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The Detroit times., 1915-01-04

broken-up families have taken refuge.
The kaiser, who fears little else,
fears friction with the vatican, so his
military governors have orders TO let
the priests remain.
One good old priest gave me- a
map he had made for the allies,
"'For two months have watched
these invaders, he said. From Water
loo TO Gemblou they have zigzagged
the plain with mines. Belgium has
become vast field fortress, line after
line OF hidden defences. The Ger
mans no longer care what they ruin;
they know that they cannot remain
AS for me, am an old man, ig-
norant OF affairs military Alone, on
foot, | worked out this poor map. II
is for the allied armies.
Belgium Vast Field Fortress.
when they enter Belgium will
not be here. Let their generals be
warned. From Waterloo 10 Marbais
uslans dressed as peasants TO deceive
the airmen have constructed quag-
mires lined with electrified wires.
Trainloads OF barbed wire have come
from Germany. The snares are spread
100 long. Everywhere are buried
mines That means savage warfare.
80 Above Bioux German engineers
have set guide stones across the
marshes These show best at night,
being covered With phosphorescent
paint. Il is an indication OF the
end When the invaders retreat they
will take with them as prisoners OF
war the men OF the Garde Civique. |
foresee that We hostages will remain
hanging on the trees
When | reached Namur / found
further indication of the truth OF the
old priests warning to the allies.
Since Namur fell, the captured
Notifications have been reinforced. A
thousand men from Krupps have
worked for months mining the fields
toward Marlagne and weaving wire
entanglements. All the villages round
the fortress haye been evacuated and
destroyed TO clear the range for gun
fire.
For here and al lytege the kaiser 5
hosts must make their last stand in
Belgium during their great retreat
the retreat which every man and
woman in Belgium confidently awaits,
feels in his heart Is absolutely in
evitable
Next day we refugees walked to-
ward Dinant. Twice we were crowd
ed from the road by companies OF
landwehr and landstrum. Just re-
lieved from the firing trenches, black
as miners from the pit, stiff, sore,
The Detroit times., 1915-01-04
EYESTRAIN IS
A FERTILE CAUSE
OF CONSUMPTION
Consumes Nerve Force, Lowers
Vitality and Makes System
Receptive of Disease
CITES CASES OF DIABETES
CURED BY EYE OPERATION
Young Woman With COnsump-
-tiOn Took TO Wearing Glasses :
and Then Recovered

NEW YORK, Jan. 4-Eyestrain IN
the dcl elopmeht of tuberculosis is the
subject of a paper by DR. Frank d.
w. Bates, OF Hamilton, Ont, in a re-
cent issue of the New York Medical
Journal He relates experiences since
1896 In which the medical profession
has not given him much encourage
ment, but which have convinced him
that strain upon the eyes consumes
nerve forces, lowers vitality and re.
duces the system TO condition IA
vorable for the reception OF tubercu
lar and other germs.
His paper suggests To the profes.
sion that IL is quite as important TO
keep the body In such shape that
germs will not take root in ii as II is
to discover germs or invent new
methods in surgery.
His attention was first called to
eyestrain in the development OF dis
eases OF the general system by a case
OF diabetes that was cured by an op.
Grafton upon the eyes physician
had been treating the case in the reg
ular way for four years without re-
suit, not expecting a cure. The pa
tient got into the hands of a Chicago
oculist, who performed an operation.
The oculist gave no medicine.
DR.. Bates heard OF the case one
year afterward and wrote inquiries
about ii both to the physician and
the oculist. The physician replied
that he had examined the man a doz-
en- times since the operation and not
trace Of diabetes remained. There
had been complete cure, which he
attributed TO his patients relief from
eyestrain by the operation.
DR.. Bates spent three weeks with
the Chicago oculist, then came 10
New York and studied the work OF a
specialist who believed eyestrain a
factor in general disease, and after
ward had extended correspondence
with Or. George NJ. Gould, OF Phil
adelphia, originator of the eyestraip
theory. He became convinced, adopt
ed the theory into his own practice
and. he says, in Is years since then
he has had no reason TO change his
views.
His attention was drawn to eye
strain as factor in the development
of tuberculosis by book in 1897 by
DR.. A. l.. Ranney. of New York. re-
porting cases of direct connection.
Cases OF two sisters. born of a
hardy family in which there was no
tubercular heredty, next came under
treatment by DR.. Bates. The first
sister had lost weight from l13 to s.
pounds, coughed much. had night
sweats and little appetite. and the
family physician had informed her
The Detroit times., 1915-01-04
SEEKING DIVORCE, THEY
BL AME "13" AS HOODOO

WICHITA, Kan, Jan. MANY
people. claim that there Is nothing TO
the superstition about "13," but In
Wichita is a couple seeking a divorce
in the district court that believes the
number is an i'll omen. They cite
their own lives since they met and
were married. Here is the story as
told by he man:
Thirteen years ago the man and
woman met In Topeka on March Is.
They became we'll acquainted In the
months following, so on Oct 13 were
married They were married at No.
213 East Seventh-st.. and started
housekeeping at No. 213 East Eighth
st The rent on the house came to
s1S month. and they have had three
children.
Oct. 13 this year the suit for di-
vorce was filed in the district court.
The sheriff served the papers In the
case and made his final return Oct.
%. The woman asked for temporary
alimony and the Judge granted her
$13 week. Each is 43 years old
The Detroit times., 1915-01-04

parents that she would die in three
months
Her eyes troubled her at the same
time and she went to DR.. Bates. He
prescribed glasses and soon the night
sweats stopped, the cough lessened
and weight increased With the view
of accelerating Improvement he sug-
gested To the parents an operation
upon the muscles OF the eye. The
parents objected and DR., Bates did
not press the matter, not then feeling
so sure OF his ground as he would
now. The girl kept wearing glasses
and remained in fair condition for 10
months, when her tuberculosis took a
sudden turn for the worse and she
died.
Two years later the second sister
had tuberculosis and the family ply
sician informed the parents that she
would go as the other had gone. The
girl also suffered from eye trouble, for
which she consulted Dr. Bates, who
found she had simple myopic astig-
matism. She legan to improve inn
mediately on wearing glasses, and is
alive and well today.
DR.. Bates says that since then he
has had a number of cases OF pro-
nounced tuberculosis in his practice.
all OF which have recovered after
treatment for the eyes except one
young woman, whose condition was
already hopeless, but she lived two
years.
! "Eyestrain cannot produce tubercu
losis by any direct connection with
the lungs or the organs involved,
Drs Bates writes. but the eyes dc
more work than any other organ oil
The Detroit times., 1915-01-04
WHO BROUGHT THAT
PET SKUNK TO school?

PASADENA, Cal. Jan. ar a
l.. Hunter, janitor OF the Pasadena
high school, ever learns which one -
the pupils il was who brought a pet
skunk to school recently he says he
will so far forget himself as TO do
bodily harm. -
Since the visit OF the little. white
and black animal Hunter has used
gallons OF disinfectant with no last
ing effect. and all who pass through
The halls OF learning are impressed
With the fact that the unwelcome
guest was present Hunter thinks Il
will be months before he, the teach.
ers and pupils can forget IL.
The Detroit times., 1915-01-04
Sister Marie Feci Who Nused 5000 Germans Escapes and
Tells Shuddering Story of Desoao Starvation and Death

CReaders OF Mary Boyle O'Reilly
articles from Belgium early IN me
war viii. perhaps, remember the ,art, st"Lg
FeIIcie and Miss O'ReiIly 20 get milk
through the German lines 20 the banlsS1
nf Brussels Every effort failed uht,t
the climax, which Was prouuSsa
Sister Marie Felicie, who bearded the
German governor ia his office an" uS
mnnded that she herself be elNen pess,
mission To drive the farmers ch.ts p",s
the barriers Thc\ following sVl q
from the same sister Marie fel''''
F,dllorl
The Detroit times., 1915-01-04

the body, and, If there is trouble with
the refraction or muscular equilio-
rum, we are using up certain
amount OF nerve force all the time,
IF person is manufacturing only
just as much as he is using up every
day the additional nerve force used
up by eyestrain is sufficient soon 10
place the system below par, where the
disease to which he is predisposed Is
likely to develop, and that may be tn.
berculosis"
The Detroit times., 1915-01-04
100. .OO0,0 900 XMAS GIFTS
BY PARCEL POST

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.-Prellmin.
airy estimates by postoffice depart.
ment officials. place the number OF
parcel post packages handled durin,
the Christmas rush al 100000 600
II indicates that the total volume
OF parcel post traffic for 1914 will to-
tai nearly l,000000,0OO packages.
The Detroit times., 1915-01-04

Louis Dulski, rancher OF McKen-
zie county. n D.. uses an automobile
to herd his cattle. He finds that his
automobile enables him to cover as
much ground as could be covered by
two men on horses
The Detroit times., 1915-01-04

man found drunk In Denmark is
turned over TO the care OF a doctor
and the bill is sent TO the proprietor
OF the last saloon visited by the man.
The Detroit times., 1915-01-04

The Norwegian government main
tains an agricultural college and three
experiment stations.
The Detroit times., 1915-01-04

The best OF all winter sports has
come into It's own agaln--this winter
everybody skates. and the girl who
tangoes and the girl who "trots" has
made way for the girl who can skim
the ice on skates.
The first nip or skating weather
brought Miss Claire Cassell. the New
York skating champion. to the Kinks,
and her daily exhibitions are fea-
tire of New Yorks brief season OF
winter sports.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-08-26

with his forefinger az he addressed tile
Mexican directly, your suspicious are
absurd. You are only excited beyond
your self~control by this great loss
II you will allow me, think with this
fine needle here in my fingers / can
prick little hole In the black veil
that will throw light on this mys.
terry"
He held up an exceedingly fine EN-.
broidery needle. The other two men
stared at 1t wonderingly.
What do you argue from that? p
asked Senior Terranova anxiously.
1T is something accidentally drop
ped by the person who robbed your
safe OF It's historic treasure. Look at
It carefully" He dropped the needle
on his palm and held 1t out plainly be.
fore the wondering eyes Of the anxious
pair. What would you argue from
that needle?"
Neither spoke. but both stood star.
tng silently at the thin hair of steel.
You don't use needle In any part
NO" answered Reichmann slowly
I'll give you this much OF a hint.
This Is the finest make OF embroidery
needle; 1t is made In Japan" said Poe,
smiling grimly Doesn't that suggest
anything?'
THAT 1t was q Japanese who rob.
bed the safer" cried Senior Terranova
shrewdly.
Maybe one of those little Japanese
professors that come here sometimes
to study the mines!" cried Reich
mann illuminatingly.
Yes, was it," added the anxious
Mexican.
Few men, even Japanese, use fine
little embroidery needles like this"
smiled Poe. Il don't believe any JAP
anese man ever carried one about
with him."
"A woman. then? A Japanese
woman" cried Reichmann.
Il leave that to your vivid magma
tion.' answered Poe. Meantime
would like to assure Senior Terranova,"
he bowed to that gontleman. that his
suspicious are quite false, and that II
he viii agree to keep the matter quiet
i will guarantee to give him news of
the real thief within Ave days"
But what guaranty have II" asked
the Mexican sullenly.
You have done business with our
bank" said Poe steadily. you have
heard OF me, and know have no other
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-08-26

Y VIII loan you q good horse!" OF
fered Senior Terranova, jumping to his
feet. evidently impressed by the en-
ergetfc manner OF the New York bank
err.
Christopher Poe managed to find the
place where the burro boy with the
guitar and black spectacles had left
the caravan. On questioning the
youth he learned that the person who
had given him the glass ring was a
man, an American, with q sombrero, q
suitcase. and red water-bottle.
Gould the person have been a Japa,
nese?" asked Senior Terranova, who
had accompanied Poe.
mo, senior"
"Or a woman disguised as man?"
mo. senior"
"There!" cried the Mexican. THAT
upsets your theory at the very start
Christopher Poe only smiled, thrust
the fine needle he had found at the
mine ONCE under his coat lapel. and
set out alone, but for servant to re-
turn with Terranova's horse.
BY reckless riding down the stun
bly, stony trail Poe managed to Just
make the train. Settling himself com
fortably In day coach, he occupied
the time till midnight reading q novel,
then he dozed until nearly three
O'Clock, when the train pulled In at
Mexico City.
Having left his suitcase with a lao-
tel runner at the station, Poe sum-
moned cab and asked the driver In
Spanish: Where 10 most OF the fun
at the Carnival" ..s
The Metropole Ia the place. Every
body IL there. 1t is just beginning.
All the girls; dancon, senor, dancon-
the beautiful motion!"
yes. That's exactly where ! want
to co." decided Poe. Is 1t q masked
ball tonight"
1t Is carnival time. Everybody in
Mexico Is masked" answered the cab
man, clucking to his bony horse.
"Oh, to be sure; and we won't be
too late for the fun?"
mo. It is just beginning. At two
o'clock they began to come and they
will be doing great things at four"
Christopher Poe leaned back in the
blue-nasged conveyance. and enjoyed
snatches OF song coming to him occa-
sionally from merry-making peasants
homeward bound. and took in cool
vistas OF palm-fringed parks. It was
q hne fresh night, much the best part
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-08-26

purpose than helping out you and
Senior Relchmann. I have q letter
from your consul at Washington In
Producing me to you. II you like"
"oh, know. You are right. l was
SO excitsd. II you have any idea at
all who stole the skull. please act
upon 1t at once, beseech you, Senior
Poe" The Mexican's attitude changed
abruptly: he dropped into chair. and
looked up at Poe helplessly. What
about the needle and the Jap woman ?
How did she do its"
'Tll explain when have the facts
to back up my theories" answered
Poe. For the present, Ii there any
train into Mexico City tonight?"
There's the one at seven O'clock"
answered Reichmann, But why 60 to
Mexico Cityf This safe was opened
only last night: we didn't discover Il
until ! unlocked the Office at noon to-
day. Whoever turned the trick must
still be In town" ..
Il don't know So" replied Poe.
AAS AAS@~ WAN SoAA0 SichG WIN out
burros had = false diamond ring he
said somebody gave him for a quick
trip down the mountain to the train
last night. III 60 hunt up this boy
again. question him. and then take
the seven o'clock to Mexico City"
"But why to Mexicc9" repeated
Reichmann.
because that ID the center. q city
so important that you people who live
here just say Mexico when you speak
OF 1t. the same as we In America say
simply New York Mexico City liz
the safest place for thief to market
stolen goods. Besides. there's the car.
ntval on now, and I've always heard
that clever criminals Of every class
like TO take in all the good times there
are 10 be had. Come! III have to
make quick trip down the mountain
myself II want to catch that train"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-08-26

| OF the day In the city, and when the
carriage came at last to the gay guar.
ter where the Metropole was located
there was much excitement afoot.
Dismissing the cab at the door,
Christopher Poe paid his peso for ad.
mission. and stepped into wild swirl
OF gayety. A macked ball In that quar-
ter at carnival time was mill of wild,
reckless. profigate folly running ram.
pant All those of the demi-monde
were there. thieves and gamblers, pros.
titutes and politicians. bull-fighters,
reckless miners, ranchmen and sol.
diers OF fortune.
Poe purchased clown suit from a
vender. climbed into II. drew a mask
down over his face. and plunged into
the reckless whirlpool OF dancers.
Poe rushed for drinking.table, an6
dragged the group Of devils along,
treating them lavishIy to beer ana
pulQue.
Then the floor was cleared, and the
Spanish band struck up . barbaroas
fascinating. Turing can-can, to which
the dancers swayed In unison. work.
ing up to pitch Of passion. the eli.
max OF which was denoted by q blur
OF cymbals and drum-sticks.
During this performance Poo strolisd
about on the outer edge OF the dan.
GERS, entering into the play. pulling
on wigs. throwing confetti into mouths
recklessly stretched In laughter, pinch
ing playful people who chased him.
carrying on the carousal as crazily as
the rest.
There was enc girl creating q sen.
sation in that dance, She was q finely
formed little woman costumed as
water.carrier Of Tehuantepec: the
peasant-girl costume exactly suited
her. and she carried . small mouthed
red waterbottle gracefully on her
shoulder throughout the undulating
rhythmic dance In time to the sensu,
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-08-26

woman's wig. Following up his stroke
Poe hit the fellow fairly In the face
and Is he keeled over caught him on
one arm and with the other picked ur
a hideous skull. which the water-bottle
had contained.
Holding the unconscious form OF the
man who had SO effectively masked as
a woman, Poe held high the grinnins
skull, and cried:
"Cortes! Cortes, The skull OF the
Great Conqueror. Found at last,"
Those who heard sent up q wild
drunken laugh.
Sect" cried Poe. dexterously re-
moving q striking greenish gem from
purse he found concealed about the
neck OF the man he had struck down,
He placed the stone between the
cleaning teeth In the deaths head.
See! See! It is the genuine chal
chihuitl that was buried with him to
serve as heart for him in heaven.
for he had no heart on earth"
Another yell OF ribald LAUGHTER
greeted this sally. The girl In the
circus skirts. at sight OF the gem
staggered from the seat In which Poe
had dropped her. and. tried to get at
him. screaming that 1t was hers. hut
others pushed back the drunken Jade.
and Poe. the dance having come to its
climax. slipped through the crowd
supporting the unconscious masker on
his arm. and dropped Imply with his
burden into a closed cab just an the
bia-s OF the last gayish note OF the
The day book., 1915-07-10

enment remiss in the discharge of
their sworn duty?
Are the people themselves too in
different to bring about a change of
affairs through the ballot box?
Or, are we waiting for some ca
tastrophe to teach us that we must
respect the rights of our fellow man
and not deprive him of the opportu-
nifty to make for himself decent Iiv-
ing?-G. A. WoIter. 51s N. May st.
The day book., 1915-07-10

ing ~. a. Wolrer. 5lS N. May ST.
THE DANGER OF PENSIONS
Under a revenue system that would
leave labor and capital free from
taxes and restrictions there would be
possible a pension system that would
provide for the maintenance of
every unfortunate human being,
without pauperizing the afflicted ones
and without increasing the already
heavy burden Of public debts. These
are now so large that payment is al
most impossible and they are con-
stantly increasing in volume.
The time will come, unless there is
a change in revenue systems that
reputation of these debts will be the
only avenue of relief. Public reve-.
nues now come mainly from taxes
that decrease the earnings of labor
and increase the profits of monopoly.
Labor and capital bear the burden of
pensions as well as the burden of all
other public expenses, and to in
crease these burdens under the pres
ent system of taxation is to decrease
wages, to discourage capital and to
make general economic conditions
worse for the masses of mankind
than they are now.
If enterprise shall be set free. if
labor shall be freed from its burdens,
if capital shall be encouraged by its
emancipation from tolls, then the
public revenue will be ample for all
public purposes, including pensions
for all who may need them.
This condition of freedom can be
reached by taxing monopoly only for
revenue purposes and abolishing tax
alton upon everything else. The
basic and primary monopoly is the
monopoly Of the earth and its nat
The day book., 1915-07-10

AMUSEMENT PARKS there
any law to protect the American citi-
zen from being held up in our amuse-
ment parks by UnscrupulOUs dealers?
I witnessed in Riverview park last
Saturday one of the most daring at
tempts to hold up a respectable citi-
zen by way of prOhibitive and extor-
tionate prices l ever heard of. The
dealer in question was selling lemons
off a stand about one block from the
main entrance inside the park and
tried to compel a gentleman to pay
him 20 cents for a lemon (the whole
sale price of which is about Z cents
per dozen), just because he had cut
the precious article for him. Ten
cents was rendered in payment with
a suggestion to bring an officer who
would settle the dispute. Instead all
the vendors of the neighboTing stands
gathered around and the man threat
ened if he did not pay the price de-
manded. They insuhed him in their
own ignorant manner in every way
possible to provoke a row in order
that a dozen or more of those un-
scrupulous sharks could pile on and
beat the man up.
Now there should be some system
of protecting visitors to the parks
from the violence of these thugs. Just
because a person will not pay the ex-
tortionate price demanded is no rea-
son why he should be held up to
abuse and his life threatened.
Vendors should be. compelled to
have their merchandise marked with
the price demanded.-A. M.
BETTER TREATMENT WANTED.
Why it is that white man can go
into moving picture show and pay
a dime while right behind him a col
Ored person enters and has to pay
The day book., 1915-07-10

ural resources. This is the just and
natural source of public revenue.
WOrkingmen should devote their en-
ergies to getting this fundamental re-
form. When that is adopted other
reforms will be obvious and easy and
effective. Without it danger turks in
every change.-Geo. V. Wells.
The day book., 1915-07-10

= ~ : 7 ~ VIII WIN 7 e
Why it is that a white man can go
into a moving picture show and pay
a dime while right behind him a col
Ored person enters and has to pay
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-04-24
BOTH LEGS AMPUTATED:
DEATH SOON FOLLOWS

Charles LunstrOm' a teamster, 55
years of age, was run over yesterday
afternoon shortly after 2 O'Clock by
the ore train at Millers. The unfor-
tunate man was rushed on the train
to Tonopah, where both legs were
amputated. He did not survive the
shock and passed away this morning
without regaining consciousness.
Lunstrom, when the accident oc-
CURED, was trespassing on the rail-
road property, and although warned
lie disregarded the caution and paid
for his rashness with his life.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-04-24
BATTLE MOUNTAINEERS
FIND VALUABLE NUGGETS

Stauffer brothers continue taking
gold from their placer claim in Cop
per basin. They were showing two
nuggets in town Monday which
weighed about an ounce each which
they had taken put on Easter Sum
day. Copper basin is surely deliv-
ering the goods.
H. I. Maynard, superintendent for
the Idaho Nevada Mining company
operating in Copper basin, is now
concentrating his efforts on the
property taken over from M. Corn.
w. p. Hammond, with his son, w.
c. Hammond and H. Scott arrived
here Monday. The senior Hammond
went to the city Tuesday but the boy
and Mr.. Scott remain awaiting the
return of the senior Hammond when
a line of Development will be mapped
out which will materially benefit
this section of Lander county.-Bat-
tie Mountain Scout.