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The Detroit times., 1914-05-15

The great majority OF these sales
were on time payments, but neither
worker nor land owner minds this.
for each is sure OF the other and there
Is mutual atmosphere OF respect be
tween them Scores OF the lots so
purchased are already the scene OF
building activity and cottages of mod
ern structure and solid base are GO
ing up As the majority OF these
houses are TO he the homes of their
owners. there Is decided tenccpcy TO
see that they are built right. Osten-
tatlon is lacking but solti Z2rth is
apparent.
This furry OF activity IL real es-
rate has had the effect OF raising
prices slightly in some neighbor-
hoods, hHt mol enough 90 halt the
movement There Is scarcely . real
estate office i'm the city but has re
ceivcd Inquiries from Ford workers
and the n 'iority OF the Offices are
now engineering actual deals co. ard
a successful nish.
Another ching that has Icnded 10
increase buying Of real estate among
the Ford NOr GERS is the fact that hun
dreds of the men OF foreigr bl.th who
for tie pass year or so hay" been say.
ing money with the inteution Of re-
turning 10 their home countries are
now " lii Il remain In Detroit for
an indefinite time and the money that
was stored away is being lauleG out
aud used as a payment down In
many cases this nest egg has been
large enough 10 pay half OF the price.
The wives OF the workers have also
been strong factor i'm Ian buying
The shifting OF families fco"l one city
10 another always fills hard on The
wife aud mother and her entire world
rs upse; by a change With the knowl-
edge that Ter home is he very
Dwn am that move is ia ne very
distant future hc women are cpar-
I'd 10 take steps that dnCer the old
IS stem they Guild not attempt The
maAne OF I. rdens. the better educa-
cation Of the children, the firm roofing
OF their affections in the soil OF the
city all tend 10 make more solid the
family and TO give to Detroit citi-
zcnship that will prove one OF its
greatest assets.
The Detroit times., 1914-05-15
MILITANTS CREATE WILD
SCENE IN COURT

LONDON, May 15,--Wild scenes
were enacted in the Westminster po-
lice court when Mrs Dacre- Fox
and Mrs. General" Flora Drummond
were arraigned today for having be
sieged the homes Of Lord Iansdowne
and sir Edward Carson, the Ulster
leaders, yesterday When brought
into court the suffragists started vio-
lent llarangues against the. presiding
Both were ordered under
$500 bonds To keep the peace for
year and when they refused were sen.
fenced TO Jail for one month
The Detroit times., 1914-05-15
WHEELER DECLINES
RESERVE BOARD JOB

WASHINGTON. May 15.-It was an
nounced at the White House today
that Harry A. Wheeler Chicago
banker has declined appointment as
a member OF the federal reserve
board He wrote the president that
pressure OF private business would
prevent him accepting This leaves
two vacancies which the president is
expected to fill so that the entire list
may be sent TO the senate not later
than neXt Wednesday
The Detroit times., 1914-05-15

CHICAGO Thrilled by the movie
The Deadly Stilleto, or The Organ
Grinders Revenge" Mrs Albert Dit
mann, illustrating the play, hurled a
pairing knit, at her husband He may
recover
The Detroit times., 1914-05-15

CHICAGO When eXasperated sub.
scribers begin TO sputter on account
OF slow connection. telephone oper-
ators have been instructed TO say
Thank YOU"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-11
Globe Sights
By TIM ATcHIeON GLOBE

Some people specialize on the harrow
ing details.
Your claim doesn't amount to much II
everyone disputes 1t.
Unless he likes the game. 1t IL hard to
convince a man that he needs exercise.
It's all right to work for money but It
Is better still to have money working for
you.
School doesn't seen 80 bad tho day It
lets out. three months being considerable
vacation. e-- s.+--s=
Father, to himself: well, there is only
one way to get it done, and that IL to do
1t myself"
While fresh eggs come from the country.
fresh chickens are frequently encountered
along paved streets.
Pride is responsible for giving many tips
and rarely causes one to be refused; pride
isn't distributed that way.
You are as worthless" said Link Pres
ton, to his son. this mornin8. las cir
cular containing 1-cent postage stamp"
Prudery is no part Of our policy, but
who has been drinking IL most likely to
admire tho nudeinart.
"A minor Lacquer has to try as hard Is
II he were In the Big Show: I'm q minor
Lacquer. and in q position to know what
I'm talking about.'-Rube Hoskins.
Although much Of tho worlds visible
supply of pr0crastnation 10 devoted to
letter writing, many men have enough
lei. to equip their lawn mowers.
While it is easy to like California, 1t ID
something of strain to like q Cali
among those Native Sons Of the Golden
West.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-11
Jayhawker lots

The person who does something for
spite seldom gets much real satisfac-
ton out Of 1t, as the Gridley Light
contends.
Philip Flipflop is quoted by the Lans-
ing News az saying that he il often
accused of not listening to reason
when he has no reason to listen.
A farmers idea of a dude. according
to Gasaway, the Gas Gulch correspon-
a man who wants two forks when he
eats q meal.
Miss Carlson, Of the Lindsborg
News, explains that the reason 10
many women fail to make a success
in a profession is that they look upon
the profession as only a coaling sta
ton between the home OF their par
ents and the home they expect q huS-
band to provide for them.
A real snake story. as presented by
Will DeVinney in his Barnard Bee:
This story IL about a small house
snake that swallowed q blue racer that
was some ten inches longer than the
house snake. Don't believe 1t. do
you? Well, we have the snakes, the
longer one protruding at both ends
from tho shorter one, on exhibition a.
the Bee office. Come and see for
yourself. A great many Barnard peos
pie have seen these. SuakeA and know
the story to be a fact. Tuesday even
| ing George 10y called mp on the phone
! and told US the story. Mrs 10y dis
covered the snakes in their yard and
called the boys. Both snakes were still
alive but about seven inches of the
blue racers tail protruded from the
mouth Of tho house snake and the head
and neck Of the blue racer showed
at the tail end Of the house snake. The
boys killed the snakes and brought
them to the Bee man. We are having
a photograph made of them, and hope
to soon have a print Of them. In the
meantime, II Is worth your time to
SEQ this snake within q snake
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-11

hooks. cosmos, larkspur. poppaes. par
ehn1al phlox. willianae. pinks. al
suitable for planting now. breathe the
very essence Of old fssasionedness.
In order to have success. with any
flower. two things are necessary. cul-
tivation at least once a week and .
sufficient supply OF manure. In ex-
treme hot weather. straw mulch
about the roots serves as q good re-
tainer Of moisture. There will be very
little trouble caused by insects on out
door plants. In case there II. q pre-
pared tobacco extract serves as a good
remedy. Different flowers call for
soils Of varying richness. but with 1u-
dicious fertilization. a comparatively
rich soil may be obtained. The best
fertilizer. well rotted manure. should be
worked into the ground every year
after the flowers have ceased blooming
Miracles can be worked with a pack
age OF seeds and trowel. 1t will pay
the farmer to encourage the working
of these miracles on his lawn, and
thus make the farm q better place to
live.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-11
QUAKER MEDITATIONs.

rF<om the Philadelphia Record.1
Many a profit Is without honor even in
Its own country.
The cloak model is generally ENGAGED
at her own figure.
When q girls face Is her fortune she
isn't SO apt to be married for 1t.
There's quite q difference between Z
rare man and one who ~ simply raw.
Tho trout season Il open now, but you
can fish for compliments At any time.
Even tho second-story man has NO OBJ
lection to getting In ON tho ground floor.
A man, like a fish, can generally avoid
being caught by keeping his mouth shut.
When the weather man predicts 4 wind
storm he may be pardoned for putting on
airs.
The average woman is ut least old
enough to know better when It comes to
telling her age
Nell-.'Names are curious things" Belle
That's right know fellow named
Tony, who isn't . Bit
The difference between tho glaxier and
the dentist IL that ono takes panes with
his work. and the other gives them.
Blobbs-.These millionaires are fright
fully extfavagant-" 8lobbs-"Yes. I under
stand some of them even pay their
taxes
Tommy-'Pop. what 10 the difference
between q statesman and Z polit1c3an?'s
T0mmy's P0p-"A statesman, my aoo,
runs- Tar mice: - po11ttuoaa ootD e1oe141. =
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-11
THE APPEAL OF OUR COLLEGES.

THE APPEAL OF OUR COLLEGES.
There were 4,7z2 foreign students In
attendance at colleges and universities
In the United States in tho year 1913.
according to figures just compiled at
the United StateA Bureau Of Educa-
ton. This ID AN increase OF SIT in
two years. These students are not
concentrated at the larger and better
known institutions, AZ might he exc
pected. but are distributed over .275
different colleges. universities and
schools of technology. The number
given includes only regular students
OF college or graduate grade: II stu
dents enrolled in preparatory depart
ments, short-term courses. summer
schools and independent professional
schools were included. the total would
be very much larger.
Canada has the largest representa-
tion-653 students are from the do
minion. China and Japan are not far
behind-there were 594 Chinese Etu-
dents and 336 from Japan attending
colleges In the United States in 1913.
OF the other Oriental or Asiatic peo-
pies. India is represented by 1862 stu
ACAAsOs "a ACy ~ TO- 1AOAC0 ~ A~s
Persia by FL. and Siam by IS.
Latin-America il strongly repre-
scented. Cuba sends 200; Costa Rtca,
%: Guatemala, Is; Honduras, ~;
Nicaragua, IS; Panama. %. and Sal
vador. 10. Mexico heads the list with
223 students. From South America,
Argentine sends - students to our
colleges: Brazil. 113: Bolivia. 8: Chile,
IL; Columbia, 81; Ecuador. 16: Para
quay, 2; Peru. rs; Uruguay. Q. and
Venezuela, Z. ..-.ss
Abundance Of higher education OPP
portunities in the British Isles and
prevented nearly 500 European stu
dents from coming to America to go
to college. Great Britain and Ireland
are represented by 212 students; and
Germany. herself the mecca Of the
sends 1872. The others, in
order Of numbers. are: Russia, 1924;
France, As: Sweden. Il; Italy, 50:
Austria Hungary. "a: Switzerland, 20:
Norway, &c; Greece, %; Spain, 20;
-; Bulgaria, Is: Rou-
mania. 6: Belgium. 4: Portugal, 3;
Montenegro, 1.
Even Australia and Africa have
students at colleges in the United
States. There are Sc students from
New Zealand. Africa is represented
by Is from Egypt. 2 from Liberia, ard
~ from South Africa.
From American possessions 484 stu-
dents came to college in the United
States; 108 from Hawaii, 21a from
Porto Rico, and IL from the Philip
pine Islands.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-11
Hu,nor of the Dau


The week after her father bought IN
automobile. Julia. aged i've. said her
prayer Hike this: Forgive M our tres
pass us."-IAfe.
''would you Hike to 60 to the opera to-
nigat, deafest? what q darling boy
you are! OF course l would! what 10
the bill for tonfght?' about eleven
dollars, gueso."-Judge.
''Of course. you rely on the wisdom OF
the plain people!' Yea" replied the
statesman. But there are times when
oGni1o the fact that my wisdom IL SUI
pefior to thearB."-Washtngton 0tar
80 ron own your own farm!'' Yea"
replied Farm CorntooDel. AN 1 want
10 say that the position 10 . hard one
The fellow that owns the farm these days
u the only one that can be depended on
to DO any work On The pIace."--Wash-
iuGtao star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-11
FLOWERS ON THE FARM.


When the farmer. with up-to-date
methods for land cultivation. applies
them in identifying the farm home
or yard. he will have done much to-
ward solving the problem Of keeping
the boys and girls in the country,
writes I. r.. in the Kansas Industrialist.
There il one way to beautify his
grounds that is within the reach of
every farmer. That is the planting Of
flowers.
1t il better to use good taste in Sc
lecting few standard varieties than
to experiment with the rarer but less
or border, the coleus Is indispensable.
1t has no flower. its chief claim to
beauty lying in the dark reddish, or
vari-colored leaves. The so-called
'Joseph's Coat IL another good foliage
to use In massed beds. Among hardy
boomers Ii the Gamma. with broad
graceful leaf and crimson blossom. The
Gamma bulb may be set out as soon al
the frost has left the ground. II plant
cd this month, there will be blossoms
from July until late In the fall.
Pansy beds may be set out now to
good advantage. In combination with
viclets. the velvety pansy presents q
scheme OF deep rich color. When the
violets cease blooming. the foliage
salvias can be used as 'fil-in.''
If the old-fashioned garden. with III
indiscriminate flower massing. IL pre-.
ferred. a host Of flowers. dear to oul
kNandmothsrs, peeesnte itself Holly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-11
CAUSES OF RATE CRISIS.

Assuming that the railroads are
facing a crisis, what are the causes
asks the writer Of an article in the
American Review Of Reviews for May.
on 1.-The Freight Rate increase: A
Crisis in Railroad Financing" and he
continues: Many, II not most, econo-
mists are Of the opinion that the great
fundamental cause Of the present
plight Of our transportation systems
is the extraordinary rise in prices dde
to the appreciation Of gold following
the phenomenal increase in produce
ton of the metal. which since 1890 has
more than quadrupled in yearly out
put. Such economists point out that
with the price Of the railroad COM
modity-transportat while
all the elements going into the cost
Of producing the commodity have in
creased enormously with the gold in
flation, no other result than a railroad
crisis could have been looked for. 1t
should be said that the advocates of
this theory did point out. years be-
fore the present crisis was reached,
that It was coming In just about this
way.
But the more immediate cause
which the interstate commerce COM
mission and the railroad heads must
attempt to cope with were we'll sum-
married. by President Rea of the
Pennsylvania system in his testimony
last month: inadequate rates: in
creasing costs Of operation; the high
cost of railroad capital due to the
fright OF the investing public over in
creasing wages, taxes. and govern
mental restraint. and inability Of the
railroads to offer the higher returns
to capital which 1t is insisting on in
response to the general higher cost OF
living.
AS to the increased cost of railroad
ing, the officers Of the Lehigh Valley
have presented figures showing that as
compared with 1898, maintenance OF
way expense per mile Of track has in
creased from $726 to $1.524: that loco
motives cost $4,000 now as against
$4,000 in 1898, and that steel coaches
cost $4,000 now, while wooden coach.
es cost $1,000 in that year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-11
By the Way
1T HARVEY YAHDolEo

One reason for the startling num-
Der OF divorces - that nearly any
woman who can ret her husband into
court as an exhibit doesn't need any
other evidence.
Now some Englishman. who. In all
probability. was never II miles from
his chops and bawth tub In his hfe.
ventures the opinion that perhaps
Col Roosevelt didn't discover any new
river. Wurn. ge-rowf. Apf-sowpf!
Maybe the Colonel won't have time to
handle that Mexican situation for a
few days He may first twist the
Royal geographical tail Of the Royal
Geographical society. Any English
man who thinks he can Doc-cook tho
Colonel like that,-and after all those
chtgger bites and other hardships,
For doth not the Colonel himself
admit that the trip along the Duvida
river was a great feat?" That settles
It. doesn't it? Then how da'st . mere
Englishman express any doubts on the
subject! We pause (business Of paus-
ing) for q replyi
Social and political note: Our Old
war comrade. Myra McHenry. called
during the tail end Of last week to re-
flute the allegation that she was go
Ing to take the stump for John Mar
shall. who IL flirting with the job of
supreme court Justice. Mrs. McHenry
says John recognizes tho word Jus
ttce" as meaning job, but has no
conception thereof in any other ca
pacity. In fact. after interviewing
Mrs. McHenry for about an hour. we
began to suspect that she not only in
tended to refrain from campaigning
Tor John, but that she might actually
neglect to vote for him.
Mrs McHenry was arrayed in righte-
Gus indignation and a tealous-colored
gown. OF the modern cut. She reports
that Wichita H. getting to be- q safe
place to live, and that now she can
make a speech on Henry Aliens cor
ner and his political prospects at one
and the same time without being
pinched by tho Wichita jawndarms.
As a rule. the male American 10 a
peaceable party. who refrains from
fighting unless someone whips one Of
his children or kicks his dog.
The bravery Of our naval Officers
cannot be questioned when it comes to
a fight, but the first one that eats q
Glove will prove his nerve along other
lines.
Conner Davies Is going to run for
state printer on the "bulr' ticket.
Conner has an impeachment In his walk,
but it is nothing like SO serious an
the empediment in his politics. His
hickory limb does not prevent him
from getting somewhere when he
starts.
Last Saturday RI. the supreme court
made restitution to q former county
omcial who had been trimmed by 9
bunch of politicians disguised a
watch dogs Of tho treasury" Whom
the news got abroad. a casual visitor
in town might have suspected that
about half the inhabitants had just
received large legacies or the home
team had won a %kame. - to o. No
body looked sad except the aboys
mentioned politicians sc
zelhop. who has two dauxhter.
says he doesn't even try to get to the
hall rack. He hangs his hat on the
front porch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-11
Euenine Chat
Almost Uubelieyabae.


If you were to read . story In .
magazine about . child whose parents
died in his infancy. and whose sister
sacrificed her whole life to bring him
up and give him q good education
and who repaid that sacrifice by lfv-
ing in luxury while his sister. q sickly
old woman, shaved in a department
store, you would probably think the
characters and incidents overdrawn
ana not true to life. wouldn't you?
But they wouldn't be?
I'm this community" write q letter
friend from q distant city. about 80
years ago . baby was left to the care
OF his older sister when his parents
died. Tho sister sacrificed her whole
life for him, giving him 9. good educa-
ton"
HE married and his wife turned
him completely against his sister. The
girl he married was very poor, but
now they have q summer home.
money can buy. While the sister can
be seen almost any day going back
and forth to work when she 10 able.
and often when she IL not Cher health
il extremely poor). She Is very proud
and one Of the most no IT., res spec ana
Her brother, from one years end
to another does not give her single
penny while his wife spends in one
entertaining OF her bridge club enough
to make 1t unnecessary for the older
woman to go out these terrible winter
mornings at her time Of life.
call 1t q crying shame. OF course
it's right that her brother should give
his N5le and family &Hsthe nl4(4ettfes
ana ali the sluxuraess he can af20f4s hut
sister (his parent mind you) enough
90 that she wouldn't have to work
even she IL sick to keep from starving.
A story like that makes ones blood
boil.
It~seems worse than the ordinary
case because 1t was q sister instead OF
q parent. Parents in bringing child
rem into the world incur the respon-
sibility of rearing them. That 10 nor
NAL. But for a young woman to give
up her life and probably her person.
al happiness and her opportunity for
marriage and children Of her own, to
rearing another woman's child. even
her own brother, il a far greater sac
rifice and deserves even greater re-
ward.
And the wife who turned her hus-
than parent is proportionately even
| more guilty than the wife who tries
to turn her husband against his faith
er and mother.
Why win women do 1t any way?
Why will women who otherwise seem
gentle and tender hearted. deliberate
ly try to shut their husbands parents
and family out of his life?
| There certainly cannot be an uglier
! jealousy than that which will make q
wife unwilling to. share her husband
with the woman who bore him.
Let her beware. Let her remem-
Der the warning of Cardinal Newman:
Some women when they marry are
not content to be sweetheart and wife.
but must also take the place Of moth
er and sisters too, but let the woman
who closes q mans heart against
those of his own blood remember that
some day the one door she has left
open 10 sure to slam in her own face
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-11
Journal Entries

A formidable question to you IL
easy for some one else.
A mans favorite game IL the one he
can win at occasionally.
And the way Of the transgressor is
often mighty hard on others.
The questions asked by the children
are not so foolish az they arc difficult
to answer.
This is also the season OF the year
when father has to do q lot Of extra
skimping to provide the means for
the family's vacation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-11

General Sherwood. one Of Ohio's ma
ticnai representatives. is rather panied
at the fact that the heroes Of the base
hall arena attract more attention than
dp the members OF congress. But why
SHOULDN'T they? They co something
hugides talk.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-11

It looks az though the American
wheat farmers are in limo to catch
things coming and going this year.
The wheat prospects in foreign coun-
tries are nothing to brag about. A
second estimate of the Argentine crop.
for instance. places the yield at a.
0Ao. ZOO Quintak. which II only about
90 Per cent Of the volume Of last year's
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-11

Neither Is there any force or signifi-
c6nce to the years sentence that has
heen imposed on one Of the British
suffragettes for her firebug tendencies.
she will obtain her release within a
Few days through the medium of a
hunger strike.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-11

According to the Richmond Times
Dispatch. the talk Of an increased tax
on beer to help pay war expenses IL
having the effect of sflencing many
orstwhile jingoes. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-11

lrEoin tne chicago NeWsJ
Life IL nearly all desire and regret.
Many . mans pleasures arc . nuisance
to others.
A man may be q regular In his habits,
even II they are bad.
woman gives her heart to but one: 4
man II moro liberal.
Tho more q man worries the easier Il II
for him to lose out.
1t IL sometimes easier for . poor man
to be good than contented.
Many q man puts his foot In Il when
he asks q woman for her hand.
The average man n seldom very polite
unless he IL trying to sell you some
thing.
says. even II 1t II only for the purpose Of
setting 4 good example for others.
Just little philosophy may enable one
to take things as they come. but to part
with them ~ they go-that 10 different.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-11

Some Of the May flowers have a
hard time delivering the goods because
Of the recent chilly nights and morn
ings. But the shade of the old apple
tree will soon be sought with avidity.