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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-01-02
Prohibition

What figure will prohibition cut In
the campaign OF 1851 Shall we see
q straightout prohibition national
ticket, composed OF much stronger
men than the prohibiuonists have
hitherto nominated. or will the two
old parties, as SO often before. sue
coed In dividing a large prohibition
vote between themY
The prohibition issue has made re-
markabls strides OF recent years. Once
sort Of fad in politics. II Is now
recognised force there. Politicians OF
great prominence subscribe TO II
openly. others, while withholding
support, treat the issue with marked
respect. All alike give II considera-
ton In their calculations, state and
national,
Mr.. Roosevelt Is making eyes at the
issue. He must have a new platform
for 1916, and an anttnQuor plank
might suit his purposes. He appro-
pirates any good thing he finds In
reach.
Mr. Bryan II not candidate for
president, but wants his party under
Mr.. Wilson's leadership TO go into the
next campaign as strong as possible.
Hence his appeal to II to divorce itself
from all connection with the liquor
interests. He Is keeptng watch on
Mr. Roosevelts Irritation, with the
view OF interfering II necessary to
prevent any loss to the Democracy.
Would Mr. Hobson accept a prohibit
ton nomination for president? He Is
Democrat No change has been an
nounced as the result OF his defeat for
the senate, which he ascribed In part
TO the liquor interests. They fought
him for all they were worth, though
Mr.. Underwood would probably have
won In any case.
All things considered, Mr.. Hobson Is
the most prominent politician among
those unreservedly active in behalf OF
prohibition. He has the confidence OF
both the men and the women who are
laboring In that cause. They confess
his leadership. They seek his advice.
Such a nomination would Of course
pledge Mr.. Hobson to sever his con-
nection with the Democratic Tarty.
There is room for argument over
Henry watterson's dictum that no
Democrat can be a prohibitionist, but
certainly none over the proposition
that no prohibitionist candidate for
president could be a Democrat. For
the Democrats will have candidate
Of their own In 1915. and the faithful
will be expected to support him.
Washington Evening Star.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-01-02
From Another
Point OF NieU

A Judge in Natonia. N. J.. fines boys
caught throwing snow balls. ms
ought TO have good effect on this
Judge, lest a fall Of the kind that
packs cause him TO put aside bis dig
nifty and become a boy again.
Chicago Is TO have a BILLY" Sun
day this fall. BY fall. however. 1t may
be too late.
To Another Point OF View: The
D. v. r. having now been linked
with the Scripture by It's presi-
dent, may suggest that the ter
mlnal Of a Fourteenth car be CIV
on the name Of Ararst A. l. c.
st. Louis reports fewer marriages
than usual for this season. Maybe
the eligibles out that way are more
than ever mindful that they are from
Missouri.
Cocoanut water has been found In
Ceylon TO be a valuable coagulant oil
rubber. Over here just common river
water has been In common use Tor
some time In stretching q pint OF
milk &c a quart.
A Switzerland glacier has shrunk
more than q thousand feet In 10 years
Evidently this glacier contain some
OF the properties that 60 into under
wear.
Presenting incidentally a rather
Formidable death list.
II would at nicely into the case OF
the newspapers seeking political ad
vantage In the Jackson prison letter
writing scandal, IL the accused chap
lain could establish that he was act
ing merely as amanuensis for al the
high up oficials.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-01-02

can only result from such conditions
In q community.
Yakima county. Wash. for instance
shows q typhoid death rate Of almost
$50 per 100000 OF population--com-
monty said to be the highest In the
United statea
The reason for this II because few
Of the towns have adequate sewerage
systems and the public water supply
Is seldom developed 20 q sufficient ex.
tent to keep pace with the growing
population
Also, In Yakima county rural dis
tricts. cesspools are located near wells
with astounding frequency, according
TO the reports OF the United States
public health bulletins.
The future of typhoid as menace
TO the health Of the American people
depends upon the people themselves.
II II an easily preventable disease
this much has been proven; but It re-
mains with the public to work to-
gsther along the preventive lines laid
down by those who have studied the
subject
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-01-02
RsRGeA,M|aCRocFBks
IL He Discusses a ew Expansion Movement With WIilltp
rlend Casey and Has to
wv His Alarm
@tA H.
BY TOM MAY

"o we're In RI another per
w expansion"
tn
II tn expansion Oh
oi
Dame las tn fr tn laadies'
with look OF
der on WI
repeated gtn that whn
creation
come home In n
herr orti a ouldfashioned.
do stoyles nodded Caey
loke oompa
ar-reth this toimeF' asked Casey
whole Deem
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-01-02
Three pInchers.

-Ah. my poor man. said the benev-
olent old lady. II suppose you are
often pinched by want and hunger.
are you not7" -
"Yessum, and cops.
Commercial Tribune.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-01-02

measurement O
the degree OF sant
tation attained by
that community.
The disease. gen
orally speaking, Ia
more common IN
mild climates than
In the colder ones
though II Is pres
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-01-02

why, what In the world has be
come of your watchr The one you
used TO have had a handsome gold
case"
'T know II did. but circumstances
alter cases. "-Philadelphia Telegraph.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-01-02
panama,a Problems.

II must be admitted that the owner
ship OF the Panama canal requires not
only great wealth but exceptional po-
likeness and Observation-Disclosures
Star.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-01-02
BEAR IN MIND a CHRISTMAS DINNER
WILL NOT LAST THE YEAR AROUND!

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people this city responded magnaoeny
~ during the Christmas
Ts comment similar one being published in every
Every merchant every professional man. every penon suspected
having money. solicited
Charity balls charity musicals charity basksts charity stockings
Straight charity begging
To give hungry
wstsr for 3s4 days Is all right
poor ohds stocking with goodies and toys is right
10 make all the feel that Tor day. anyhow they have Kind
8, hdyfu friends il all right
God preserve bless Christmas sentiment giving
Anzn u all those who give
But there il something else.
give chance 81 giving 81
ansr
10 show orphan it has every day reliable
a ens night
your hspunsss your fellows all the
With money by rade The Times sent to
nay homss containing Chicken potatoes bread butter
t canned nu and candies for good big Christmas
y dinner
But chances hungry again by this
would be fine Christina.
around, but il happens cannot
nangh genuine admiration praise for the noble
women children have made this Christmas
Of unusual Joy only in this town. but in warn foreign
pa through contributions Christmas ship fund
How they have worked how they have sacrificed how t have
Hsved the miserable and brought cheer to millions.
No gand p sailed the than that Times Christmas %
No eang sentiment holds the hearts Of
% mmanoe the poor babe Bethlehsm which prompts
Am 70 b fathsn to tho babes Of THAR tmss
hut altar Christmas WHAT
Whit II al that Christmas effort show sympathy and to hpi
Christmas but but hunger cold and ell all
- 0thr days Of the calendar
What grand thing would DO all that mighty, urgent
Bd Christmas effort finding making Jobs for the unemployed Of
- tsun.
& The member Of the Board Of Commerce doing nohy
You hslp happens you member
oemmmoa
Lock around you and you haven't Job win produce
~ sumsting to eat Hts fu, little rsnt money
IA The Christmas spirit q fine thing.
Az Christmas time really and simply ourselves;
6nded shoud DO; what always would be greed
- sslAahnes and jesouhea
Take the spirit with far you into this
We with everybody could year around
8m those who need il and who
There many cold weeks again
This that thsre many Of suffering ahead
During those weeks please thought your c
md strive TO aid them all you can
Best all find Job for worthy woman In your store
factory around you homo
Keep In mind particularly men who asks for moth
hg but chance work and himself dependent upon
lin
Keep your Christmas spirit In good working order
Il ID after Christmas now.
Altar Christmas WHAT
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-01-02
Americas Typhoid Death Rate
Leads the Whole Civilized World


Millions IN Economic Loss
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-01-02

The typhoid death rate in any COM
mmity furnishes a fairly accurate
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-21

in greater PARTLY the railroad, but it is
a single-track line. A British attack in
the Gulf of Alexandretta or from Jaffa
might cut the line behind the Turks, i'm
perilling their very existence.
Again, while Germany is equipping and
transporting the huge army that will be
required England has it within her power
to send to Egypt huge masses OF troops.
She has nearly a million in England, and
her colonies will respond to a new call
India can send native troops not available
for Europe. All the British and French
troops in the Near East can be drawn
down into Egypt. This army can be sup
piled by ships without limit.
From Alexandria and Cairo railroads
run to the canal, and in the canal mont
tors and old battleships can be used ef-
fectively. Behind the British will lie the
fertile land of Egypt; all the supplies OF
the Turks must be drawn for hundreds
of miles, for Syria, the Holy Land and
Arabia lack all resources to feed and
supply any considerable army.
Italy Must Help.
Such an invasion must enlist Italian
aid. Turkish success in Egypt would
mean the loss of Tripoli; it would near
that Germany and Austria would find
naval bases facing the Italian coast; they
might take Derna, Tripoli City; they
might take Tobruk; they might flow over
into Tunis and take Bizerta. Italy's posi-
ton in the Mediterranean would be fatally
compromised if Germany secured hold
upon the African coast.
Accordingly. nothing is more certain
than tina from out her great resources In
men Italy would send huge reinforce
ments to Egypt, drawing on Britain and
France for financial support What
Italy has not yet consented to do IN the
Balkans she would have to do in Africa
where her own existence would be a,
stake. Italy, too, would be vastly closer
and easier base for armies in Egypt than
Constantinople can prove for the Turks.
Furthermore, it must be recalled tina.
Turkish man power is not unlimited. The
Turks have fought two losing wars In 70
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-21

mean to Spain, across Gibraltar Straits,
and only stopped in Southern France.
For many years the Germans have
dreamed of Harvesting the power Of Ma
homet to the car of Hohenzollern conquest.
They have permitted the Turk to believe
as the Turk believed of that other great
monarch, Napoleon, that their Kaiser was
a Mahometan. At Tangier and in Jerusa-
lem the Kaiser has spoken words which
were intended to stir the hearts of the
followers of the Prophet. Half the plan
was realized when Turkey enlisted in the
Great War; the other half seems to come
true, from the German standpoint, now
that the railroad runs clear from Ham
burg and Brussels to the Golden Horn.
The Basdsd Railroad.
For the realization of this dream the
Germans have been working in Asia Minor
for many years. The great Bagdad rail-
road. which has filled diplomatic reports
and international politics for decade, has
been for the Germans the instrument
which, at the appointed time, would re-
spond to their hand and prove the ruin OF
British imperial hopes. From Scutari, op-
posite Constantinople, this road has been
traced across the highlands Of Anatolia to
the Taurus Mountains; beneath these
mountains. near the famous Cilician
Gates. which Alexander passed through
on his march to India, which the Persians
penetrated in their earlier advances to the
west against Greece, the Germans have
been tunnelling.
Beyond the Taurus the railroad has
been constructed most Of the distance 70
the Euphrates. West Of the river orancn
connects with the Beirut-Damascus iine'
and south of this leads the great Mecca
Railroad, constructed by Abdul Hand 70
give him sure control Of the Holy cities
Of Islam and fat revenue derived from
the pilgrims making their great religious
excursion to the city Of Mahomet. Far 70
the south. near the Sinai Desert, the rail-
road approaches the frontier OF Egypt
From this point, 1t is asserted, the TURKS
under German guidance, have already con-
structed q light railroad In the direction
Of Sucz.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-21

Byzantine Empire ruled. In the present
she sees direct and inviting road leading
to vital part of the British Empire;
she sees chance, the only chance, OF
victorious peace" because she realizes
now what her leaders always feared: that
British immunity froin attack and British
wealth and persistence would serve o
hold together coalition against the Kai-
ser wholly comparable to that which de-
stroyed Napoleon. She realizes, too, .ha'
il Britain is not wounded and II a war OF
exhaustion continues Germany may be
totally defeated, and, in any event, only
England will or can emerge from the
conflict gamer.
Can Germany Succeed?
What are the chances Of success for
Germany in her third offensive? What
basis Of hope Is there for the Kaiser that
he may win the victorious peace in Egypt
that escaped him in France and Russia:
The chances are plain. Great Britain
may yield under the threat, although this
is a remote possibility. Turkish armies
may reach Suez, and, passing the canal,
break into the Nile Valley. The thing is
as possible as was the taking of Paris
and the elimination Of Russia.
Yet it is we'll to recall the difficulties
in the way. They are many and serious.
First Of all, the Bagdad railway is not
vet completed. So far as the world
knows, the tunnel under tho Taurus
Mountains is as yet unfinished. There 10
a long and difficult gap between the two
sections Of the railroad. It Is possible
to cross this gap; armies can pass It AS
thew have before, even though 1t Is closed
for days by the SHOWS Of winter, and win
ter has already begun in these mountains.
But what about the munitioning OF the
great army that must be sent?
And after crossing the Taurus Noun
tains there is the Sinai Desert, waterless
exnanse a hundred miles wide, across
which armies must be transported, al
though q railroad can DO constructed in
their rear q they advance. Then from
tho Bosporus 10 Sues BY rail and road
Is .. least 1900 miles. served IN part
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-21

Here, then, is the road which the Ger
mans hope to take; by this route they
already see Turkish armies advancing
toward Egypt. 1t is to munition and equip
these armies that they have crushed poor
Serbia and hacked way through second
Belgium. No chance has brought them on
this new road; it has been prepared
through long years.
Germany Place In the Sun.
If the threat sufices, II Great Britain
consents to make peace before Germany
strikes, then the terms Of peace are clear.
To Austria is to go the hegemony Of the
Balkans, to Germany the right to reo1-
ganize the Turkish Empire. This means
that Turkey will become a German COL
ony, Asia Minor Teutonic India; Syria,
the Arabian coast of the Red Sea, Meso-
potamia and Persian Gulf ports German
outposts in the East.
But this peace will be but truce. II
will be but q pause until Germany is
ready for the second spring. The second
spring will carry her into Egypt, for
England Is the permanent foe. Suez will
become a German waterway. In the
same fashion from the Persian Gulf
Teuto-Turk armies will take the road of
Alexander and penetrate into India, which
will rise in rebellion, and out of the chaos
will come a new German possession. As
for British imperial power, 1t will vanish
in the ashes Of second defeat, more
complete then the first.
This Is the German scheme, colossal,
challenging the imagination. but revealed
in such solid substances as the Bagdad
railroad, realized In no small part now
that the railroad from the Spree to the
Golden Horn, even more, to the Taurus
Mountains, is already open to the Ger
mans, and Turkey has taken the Kaiser's
shilling.
In all this it must be recognized that
Germany is thinking both Of the future
and the present. In the future she sees
the great colonial empire founded upor
German power and destined TO re-
store prosperity and wealth to tho re-
gions In which Rome. Persia and the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-21

cent years, and in the first Balkan War
suffered terrible losses. They have lost
very heavily in the recent operations at
the Dardanelles and in the Caucasus. 1t
will still be necessary to maintain armies
in Gallipoli, about Constantinople and In
the Caucasus. Two or three hundred
thousand troops might be available for
such a venture, but two or three hun
dred thousand would be an insignificant
force In the face Of the resources of Eng
land and Italy. Even France could still
send troops TO Egypt, withdrawing Sar-
rails Amy from Serbia.
AS to German armies passing through
Serbia and approaching Suez, this is q
day dream. Officers Germany may stiI
be able to send, but men-that Is, masses
of men-she cannot. To hack her way
through Serbia she has had to abandon
the offensive in Russia and assume
complete defensive in the West. Austria,
to help in the Southern campaign, has
been compelled to weaken her armies fac
ing Italy and Russia. The limit OF Aus
trian and German powers in the matter
of numbers has been reached and passed;
Germany could not afford to risk con-
siderable army in an Egyptian venture.
This is the judgment Of Allied and neu-
trail observers alike.
Turkeys Work.
The campaign against Egypt must be
In the main Turkeys work. She can
draw on Germany for officers and for the
great cannon which have proved SO dead
ly in Russia and In Serbia, although the
transport Of these to the Sinai peninsula
must prove long and difficult job. The
preparation of the campaign must take
time, even after the Kaiser enters SIAM
boul. Offensives of the modern sort are
not improvised, particularly at the re-
moter end of twelve hundred miles Of rail
and road.
BY spring, perhaps materially earlier,
the world may expect to hear OF Turk
ish army under German officers approach
ing the Sucz Canal But it will meet
great British armies and not impossibly
Italian armies. II viii have to advsnfe
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-19
TARTAN OF THE APES
THE THRILLING ADVENTURES OF A PR1MEvAL MAN
AND AN AMERICAN GIRL
BY EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
copyrisht 1914. by A. c. Mcclurs Company.
SYNOPSIS.

OopyFIsht' 1914, BY a. c. McClurg Company.
SYNOPSIS.
John. Clayton, Lord Greystoke embarks
With his young wife on the barkentine
EEuWaIda T. Tor British WSsi Atrlca, where he
ne nnds mutiny stirring, and after his re-
nolNers have been stolen from him he il
pain Of death.
The mutiny breaks aud John and Alice
clayton are put ashore
Attacked by q great anthropoid ape. Clay
ION is saved by his wife, but the dying
beast attacks her and frlghtens her 30 that
she loses her mind. A child is born to the
couple. A year later Alice dies leaving
clayton with the child.
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Tenderly Kala nursed her little waif,
wondering silently why 1t did not gain
strength and agility as did the little apes
Of other mothers. 1t was nearly a year
from the time the little fellow came into
her possession before he would walla
alone, and as for climbing-my, but how
stupid he was
Kala sometimes talked with the older
females about her young hopeful, but
none of them could understand how n
child could be so slow and backward in
learning TO care for itself. Why, II could
not even find food alone and more than
IL moons had passed since Kala had
come upon II.
Had they known that the child had seen
10 moons before It had come into Kala's
possession, they would have considered
its case as absolutely hopeless. for the
little apes of their own tribe were as far
advanced In two or three moons as was
this little stranger after 25
Tublat, kaa's husband. was sorelv
veNed and but for the females careful
watching would have put the child out
of the way.
He will never be great ape" he
argued. always will you have to carry
him and protect him. What good will he
be to the tribe? None: only a burden.
Let us leave him quietly sleeping
among the tall grasses. that you may
bear other and stronger apes to guard
us In our old age"
Never. Broken Nose" replied Kala.
"Gf I must carry him forever, so be it,"
And then Tublat went to Kerchak to
urge him to use his authority with Kala,
and force her to give up little Tarzan,
which was the name they had given to
the tiny Lord Greystokc, and which
meant "White-Skin."
But when kerchak spoke to her about
tn rttn Frr,V
tribe If they did not leave her in peace
with the child; and as this is one OF the
inalienable rights of the Jungle folk, ii
they be dissatisfied among their own peo-
pie, they bothered her no more. for kala
was fine. clean-llmbed young female,
and they did not wish to lose her
AS TarZan grew he made more rapid
strides, so that by the time he was 10
years old he was an excellent climber.
and on the ground could do many wonder
full things which were beyond the powers
OF his little brothers and sisters.
In many ways did he differ from them,
and they often marveIed at his superior
cunning. but in strength and size he was
deficient: for at 10 the great anthropoids
were fully grown, some of them tower
ing over six feet i'm height, while little
Tarzan was still but half-grown boy.
Yet such boy!
From early infancy he had used his
hands to swing from branch to branch
after the manner of his giant mother
and as he grew older he spent hour upon
hour daily speeding through the treetops
with his brothers and sisters
He could spring 20 feet across space
at the dizzy heights of the forest top,
and grasp with unerrlng precision, and
without apparent jar a limb waving
wildly in the path of an approaching tor
nado.
CONTINUED TOMORROW