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A TABLET containing the earliest
n known law % has just been
1 added to Iale's Babylonian COL
lection, according to an an
rourccmont made at New Haven by
Prof. Albert Tobias Clay of the chair
Of N--yriology and Babylonian litera-
tug" NJ Yale University.
lGtf. Clay has been busy for some
tine at the task of ~deciphering the
tat.'' and IL will be several weeks be-
fore tu authentic translation can be
COM ,.ed. ~Suffragists and others
concerned in the legal status of women
som, q 100 years before Christ will be
lr'or, 'rl to know that part of the
ttah .'iou already finished deals with
The i.',~hmcnt meted out to men who
treated women brutally and that in
sever he sentences imposed in those
day 'r physical violence to women
c'Mj.YI. very faVorably with the pen
alto provided to-day, nearly 1000
year. .iror.
lr d.-cusslng his remarkable tablet
Prot cay said TO a Sun c~orrespon-
den.
many years ago, when old
Testament critics declared it was i'm
20 . 10 conceive of a code Of laws
W.. 10 Palestine as early as the
TN" 'f Moses, it would scarcely have
bee, .lOIght reasonable If it had been
STATE. t.tt at a much earlier time the
i"' ms probably possessed a
h'. developed code.
.iic more than a decade ago a
,".. written upon a large and irregu-
Jar H rte stone was discovered IN
I.a The inscription was written
H' 100 900 Il, e. and il comprises l
'..' q laws enacted by Hammurabi
'' rmurapD, who as practically all
s. H. now agree is the Amraphei OF
"'' xiv, !, "A contemporary or
a. an. The discovery Of the STEELE
Gag ing these laws is perhaps to be
- ed as the most important that
j." % made in any land for decades.
IT,. ,'r is now one Of the treasures
4" Louvre in Paris, but a replica Is
10 cen in the Yale Babylonian coll
49, whore there is also on exhibit
r fragment OF an original clay
'' .nntaining n portion of the same
"' written apparently about the
F'N. me.
r code contains a prologue, fol-
' Ivy 2S2 sections OF laws and an
'. The laws cover about every
ot life, Such subject matter ~
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Tablet at Yale University Shows the Legal
Status of Women $500 Years Before Christ

treated as witchcraft, bribery. credi-
tors, debtors, licenses. SANDER, mar
rage divorce, desertion, breach of
promise. i|nheritances, fees of surgeons
and builders and their responsibilities,
&C. This code. studied in connection
with the thousands of available docu-
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ments containing contracts Of an off,
cial and personal nature. as well az
the letters and other inscriptions of
the period, enables the decipherer and
the historian to reconstruct the life of
ancient BabylOnia 1000 years before
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ownership Of ocean vessels. American
ships aggregating more than a million
tons are engaged in foreign commerce
on the Pacific Ocean. Competition
with foreign vessels on that side of the
United states. you should understand
is not so active as il is in the large
ports of the East.
During the civil war, as most per-
son know. the Atlantic swarmed with
Confederate privatcers. some of which
were fitted out at British ports and
carried English crews. our merchant
vessels on being captured were either
burned or sunk. ship owners in
many instances hauled down the flag
Of his country and ran up the red en-
sign of Great Britain and thereafter
kept their property understhe protec-
ton of that nation. TIL twenty-five
most active privateers of the Confed-
crate Government were those which
brought about the destruction of the
merchant marine of the United States.
such ships as the Alabama. Flor
ida, Shenandoah, Georgia. Lapwing,
Tuscaloosa, Nashville. ST. Nicholas and
"Chickamauga burned .r sunk the
best and swiftest Of our clippers and
steam freighters on the Atlantic. The
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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-12
Rates and Quality of
Service Will Be At
Issue
PLANS FOR AUDIT
ARE COMPLETED
Experts Ask to Meet
COmpany's Engineers
Next Week

THE public will be vitality inter
ested In the telephone investigation.
first to prevent the telephone COM
pany from boosting rates, and Sec
ond, to obtain better service" said
Controller George Engel, member of
the telephone subcommittee, We'd
resday morning.
Edward p. Burch. who has been
retained by the city to check up the
company's appraisal. has informed
me after a preliminary investigation,
that the company's petition for per-
mission to install modified system
of metered service, If allowed, will
mean an increase in the company's
revenue OF about 100000 a year.
This increase will come out OF the
pockets of the subscribers"
The common council, Tuesday
night. adopted the recommendation
OF the subcommittee of which Con-
troller Engel and Corporation Coun.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-12
SPEEDWAY WORK
AWAITS RAISING
OF MORE FUNDS

1--WE are still wrestling with our
financial problems" said John b.
Whalen. president Of the Detroit
Motor Speedway. Wednesday morn
ing I'VE are doing no work on the
speedway. and are trying to raise
the necessary money to go ahead"
Mr. Whelan said that most OF the
unsold stock Is In his hands. and
that II will not be delivered to the
contractors until he has earned II.
He said he had not heard what sue
cess the contractors had had in try
ing to dispose Of some Of his own
holdings In indianapolis.
Several workmen visited police
headquarters. Tuesday. complaining
that they had not been paid for
building q fence around the speed
way. They were told to look up an
attorney. Mr.. Whelan said. Wed.
nesday, that these men are employ
&c by a sub-contractor. and that the
company which he heads Is not re-
sponsible for their payment.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-12
3-YEAR-OLD EATS
STRYCHNINE; DIES
IN COMMISSIONS

Mabel Schuke. three-year-old
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Schulke, living on the Snyder-rd. =.
between the Seven and Eight-Laile-
rds., Greenfield township. .,te some
pills prescribed for her father Tues
day evening, and died In commissions
20 minutes later.
The child toddled up to her
grandmother. early Tuesday even.
ing. with some of the pills clutched
in a tiny fist.
See. grandma, baby's been eat
ing candy" she said.
Twenty minutes later she was
seized with commissions.
The pills had been prescribed by
a Redford physician. for stomach
trouble, from which Mr.. Schulke was
suffering. They contained a small
amount Of strychnine.
Coroner Burgess was called to in.
vestigate. Wednesday morning. He
decided that no inquest was neces-
sary.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-12
Sofia Now Storm Cen
ter of Diplomatic
Conflict
GREECE MAY ALSO
ENTER WAR ARENA
Germans Desperately
Striving to Keep Bal
kan Powers Neutral
BY HENRY WOOD.

(Ston Correspondent Unitsd Prsss)
SOFIA. Aug. l1.-(Delaye0 The
possibility that Bulgaria may yet
abandon her neutrality and fall upon
the back OF Turkey was materially
increased today by news reaching
here from other Balkan capitals.
The Bulgarian foreign Office was
Informally told that Serbia is will
Ing to make important concessions
II Rumania and Greece adopt a
more conciliatory attitude In the
present negotiations. Tho nature OF
q message from Athens was not dis
closed. but Representatives of the
allies declared It contained repre-
sentations from the Greek govern
ment that aroused high hopes that
both Greece and Bulgaria may reach
an agreement to enter the war on
the side OF the allies.
Despite the developments OF the
past "a hours, German diplomacy
and German press propaganda still
appear TO have the upper hand In
the dilcmatic struggle being waged
here. though the outlook Is brighter
from the standpoint Of the allies.
The effect OF the fall OF Warsaw
and the continued retreat of the Rus
SLAMS cannot be overestimated. So
effective has been the publication OF
German communicates telling OF
great German victories that few
Bulgarians believe In anything but
ultimate victory for the Austrc-Ger-
mans. And Germany is following
up her press campaign vigorously In
q diplomatic way.
Unwittinsly the United states Is
playing an important role in the ef-
forts OF the two hostile camps TO
capture public sentiment and there
by influence Bulgarias decision.
Agents Of the allied powers have
spread broadcast circulars carrying
copies Of President Wilson's mes
sases to Germany on the sinking Of
the tusitania. particularly the last
one. The reply Of President Church.
of Carnegie institute, to the German
intellectuals has been translated
into Bulgarian and widely distribut-
ed. AustroG German agents are cir
culating quotations from American
newspapers and public men favoring
their cause.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-12

appropriation for q building has
been made. A site has also been Sc
cured at Mc1raw and Clippert-aves..
for which q building will be asked
next year. Money has been granted
for a school on Grand Riverave.
near the city limits. but the land is
in a restricted residence district
and will have to be condemned. 30
Il II doubtful II that building can
be ready by September. 1917.
'The enrolment in the elemen-
tary schools increased 1901 per
cent In the 10 years from 1905 to
1915" said DR.. Chadsey. The &C
tual increase was from 39.494 to a..
6el. The total enrolment in ele.
mentary and high schools In 1915
was 8%.2So. an increase of 1885 over
1914. This IL the greatest annual
increase In the history of the city.
The increase In membsrship-the
actual number for which seats had
to be found-was 6,226. At this rate,
we shall have to build at least six
s0-room elementary schools every
year. Such a school can take care
Of $50 pupils comfortably. and II
necessary can care for 1000.
AN encouraging feature OF the
system IL the growth OF the high
schools. We are still behind the
smaller towns In the proportion OF
students who attend high school.
but that 10 true OF al large cities
Detroit's large foreign-born popula
ton also tends to keep the high
school enrolment down. But these
people are gradually learning the
advantages OF sending their children
to high Jchool. and matters are i'm
proving In that respect. The North
eastern high school will be opened
In q district In which there 10 q
large foreign-born population. and
we hope that II will act as a stimu
lus to them to send their sons and
daughters there instead Of putting
them to work whom they finish the
grammar schools"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-12
new RECORD
FOR TAXES
Collections to Aug. 10
Exceed Last Years
Entire Levy

From July to Aug. 10. City
Treasurer Max G. Koch collected
$l0,937, 702.9S in city taxes. This
is more than the total tax levy last
year, which was s10,267 1921. The
levy this year is $13.106,ls7.39. the
largest In the history OF the city.
For the last two nights Deputy ia
cob Baumann and the clerks In the
cashiers department have been
working until l a. m. on cash bal
ances
Wednesday morning. two large
bags OF checks representing 49,
07s.796.5S, and s66272 in cash were
transferred from she city treasur-
er's Office to the National Bank Of
Commerce. The total collection on
Aug. 10. the last day on which
taxes could be paid without pen
atty. was $3.145.379.01. About $780,
600 that was sent through the mails,
Tuesday. Is being run through today
without penalty. There remains to
be collected about S2.000.000.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-12
Bureau Head B usy
With Job Hunters,
Says Congressman
HASN'T TIME TO
FRAME POLICIES
Speech of Ann ArbOr
Scion Makes Hit With
Carriers

Those who expected fireworks
from w. B. Brown. editor or the X.
Il. ID. News. In his speech before
the National Rural Letter Carriers
association. In convention in the Ho-
tel fuller, Wednesday morning.
were disappointed, for outside of a
reference to the order OF Postmas-
ter-General Burieson against the use
OF motorcycles. Mr.. Brown said
nothing derogatory to tue reorgani.
cation Of rural mail delivery.
Congressman Samuel w. Beakes.
of Ann ArIor, made the Grafton OF
the day. Mr.. Beakes called forth q
large volume of applause whenever
he referred to greater efficiency IN
the department, the extension OF
civil service, and a scheme for max.
Ing the county the postoifice unit
IF any service in the United
States ought TO be free from poll
lies. II Is the postoffice service" said
the congressman. ''One OF the evils
which we shall be obliged to correct
In future is the appointment OF per-
sons TO pay them for political work
The head of this department more
than any other is called upon to
play politics. The postmaster-gen
eral must devote nearly all his time
TO hearing rival claimants for post
Offices. Consequently the great ques
tions of policy are left too often to
subordinates. The same men who
tried TO make the policy Of the
Hitchcock administration are trying
to shape the policy of the presen,
regime, and unless a change is made
they will try to govern the policy Of
future administrations. Most of you
think that the postmaster-genera
runs the department. He does not
II is almost impossible to see him
because of the long line Of congress
men waiting to tell him about the
claims of somebody to some post
ONCE. He has no time to look after
the departments policy.
Il think 1t would make for greater
efficiency to adopt the county sys
tem-one chief postmaster for each
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-12

county. with all other postE::stars
In the county subordinate to him.
The minor postmasters could get
supplies from him. account to him.
and go to him for consultations. lie
would appoint the subordinates, UNI
der civil service. would also put
the county postmaster Under civil
service. and would mold his position
up as prize for the best man In
the county service. would promote
men from the ranks. and give them
something ahead which they could
attain to by showing marked etfi-
cheney. Then we might have a post
master-general who could devote his
time to the policy of the depart
ment
II am not In sympathy with the
present reorganization Of the SER
vice. l do not mean that | stand
against economy In the administra-
ton of the postoffice department
know that the service needs fixing
up, but not the kind OF fixing that
will take from some people the ser
vice which they have enjoyed.
when congress opens In Deem
Der, intend TO Introduce a bin re.
curing rural free delivery at the
gate OF every farmhouse where the
roads are passable. don. care II
II costs more than the farmer spends
in postage. | would take out Of the
mails the catalogues Of the mail or
der houses, which were slipped In
without act of congress, At an added
cost OF S1O,000.000 a year, and
would give the farmers a chance ia
secure good service on rural routes
IL don't agree with Brown on the
motorcycle proposition. l don't be-
lieve that the motorcycle lie proper
vehicle for the conveying OF mail
understand that a majority OF the
claims under the compensation act
are caused by motorcycle acct
dents"
Congressman Beakes' reference ia
a county postoffice system was re
ceived with wild applause, and al
the end of his address he was given
a standing vote of thanks.
Senator Townsend was also on
the program. He sent word that he
would arrive In Detroit at 1880, but
at 1870 the convention was still
awaiting him. Meanwhile, steps had
been taken for the organization OF
woman's auxiliary to the associa
ton.
At o'clock the delegates march
ed TO the foot OF Bates-st., where
they took boat for trip on the
river and Lake st. Clair. Wednes
day evening, Congressman Doremus
will address the convep ton, and
Robert Askew, Of Utah, will lead q
discussion on ways and means tC
encourage the use OF the parcel
post"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-12

sci Dingeman are members. naming
the Detroit Trust Co. az auditor 70
examine the books OF the Michigan
State Telephone Co.. and appointing
Edward p. Burch to- check up the
company's appraisal figures.
Corporation Counsel Dingeman has
communicated with th6 state rail-
road commission asking that meet
ing with the telephone company's
engineers be arranged for early next
week so that work ma1 be started
by the city's experts.
Mr.. Burch. according to the esti-
mate he furnished the sub-commit-
tee, will receive $4,000 for his share
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-12
HOPELESSLY ILL,
ROLLS FROM BED
TO HANG HIMSELF

Unable TO work, for the last seven
years, on account OF illness, and
helpless In bed with locomotor ajax.
Ia during the last FIVE months. Jo-
seph A. Wood. 81 years old, Of No.
107 Greeley-ave.. ended his life.
Wednesday morning by tearing his
blanket in two. making a moose for
his neck. and then rolling out OF
bed after fastening one end OF the
blanket TO the post.
lie was dead when his daughter,
Mrs. Norman Ransom, discovered
him.
Coroner Burgess decided that no
inquest was necessary.
Wood was a painter He was a
widomer, making his home with his
daughter.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-12
OVERLOOK A BET;
SGT ON DESK IN
UNLOCKED STORE

While armed bandits were stick
ing up" saloonkerpers In the west
side of the city. doing two Jobs for
a total Of 5000. the style craft shop
at No. sol woodwnri.ave. was wide
open all night. with ss7.s5 lying in
plain view on q desk. while the safe
door stood ajar.
PatroIman Charles z. Smith dis.
covered the tempting invitation
which was overlooked by the powers
that prey, and he secured the place.
and notified the managers.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-12
OSBORNE IS
GIVEN SHOW
Governor Will Allow
Him Chance to Prove
Theories

ALBANY. N. Y. Aug. 12.-Thomas
Mott Osborne. millionaire warden of
Sing Sing prison. is to remain in
Office until his theories on prison
reform have had workout.
Gov. Whitman set at rest today
reports that the Golden Rule War
den" was to be ousted.
Warden Osborne is trying out a
new plan OF prison management, and
he will not be removed until his the
cries have received fair test" the
governor said.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-12
PROSPECT BuLGARS Will
JOIN ALLIES ENHANCED
BY SERBS SUBMISSION
HARRY HOLLANDS,
FINED $25, WILL
APPEAL, VERDICT

Harry Hollands. who was found
guilty OF a charge OF simple assault.
In Justice Sellers court. for threat
ening Health Board Inspector VIII
liam p. Mcmillan with hammer.
was fned s25,, with 80 days in the
House OF Correction as the alternar
tive, wednesday morning.
Mcmillan alleged that when he
went to Hollands home to inspect
some plumbing, Hollands menaced
him with hammer. and pushed him
away. refusing to admit him to the
house.
Hollands says he will appeal the
case.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-12
Satisfactory
Workmanship

Reasonable
Prices
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-12
BLOWS OUT THE
GAS; NEARLY DIES

Barney Panic, q years old, blew
out the gas when he retired at No.
230 Alfred-st.. Tuesday night. and
he was unconscious when found,
early Wednesday morning.
A pulmotor revived him.
Police did not learn what neck of
the woods Barney came from.
The earliest shorthand was com.
piled in England in 1898 by DR..
Timothy Bright.
Evening journal., 1915-05-14
COCK FIGHTS WERE
THE RAGE ONCE
IN WEST CHESTER
Daily Local News

The arrest of many witnesses TO a re-
cent cooking main in this county calls
to the mind of number of our older
citizens that cock fighting fifty or even
less number of years ago was "a rather
frequent amusement among the sport
ing people of West Chester, and mum
Der of persons who assumed TO good
standing in our community raised chick
ems or purchased them for such sport
Some very interesting stories are told
of fights in cellars, garrets, barns or
sheds hercabouts. On the old fair
grounds, now Wayne Field, cock fights
were held, and winkcd at by the authori-
ties and tolerated by the citizens who
while they had no love for such brutal
ity, were too timid TO protest. But the
sport finally came under the ban of
the state law and few fighting cocks are
now bred or owned here. There are a
number of men here, however, who with
in few years were finally tripped mp on
visit To Chester, where cock fights
were held on the quiet, and had to pay
dearly for following up the sport. There
are game chickens raised here, but the
fights are few, il any, nowadays.
A few old sports tell of how they used
TO fix the "gaifs" and do other things
which only cock fighter can, and no
one else cares To know about. The
breeding of game chickens was even a
higher science than raising them t. OBJ
tains best egg results. Fortunately
times have changed.
One of the men who was arrested in
the EasttOwn case states that all sorts
of methods are used TO make the roost-
ers wicked, hard and heavy. Gunpow-
der in water, wine in cake and other
ways are used.
On each chicken tag captured by the
police there was a tag found on which
was the name of the bird" and its
weight. There was, for instance, the
"Ardmore Stag" the DARBY Blue,
"Conshohocken Plug and many other
such names The lightest chicken was
four pounds eight ounces, the heaviest
six pounds ten ounces. The latter il
said to be a big bird, but a former West
Chester cock fighter says a man wh'
once lived here, had black game cock
which weighed over eight pounds.
Evening journal., 1915-05-14

rcy's mother, Mrs. T. st. John Galr.
ney, is now marked with a handsome
headstono
After its death the monkey was
brought here in a beautiful and costly
casket by Mr. and Mrs. Humphreys. A
icweled collar also was buried with the
dead monkey and its grave was decked
Evening journal., 1915-05-14
FRENCH REPORT SUCCESSES.

BY The United Press.
PARIS, May 14.-Heavy rains are
hindering the French offensive north
of Arras, according TO dispatches from
the front today. The war office, how
ever, announces that despite adverse
weather conditions the French took
several trenches southwest of Souchez
and near Carney by brilliant charges.
Along the Aisne, artillery fighting
has been recommended on a large
scale. French gunners yesterday de-
stroyed four German blockhouses.