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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-09
Death Of Fr. Dooley a
Severe Loss to Detroit

Detroit lost one of her most valuable
<lffSens when FIR. Dooley died.
NJ He was . broad man, of liberal views.
= man Of today and tomorrow rather than
~ yesterday, man intensely interested
~ the life which he saw as well as in the
i6eAl life which, as a priest, he desired
~ Al people.
He possessed tremendous force and
itiative, and he showed it in the man.
;t IN which he built up the University
S&G Detroit, adding law department and
- engineering department to the old
SGoUege.
~ the time of his death, he was
1Gagsd in making plans for augment
I'M BY : $1,000, 900 medical school and
ogpital the university which he loved
~ veil.
h was especially revered by young
kx, because he understood them, sym
hined with them, and was in just az
Nth Of 4 hurry for the world to get
z oWhere rs they are.
81 Ihcee who knew FIR. Dooley best fee
&lGt there II no man whom the com
nl1ulty could less afford to lose.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-09
Municipal Bookkeeping

Last which. you will recall,
included Ave months OF war in
Europe and considerable financial
generalization at home-cities and
states OF the Union borrowed
billion dollars. or something more
than the total funded debt OF the ma.
ton. A large part OF this, IL Is true,
consisted of short-term obligations,
which we're mostly to be met out Of
yearly revenues: but the issues OF
longtime municipal bonds came to
nearly half a tillion. and-notwith-
standing the war-sxceeded the Dor
rowings in any previous year. Long
;lme municipal borrowings In the
last two years come TO nearly as
much as the interest-bearing ma
tionai debt.
For number Of years the pace
has been steadily quickening and no
doubt the check imposed by the war
last fall and winter was only a pass
ing incident At the same time In
terest rates have steadily risen. 30
that the public charge devolved by
municipal borrowing increases not
only because more bonds are issued
but because they bear higher inter
est. In 1901, for example. nearly
twothirds OF all the municipal bonds
issued bore 3 or l.2 per cent. In
1906 nearly two-thirds bore per
cent In 1914 two-thirds bore l-2
or per cent, or a still higher rate.
We may say that virtually all
these bonds are issued for admirable
purposes and represent good invest.
msnts by the community-water
works. pavement. school buildings.
parks and so on--that make ne
community vertically richer; but in
good many communities the book
keeping IL still bad. A uniform and
comparable system OF municipal
bookkeeping. such as the interstate
commerce commission forced on the
railroads. 80 that one city could
check up Its accounts by those OF
some other city similarly situated.
and voter with plain horse sense
could get some intelligent notion as
10 the comparative economy or ex.
travagance OF his local government,
would be worth great deal OF
moDey.-Saturday Evening Post.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-09
HOW TO EXERCISE
sY n. ApoINGToN BRUCE,
Author OF The Riddle OF Personality.
Psychology and Parenthood.' etc.

EVERYBODY knows that physical exercise is
good thing But IL Is not so universally
known that it makes great deal OF diner
enca iust how ones exercise Is taken.
AZ this season OF the year. with it's vacation
period offering exceptional opportunity for ex
ercse II il especially important TO know the
right way OF exercising.
Most essential Of all is recognition that no
form of exercise is truly beneficial that does
not keep the mind ACTIVELY OCCUPIED
friend OF mine once bitterly complained
that on the doctors advice, he had been taxing
stated amount Of exercise every day, bot
without any apparent benefit TO his health.
For two months" he said Il have been
exercising regularly. but am not a bit better
of than when l began
How do you get your exercise? ] asked
him.
In a gymnasium" he replied Il take half
an hour Of dumb-bells and caIisthenics every
afternoon"
But" I pointed out, that is a mere routine
form of exercise II makes no demand on your
imagination, and you perform II In wholly
mechanical way. Naturally IL bores you, and
as a consequence Il exhausts rather than invig-
crates you
Choose some other form OF exercise-some-
thing tina, VIII keep your mind busy-apd III
warrant YOU viii soon cease condemnng your
doctor for the good advice he gave you.
This, indeed. II the great drawback Of gym.
nas'ic exercise X can be performed 80 auto
mstically that it becomes monotonous and I'M
interesting
In addition II leaves the mind free TO wrestle
with the and problems Of everyday life.
And simply because il fails TO provide real
diversion OF mind and TO establish pieasur.
able emotional state. ~ usually fails 10 be truly
! beneficial As eminent medical authority
mas buntly stated:
! You may DO your mnd-and body too-more
/ harm by sheer boredom than you may gain
good from the exercise you go through. The
| dumbbell symbozes th' ict that the most
elementary and obvious u;hS OF psychology
| are still unrecognized"
The same objection applies To walking, which
otherwise Is perhaps the best possible form OF
exercise. Unless man has companion, oi
frequently changes his route. walking for exer
else is likely to become monotonous
| And. like gymnactlc e~" Sc as soon al
walking becomes mon IL leaves the
mind open 70 INVASION suing. harassinf
| thoughts 81 business or -0riic cares.
| Unless. then. you happen TO be. OF train
yourself 10 be. keeniy interested In the sight.
Of the street or the road. 30 constituted
that you find gymnastics source 81 rea
| pleasure, choose some form Of exercise othe
than walking or gymnastics.
4 Choose something-riding. sailing. boxing
Il golf. tennis. baseball. whatever II may be-
appropriate 10 your age and strength. involy
ING the development OF skill. and appealing q
your natural inclinations 90 strongly an TO keel
your mind actively and pleasurably occupied.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-09

now DrD vou DIET.

Did you tackle that trouble that came
With a resolute heart and cheerful >
Or hide your face from the light OF
With a craven soul and fearful
Oh. a trouble IL n ton. or n trouble Is
an ounce.
And II isn't the fact that yosre hurt
that counts.
But only--how did YOU take IT.
You are beaten to earth. Well. well
what's thatr
Come up with n smiling face.
It's nothing against you To fall down
But to lie there-thars Disgrace.
The harder you're thrown. why. the
higher you bounce.
Re proud OF your blackened eve,
IL isn't the fact that you're licked
that counts.
It's how did you light. and why?
And though you've been done to tho
death. what then?
IL you hattlcd the best YOU could
II you played your part In the world
OF men.
why. the Critic viii cali II good.
Death comes with crawl or comes
with pouncc;
And whether he's slow or spry.
II isn't the fact that you're dead that
But oniy~-how did you diey
Edmund Vance Cooke.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-09

In January. this country's export
trade in domestic products was less
by 40 IA per cent than in 1914: in
February, the decrease was 3S IL
per cent: In March. 80 Ia per cent
and In April. only 10 3-s per cent.
The April exports were G2,0o0.0Oo
greater than those of March. This
shows the effort now being made
toward maintenance OF our export
trade
with manufacturing France
crippled by an enemy invasion. and
Russia's natural resources OF wheat
and other raw materials still cut on
10 large extent from their normal
markets, London has to shoulder the
burden OF financing the imports. so
necessary to speedy success in the
var. Of all the entente powers. Our
gold stores have been and will still.
We hope, be freely employed 10 as
sist this process.
But the main reliance must still
be our merchandise exports. reduced
as they are. The demands OF the
army and the war munltion factories
for more men are insistent, and will
be supplied--whether on the existing
hasis or by compulsory service. IL,
for the present purpose, Irrelevant.
How TO maintain our exports In face
~ u,f,hH - u ri ~ aktffed In bor "a the
chief economic problem.
There is no single solution. But all
over the country. manufacturers are
waking up to their dame. They are
trying 10 train the women and the
men ineligible for military service TO
oil the inevitable The United
States would have face similar
dIficulties IL American liberties
we're Immediately menaced az ours
are today.--London dispatch TO New
York Post.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-09

likely not to get the careful atten-
ton the other part OF the house re-
ceives.
Disease frequently creeps into a
house that Is kept perfectly clean
and In order upstairs because the
foul. unsanitsry CELLAR cellar that
has been neglected-has been busy
breeding disease germs. Fruits and
foods often are kept IN ceilars-and
this Is another important reason
that the cellar should be kept per-
fectiy clean and sweet.
Quicklime. borax, charcoal. dry
copreras and plaster are necessary
In keeping a cellar clean.
To clean the cellar. move out all
the movable things, sweep IL out
thoroughly, take up the dust. open
the closets and bins. and set doors
and windows wide open.
In each enclosed place set an
earthen vessel. dish or bowl with
several Jumps of quicklime in IT,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-09
Sailors Parish

Every sailor, from the admiral to
the newest joined seaman on board
our varships Is regarded as belong
ing TO the parish OF Stepney in Lon
don. II doesn't matter in the
slightest where the ship is--it can
be patrolling the North sea or hon.
harding the Dardanelles-the sailors
who man II all come from the same
parish, Stepney.
This queer legal fiction dates back
10 the time OF Charles RI. In those
days every working man had to live
in the parish where he was born,
and he could not leave 1t without
finding two responsible sureties 10
vouch for his honesty.
This, OF course. became rather puz.
zling In the case OF people born at
sea. for they had no parish. To get
over the difYculty the authorities
stated that all born at sea would oe
regarded as being born In the parish
of stepncy. though why they should
choose that parish and no other IA
lost In the dust of ofYicial records.
To this day the Bishop OF Stepney
In godfather OF all children born at
sea. while all marriages solemnized
on the ocean are recorded as though
they had taken place in Stepney.-
Pearson's Weekly.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-09
Undeveloped Russia

Probably that part OF the earth's
surface which offers greatest oppor-
tunities for industrial development
lies within the boundaries of Russia.
The cars country IL may be re
called. In over two and half times
as extensive as continental United
States and contains so per cent more
people; but its exports are only a
third of ours, and they consist al
most wholly OF raw materials or OF
goods, such a. butter and boards.
that require very little manufactur.
ing skill. The exports Of iron ore
much exceed those Of manufactured
steel. Our railroad system Is about
ten times O. extensive as Russia's
relatively TO population and about
sixteen times az extensive relatively
To area. Our commercial banks have
about ten times the deposits OF Rus
sia's. Probably the returns on cap
itaI engaged In business are higher
there than here.
Instead OF looking 10 China or Bra
I'll, capital and ambition might well
look 10 Russia's vast and compare
lively untouched natural resources.
But the Russian government is both
bad and powerful. The bureaucracy
will not maintain tolerable condi-
tons. but II strong enough TO pre-
vent anybody else from doing IL.
Barely a week before the beginning
Of this war Cossacks were shooting
riotous strikers in Petrograd. Social
disorder was 80 extensive and Sc
we're that neutral observers on the
spot believed an attempt at revolt
ton more serious than that which
followed the war with Japan TO be
imminent. As to Russia, in fact, a
successful revolution 10 the best
thing a rational person can hope
for. and that In not a particularly In
viting prospect for capital. There
are cheerful souls who take at pal
various liberal hints and promises
that have emanated from the czar',
government since war began. The,
argue that II the Petrograd leopard
II victorious Its spots will turn mill
white.-Saturday Evening Post.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-09
] M 0RBAL PAc z

of the hunter, trapper and fisher
White men-unscrupulous traders
were beginning to debauch them: selling
them trade goods at high prices and
buying their furs, whalebone and oil at
very low prices.
There was no way for the natives to
accumulate anything against the pro-
verbal rainy day-or rather icy day. and
no way to provide against want when
the hunting and fishing season was a
bad one.
Uncle Sam decided on an experiment.
The United States bureau of educa-
ton began TO purchase reindeer over in
Northern Europe.
From 1892 10 1902. when importa-
tons ceased. 1890 reindeer were brought
in. al a total cost for purchase, care, dis
tribution and training OF herders by
Iapland teachers up to June so, 1918,
Of S297.000.
At the close Of that year there were
in Alaska 81 herds of reindeer. COM
prising 1926 deer.
How'S that?
Over $4,000 increase in 20 years.
At the end of the 1913 fiscal year the
government owned 1858 deer in 81 of
the herds; 797 natives owned 30.532;
Laplanders. brought in as teachers.
owned 1884: mission stations owned
50i7.
At s25 per head the total value of all
reindeer in Alaska had increased to
S1.lSl $50.
A single years increase in the big
herds amounted in 1918 70 $3.50 deer,
valued at S2l9,75o. Haven't the Eski-
mos great partner in Uncle Sam?
The reindeer cost nothing to feed. and
the only cost is care and intelligence in
handling them.
And they tell us that the tundra grass
en- which they feed IS capable Of sup
porting up to 100000 deer.
When this number is reached, they
may be slaughtered at the rate of a
million a year without decreasing the
herds.
Twenty-Five million dollars worth of
reindeer meat year will be tidy little
item in supplying the future population
of Alaska, and for export to the United
States.
Here's hoping they won't have deer
trust in Alaska.
To the money value of the reindeer
experiment must be added the fact that
these Eskimos. who live all along the
Alaska coast from Bristol Bay north
ward and in the Yukon basin, have been
advanced in civilization more in those 20
reindeer years than they otherwise could
have been in century.
They now have sure and increasing
means of support.
And perhaps the proof that Uncle
Sans bureau of education CAN GO
INTO BUSINESS AND MAKE A Sue
CESS OF 1T is not the least important
thing that the experiment has shown.
Maybe there won't be so much objec-
ton when the government takes its next
steps in developing Alaska, as it is now
doing by its government railroad.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-09
No Pay for Mrs. Dunk,
Wisest Man of Them All

Very often, when a crowd of men
4 gathers for the purpose of patting one
nnother on the back, woman comes
8aaong and by the exercise of little
\ &olnnn0n-sense argument shows them
1Aat they aren't such great experts,
y;ztsf al.
This Is what Mrs. Dunk did to the
inspectors Of weights and measures.
sxehen she told them. from the standpoint
ssok the housewife, several things which
nv might do, and which, apparently,
~ never occurred to them.
@ Simple things, too-you and believe
TINT We might have thought of them,
MT the chances are that we wouldn't
- = putting their telephone numbers
III TIE books, and setting up signs in
sDnbllc markets, telling people where to
nplain Of short weights.
Il She told the inspectors that the
ncusewives are eager and anxious to
6o.operate with them-but how is it pos
4 le when the inspectors are so hard to
'16chi
1lrs DuNk's head Ii such a good one
nat she was made deputy food and
y inspsctnr
ikhcut Nv.
~ 'can advise inspectors of weights
d measures Is to the needs of the
ensswifs. md point out practical ways
- etterin4 their services to the COM
! iniitt
Mt she cant vote.
y IN n public Office say that Michigan
J. i comparatively well-governed state.
q How the women must laugh when they
30 Iear-sightedncss and executive abil-
NV Ike Mrs. Dunk's lost to the state or
- the city. or obtained without pay, or
~ : Recommendation without power,
rnply because she is woman, and not
~ manl
They know what is lacking in Michi-
ms governmental and they are right.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-09
Foul Unsanfary Cellars Breed Disease
--HOw to Clean and Keep Them Clean

Strew grains of dry copperas all
over the lime, tIen sack IL but do
not wet II. However. be sure the
stacking is thorough. Steam from
the lime. rising Up and out. will take
away all bad air and i'll odors
Leave the cellar door open or
empty for a couple OF hours. Then
scatter dry. powdered borax around.
in corners and along the walls Tie
charcoal up in net bags and hang
them about the cellar. for charcoal
has marvellous powers TO absorb all
sorts of bad odors.
In addition make cheese cloth
rads Of plaster mixed with powder
ed slack lime. and hang them
against THE walls which are like
lest TO be damp. Both lime and
plaster are such thirsty ingredients
they absorb all spare water and
prevent must and mould.
In cases OF sickness resulting
from eating poisonous berries or i'm
pure food. send for physician
promptly. Then while waiting for
the doctor give the patient an
ometic at once. Such cases cannot
be allowed to go for any length OF
time without some simple and quick
remedy II the patient Is to be cured
without great suffering or long Ill
ness.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-09

health as IL Is TO
take proper care
OF the living room
or the bedroom.
Because IL Is
down under the
ground and COM
paratively dark,
the cellar often is
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-09
Medical and Scientific Issue
~ Or. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915. by Frank crane)

At last the alcoholic liquor question is
getting around to the right basis. 1t is
being considered as matter OF public
health and not of public morals. 1t is
getting away from the preachers and
into the hands of the doctors.
American people are impatient with
ethical dictators. They do not like to
be told what is right or wrong; they
think they are capable of judging that
for themselves.
But they will listen when those who
know tell them what is healthful and
what is poisonous.
A community where public opinion
will not support prohibition on the
ground that drinking is wicked may be
induced to support it on the ground that
alcohol destroys efficiency, undermines
health, and increases crime.
A resolution introduced into the City
Council of Chicago orders that the
mayor appoint a committee of aldermen
medicinal, moral, political, financial,
social, and economic aspects OF the use
of intoxicating liquors in Chicago"
And why should not the city fathers
carefully investigate a matter which
the citizens?
Why should not sound sense and
science handle this question. without
heat and dramatics, and without being
intimidated by the Temperance wild
men" on the one hand, or the strongly
capitalized power of the liquor sellers on
the other?
That a great, free, an intelligent peo-
,~In sh n n
forming drug to be sold openly on the
streets is amazing. In the world Of
science there is no doubt about. the evil
effects of alcohol upon human tissue. 1t
is science we should stand on, and not
guesses nor emotions And it is scien-
tifc men who should be called upon to
preserve the health of the people.
Little by little the common sense OF
the people is being brought to bear upon
the enormous inertia of inherited GUS
tom. The drinking habit has descended
to us. like SO many other ills, from an
ignorant past. Literature reeks with it.
High society is saturated with it. The
money power Of the licensed victuallers
runs up into the millions. Sidestepping
politicians are afraid of it. Incorporate
prohibitionists have entangled the issue
with the irrelevant question of personal
liberty
But there is only one question. Is al
cohol injurious to the human organism
Is it a proper beverage. or should it be
classed, with opium, as habit-forming
drug?
This is primarily and only question
for the scientist. Let him speak. And
let US obey. no matter whose toes may be
trodden upon.
Let the health authorities Of all cities
follow the lead of those in New York
CITY. and declare that the matter is to be
taken UP solely as question of public
health, and they will have the support OF
the leyel-headed common people.
Let the ecclesiastic, the politician, and
the brewer retire and let the medical
expert advance.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-09
ANY RenLlea7

This want sd appeared in recent
issue Of TIE New Era"-publIshed
by the convicts OF the federal prison:
WANTED-Man with wooden leg
10 mash potatoes. Apply John New.
enhauh
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-09
HonestI

MY boy. you're clever lad TO
catch such a big hsh by yourself"
"Oh. 7 don't mind telling you. sir.
that got the worm TO help me-"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-09

II is as necessary to keep the cel- |
lar sweet and sanitary IL one values |
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-09

clock made entirely of straw and willow
withes has been completed recently in Switxer-
land The chimes are made OF straw put through
a special process To give a ringing sound. Not
n bit OF metal was used In the unique clock
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-09

The wise man has doubts. but the
fool is always positive.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-09

In the Japanese navy the messing allowance
is the Same for all ranks. vice-admiral and an
ordinary seaman get alike $1.25 a week.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-09

If we mistake not, this column once
upon a time had to chronicle the fact
that a Mr.. Dill received the conventional
30 days for being picked It now de-
wolves upon us to mention. in turn, that
down in Kentucky one Mr.. Pickell has
gone to Jail for being gloriously dilled
and disorderly.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-09
From Another Point of VielU
~ c. r. 9.

'T rise to the defense of the much
swatted fly" says CAD. But for his
presence how would We know that it Is
SUMMER"
The doctors report j. P. Morgan in a
fair way to be on hand at the first an
nual reunion of the survivors Of the
European war
Silver Moon conducts shoe-shinlng
parlor in Oklahoma City. Shi-hy-non,
silv'ry moo-hoon.
At that, the $4,000, 900 bridge PROPOSE
ton hardly goes to jury of its piers.
Yes. Proc, we presume you are privi-
legged to write in your own name.
The chicken had already made two ap-
pearances in a certain Detroit home. 1t
was recognized by G upon its third ap-
pearance, who turned to H and asked:
"Will YOU have some of the Hungarian
goulash." NO." replied H., I'm neutral
Halifax people, we presume. read with
mixed emotions that the burning steam
or Minnehaha, with $1,000 tons of ex-
plosives aboard is headed for their port.
So far. remarkable as it may seem, no
Halifax fireman has resigned.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-09

So far. remarkable as it may seem, no
Halifax fireman has resigned.