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The Detroit times., 1915-11-02
"a. .v wan peopie OF Detroit Tor

ss,,... sv~ssn people Of Detroit for
this purpose.
Wt.asor cttlseSs. with the aasistasce
% Detse.tess. have already seiset
$4,000 toward the patriotic fund
which the Dor. or c'ty plans TO
campaign Tor the raising OF the
big fund begins "Wednesday morn
tnG, but ~ two-men teams made
special canvass 30 that the. move
mcnt might have good start:
the committee In charge. declared,
Tuesday morning. that he expected
at least $4,000 would be contribut-
ed during the day, Re reports
many contributions from Detroit.
Federal efAcers 81 Detroit ssa ether
arrangements for the uniform en-
Capt. c. II. wssicctt. OF Detroit
supervising inspector OF steam
vessels OF the assdn d''tsie s,r Msn,
the workings OF the law TO the tn
spectors stationed there. Capt
westcott attended . conference Of
supervising inspectors In Milwau-
pis rs ~, S:'s Clause 81 ofd Il. .S
Quiving tina. scsmen be examined
az TO their physical ntneas. the
federal department OF public
health is making arrangements to
appoint more physicians In all the
ports.
FRET. W d. Hesaes.ss. 3iye~tss %
ebe university % Miehlsaa ez-
tension service. spoke before the
Northwestern worn.n's club In the
auditorium of the Art Museum
Monday afternoon. The need OF
greater efficiency In tina manage
ment and teaching In the public
school was the subject OF his lee
ture. THE modern school" he
said. needs a superintendent who
knows where he 10 going and can
plan for the hest OF the schools
and the pupils" He also advo-
Gated hiring superintendents for a.
long a time ~ they proved effci-
emit Musical selections were given
by Miss Gertrude Cd on. accompan-
led by Miss Esther Sincock.
A pea~e Rsass meetiaG will he held
lS the swAitesi"m Of the Heard %
Commerce. Friday evening. Nov. 8.
Nine. Rosika Schwimmer. of Hun
gary. will he the principal speaker
and her topic. "A message from
Europe and Americas answer" In
this lecture she will give the re-
suit Of ~ visits made by peace en-
voys 20 ruisra, church d'gnita-ies
and different leaders of AFFAIRS
throughout Europe. Nine. Schwim-
mer advocates the calling OF q
council OF neutral nations by, the
United states with hope Of
bringing about cessation OF the
war.
The Detroit times., 1915-11-02
IS DIE IN
tenement
HOUSE FIRE
Thirty Families Made
Homeless BY New
York Blaze
OIL LAMP
STARTS FLAME
Crowds Battle With
Police in Effort to
Reach Interior
By UNITED PRESS.

NEW YORK. Nov. 2.--Thirteep
persons lost their lives In a hre
that early today wiped out two
crowded tenements In North Sixth
St, Brooklyn. and drove more thai
80 families homeless into the street
Police and firemen were searching
the ruins this forenoon In an effort
to definitely dete. mine whether 9th
ers perished. All the dead were
suffocated.
One family OF six was entirely
wiped out. Three women. four chill
dren and six men comprise the
death toll.
Police reserves f.lght their way
through the crowds that poured
from neighboring tenements to gel
to the buildings. Panicstricker
'yomen and children swarmed about
the burning tenement hinderins
the WOIh Va uiOACh oh4
rescuers.
All of the bodies were found In
The Railways and near windows
where II is supposed they had at
tempted TO rush when the first wave
of sitting smoke swept through the
corridors.
The FIRE is supposed to have start
cd from an oil lamp. There was nc
gas or electric system in the build
.ngs.
Firemen had the blaze under cor
troll within an hour. Panic grew as
body after body was dragged from
the smoldering building and laid
out TN the pavements. while sur
geons worked desperately with pull
motors. Shrieking women and chill
dren, fearing relatives had persisted
fought to get near the bodies. A
hurry call was sent In for reserves
but II was long before even they
could restore semblance of order
The Detroit times., 1915-11-02
ST. ANDREWS
SOCIETY ELECTS
OFFICERS

At the regular meeting OF st. An
drew's society. Monday evening. the
following officers were elected 70
the ensuing torn: Thomas d. Lead
better. president; John Cameron
nrst vice-president: william Cam
eron. second vice-president; d. 4.
Rodgers. recording secretary: VII
liam Stewart. financial secretary;
Angus Mckay. treasurer; william
II. Carnegie, trustee: William
Findlater, James Cunningham, audi
tors: Walter Sinclair. pipe major:
James Campbell. librarian.
The ladies' auxiliary OF the society
will hold It's annual bazaar and sale
Of fancy work. Thursday. Nov. 4.
afternoon and evening. The pro
ceeds Of the bazaar will be used by
the auxiliary for the relief OF poor
families and other charitable pur
poses.
The Detroit times., 1915-11-02
STREET CAT AND
MOTOR CRASH;
MAN is KILLED

Mrs. Hazel Knaggs, 80 years old.
injured In the automobile accident
which took the life OF her husband.
Oscar j., Monday night, was report
ed, Tuesday morning. 10 have q
chance to recover. She Is in the
west end branch Of Harper hos
nital. II was at first thought that
she Was fatally hurt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Knaggs we're hurled
from their automobile when ii was
struck squarely In the center oy o
speeding Detroit-Toledo interIrban
car. at Fort.st. west and West End.
ave. Mr.. knaggs, who was an cleo.
t-ical contractor, was Instantly
killed. The gas tank OF the motor
car exploded in the collision. de-
stroying the automobile ard soaring
the front of the interurban.
The street car was packed. and
the noise OF the explosion and
crash Of splintering wood caused a
near-panic among the passengers.
Knaggs was 81 years old. His wife
Is 30. They have q seven-year-old
daughter. Thelma, who was left In
the home OF a neighbor while her
parents went motoring. The
Knaggs residence Is at No. 80 Tbad.
deus-st.
Coroner Burgess Is investiga ting
the accident.
Assistant Prosecutor Harry Kei.
dan took the statement Of Motor
ran Charles n. Nickerson, OF No.
500 Lorraine-ave. He said he did
not stop the car suddenly after hit.
ting the auto. because he feared
the Jerk would cause injury to pas
sengcrs on the car. He was not
held.
The Detroit times., 1915-11-02
EW WOUNDED
BY BAYONETS

LONDON. Nov. c.--How little
the bayonet IL used BY the Ger.
mans In this war In shown by the
act that OF the first 1000 soldiers
reated In the American Red Cross
hospital NJ Paignton. only six had
been wounded by usyonets.
About 80 per cent OF the shrapnel
shell. grenade or gunshot wounds
were found to be non.perforatins.
Not counting fractures. the
wounds were located A. follows:
Head. "a: neck, &; trunk. 1872; up
per extremity. 1872; lower extremity.
24l: central and peripheral nerve
injuries, IL; circulatory. 1. Heart
trouble and rheumatic fever. were
most frequently observed.
The average time elapsing be-
tween the injury and the FIRST neld
dressing OF the wound was about
six aud a half hours. Thirty-nve Of
the 1000 wounded were unit ever to
return to duty. and those who did
return were. on An average. about
% days on sick leave.
Only three OF the thousand died.
Near Waterville. Wash, a farmer
this year averaged ffty.nve bushels
Of wheat on 100 acres.
The Detroit times., 1915-11-02
SKELETON KEYS
FOUND ON TRIO

Three men who were acting sus
piciously near Fourth and Michigan
ayes. early Tuesday morning. were
locked up as dIsorderiy persons.
and. uron being searched by Detec-
lives Roche and Burczyk. who made
the arrests. several skeleton keys
and lady's silver mesh bag were
found
None OF the trio could give a sat.
isfactory account OF himself. They
The Detroit times., 1915-11-02
Suffrage Battle in New
York, Massachusetts
and Pennsylvania
VOTES ON
DRY ISSUE
Kentucky Winds Up
Hot Race For Gov
ern0rship
BIZ UNITED PRESS.


NEW YORK. Nov. 2.--The first
great suffrage tight In the east over
shadowed other issues in the "otf
year" elections in eight states to-
day.
Mild weather overhung New York,
Pennsylvania and Massachusetts
wnen the polls opened ana early re-
ports indicated heavy balloting.
Thirty thousand suffragists. 1t Is
estimated. rose at daybreak 'and
took up positions "A watchers.
Ohio voters were casting. their
ballots for or against prohibition.
Massachusetts,. Mississippi, Ken
lucky and Maryland were electing
state offcers and state legislators.
New Jersey and New York were vot
Ing on legislators. and New York
was deciding the date Of the pro
posed new constitution. Congress
sional vacancies were to be flied In
LOuI UlSulCtb.
In all three states where votes
Tor women was the big issue. the
sufYragists took their stand at the
polls today with the betting odds
sharply against them. Because OF
the unusual display OF interest in
suffrage. political chieftains gener'
ally did not hazard predictions. But
betting commissioner In New York
today were Offering three and -four
to one that suffrage would be de
feated and even money that the ma
jority against would be $4,000 o.
better. The betting sentiment was
reported about the same In Penn
syivania and Massachusetts.
In New York city 5000 suffrage
watchers. wearing yellow sashes
were at their posts before the polls
opened at 6 o'clock today. Several
score slept all night on cots at the
Women's Political union In order to
be al the polls promptly this morn
ing.
Among the women who took Ut
their positions at the polls, note
books In hand. were society leaders
club women and women from all
walks OF business life. Mrs. DAME
Gugge3heim arrived early at one o.
the polling places. At another was
Miss Fola LaFollette. daughter o.
Senator LaFollette. or Wisconsin,
In q blue tailored suit.
A food brigade was organized a.
dawn. Twenty automobiles were
requisitioned to carry hot coffee and
lunches to watchers and pickets.
In every election district reserve
watchers were on duty to take the
place OF any women who might be-
come weary.
1ammany halls hosts were at the
polls early and the heaviest ballot.
ing was recorded in Tammany 3
districts. Thep reported that while
all Tammany voters had been in
structed to knife the new constitu.
ton. Tammany Was keeping hands
on the suffrage question.
Betting commissioners generally
took the view that the new consti.
tuition drafted at q convention pre-.
sided over BY Elihu Root was doom.
cd to defeat They wagered that
the Tammany county ticket would
sweep New York.
The Detroit times., 1915-11-02
KING GEORGE
is RECOVERING
BY UNITED PRESS.

LONDON. Nov. liking George.
back In London. was stin better to-
day. He passed a comfortable
night and had no fever. He was
slowly recovering. hts physicians re-
ported. from the Shading up he
suffered when his horse fell with
him near the British war front In
France last. week. Nevertheless. II
was added - win b confined IN
~ ~ esr spas TIM loasss.
The Detroit times., 1915-11-02
BURGLARS WORK,
FAMILY SLEEPS

burglars forced an entrance TO
the home OF John Rasin. Of No. 1877
Thirty-fourth-st.. Monday night. and
ransacked the house. From a
dresser drawer the thieves took
$50. A rear door was forced by the
men, who pursued their work while
The Detroit times., 1915-11-02

Finland has an area Of 1924
square miles, Of which one-seventh
10 water on account OF the innumcr-
able lakes In the interior. and at
the end OF 1914 It's population
amounted to 3.l96,700. divided
among eight governments. OF the
population Of the grand duchy, less
than one-sixth live in the cities. Of
which there are only fifteen having
more than 5000 inhabitants.
The Detroit times., 1915-11-02

were seen prowling around show
cases on Michigan-ave., and wers
watched closely by the detectives.
They gave their names as Anthem,
Cronk. "a years old. of No. 276 Por-
ter-st.: Roy z. Howard. q year.
old. OF Pittsburgh, and Steve Evans
of st. Louis.
The Detroit times., 1915-11-02

Near waterville. Wash, a farmer
this year averaged hfty.nve bushels
Of wheat on 100 acres.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-09-23
SNAKE CHARMER Is BITTEN
Circus Employee Breathes by Means
of Tube as Result of Swollen
Tongue.

Pocatello, Idaho. - George Horner,
who is employed by the Campbell
Carnival company as snake charmer.
went out into the hills near here with
a companion, and captured eight rat
tlesnakes.
Horner wanted to extract the fangs
of the reptiles, and had succeeded by
using his teeth on the first few, when
a particularly squirmy one bit him on
the lip and tongue. AS consequence
he is considering himself lucky to be
breathing, even by means of tube
put through hole in his windpipe.
AS soon as he was bitten, Horner
was taken to DR.. A. F. Newton. Tne
doctor administered antidotes and Ia
bored with the man for three hours.
Horner's tongue became so swolleFs
that he could not breathe and Doctor
Newton found it necessary to cut o
hole in the mans windpipe.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-09-23
Chean Gas Generation

Produces gas electrically at one-hal1
to one-fourth the cost of generation
by water power, even in land oil
waterfalls, and represents new tri
umph in waste saving. Sweden is a re
gion of wealth in timber as well as o.
cheap water power, and the waste
from wood cutting is estimated to be
sufficient for a constant supply Of
10000 to 100000 horse power OF On
orgy in addition to the power required
Tor the sawmills. A new electric
plant for Lejusne is expected to yield
the equivalent of 1900 horse power al
q cost Of less than thirteenth of q
cent per kilowatt hour. The full sup
ply is a mixture of sawdust with ten
to twenty per cent of chips, and this
costs-in green state-20 cents per
load at the mill. The gas producers
are charged with this fuel, arrange
ment being made for recovering tar
wood naphtha, and acetic acid. If ex'
pectations are realized, the capacity
Of the station will be increased to
1920 horse power, and this will still
further lessen the cost per electric
unit.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-09-23
THOUGHT BOSS WAS RIGHT
And Many People, When They Read
This Tale, Will Agree With Plain
Opinion Expressed.

A young real estate man met an &C
quaintance of his wife who was in
the lumber business the other after
noon. After greetings and a trif1ing
invitation extended and accepted, the
real estater said to the wood sales
man-just to make conversation:
well, how's the lumber businsssY
81 don't know. The fact is l resigned
from my job last Saturday"
"Is that so? Didn't you like the
work."
well, liked it pretty well:'
Wasn't the salary big enough?"
We'll, it was a pretty good salary.
But the boss insulted me-"
"Huh! How did he insult your"
"He said | was fool"
"And you quit just for that? Didn't
get fired or requested to resign? The
boss called you fool and you up and
left good job?"
Eyes"
well, by gosh, the boss was right"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-09-23
Deaths on. the Highways.

During the first six months Of the
present year there seems to have been
an alarming increase in the number OF
deaths and accidents in the public
highways. This increase is not con
aned to any character. For instance
the fatalities due to automobiles In
New York state increased from 1873 in
1914 to 241 this year. In New Jersey
during the Same period there were
i8 deaths and this year SO. Popula
ton grows and so does the number OF
vehicles in use on the highways, but
neither are sufficient to account fol
this unreasonable increase In deaths
on the highways. Drivers and pedes
TRANS both have their rights, but the
observance of ordinary care on the
part of the man in the vehicle and the
man on foot would undoubtedly cause
big decrease in the number Of avoid
able deaths, the Philadelphia Inquirer
remarks.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-09-23
FOUND FAME IN YOUTH
MARCONI YOUNG IN YEARsE1s
GREAT IN RENOWN.
inventor of Wireless TeIegraphy Now
Is but Forty-One Years OId-How
the Great Idea Came to
Ills Mind.

1t is almost startling to be told tina
Marconi, the inventor of wireless teleg
raphy, is only forty-one years old
True, all talk of the present as "tht
age of young men," and when Maroon
broke into fame everyone remarked
How young he isl" But so much has
come out of his Harvesting of thu
ether forces, so many big events anC
developments, that it sees as if Mar
conf could be no longer young. Ant
he is yet hardly over forty.
In boyhood Marconi showed ability
in mechanics somewhat above that o.
the average lad, but until he was
twenty he knew little more of cleo
tricity than most youths Of his age
1t was then, however, that he became
interested in the work of Prof. Helm
rich Hertz, a German scientist, who
in attempting to discover the nature
Of electricity, accidentally produced
electromagnetic waves and detected
their presence in the ether by means
of a wire hoop so broken that the
electricity spanked across the gap.
Not even Hertz himself realized the
tremendous Importance of his discov
cry. Men like Professor Lodge, Lord
Kelvin and Sir William Pierce talked
of it, but it remained for the young
Italian dreamer to jump across the
gap of years of scientific study and
make practical the most important
discovery since Faraday invented the
induction coil. The thought came to
Marconi that here was a principle
which should be applied to communi
cation over great distances.
The idea, as we look back on il
now, seems absurdly simple. Hertz
detected a spark in a broken hoop, a
few feet away from the flash of an
induction coil. Why didn't he get a
better detector than a broken hoor
and better transmitter than small
induction coil, and send out flashes
in such a manner that the detectol
would record a message? The only
answer is, he didn't do It. Why didn't
Lodge or Kelvin or Pierce or any one
Of the hosts of famous scientists util
ize Hertzs discovery? The answer is,
they didn't.
1t remained for young man. un'
known and inexpert, to grasp the pos
sibilities. He expected someone else
to do it, he waited for someone else
to do 1t. He did not know when il
would be, for the surprising reason
that to him the great scientists were
unnamable. He was not acquainted
with their work or even their names
except Hertzs. He was not an cleo
trician. He had no academic or scien'
tific degree. But genius burned within
him, and he began to experiment fol-
himself That was in December, 1894
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-09-23
TESTAMENT STOPS BULLET
British Soldier Saved by Bible
That Was Pierced Through to
Corinthians.

Charles M. Alexander. singing evan
gelist and partner of Rev. DR.. j. VIII
bur Chapman, who passed through this
city yesterday on his way to North
field, said thousands of British SOL
diers were carrying pocket Bibles as
they went to the front. The evangelist
believed that the Pocket Testament
league, which distributed the Scrip
lures, would evangelize the British
army, both at the front and at home"
The league was organized in Philadel-
phia in the course of the Chapman
campaign.
Bodies as well as souls are being
saved by the pocket Testaments, in
proof of which Mr.. Alexander shows
a New Testament pierced by a Ger
man bullet This book was hit while
reposing in the pocket of British SOL
der in a trench in Flanders. The
steel pellet plowed through 400 pages,
stopping at First Corinthians. This
Testament saved its owners life.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-09-23
HIS LESSON
BY GEORGE ELMER COBB.

Don't do it, Dennis!" pleaded Mrs.
Foley.
1--WE made Up my mind responded
her husband in his usual set and de.
termined way Its the call of ambi-
ton, womanl I've been humble and
lowly too long. It's the chance of my
life. and FIN going to take it"
Aren't we well enough off, Dennis,
dear?' objected Mrs. Foley. You've
got steady job. It's in a line you
understand Better to be foreman of
the ward sewer and paving gang than
some hifalutin position you may not
be able to hold year"
81 know my powers, woman; know
my powers. The new reform candi-
date is going to win, and if l stump
for him he's promised me better po-
sition."
Mrs. Foley sighed. They were hum
BILE folk. Dennis was uneducated,
their little home was located in poor
section. But it was all their own and
Dennis was a good husband and a
kind father.
Their daughter Nora was earning
a fair salary as a stenographer. She
was engaged to an estimable young
man, a budding architect and en-
gineer. They were all looked up to in
their own social sphere, humble as 1t
was, because they were respectable.
Once, in the far past, Dennis had
been drinking man, but that was
long gone by.
And now came the break that wor-
ried and grieved the good housewife.
Dennis was bent on breaking into poll
tics. In vain Mrs. Foley pictured the
downfall of Mr.. Herndon, whose son,
Sidney, was engaged to Nora. Politics
had ruined the elder Herndon and he
had died of broken fortunes and a
broken heart.
Dennis went his own way. For two
months he was away from home often
until midnight More than once he
had come under the influence OF
liquor. He had mortgaged the little
home to the full limit to secure cam
paign funds.
ct will all Come back, Mary" he
declared ten times over. my candi-
date is sure to win"
And the day after the election,
when his candidate had, indeed, won
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-09-23
Poisons and pisinfectants.

The poisons and disagreeable odors
are always associated in our minds
with the disinfectants. We know
germs are routed and destroyed by
the liberal use of ill-smelling drugs.
Fragrance and sweetness, too, play an
active part in disposing of unwelcome
germs. The odor of cloves has been
known to destroy microbes in 80 min
utes; cinnamon kills some. species in
IL minutes, and thyme in 35 minutes.
The common wild verbena is found to
be an effective destroyer of microbes
in As minutes. The odor of some ge-
ranium flowers has destroyed various
forms of microbes in so minutes.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-09-23

Since the war began Mr.. Alexandes
has devoted considerable attention to
distributing Testaments among Kitch
ener's soldiers. The plan is to nave
every recipient sign a pledge card sig
nifying his willingness to carry the
Testament always and read a chapter
each day. Mr.. Alexander spent two
months in the training camps on Sal
isbury plain. in which time 9,708 sol
diers Joined the Philadelphia
Public Ledger.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-09-23

and he wrote, especially in his re-
ligious and moral works, the language
of the peasants.
He always says, speaking OF truth,
that he means "the simple peasant
truth" he considers the work OF the
peasant the only dignified labor and
he never ceased to investigate the
simple thoughts and the clear judg'
ments of the true workers, the peas
ants.
At the very end of his life, when
he left his home he walked with his
daughter through village and said
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-09-23
HWhat Did | Tell Ycu!" He crowed.

&What Did Tell You!" He crowed.
the cherished goal. he came into the
house in a great state of drink and
glee
What did / tell you!" he crowed
''Pm appointed superintendent of the
ward water department district at
just double what I was earning be-
fore
Then, to the silent gnawing sorrow
OF Mrs. Foley, he was gone for two
days. He did not come home at all
during that period. Mrs. Foley learned
that he was Celebrating" his acces-
sion to supposed power of winning and
dining his faithful adherents. Her cup
of misery seemed full to the brfm
when they brought him home on a
stretcher one night. In a fight with
his irritated political opponents Den
mis- had got the worst of it. They
had beaten him up terribly. For a
week he lay in bed mending up, in
discomfort and pain, but by no means
penitent or forgiving.
I'm just waiting to get back my
strength to pay off the gang that
downed me-" he told his wife. "Pn
show them!"
Dennis came home the next night,
uproarious. A disorderly crowd COM
posed of his adherents followed him
to the door. They cheered him and
made a great hurrah. Dennis made a
maUdlin speech in reply to their noisy
congratulations.
Mrs. Foley, peering timorously from
behind a curtain, discerned that the
occasion memorized some signal ac-
ton against his enemies on the part
Of her husband.
She gathered from the exultant re-
marks of the crowd that the new wa
ter department superintendent had