless on account of illness OF himself
or family there were lis rollcalls In
| tn house. And thtre were just two
lmembsrs-count 'em, TWO-who
were present and who voted on every
rollcall. These distinguished gentle
men are the Hon. Jeremiah Donovan,
of Connecticut and the Hon. Claudius
/ u. Stone, Of Illinois. The house OF
representatives has total member
ship of 436 members. As there are
now four vacancies. IL will be seen
that the delinquent list includes AT
members.
or course there are many legitimate
excuses for absence. A member may
be III, or have illness In his family.
He may be serving on an important
committee which 10 In session while
the roll il being called. He may even
be serving on a special committee out.
side OF Washington. as In the case OF
the Michigan copper strike and the
Colorado coal strike investigating
committees. And also. he may be at
the tall park watching the Athletics
| trim the Nationals. or Walter Johnson
pitching to Cobb. Again. he may be
showing some Of the folks from home
the glorious view from the top Of the
washington monument. or the beau
ties of that White house east room
whence President Wilson gracefully
backed out when the woman suffrag-
lists began to ask embarrassing ques.
lions. And then again. he may be en-
gagged In just plain fence-mending
back In the district at home. shaking
hands with the folks. and asking about
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small islands, as they are ccalled. at
every corner Of the crowded districts.
These are raised six or eight inchee
from the pavement, and the pedess
TRAN, when he reaches one. feels like
the shipwrecked sailor who feels the
ground beneath his feet. May we not
have some islands, too?
Also, may not some of the police
men In the north end who look 80
fetching these cold mornings canter-
Ing briskly up and down to keep warm
and make a show OF earning their SAL
aries. be stationed on the corners say
from 8 to a. m. and TO p. m,
and try and curb the enthusiasm of
the autoist who wants to get ahead
OF the car and wants nothing else
very much?
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Let the People Rule
land Write
WsIKNoW Gov. Ferris 10 6ossed.
~ a. nxxx~- "A tn. n.~...

WsIkNOW Gov. Ferris 10 6ossed.
TO the Editor of The Times:
thank you for sending marked
copy Of The Times. issue Of Oct. 80.
containing your letter 70 MT. Tun OF
the Business institute. defending your
stand upon Mr.. Ferris. ! have taken
issue with you upon your stand In
this matter, and / observe others have
done the same as evidenced by the
many letters you very commendinsly
published. offering similar criticisms.
Your point as take II is that the
so-called machine. has elected TO
swing its support to Gov. Ferris on
consideration OF his making certain
concessions on the liquor question
for its support | am admittedly not
as close to the facts as you should
be. / am not myself politician, nor
connected In any way with the po-
litfeal machines. On the contrary.
have to acquire my information from
the press, taking into consideration
the Individual leanings of each one
OF them and acting accordingly.
try to get as many of the facts rs
possible, to take particular note OF
actual accomplishments rather than
of mere promises. Toward this end,
/ take the three evening papers here.
the Saturday Night, and try to keep
In touch with the comment OF the ma
tional critical reviews like. "The Out
look" so I do not believe j am pre1u-
diced or entirely uniformed.
Why should I think Gov. Ferris IL
not the candidate you picture him?
Because his record does not seem to
me 10 show him to be that kind OF q
man. He has been perfectly frank
In coming before the people and &C
knowledging his mistakes and he has
been perfectly fearless In coming out
strongly and telling just about where
he stands. admit that In his public
speechmaking he Il not always gifted
with the good taste and reserve to-
ward his opponents I should prefer
to see, but II IL perhaps reflection
OF his straightforward way Of saying
what he thinks without fear or favor.
AS for what the machine will do, Fer
ria cannot be held responsible unless
you can prove that he has sold his
freedom OF action. which In my opin-
ion you have not done. You have In
situated these things. by showing
party unison upon his election, but
you have not PROVED II, and I do
not believe you can. am sure
should be the last to defend con-
sciously the liquor interests, because
am personally q teetotaler, and
hopeful Of that day when II shall be
banished from our midst. II n un-
doubtediy true that the liquor inter
ests would not ind favor with Os-
born; perhaps they think they may
with Ferris because they. know that
Ferris Il diplomat. who has been
able to accomplish things with q Re-
publican legislature. But It II one
thing to meet ones opponents half.
vay on measures that may have no
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a Observation-Disclosures Blaze.

During the rain Sunday lightning
struck Tonk Colvert's meadow and
fred the grass, burning q large spot.
Quick action In distinguishing the fire
was all that saved Mr.. Colverts barn
from burning. -CharIestown (Ark.)
Express.
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"BIil Study has what 10 known a.
tn Raliy-eolI. or what tn newspaper
refers to In tn case Of Its own candy
date az large and enthusiastic gath.
erlnp."
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j. CLYDE WILSON,
Nov. 3, 1914. ISL DurnSave.

The machine Democrats whom Gov.
Ferris roundly and publicly denounced
by name before he was elected are the
principal appointive ofice-holders OF
his administration. his chief counsel
ors and the managers of his campaign.
Does not this. In connection with the
governors silence on the subjects OF
machine and saloon domination. prove
that he has gone over to the bosses?
Mr.. Osborn, with half hundred 9TH
ers, holds SO shares out Of $500 Of The
Times stock because he IL eligible;
that Is. because he is In sympathy
with The Times. adventure In the field
Of clean. untrammeled Journalism.
which Mr.. Wilson so heartily approves
in the foregoing letter. He Is not an
active stakeholder, his holdings Of
preferred giving him no vote or voice
In the conduct OF the paper, and he
has never tried to have. The liquor
interests whose audacious scheme The
Times has tried to thwart In this
campaign. invest every year. through
advertising, many times the amount
of Mr.. osborn's meager holdings In
The Times. in the other daily
papers Of Detroit. Surely we are max
ing q sorry selection Of supporters II
The Times In the sordid susceptible
sheet some of our critics intimate.
And here's another mystery: Prefer
red stockholders of The Times who
are avowedly for Gov. Ferris hold Ave
time az large an interest as Mr.. Or
born. II there il the deep signih-
canoe the friends Of Gov. Ferris have
discovered In the relation Of q little
non.voting stock to the policy OF The
Times, isn't this . startling instance
Of minority control? As to the atti-
tude of Saturday Night. 1t is notorious
" against unionism. and Governor Fer
ris' armed Intervention In behalf Of
property in the copper country made
him q miracle man" in the eyes Of Its
editor.-Editor Times.
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.arreaching effects and quite an
Jther 10 temporize with them IN
things OF vicious character. and be-
lieve II the machine Is reasoning that
IL can swing Ferris In this way. Il 10
mistaken-thats all.
AS to the question OF Gov. Osborn
holding stock In The Times, i saw
reason TO attack The Times upon this
point. did not get this information
from +. o. Wood. or his agents, but
from the published statement OF The
Times itself, In It's own columns O
few weeks ago. As you know, an
editor who makes his investments
outside the field OF Journalism. Is
looked upon with suspicion. because,
he Is In touch with so much that Is
going on that Il Is easy 70 assume
that his investment Ia bought by the
questionable sale Of his columns. II
is no less a person than Ralph Booth
who made this statement In different
terms short time ago In Saturday
Night. Why then is II not just as rea-
sonable TO presume that man who
Is In politics and derives his ONCE
from the people whose sentiments
are guided by the press. might have
some influence upon that editor In
whose paper he held stock. know
he Is q journalist. but I hold that
while he Is In politics n he holds In
terest In papers outside OF those un-
der his direct control. II n fair TO
assume he influences their opinion.
At best II Is anethical.
We do not mind seeing paper at.
tack vice and misrule In the most Wig
orous way Il does not matter X II
be by cartoon or editorial Such
things are q sore on the body polite
and need the sharp edge OF the sur.
geon's knife to eradicate them When.
however, you attack Gov Ferris N
you have done In way that leaves
in the public mind . question of his
character that II unwarranted, be-
lieve you err. ! don't think Gov. Fer
ris 10 gang-controlled Moreover sat
urday Might" which has been very
severe on the liquor control OF De-
troit. does not seem to think so-and
am frank TO say I have a very high
opinion OF Mr.. Nimmo's opinions.
II Is likely am entirely wrong In
impugning your motives In your stand
In this matter. for I am sure 1.-THE
Times" has taken such q decided
stand on most things rather like it.
admire it--and don't want to believe
anything but the best Of It. From
this letter In your issue of Oct. 80 II
seems as though I was wrong on that
point. You seem to be thoroughly
honest In your stand, but can't help
believing, nevertheless. that you are
wrong. and what Is worse. are Great.
ing sentiment against Gov. Ferris
among your readers who place 80
much confidence In your opinions
which Is unfair to them.
In spite Of my dissatisfaction with
your attitude upon Mr.. Ferris I am
glad Of this opportunity to praise
your stand on clean journalism as ex.
pressed In your treatment Of salacious
matter and In your stand on the ad
vertising bugbear. You have q nice
sheet. clean. neat geographically and
In many ways of undoubted individual.
lily. May success continue to crown
your efforts.
J. CLYDE WILSON,
Nov. 2, 1914. ISL Durns-ave.
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From, Another
Point OF VieW

Neither Mr. Ferris nor Mr.. Osborn.
II elected. can say exactly that the
once was forced upon him.
kid" Ballot IL going down for the
count
Out IN the rural districts they are
hooking TO the polls along the high
ways. In the First OF the Firt tney
are being driven In rom the ouy~ASs'
A Russian II suing Q London paper
which called him q German. come
German win likely nle cross-ohl
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WHILE THE MEN HOG THE VOTING,
HERE'S "A XMAS WORD TO WOMEN

|&
This Il pretty good day to talk to this column, while the
men are hogging the privilege Of voting.
Many Of women already thinking chrsma' presents
: ana . few Of them already working upon them.
70 Ill such and others who bound take the matter up later
- We an going Q suggestion.
MAKE PRESENTS OF COTTON MATERIAL
How We wish we presents into which cotton
could enter, but we don't
Abort III we do know hankefs and
a IN haysver time they handksrch big enough by
several yards n width and length.
= 70 handksrchisfs
man usually looks handkerchief abomnaton,
granting that it something not to be sneesed At
he has full faith that it's silk his neck
= His pocket . . luxury ornament
But in about ten, he feels not all
m md uspects in order to get Of heap while
hadosn Of cotton handkerchief mostly cotton would
lsund oause gratitude and rejoicing
Really ladies' prefer things that Of practical everyday
- and they preserve higher opinion Of donors Of such thin
a. And what . fellow usually getf
Eippes-but he has four pairs
~. Cigars-but his brand.
habGush for either hand and likely
~ hair enough keep brush busy.
Heekies-shrss II the left upper drawer hs
lureau
you don't Likes and he's liable
fRrow your volume II poems ct the house cat
HIT handkerchief especially COTTON that he hasn't b
eu of-we melancholy drafts Of winter and he be-
Is snsese eyes get rheumy and his language hasphs
6 and h him. Ne have handkerches
"a h Nssse thoughtful who big pile Of them within
~ rsaah
How intended brief for handkerchief 10
tn but We want to ENCOURAGE DEMAND FOR AMERIcAN COT
|90n
4 awful that men, and children in large section
sr country cold and hungry because the has practically
lfnsa TIE market for their product
h the this threatening condition brothers and
~ srs presents jewels r,imsnt gswgaws
hhas
gueh presents upon the recipient obligation
'SK Why . and safs 0hristmasf
Why cay yourself Il WIN cotton into my presents
Win hsp such demand for the great staple the
- sd suva picked in the hot embles the
M WORK COTTON INTO YOUR CHRISTMAS PREsEHTs
ws foreign nations driving young poor
gunt amplowe WANT your shan rescue your
M shall coming that al cza
dn may
WORK COTTON INTO YOUR CHRISTMAS GHTs
b It only very little thngi
The mighty with the dppngs hamlet the
c from the leaves the running Of rvulets upands
nd knoweh what shall sowing good seed
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That Child.

That Child. ~
A child sat In q movie tent
And missed most ev-ry scene.
The man In front was corpulent
And cut on half the screen.
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