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BIRTH LIST.
BOYS.

BOYS.
II. Christ. Ss7 Fourteenth; H. Galway,
goo Engie: p. Iwanski. 67l Hancock
iasi Concord; M conRh, ass s Twensy.
SECOND; Z; Trnplano, $50 Monroe; II.
schmidt, $50 Field; II. sosnowsky. wo-
N. holland. Woman's hospital; p. Wat.
son, SO Cameron; c. Jages. sss Harper;
=; Rill 2Is Calvert; 8. Egnask, $50
aa snISr (, e, I Bnnek, 1921 81 ASbini Q.
bury; b. DomIsiski. $50 cSene; g. zech.
~ sylvester; J, Radtke. 1919 Jos Cam
pau; 8. Kruzewski, s4s Williams; r.
ssgsr ssa wh nslSs G Kuhn. aass
r. Mitchell. 7os Lemay; n Bell, 2ss
all, 1l3 Labrosse; A. March, Is Miller
i5s4 Hoicomb; r. RenDis, ls Sci pr ssaaas:
\. Galway 200 GGn nkkEs.
y. Klepka, SEQ Warren: B. Ldrajew-
A. ciiuno, s5s Congress-; l. sssai, SO
Mullett: l. sarnberti, z7s Iliinois: III.
vanierberghe. 5s4 Mt. Elliott; u Bast-
ems. II Atwateri NJ. surowtec, 1894 Tar
eSw ss ss'RRs srpe rs sssos k M
wsukee;. :. Kuseck. 147 0randy; a:
Hsnnsy,yani u, q 6. R1solc S7 kirsy
Mcntcisir; 3, wsissi' 1861 cssne: :. J
Baltimorex w. Pardy, sis Fourth: j.
w y.n 1sss po9 a.;
Roosevelt: T. Haskiswicz. la7 villa ms
ssss Sors MasS. .'nswss si 5.s wc5s
r.. Dennis. 156 Dragon Twins. boy
and girD;- H. Menear, 1908 Twenty
p Tswa, sss rwen 1dseS: e % coi.
borne. 11s Columbia; q. Fowler, 1920
Woodward; l.. Burns. 44o Junction; A.
whippIe. lee Ash; r. Michand, Iee Ash
s vi s Rsm. B ia eso 70, F.S ssner
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DEATH LIST.

Carleton Sweet. Harper hospital. is
years, embolism: John r. Aibyn. is
Baker. months. fnfantile convuisious:
Albert w. Cleland. House OF Provfdsnce
81 years, mItral insufnciency; Tacina
Karovin. Samaritan hospital, - years.
tubercuiar abscess: Sylvester Beaubien
I. Morrow, los Smith. 60 years. Brirhfs
disease; Wilhelm Koehler. is1 orandy.
So years. cancer OF rectum: George IL
Hnase. 1855 Helen, 80 years, seierosis
OF liver: Carl p Zueich, 1851 fownsend
So. years, ncphritis James NJ Miller.
7z2 Howard. ~ years. artero sclerosis:
Albert J. Fischer, 273 LiilibridRs. a.
years. apoplexy: Margaret l. Rubrifus.
e66 fireman. 4 month. bronchitis. Otto
Ferchel. boulevard Sanitarium. "a
years, diabetes meliitus: Mary Kinr.
ss3 Twenty fourth. months, maras.
mus: Bessie Radin. All Il. Monica In.
man Kisfer hospital, years,. scarlet
fever: Anna Ryan. st. Mary's hospital
81 years. enterftfs. Dragfss Kolanick.
Guthris. Ills twenty NTH. "a years
apoplexy; Heromien l. syniewsld. iss
Tfiiman-l month, enterftis; Mary How
s ere Nnvs sress zee jos snccsy w
years phsumonis phfhisis: Franeis
DrEezdsion. 177f Chene - years. heart
disease: Abbie Apstin. q X Csnneld. ~
vsaPs. ssnuity Emily oeeow sfa oher-
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CITY MUST PAY FIVE
PER CENT, SAYS ENGEI

City Controller George Engel de-
Flares that II some Of the badly need.
ed improvements are to be made IN
Detroit, Il Is absolutely necessary that
ne charter amendment allowing the
hity to issue bonds with ave per cent
Interest be passed by the people, on
Nov. 8.
The contagious disease hospital.
kor which q bond issue of 1895 900 has
beex authorized, 10 one Of the plans
mo hangs In the balance. according
~ the controller, and new schools,
bew sewers, and other needed I'm
Movements also hinge on the extra
6ond Issue. The controller reports
Rhat OF total bond Issue of 5000 900,
~ 100000 worth Of bonds have
Seen cold, on account Of the low in
kcrest rate. that makes the bonds Q
drug on the market.
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$4,000 BALES OF
COTTON SHIPPED
Raising of Embargo by England
is Signal for Spirited Buying
by Germany

NEW YORK. Oct. Glover $1,000
bales Of cotton were shipped to Eu-
rope from New York today as the
first direct result Of the raising OF
the embaro against cotton by Eng.
land.
The formal announcement through
the British ambassador at Washing
ton that cotton would be considered
as non-contraband was Immediately
followed by spirited buying by Ger
man, agents here,
The raising Of the embargo has
steadied the market" said James
Ferrall. one Of the leaders on the cot
ton exchange today. I'VE are handi-
capped, however, on account OF the
scarcity OF neutral bottoms"
The Detroit times., 1914-10-27
DAVID WALLACE TAKEN
SUDDENLY BY DEATH

David Wallace, the well-known
woodward-ave. grocer. died suddenly
Monday evening, In the family home,
No. 123 Gladstone-ave, from apo
plexy. Mr.. Wallace had spent the
day in the country and on his return
home to dinner. appeared In his usual
health. He was stricken while at
tending to the furnace In the base
ment. Mr.. Wallace was 20 years old
and native Of Ireland. He came 70
Detroit In 1896, establishing . gro
Gerry business on lower Woodward
ave-, where his establishment has
been q familiar landmark ever since.
Mr.. wallace II survived by Mrs.
Wallace and three sons. Newell Avery
Wallace, Edwin Wallace, and Harold
wallace. Funeral arrangements have
not been made.
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man, 81 years. seniiity; william onau.
g 3 =. Van Dyke ~ yss,rs; pulmonary nary
Tarnof. 8 months. malnutrition: James
+. Driscoll. Monroe and Chene, 81 years,
Inquest pending: Matilda LeGone, ass
~ w w1nln; es yssrs. sar nano,, Wmnam
brain cyst. David u. Buick. ia Char
lotte, ~ years. paralysis; Julia n. Orr.
81 Gladstone. 81 years, mitral regurgi-
tation; Edward 3. simmons. los Plum.
81 years, aortic insufnciency.
The Detroit times., 1914-10-27
AUCTION SALE
UNREDEEMED PLEDGES

To Whom II May Concern: M
Notice Is hereby given under Act No.
ios or the Pubiic Acts 1911. with re-
Loan offce, No. ss Monroe-ave.. will
tlon All unrsdssmed pledges. begin
ming Nov. .. 1914, sales daily, start
sntll SOLD 1 ,h % fellSowins a aet,elss- M
isss. j +. hampdsn: iass u. !. ~,
Elm Eli is ss,., n y E hSt1a. s aSs. q
Eissin ssss. KEGiS 3. % Efsin s ssss g. H.
Hamilton; $500, H. +, SWISS; s!os. n
s;o. EiSini $751;; , diamond spa. STICK PIN Nm
gin; $751;. diamond ringi, Sos. .dia-
riaa a ssss. diamond a ring ses. ss dias
% Sosa a rans; soss o. E s Hamilton
Hamilton; sio7. O. Eisin: sara.
diamond stud: s342, II. q. Elgin;
1855. diamond ringi s407. II. +. Elgln J:
1853. Q; =. Elgin; 1886 o. r. Eigil;
s sia s SIa@G Il. E.aYY illS ss U.s.! ala.
M.F YiItS AM sssl s1 Q 2 M wa ham
W SSsiiGn; sssi ioSis Esq iV wsitS.m;
ioos5, diamoad stick pin: loo7lS n
q. Eigln; lvlzV, diamond ring lVltv'
s e ,o hs%l H. 1 %aishsm; iosai m H
r. Hampden: 1925. diamond ring;
1928, diamond ring; los5s. 2; ~
HsmiitSn 1887 2; y ,ot h4smi MSp.
8 OFF +. waitSsm; iosss. q. r. Howsrd;
loS1S. o, y. Waitham; 1862, % p
EiEini ioel7, diamond r!ng; losss. @
ioe4o "a Hsmiiton: ioeIs. dia.
mend pin; losss. 9. ~ waithami
io74t II. O. Elgin; lo7!s Q. y Ball;
rS7ss , 81 g liinois ,1i Ussi os Slsm Sia
mond ring: iosss diamond pin: 10sel
half and one-quarter dollars; ll047
O., r. plinois; ll0!o, diamond pip;
ilosS Q; r Hamiiton; iii W.,, 2. =
h iiiss. Il q. Illinois. ,,iTs. n ala.
iisss oiS swiss; iisss. S, ,Js Ham u q
ifsss, II y hamilton; isso7. II q.
iMiiHstsa . chain: iisss, diamond ring;
rIn sT ia%o1s FIN hamilton lsSs Gi. 1889
s sisSs g. rMsPsA ansss q i,ss 1s'P;
Waltham and ring; 1909 Q; =
mond ringi i2isi, o. r Hamilton
Hampden; 1880. diamond ring;
,ssSs d ,ssss Ttn ffsss O. ana p ol rs
iasoi. II. q. Rockford: isiss. o. y
IL r.. HamiItoni 1892, 9. Hamil.
ton; 1880, q R Bslli lSs1S yIo'an
q Auction car 3
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]. S. TORPEDO
| CRAFT ASHORE
Paulding, With 81 Men Aboard,
Lashed by l60-Mile Gale
Crew in Peril

NORFOLK, Va, Dot. 27.--Lashed
by q 6D-mile northeast gale, the tor
bedo boat -Paulding. with 80 men
kboard, 10 ashore, near Lynnhaven In.
let in Hampton roads, about two
hiles on Cape Henry. Life-savers
hre endeavoring to reach the strand
"a craft. but 80 far have been unable
ko launch q life-boat because Of the
high surf.
The Detroit times., 1914-10-27

A velldressed, good-lookins girl.
about Is years old, was
Nound In Perrien park, Tuesday
norning, unconscious from the ef.
|eScts o fpoison she had swallowed.
tThe young woman was removed TO
Iorrce hospital. The police have been
m ble to learn her name. At the
hospital, Il was reported Tuesday af-
ksrnoon. that the Girls condition was
karious.
The Detroit times., 1914-10-27

The council committee on parks
and bouleyards. Tuesday morning,
awarded to the Detroit Lumber Co.,
the contract for furnishing the lum.
Der for the new ice house at Belle
Isle. The Detroit Lumber Co. made
the lowest bid on Norway pine which
the committee decided was the lum-
Der that should be used. The bid
was $1,587.93,
The Detroit times., 1914-10-27
PAVING
I ASSESSMENT
Paving Notice No. 1874.
- FIFTEENTH STREET.

To NJ. safferin, VIM. Murchey, las.
Colwell. j, "A. Frye, VIM. Hagerman
Hattie NJ Pearson, Elisha II. Roy, w. r
Freeman. w. III. Harris. J.. l. Hayden.
Y; y Ba nIIsnar Z HSg sl,s sarah sarah I
John shea. he-Rathbene Land Co. r.
NJ Bendeiow, Louise McLachiin. Glenn
emit A. Hardy. Frances McQuester, h
Hart, william Hart. III. L. Baker, Rod.
erick Park. Theo l. Smith. Marrett IT.
Robertson. Louise Danger. Minnie Lee
Flower, Romeo Lamborn. Barry Walk
sr, Catherine Gormsn, W e wltter'
plumb. Burr Hart. winifred smith. c
q. Kotzow. ThNs =, Cayanaugh. Jas
Doody. Anna l. Horsfall. Peter Hughes.
Allen H. Allen. A, Simpson. and To all
other persons owning. occupying. or
otherwise Interested In any OF the lots
and premises fonting on riftese sn
the limits hereinafter mentioned.
The Common Council OF the City Of
Detroit. having ordered 80 much OF
Fifteenth street. from the north Hne
OF McGraw avenue TO the south line Of
West Grand Boulevard. 10 be graded
and paved. notice Il hereby given that
the lots and premises frentinE on said
Fifteenth street. and liable 10 be as
sessed for said Improvement under the
provisions OF the City Charter. and
that a roll OF said assessment u nov
completed. and win remain AZ the A.
SCISSORS. Once. IN the city q Dstrpis
TO- isii' for the inspection Of All per-
sons concerned therein. Va
BOARD or AssESSORs.
IA-s7s Prssidsnk
The Detroit times., 1914-10-27
AUCTION SALE y
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 20.
693 SIXTH ST.

Near Brainard; brass and iron beds.
felt mattresses. dressers and chif-
foniers, leather couch. easy rockers
and chairs, oak and. mahogany cep-
ter tables. oak library table. dining
seat chairs, odd rockers and chairs,
sanitary davenport, dishes, refrfgera.
tor, rugs. drapes, curtains, mirror;
many. other pieces. Don't miss this
F. H. MASSMAN & SON
Auctioneers.
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Safety First

|s.s.tx nrst. please bear In mind.
IL f,st the thing for all mankind
| vor HI you look the Other way
The Detroit times., 1914-10-27

DIED.
HoskE--Alice. age IL years, suddenly,
~ Harper hospital. Saturday, Oct. "a,
peioved daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs
Joan Hoske. s3sh Canneld- ave. Fu-
neral from residence. Wednesday
Oct 20, at a. m. and from 81. Ellis
abeth's church at 1880.
All Ia sad within our dwelling.
Lonely In our home today,
For the one we love 30 dearly,
Has forever passed away.
HARTwIcK-oct. 20. at the residence
OF her daughter Mrs. Fred A. But
ters, 654 Second ave. Lois Hartwick
age 81 years; funeral at Ridgetown,
Ont, wednesday.
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e eass.' led / G Sfss !

,. Cash with order. n charged 7e
No transient advertising inserted
charged, per insertion.
al ne above rates apply to all ciassi:
Icauons except Births. Cards OF
and all Ads preceding Male Help.
nirths. Deaths. Cards OF Thanks and
xessng Notices-Minimum charge. See
LOT - words or less. over 16 woros
word
Observation-Disclosures charge. zoe: 500
The Detroit times., 1914-10-27
BOARD or AssEssoRS oFglog
Detroit October -. 1914.
NOTICE.-STREET PAVING
ASSESSMENT
Paving Notice No. l5l7.
LAFAYETTE AVENUE.

To 2: B; STAFFORD. W: g. Rsthhsns
tung, William Papke, 8. q. stevens. ".
Kaisr, c. q. Mum. N. J. Foley. T.W.
Shonline, william Young, Rebecca ~ 3
Moston, A. w. Miller, w. y. Ruther-S
ford; r. J.. Seeley, A. Goodbaid "a.
Erich. Detroit Fire Dept. Louis Ta,bs'
w. Hermenan. A. ID. Engel. w BauSch-
kA, Carl Steinke, Louis HutxoL III n 4
Smith. Fred N. Durham, jos Pelov. ".
Barker. w. #. Phillips, ID. Plumadoso,
Richard Beaubien, Mary r. KenimonE
and TO AL other persons owning, CO.
cnpying, or otherwise interested 81 any
OF the lots and premises FRONTING Oh
Lafayette avenue. IN said City OF De-
troit within the limits hsrsinafter
The Common councii OF the city ~
Detroit having ordered 30 much 0f
Lafayette avenue, from the west curb
line of LAwndale avenue to the east
line OF Woodmero avenue. 10 be grado<a
and paved, notice u hereby given that
an assessment has been made upon al
the lots and premises fronting on aid
Lafayette avenue, and liable TO be a.
sessed Tor said Improvement under the
provisions Of the City Charter, snA that
q roll Of said assessment u now com-
pleted. and will remain Ut the AasoD-
sors' Office, In the City Of Detroit,
from the date hereof until NoysmbeP
10, 1914, for the inspection OF all per-
sons concerned therein W
BOARD OF ASSESSORS,
BY Daniel l. Dtworth,
The Detroit times., 1914-10-27

20 ACRES--Good buildings and or
chArd; IL mile from Aigonac; ~, $780,
80 acres. all kinds Of buildings,
good orchard. acres OF timber; IT'S
one mile from st. Clair river and ID.
Y. r.. stop. near Algonac. good terms.
over an acre; It's 200 IT. from 81
= Clair river, faces ID. u. r. stop. ali
q boats In plain view, good 7-room
house and beautiful orchard; best
soil, loan top, clay bottom; an ideal
summer or winter home. Half cash.
1850. The house'is piastereds large
CURRIE a HAULTER.
AlRonac Mich.
The Detroit times., 1914-10-27

BoARD OF ASSESSORS OFFICE
Detroit. October 70, 1914.
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n -
FOR SALD-FAHMS.
FARMS

12o acres not far from Detroit. clay
and gravel loan soil, best quality,
basement, barn ioxs0 with stables
under ground. e-room house and other
out buildings, all In perfect condition.
Price $1,000, terms.
good market, very good soil, large
harm and s-room house, price $500.
81 900 down. or will take cheap De-
troll TRRo SSR.Erty S%Rrt e 40 Z co,
1915 Cham. OF Com. Cadillac 5000.
Corner OF State and Griswold
The Detroit times., 1914-10-27

E..s,: any .s. peer .s ...s y ::
a,AlRET ri pbsuf1FFr e' sss torsea YEA
Salvation Army. "
The Detroit times., 1914-10-27

WANTED used postage stamps and
stamp collections for cash. McGraw
stamp Co. sos Elks Temple Phone
Cadillac 1888
The Detroit times., 1914-10-27

on ns tsssn' Co $50 Mics cSsrry sci,
The Detroit times., 1914-10-27
$500 DOWN
FARM SPECIAL

Is acres. on car line. cosy home, good
reason: II bought this week. $500.
STEELE BROS.
sis Free Press Bldg. Auto service.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-18

the disposition of a majority of the
representatives. of the leading party in
Congress to make holes in the Civil
Service reform rules, where it can be
done without attracting too much at
tention. Debate was discouraged, but
the argument for the passage of the
exception was that I'VE Oelieve that a
better class of men can be got for this
particular service" without the eXami-
nation.
AS a matter of fact. the grounds
are strong for the opposite belief. The
purpose of the provision rs to follow
the example of Germany, whose sue
cess in spreading her foreign trade is
of worldwide fame; and one of Ger
manys first requisites for entering
that service is a strenuous eXamina-
ton. AS matter of fact, the most
powerful motive for the vote of the
majority was to provide places for
gentlemen of Democratic faith who
are likely otherwise to go unplaced
With regard to nearly half of the
Senators who failed to vote, the prob
ability is that if their votes had been
needed the affirmative vote would
have been swelled as required.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-18

~ OLONEL ROOSENELT'S friends
in all parties will regret to
~ learn that he is suffering with
a serious throat affection as a
result of his strenuous campaigning
heretofore and the attack of jungle
fever from which he suffered in South
America
There is no more interesting figure
in American life than the Colonel and
while his admirers do not always agree
with his political opinions there are
few who do not entertain for him
great personal respect. His announce
ment that he will be able TO take little
part in the campaign this year and
that it will not be possible for him
10 do any public speaking for several
months has caused much concern
among his friends who hope his
physical condition is not worse than
the cable intimates.
Colonel Roosevelt is a difficult pa
tient to handle, especially when he
scents the battle from afar, but the
London dispatches state that he will
follow the specialists advice, although
to do so means a material change in
his campaign plans.
This development in the campaign
lineup will seriously interfere with
the progress of the a-Progressives
who banked upon Colonel Roosevelt
almost entirely this year. One of them
declared in New York last night that
the Colonel can't very we'll be asked
to run for Governor. as the Progress
sives would hardly ask a dumb man
to go on the stump
1t is believed however, that Colonel
Roosevelt will have sufficient voice
left to protest against the surrender
of the Wilson administration in the
matter of the Colombia treaty and the
apology which accompanies it, plus
twenty-five million dollars in the way
of salve for the wounded feelings of
the official grafters of that section
of the Isthmus.
Nor is it likely that the Colonel
will be so incapacitated as to be un-
able to express in some vigorous way
his opinions of the milk-and- water
diplomacy of the present administra-
tion at Washington.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-18
LETTER CARRIERS PENSIONS

"HE announced intention of Sem
ators Penrose and Oliver to
= vote for the bill TO provide gov
ernment pensions for letter car
riers will no doubt meet with popular
approval.
There is no more difficult or trying
work than that of the mail man"
out in all kinds of weather, carrying
a thousand letters in his sack and a
thousand addresses in his head, his
labor is both of the body and the
mind. And he must make no mis-
takes-Uncle Sam is a severe task
master; he will brook no errors. The
letter carrier gives his best years to
the service, and he cannot follow his
calling beyond a certain age. Ger
tainly the government owes every man
who grows old in its harness the
wherewithal to live comfortably the
remainder of his span of life-and es-
pecially where the pay is no higher
than that of the carriers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-18
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Jesse T. Vodges. of the Fairmount
Park Commission, has worked out a
plan to enclose the Grant cabin in
Paramount Park in glass.
P. j. Monaghan, of Shenandoah.
the new president of the Six-Countv
flremen's Association. has been fire
man since he was sixteen.
Edgar C. FELTON,. president of tbe
Pennsylvania Steel Company. saws
President Wilson's attitude toward sun
pressing criticism is outrageous.
Judge Willis Whitehead. of Lv-
coming county, is getting after firms
which do not filter their water supply
up his way.
Burgess Saul. of Norristown. has
caused chill among his people by
ordering Sunday closing.
-Charlemagne Tower, the foruar
ambassador has gone to Connecticut
for the summer
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-18

~ the site of the proposed new
rapid transit station in the heart
~ of Paterson, \. j.. Mayor
Fordyce and members of the
Board of Trade yesterday carried out
an elaborately arranged ceremony to
mark the passing of knocking in
Paterson. The chief feature of the
program was the burial of 'the ham
mer" borne to its grave by six horses
and followed by a procession at the
head of which were the chief mourn
ers. "old pessimist," chronic kicker
and "habitual CROUCH" each fashioned
out of straw for distribution over the
grave.
That, we think. is about the mcst
worthwhile celebration we have noted
since Tombstone. Col. formally
opened its cemetery for horse thieves.
We don't like to admit it, but due
regard for truth forces the observa-
ton that Harrisburg might we'll take
the advice to "go thou and do like
wise" There are some folks in Har-
iiSbOiS btulN III HCeu VI leSsou
of that kind.
The hammers are changing on the
anvils of these knockers" twenty
four hours of every day. The Presi-
dents psychological depression" has
no effect on their activities. Business
is always brisk for "old pessimist"
and "habitual crouch"
Nobody is good in their eyes, eX-
cept themselves and there are dark
moments when they have grave
doubts as to their own honesty. Moth
ing is right, everything is going to
the "bow-wows" and wrong rides ram
pant over PROSTATE virtue. Their
only contribution TO the public well
fare is the money eventually put into
general circulation by the payment
of their funeral expenses.
We are very much of the opinion
that Paterson would have done a bet
ter stroke of work had it buried "old
crouch" and chronic kicker" in the
same grave with the bludgeon they
have so long loved to WELD.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-18
WANTED-CoNLMoN SENSE

~ HAT was rather a remarkable
address which the eloquent
i James NJ. Beck delivered at the
unveiling of a statue OF Ben
jamin Franklin at the University OF
Pennsylvania this week. Two para.
graphs from his scholarly analysis
of Franklin and his work are espe.
cially striking, as follows:
He accomplished all he did by his
freedom from. intellectual conven-
tionality and his sustained and in
telligent application of common
sense to the problems that con-
fronted him. This is not only
rarer but a higher gift than many
suspect. Common sense is the in
stinctive appreciation of the nice
relation which things bear to each
other. without which the most
learned man may be, like King
James. justly characterized as "the
wisest fool in Christendom" With
common sense a man who, like
Franklin, has but a meager educa-
ton and whose learning has been
distributed-in this day of speciali-
zatton we would say dissipated-
over an almost infinite field of
thought may yet accomplish verit-
able miracles.
oh for a breath of Franklin.s
sanity and common sense in this
hysterical generation, when the
whole world seems topsy turvy.
when many classes are in revolt
against the institutions which make
for stability, when women are
growing masculine in the frenzied
and violent advocacy of new priv
ileges and men are becoming femi-
nine in submitting to intoIerabie
wrongs, when the councils of men
are darkened with vain imagininps
and legislators, administrators, and
alas! even Judges are fleeing in ab-
1ect cowardice before the rising
dust of an advancing windstornn
Franklin had too keen a sense ~
humor to be swept away by such
hysteria and he had too fine a sense
of justice to accept the present dav
coWardly surrender of principle TO
political expediency. If he had been
able. as he humorously honed tn
float in state of suspended anima.
tion in cask of Madeira for more
than century and then revisit the
scene of his achievements. what
would not be his amaZement ad
mlration and, we must add, disgustP
Should Franklin and Lincoln and
other great men. of the past return
to earth, what would be their amaze.
ment over the spectacle presented b,
the little men of the country who arc
now for a brief period permitted te
demonstrate their unfitness for gov.
ernment and their lack of that strons
element so necessary in a country likf
ours-common sense.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-18

In Kidding the city of its vice dens
the police have set an example for
other municipalities. In preventing
their return they have demonstrated
that il is possible for a city to exist
without them and have proved that
the police force of any city can be
of more use in preventing crime than
in detecting 1t.
The Colonel need not worry over the
doubtful problem of segregation. So
long as he and his officers keep Har-
risburg as free from the operations of
commercialized vice as at present they
will have done we'll enough to satisfy
most people.