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The Detroit times., 1915-08-11
July -. 1915.
Re Telephone Rate Case

Re Telephone Kate Case
Mr.; George Engel. City Controller.
Counsel. City Of Detroit Mich
Gentiemen-Referrin TO the engi-
neering work to be done for the City
OF Detroit IN connection with the
appraisal of the Michigan state Tel
epaone Company's property. . sum-
mary OF which inventory and APP
praisal with statements OF earnings
and expenses were submitted 20 the
Honorable oscar 3 Mark. as Mayor
Of the City Of Detroit. on May II.
1915. in connection witn an appiica-
ilon TO the Michigan Railroad Com
mission for an advance in. and a read
iustment OF. the telephone rates In
The city Controller and the Cor
poratton Counsel were appointed by
the city Council on June 10, 1915. 10
act In ti.is matter on behalf Of the
City OF Detroit.
OFFER, in answer TO your request
for a written proposal 10 serve the
city of Detroit In this telephone rate
case. In every fair way. and under
your general guidance: and to make
check of an inventory and apprais-
al. as OF July, 1915. or January. 1915.
and of statements OF the earnings
and expenses of the Michigan State
Telephone Company. to supervise
all the engineering work In connsc-
diting work as you may direct. 10
assume the complete responsibility
for the accuracy OF this work: to
prepare the valuation basis. and TO
support that basis and the results
obtained thereon IL called upon for
testimony. before the state Railroad
Commission or elsewhere; to uti-
Ike all Of the cost data now on hand
or heretobefore obtained by the city.
thereby reducing the cost OF the
work ofer TO begin the above
work after authorization by you.
I estimate that the cost OF the en-
gineering work will not be less than
$1,000. but the amount and the cost
Of the engineering work 20 be done In
Detroit. Lansing and Chicago. can
not be definitely ascertained. The
time required IL estimated at I'VE
months.
OFFER my services to the City OF
Detroit. in this telephone rate case
for S35 per day and expenses while
actually engaged on the work; and
offer the services OF my assist
ants at actual cost TO me. and the
qualifications OF these assistants In
to be subject 10 your approval. The
tentative list OF employees and their
wages. and expenses, made subject
TO your approval, follows:
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-08-13
SLUMP IN PRICE OF LEAD
Drop Last October Was the Lowest In
Fifteen Years, Despite a
Big Output.

The price Of lead, instead of being
enhanced by the European conflict,
actually sIumped in October to the
lowest point reached in the last ff-
teen years, although 100000 more
tons of the refined metal was pro
duced in 1914 than during the pre-
vious year, declares the advance
statement just issued by the geolog-
ical survey. The exports of lead
from this country to Europe since
the war began have not increased in
proportion to the increase in exports
Of zinc and some other metals.
The total production of refined
lead from both domestic and foreign
ores was 542, 1872 short tons, COM
pared with 462 400 tons in 1913.
The production of refined lead from
domestic ores was 512, 794 tons, an
increase of 1OO,916 tons over the
record figures reached in 1913.
No domestic pig lead had ever
been exported from the United
States prior to 1914. Generally the
price of lead in this country, owing
to the tariff, exceeds the price
abroad.
Lead was consistently higher in
London in 1914 than in New York,
and this, together with the scarcity
of Mexican lead, caused the large ex-
ports of domestic lead.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-08-13
JlTNEYs TO DUST x

The widely known jitney is out
and about like the flowers of spring
over this whole broad land. 1t may
prosper or it may not, and time will
tell but there are one or two things
to notice concerning the craze" as
street railway people call it.
The jitney's success is the taxi
cabs failure. The latter has never
been much more than an instrument
Of luxury, bluff, or crime in many Of
our cities (see the movies for proof)
The taxicab people have not given
the service.
Most folks help pay for paved
streets; they like to ride thereon in
motor cars, and the jitney give;
them a chance as nothing else ever
did. If it gives real service, it vii
last.-Collier's Weekly.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-08-13
IN THE CARPATHIAN PASSES
Wild Country Where Teuton and sIav
Are at Present Struggling for
Supremacy.

A description Of the High Tatra
mountains, within whose shadows
the titanic struggle between the
Teutons and the Slavs for control of
Hungary is being waged, has been
prepared by the National Geo.
graphic society. 1t is as follows:
strongest Of all the natural bar
riers that are opposed to the Rus
sian advance upon their German and
Hungarian enemies are the massive,
crescent-shaped Hohe Tatra noun
tains, the central and the highest
group of all the Carpathian system.
These mountains, forming a gigantic
wall of more than forty miles in
length and between nine and fifteen
miles in width, lie almost due south
of Cracow and about due north of
Budapest. The passes where the
Russians have been forcing their
weeks of terrible mountain cam
paigning lie considerably to the east
ward of the Hohe Tatra.
"The Hohe Tatra mountains are
the highest in Hungary, rising in a
number of peaks beyond 5000 feet.
The Franz Josef, or Gerlsford peak,
the highest in the Carpathian sys-
tenn, attains an altitude of s,737.
feet. The mountain presents many
impossible, high, sheer wall faces,
and there is to be found among them
some Of the widest scenery beyond
the Alps"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-08-13
SAVING THE HALF E N

In these times, when every little
that can be saved on the living ex-
penses of the poor counts, l would
suggest that the United States gov
eminent coin a half-cent, which
would be of great benefit to those
who must count every cent of ex-
penses.
For instance, if one wished to buy
a half-pound of coffee, at rs cents
a pound, one would be obliged to pay
10 cents; with a h%alf-cent piece in
use there would be a saving of half
a cent. There are many other things,
too numerous to mention, that could
be bought by poor people, especially
fruit. One often sees apples and
bananas sold two for one cent. If a
poor person had a half-cent he could
buy one, when he did not need two.-
New York Times.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-08-13
Real Estate Transfers.

Deeds filed in the Recorders
fiji week ending Saturday,
August Z, 1915. Compiled by
Lafayette County Abstract Co.,
Lexington, Mo-, Abstracts and
Farm Loans. Ike H. Noyes, Mgr.
H. H. Frerking and wife to A.
F~landermeyer, w. D., 5000, Is
feet E side SEA NWH 1O-48-
"a.
w. w. Davis and wife to John
w. Cauthorn, w. D., $1250 10
acres S end NWH NEH 49, 81
"a.
B. E. Bertrand and wife to G.
H. Wheeler, w. d., $1.00, lots
6 and 81, Dover.
Alice Burnett, ct al, to Claud
H. Capps, W. D., $500, lot 4 Blk.
16, Shroyer's addition to Waiver
Iy.
Henry Clay Lane to Eva T.
Martin and Sarah F. Kinyoun,
w. D., $500, NV Sc & 10 A.
9 side NE SW 23-49-29.
D. 0. Heathman and wife to
Iohn 7. Heathman, w. D., $25OO
OF l Block 5 Houx addition to
Lexington.
John F. Taylor and wife to
Elmer S Taylor, w D., 500, 20
feet wide E side Sc Sc 33-49-26.
Willie A. Mitchell and Fannie
j. Short to Morocco Sanders,
W. D., $3.50, lots 1O5 G. 106 Es-
till Heights.
Fritz Langkrahr and wife to
T.. w. Ballew Loan & Investment
Co., w. D., $1,OO, SWA 6-48-25,
E Sc 1926.
Harvey Raynes and wife to
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-08-13
BAD SIGN TO TAP ON WOOD
Clergyman Expresses the Opinion
That Luck Signal Is Express
ing Doubt in God.

Every time a person taps on
wood" to counterfeit the seeming
b~oastfulness Of having declared that
he hasn't chad a sick day this year
or some such piece Of good fortune,
he is admitting hat his God is no
better than those of the heather, OF
an envious and |quarrelsome dispo-
sitiOn, who dislike to see human be-
ings at all exuberant over their luck,
according to the Rev. Charles Wood,
who preached last night on Tempo
rary and Permanent Peace" at the
Church of the Covenant He was
exhorting the congregation to make
peace with God and to believe in
him as a kind Father.
Speaking Of peace in Europe, Doc
tor Wood said:
Humanity has nee1lesSly lost
faith in peace conferences, culture,
and even Christianity in some cases,
though it was only the lack of faith
that allowed the breaking out of hos
tilities. Many wonder if war may
not become a permanent condition in
the world. This is palpably impos-
sible. 1t is impossible to reckon out
the duration of the war by compar-
ing statistics Of natural resources of
the countries engaged and their pc
riods Of exhaustion, but it is easy to
see that war, being an abnormal con-
dition, is bound to end in time, like
a fire or plague.
However, peace will be nothing
but an armed truce until humanita-
RAN diplomats, if we can join those
two words, come together with the
idea of an entirely equable adjust
ment, and with a Christian spirit"
Washington Post.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-08-13
MILD oLoATINo.

"You have no anarchistic tenden-
cies, | hopeH" said the altruist.
"None in particular" answered
the dusty pedestrian, "but sometimes
| can't repress a chuckle when 1
hear the air escaping from a pune
tured automobile tire"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-08-13
ROBT. JOHNSON

John Cado and wife, W. D., ST.
450, lot l Block "a" Second S.
Side addition to Lexington.
Jane Kerbrat and husband to
Frank ]. M. Penn, W. D., $1,000,
lot 26 Block 1 Pomeroy's addi-
ton to Lexington.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-08-13
BROUGHT THEM HOME.

Patience see they're back from.
their honeymoon trip.
Pstrioe-So soon?
yes, | guess his money gave out. .
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-08-13
MOTHER DEFINITION.

Little Lemuel-Say, paw, what
is a bachelor maid7
Paw-She is the opposite Of a
spinster man, son. - indianapolis
Star.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-08-13
REDUCING THE OVERHEAD.

Il see you have let your business
manager 60"
Eyes, | didn't see the need of
him. l had to get the business.
What l got he was willing to man
age"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-08-13

Evelyn-She separated from her
husband because he wouldn't give up
smoking.
LOraine-Left him under a cloud,
as it we're!
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-08-13
wAAr AE We our FoR.

Bill-Wasnt he ashamed to shoot
that young deer a.?
Jill-Why, no; he said he was out
for the doe.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-08-13
FORCE OF HABIT.

"That old miser has very little to
say"
Possibly he is afraid of spend
ing his breath"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-08-13
THE PROPER TERM.

0mar-Is failure to support q
wife a misdemeanor in this state7
Heiny-No, it's a Mrs -~demeanor.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-08-13
WISDOM OF JOHNNY.

Teacher-Johnny, what animal
has the keenest sense Of smell2
Johnny-The skunk, sir.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-08-13
Wanted.
Pictures change every night at
at the GRAND.
AUTO Y.

We have recently bought the
garage and equipment of Chas.
Rex and are prepared to give the
best of AUTO SERVICE. We
will meet all trains and make
long and short trips. Give us a
call. PHONE ST..
GEO. TRAIL
ROBT. JOHNSON
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-08-13
WHEN YOU ARE GOING TO
KANSAS CITY
Phone S14
JOHN R. POTTS

Mrs. Alice Fitzgerald who has
been attending the Summer
School at Warrensburg, return
ed home Thursday evening.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-08-13
SPECIAL PRICES

Why not give home q trial7
Why not build home industry
Why not give the home tailor
a chance?
We have pleased others, why
not you?
Think, and while thinking,
think Of
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-08-13
GEO. WITTENRERG
The Tailor and French Dry
Cleaner. Phone 425. Goods

Palmer Sill went to Buckner
Friday morning to spend the
day on business.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-31

iirulatin- to emphasize his remarks. re-
marks " hirh the two men in the Office
could not hear. hut which caused their
br"ws t" furrow anNiouSly-
Brown Joe's AT il aGIn' muttered
tho foreman. as though to himself, and
he's cot the right of 1t this time. tell
YOU. Mr. PAYNE, Id rather have a rat
tier sleeping with ME than a mouthv
Workman. Get rid Of that fellow and
do il quick. Look al him"
PAYNE slowly rodded and turned back
to mis- desk. He had only been brought
to a realization of the seriousness of
the situation nv certain panEs in his
own stomach after being nauseated by
the sight and smell Of the food placed
befor" him on the breakfast table. Bad
worse it was steadily growing.
And the sight of those mon listening
TO the notorious agitator as we'll as the
wild gestures with which the man
brought home his points. the significant
ly bowed shoulders as they inclined their
heads that they might listen more close
lN-truv. Pat Grady had done we'll to
warn him.
He glanced at his watch and felt a
little tremor of anticipatory fear as he
noted the noon hour was upon him. There
had been open mutterings this morning
II the food had not improved for din
ner. what would those mutterinss be
come? For half days labor in the oil
wells is not conductive to making ones
appetite dainty or bird-like. The situa-
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-31
Commerce Chamber Notes

The board of directors meets Wednes-
day at p. IN. The chamber meeting
for June will he the last until October.
Tuesday June s. is the date. Secretary
of Comebce Redfield has promised to ad-
dress the organization.
Last Thursday the membership commit
tee held a noon meeting and elected the
following applicants: q. H. Evans P.
]. Haltigan. James r. Meshaw. John r.
Schriner. Conrad Schroeder. and Fred
Treuleben. Application received from
Orlavus Juve will be passed on with
others prior to the June meeting.
The excursion committee met Friday
Chesapeake Beach was selected for the
outing. the date to be fixed by the sub
committee on arrangements which will re-
port details to the chamber on the Sth.
The subcommittee consists of F. J. Mer-
sheimer, E. J. Murphy. George VAIN
wright. Joseph Jacob. William D. Bar
~. A. Leftwich Sinclair. George G. Sci
bold. Guy W. \. Camp, George Buck.
and Louis Gutenberg
The full committee consists of the fol-
lowing: Fred J. Mersheimer. chairman:
r. c. Adams, Milton f. Allies, Frank f.
Altemus. George c. Altemus. Ross P.
Andrews. William d. Barry. DR.. Lewis J.
Battle. Joseph A. Berberich. w w.
Bowie. H. N. Brayner. jr.. Walter
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-31
GETTING A START.
TOMORROW.
ny NATHANIEL &. FOWLER. JR.

Life has three seasons-yesterday
today and tomorrow
What you did yesterday overlaps
into today, and what you do today Is
carried over into tomorrow.
Which is the most important OF the
three?
No one of them. because one by it
self is insufficient
If you did your duty yesterday. the
work Of today becomes easier to &C
complish.
If you attend to the work Of today.
tomorrow will he open 10 you and its
duties will not he SO difficult.
While each day has its place-yes-
terday.- today and tomorrow-inatten-
ton to any one of these days will ma
terially affect the life and action of
the remaining two.
You cannot recover yesterday. II
has passed out of your life forever.
II it was day of mistakes, they
must be corrected today or tomorrow.
II you live only for today. you will
be no better than the animal which
may think backward but cannot think
ahead.
The importance of today is not vest =
ed wholly in today. II is in tomorrow
as we'll.
Today is yours. Tomorrow may be.
Unless you anticipate the morrow
today. tomorrow you will not have to-
morrow we'll in hand.
Men of mark and OF great accom-
plishment do not consider any one
day as aIl-importanS They do today's
work not wholly because it is of
today, but because it will affect to-
morrow.
Regret yesterday. if you will. Re
sorry for your backsliding. You may
have lost day. If you have, you
must make il up today and tomor-
row There is more in tomorrow for
you than there is in today. for to-
morrow extends indefinitely into your
future. while today closes with tn.
setting sun.
Everything you do. be it much or
little, marks dot on the chart of
your life and extends into the inn
measurable future. If il does not con-
meet with the dot of tomorrow. you
have missed a connection. which may
lead to success.
Do not feel that any one day is your
day. that any one day has it's exclu-
sive duties which are not to be dove
tailed into those of tomorrow. Rem
der unto today the requirements OF
today. but SO do your work that there
will be no dividing gulf between to-
day and tomorrow, for. if there Is.
you will have to spend much extra
time building a bridge which should
not have been necessary.
Sow the seed of today SO that !,
will grow on the morrow.
The crop OF no one day. even though
it may seem sufficient. is enough to
give you a profitable harvest.
The roundabout man. the man who
has made his mark. who is respected
hi fS ha ha 10 hnsr
today's man and tomorrow's man as
well. who feels his responsibility and
who connects everything he does with
the good things which he has before
accomplished and with the better
things which he hopes to attain in
the future.
The man of failure is he who is
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-31
BEAKES In FAVOR OF
MILITARY LEGISLATION
Believes Congress Should Provide
Trained Citizenry of Adequate
Strength to Protect Country.

Zone of the greatest problems for the
Congress to settle at its next session.
said Representative Reakes, Democrat.
Of Michigan. is the question of national
defense. 1t will not do simply to increase
The regular army. A regular army In
creased 10 an efficient size would entail
q burden OF taxation too heavy to he
borne hy nation which does not favor
mlitarism. AS along most other lines.
there has hren no constructive military
legislation for many years
What the United States needs is a
new system of providing a trained citizen
soldierY which can he mobiiized quickly
enough and he large enough to furnish
effective defense in case of need. The
problem for the coming Congress Is to
furnish such system. II means en-
trely new constructive military legisla-
ton of the greatest Importance to the
country.
II am Of the opinion that the work
Secretary Garrison is now enga ged upon
will prove of inestimable value to the
country and that his recommends tons to
the next Congre will receive the closest
attention of its members. I believe he Is
working along the correct lines The
country is waking up to the question
WHAT We need now is not a patching up
OF old laws, hut constructive lesisla ton
along fines which will give us system
OF defense not dependent upon an made
quate number OF hired soldiers and which
Will also inrulcate the patriotism which
VIII cause our citizens to feel that they
themselves must defend our country
from attack and that they must possess
the requisite knowledge to perform their
duty to their country. With the nation
prepared we shall be safe from attack
This Is problem we must face, and I
believe the next Congress will face it
The last Congress was constructive
one. ! think the next also will be. and
the complications OF the Euroepan war
teach us that oIr military defense needs
oNerhaullns and constructive legislation
or the highest order. Secretary Garrj-
son s work will bear fruit in legislation
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-31
ON SIDE
TTCHED FEARFULLY
Felt as Though On Fire. Couldn't
Bear Anything to Touch It. Used
Cuticura Soap and Cuticura 0int-
ment. Skin Cleared and No Trace
of Trouble Left.

r. F. d. No. 3. Lexington. Okla.-"I
had . severe eruption on my right side
which was about four inches wide and ex-
tended half way around my body. IL cams
suddenly. was bright scarlet In color and I
felt as though i was on Are all the time.
Tho eruptions commenced exactly like
prickly heat and looked like it. They
itched fearfuIly. couldn't bear anything
to touch RE at all.
Il ssnt st once for . cake Of CuticurA
Soap and . box Of Cuticurs Ointment and
my relief dated from the drst application:
i slept that night for the first time In dayl.
1 washed tho eruptions well with the CUT
cura Soap. dried them and applied the Gu
ticura Ointment. 1t was not long before
the skin cleared and no trace Of the disease
vas left" (sisned) Mrs. W. ". Harbison.s
October ~. 1914. ..y~s.~ss--
Keep your skin clear. scalp clean and
frse from dandrun. and hair live and gle0y
With Cuticra Soap and CusicsRa Otntmsaa
Sample Each Free by Mail
With 32-p. sldn Book On request Ad-
dress postcard "Cuticura, Dept. T, Bee,
tom" Sold throughout the voRld-f
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-31

''T-R-G-R-E-I., Trouble. Mr.. Payne"
Pat Grady sol"mnly spelled his prediC-
ton Il kin smell it in the air plain
as smelt the rotten food in the mess
shark that's causing ii all. And I'm
telling you now that there's no saying
where it'll lead any more than | can
tell where it'll end. Trouble and bad
cruh-thev hcen twins from the begin
ming OF time.
Lee Payne tapped tha table thought
fully With his pencil 4 Young man
he was not inclined to take the mat
Ter so seriously as the old foreman of
Ira Monroe's oil fields. still there was
no dodging the fact rhat the men
Mere lately becoming snllen and apa-
thetic in their work. and few Of
them openly insolent.
And lou think tine food Al the hot
tom Of the mems actions"
Their stomaChS is at the bottom Of
it-stomachs and lack of food Pat cor
r-cted.
But it can he easily remedied.'
Then why amt IT." Grady did not
wait for an answer hut pointed out the
window silently. toward group Of
lahoro.s loafins boldly beside the near
est big tank. In the center Of the
-rour hroadshouldered. swarthy.
beetle hroWed fellow was frantically ges-
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-31
Alleged Chicken Thief Shot.

James L. Watson, colored. %, living
near Takoma. Md. Is In Washington
Asylum Hospital, suffering from two
minor gun-shot wounds and a prisoner
on a charge of larceny. He was sho,
yesterday afternoon by Deputy Sheriff
Crismond, of Montgomery County. Md.
when he fed from the under sheriff and
two District policemen. J. T. Kennedy
and William Steurman. of the Tenth
police precinct.
II is charged Watson stole twenty-six
spring chickens Saturday night from Ru-
fus Wallace. 1222 Blair road.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-31

Harold f. Doyle. William n. Hannay.
Edward *. Staley. Washington Topham,
and Louis Cass White.
on compiling and printing catalogs-
John Clagett Proctor. chairman; Henry
Beller. David y. Gridley. Grant Leet.
John b. Mccarthy, A. :. Purman, Frank
F.. Pyne, Edwin *. Staley. Fl. c. c.
Stiles, DIR. Newton T.. Strait. Gen. f. w.
Whitaker, and Francis ]. Young.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-31
CROWD CHAsEs CHASING COP
Excitement In Georgetown when
Policeman Parsues Negro.

Staid Georgetown had its Sunday eN-
element last evening when a thousand
persons vanly endeavored to keep pace
with Detective J. G. Walsh, OF the Sew
enth police station. who. in turn. with
full speed on his automobile. was trying
to overtske a speeding negro.
Detective Walsh was somewhat of a
Hindenburg on strategy. heading the
negro toward the station house. but the
distance and speed were miscalculated.
the negro running past its open doors and
surrendering two blocks away. The arrest
followed fight in which a man was cut.
The negro said he was Michael Jones. 1916
Thirty-second street northwest. He is
charged with assaultiny Joseph A. Reed.
white, of 3afl y street northwest