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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-04-14
State Central Committee Rati-
), iies Plan II Qdiet
Session
DETERMINED TO GET
BORAH AS "KEYNOTER''
Delegation Will Besiege Senator
in Washington-Smith and
Kelley To Talk, Too =

Detroit was decided on as the place,
and on or about May 21 as the time,
for the conference Of Republicans and
those who would like to be nepubli.
cans, BY the state central committee,
In . meeting In the Hotel Pontchar.
train, Tuesday morning.
There was not . break In the Re-
publican harmony. John D. MacKay
made little speech In an attempt to
have some place other than Detroit
chosen a. the meeting-poin OF the
conference, but when It came to q
vote he was all alone. 1t was William
f. Brown. OF Lapeer. who put the XII.
bosh on Mr.. MacKay's argument by
declaring that Detroit newspapers
would give statewide publicity to q
(Continued Oa Paee -Twoe.
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thing but suffering! Never q bit of
fun nor comfort. Just dirt and sick
ness!
See how neat and clean our house
u now" He indicated the furnishings
'of the coy little cottage which he
had rented for his wife and two
babies.
Well, last summer had to live in
TWO dirty, upstairs rooms. They were
hot. and the air smelled so we could
hardly breathe It till &c got used to
(Continued On Pare Two).
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THOMPSON SLAYER
HELD IN KENTUCKY
Walter Lawrence, Arrested in
Newport. Believed One Of
Grand Rapids Bandits

NEWPORT. KY, April 14.--(Spe-
cial l)-Walter. alias "vopper" Law
renee, 10 being neid for Grand Rapids.
Mich, ofYicers. on request Of Detec-
tive Halloran Of that city who believes
that Lawrence was one Of the trio OF
robbers who shot and killed John
Thompson, . jeweler, and two assist.
ants in Grand Rapids last September
and escaped with $4,000 In diamonds
and jewelry.
Lawrence declares that he will tight
extradition.
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THREE Are AFTER
DOWACAIC 7.
Two Progressive and One N
chine Democrat After
Job
RAYMOND W. PULLMAN.
Times W0shinoton Bxre0u. No.
MetroDOHt0N Bank BujydtNG.

WASHINGTON, d. c.. April 14.-h
connection with the fight on for tn(
postmastership at Dowagiac, three u
the candidates are today In Wash1n0
ton to further their interests ct TN
p0stmaster-general's ONCE. They IN
Messrs. Hendrix, Richie and Lewis
Coy Hendrix is a member OF the stat
central committee and Is backed e
Wood and the strength of the a
credited Democratic machfpe.
Hendrix evidently is working for
partisan support for he mas here NJ
him the Republican boss Of q
county.
Richie and Lewis are both proO
sivc Democrats. Represents
Beakes Is friendly to both, but
throwing his support TO either.
will be glad to see either man.
and hopes to see the Wood can4
turned down. !
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Clean, Neat Cottages, Plenty to
Eat, Health and Prosperity
Now the Lot of Auto
Workers
MOVE FROM OLD SHACKS
TO MODERN FLATS
Men Formerly in Poverty Now
Are Occupying Comfortable
Homes
az TIMES INVESTIGATOR

"It's worth while to have made
mems lives worth living. ain't it?" ex.
claimed Martin Pulsifer, unskilled
laborer, who now earns IS day in
the Ford automobile factory. "Welf,
that's what Henry Ford has done for
us!"
1T means that life means some
thing now to u.s." he went on. BE.
fore, 1t didn't mean anything. Not a
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-04-14
"DUFFY, THE GOAT"
GIVES HIMSELF

CHICAGO, ILL.,. April 1ls*
Frapche, alias Duffy the G. q
whom the police had been g
for several days. gave himse
ly today. and was to be boo
charge or killing Isaac He
a tenderloin cafe. "Blon01 IN
Franche's companion. 10 ~
sough. by detectives. M
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PATROLMAN CURTIS ENDS
SERVICE OF n YEARS

Patrolman John Curtis. for q years
a member Of the local force. retired
on furlough, Monday night, his retire
ment becoming offlcial, May 1. Curtis.
one of the best known men In the
department, was appointed April %.
1887, and saw one year Of service In
the central station. and was then
transferred To Canheld station, now
used az the woman's detention sta
tlon. He served 20 years there. Then
me joined the construction depart
ment, and has been engaged in that
work since. He reSides at No. 740
Slxth-st.
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THE WEATHER

Detpelt anA vlc1slty-Tuesaay might
and wednesday. cloudy and unseetDeA,
probably rNse- Geat1e tW woaerate var.
haboe bpeeaes.
Lewes Mlehlgas-Pastly eseuay In
north ao1 west and uusettoed 10 west
popt1oos TUesAay neght asd We6oes-
aay, es~nessy ssss. Gentle O. wsses-
ate. sh1ft1ng breenes.
TODAY,A TEMPER ATUREa.
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Buslaess- like PPsstIag. No fuss and
no feathers. The plain. neat kind that
looks right. Tlmee Psent1DA Co.. IL
John E-st Phone Main 14sS
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strnsburG EahcIng Cuoseeo.
New OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ev'r!l.
Apr. 1G. Advanced, Fri, Apr. II. Latest
dances taught. Grand 1870. Hesita-
tion or One-step class. &1.-Adv.
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AMERICAN

phIlaaeIphla ~ New York. cIe6p.
Wosh1egton at DWstOo. clear.
%. Louis at Detroit. clear.
CIeveuasS at Checagos clear.
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VIII Lecture on eIrds.

A free tereopticon lecture on
Birds" will be given by Miss Ethel
Chase. In the auditorium of the Y.
w. c. A., Wednesday. at 1880 .. m.
This is preliminary to the botany
and birds class. which IL soon to be
organised. The second free demon.
stration in cookery will be given at
the Y. w. c. A.. Thursday. at 1880
p. m. The subject will be THE value
Of protein foods"
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WELFARE =

.!s.. =, 's'is:: :::.. s.s = 49, =:
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Dussness-llke Ppintsng. No fuss and
10 feathers The plain, neat kind that
looks right r0ee Pf1etllG C0~ 10
John A-st Phone Main 1875.
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Call.
Cherry 0D7l
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TO SAVE HUMAN WASTE IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL
Board of Education Has Started Segregang Mentally DE-
fectve Children Into Classes of Their Own So They Can
Be Properly Taught by Especially Trained Teachers

have been a prohibition, that would
have been inhibitive.
Some Of these children had heen re-
duced to the condition they are In by
constant and insistent prohibitions and
inhibitions. Instead she noted that
when there were pictures pasted at the
head Of the sheet that sheet was never
thrown away. It was simple matter
to have them paste a picture at the
head Of every sheet. and that expedient
completely prevented further waste Of
paper.
Miss Shaw observed not long ago thai
the boys were losing interest in The
game Of making words out Of paste
board letters. and she believed the res.
sOn for this was that the words were
SO soon broken up after they were made
that they seemed to the children hardly
worth making. One Sunday morning in
church she noticed the hymn hnnounc.
ing bulletin board In which the PASTE
board letters were slid into grooves. That
was lust the thing. Monday morning
she had one OF the boys make such a
board for their words.
Then. after the word was successfully
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ment were so paralyzing that his feeble
wits could frame no replies. Finally
the Judge burst out:
"You are not only thief caught red
handed, but you insolently refuse to
answer the questions of the court.
shall give you the maximum sentence"
The poor creature was sent 10 the
penitentiary. Had he been in an IN.
graded class his school record would
have been produced in court and he
would either have been acquitted or
sent to some custodial institution for
treatment.
John II. Finley, the new Commits
sioner Of Education OF New York STATE.
is having prepared bill which will call
for the appointment Of n commis sion by
the Governor to study the entire SUBJ
ject OF the education and care Of menta.
detectives Of all ages and conditions
and prepare n ComprehenI!ve pro.
gramme upon which to base legislative
action. This bill Is being drafted along
the lines OF q memorandum prepared
by the advisory council to the depart.
ment Of ungraded classes. This council
is composed Of a group of physicians
and Of the Consumers League social
workers. such as DR.. L. Pierce clark,
DR.. August Hoch, Mrs. Florence Kelley,
DR.. Adolph Meyer OF Johns Hopkins,
Miss Lillian d. Wald Of the Nurses
Settlement. who are giving their ser-
vices to the advancement OF this great
fundamental work.
Probably the greatest menace TO our
civilization to-day is the alarming in.
crease in feeble mindedness and ,nsln-
ity. The work OF the ungradod classes
in the New York schools is ou- II the
most fundamental and Systematic -
forts that are being made to mo-. a. rs
source and solve this problem.
Special training as we'll as tmpcra.
mental fitness is essential fr the
teachers of these ungraded class. To
meet this situation the New YORK Board
Of Education has worked out a novel
plan. Groups Of teachers requiring
training or further training. selected by
| the head Of the department, are gwen
three months leave of ahsen'" with
full pay to study at the Er"ohlyn
Teachers Training School.
Here every member of the faculty
places at their disposal whatcy'r here
| may be in his or her subject VII. r could
VIC tuiueu " advantage III NV NJ 90 't"@
| OF these misfit children. The Kinder
| garten teacher indicates what portions
| OF Froebel's system can be turned Z"
advantage. The demonstrate Il The
Montessori method adds her c'n'rou'
ton. The professor OF music w.rht ou'
the kind Of music likely to be ul'~' sHc'
cessful in its appeal to these .N |ir'n
So each specialist lays his cdic'' maj
wares before these teachers ana helps
them select whatever may IT, ~ pay
ticular advantage to them in t'".r ""F"
Besides all this these teacher, .'" pI'
vided with a library giving the '' Z H''
erature on the subject of the .hNt
| Of abnormal children, together VAIN %
permanent exhibition of IL" devices
used in the work.
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peculiar brand Of arithmetic lesson she
had the boys play as individuals merely.
She presently discovered that some
Of them were becoming undesirably ex-
pert at hitting the smaller numbers so
as to avoid the mental strain Of multi
plying the larger ones. The Giants and
the Red Sox team plan was the device
which cured this. The fate Of the men,
Der Of team who deliberately hit q
small number and made q small score
can be readily ina gined.
The throwing OF the ball. too. Is not
merely part Of the game. but has Its
scientific reason. When the child IL
tense, as all children, and these in par
ticular. are likely to be in anticipation
OF a test. the muscular action Of throw
ing the ball relieves such tension and
produces a more natural and normal
condition Of mind and body.
Everything Is in the first instance
taught as q game. And these games are
played with the whole hearted earnest.
ness with which all children everywhere
have always played games. The idea
that children's games are to them casual
and trivial pastimes Is a common fallacy
among those who have forgotten their
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A game to quicken response.

II Jobs can be found for them with
employers who will take personal in
terest In them they may do we'll. In
some few cases they have succeeded
even better than perfectly normal
young people. This Is Of course because
Of their very much superior manual
training. One Of these boys is. for in
stance. now earning 50 q week In n
silver plating establishment. while nor
NAL boy with n good record from the
same school who started at the same
time Is earning only 81.
Some years ago there was a boy in
the class upon whom Miss Shaw par.
ticularly relied. He was especially loyal
and Industrious and afYectionate. His
father was dead and ne lived In base
ment with his mother. who was both
feeble and insane. Naturally the boy
hated to return to this lamentable apOl-
ogy for a home. and consequently Miss
Shaw permitted him to remain after
school as long as she herself stayed in
preparing her work for the next day.
on q certain day Miss Shaw had to
leave Immediately after the close Of
school to keep an appointment. Max
was accordingly set adrift at an early
hour. He had in his pocket Ave cents
which he had earned. Not wishing to
go home to the crazy mother in her
basement he went for n walk.
At length he came to a place with a
swinging door which a boy about his
own age entered. He followed him In.
heard him order a drink Of whiskey and
ordered one himself. A woman served
them. There were several smaller chill
dren also drinking in back room.
while some laboring men and tramps
lined the bar.
Max woke up in a hospital with two
| doctors working over him. He did not
know what had happened to him. He
was in great pain and nearly died dur
ing the night. After his recovery and
return to school Miss Shaw got him
to take her to the saloon he had visited
and had him go in and buy five cents
worth Of whiskey and bring 1t out To
her. The whiskey when analysed proved
to be about two-thirds wood alcohol
Max had an elder brother more feeble
minded than himself who attended the
same school before the classes for de.
! fectives were started. His utter inability
to understand what was going on abou,
him, to say nothing Of doing what was
expected Of him, naturally made him
hate school and gradually he became
a chronic truant. One day as he was
wandering aimlessly through n particu.
larry tough part Of the town two men
came running down the street. showed
a. bundle ipto his hands and rushed on
While he was examining the bundle In
bewildered way policeman seiZet
him and dragged him off to q police
station.
Although only IS. he was overgrowr
physically and might have passed fol
II. He was taken the next day befor,
a magistrate. the stolen goods fount
in his possession were produced in evil
dence and when the judge asked hin
some questions his alarm and bewilder.
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with their products of timber, gold and
tropical fruits
i have visited many countries In my
travels. Some have wonderful physical
possibilities but have no people; others
have a horde of people, but have no
natural resources. Here Is an island
Astounding with people and crammed
full of natural resources, but without
stable government or means of commu-
nicatlon. The first, namely, the stable
government is sure to come, and the
men who develop the railroads in con-
junction with the development of the
government are sure to reap harvest
and also perform great service to the
people. At present the scores of cities
can be reached only by slow vessels
which ply irregularly from port to port
or by almost impossible trips across the
island by mule.
Many feel that before this island can
enjoy stable government, additional
means Of communication or almost any
other advantage 1t must have the adj
vantage of religion and education. II
these two can be really separated.
cannot speak with authority relative to
the religion OF the inhabitants OF the
BLACK Republic" Certainly have been
told some strange stories; these are
stories which have principally accounted
for the backward state OF affairs.
Just what work Christian missiOnari
are doing among these people do not
know but certainly there must be q
great opportunity. At any rate the
great need OF the hour Ii educate and
religion. ] care not which one comes
| first, the other Is bound to follow. More
! over. until both come 1t will be the most
backward portion of the Western Hemi-
sphere.
l therefore say that a great Opp0r-
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tunity exists to-day Tor that soldier OF
fortune VINO, with a proper amount OF
religion. education ana capital. VIII go
to this island and develop 1t as he would
great INDUSTRY nut keeping IN mind
continually that success can come only
by performing service On the other
hand readers must not forget that such
man Will be blocked. discouraged, and
perhaps subjected to great hardship
The very fact that great opportunities
exist Is due to the fact that conditions
at present are wretched, that the place
Is deserted by foreigners and that no
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Continued from Seventh Page.

uated on a picturesque peninsula at
the foot Of a high mountain.
It is we'll drained and hence is health
full in fact It compares very favorably
with many undeveloped cities of other
nations. Whether the railroad has made
Puerto Plata or whether Puerto Plata
has made the railroad | do not know.
When, however, It Is considered that
this road mas only a thirty inch gauge,
Ia only forty-two miles long and has
taken three natlonalities, namely Bel
gians. Germans and Americans, to build
notice. tried to get figures showing
the earnings of this road but failed.
am, however, satisfied that with all the
revolutions and ignorance of this island
] might be tempted to invest my money
In the bonds OF some new Santo Do
mingo railroad rather than in the COM
mon stock Of some old lines in this
country.
II seems like a romance, but ] really
believe that a young man with 100000
could go to this island and select har-
Dor equal to that OF Boston, build rail-
road and own city II he had simply
courage and tact. There is no oppOr-
tunity for transcontinental lines, but
there are numerous opportunities for
short roads operating from ten to fifty
miles, all of which some day are sure
to be combined into one big system
Moreover. the men who build these rail-
roads will have the first claim on the
virgin country through which they pass
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neglected field ambitiously called the
Champ de Mars, upon which are occa-
sionally displayed the ragged remnants
Of the Haytan army.
1.-THE city Is generally in a state Of
Siege, or under martial law. and hare
footed soldiers, ragged and dirty. may
be seen standing guard on every corner,
while Calling guns adorn the squares
and even the corridors Of the palace.
1t Is very likely that the visitor will
have his attention drawn to these men
| of Mars. for, as their pay Is scanty and
rarely forthcoming at that. they are
| forced to appeal to charity when of
duty and make the rounds of the city.
hat in hand, for chance contributions.
1.-THE market places are large enough,
| and were originally well situated. but,
like all other municipal constructions.
they are allowed to become deposits of
| filth until the rains of the wet season
wash them clean They are worth
| visiting. even il for no other purpose
| than to study the HaytianiZed Africans
| from the country, who come In with
fruits and vegetables. sometimes with
meats. The meats are poor. the fruits
delicious. There IL rarely any beef to
he had In Hayti OF quality good enough
for consumption by the visitor and the
so-called mutton Is usually derived
| from goats,
1.-THE hotels of Port au Prince partake
OF that intermittent character begotten
by frequent revolutions and change of
government and, In fact, there is no
very good hotel In the city. There Is
one near the port and one on the verge
OF the city, at the Champ de Mars
which Is old and ramshackle. but its
meals are, or We're. excellent and well
served. Still. the visitor ia advised not
to linger In this city unless he meet
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forty years: In my acquaintance the
city has not changed In all that time
except to become more wretched and
dirtier."
1t may still be said as was remarked
by traveller many years ago of this
city: THE cutters are open, pools are
stagnant and fetid water obstruct the
streets everywhere and receive con-
stantly accessions from the inhabitants
using them as cesspoOls and sewers.
There are few good buildings in town
and none In the country, the torch Of
the incendiary having been applied at
short intervals, and no encouragement
Is offered to rebuild either through pro-
lection of the Government or local en-
terprise. 1t Is also as true OF Port au
Prince as OF Cap Haitien. that build
ings destroyed by earthquake or fire
are rarely replaced. and the nearest ap-
proach to rebuilding is seen in slab
shanty leaning against the ruins of a
larger structure,
These same conditions ] find exist
to-day. Port au Prince Is now half
ruined city. with few buildings which
once were fine. as the Government pal
ace on the Champ de Mars, the barn
like cathedral, where. In order to crafty
the sentiment OF the people. saints and
virgins are painted black or brown, the
prevailing hue OF the population. An
authority on the city says:
"The finest building In the city was
formerly the national palace. a rambling
one story structure OF brick and wood
1t Is the official residence OF the Presi-
dent Of the Republic, who receives on
certain days, when visitors are allowed
to approach his 'Excellency.' who IL
guarded by soldiers and sometimes sur
rounded by members Of his stan. This
palace occupies the seward front OF q
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with same ~ the few white neonIe here
who might invite one To their country
seats at La Coupe. about five miles up
the hills.
la Coupe is the summer or warm
weather residence of me Weather class
Of Port au Prince and presents some
what the appearance of a we'll to do
suburb OF an island better favored in
its inhabitants than Hayti. 1t lies at
an altitude of 1,2O0 feet above the sea
and the views over the great bay. es-
pecially at sunset and by moonlight.
are superb. The temperature here is
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own childhood and never with seeing
eyes observed children at play.
Another favorite and useful figuring
game Is bookkeeping. One Of the boys
Is selected as the storekeeper. A list Of
articles for sale with their prices ID
placed upon the blackboard. Each Of
the others Is allowed to make three pur.
chases and have them charged to his
account. Then he makes a memo
randum entry OF the articles he has
purchased with the price OF each. The
storekeeper charges up in his book the
Indebtedness Of each customer.
Next one Of the customers goes to
the board and foots up the amount pur-
chased by each boy. Meantime the
storekeeper foots up the amount sold.
II the two do not balance the game then
Is to find out who made the mistake and
where. This is a very exciting part Of
the game and great Is the triumph Of
the youngster who discovers the mis-
take.
The game OF authors Is used in many
forms to teach many things. Toward
spring James Russell Lowell is likely
to be superseded by a turnip prepara-
tory to the spring planting. The school
gardening work Is particularly impor-
tant and useful to these children.
Every idea IL directly connected with
| something concrete-a picture or an
object or an event Abstract thought,
unnatural and exceedingly difficult to
| all children, Is to these children quite
| impossible At the time when every
body was discussing the floods in Ohio
the class studied the geography OF Ohio.
When Miss Shaw first gave the boys
pieces Of paper upon which to write
| their compositions she noticed that they
were apt to make a false start. wad up
the paper. throw 1t away and take an
other sheet. Sometimes they would do
this several times in succession. OBJ
viously they were wasting paper. What
did she do? Tell them they mast waste
no more paper? Not at all-that would