davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Detroit times., 1915-03-16
Rr GILsoN GARpNER.

WASHINGTON, March i6.-The
appointment OF politicians to once
on the basis OF political innuence
rather than fitness for the position
never better Illustrated than in the
recent appointment Of DR.. r. Lester
Jones as head OF the Coast and
Geodetic Survey. His predecessor.
who Is known all over the country.
Prof. Otto II Tittman. had been In
the place As years. Administration
after administration had come and
gone, but recognizing his merits. had
left him In charge Of this highly tech
pical branch. OF the government
work. II remained for this admins
tiation TO appoint medical doctor
(for the title II not doctor Of any.
thing to do with the technique OF
geography who has distinguished
himself since his arrival In wash
layton merely by his activity as a
political wirepuiler.
Jones goes TO the once from that
of deputy commissioner Of fisheries.
He was appointed to this once By
reason OF his political activity In the
state of Virginia He had served .
brief term as nsh commissioner In
New Jersey and had there met Joe
Tumulty. This was his principal
equipment for the Job. Jones and
Wick were both candidates for the
deputy eommissionership. but vich
finally was placed among the de
serving Democrats In Santo Do
mingo. This Jones deserving Demo
crat' was put in the technical 20
sition OF deputy commissioner OF
fisheries.
While In that once the president
received full detailed charges against
him from a man thoroughly equipped
The Detroit times., 1915-03-16
Statesmen, Real and Near
~ FRED c. KELLY
Copyright, 1915. by Fred c. Keiiy)

WASHINGTON, March 1s-Frank Douglas
Scott. o new congressman from one OF the up
per Michigan districts. was seated In the dining
room Of the leading hotel In a numbering center
up In that state when three or four lumberjacks
shuffled In for the purpose Of having what In
the effete east would be called a luncheon. I'M
Agine q lumberjack Just IN from Juggling saw
logs eating Q meal entitled lunchconl At any
rate, was the noon hour. and the squad OF
1umberjacks sat down at the same table with
Scott.
A waitress. ample of bodice and with the
kind Of complexion non-purchasers Of facial
creams are threatened with BY the advertisers,
flat-whecled up to take the orders.
"Porkchopsmuttonchops she re-
"whuss thatf" Inquired one Of the lumber.
men.
q said we had porkchopsmuttonchops
eggs" repeated the waitress.
well. bring EN- In" directed the lumber
jack
Say. are you kiddin' mer asked the girl.
obviously piqued
Nav. hid nothin'. said bring in that stun
You mean you wanna eat everything We
you've guessed H."
Mister" suggested the girl. 1T would save
lot OF totin' OF vittles II you would just move
your chair out to the Kitchen"
When a man gains place on the appropria-
tions committee Of the house Of representatives.
he usually becomes much more economical In
government expenditures than heretofore. The
appropriations committee has been called the
Mount Of Transfiguration. Even a man who has
been In the habit OF spending government money
with certain offhand lavshness feels sense
Of awe at the demands made upon the appro-
prfations committee. and he grows interested In
reducing expenses.
On the other hand. each member OF the com
mittee may be expected TO be extravagant on
some one line. There IL nearly always some
branch Of the government activities with which
he is particularly familiar and which he thinks
should have more money. The one exception 10
this rule is Representative Joseph T. Johnson OF
South Carolina. Johnson 10 q man entirely free
from fads that might lead him into any extrava-
gance He In In favor OF taking an axe and
chopping away t every item OF appropriation
until the other members begin TO beg for mercy.
johnson. n you were the entire appropria,
tons committee" observed Mondeii Of wyom-
Ing. NJ the close of a meeting one morning. do
you know what would happenT
Naturally Johnson inquired eagerly what
would happen.
why" declared Mondel "the total appropris-
ton for running the government would not -
ceed about So
The Detroit times., 1915-03-16
DEVIL WORSHIP
~ On. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915. BY Frank Crans)


Is II not fact, asks q correspondent,
that war has its good effectsf Does 1t
not promote manliness, courage, devo-
tion to ideals, patriotism, and the likef
Do we not need war every so often to
keep the race from growing soft and
fiabbyf
Answer: The whole war business is
. delusion. II II sort Of dementia that
disorganizes the entire reasoning facul-
ty. And these questions show It.
II Is undoubtedly true that war gives
opportunity for bravery, heroism, and
other high spiritual qualities. II gives
an opening for discipline, efficiency, and
team-play.
It Is also true that cholera, smallpox.
and yellow fever furnish conditions
where admirable human traits are
brought out where humanity's nobleness
shines. But for that reason shall we
introduce a bushel of germs into the
community? Shall we sacrifice thou
sand lives just to show how grand and
noble we are?
This Is insane logic. And Il prevails
among US a deal more than we think.
For example. Hardship and obstacles
are good for children; hence, kick them
into the street at an early age to shift
for themselves. Give them no school
ing, since the education they obtain by
their own efforts is so much more val
liable. Beat them, abuse and starve
them, for many great men have risen
from such treatment.
The truth of the matter is this: that
obstacles and opposition do harden and
develop men: it is unfortunate for any
man that he Is so placed that he has
nothing to overcome; but nature, or des-
tiny, or his own passions, or what not,
always supplies the necessary testing Of
strength: and II Is none of our business
to oppress and hurt In order to help
men.
To claim that we must bring on war
in order to make men heroes implies
that we should favor all kinds Of tyranny
to make men love freedom, all kinds Of
business fraud and unjust privileges to
make men work, all kinds Of temptation
and vicious environment 10 make girls
pure, universal drunkenness to make
men temperate. general free love and
nastiness to make men loyal husbands.
Doubtless il hell reigned on earth
some strong souls would remain heaven
ly and rise in grandeur among the COM
mon riot.
But all outside OF madhouse ought
to see that it is the duty Of society to
abate evil conditions. in order that mems
energies should be engaged on higher
planes. The more we are relieved from
the brute struggles where we fight one
another with fists or guns, the more we
fight for better excellencies, and find in
civic contests, in wrestling against evil
customs and intrenched fraud, in the
competition of art, letters, education and
public service, the better outlet for our
forces.
II we are to have war to make Us
heroes, let US turn about and worship
the devil, to whom we owe all the dim
culties we overcome.
Every plea for war Is fantastic,
twisted delusion; and none more than
this.
The Detroit times., 1915-03-16
Let the People
Rule-and Write
Real ex,ension Wanted.

To the Editor or The Times:
VIII you please ask the street
railway commission to define con-
templated extensions under munici-
pal ownership. There seems to be
a silence on that point. unless 1t be
the suggestion OF tunnel-subway
to yictor-ave. Who would this ben
eft? Only the Ford employees liv.
ing in the city, That would be worse
than foolish. a. there are thousands
OF these people laying plans to avail
themselves Of the golden opportu-
mites In the way OF home making
within a short distance OF their
work. so why should they spend
hours OF their time and energy on
The Detroit times., 1915-03-16
Drain Mosquito Breeding Land!
Pests Garry Malaria FeVer Germs

A case OF malaria can generally
be halted in it's spread to others BY.
proper Isolation OF the patient. This
can be done by the family In which
the case appears.
Drain all mosquito breeding land
In the vicinity.
Screen the house effectively.
Brooklyn has seven new health
20 obey. These are
issued by the Brooklyn Tenement
House committee. They are:
-Thou shalt honor thy neighbor-
hood ard keep IL clean"
Remember thy cleaning day and
keep Il wholly
Thou shalt take care Of thy rub
hish heap else thy neighbor win bear
witness against thee
Thou shalt keep In order thy al
ley. thy back yard. thy hall and thy
stairway.
Thou shalt not let the wicked ny
breed
"Thou shalt not kin thy neighbor
by ignoring Are menaces or by
poisoning the air with rubbish and
garbage"
Thou shalt not keep thy windows
closed day and night"
Paint preserves wood That is. II
prevents decay and thus makes for
sanitation. Also II gives clean sur
faces that can be kept clean more
readily than those that are un-
painted.
The Detroit times., 1915-03-16


nearly all parts OF
the world
II n a rural dis
ease-that is II
"a most common
ly found In the
country districts,
In small towns
The Detroit times., 1915-03-16

Should the caves Of mans house
project over his neishbor's land. the
latter may pun them down at once.
according TO British law, unless they
have 20 projected for 20 years.
The Detroit times., 1915-03-16

Tho Philippine government re-
Gently granted its FIRST concession
to foreign capital, m DusIish com
pany getting q 1oyear right to de-
velop hardwood forests.
The Detroit times., 1915-03-16
Patched Pants

proud of
could Of plantsf
popular
q q sort o
and
The Detroit times., 1915-03-16

This was the declaration OF Police
Commissioner Gillespie following the
Killing Of one Of his patrolmen by
smother patrolman.
II the commissioner takes this step, he
viIl take II for EFFICIENCY: to make
cl1re Of sober men in the department
There are organizations other than the
nolice department, however, that are
- much dependent upon clear minds,
steady nerves and the ability of men to
vaIk straight.
These are business organizations, fae-
fory examinations, shop organizations
md city's millions are tied up IN their
capital
Al few weeks ago Commissioner Giles
~ quite forgot the relation of the saloon
{haf n open after legal hours and on
Gnndays to INEFFICIENCY, and very
ko1dIy and very frankly said the Sunday
1n1ocn u . good thing.
We are wondering how the commits
nlonor feels about the law-defying saloon
today; about the early Sunday morning
m1o0n that figures so prominently in the
worst police scandal in the city's history.
Pstrolman Otto Monberg had been in a
noIoon Open after legal hours, drinking
0lth the proprietor, shortly before he
~ fatally shot.
Eatrolman Smith, who shot Monberg,
.o1mits that he had been IN the same
onloon to get . drink at ! 80 In the morn
nG. an Illegal hour.
Pntrolman Michael Parks staggered
around 1t the scene Of the shooting from
tke effect Of drinks taken with Monberg
~ the saloon, long after the legal closing
hour.
e is our opinion, in view Of what has
taken place, and in view Of the fact that
Detroit saloons seem to be q law unto
themselves, that about the only SAFE
otep the commissioner can take, Is TO
make his men sign the pledge.
Under the saloon policy of the Gil
ISepie administration, which has closed
~ eyes entirely to the lawbreaking rum
chop. Il really isn't safe for a drinking
policeman to be out nights, or early on
Sunday morning.
II the saloons are to continue open in
Illegal hours, order the force dry by all
means.
The dignity of the law, whatever that
q. demands the step.
But
Revolvers and 'billies" are not the only
tools in whose handling there is danger.
Sober men in factories are entitled to
protection from the lushers.
And the citizen who has his money
invested In business in Detroit is entitled
- some consideration and some official
notice by Commissioner. Gillespie when
orders intended to promote SOBRIETY
The Detroit times., 1915-03-16
o. KID Sunday Saloon Figures
In Worst Police Scandal

Drinking by policemen. whether on duty
or or. must stop. Within q few days !
shail issue an order which win make II be
worth policeman's Job to be caught drink
ing liquor on or off duty.
a policeman Is virtually on duty "a hours
0l the day. He carries his revolver and his
hilIv even when not In uniform or on duty,
and he Il supposed TO maintain Law and
order at all times There win be no excuses
accepted under the new order regarding the
NE OF LIQUORS by members OF the force.
This case has brought the matter TO head.
ana intend 10 act quickly TO prevent
another such occurrence.
The Detroit times., 1915-03-16
MALARIA.

Malaria Is a disease common 10
America though It Is found in It's
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-07-06
EVELYN THAW HIDES
FROM STATES LAWYER

NEW YORK, July 6.-Evelyn Mes
bit Thaw, who arrived here today from
Lake Chateaugay in response to a
subpoenae, is missing, it was an
nounced when the afternoon session
Of the Thaw sanity trial opened. Dep
uty Attorney General Cook declared
that the subpoenae called for Mrs.
Thaw's appearance in court at 10: so
and that she would be declared in
contempt of court. Mrs. Thaw's town
house, where she said she was going,
was found to be locked up. The
crowd that tried to gain admission to
the court room today was larger than
ever.
The state showed new angle Of its
case by calling former Harvard men
to tell of Thaw's alleged action when
he was student at the university
That Thaw once threatened q Cam
bridge cab driver with a shotgun was
related by Frank X. Scribner. of New
York, who was a law student of Har-
ward when Thaw was a student there.
Around midnight one night he said
Thaw drove up to the house in a cab.
They heard him run up the stairs af-
ter an argument with the driver. In
moment Thaw ran downstairs.
Scribner ran out and saw Thaw with
shotgun in his hand. Fellow stu
dents disarmed him. Thaw had been
drinking the witness said.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-07-06
ACCUSE ANARCHISTS
OF TRYING TO WRECK
BIG POLICE STATION

NEW YORK. July 6.-With only one
prisoner ~ . result Of many hours OF
investigation Of the bomb explosion
that damaged police headquarters last
night, the police declared today that
the outrage was committed by the
same band Of anarchists who attempt
ed to blow up st. Patricks cathedral
and the home of Andrew Carnegie.
The solitary prisoner 10 John Koss.
q young Austrian. He was held on
charge Of vagrancy and the police ad-
mitted today they had no evidence to
connect him with the explosion.
The man who actually set Oft the
bomb is believed to have been ac-
companied by two young women. Two
police women who were fifty feet
from the scene OF the explosion, ra-
called that after the blast they saw
the trio walking toward the corner
OF Grand and Center streets. The
young man kept peering back anxious
ly toward the basement in which the
explosion occurred. The policemen
Who saw him said he wore grey suit
and that his women companions were
stylishly dressed. The police believe
that the women, also members OF the
anarchists band acted as lookouts for
the man who placed the bomb. Their
descriptions were sent to all stations
today.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-07-06
MUNICIPAL. IEACuE
HOLDS BIG MEETING

LOGANSPORT. Ind. July 6.-That
the social and Industrial life of 4 city
depend on the efficiency and good
purpose Of the city government was
the declaration of Henry Kisler. city
attorney Of Princeton. who made the
address of the day before the twenty.
fifth annual session Of the Indiana
Municipal League which convened In
this city this afternoon. Following q
welcome address by Mayor Guthrie of
this city. DR.. c. Loehr. mayor of No
blesville. presiding officer responded
for the league. saying that the work
had flourished since the leagues in
ception.
A roll call for applications Of mem
bership and the establishment of a
query box for members occupied the
conventions attention for the remain
der of this afternoons session. The
convention will be in session for three
days and will hold night sessions
each day.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-07-06
CARRANzA RESENTS
WILSON'S OvERTuRES

VERA CRUZ, July 6-Gen. Venus
tiano Carranza, leader Of the Constt-
tutionalists, Twill not life finger to
unite the warning factions In Mexico
and furthermore he recents the attt-
tude of the United States toward his
government. He questions the right
OF President Wilson to "meddle in
Mexican affairs"
These were the sentiments ex-
pressed by the first chief of the Con-
stitutionalists to John r. Silliman, the
special representative of President
Wilson at recent conference held
here. Mr.. Silliman urged on Carranza
to take the first step In a movement
toward the arbitration of Mexican diff
ferences. The conference is said to
have led to heated words during
which Carranza showed the American
emissary to the door with little cere-
mony. Mr.. Silliman's visit was made
on orders from the state department
Carranza was informed that the
Constitutionalists would be expected
to take the initiative in q peace move
ment.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-07-06
new Note PACIFIC

BERLIN, July 6.-Late develop
ments serve to emphasize the impress
sion gained with prominent. officials
that Germany's reply to the United
States note on submarine warfare will
remove any probability of trouble be.
tween the United States and Ger
many. Indeeu, the change in German
sentiment brought about by the ear
nest efforts of Ambassador Gerard
may be the basis for steps for human
izing war that will extend even further
than the submarine war. Gerard's
conference with the German foreign
office are attracting deep attention
here. The Ambassador has received
several important communications
from Washington since the second
note reached here. These it is report
ed were not for presentation to the
foreign office but for his guidance.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-07-06
Edgar Tiff Describes Citi-
zens Who Complain About
Corruption and Yet Fail to
Cast Votes. =
Public Apathy, Not Foreign
Vote Is Real Menace to
Welfare of Whole Ameri-
can Nation.
BY EDGAR lllEE.

As boy 1t was my good fortune to
ride over Indiana turnpikes and mud
roads with lightning rod agent He
had a warm heart and a broad mind
AS we drove along it seemed that ev-
erybody knew him and he knew ev-
erybody. Not a man. woman or child
passed US by but he had a cheerful
SALVATION for each. The very sheep
on the road and the cows and horses
in the pastures appeared to recognize
him and say good morning" 1t is
this broad graciousness Of our Hoo
sier life. this right royal bonhomie Of
the road, that is so admirable. The
law Of the road to keep to the right,
respect your fellowman and speak
neighborly to every passerby is found
ed upon that common sense of justice
underlying all orderly government,
for government is nothing more than
two men, or three men, or hundred
men, talking over their affairs. Gov
ernment is not an abstract thing lock-
ed up in vaults in the capital cities. 1t
is Tom and Bill and Jake and Abner
that's all there is to it.
Drinks Morning Air.
My lightning rod friend shifted the
fresh morning air like healthy ami
NAL and took in big drafts Of 1t as
though it were nectar Of the gods. In
deed it was olympian nectar, this pure
east breeze blowing from Aurora's
realms and gathering as 1t came the
fragrance Of new mown hay, clover
tops and yellow grain. Not house
did we pass but he knew it's inmates
- ~ %~
only good things about people. He
greeted every farmer by his first
name. Being so we'll known l won
dered why he didn't run for office; "
that malady which stings SO many to
madness had never touched him. He
said the highest office to him was
that Of a free citizen. He said 1t was
greater than kingship or thrones. He
said it was the duty of every Ameri-
can citizen to make his personality
felt in politics without itching for Of
flee. He spurned office, yet had a
deep and abiding interest in public
affairs.
The ancient Greeks voted with
beans. When a certain respectable
and cultured class arose and despised
politics the proverb came in, abstain
from beans" It means today, Don't
vote. Cut out politics.
Refrain From Voting.
Such a class has arisen among US.
We call them "stay-at-homes." They
denounce political corruption, yet
never come out to vote. On Fifth
avenue, New York, there are three
solid miles of brown stone fronts, and
at a recent election this district cast
only twenty-eight votes, but in the
long miles Of saloons and tenements
every man voted. When RESPECTABLE
ity'' holds aloof and evil organizes
must happen. But the evil
is not the saloon in politics." 1.-The
foreign vote" nor the ward boss
alone. It begins higher up. The po-
litical broker and jobber hides him.
self in the church, adorns himself in
the cloak OF responsibility and Sc
cretly organizes the forces which
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-07-06
STAY AT HOMES HURT
PROGRESS OF COUNTRY

bring him money. The foreigner is
not the fostering sore of our political
life. Philadelphia has the smallest
foreisn-born population of any large
city in the United States. Yet it is
the most corrupt. The most dangerous
and corrupt factors in our scheme Of
government are the eminently respect
able American citizens who are the
men behind the guns of public venal-
ity. These things exist not because
the low and vicious are in the major
ity. Evil is always minority. Evil
is bold and organizes for business. It
threatens the stability of municipal
government everywhere, and it feeds,
fattens and despoils by the sufferance
of public apathy
An American with no conception Of
his political responsibilities is the
monstrosity of the age. He is a
perversity of nature than those old
hermits who thought they served God
best by stunning men and going to
caves and deserts to live on roots and
grass. The stay-at-home citizen is as
bad as the man who made every kind
of trivial excuse against enlistiny
when the war for the Union was
fought.
An old New England farmer once
asked the parson to bless his barren
land. The preacher looked over the
fence across the field and said: This
land doesn't need prayer. 1t needs
manure"
Real Worth Counts.
The growing of the common people
over the crookedness Of parties and
leaders is always a good sign. Your
beefy, stout hearted neighbor, who
perhaps can read and write but poor
ly, knows justice from injustice. cor
ruption from clean ways and his big
voice is worth thousand puny citi-
zens who are so respectable that they
droop and fade away before every
yawp of organized wrong, every yell
of organized venality and every shrek
OF organized vice.
Book learning is good thing If
there is man behind it, but there
had to be strong men before histories
could be written. 1t is a bad thing
for us politically and socially when
wrong has all the backbone and right
can muster nothing but puerile book
learning and timid theorists, and any
system of education which adds only
dry knowledge and indoor pipe dreams
and weakens outdoor, on-the-street
manly courage and public spirit is a
delusion.
The world does not demand that
you be mayor, councilman or con-
gresham, or that you shove yourself
forward as shining deacon in a sleek
church, but it does demand that you
blow blast upon whatever trumpet
God has given you, and to blow it lust.
lily and honestly though heavens arch
breaks. To bury the trumpet and
sneak behind a rampant, and then
smile angelically upon a struggling
world, is cowardice which entities
you to be shot.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-07-06
SAFE !. ROBBERS }! B ] I \ MAKE
I HAUL OF $4,000

CHICAGO, July 6.--Safe blowers to-
day dynamited the safe in the Midway
gardens, an amusement resort, and
escaped with between $4,000 and $12,-
900, the entire receipts for Saturday,
Sunday and Monday.
Four men with drawn revolvers en-
tered the garden about o'clock this
morning and overpowered William H.
Abel and Timothy Sullivan, night
watchmen. The intruders locked the
watchmen in stuffy closet and took
their time about blowing the safe.
They displayed thorough knowledge
about the rooms in the garden, and
went about their work in a business
like manner. All were we'll dressed
and OF refined manner, according to
the watchmen.