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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-21
SHORT ONES.

Champ Clark has tied up his houn' dog and
II out with open support for the president In
other words he has restored the 10 it's original
place In his first name for the substitute l. that
W r. Hearst once placed there
Has train service been suspended by the New
Haven? We haven't heard OF a regular wreck
for some months now
Greece simply refuses TO be spilled into the
lap of any European power
Wanted: A shepherd to watch over flock of
sheep until Fleeing season. Apply J. r. Nor.
gan, Wall-st
Chicago woman says she had TO call a police
man TO force her husband 10 take a bath You
can lead some men to water. but you can't make
EN- battle.
The surest sign a man Is a candidate Is when
he says he isn't
Mayor Thompson has ordered Chicago saloons
closed on Sunday. Saturday night shopping no
doubt VIII nog beeone ncrp DoDulns.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-21
The Woman Suf.
frage Question

Secretary OF War Lindley NJ. Gar
rison Is able. experienced, and natu.
rally conservative IN temperament
His recent statement in favor of
woman suffrage 10 a notable triumph
for that cause. and his reasons are
worth noting because they are the
irreducible minimum OF practical ar
giluent When we have put aside
the considerations OF right and JUS
tice, the cxpediency OF the argu-
ment remains as he states II. and II
is decisive:
'1t you refrain from giving the
ballot TO women. you will always
have a very large part OF your popu.
lation convinced that the state is
losing the opportunity TO obtain the
zrea, results which would come
from permitting them TO participate
in elections.
by giving them the ballot We
give them the opportunity OF pro
dHclng these reforms; and II they
do SCI II certainly will be a matter
Cor great congratulation upon all
tides.
If they do not do so, and II on
the whole II turns out that the bal.
lot in the hands OF men produces
just about the same results as when
women also participate. 70 harm
will have come from IT, and great
subject which is now divertlng the
attention OF the people from other
vital public questions will have
been removed from the arena OF dis
cusslon"
The business OF government Is 70
get things done on the best possible
basis OF popular participat Hon In
orr time that means women voting
--Coll,er's.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-21

lIouor interests and political machines
which are perfectly organized TO defeat
it. She also thinks that II is bad pohcy
10 have more than one or, at most, two
states in campaign at the same time
as that scatters the forces which should
be concentrated. Also, she declares no
state should be allowed TO go into cam
paien unless there are good grounds Tor
thinking it will win.
The women of New Jersey have said
that this is the only time they Will put
the question before the individual voter,
and that if suffrage lost, they would turn
their attention and energies toward the
passage of the national amendment
through congress.
Mrs. E. F. Feickert, president OF the
New Jersey State Woman Suffrage asso-
citation. told women of this city some
time ago. that she was convinced that
the political rings did no intend to give
the women a fair chance.
The fact that the suffrage question
has become such live issue in the
last two years, has naturally aroused all
It's opponents to their greatest endeavor.
and there has been no pause in their ef-
forts to make themselves into solid, inn
pregnable body against which the COM
paratively feeble efforts of financially
poor, insuffciently organized body of
women, with nothing but justice and
democratic ideals to offer, is a sad spec
tacle.
New Jersey is manufacturing state,
and il is well known that, while voter
may not be bought or interfered with
legally, there are grave possibilities OF
his losing his job, if he does not follow
the lead of those in authority.
Many women in this city, are more
than ever confirmed in their opinion that
suffrage can never be obtained in the east
excepting through national amendment.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-21
What Have Voting
Women Done!
~ OR. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915. by Frank Crane)

A singular document has been issue
by the Illinois Equal Suffrage Associ}
ton. Its singularity consists in tina
while il is political document, issue
by political body, il contains no rind
tail-screamer platitudes, but is chock-fu
Of cold, hard facts.
If women are to go on indulging in Thu
kind Of pamphleteering they will surel
gum up the great game of politics, an
the glorious days of Tom Taggart, Boid
Penrose, and Bill Bryan are over.
Their opponents up and asked of til
ladies of Illinois the question, "Whf
have you done since you got the fran
chise?" Whereupon Mrs. Edward
Stewart, the secretary Of the association
told them. Her answer is packed full Q
hard shot. Here, says she, are some q
the things women in Illinois have accom-
plished. The list includes the followin
items:
Better school buildings. free kinde1 ,
gartens, more vocational training, penn
lunches in schools, depots TO suppl
needy school children with clothes, ba
dance halls and pool-rooms exposed
municipal dance halls and poolroom
moving picture censorship, community
houses, streets and alleys cleaned, spd
map showing housing conditions, poor
paved streets and dirty alleys, neglecteI
and forgotten roads repaired and OILED
fly swatters and anti-mosquito campaign
organized. children work for civic better
ment, sanitary food and stores, sanitar1
milk and water supply, improved park
Il,
around factories. depots and public build
ings: unsightly railway stations replace
by new ones, municipal groves. at frs
exercise of ballot 1000 saloons drive
from state, municipal employment bq
reau, tramps put to work, segregated
districts abolished, saloons closed o.
Sunday in many towns where formerlI
open in violation of the state law, police
women; in majority Of towns committee
of women present at every council mee(
ing: in some towns women's vote large
than the mems. In Bushnell, with 8OI
women eligible TO vote, 76S voted; mani
towns adopt commission government.
Furthermore, it was claimed that wd
men would not vote if they had thI
chance, that 10000 women would nd
register in Chicago for the first election
Answer: Nearly 100000 women voteI
at the first spring election, and six gooI
aldermen were elected by women's votes,
and at the second election 254, 900 womel
voted, and only one per cent more regis
tered men voted than women.
The women certainly mean business
Those who think their interest in civil
affairs is a temporary and sentimental
fad had better think again.
AS a specimen of political literatur|
that goes straight to the mark, and i
clear, intelligent, and unanswerable, Mrs
Stewards report is humdinger.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-21
From Another Point of VietD

A bull moose has escaped from a pre-
serve in Mercer, Wis. Boy, page MI
Roosevelt.
An inmate of Wisconsin prison ha|
filed petition in bankruptcy. He claim
exemption on his place of residence.
Horace G.. Williams, speaking on thu
street >.r question, warned his audiencS
that the value Of the ID. L. r. lines wi
be based ION the pleadings alone" Let
see. which side is Brother Williams argu|
ing for?
Charles S. Mellen bares New HaveI|
railways history" says newspaper
heading. Almost anything goes since
Anthony Comstock died.
After reading the returns from New
Jersey. Gov. Ferris opines that Suffrage
is sure to come" The governor is surely
no pessimist.
Manchester, England, is in favor Of
the purchase plan, but Barcelona. SpainI
shows up in the opposition column. A
statement of Hong Kong's position il
eagerly awaited.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-21
Pointed Paragraphs
BY Webster.

The bigot is usually pretty small.
Scmo people know a lot most OF
which isn't SO.
And sometimes loves young dream
dies OF old age.
Trouble never disapp0inJs the chap
who Is looking Tor H.
Man a good man WHO condeIns a
sinner secretly enyies him
The fool delivers his words by
numbers and the wise man BY
weight.
The man who can lose all his mon
ey and still retain his friends Is a
wonder
Even a wise man goes lame when
he gets into religious or political
argument
A woman's idea OF doing charity
work is 20 get her male scquaint.
ances 10 furnish the money.
The difference between ignorance
and Innocence in woman Is that
one or the o:ner is genuine
All men in this great and glorious
l3untry may be free aid equal. but
they don't look ii when CARRIED In
bathing suits.
Many a girl who intends TO marry
a millionaire s. lucky II she gets a
hugband who can provide her with a
regular meal ticket.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-21
Up To Father.

One summer day farmer lad
noted for bashiulness and slowness
OF speech appeared ut the door of a
nelghbor named Smiley, and explain
cd that a loai OF hay which he had
been driving had upset. He asked
Smiley to help him reload IL.
Willie" said the jovisl farmer,
mother will soon have dinner ready.
Come in and eat with us, and then
We will attend TO the hay"
I'D like to-" said Willie, but I
don't know what father would say"
"Oh. he wouldn't care" <Iid
SMILEY; "lll tell him how II was"
ana thereupon ne ushered the young
man into the house.
After dinner he left his wife and
daughter 10 entertain Willie while
ne read the paper. over which he
fell asleep. Some lime afterward
he awoke and suggested to Willie
that they walk cIfn TO the back
pasture ana look a. some caves be-
fore reloading the hay.
I'D like TO GO said Willie. "but
don't krbw what father would
say"
"oh, he wouldn't care" said Smi-
ley. by the way, where is your
father today"
"why, he's unde- that load Of
bay" sa:d WilIie--cverybo
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-21

Many weird and fanctful stories
come from the theater of war.
though II is considered probaS,e that
a majority Of such stories are con-
ceiyed and written not in the thea
ter Of war. but outside % IL. and In
numerous instances long way from
the thez;er OF operations. There is
a piaufibii,y. though, in a narrative
from somewhere IN France" that
N The French artillery they have
succeeded in adapting sileneer TO
the famous 75-millimeter aeld gun
guns that are very sim.lar to
though 4 .riHe rmalle- IN caliber
than the three-inch guns in the Unit
ed States field artillery.
When the Maxim cIieneer YES II
vented the claim was made for It
that IL would make tie report OF
rife inaudible al a distance OF few
yards. but. that eventually II might
be applied 70 cannon. In the mat
ter, OF small arms IL Is well-known
today that the silencer has lived up
10 the claims made for Il. and in the
case OF privately-owned firearms the
si'encer has sometimes been found
attached.
Sc far AS military rifles are con
cerned 4, is not known. AZ least 20
civilians. that the silencer is being
used, though, OF course. & may be
where quiet. secret shooting is very
much desired. Some Of me military
objections urged against the attach.
ment OF the silencer 20 soldiers
rifles were expense. increase o.
weight TO the soldiers equipment
and disturbance OF the balance OF
the gun.
Many things may betray the posi-
ton OF field battery IN action The
old way OF quickly identifying a bat
tery in action was by the smoke OF
the discharges. This means Of ideD-
LITIGATION passed with the adoption
OF smokeless powder, for where the
charcoal powders let clouds OF white
smoke belch from the gun muzzle
the nitro powders are 20 consumed
hat only a thiE blue haze blows
from he muzzle
BIt he blast from the new gun
may blow up a dust clod from the
ground IN front % the gun and this
may reveal the artillery position
thovEh In posting tho gun this dan
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-21
Sufficient Cause

Gertrude" asked the teacher,
what were the causes of the revolu-
tionary war;"
1T had something 10 do with
automobiles, but I did not under.
stand just what" answered Ger
trude.
"Oh. no." said the teacher, that
was before the day OF automobiles. /"
We'll, it was said 1t was on &C
count OF unjust taxis," said Ger
trude. firmly Harper's Magazine.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-21
A Poem a Day
THE LITTLE RED uiBRoN.

ssfs' oh.'of~s
sing not or battles nor conquerors
laden
with trophies their valor has won
I'm the strife.
My song u the love OF shy little
maiden
Who smiled upon me in the morn
ing of life.
l whispered my passion; though
clumsIly spoken.
With tear-shining lashes she heed
ed my prayer,
with the ring OF betrothal begged
for token
The little red ribbon she wore In
her hair
Though now II IL faded
picture IL braided.
The way that IL shimmered that
night on the stair.
And often l kiss Il.
And think how I'd miss 1t
The little red ribbon she wore in
her hair.
Tho years have aown by and her
locks have grown whittier;
J. smile when she speaks OF the
gray In the gold:
whisper 20 her that her glances
are brighter.
Her dinples more witching than
ever OF old.
our Iove-iite has witnessed more
laughing than weeping;
We chase with fond kisses the foot
prints OF care
But my own little wife never dreams
! am keeping
The little red ribbon she wore In
her hair.
Though faded and crinkled.
And rumpled and wrinklcd.
The bonnie. bright looping that
glistened so fair,
Far down I'm my pocket
II lies In n locket--
The little red ribbon she wore In her
hair.
--Pearson's Weekly.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-21

II will surprise many people who
live in those parts OF the United
States which have been heavily set.
tied by German people TO learn that
the Tcutonic element in this coun-
try Is not nearly as large as has
been estimated. We have heard all
sorts OF figures on the number Of
Germans In America. the largest be-
ing that OF Congressman yollmer, OF
Iowa. who said that they were be
tween 20 and 80 millions.
Col. Harvey OF the North Amer
lean Review has taken pains 10 look
up the matter in the Official tables
OF the United States governments
census OF 1910. First, he found that
there we're In the United States
only I3,3i5,545 foreirn.born all told.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-21

months will be more susceptible TO
disease than those people who &C.
cept the rigOrs 81 the season and
thus gain the stamina needed TO
fight IN disease
Cold weather OF itself never f.
dangerous and need not he uncom-
Portable. The human body soon
adapts itself 20 lower temperatures,
and becomes accustomed 20 cold
winds. II il essential. however. that
the body actually experience these
cold winds. The human body can.
not accustom itself to winters pene-
tration II II Is coddled in warm
room.
The only way. 10 prepare the
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-21
New York Colleges

About the last thing many per
sons Would think OF New York as
being is a college town"
Yet as a college town in the way
that universities come into the term
we lead the world in point OK mum.
Ders OF students. This year il
Columbia alone there are 1855 stu.
dents enrolled. az against an esti-
mated number Of 1910 In Yale and
1893 registered at Harvard The
city college statistics are not re-
ported YET. but the New York uni.
vcrsity has 5000 students. with the
registration not completes-N New
York Iress.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-21
n1t Crowd and Machine
Down Suffrage Once More

IN Detroit suffY1gists are disappointed
\ but not disheartened over the defeat of
suffrage in New Jersey, and feel that to
|So1xy an eastern state where the LIQUOR
ntorests and their huge financial back
~ ne solidly organized against it. would
~ almost an impossibihty.
Mrs. Clara B. Arthur says that condi-
tons which defeated suffrage in New
Jersey were practically the same as those
which prevailed in Michigan when it lost
Here the suffrage amendment was the
6rst voted upon under the new constitu-
ton. which had not properly safeguarded
the ballot. Many amendment slips were
thrown on the floors of the booths and
utterly disregarded. The Michigan leg
islature in the next session, remedied this
defect. No just vote can be recorded un-
der the unnumbered ballot system of New
Jersey. Mrs. Arthur stated that she had
NTH hope Of women in New Jersey win
ming from the first, but does think they
have chance in New York, though the
element against suffrage in New Jersey
will now rush into New York, as it did
/ from Ohio into Michigan, and will add its
strength to the already powerful machine
there. to defeat it.
Mrs. Jennie Law Hardy. who has been
working throughout the entire campaign
n New Jersey, has said right along, that
here were not enough suffrage workers
hets nor money enough to do effective
y9ofk that the speakers and money had
\ a - divided among the four states in
aPpeipn. and that New Jersey suffered
nv thereby.
m DuSsne r. Shipper feels that a
- tloetion IN m eastern state has
~ dsal and does not represent
~ e. the subject, but is
- r. the power Of the
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-21
Let's Have Some Action
On the Bridge Problem

Az an Illustration of dilatory tactics
the recent history of the common coun-
ell on the Belle Isle bridge matter may
be very well, but it is not getting the
people of this city, who foot the bills
and are entitled to get something for
their money. bridge to the city's big
playground.
There are times when it seems as
though the aldermen deliberately try to
zee how far they can get their conduct
OF the city's affairs away from anything
even approaching business principles and
this seems to be one of the times.
a business man who lost part of his
pIant by fire would Immediately find out
how much of the remaining structure
ieould be safely used and proceed to make
That disable while plans were being made
1dr the permanent replacement of the
rplnainder.
II Bat the council first has plans drawn
for 4 very expensive new bridge and tries
% put that over before anything else is
ldone. With that defeated the next move
1sGuns to have been to hunt around for
:nome way of spending money for a tenn
pcrary bridge that would look and be
- very temporary and inconvenient that
tie people would ultimately vote for a
lhrxe bond issue for handsome new
bridge out of disgust with the makeshift.
IL the old piers are damaged they are
eoTtAinly not in such shape that COM
poxatively small repairs would not make
hem rood for al time. Why not have
Ih6m repaired and then put on them q
hejdse for present needs. so constructed
HAT IL can be enlarged as traffic de-
Inands7 And why not get at it, with
Ut all this postponement and shilly-
Skaly7
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-21

body for winter weather r. 20 stay
out In cold weather for as many
hours as possible each day. People
become softer" as they cling TO
warm homes and become harden.
cd as they face the wind and snow.
Don't seal up the honsc just be-
cause the weather is becoming chill.
~. Keep bedroom windows open al
night. To keep warm In bed put
on more covering
Air the house out during tho dav
and give the sunshine as much
chance to enter as It had In summer
time.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-21

In Lancashire. Eng, the cotton
waste has an annual value OF SIS.
900 coo. This vast sum is repre-.
scented by fag-ends. sweepIngs, pick.
lrgs and combings. Thousands of
wcmch are employed to divide this
stuff into good, middIing and bad
and II is sold at various prices for
paper i1skIng. mating. surgical
waddIng. and. most OF all, the max.
ing Of shoddy
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-21

indoors. r n o
warmth OF the
home " nile
pleasant is encr.
vatin z, a n d
those who neg
Iect outdoor ex
ercise during
tn winter
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-21
DOGS OF WAR.

The spartans and some other ancionts used
dogs in war and probably this use conf
tinued 10 the time OF Julius Caesar, II not later
Antony. in shakespcare's Julius Caesar" Act|
2. Scene L. says CRY havoc. and let slip tho
dogs OF war The war dogs We're cased ir|
armor and wore spiked collars their nscxs
The dog Kratim as the finest representative of
his race has By MohammedaD mythulogy been
admitted into the Mussulman heaven Kratim
was a dog endowed with the gift Of prophecJ
nd was the watcher over the slumbers of tho
geyen Sleepers OF Ephesus. So that he also an.
pears in Christian mythology In the present
great war real dogs are rendering great SERVED
In Red Cross work, and metaphorical dogs ard
OF much help to the cartoonists In theif
sketches tho British bulldog and the TeutonId
dachshund predominant with an occasional side
swipe at the French poodle. In the Uncle
Toms Cabin" campaign just opened for the sea-
son the greet Dane has the stage as well as tho
street parade, with no contendcrs.- indianapolis
News.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-21
"Silencers" Used On Cannon

ger Is provided against where pos
sible.
The sound o. the firing may also
reveal the direction OF the enemy
battery. A recent news account
from France says: The silencinS
OF a big gun is a difficult problem
and though in the case OF rifles and
small guns the report can be made
almost negligible. the gigantic rush
OF gases when a big she'll Is fired
prevents 4 complete s.lencing, but r.
is so effective that 10 sound OF nr-
ing can be heard over a greater dis
tance than 100 yards or so The 81
lenee- Is attached TO the muzzle OF
the gun. As the shell leaves the
gun n small shutter springs up and
prevents the explosive escaping In
The usual way II is the sudden
fierce rush OF gas which causes the
bang when a gun is fred The
gas passes out through the two
channels with nothing like the rush
that is caused IN the ordinary way
II Is impossible to stop the gases
escaping altogether. for the pres
sure Is so terrific that the gun would
be blown to pieces. Washington
Star. -----------
Sunday School Teacher-What Is
the meaning OF charity" Stella?
Small Stella-It's when you have
a cold and somebody lends you
,batr Handkerchief
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-21
The Keep Well Column
WINTER.

The chill days OF early winter
ma most people content to huddls
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-21

The four leading continental countries AZ w,J
have total wheat area OF about los 600 ood
acres. and rye area OF iO2 900 900 acres. I'M
war means probably loss OF i2000.OOo acre.
Of wheat and rye In France, Germany. Austria
Hungary and Russia. -
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-21
More "AWes" Than TeufOnS In L. S.

Looking up the Teutons among
these the census showed the follow
ing.
Germany 2,50l,I81
Austria. Hungary ..o...1 $40 24
Total Teutonic It'll, 705
But fully two-thirdE of the number
reported from Austria-Hungary are
not Teutons at all. They are Hun
garians. Bohemians, Poles. Slovaks.
RumaniaDs, SeTbians and Bosnians
who VIGOROUSLY have no love for
Austria although they emigrated
from Austrian territory.
The census figures show the fol-
lowing foreign horn who hailed from
the soil OF the Allies"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-21
Total Allies.

The foregoing figures only show
the foreign born. You have TO take
into account the children born In
this country OF foreign parents. All
right: the United States census
does that. too. The figures give the
following az the total OF all foreign
horn and ~ American born OF one or
both foreign parents:
British ...............1O ,O37.420
TeutOnic ............. S,sl7,2Il
Not 20 mention the Russians. Ital-
lans. French and Belgians, Allies of
the British. Nor. in the foregoing
are given the foreign born, or their
American born children. Of Norway,
Sweden, Denmark. Holland. Switzer-
land, Greece. Spain. Portugal and
Mexico all 81 which are well repre-
scented In tho United States.
Our German ncighbor might say
That you win have to take into ac-
count the third and fourth genera
tiop OF Germans born In this coun.
Try. SO, too, YOU will have 10 take
Into account the British and Others
who have been emigrating to the
United ststes for three quarters of
century.