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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-23
OBITUARY..
DIR. CHARLES BRENNER.

Dr. Charles Bremen died az his
home. 1903 Wilson St. Williamsburg.
yesterday. after brief illness. He
was ff,y-nine years old. DR.. Bremen
vas born in New York and va. q grad
uate OF the College Of Physicians ard
Surgeons and the Long Island College.
He was prominent in Masonic ansirs.
lie leaves wife and one daughter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-23
MRS. LICIEN u. RAMS.

Savannah. Jan. %. Mrs. Lucien n.
Raines. honorary president general %
the United Daughters 81 the Confed-
eracy ard one OF the founders 81 that
organization. died here to-day. She
was sixty-two years old
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-23
DR.. VI. VI. HANIII.

Nashville. Jan. 22.-D II. " Hsmill,
chaplain general OF the United Con
federate Veterans and president Of the
international Sunday School Assoeis-
tion. il dead at Tate Springs He was
sixty-fve years old.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-23
MARRIED.

BALLANTINE- M0RGAN-on Thurs
day, January 81. 1915, in the Chantry
OF St. Thonas's Church. BY the Rev.
Ernest ". Stires, d. D., Helen
Ridgely, daughter OF Lancaster and
Letitis Morgan, 20 John Holms Bal
lsntine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-23

Notices OF marriages and deaths must
be accompanied BY full name and address.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-23

When Francis Lynde Stetson, of New
York. moved the adoption Of Tins re-
port. Everett 7. Wheeler interposed an
amendment that the report be accepted
but not adopted. There was a sharp
debate on the question Of requiring a
man 20 be a witness on his own behalf
when he is accused OF a crime. rec
ommendstion which the committee re-
fused to indorse. Judge Clearwater
said:
1--WE have enjoyed liberty so long in
this country that We have forgot
ten what oppression is. Some OF
the law being taught in our universe
ties by men who have had no expert
ence on the bench constitutes q real
peril TO our liberty"
On a rising vote the report was
adopted. only half a dozen delegates
voting against il.
Mr.. Taft in his address tonight said
that there was wide interest throughout
the country in the coming New York
State constitution, an interest growing
out of the hope that the Empire State
would show the way.
"We have just been through a de-
cade in which the most radical and dan
gerous changes OF fundamental law
have been proposed" he said.
Some Fad Ridden States.
"If il were not for the bulwark OF the
Fourteenth Amendment 70 the Constitu-
ton | do not know what might happen
TO such states as Arizona. California
and others which seem fad-ridden.
"Your governmental structure in the
State of New York does not concen-
trate power or fix responsibility for
the financial welfare Of the state. In
addition 10 the Governor. you have IN
your executive branch at least three
other in portant officers exercising wide
powers and great patronage who are
elected by the people and over whose
action the Governor has no control
and exercises no superior authority.
Following is summary Of the report
of the committee on law reform:
ut condemns unsparingly that viola
ton of the constitutional right Of the
citizen not TO be compelled to be a wit
ness against himself, and OF the prac-
tce Of prosecuting officers in asking
him to waive immunity and then hold
ing him up to obloquy II he refuses 10
do So"
"Tn practice IL (the Office Of Coro-
ner) has degenerated, and largely IS
ignorantly and indiferently conducted,
and should be abolished"
"The committee favors the adoption
Of the federal and English plan Of a
blanket or joint indictment, with sepa-
rate counts"
"The committee il opposed 70 the re-
duction of the Jury panel 10 six, with
provision for the rendering of a YER
dict by a concurrence Of five jurors"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-23
CENfIi.RiI-.

TuT MOODi AVN ttMi1ER,
e.31 - By Harlem Train AM ty Trolley
sNrr "1 Far "rf 10 ~
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-31

agents. Miss Esther Lape has been here
for some weeks and is doing fine work
and receiving much help in an effort "a
teach the immigrant English.
There are 6.5OO,O0o men in this coun-
try old enough 10 vote, who were born
in other lands
These figures were taken in 1910.
These men form 25es of the male
population old enough to vote.
Yes. than half of them are naturalized.
Three and half million men are in
this country 0ut are not Of it.
They are outsiders kept there by the
fact that they are not citizens OF the
United States
In New York city alone there are 5oO,-
000 OF them
They are not allowed TO take their
place and are being wasted
Ii is the business of this country TO
conserve its strength and prevent all
waste
What greater waste than the human
being who. through lack of opportunity
cannot reach his full stature of manhood.
The immigration bureau tells us that
this is largely due TO the hteracy test
which obliges a man to speak English
before he becomes an American citizen
New York has apparently appreciated
the situation for the literacy test was
voted on at Albany. Aug. 26. and de-
feated by a vote of IT 10 81.
We can expect no great loyalty from
men who cannot but feel themselves
alien. and. in times Of stress, they might
easily become a menace.
Ii is obvious that if we are to harbor
the men of other countries. we must
either give them opportunity to comply
with our laws in regard to becoming citi-
zens or we must re-arrange our laws tas
New York has done) TO accommodate the
conditious which exist.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-31
MISSPELLED WORDS

Seven out OF every 100 third grade public
school children in the United states can not
spell the word has" according TO a report just
compiled by Or. Leonard T. Ayres, OF the Rus
sell sage Foundation on the special problems
inherent In the teaching OF spelling Or Ayres'
study also brought out many other photographic
oddities.
DR.. Ayres selected the 1000 words that con-
sttute 90 per cent Of the language ordinarily
used This selection was made from various
English authors, from four Sunday newspapers
OF Buffalo. y. Y, and from the business ana
family correspondence OF more than 1000
adults.
Cooperating with the school superintendent
in eighty-four cities OF the United States. DR..
Ayres had the 900 commonest words tested by
an aggregate OF 100000 spellings. secured from
10000 public school children.
Nine words OF most frequent use. viz, the"
in. 80" mo" now" man" ten"
bed" top" revealed that second grade pupils
on an average spelled correctly "a per cent o.
these words At the other extreme OF the scale
OF words Judgment" recommend and al.
lege" we're found to be spelled correctly by
Just 80 per cent Of eighth grade pupils.
DR. Ayres finds There are very few Ell
ceedingly poor spoilers, many medium ones, and
very few excellent ones Few words do most
OF our work when we write Fifty words con.
stitute. with their repetitions. one-half OF the
words written. The child who masters tho L.
900 words on the scale given will make no
spelling errors In nine-tenths OF his writing
Now York Times.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-31
Soldier Carries Heavy Load

F. appeal 10 the amateur. soldier.
after a battle these discarded knap-
sacks might be recovered. bat 1t
11s Cat likely Ar any rate. while
another knapsack mirht be issued.
u would not be- The one possessed
D. the soldier before the battle
Whenever new levy OF troops
var mustered in and arrived in a
camp where veterans were station
90 the newcomers were greeted with
mock praise for their spick and
span soldiery appearance. with spe-
cal emphasis on How nice the
LnGpFacks look'" This time honored
rece ptacle OF everything a soldier
desired or hoped 20 keep ever near
him Is no longer reckoned In the
latter day. universal Sighting equip.
ment The japanese soldier and the
men OF some other armies carry a
long sack in which II Is possible 10
TO many things the fighter needs
or thinks he needs-until the weight
suggests discarding.
During the japanese Russian war
the infantrymen Of Nippon carried
among other things hemp ham.
mock. a water bottle Of aluminium,
supply OF rice in a grass box and
q copper charcoal camp kettle OF a
patented kind that enabled water 70
he boiled right IN a gale Of wind
While troops on going into battle
discarded everything not absolutely
necessary 20 them for the fight and
arc thus hghtened up some they
have 70 take on some weight In the
piece ot that relinquished IN the
shape ~ an extra number of car
ridges York Sun
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-31
A JOLT FOR THE Dominic

Ia a recent address Congressman Ernest "
Roberts Of Massachusetts. referred 10 stacking
Up against frank opinions, and told this story
a. an example.
Some time ago the rector OF church vas
called away 20 another parish and left bis cur
ate IN charge Of the church. On his return he
met a woman member o. his flock az the sta
ton.
Good afternoon. Mrs. Smith. said be. How
did the curate make out yesterday"
Poorest sermon ever heard" frankly replied
Mrs smith There wasn't thing IN It."
Whereat the rector passed on down the street
and near the church be met the curate.
How are you john" greeted the good man
Il suppose you got through all right yesterday .
Yes, sir was the startling reioinder Of John
I hadn't time 10 prepare q sermon of my own.
70 preached one OF your old es."- Phladel.
phia Telegraph
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-31
Pointed Paragraphs

Too often there is a sting back OF
honeyed words
Some people do odd things In try
ing 20 get even.
Pluck is all right, but good luck
often leaves Il al the post.
One always gets full measure
when one acquires a peck OF trouble
Wise Is the man who realizes that
he is a fool and tries 70 live il down.
\ Woman Is never sure man
loves her untl be tells her ne
doesn't
About the only difference in babies
Is in the personal opinion OF their
mothers.
The sword in the hands OF man
is less mighty than The hatpin IN the
hands OF a strenuous woman
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-31

While the rifle Of the infantrymeu
o. The worlds armies has steadily
lesseEed in weight during the last
81 years, and while constant at.
tempts have been made in other
avs % llgaten the soldiers burden
on march. r. is nevertheless a fact
that the uniformed fighter Of today
carries very little II any less than
he aid a generation or two ago His
gun and oay0uet AMI some other de-
tails Of equipment that had an exact
counterpart IN the old armies may BE-
lighter. but modern military neces-
sites have added 10 his carrying re
Cuirements.
He must now face this marching
load Magazine rife, bayonet. scab-
ard, rife cartridge belt and fasten-
ers, rife cartridge belt suspenders,
frst aid packet. canteen, strap. SET
Of blankets. roll straps, haversack,
meat can used as frying pan
cup, knife. fork, spoon, one shelter
tent half. FIVE shelter tent pins.
one poncho rubber blanket. one
pair shoes, one housewife needle
and thread. one oyercoat. one in
trenching tool
These marching loads have varied
from 20 20 100 pounds ia the past,
and weigh about the same now.
OF course. In going into action
much 81 this load is discarded, some
OF Il never TO DO possessed by the
owner again. even though be es-
capes the battle peril In the old
days knspsscks were always cast
OF by seasoned troops who grew
cailoused a. 70 the boarding up Of
little uinkets and mementos that
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-31
BIZ OLSON G.lRDNER.


WASHINGTON, Aug % All in.
t,ruatoaal law has been repealed by
tbe present world war. There is no
more international Law There are
no rights under so.caIled interua-
tional Ian
Until his stupendous fact has
been grasped by the public there
VIII be much confusion OF thought
and great difficulty in comprehend
ine our international relations. This
confusion is only increased by the
contributions % profoundly learned
experts oa International law The
more these gentlemen know q what
has been International ian the more
5etoEgst they are in ths present
situation and the less competent 70
tA.Ek clearly on the subject OF the
rights 81 nations and citizens
(, il wrong uso Of words 20
speak o. International law a Law
Is practice which has an eaforc
inr power behind il International
law never has been anything but a
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-31

ihe loss Of sleep is one OF the worst
features Of chronic Insomnia. a
person. after a few nights OF htful
sleep. begins 10 brood over the fear
~ disastrous results. and this does
more than anything Wise % bring on
chronic Insomnia
Nature. however virtually CON.
pels person 20 take some sleep.
even whom they think they have
been vide awake tho whole night
Total Insomnia ior any length o.
time 10 almost unknown There
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-31
IT WAS REAL THUNDER

Miss Ethel Barrymore tells the following story
q Sir Henry irving. In whose support she ap-
peared when 10 produced the play Peter The
Great"
II appears that AZ a rehearsal wonderful eli.
max had been reached. which was 20 be height
ened by the effective % tho usual thunder
and lightning. The stage carpenter was given
the order. The words were spoken. and instant
~ a noise which resembied a succession Of pistol
shots heard off the wings What on earth
are you doing. men," shouted Sir Henry. rushing
behind the scenes. do you call that thunder?
us not a bit ike d.
"AwfuIly sorry. SIR responded the carpenter.
but the fact Is cir. I couldn't hear YOU because
Of the storm. That was real thunder. sir '-Iiu.
man Life.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-31
A Poem a Day
cLENENTINE.

YIN MNNAANt4s
In a cottage near the canyon.
Ia deep and dark raVine.
There miner. forty miner,
Came and brought my Clementine
She vas light ana like fairy
And her feet were number nine,
HERON boxes without topses.
Sandals Tor my Clementine.
She led ducklinEs 90 the water.
Every morning Just az nine,
ripped her foot upon splinter,
Tumbled la the foaming brine.
Ruby lips above the water.
Blowing bubbles soft and me,
Alas, for me! I was no swimmer.
50 ! lost my Clementine,
In the churchyard BY the canyon.
Where the myrtle doth entwine,
" here grow rosies and other posies
There they laid my Clement'ne.
Now the miner. forty-niner
soon began % peek ard pine
IhouEh az he'd oughter Join his daugh-
So he lie, by clemeu,ine
In my dreams she now doth haunt
me.
clothed IN garments stepped IN
brine.
While ~ life Z used % hug her.
Now she's dead draw the limo
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-31
BALZAC.
BY DR.. FRANK CRANE
Copyright, 1915, by Frank Crane)

Without being an advocate of subur-
ban morality one can still respect the de-
cencies. There is a middle ground; most
of us live there.
We do not care for literature of the
namby-pamby type; the RoAo books and
Felicia Hemans may not be our notion OF
intellectual adventure; but still, just TO
be devilish, we do not wish TO draggle
along amidst the muds and stinks of this,
our so many-sided humanity
When NJ. ZOia goes through the
house and, finding the garbage can and
the soiled-linen basket, eXultingly holds
them up TO our gaze crying, "Ah hal At
last the TRUTH" we have TO admit, Of
course, that his discoveries are real but
so are the flowers on the library table;
and ordinary, right-minded folk prefer
looking at the flowers to looking at gar
bage.
NJ. Emile Faguet has recently set forth
an essay on Balzac. Although NJ.
Faguet's point of view on things in gen
era is usually antipodal to mine, | am
glad he has said words about Balzac that
| can quote with approval, as / would
not dare say them on my own poor
authority. Although he acknowledges
Balzac's "vigor and good nature. has
frankneSs, his generosity, and his genius
for the creation Of hfelike and powerful
characters, yet he criticizes him thus
"He had not genius all the time.
A whole literature grew up out of Bal
zac's cesSpools. He is responsible
for the easy-going and damnable audac-
ity of all the novel writer's who pretend
to believe that realism lies in the study
of sinister or shameful abnormalty.
Ready-made romanticism and
coarse realism are the two things which
spoil Balzac's work the former very
much and the latter n little What spoils
nearly the whole of it is the vulgarity
that was inherent in the mans nature
and crept into nearly everything he did"
The desire to shock is not a trait Of
mastery. 1t is cheap Most of US are
startled by an outburst of profanity or
obscenity, because we are not used to it.
We order our lives to avoid such things
Men swear because of their cultural
limitation, their lack Of vocabulary. The
oath is the skyrocket of impotence.
And dirty, sordid. lusty. and perverted
books are written for much the same
purpose-to attract attention to one who
had not art nor personality enough to
gain distinction in decent ways.
There may be excuses for exploiting
the ugly and repugnant. As, for in
stance, when some beautiful sympathy
or high impulse is to be thereby awak-
ened 1t is all right to view the beg
gar's sores if you are by that stimulat-
ed to heal the beggar But the inspec-
ton of sores per Sc is not art.
Nothing is art that is not beauty. II
out of horror you can draw nobleness, if
out Of Indebtedness and despair you
can extract heroism, and if out of the
vile and repulsive aspects Of human ma
ture you can make the glory of the hui
man spirit to shine, that is art
But dirt for dirt's sake is plain vul-
garity, for which there is no excuse.
aETCCDI,T I'm HYnunC
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-31
A GOOD ADDRESS

Joseph r Widener. the sportsman. was talk
ing in Newport about homes
Philadelphia Is the city ~ homes" be said
but II your home is north Of Market street you
are considered, socially speaking out Of 81. Your
home must be south Of Market streef-you must
live downtown II sou would De a social person
aity iH Philadelphia"
what difference does % make where a man
lsesg
~ makes all the difference IN the world said
Mr. Widener a fact that is well remembered
abou, Diogenes today is that he lived tn tub
Washington Star
King George sees his physician every day
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-31
From Another Point of VielU
BY C. 7. s.

We clip from report of the golf tour
nament:
He took Eve on the nth 90 par three and the
same on The fourteenth He topped his iron
shot on the nth and went into the ditch. and
had 20 take two 20 get out and two puts. Trou-
bic on the fourteenth was caused BY slice into
the bunker al the right, three shots being need
ed 20 get out
We would add that conditions are al
most as bad on the Brush line.
Peace is the one thing in the world
worth fighting for.
What's bothering the man at the sum
mer resort just at present Is whether
there was any coal in the bin when he
left home.
Today we get a change Of Sox.
Joseph Kennedy's wife has reported 10
the police that she fears he has skipped
the town. Despite the fact he is a sta
tionary engineer.
Winona assembly viii reorganize with
William Jennings Bryan, president At
last, William Jennings Bryan, president
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-31
Let the People
Rule-and Write
Judges incompetent, Says Jim
Pound.

Judges incompetent says Jim
Pound
70 the Edit0r O. The Tfmes,
Mr.. Lucking's position. in refer
ence t. the Judges Of the Wayne cir
cult court acting As arbitra,ors, In
fixing the price OF the Dctroi. Unit
I'd properties, stismarizing my as
sertion that common deceucy debars
them. seems TO require an answer
from me think the statutes
which no lawyer seems TO know any
thing ABOUT viii settle H. MIller's
compiled lava sections ltos and l.
30, settle Il 90 ms mind. on a fair
reading OF them.
100 Sec IS NO Judge OF
any court can sit as such In any
cause In which he is a part. OR
N WHICH HE IS INTEREST
ED. or In which he would De
excluded from being a Juror by
reason OF consangulnlty on ann
ity 20 either OF the parties '''
i.ll0 No Judge OF an appel.
late court. OR OF ANY COURT
20 which a writ OF certiorari, or
Of error shall DC returnable.
shall decide or take part IN the
decision OF any cause. or mat
ter which shall have been de-
termined hy HIM WHILE SIT.
TING As a JUDGE OF ANY
OTHER COURT.
These are plain and specific pro
visions ard there are many others
No man OF any decency OF feeling
ould SIT IN a case where hts busi-
ness partner for life or many years
,vss a vitality interested litigant. I
hope this makes clear my point
Put why should the people OF De-
troi' put themselves under guar
dianship 20 the judges who have not
the practical experience Of the com
mirsioners themselves Ia there
anything 20 warrant the assumption
that they will or can do any better
than the average man. Surely not
their success in selecting prescott.
ing attorneys for this county n
there has been any exhibition OF
ranker partlzanship. / do not know
where II has been exhibited
only ask for the people Of
Wayne county not 70 admit their
r entail Incompetence. Try the bar.
gaining yourselves. and let the
Judges set you right n you 20 legal
" wrong. by writ OF certiorari re-
tbrnsble before themselves
Indeed. 7 do not see what the
Judges are doing. 10 permit their in.
competency which IL legally. 30
clear. 20 be canvassed. Don't you
remember when Judge Hosmer re-
fused to act on an appointment. be-
cnuse the law did not permit him to-
These men. the judges. are hired by
20, 10 try our suits and are paid am
ply for II Let them attend 10 their
business, with a docket 20 far be
Lind. that the cases al issue below
certain number arc not put upon
the docket. There must be moro
than 5000 untried cases, and stu
with a docket congested like this,
end three months holiday and
upward In q year. we are 20 be driv.
on back another year. so that the
judges can give six months Of their
time with added salary 10 settle the
price Of the Detroit United railway
And n they do II IN one year II VIII
be the speediest decision ever
heard Of IN Michigan. In the last 80
years % question Of that size or
any way near Il involving millions.
As an interested practitioner In the
courts trying poor non cases.
aad. ~ co..se. being poor lawyer,
7 still say, keep The judges ont OF
politics and the street car imbroglio.
JAMES n. POUND.
Detroit, Aug. %, 1915.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-31

are few authentic cases in medical
annals
People troubled with Insomnia
generally are benefited by natures
substitute FOR regular sleep without
knowing g. This substitute IL a
b0rderland condition midway be
tween sleeping and waking II oc.
ours. whenever. for example a per.
son drowseg for a moment II II a
moment that physicians have
proved % be- very refreshing.
Insomnia would be robbed OF its
greatest evil n people who are
troubled by it could refrain from
bro0diDg or worrying over W.