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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-23
REINFORCED CONCRETE BRIDGE,
OVER C0NN0R's CREEK Al
WATERLOO STREET.

Specifications on file In this office. D
fed check In the sum Of $500 with the
Department OF Public Works. before
the proposals. are opened, conditioner!
they will, within i've days after being
awarded the contract by the Depart
ment, enter into contract with surety
company bond In the full estimated.
amount OF contract.
Checks and proposals TO be placed In
separate envelopes.
posals IL expressly reserved. ~.
All proposals. to be made I'm dupif-
SasS GEO. H. FENKELL,
k.1O1O Commissioners.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-23
DEPT. OF PusLIc WORKS
Nov. -, 1914
PROPOSALS FOR
REINFORCED CONCRETE
BRIDGE

the offce OF the Department OF Public'
Works, Detroit, Mich, until Tuesday,,
Nov. "a, 1914. at 10 o'clock q. m. stand
ard time. at which time and place they
will be opened. for building
Evening star., 1914-04-19

ilshting, hand-wrestling, cockfighting and
drum and bugle work. Our ball team
challenges any scout team in the District
OF Columbia. The last part of our meet
ing was the best. Mrs. Eggleston, Mrs.
Galloway and Mrs. Smith. assisted by
the Girl Scouts. had cocoa and cakes
Tor US Votes of thanks were given to
Dr Clark. Mr.. Adams and DIR. Galloway
Tor the lecture.
Troop No. SO.
At our meeting Friday Scout Commits
sioner Martin gave us short talk. in
which he complimented our troop on the
banner which we won. Scoutmaster H.
]. Bowles Of Troop No. told us about
the close second which was attained by
his troop: but some one has to be second,
therefore, he should worry" Mr.. Vol
entfne of New York also visited our troop
at this meeting.
There was new patrol added to our
troop at the last meeting. the name of
which is the Lion" patrol. in which
are Graeme T. Smallwood patrol leader
probably John Maher for assistant. and
the following boys: Harold Walker. Bert
ram Hackenberger. Idrys Evans, Tom
Sheridan. Milton Price. Edmund Hemp
hill. Louis Brown and Ralph Howe.
other patrols as follows: In the Bear
Patrol. Charles Thurtell. patrol leader
Gerald Swan, assistant; the others are
Hartley Fellows. George Suter. Albert
Alleman. Steward Carpenter. James Grant
and Edward Noetzel. In the Eagle Pa
troll, Robert Ensslin. patrol leader. and
Arthur Blakeslee. assistant the others
are. Angus Watson. Dean Davis. Stewart
Coates, Ralph Harris. Ralph Miller and
Wilson Taylor. Our troop is ready for
tennis tournament with any other
troop in Washington. Address tennis
manager, $3.50 10th street northwest.
Evening star., 1914-04-19
Girl Scouts.

The scout captains of the Girl Scouts
held a meeting Friday morning at the
parish hall of Epiphany Church, dis
cussing the various problems in the
troops and plans for the future 1t was
decided that a regular plan of work
shall be followed each month, and to
have the program different at each meet
ing. One meeting will be devoted to
drilling and semaphore, one to cooking.
one to first aid and the fourth meeting
the afternoon will discuss the business
affairs of the troop and review the work
accomplished during the month.
Mrs. J. D. Eggleston. scout captain of
Troop No 5, Takoma Park, delivered an
invitation from Fred l.. Harris, scout
master of Troop No. 81, Takoma Park
to the scout captains to visit Woodside,
near Takoma Park
A roll was taken of the troops, and the
number of Girl Scouts now in the Wash
ington organization is 1O7. The first
troop to organize was Troop No. ], un-
of December, and the captains feel very
much gratifed that the growth of the
work has been SO steady in these four
months.
1t was reported at this meeting that
there are two other groups that will
soon form and organize themselves
into Girl Scout troops.
The Congress Heights Troop met
Tuesday afternoon at the home of Miss
Lulu Boyer and elected Miss Grayce
Newcomb secretary. The girls are pre-
pairing for their tenderfoot eXamina
ton, and are taking their first hike
today.
Troop No. 5 of Takoma Park held
it's last meeting in the Boy Scout Hall
through the courtesy of the Boy
Scouts. \ business meeting was held
first, when reports We're read, and this
was followed by lessons in knot ty-
ing and Semaphore. Miss Josephine
Lincoln and Miss Norma Van Ruth
were appointed orderlies. Part of the
afternoon was spent in enjoying a hike
in the woods.
Troop No. l, with its captain, Mrs.
Giles Scott Rafter. is enjoying a short
camp today at lodge up the river.
The members left yesterday morning
at 8 o'clock. and will return this after
noon.
The troop organized recently under
Mrs. NJ. B. Foster will have only one
patrol. Miss Katherine Dyer has been
elected patrol leader. Miss Martha
Eldredge, corporal: Miss Margaret F'os-
ter, treasurer; Miss Martha Dyer. sec
retary, and Miss Marie Duffy, doctor"
Evening star., 1914-04-19
Personal to Rivermen.

Capt. George Tull, formerly master of
the schooner Alice Hodges. in the bay
trade. has been appointed master of
the schooner Charles S. Rohde Of the
Wimsatt fleet of this city. to succeed
Capt Collins. who recently relinquished
command of the schooner. Capt. Tull
will tomorrow report aboard the Rohde,
which is lying at an Eastern branch
wharf. and will take her to the Rap
pahannock river to load grain for
North Carolina.
P. T. Simmons Of Charles county. Md,
who was in the city on business trip.
yesterday returned to his home aboard
a river line steamer.
Chief Engineer Fitzgerald of the Po-
tomac- and Chesapeake line. is aboard
the steamer Frederick de Bary. on her
way to this city from Jacksonville. for
service on the Potomac river
A. l.. Clarke Of L. A. Clarke & Son
who has been in Richmond on busi-
ness trip has returned and was at his
office on the 10th street wharf yester-
day afternoon.
Capt. Charles kirwan. the new mas
ter of the schooner May and Anna Bes-
wick. will today take charge of the
vessel. lying at the 9Th street wharf.
Evening star., 1914-04-19
INDUSTRIAL WORKERS
IN NEED OF TRAINING
Efficiency Is Declared to Be Most
Pressing Requirement Of the
Present Age.

Practical education. both in school and
in shop, for the man who works with his
hands, is one Of our greatest national
needs, according to a statement issued
Yesterday by c. A. Prosser, secretary of
the National Society for the Promotion
of Industrial Education, of 1O5 East I'D
street. New York. and member of the
national commission recently appointed
to investigate vocational training condi-
tions in this country and report the
findings of Congress.
Many business men of this country will
meet at a dinner in the Hotel Biltmore.
New York city, Tuesday evening, April
2s. to discuss this subject Among those
who have signifed their intention of at
tending are R. Fulton Cutting. William
Jay Schieffelin. Jacob Schiff. Felix NJ.
Warburg, Union N Bethel and V. Everit
Macy.
Seven Million Workers.
Mr.. Prosser said, in part:
ut is estimated that 100000 persons
are engaged in industrial work in this
country. 1t is safe to say that 6.sOnNOO
Of these work with their handA This
group is greatly in need of training. so
that each worker may grow, and with
his growth increase his earning capacity
for his own welfare and in order to
make his own contribution, however
small. to national prosperity.
THAT there has been a pressing need
for industrial education for these people
has long been recognized In this country.
The federal government recognized it
more than fifty years ago BY a law
nd cixr Nv A hrq hay m
Lincoln it provided for the expenditure
of funds to maintain such education. The
majority of the states are accustomed to
paving for the support of technical edu-
cation. Practically every state main
tains an agricultural and mechanical col
lege where students may receive instruc-
ton without the payment of tuition fees
These institutions train technical leaders
and train them well. But we have yet to
reach the great mass of wage-earners
and prepare them for their tasks. We
have been fifty years or more arriving at
a realization Of this great need and We
will be fifty years more in meeting it.
This demonstrates the great necessity of
beginning at once to meet the situation.
Age Cries for Efficiency.
This age. more than any other age, is
crying out for efficiency. This is the po-
tent reason why We are beginning to feel
the great need of industrial education in
this country The American manufac-
turer has prospered in the past because
of four factors-0 abundance of raw ma
terial. (2) the inventive genius of the peo-
pie. (3) our organizing ability. leading to
productions on a large scale. and % the
great body of cheap foreign labor. We
have been wasteful of our natural re-
sources, and now We are beginning to see
the end of this prof1gate waste We can
not continue to draw Indefinitely on
Europe for cheap labor In the proper
ton that our resource factor fails, so
must we increase the efficiency of hu-
man labor. That day is now on The
trouble with the American people is that
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they usually get ready for things when it

they usually get ready for things when IT
IS too late.
1T is characteristic OF the American
people that in their optimism they usual
ly wake up to situations when it is too
late. We are beginning now to feel the
press of our needs and to take some ac-
ton to remedy them. Germany has been
at II for thirty years and therefore has a
lead of thirty years over us. The Amer
lean manufacturer of today is not alive to
the thing. Few are giving more than lip
service to the idea. 1t is felt that they
will not cooperate until the situation be-
comes acute. The National Society for
the Promotion of Industrial Education
has been sounding the warning for seven
years"
Evening star., 1914-04-19
Worlds Sunday Schools
Plan Gigantic Survey.

dan lands reported that it had resolved
to undertake a gigantic and compre-
hensive survey of Mohammedanism in
Asia and Africa: in fact. throughout
the entire Moslem world. The pre-
liminary operations began in this
country last February under the di-
rection of a committee composed of
Bishop John G. Hartzell. Methodist
bishop in Africa: DIR. S. NJ Zwemer of
Egypt and DR.: L. F. Frease of North
Africa
The survey will be along thorough
scientific lines probing into the eco
nomics. sociology, biology, philosophy,
spirituality and politics of Moham-
media nism everywhere. The survey will
be directed by II. ]. Heinz. f. h War
rem and Marion Lawrence. There will
be a general secretary in Cairo. with
othe- secretaries in Egypt, Turkey and
Albania.
This is the most monumental work of
its kind ever attempted in the history
of the world 1t will take years. of
course. and require a great deal of
money. The work will be absolutely in
terdenominational. and all the mission
aries in the field. natives as well as
white. will assist in gathering the COM
plex data under the guidance of eX-
perts. The principal object of the sur
vey is to get at the rising generation
of MohaDlmedans. There are 10000. 900
growing Moslem children. it is esti-
mated. and the Christians feel that by
giving schooling in place of ignorance
health instead of disease and wide
spread infant mortality, charity instead
of cruelty. that the Moslems of tomor-
row will be won over to the Cross.
Thus, a mighty crusade has started.
The hearts of the Protestants leap with
crusader enthusiasm. Well they may
For the Mohammedans to a man still
believe that there is no God but Allah,
with Mohammed as his prophet. and one
of the Islamc watchwords is: "The
gate to paradise lies between drawn
swords
Evening star., 1914-04-19
To Serve With German Army.

Capt. Berkeley Enochs, 9th Infantry.
has been selected for a years service
with a German infantry regiment. be-
ginning next fall. The German govern
ment had given authority to send four
infantry officers and one cavalry officer
to duty with German regiments, but, ow-
ing to the exigencies of the service. Capt.
E.nochs is the only one to be detailed for
the present.
Evening star., 1914-04-19

eight weeks for L. cents per pupil. Many
petty kings Christian leaders
presiding over assem- nblages of 1000 or
more and acting as Sunday school su-
perintendents. One Egyptian gave free
food and shelter to 400 fellow workers
for week during a conference Many
other instances of native enthusiasm are
cited.
Evening star., 1914-04-19
CROSS VERSUS CRESCENT
III.-The Fight for Africa.
By Frederic J. Haskin.

Africa for Cod This is the latest
slogan of the Christian churches. They
now hold that the capture of the dark
continent and the conversion of the Ma
hommedan world is next in Importance
to the Christianizing of the republic of
China, 4ooHncGo Some close observers
believe that the conversion of tathay 5
Confucianists Buddhists and Taosts is
ONLY Of secondary importance in com
parison tn the monumental task of chang
ing the faith of nearly ;;gD.mE.tt6 Mos
lens and in giving Christianity to i"p,-
so.ooo Africans who have no religion at
all. At last it is recognized that Islam is
a vital and dangerous world power. To
capture Africa the Christians will have
TO fight their way back over territory
they occupied ~, years before Mahom-
mechanism was conceived in the brain Of
an Arabian grain merchant. and they will
have TO do ii in the face of the fact that
for one Christian in Africa today there
are 100 Moslems.
Africa is worth saving 1t has mix
ed population of somewhere in the neigh
borhood of 1SDONa. eco In area il is four
times the size of the United States.
1t is 4.ogI miles long and in width il eN-
pands to 4.0Co miles at the widest point.
miles. 1t is as rich in gold it is in
souls. 1t produces diamonds. ivory. mag
niticent timber and wonderful fruits and
vegetables. In faUna and fora it IS q
world by itself, and every variety OF
climate holds forth within its borders.
Two generations ago Victor tiGgo said:
In the twentieth century Africa will he
the cynosure of all eyes Europe will
make Il world out of Africa. The lead
ing European nations are already on the
job As explorers and administrators, hut
the real boss of Africa is the Mahomme
dan Arab.
When the blood thirsty cohorts of is
lam invaded northern Africa in the
seventh countr. they found Christians
snuSly entrenchcd With 90 bishoprics, ac-
cording to ancient chronicles. which
means that they had many thousands
of African converts. Fourteen times the
fiery sors of MahOmct tried to suppress
Christianity b. wholesale massacres of
men. women and children. Officially the
heads Of the hated faith We're driven out
each time hut the Catholics hravelv
STAYED in Tunis and Carthage for 800
years after the first INVASION. BY pillage.
murder and the siavc trade the Moslems
first desolated nortu Africa. The north
central part of the country next at
tracted their efficient attention. and with
in century they had penetrated the
heart of the continent. ard some had
even pushed 9 periloUs and ard;'oi way
clear across TO south central parts.
* =
Evening star., 1914-04-19
To Mark Confederate Graves.

DR.. Samuel f. Lewis, practicing ply
sician of this city. has been appointed by
Secretary Garrison a commissioner to
supervise the work of marking the graves
of Confederate soldiers and sailors in ma
tional cemeteries and federal military
stations throughout the country. as di-
rected by the act approved March IA,
1914. DIR. Lewis was surgeon in the
Confederate army during the civil war
and is now commander Of the Charles
Broadway Rouss Camp Of Confederate
Veterans.
Evening star., 1914-04-19
Something in Ethics
Striking to Christians.

veris to stand erect and look the world
in the face as never before. Mohammed
said: 81 admonish you to fear God and
yield obedience to my successor. although
he may be a black slave" One of the
most powerful men in Mosem history is
Billal a full-blooded black, who became
chief caller TO prayer position not
unlike that of prime minister grand
vizier in temporal state. Mos, Moslem
missionaries in Africa are sent out by
the famous University of Cairo, which
Is 900 years old and has an average
enrolment of 10000 students.
On the other hand, the Christians claim
that the Mohammedanism Of the so,oooo0o
Africans enrolled under the Green Ban
ner is only skin deep They also say
that Islam is bound up with the odious
slave trade and that when the powers
suppress the traffic the growth of Moham-
mechanism will stop also. The time has
passed. they believe. when Africans Will
have to stay without the Christian fold
for fear of the Moslem sword They
trust and believe that the holy wars of
Islam in Africa are over forever. The
fact that Africans differ widely. they
feel, gives them an even break
There six kinds of Africans. rang
ing from the Hamitc Egyptians and
Copts: the Berbers OF the Barbary stat
NhO are mixed with ARABS, IurkS ana
Negroes: the light brown and powerful
Nuba Fulah group; the negroes along the
west coast: the Zulu kaffir race. rep
resenting nearly one-fourth OF the conti-
nents total population, being black. but
more intelligent than the full Negroes
and the Iiottentots, the lowest form of
man.
The Protestant churches have laid a
good foundation for the coming more
less united campaign in Africa. They
have 3.4to white missionaries there as
sisted by 13.osa trained and qualified
native aids. Their SDO.OU communicates
anG adherents are minstered to from
500 places of worship. There are 1850
schools. where instruction is given to
An.p1 native scholars. Over 100 hos
pitals are inaintainef. and the natives
are learning to 90 to them for relief
Mama. training and gardening are 'beiDa
taISht over wide areas. Good schooiins;
is given for ten weeks for u cents, anu
the remote village schools operate for
Evening star., 1914-04-19
RAW MILK and CREAM

are of all single causes the most
prolific for the production of
diseases. --.-.
Ill health or lack of cleanll-
ness among dairy hands. stable
dirt, soiled utensils, impure
rinsing water. together with the
warmth and dust Of the stable.
are the principal causes of con-
tamination. and, as milk is the
best known medium for breed
ing germs, these rapidly multiply
into many millions
Tuberculosis, scarlet fever,
diphtheIia. septic sore throat.
and notably typhoid and other
intestinal diseases. are often
caused by raw milk and cream,
and no amount of inspection
can be relied upon to prevent
milk contamination at all ttnes.
The only reliable means for
preventing milk infections is
pasteuriZation. and this simple
treatment does not change the
character of the milk nor affect
its nutritive value or its digesti-
bility.
We can home-pasteurize milk
by bringing it to near boiling.
then cool, and keep cold and
covered until used.
Even entirely healthy persons
who would ordinarily not be
affected by impure food. if they
continue drinking impure milk
and cream long enough will
eventually undermine their
natural resistance and become
subject to attacks of sickness.
the underlying cause of which
is usually not suspected.
But children. sick people and
all who are in a rundown con-
dition. should in particular
never drink raw milk or raw
cream. nor eat ice cream made
Of them. ..
The Health officer of the Dis
trfct of Columbia will furnish
free information as to the
average grade of safety of the
milk and cream, raw or pas
teurized. sold by any milk
dealer in this city.
Evening star., 1914-04-19
Dismissed From Marine Corps,

ment that First Lieut.. Benjamin A.
Lewis. L. S. NJ. C., has been dismissed
the service. He was recently tried by
general court-martial at the navy yard.
Bremerton. Wash, Oil the charge of
scandalous conduct. including intoxica-
ton.
Evening star., 1914-04-19
Society for Prevention Of Sickness
E. eEAllAER. sserssarJ

The Bulletins of the Society
for Prevention of Sickness,
signed by MIR. f.. Berliner. are
based on much careful study.
and they deserve the attention
of the public. for whose benefit
they are issued. 49,.
Gen. GEO. NJ. STERNBERG,
tSurSeon General, u. S. Army,
Tetired).
DIR. GEO. NJ. kOBER.
prof. of Hygiene, Georgetown
University.
Evening star., 1914-04-19

1t matters little what it is that you
want-whether situation or a servant
want ad in The Star will reach the
person who will fill your need.
Evening star., 1914-04-19

Miss Ruth Huntington Smith of Ur-
banna, Va. and Gather w. Knott Of
Henderson, n c.. were married Wednes-
day at the Baptist Church at Urbanna.
Evening star., 1914-04-19
Mahommedanism Is
Everywhere in Africa.

rear II is even said that three-fourths
of the recruits to Mahommedanisn are
through conviction rather than by BIRTH
right from father tn son. DIR. B1yden.
British authority on Islam and Africa.
declares that ''one-half of Africa is Islam.
one-fourth is leavened by it. and one
fourth is threatened by it" Today there
are so,GGo,GlO Mahommedans in Africa.
OF Christians there are about StN.C0o. OF
these only 25ool0 are full-fiedged mem
bers or commandments. the other 5'0.on
being 'adherentS or probationary ap-
plicants The bulk of Christianitys soul
saving has been in Uganda and the cape
colony.
The Moha mmedan method Of inpartng
their faith to the benghted natives has
been to lay siege to the principal town
of district. The chief or king was
offered the alternative Of swearing fealty
to Islam or to have his entire tribe
massacred or ensiaved. As rule, the
native kings learned by bitter experience
to embrace the militant religion. All trey
had to do was to announce with ier'or
that There is no God but Allah. and
Mohammed is his Prophet" An addition
al convenience was that this confession of
faith operated automatically to forgive
all previous sins. The conversion of a
king in this manner meant the enrolment
of his entire tribe as new lambs IN the
Moslern fold.
Coincident with the spread of Moham-
mechanism in Africa has always been the
slave trade Arabs have in the past
sold millions of slaves and killed as many
millions more. Their favorite scheme
was to gather ivory and to force the
blacks to carry il to the seacoast. where
both ivory and blacks were sold. In
days gone by Tifraf Europeans and
Americans We're not above participating
in this inhunlan traffic.
Mohammedan promises sf immunity
from slavery have been another potent
reason for the acceptance Of the Moslem
creed almost en- masse in many African
districts. OF course. this promise could
not always be kept. at least thousands
of Africa's Islamites must have been
sold into slavery, according to modern
accounts. Nevertheless. preference has
always been shown to converts, and
many natives as well as Arabs who made
prostrations toward Mecca, have become
wealthy and powerful. For instance
there is the case of Tippu Tib. who rose
from petty CRATER and modest SLAYER
to millionaire potentate at the head of
20O0 well drilled and fully armed soldiers
Arab missionaries in Africa teach equal
ity and this appeal to the latent man
hood of the natives wins ready response
II is the testimony of even Christian
Evening star., 1914-04-19

When the worlds Sunday school con-
vention met in Zurich last summer the
confiuna-
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Today Mahommedanism is everywhere
in Africa. Missionaries of Christ declare
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IL is the testimony of even Christian
missionaries that there is something
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First and second class examinations
were given to about thirty -eight boys
Friday, at the old Washington Golf Club
grounds, Rosslyn, Va
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which has been recently purchased were
loaded with camp material and started
on their journey to the camp site near
Chesapeake Beach Friday morning at
daybreak
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ton COM
mittee on
N1ohnm,ne-
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A troop of Boy Scouts from Montclair,
n. j.. visited Washington Thursday,
Friday and Saturday