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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-01-18
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30 ACRES-5-room house.
beach orchard. some iimL
81, 10000
so ACRES room house. 40xs>
ment barn. other buildings.
orchard. small fruits, windmilflN
tanks. good fences. Only tTb.00Rs
acre.
100 ACRES-Good 12-room house. 52x5.
barn, other buildings; 10 acres wood
lot windmill. water In house and
barn. Only $40 per acre.
lnRs, fruit Or 1900. 90.
] can sell you one-aere lots near
car line az Royal Oak for only t35o-oo
per acre.
BRIGGS The Farm Man. SIS Dime
sank Bldg. Phone Cherry 3ses and
FARMs-sO acres, gravel loan. near
Utica, broom house. stone founda-
ton, cellar 14x40; barns. 3oxIO.
2oN40; TWO wells. good fences; 80
per acre Small payment down. VIII
take city property. G.. Most, 1913
lroquols, Detroit. Ridge 2ss2.
WANTED TO SELL OR TRADE 40
acres or A No. good fruit or grain
farm; 20 acres cleared, no buildings.
small orchard. miles from town
VIII take two good heavy work
teams, Must be No. !. Write u. l..
Reinoldt. Grant. Mich. II. No. q
FOR sALES-REsIDENCE PROPERTY.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-01-18

l6 ACRES near AlgonaC. good build
and farm tools; $500; want Detroit
property.
40 acres. 80 miles from Detroit fair
balance improved. $4,000. $500. down.
40 acres, same location, fair buildings
and fences. small orchard, some tim
Der only $4,000 $500 down.
40 acres about 10 miles west Of Wyan-
dotte. / mile from stone road, build
ings need some repair; $500. $500
down or might take small house In
Detroit.
We have many other large and small
farms for sale and exchange, See us.
KINGoN REAL ESTATE co.
405 whitney Bldg Main 3173
SIX-ACRE fruit farm and home on the
car line stop at farm ] mile north
OF Plymouth, good 9-room house,
barns, poultry house and out BALD
ings all kinds OF fruit best clay
loan soil beautiful shade trees and
lawn with city water In buildings.
no better suburban home can be
found for the money. only $4,000. So
600 cash balance long time. See Mr..
Cottrell
EYSTER, The Farm Man,
Cadillac 1898 5O7 Majestic Bldg.
s0-ACRE FARM for sale or exchange.
for particulars address Box 70, X. r..
-. No 3 Rochester Mich
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-01-18
DIED.

NOl<FE-Jan rs. 1915. AT residence.
800 Ash, Moses, brother OF Nathan
and BENJAMIN Funeral Monday.
j.. m. az Woodmere omit flowers.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-01-18

A. A.-Bathroom Outfits, $500
complete with fixtures; son pipe. 'aun-
dry tubs, coil heaters, boilers, sinks.
foonng paper, doors, windows stone
slus, bath, sctairs, 2x4 toists. fooring
ana sheeting for sale cheap.
Burgess & Ray Wrecking Co.
- Noble-st Granu sg43
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-01-18
NOTICE OF STREET
OPENING ASSESSMENT
s6ARo OF ASSESSORS OFFICE

Detroit Jan. is. 1915.
Notice OF street Opening Assessment
Roll No 273 for opening
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-01-18

SG-ACRE FARM for sale or exchange.
for particulars address Box IL, X r..
-. No 3 Rochester. Mich.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-13
WHAT OTHERS SAY
Views on all sides of timely questions as discussed in ex- changes that come to the Herald Office.
May Her Tribe Increase.
Waterbury Republican,

The name of the hen to whom dinner was given recently in Balt1- more is Lady Eglantine. She is not only champion egg-machine of Mary land, but of the world, having just produced 314 eggs in 365 days, in an egg--laying contest
 The reason that fresh eggs sell Ut sixty cents dozen right now, is that there are so few Lady IIglantinHs The government says that the average hen in the United States lays "..... seventy eggs year and of course most of these are laid in the late Wln- ter and early spring. The average good hen will lay 100 to 150 eggs year. Since the balanced rat.,-~, trap nests and breeding from the best stock have been the practise, the 20o- egg-a-year hen is becoming compara- lively common, although a few years ago, she created a sensation. AS better hens are raised by breeding rom the best layers, the a,Vcra '5c crop will, doubtless be largely ln- creased, so that new-laid eggs will not be insultingly cheap for few weeks in the early part of the year and depressingly dear at all other sea- sons.
 Three cheers for Lady Eglantine! She is doing a good work. May her tribe increase.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-13
The Open Window.
(Meriden Journal.

The open window is the greatest health safeguard there Is and the closed window in the chamber Is an abomlnation. Keep your WlndoWS open and open them top and bottom
 If you want proof of the value of keeping the window open at both top and bottom, make this experiment for yourself: Open the window at top and bottom Close the door of the room. Light a candle and set it on the window sill. The flame will blow inward, showing the air is entering the room at the bottom. Now hold the candle at the upper opening, or set is on the upper sash of the low cred window. The flame will blow outward, showing that the air of the room is leaving by the top opening. If you have two candles burning at once you can see how constant is the interchange of air in the room.
 Now, the objections to this open window advice are not at all formid- able in fact, but they have almost in conquerable power on the peoples imagination. The first objection is that it would be cold. We have al ready disposed of that, but it still e. mains in many minds as supersti- tIon Even if the aired bedroom were uncomfortable, the arguments for it would stand But the aired bedroarn as matter of fact is more comfort able to sleep in than the closed room. There is always more real comfort in healthful conditions than in the other sort. Health IS comfort. Un- healthfulness is discomfort. Do not make comfort your fetich, but if you do, be careful not to mistake comfort for pure slovenliness and insanitary preferences
New Britain herald., 1915-11-13
OUR BOYS.

This thing of winning championships is becoming somewhat of a habit with the New Britain High school athletes and because of this their accomplish ment of yesterday may lose some of it's glory. In the olden days when the athletes of Rome went forth to meet worthy foes in the arena their victories were celebrated in holiday fashion, with games and gambols, with the bedecking of laurel wreaths on the brows of the victors. And as it was with Rome so it should be with New Britain. Our boys have gone forth to battle, have met the worthy foe and have come home as conquering heroes. They deserve the plaudits of the multitude. Gather ing in the interscholastic champion ship in football or any other sport is laudable accomplishment. They are our boys and we are proud of them.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-13
Ffned 5o Cents and Bait
(Milwaukee Disp. to the Minneapolis
 JournaL)

(Milwaukee Disp. to the Minneapolis JournaL) He wanted to find out how the kan- garoo court worked, he said He was a neat and enterprising student at Marquetta Law school in search of experience. He called on Sheriff Meims and Joseph Zuber. tailer. and they explained their duties to him. His name is Joseph Kreuger
 "Td like to have the experience of being locked up and tried just like a prisoner" he told the sheriff.
 He was thrust into Tier B. Covert glances were directed at him by the other prisoners. Very evidently they didn't like him. e
 He's detective" some one said. Wants to get evidence on some of us."
 "Arraign the prisoner" shouted the judge of the kangaroo court" sf- ter a conference with the sheriff, dis trict attorney and bailiffs.
 You're charged with breaking into Tier B without the consent of the inmates" said the judge. Guilty or not guilty?"
 Mot guilty" said Kreuger.
 Did he have your consent, or yours or your?" went on the judge, address, ing the other prisoners
 NO"
 ''Very evidently you're guilty" the judge soIemnly said. Fined 50 cents and a bath"
 The water was just right when Kreuger stepped under the shower Suddenly it became cold and as he shivered and shook the prisoners laughed.
 "The detective's got cold feet" they cried.
 At supper time Kreueer took the bread and molasses and coffee just like the others. Afterward he ex- plaincd. and then they made him give a speech.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-13
''Mammon Wolshippers."
Bridgeport Standard.)

MT. Bryan describes the Manhattan club, at whose dinner President Will son delivered his address stating his position on national preparedness as ''the one place in the United States where mammon worshipping portion of the democratic party meet to ex- change complim ents.'' He / might have said about the same thing or any prominent club or organization civil or political, at which MT. Will son might have appeared and made his expected announcement. There is nothing in the character of the Manhattan club that renders it unit for such a deliverance and the presi- dent could not have spoken before a Chautauqua audience without incur ring the suspicion on the part Of MI. Bryon that he was poaching on his preserves
 The characterization is very much in MT. Bryan's best demagogic maa- ner. It indicates that he will stoop to almost any depth in battling the presidents position as now taken But MT. Bryan has so often been the beneficiary of the "mammon wor- shippers" as he calls them and has bowed so low, and done SD much tn tt is doubtful, in the cause of mamm on, for his own benefit, that the less he says on that score the better. People might forget Something if he kept l quiet even though they did not for give.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-13
Big Crops and Automobiles.
Louisville Courier-Jou

An automobile salesman finds that the surest recorder of the financial situation in the country is the brisk ness of the sale of autom obiles. He sold in the vicinity of Quincy, H., 1OJ cars, of a $750 make, and just half of them went to farmers.
 This, he says, gives un idea of how important "bumper CT .>s are to the manufa cturer of automobiles.
 The year 1915, in the greater part of United States, although there are sections not so fortunate. has been one of "bumper crops" The automo- bile manufacturers are doing an un . usually good business in the country as a result. And prosperity that means business for automobile manu- lecturers means business for every purveyor.
 The United States is the only coun- try in which the ownership of auto mobiles by farmers is common thing. American farmers are not as scientific as those of Europe or of Asia. But they possess vastly greater acreage of land per capita and their business is operated upon a larger scale. They rode good horses when the horse was the only farm ira ctor. and drove good handmade vehicles always alive to the Importance of the right material and workmanship in the buggy or barouche. Nowadays
New Britain herald., 1915-11-13
Money Cheap in Chicago.
(Chicago Letter to Philadelphia Pub
 lie Ledger.)

(Chicago Letter to Philadelphia Pub
 lie Ledger.)
 "If money Is so cheap in Novem- Der, what will it be in January ?" asked a Chicago banker today. This is the time of the year when rates in the West are commonly the high est, with the possible exception of one of the spring months in a period when mercantile business is active but there is no rise in rates from the summer level, only perhaps a slightly stronger tone. On the other hand January lets loose a lot of interest and dividend money and at that time the demand is moderate. In the ab- sence, therefore, of some extraordin- ary change, of which there is no pres ent sign, we may even be having a 2 per cent. level in Chicago.
 It is not surprising that the banks of this city are refusing large depos- its that would call for 2 per cent. in- terest. Nor are the low rates due to the failure of country banks to make their usual demands on their city correspondents. The First na tional reports that it's country depos- it's are about as low as they were last year at this time, when, on ac count of the alarm then existing. the country institutions were curtailing their balances at the centers.
 The country institutions are now borrowing on a liberal scale. the funds being needed to pay for the crops. The movement of currency westward. a prominent feature usual ly at this time of the year, is small. however. It took many years for the government to catch up with the
New Britain herald., 1915-11-13
Twilight Zone Americans"
Waterbury Democrats. )

A new sort of citizen has sudden ly come into notice. He is char acterized by officials of our state de- partment as a twilight zone Amer ican." A good-sized colony of these twilight zoners' exists in London. It consists of Americans who went to England long time ago and have been content to stay there over since. Some of them have resided in London. for as much as thirty years. sThey are Americans who have lost touch with, and interest in, their native land. Many of them are always ready with hostile criti- cism of things American and always viewing their fellow citizens through British monocles. Henry James the novelist, was a twilight zoner" un- til lately, but he had enough native American honesty to renounce his citizenship when he made up his mind that it was incompatible with his pro- British temperament. Now, all at once, a great many of these gone and forgotten Americans have re- mem bered their American citizenship. Their loyalty has been awakened by the fact that England is getting to be very strict with non-British resi- dents. Since they are not British subjects, they might have passports if they want to stay. And our state departemnt makes the cruel announcement that in the case of these Americans who have deliber- ately absented themselves from their country for many years, never per- forming any of the duties of citi-
 
 They may suffer whatever fate their British hosts impose; Uncle Sam washes his hands of them. It may be unconstitutional, but there's a wholesome patriotic lesson in 1t.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-13
The InsidiouS Cane.
(Waterbury Democrat)

Ever and anon the cane tricS~ to rear its head in Amerirr. Ii ] ''" ing today, though without much success except in some ct the -, eastern cities. Most of the country is frankly against it, regarding a walking stick in the hand of any able bodied man as an offense against democracy and a peril to free in stitutions. And yet the cane orgin- ally was sign of democracy and freedom. It came into use in France in the eighteenth century, as a sub stitute for the sword, which only the nobility was allowed to wear. Its use spread until a cane became the universal badge of 2 gentleman. even conquering the sword in social usage That condition has persisted in Europe. If a man wants to be treated respectfully in any European city, he must carry a stick. To be without one is to be set down as a member of the serving class or the proletariat. But we Americans have our own standards. and the voice of the nation is unmistakably against the cane.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-13
Vail of the COupcn.
(Ansonia Sentinel.)

The Underwood bill, which levies a tax on tobacco coupons gifts accom- panying the sale of tobacco products and prohibits the inclusion of certain articles in tobacco packages, is de- signed to enable the tobacco compan- ies to give up a practice that they have unwillingly undertaken under the stress of competition and which is; not of material value to them. This practice forces them to give up legiti- mate advertising and devote their money to conducting this sort of i competitive campaign. Naturally the advertising mediums wish the bill we'll. It means a gain for them in T legitimate source of revenue. The money now spent for gifts naturally go for advertising. < Aa.
 It helps the consumer too for he can receive more and bet. toh.cco without than with the coupon. When a gift is given with any product one
New Britain herald., 1915-11-13
Gasolir;c Prices.
(New Haven Register.)

\NSW maven register
 There is always grumblin.: when, as at the present time, the price of gasoline materially rises But mere grumbling is not intelligent action done about it? Is there noth- ing that can be done about about 1t? Perhaps nothing could De done to immediately obviate the rise in price, but even an intelligent understanding of the situation would help. The common mistake is to sup pose such a rise as the presen. one IS due either to the rapric;, or power @t those who control the supply VT tn War conditions which will be only ten porary. Thos, who can control the price may take some advantage of increased demand. War conditions have something to dc with incr casing that demand. But the fundamental cause Is an enormous and rapidly growing increase in the quantity of gasoline used right in our United States. Not only is the number and size of pleasure and commercial motor vehicles, all of which use yaso- line, swiftly growing, but the use of gasoline for other fuel purposes all the while increases. The gasoline engine, stationery and motor, is com mon and universal.
 Then we shall do we'll to cease re- garding as temporary the conditions which tend to raise the price of this fuel. In the main they are perman. ent and they will increase. There 1. very little reason to expect a return tc eleven-cent gasoline. And gasoline a
 double that price becomes somethin, else than the nose economical of pos sible fuels. Its supply is not inexhaust ible. It does not increase at all i, | proportion to the demand.
 AS soon as the truth permeates tha i we can expect no more cheap gasoline there may be an effort in the direction 1 of a substitute. Denatured alcohol i
 known to be possible, only lacking l practical means of production. Other
 have been mentioned. Possibly i'm | provements in the efficiency of gaso 1 line are on the way At all events, tn
 time has come for this sort of effor l to speed up.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-13
StenOgraphy in the Whit House.

(NeW York Herald)
 Doubtless it will be matter of some pride to stenographers that President Wilson read his speech at the Manhattan club banquet from his own notes. The fact shows that the chief executive of the land finds his Knowledge of shorthand so val uable that he makes constant use of it. MT. Wilson is the first president who has used stenography in his work; on many occasions he has also done his own typewr1ting.
 Because so many persons have talk en it up without any real apprecia- tion of it's ideals, stenography as a profession has somewhat deteriorated in recent years. Persons of mediocre ability have made the. mistake of thinking it a study or months only, not of years. A good stenographer must be "all things to all men," must be a walking encyclopedia in himself, otherwise he cannot take notes or the varied subjects that come within his horizon and tram scribe them correctly.
 Many of the most prominent men in the country have built up their careers on a knowledge of stenog- raphy. The value of this knowledge in all walks of life could not have better illustration than is furnished by the experience of the president of the United States
New Britain herald., 1915-11-13

can be reasonably surt that 1t is the consumer who pays the freight for the gift either in less amount of the product or in advanced cost. It is so with tobacco and only the craze for something for nothing can account for the popularity of the coupon and this sort of gift adjunct. Levying a tax on such addenda to the legitimate tobacco business will discourage them considerably and enable the tobacco companies to devote themselves to the extension of their business in a better way and in a way more conducive to the best interests of the consumer.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-13
VfrtuOus.
Chicago Journal.

Mrs. Atherton has tried to impress upon her young son, Eugene, that he should play only with good boys.
 Mother" said Eugene, as he came in one day. you don't want me to play with wicked boys, do you?"
 No indeed,' said the mother, pleased that her son had remembered her teachings.
 Well, if one boy kicks another lit- tie boy, isn't it wicked for him to kick back?"
 "Yes, indeed, it is certainly very wicked" was the mothers reply.
 '"Then I don't play with Richard Whitney any more," said Eugene; "he's too wicked. kicked him this morning, and he kicked me back
New Britain herald., 1915-11-13
WINSTON CHURCHILL TO THE.
 FRONT.

Many will believe that Winston signed from the British cabinet and announced his intention of joining the British soldiers in France, decided upon this action because he was not pleased with the manner in which he was handled when the new war committee was formed and he was left out Because of his previous ex- perience as first lord of the admiralty
 there. were many who thought
 Churchill should have had place in
 the inner councils even though he
 had been severely criticised for his
 conduct of the navy. By casting
 aside a position that is regarded in
 the light of a sinecure, the chancel-
 lcrship of the duchy of Lancaster in
 volving no responsibility, labor or real active service, Winston Churchill, whatever else may be said of him,
 shows himself to be a man of broad principles and not a parasite on the | nation. By announcing. his intention 1 of refusing to have part in special l war council or of accepting 'respon- 1 sibility for war policy without any share in its guidance and controP' | Winston Churchill has but done what 1 any man of power and force should I do. There being nothing left for him ! to- do at home he has taken to the
 field where, as major in the Oxford | yeomanry, he hopes to find action. ! And, it is safe wager that Winston
 Churchill will come home, if he does i come home, bigger and better man l for having decided to take up the
 burden of arms. He will find himself
 more securely implanted in the good l graces of the Engish people.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-13
Citizens of an older generation will

Citizens of an older generation will redall a newspaper fashion of their time that is seldom in evidence now This was the practice of hoisting roos- ters at the top of columns in celebra- tion of an election victory. But the good old way has been illustrated once more by the Louisville Courier-Journal which celebrated the choice of dem- ocratic governor in Kentucky by plac- ing eight roosters across the top of it's first page. When unhappily Marse Henry has been called to his fathers the last election rooster may depart. In the long ago. when the venerable William H. Phillips of Amherst con- ducted the Pittsfield Sun of blessed democratic memory, he was great on roosters. When you come to think about it. what is more emblematic of triumph than a growing rooster - Springfield Republican.
 Preparation for national defense doeh not necessarily mean prepara- tion for war, much less does it imply a desire for war. Secretary Garrison of our war department, which might better be named military department or army department, in a magazine article on Reasonable Preparation" suggests word "precaution" as more accurately conveying the meaning, be- cause words have such an unfortun- ate way of accommodating meanings foreign to their essence The use of the word 'preparation'' is apt to con- vey the idea of getting ready to do something which one wishes to do. whereas the word precaution more nearly describes the state of mind of those who are getting ready to ward off or deal properly with what may come, but against their will and not because of it." Accordingly what the secretary of war is advocating is not preparedness for war but precaution
 ary action for national defense in case such defense should ever be needed The real question is whether this country, in the light of all that should be considered, has taken "proper mil itary precautions" ."-New York Jour- nal of Commerce.