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The Detroit times., 1915-12-18
SAVING WOOD IN A FLAT.

There are few exercises so beneficial 10 tho
whole body "a saving wood. Those OF us who
have the misfortune 20 live in cities rarely have
the opportunity TO saw wood. and II Is for such
persons that patent has just been issued for
an exerciser that might be called dummy
saw-horsc
The inventors are Marie de- Palkowska and
Alfred Bullard OF New York u has a dummy
saw-log plvoted with transverse saw-receiying
slot and dummy saw in The slot. This may be
drawn To and fro just like "a saw. and the fric-
tion on its sides may be regulated by tighten.
ing the halves Of the log so as 10 press more
or less firmly upon g.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-18
Pointed Paragraphs

Cupid can see silver hning OF
a dark cloud
\ hot temper werps mans bet.
ter judgment
But IL is more blessed 10 receive
than TO be given away.
HE who starts out TO meet trouble
has n short journey.
To realize the hardness of this
world step on banana skin.
When a womau's age begins to
tell on her she just can't make II
shut up.
When an intelligent CROOK makes
mistake hoe fixes things 50 that
another gets the blame.
The chap who always tells 'he
truth is apt TO tell nine unpleasant
ones out of possible ten,
Were some people 10 talk OF only
what they really know they would
Hdyc no need of language,
Il isn't necessary Tor woman to
be an artist 10 drHw mems atten-
lion. \ perky feather viii answer.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-18

leaves his horse on the street and un-
blanketed these days.
He has a counterpart in the driver
whose horses are found on the slippery
streets unshod, hitched to heavy loads
which they are compelled TO pull with
no chance for foothold.
We met the team of an express COM
pany in this predicament, near The
Times office, slipping around on the
pavement with every step taken by the
poor beasts in the fear that they would
fall.
We would print the name Of the eX-
press company as its just desert if 1t
were all to blame
The driver was in the greater meas
use responsible. but the least a big eX-
press company like this one could do is
to provide for inspection Of its horses
these days to make sure that they are
sharply shod, and to make sure, too,
that its drivers carry blankets for the
horses while standing.
ket the Detroit Welfare association
know if you meet case of neglect and
cruelty such as an unblanketed or un-
shod horse.
An owner or "A driver guilty in either
instance belongs in Jail, and we feel our
selves quite human in suggesting JaIt as
The limit of punishment.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-18
Thanks God for The Times.

10 the Editor Of The Times:
Annie l. Digs, No. l3S Forest
ave. west, forwards 20 The Times
the following communication. with
the notation Il fully share in It's
words OF appreciation OF the Times.
Mrs Annie L. Dirgs
Dear N7HCm---I thank you FOR your
letter iu Detroit Times of Friday.
Dec 9. on International court" Have
seen nothing better ou the subject. ]
save the editorial page 10 read when
not too tir.' or too preoCcupied TO
sens the good things there said.
II, as whittier SAYS. Good but wish
ed. wttb Gps, ia done may the mum
b"r OF me "yishcrs and prayers for
the way you advocate. so increase
that our nation need not he pushed
over tie edge Of this prccipiCe INTO
arorics ana sins of war thatereed not
be thank God for such n dali" as
j he Times for such "a man Is Henry
Ford. for such women as YOU and
those Ike YOU Nrd may God help
the efforts for world peace and ro-
strain the unwis" Clamor FOR war
moves.
Mrs \. & X BURTON.
Fennyiile aiicu. Dec iG, 1918
The Detroit times., 1915-12-18
Henry Ford Not Afraid to Try.


To me Editor Of The Times
Henry Ford has been called a
jackass and clown because be
hired a ship and sailed across the
sea 10 stop the most frightful
slaughter in the history of the world
Maybe he can't stop the war Few
expect that he will succeed Nimble
N!rted critics are having piles OF
fun with him because they don't be
lieye he can deliver the goods.
But, TO me- the big thing in his
action is not the question of wheth-
cr he will or viii not stop the
war. but the fact that HE Is WILL
ING TO TRY, II was by TRYING
hat he got where he is But still
he keeps on trying.
In the face of overwhelming odds
in spite of world wide criticism
be is willing 10 undertake the great
est job that ever fol- 10 the lot OF
a human being in the worlds his
tory. He brushes aside the ttous
anGs OF columns OF newspaper crit
cism. he ignores the public utter
ances OF so-called statesmen, ne sets
his face towards the most glorious
goal that any man eyer hoped TO
achieve-and goes on his way, try
ing
They say he is trying 70 advertise
L l..
on trying. They say his riches have
turned his head But still he tries
They say he never did anything but
promote a good automobile engine
and they ask what right he has TO
undertake the work OF diplomats
The present war ia the result OF a
/ most gigantic failure OF diplomacy.
and the fact that Henry Ford Is
willing 10 try thing In which the
great diplomats. Of the world have
failed only adds to the bigness Of
his trying.
So far as | know he Is the only
I person who has taken a definite
/ step toward ending the war. True.
I II may not be the right step, but
I now are we ever going 10 find the
right step until we try? The men
who SIT In swivel chairs and sneer
and make funny jokes about that
man Ford are not taking steps OF
any kind 70 end the war THE JOB
| LOOKS TOO BIG AND TOO HOPE.
I LESS TO THEM.
II looks bic 30 Henry Ford and
maybe II looks hopeless 10 him. But
he's got the nerve TO try and spend
! his own money at IT,
Ye gods what nation this would
/ be IL each industry could be headed
by a Ford who was willing TO try!
, what chance would any other ma
/ tion under the sun have in com.
! petition with us. What II more OF
us were willing 10 try and less OF
us we're slaves Of convention and
creatures OF habit7
In my business career 7 have met
Z hundreds Of men who could tell me
what could not do But | have
met only n few who were anxious 20
try, ! have let the former class
ouS as quickly but as gently as
possible. But ! have $ung on 70
the other class with all my might.
I want the man who can or the man
who will try. but the man who can't
or the man who thinks "Ii is use
The Detroit times., 1915-12-18
Spunky AutomatOn

The remarkable inventions OF an
ingenious Spaniard, Senor L. Torres
y Quevado, are described in the Sci
entihc American. Among them Is
an automaton chessplayer which
protests" If it's human opponent
fails TO play fairly. and. II he proves
obdurate on warning. finally stops
altogether. Senior Torres work Is
so highly valued by TIE Spanish gov
ernmcnt that II grants him gener-
ous subsidy in furtherance Of his in.
ventions. which cover many fields
The Detroit times., 1915-12-18
The Blanketed Auto and
the Less Fortunate Horse

This is the season of the year when
the automobile driver takes good care
to keep the hood of his machine COW
cred while it is standing.
This is the season of the year when
you will find an automobile with its
hood carefully blanketed, on one side Of
the street, and horse standing on the
other side of the street whose owner
has not been so particular.
You see, faithful old Dqbbin will be
only too willing to start and go after
having stood for an hour or two ex-
posed to the cold and the winds of win
lei.
4 The horses driver shuns the little ef-
zOrt IL would require to . blanket his
QrDe because his neglect will cause
HIM no Inconvenience whatever.
~ is different with the automobile
drlver whose machine of metal gets the
best of care and protection because it
would mean physical exertion on his
part If it didn't.
The man who once owned horse and
never for an instant thought of such a
thing as putting it in livery stable
while down town on winters day.
t11ves an automobile now, and if he is
6ping to be down town for any length
k time he wouldn't think of such
1no A. leaving it in the street.
~ IN yarpoa that ic n,ra
warm and where the engine will not
~ % that he will have to crank.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-18

Meanwhile his son Jupiter got the
JOB of Boss God on Mount olympus
and one day got sore on Old Man
Saturn and fred him from Olympus.
Saturn then went 20 Its.r where
nc became king and ruled uurine
what they called the Golden Age.
re was the inventor of cabarcts
md other more or less scandalous
tiirgs
That finishes The wcot Maybe
some day we'll tell you how the
months were named.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-18
For a Clean Drana.

10 fhe Editor of The Times:
The Citizens Vigilance committee
desires to express It's appreciation
OF your support OF the cause OF
clean drama in Detroit through your
editorial columns
We propose 10 reprint and circu-
late the editorials that have recently
appeared in The Times and other
papers bearing on this subject. hop
ing We may thereby enlist public
opinion in the movement 20 secure
censors under the direction OF the
Recreation commission.
EUGENE X. SHiPPEN.
Chairman Vigilance Com.
Detroit. Dec. iG, 1915.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-18
From Another Point of NetD
Also. Happened Over in Our
BU {. T. 5.
SerXeSeIf.


Hungry Man (among crowd ar coun-
ter)-SAY, how long does a fellow have
to wait here for his order.
Counter -tAlways there with
the punch) Generally my friend, un-
til it's cooked. What did you order?
Hungry Mani ordered cold pork
sandwich.
"Austria's Reply Is Not Satisfactory"
says headline. Today's big event in
Washington suggests, however, that
Mrs. Galt's was.
Our old friend the Doc rises to ask:
What'll become of the ponies when pro-
hibition lets down the bars?
Isabella Patton of Chicago owns 80
cats. And. consequently, we take it, no
canary.
Postmaster General Burleson is op-
posed to the appointment of one P. j..
Cleary as postmaster in Brooklyn. and -
Brooklyn paper says that if Cleary is
named, Burleson will resign. If there is
no more serious obstacle in the way.
Cleary ought to get the Job
gX7
G.. f. Marchand. Lowell, Mass, we
read. continues at his work as chauf-
feur since elected to the state senate.
That's what we call real information.
It's so hard to get an idea, particularly
from his speeches. as to just what a
state senator is driving at.
Now they have invented wireless
telephone. And WIT will become of the
party phone subscriber who is always
on the line?
President Wilson says there is such
thing as being too proud to fight. Bet
ter yet, too fleet toefght.
"Our idea of sinecure: locktender
on the Panama canal. Wall Street
Journal.
ours is stoker on a German liner. -
Columbia State.
"Ours is war correspondent on peace
ship Brooklyn Times.
Ours is a lineman in wireless tele-
graph station.
Barney Dreyfuss reached the peace
conference Of base ball magnates in Chi
cago before he had time 10 visit the
barber. The Fed club owners presented
themselves, on the other hand. so they
reported. satisfactorily trimmed.
Italy's chief product the past year was
hemp. The compositor wouldn't be far
out of the way if he made it hump.
Now they have introduced the Kiss
dance. Very simple, they say, being any
old dance done under the mistSetoe. Tne
trick. we imagine. is TO keep the awk-
ward man from stepping on it.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-18

The fellow in this picture was a
bay guy named Saturn from whom
Saturday vas named He WAS the
on OF Uranus. the Heavens, and
Gaes, the Garth.
When he was a yOunRster of only
a few thouzand years OF age he got
IN trouble with Jhe police from 4
naughty habit OF eating up his chill.
dren. So he had to change hiJ
narc from Crunus 20 Saturn and
grew whlskers for a disguise.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-18
ALLIGATOR ASLEEP IN SEWER.

GREENSBORO, -. 9. Dec. fS.-lt while
a number OF the workers o. the job were pre-
pairing 10 put storm co or on the proper
grade that an astonishing discovery made
find for which many solutions have been OF.
fered. but none accepted. An alligator boast.
ing growth. or length OF twelve inches. one
foot, was found reposing and snoozing In the
mud at the bottom OF this storm sewer.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-18

u re {ponsible for
certain disorders
~ tho human sys
TEN
People who are
subject 20 spells
of worrying are
found to have an
irregular pulse.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-18
Lei The People Rule---And Write

less 10 try can't have any of my
time.
II any young man happens TO read
this. | wish he'd let this one piece
OF advice soak into his brain OF
brains There's word in the
dictionary called cant" Leave 1t
there Never use il,
u Instead say "Il try or better
still "I'll heuryford".
CARL LAEMMLE,
New York. Dec IA. 1915.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-18
Wants a Cecent Newspaper.

To the Editor Of The Times:
Enclosed please find my check for
one years subscription to your very
valuable. clean family paper. May
your good work go on. and may you
always be strong for good citizen
ship and purity Of the press.
T.. J. SWART,
Chief Probation Officer.
Sault Ste Marie. Mich, Dec. IL, Is
The Detroit times., 1915-12-18

Respiration often Is repressed. tho
blood circulation impaired and the
gxircmIticg become cold.
And jus' a. worry impairs the
blood circulation 80. too. II inter
The Detroit times., 1915-12-18
The Keep Well Column
WORRY

feres with the proper action of the
stomach's digestive apparatus
This interference with the secre.
tions o. the stomach is apt to make
the worried man or woman CON
frmed dysreptic.
Worry by continuously interfer.
Ing with sleep often leads 20 more
or less chronic insomnia.
All places or public assembly
should be- we'll ventilated aud by
tho same token so should tho home
France before the war had $1,000
Industrial concerns.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-18

Worry hurts health Worry not
only aggravates. but in many cases
The Detroit times., 1915-12-18
HIS CHANCE

Arabella-Oh, Mr.. Durkcy. know tha, my IN.
tie sister. Eta, is looking at us through the
curtainsi
Durkey--Well, let's crafty her curios,tv and
then maybe she'll go away
The Detroit times., 1915-12-18

"Austria's Reply Is Not Satisfactory" J"
says headline. Today's big event III
Washington suggests, however, that
Mrs. Galt's was.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-22
VERMONT LIBRARIANS OFFICERS.
Miss Y. B. Fletcher Of Prootorsviile Was
Chosen President.

Burlington, Oct. 22-The Vermont Ia.
brary association and the Vermont free
public library commission held their an
nual meeting yesterday in the Billings
library. the sessions lasting during the
entire day. Dr. Guy Potter Benton,
president of the University of Vermont.
made q short address q welcome 10 the
81 members Of the sssoriation who were
present 81 the opening sesison az asso
0'clock in the morning
The following oflcers ~ THE associs.
tion were eiceted ~ the afternoon meet
ing. President. Miss y r. Fletcher II
rroctorsxiils; tice-presideut, Mr.. Elean-
90 Errleston - Msnehesteri secretary
TREASURER, Miss y q Hiiis of Lyndon
vile. s@oond rics presidents Miss Ruth
Eirhrnuna ~ Orleans. Miss Nsrn Griffith
~ Danhv. Mrs a. ~ Chanh,4lin ~
Tanfrst. Miss Eatharine Mafhies1n II
Harrr an8 Miss Anna Mower u Morris
tfiif.
Iae stening ssssigr was devoted g. .
isssurt - Hiehara u WFuhe of New
Ynrs. president AZ thf Nstioual stors
Te1isrs lezrur If 4r1effes
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-22
TELEPHoNED TO EUROPE.
Marvellous Feat Performed From Airing
ton, Va.--Voice Distinctly Heard

| New York. Oct. 22.-rArlington, Va.
talked by telephone with Paris, France
yesterday. Honolulu, $500 miles from
Paris, also heard the operator talking
from Arlington.
To b. b. Webb, a telephone engineer,
| fell the honor of being the first man to
span with his voice the space between
the old world and the new. Sitting in
the powerful navy wireless plant at Ar
lington, Va, at an hour previously desig-
mated and selected because the atmos-
phere would then be cleared OF static and
electrical disturbance, Mr.. Webb shortly
after midnight talked with H. f. Shreeye
and A. NJ. Curtis, other engineers, and a
group of French officers in the Eiffel
tower in Paris.
In Honolulu, 4,s00 miles from Arling-
ton, with receiver attuned TO the wireless
antennae OF the Pearl harbor navy yard
there, Mr.. Espenchied, another telephone
engineer, heard Webb too.
Hello. Shreevel" Webb shouted into
the mouthpiece, Hello, Shreeve!"
He paused a few seconds and then be-
gan to count: Zone, two, three. four;
one, two, three, four" Paris did not
know what VISA coming; they might not
hear him clearly, il at all. So he count
ed again and again. The tumble of mean
ingless figures was repeated several times
more and next came the enunciation Of
several test sentences which he had jot.
ted down in advance. These were re-
peated, too. More counting, and finally
the farewell, three times:
Goodbye, Shreevel" pause. "Good-
bye, Shreeyel Goodbye, Shreeve."
A cable message to the American Tele-
phone & Telegraph Co. yesterday from
Paris said Webbs "Hellos" and good
byes" had been distinctly heard by the
engineers and French army officers in 1
Paris and that portions of his test sen.
tenees also had been picked up. At
,bout the same time, there came mes
'age from Honolulu. saying that Webo's /
talk had been heard in full BY the re-
'eiying engineer there and that the tonal 4
affections Of his voice had been so per /
'ectly recorded that the receiver knew
{ was Webb speaking.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-22
DROWNED UNDER AUTO.
Vehicle Started When Passenger oper-
ated Self-Starter.

Pennington, Me, Oct. 22.-Mrs. Clara
Shreve of San Francisco was nearly
drowned yesterday when she was pinned
beneath touring automobile which
overturned in Wilson stream in Wilton
village. She was also severely bruised
and may have sustained internal in
iuries.
The car, driven by Gilbert Stockton
of Portland, was left standing while
he entered an Office at Wison. In the
car were his wife and her sister, Mrs.
Shreve. The latter operated the self
starter and before she could control the
steering wheel the auto plunged ever an
and into the stream, rs
feet below the street.
Mrs. Stockton was thrown clear Of
the car and was rescued from the
stream uninjured. Mrs shreve was tax
en- from under the car by help from the
shoe factory. Dr. A. L. York was sum
moned and she was removed 10 a VIII
ton hotel
The car was not much damaged.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-22
WILL SPEND Is YEARS
AS AN ONLOOKER
Dr.. WI Ting-Fang, Already Advanced in
Years and Out of Active Partici-
patton in Chinese Affairs, Will
Continue to Pay Close At
tention.

Shanghai, Oct. 22.-Dr. Wu Ting fang
the former Chinese minister to the Unit
ed States, although he plans to live to
be $50 years old, now considers himself
out of public life, and for the next rs
years win be just an onlooker, regardless
whether the Chinese republic is turned
back into an empire.
"The folks up at Peking are running
things. They haven't asked my advice
and they probably wouldn't act on it
if | gave it, said DIR. WI, when asked
for his comments on the monarchial
I'm my recent book on America told
what | thought about the American
government, the Chinese government and
governments in general couldn't say
any more than ] said in that book and
| haven't changed my mind since | wrote
it, the venerable diplomat continued.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-22
ACCEPT NoRTHFIELD INVITATION.
lst Vermont Cavalry Society viii Meet
There in 1916.

Rutland, Oct. 22.-Fifty OF the 200
members of the First Vermont Cavalry
society attended the 43d annual meet
ing OF the society in this city yester-
day. OF the 81 registering at head
quarters in G.. A. r. hall during the day,
only four were Rutland men ARID but
one of these, Orlando w. Bishop, was
a member OF the company recruited in
Rutland at the outbreak of the war in
1861.
A business meeting was held at 2
o'clock in the afternoon at which the
secretary, S. II. Wood OF st. Albans, re-
ported that in the last two years so
members had answered the last roll
call. Greetings were received from the
Custer Brigade society OF Michigan,
which met at Detroit yesterday and
telegram OF acknowledgment was sent
il in return.
Letters were read from any absent
members and an invitation from Nor
wich university to hold the next reun.
ion of the society in Northfeld was ac-
cepted.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year; President H. c.
Streeter of Brattleboro; secretary and
treasurer. S. II. Wood of st. Albans.
Col. +. b. Sawyer of HYDE Park and
Lieut.. Col. j. W. Bennett OF Chicago
were elected vice presidents.
A supper was served by the Woman's
Relief corps, the auxiliary TO Roberts
post, G. A. r., in w. r. c. hall at $3.50
o'clock. Adjournment was then taken
10 the headquarters room where a short |
business session was held.
At 1880 O'Clock last evening the
was lighted and the veterans
listened 10 an address by Mayor Bert I
/. Stafford. Mrs. Cornie Glynn Cocklin 4
rendered several vocal selections in |
very pleasing manner and Hugh J.
gave several recitations sp.
,ropriate 10 the occasion. Orchestral mu-
'ic was furnished by Morris orehes-
ra.
The members Of the society we're also
addressed by Col y. W. Bennett Of Chi
ago, c. r. 5. Pierce Of New York. II.
= Streeter Of Brsttleboro, Hon. J. +.
Mcclellan Of Ludlow and J. W. Bennett,
r, Of Chicago.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-22
Letter Was Received by Rev.
c. c. Wilson from a Bur-
lington Attorney .l
POPULAR MINISTER
WAS TO BE NJ ID
Wedding Get for Tomorrow
Was Called Off by the
Fiancee's Father

Burlington, Oct. 22.-An official state.
ment released to-day by Bishop Coad-
jutor George Y. Bliss regarding the re-
cent postponement of the marriage of
Rev. G.. G. Wilson, former curate of St.
Paul's church here and now rector of
the parish at Roslindale, Mass, to Mary
Clark, daughter of Louis Crawford Clark
of New York and Burlington, tomorrow
says: "Mr. Wilson on October / re-
ceived letter at Roslindale from Laura
johnson, Minneapolis girl, through her
attorney, Guy B. Horton of this city,
demanding reparation on the grounds of
breach of promise of marriage. Although
no suit has been brought, Mr.. Wilson
has taken steps to defend his charac-
ter
Rev. Mr.. Wilson is popular here but
his friends admit that he may have
been indiscreet. Miss johnson came here
from Minneapolis and entered the class
IF 1912 in the University of Vermont
She remained until February. She at
tended St Paul's church at various
-ines. She has been for some time
guest of the Horton family.
Announcement of the recall of the
Wedding invitations was made Wednes-
lay as follows;
Louis Crawford Clark has issued
ards recalling the invitations to the
marriage of his daughter. Mary De For
st Clark, to Rev. Charles G. Wilson,
which was set for Saturday, of this
week, because of the illness of Miss
lark"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-22
DISTRICT MEETING IN CABOT.
woman's Relief Corps Members Well
Entertained.

The district meeting of the woman's
Relief corps was held az Cabot Thurs
day. There were present 20 ladies from
Montpelier, three from Waterbury Cen
ter, four from Williamstown, 20 from
North Calais and 20 from Cabot.
The visiting officer was Mrs. Eliza
beth Wheeler from White River juno.
tion. There were present besides Mrs.
Wheeler, who is the department inspec-
tor, Mrs. May Kibby Colby, the institSit-
ing and installing officer, and Mrs. EN-
ma LaPoint, the second on the depart.
ment executive board.
The address Of welcome was given
by Mrs. Ada Merritt. president Of the
Cabot corps and this was responded 10
by Emma A. Laroint Of Brooks corps.
stowe corps. No. 80. Of North Calais, ex.
emplifed the work OF the order and the
inspection was by Mrs. Wheeler.
A very excellent dinner WAS served
by the Cabot corps 20 about l30. The
ladies from Montpelier, Williamstown
and Waterbury Center made the trip
in autos.