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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-18
WAGON CRUSHES
OUT BOYS LIFE
Little mike" Kosdick Falls To
Death Under Wheels Of
Trailer"

Mike" Kosdick. nine years old, Of
No. 1929 Riopelle-st., was crushed to
death by O dirt wagon near his home,
Monday afternoon. falling beneath
the wheels of trailer" being towed
by a wagon driven by William Koss.
of No. S34 Riopelle-st.
The little boy had climbed on the
tongue of the rear wagon. unseen by
Koss, II is said, and fell OF, the rear
wagon passing over his body He
died as he was being carried into q
nearby drug store.
Koss was taken into custody, to
make a statement to the police. and
will not be held. as the police believe
that he was blameless.
Coroner Rothacher Is also making
an investigation.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-18
WATER BOARD men
FIRED AND RETIRED
Commission Finds Means of
Strictly Conforming to Civil
Service Law

That the civil service law, hitherto
ignored, might be strictly conformed
to. 16 office employees of the water
board and about q dozen outside men
all Of whom had been appointed since
the adoption OF civil service in the
departments OF the city government
were fired" and rehired. Saturday
and were at work as usual Monday
morning. The affairs of the office are
not In the best of condition, especially
as to the state of the records kept
These are In some cases about year
behind hand. The general confusion
has not been lessened by the frequent
changes In the force which have tax
en- place In the last year or two.
For this reason, II Is considered
necessary to keep all of the men ar
fected In the employment Of the board
at least for a time. They were re
employed under the emergency clause
of the civil service law, which per
mits the board to hire men for not
more than 60 days without an exami
nation. II Is supposed that the men
WhO oAC hOW CuhPhoyCu eohApSAeAAy
will be required to pass a regular civil
service examination sometime in the
next three months.
The men on the Office force who re
ceived papers OF dismissal, Saturday
were Walter Dill, B. " Walton, j
Sullivan, III. t. Meeks. c. L. Duskey
j. ]. Cromie. Richard McCarty. A.
Browbeer. John Mccormick. M. Pet
cold, David Campbell. Philo Hall. Ale,
Stevenson. Harry Streng, and Arthur
Dingeman. Their dismissal was
however, merely formal affair.
The committee which has beer
authorized by the board to pass upon
the question OF the amounts Of bacl
pay which will be awarded to the
men who recently we're reinstated BY
the action of the supreme court had
not completed its consideration OF the
matter Monday morning.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-18

PRODUCE MARKET

Commission men reported the usual
I[xht Monday morning receipts. and an
NE demand does not develop very
11rly on that day the market appears
1Iot Tomatoes are being brought IN
~ nearby growers In considerable
1ontify now. and the market 10 get
NO down to its summer level The
U<tor. egg and poultry markets were
<oody. the latter being a little easy
tone The sugar market Is holding
n the last advance. and provisions are
10 sharply higher.
49, NEW, 1scosi-ss per su. $50
>Sssse oood shipping stock. sIss
- Dried ETs, sMose per II
E Ir1ovv -1lichiGan. large. 700 CSC:
n| {o01sc per dox.
S&>Ses-Si.Ssof.Io psr Dbl.
a rcre-WhoIesale prices; New York.
like: limburEer, ta3isHc: ds.
Ssss' Ions horns. isxel
- tssass :s.sns. s1.sseass
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-18
new FOOD Law
TO Be ENFORCED
STARTING SEPT. l
Weight of All Products Offered
for Sale Must Be Stamped
On Containers z.
INSPECTORS WARN
POPCORN VENDORS
Must Throw "Buttered" Sign In
to Discard If They're Using
"Oleo" Instead

Manufacturers the state over seem
to have misunderstood the law passed
by the state legislature Aug. IL, 1918.
governing the stamping OF contents
on all goods sold In containers. This
will cause no little Inconvenience and
annoyance TO the inspectors OF the
state dairy and food department after
Sept. /, when they attempt to enforce
the law.
AS drafted, the law provided that
the weight Of all goods should be
stamped on the container. To give
the jobbers and retailers an oppor-
tunity to sell the great quantities OF
unstamped goods on their shelves
they were allowed until Sept. 1. 1914.
before any prosecutions would be
made for infractions Of the law. The
manufacture OF such goods. without.
the containers being stamped, was
prohibited after Jan. /. 1914. Seem
ingly the manufacturers have miscon-
strued the law. and think that they
may send out their goods unstamped
until Sept. I.
The state dairy and food depart.
ment Is determined to prevent all
manufacturers committing any In
fraction OF the law, and the bakers.
especially. will be visited, In an eff
fort to enforce the stamping OF all
containers. Many manufacturers OF
catsups and meat relishes have been
most fragrant In their violation Of the
law In this respect. Inspector Andrew
Rake discovered one bottle OF catsup,
sold as u six-ounce bottle, that con-
tanned less than three ounces. Bot
tie and all weighed less than six
ounces. II ie to prevent the public
being thus imposed upon that the law
In question was passed.
Inspector Hulscher, while on his
rounds, discovered a peck Of potatoes
wrapped ready for delivery to a Gus
toner that weighed only IL pounds,
four pounds short Of its proper
weight He confiscated the potatoes,
and warned the dealer to secure the
proper measures.
That hot buttered popcorn" sold
In the streets and parks was not but.
tered at all. but "oleoed." was tho
discovery made by Inspector Light
hill, Sunday. Fully nine-tenths Of the
dealers were using oleomargarine and
renovated butter. He ordered them
to take down the "buttered" sign. or
change their brand Of butter"
The Breslau police examine about
| two hundred moving picture films q
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-18
GRADE SEPARATION
HEARINGS POSTPONED

Hearing before the state railroad
commission of Detroit's grade separa-
ton problems has been postponed un-
I'll Oct. 81. The original date OF the
hearing was Aug. rs. Inability Of az
torneys for the Grand Trunk railroad
TO attend was given az the cause OF
the postponement.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-18

his message TO the common councii
Mayor Pingree used practically this
language: While we were all look
ing for way to circumyent the COM
moved. the president OF the board OF
works fJohn McXicar}- came to the
front. pointed the way. and did the
work
"In those days, we did things. And
j think there are things that should
be done In the present case, and done
right away
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-18
DIES WRITING POEM;
DEATH" is LAST WORD

Working on poem on Thought"
II. L. Hart, superintendent OF con.
struction on the new Wagner Baking
Co. building at Grand Riverave. and
Bagg-st.. dropped dead in his room
In the Imperial hotel, No. so Colum.
blast. west. some time Sunday night,
an unfinished line, ending with the
word death" indicating the grim
prophecy in his writing. His body
was found Monday noon.
Hart was employed by the Lar
roewe Construction Co. OF Chicago. He
lived at No. 1896 Chase-st.. Chicago.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-18
Loiterers Given Six Months.

Earl johnson and Ray Smith. Ne
groes. arrested by Detectives Brooks
and Bolone on the charge OF pander-
ing, we're taken before Judge Con-
molly under the lettering" ordinance,
Monday, and we're each sent to the
workhouse for six months in default
OF $500 fines.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-18
Robbed Of $500 Watch.

Preston MacDiarmid. Of the Mac
Diarmid Candy Co., No. FL Wood
ward-ave.. reported to the police that
he was robbed of his 5000 watch
while on an excursion to Bots Blanc
park.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-18
GAIN AND PROVISIONS

DETnOIT. Aug 17.--ciose: Wheat
NJ steady opening on Monday fol-
8wnd ~ an easy tone ind decline
1omo Of the export trouble Is over: .
11<Ie wheat has been exported 10 Eng
p 116 end they are not In present need.
FRANCE. Italy and Belgium want a ios
q xhsst but arrangemsnss for r imam,
e xants credit and 30 does italy IL salts
Xnct0ry ARRANGEMENTS can be made TOT
the money part IL H. believed that there
( VII be little trouble In making the
shipments a. ships are again operating
cutie freely The wants OF Europe are
very heavy and dealers anticipate no
trouble In placing the American sur
N liverpool reported wheat under pres
ouro and further weakened by lower
Sdm Es Rm nasssi snd .psins crop
rivals are large and cargoes are cost.
8 Ing less money Spot wheat was @sd
;1oorts into the United Kingdom this
90 barrels OF nour and s.oI4.OOo bu. Of
The American markets were all
rather quiet and easy. weather Is raw
0foblo In the northwest for threshins
( and marketing spring wheat and the
satisfactory. Grain Is still piling up at
oaetern points but lot OF IL IL ex-
( pocted TO 60 out this week. The gen.
flour i n A good demand and mills
Wheat ruled easy during the greater
Ssrs e the s ; sss saurs Sa ia., ciSse
Corn and oats were unchanged.
Beans declined l5c and cioverseed 2sc;
Wheat quotationss Cash No. 2 red;
ehcnGe al ssNo. and declined to CSC;
Decsmbsr opened at sshc and declin.
q 70 sc: Nay opened az si!osH ana AND
Seel hsss e sLo7; NO white. ssc' TO
Cossss grain quotations Germ: Cash
No. 3 $50: No. yellow. SIC: No. yell
Oats: standard. cars at 4s%s: No. .
ySAits ar e aac ne. Nv white nsi hs;
& rs; s cs.s SS No. ! !, w sss. sc.
sass ssipnsnt. ss.M: octoser, sass.
evS psssmbsr ms s, sISt pris .isiss
49,; s.npls aisfke, IL bsss at ss.ss;
TTiSsSssy; p H,,.. .. .ees, Z III, Il
Receipts in the Detroit market Mon
1ay included 1000 bbls. Of neur. 20
eefl u wheat. IL OF corn. % Of oats.
xsss . Zoo .s Ss,s. 81 Of h aosr ZOO su q
q re. 6tooks are NC. 500 bs. Of wheat.
=. 81 ga s. Sa o q rye ss's0o so q os''
Llyerpool wheat closed I'd and corn.
s1ein Sss suspended the import duty
On Wheaa. 4
Export OF wheat and -four Mondaa
1.1oos0oO bu.
~ wheat receipts Monday: Duluth. II
ears, against ID year ago: Minneap-
oils. 6o4 cars against Al: Winpipeg. 104
<era, against 8; Chicago. sss cars.
Wksst on passage is as.oss.ooo bu
against 33.156.000 bu week ago ana
x1.G9e.000 blu. year aGo.
"a Primary wheat receipts were .0et
M. against i,s85.00 bu. year ago.
3 WORLDS wheat exports last week
vere sS4i.o0o bu. against 1850, cool
an year ago.
liverpool wheat stocks Increased
14<.o0 blu. last week
x Minneapolis wheat stocks decreased
100000 bu. In two days.
CHICAGO GRAIN.
s CHICAGO. Aug. 17.--Opentng -
Wheat: September down Nc; Decem-
her down &c; May down No. Corn:
4eptember down. sc; December down
Ne: May down &c. Oats: September
DOWN &c; December down NC: May
Gown No. Provisions: Steady TO low
e .fsN 5ttf 4 't
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-18
TOLEDO GRAN

TOLEDO. Aug. i7.--Wheat: Cash.
SIC; September. ssc: December. ssIsc.
Corn: Cash, s6hc; September, s5c:
December, 71hc. Oats: Cash. 42Hc @:
September, f3&c; December, 77Hc.
Rye: Cash. SEC Cloverseed. Cash.
{lO.bot October and December. $1,000.
Aisike Cash. ~. Butter, eggs and
hay: Unchanged.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-18

A gigantic gas chandelier installed
in Atlanta sheds glow Of more than
10, O00-candle power from Is powerful
lamps.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-18
LIvEsTOCK
HAST BUYFALO LIVE STOCK.
IA nunna~g = Dtuvons, ReuOrt.

East BUFFALO. n, Y Aug. IL
FD{tle: Receipta 5000 head; market
4S91sc lover; prime steers. as0s.D;
81 s.yC hsiisrs 80. I. s , n and
Skesp: kscsApfs, S,boS head: market
1ow: top lambs, Ss.6o4e15; yearlings
&4v7: wethers, So; 2b@6S; ewes. $50
NJ calves. s6@11.5o.
UNION STOCK YARDS. CHICAGO.
. CHICAGO, Aug. 17.--Hogs: Receipts
co head: market, weak, 10016,
)Rors. mixed and butchers. 3s:609s.25
~ heavy, IS:6o921s: rough heavy
.ttI i,sht k. sIsSs, ,oo Bds' s :.
&f1yot slow, 10016c lower: beeves
.I60fO.40: COWS and heifers, $500
I0{ 6tockers and feeders, S6.6OWGI5
<6na e6.300166; calves. eS25011s so
o4D: Recefptg. 10000 head. market
ook 1oQ20c lower; native, {sI5Qe;
{srn }ssstsS$ss,s. lambs ss-so0s4o;
cLnvELAND LIVE STOCK.
cLEvELAND Aug; 17.Hogs: Re.
Rs n as.S iSS5se pl Even and yGi ssss
10; roughs. $3.50: stays. $726. Cat
y: Receipts. so cars. strong. Sheep
~ LAMBDA Receipts. Is cars; 10c
DWor: lambs. $3.50 top. Calves: Re-
Iolp<e, 32s; steady. top. si2.
TOLEDO LIVE STOCK.
TOLEDO. Aug. 17,--Hogs: Receipts,
1e: market. lo@2be lower: heavies.
t1S0e2o: mediums. ss.2o@s.s5;
$>raserSs e., ts,socsss; !. COED Cd pigs s.sog
>uo hn Market4 eteadv
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-18

The following firms are pr,vi-
legged to execute orders on the
Exchange; Carlyle q Povah, w. A.
Hamlin q Co. II. w. Noble q Co.
w. =. Moss q Co.. Lewis q. Gorton.
q Co. II. s. Warren a Co, VIM. n.
Rose q Co. w. A. Neer 4 Co. w.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-18

<l1IoAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
CHICAGO, Aug. 1T.--wheat was
more than lie lower in the early trad
E8t Liverpool, and In the first half hour
Mere was scarcely any demand.
U6y1xkG IN CORN WkS quite general
aud An the nrst half hour prices were
<xonoraIly Ac lower. Buying began on
s 20 decline and the downward move
Dent Was checked. temporarily At
no. ne other grains. In a duh mar
IrovisSons opened tame and lower
~ account Of lower hog prices at the
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-18

Vacuum carafes. permanently In.
ldisband the "ice water brigade
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-18

The Breslau police examine about
two hundred moving picture films
week
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-18
BUTTER AND EGGS.

Butter-Creamery extra. 2sc: frsts.
per Id.
Ewgs-Fresh receipts. cases included,
nrsts, 73hc. current receipts. 22hc per
doz.; receipts Monday. s24 cases
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-15

Lord Farrer's committee recommended that the limit should be raised, but that would have required legislation and the government took the view that the field for ordinary insurance was amply covered and refused to raise the limit.
 The committee recommended that something should be done to induce workingmen to set aside a few pence week for life insurance and our new system of payment by small week 1y installments-which can be paid in stamps-has been introduced as re- suit of this.
 "The premiums now range from 4 cents to 12 cents week. and all pay ments cease at the age of so. For in- stance, a payment of 4 cents a week beginning at age 15 will insure the payment of about $101 at sdeath-the exact sum in English money is f20-5 -12 cents a week beginning at the same age will insure the payment at death cf f76-about $3S0---4 cents d week beginning at age 40 will pay for f7-1s--about s39.50--at death and 12 cents f29-16-about $149.
 Applications from those who desire to invest more than 12 cents week in Insurance will be specially dealt with and under this part of the scheme persons or either sex between the ages II and 30 are eligible
 The controller then handed me a copy of the circular which has just been issued to savings bank deposit tors. After setting out the table of rates and other particulars the cir cular goes on as follows:
 Do you feel that you ought to in- sure yorr fife?
 Have you enough resolution to set aside few pence every week for this purpose,
 If so. the postmaster general. whd does not employ canvassers or col lectors, desires to call your attention to a new system under which you may
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-15

value or the alternative of a paid-up policy for an amount equivalent to tue surrender value. Insured persons may reside in any part of the world without being called on to pay any extra pre- miums.
 ''The premiums are payable hv means or ordinary postage stamps to be affixed weekly In premium book by the lhsufeu person. At the end of each quarter tne book Is presented at a postoffice ana the officer receiving 1t tears out the SID bearing the stamps and gives receipt Tor the amount paid. This receipt, which IS on a counterfeit in the book, bears the office stamp, and is the insured person evidence of payment.
 We have in the postoffice all the ma chinery for doing the biggest insurance business in the world, and the success of the scheme depends on the common sense of the workingman himself We purpose at present to conine ourselves to the small policy, and we hope that the people of small means will see the advantage of doing business with us
 How slow the British work ingman has been to see the advantages Is shown by the following figures: In 1866, the first year of the scheme. 62l contracts were written for $23o 3o5. Tn 1903 the new business was 677 con- tracts for s1S7.66O. In 1912, the last year for which figures are available, there were only 315 new contracts for a total of $s7 7,620. The total number of contracts in force at the end of 1912 was 12,549 their total value be- ing s3,53S.520
 All sorts of objections to the scheme are urged by the insurance companies, and a campaign crying down the gov ernment insurance has been begun. Here Is the opinion of William School ing, who is probably the greatest in- surance expert in England:
 "It Is no easy to compare the post office terms with those of industrial
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-15
By JOHN s. STEELE

pay your premiums in weekly install ments and secure the following advan- tages
 I. Low rates
 ?. No payments required after age 60. g. Government guarantee.
 4. Generous treatment in the matter of surrender values.
 D. Freedom from restrictions as to resi- dence and occupation.
 G. Free medical examination.
 T. Acceptance without medical examina- ton under certain conditions
 The first step is to apply at postoffice for proposal form. The form contains table showing what amount can be in- sured at death for small weekly pay ments ceasing at age Go. It is simple form to fill up. and any assistance re- quired will be given at the postoffice.
 ."There can be no doubt" said the con troller that the failure of the postoffice life insurance scheme hitherto has been mainly due to the fact that the Postmas- ter General does not employ canvassers or tout for business in any way. The gov ernment knows that it can offer to the special class which pays from 4 cents to 24 cents a week very substantial benefits in the shape of a good return for the money invested.
 For instance. insurance not exceeding s125 can be effected with or without med 1cal examlnation' ADoVe tndt amount ex- animation Is necessary. Tn no case is any fee charged, and the contract issued to those who undergo examinat ation~ provides for full benefit in the event of death after the first quarters premium has been paid. Ir the absence of a medical examination the full amount of the insurance will not be payable until four quarters premiums have been paid, but in the event of death within the first year the full premiums mai will be refunded
 Every contract which has been in force for two years and on which the premiums have been paid. will acquire a surrender
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-15

surance interests were equally powerful with both tory and liberal machines, change of government meant nothing in the way of greater liberty for the insuT- ance department
 Now, however. the department is in- fused with new spirit. Lloyd George s health and unemployment insurance schemes have shown what the state can Go and Jerbert Samuel. who has just been promoted from the postmaster gen eralship to a higher office in the ni- net, had worked out before he left a comprehensive scheme for extending the activities of the branch of his depart ment His work will be continued by his successor, c. E. Hobhouse. As prelimi- nary circulars have been sent to every depostor in the Postoffice Savings bank pointing out the advantages of the state life insurance department. and urging theri to make use of it. Even new, how ever, the power of the insurance com- panies cannot altogether be disregarded and no policy for more than $500 will be issued
 With view to obtaining full particu- lars of the scheme I called on the con- few days ago and asked him to tell me how the scheme had been working in the past and the plans for the future.
 "The governments scheme of insur- ance," he said. was inaugurated as long ago as 1865 and its transfer to the postoffice savings bank took place In 1882. The idea then was that the insured person should have a savings ban kaccount and that his insurance premium should be deducted from this once a year. In theory this system looked attractive, but in practice 1t did not work satisfactorily. and in 1907 a parliamentary committee was set up, l. ..l. r TN.x- t. inquire into the cause of the failure of the scheme.
 We receive many applications from people all over the country for policies for $2500 or 5000, but the postoffice is umitod to amounts not exceeding $500
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-15
The Stone of Infamy

From the Buffalo News
 In many Italian cities there formerly existed what was called "pietra d'in- fannie" or stone of infamy for the punishment of bankrupts In Venice one stands near the Church of St. Mark, and in Verona and Florence they are near the old markets. On a day in carnival week the old time custom was to have all traders who had become bankrupt In the preceding l2 months led to the stone. and one by one each stood on it's center to hear the reading of report of his business failure and to endure the re- breaches heaped on him by his credi-' tors. At the end of certain time each bankrupt was partly undressed. and three officers took hold of his shoulders and three others of his knees and raising him as high as they could. bumped him on the stone delib- erately 12 times lin honor of the l2 apostles" the creditors growing like cocks while the pumping proceeded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-15

I14l6lfj in state whore all were pro yided for provision for ones dependents would be unnecessary. In spite of this 4he efforts of the British postoffice to in- fuse life into it's morbund system of life insurance are being bitterly attacked by the life insurance companies of England, especially the "industrial' concerns, as frank socialism"
 Comparatively few people even in this country know that one can insure ones life with the state and that the prem , iums can be paid weekly. It is fact. however that since 1865 this has been nhe case. The extent of the business done may be judged by statement made few weeks ago by J. Buyers Black, British insurance expert, at an insurance congress at Glasgow, Scotland, in which he declared that for as lorg as he could remember the postoffice insurance scheme had been the standing joke of the insur- ance world. In single year he said, 1t did little more business than one of the great insurance offices would do in day.
 There is no doubt that this criticism is Justified so far as the amount of business done is concerned, but the reason for the 1loribund condition Of the postonice s,9chcne is largely the attitude Of the great insurance companies. AS In the Unitea States. these companies are immensely wealthy and powerful. Their ramifica- tions extend far and wide in the business and political world. and any effort at undue activity by officials connected with the insurance department of the govern- ment have been sternly checked by the higher officials. who in turn no doubt had received hint that no poaching on the preserves of powerful friends of the gov- eEAment would be tolerated. Az the in