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The Yale expositor., 1915-08-12
INTERESTING FIGURES GIVEN BY
STATE INSURANCE DE-
PARTMENT.
MANY DELEGATES ARE NAMED
Law Prohibiting Use of Pictures Of
Cows in Advertising OIeomar-
earine is to Be En-
forced.
by Gurd M. Hayes.1

Lansing-Into the Golfers of the big
flowed from the pockets of Michigan
men and women last year a stream Of
gold amounting to $16,447, 7O6.O4.
To this must be added Sligo, 93567,
representing the amount paid in prem
iums to the Michigan companies, MAX
ing a grand total of $17,617, 641.71 that
was expended with life insurance
companies during 1914 by the men and
women of the state who wanted to
protect their families in case the
bread winner should be called away.
These figures taken from the ad-
vance sheets of the report of Insur-
ance Commissioner Winship prove
conclusively that although the prem
iums paid in Michigan are increasing
annually, the losses are not advanc-
ing proportionately.
One western insurance company
alone received in premiums last year
50, 006, 405.56, while its closest competi.
tor in the east was New York COM
pany that drew down $1,OS8,359.
According to Insurance Commission
err Winship policy holders in non-resi-
dent companies or their benefciaries
were paid $5,546,271.35, while Michi-
gan companies reimbursed their
clients to the extent of $34S,363.36.
The scope of the insurance business
in Michigan is shown to some extent
by the report of Commissioner Win
ship which states that approximately
$4,000 policies were written by the
foreign insurance companies last year
amounting in all to little less than
$100,000000. The Michigan compan-
les issued 1872 policies for a total Of
81, 106,S4422.
Nonresident companies doing bust
ness in Michigan pay a state tax of
two per cent on gross premiums, and
the taxes paid into the state treas
ury by the 50 foreign companies last
year totalled S324,579.9S.
Four Canadian life insurance com.
panies are authorized to do business
in Michigan and the Dominion COM
panies collected $SO7,S37 and returned
$162,543 to their policy holders. The
Canadian companies paid state tax
last year amounting to $16,155.
While the difference between the
amount received by the companies in
premiums and the total disbursed to
the policy holders would indicate that
the insurance companies were making
enormous profits, Insurance Commits
sioner Winship points out that big
majority of the companies engaged in
the life insurance business at the
present time are mutual concerns.
Then, too, he points out that the
difference between the premiums and
the disbursements is not clear profit,
as the money is held by the COM
panies to pay the policies at maturity
in case of death to the insured.
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-12
MICHIGAN NEWS ITEMS

Chelsea Wilmarth, %, was fatally
gored and trampled by an enraged
bull. His body was found in a wheat
field near Coldwater. There were no
witnesses to the encounter.
A proposal to bond st. Clair coun-
ty for 100000 for the construction
of good roads will be submitted to
tho voters at the next general cleo
ton. The plan was created by spec
ial committee of the board of super
visors.
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-12
Happenings
Of the World
Tersely Told
European War News


European War News
A dispatch to the London Daily
Mail from Copenhagen says the Rus
SLAMS are evacuating Kovno. The
governor and his official staff have
gone.
Ivangorod, the strong Polish for
tress on the Vistula southeast of War
saw, has fallen. Austro-German troops
entered the city on Thursday. it was
officially announced at Berlin.
The German flag flies over Warsaw
after year of fighting. The final de-
lenses of the city were stormed by
Bavarian troops SO hours after Prince
Leopold had led them against the
outer forts. The Russian army IL in
retreat at Brest-Litovsk, 100 miles to
the eastward, with the Germans hard
on its heels. Twenty-Five officers and
4,S40 soldiers were captured.
Hundreds of refugees from Warsaw
are arriving in Moscow daily. Most
OF them are without money or means
OF sustenance, and are seeking aid at
the American consulate.
An Amsterdam dispatch to the Lon
don Exchange Telegraph company says
the announcement of the fall of War
saw caused great demonstrations
throughout Germany. Emperor VIII
liam has sent a congratulatory mes
sage to Prince Leopold and the king
of Bavaria.
1t is officially admitted at Paris that
German troops in the Vosges literally
swarmed over thu French trenches on
Lingekopf in overwhelming numbers
and forced the French to retire to GER
tain points.
The British ministry of munitions
decided at London to undertake the
manufacture of munitions on a large
scale in Ireland. A representative Of
the ministry will reside in Dublin and
have charge of the organization OF
Ireland as a munition-producing area.
A Russian torpedo-boat destroyer
fleet has made a careful search along
the shores of the Black sea, and the
total of the enemy's vessels sunk
reaches nearly 900, including several
large steamers and a dozen sailing
vessels of 1000 tons each, says dis
patch from Petrograd.
A squadron of French aeroplanes
attacked Strassburg, the capital Of
Lower Alsace, and dropped 20 bombs.
Extensive damage is believed to have
been done, says a dispatch from
Geneva.
The British steamer RAMA, 1900
tons, has been sunk. The captain and
eleven members of the crew Of twen-
ty-four have been landed safely, 1t was
announced at London.
Leczna, in Loland, has been capt
ured by Won Mackensen's Austro-
German army, according to an official
statement issued by the general staff
at Vienna.
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-12

Commissioner of Insurance Wlnship
has revoked the certificate of author
ity to do business in this state issued
10 the Loyal Mystic Legion of Ameri-
ca. Of Hastings, Neb., because of its
failure to file with the department a
valuation report.
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-12

Chief Of Police John W. Miller is
on his way to Iowa City, Ia, from De-
troit with a prisoner who is alleged
20 be one of the automobile bandits
who robbed q Farmers Savings
bank of North Liberty or July l6.
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-12

After defeating Governor Mayto-
rena's Villa army at Mascarras. the
Carranza forces began an attack upon
Nogales, Sonora, while American
troops lined the border to enforce
the order to repel any invasion of
American rights by Mexican factions.
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-12

Fifteen Mexican bandits were killed
in fighting with United States caval-
rymen and American posse men in the
brush north of Brownsville, Tex. Pri-
vate MCGUIRE of the Twelfth cavalry
was reported killed.
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-12
Domestic

The bureau of combustibles an
nounced at New York that while the
White Star liner Arabic was tied up
to the pier the day before she sailed
with 1873 passengers and war ammuni-
tions, two sticks of dynamite were
discovered. The Arabic arrived safe
ly at Liverpool.
Warden e. M. Allen of the peniten-
tiary at Joliet, H., resigned his posi-
ton. The warden sent a telegram to
Governor Dunno giving up his place
following a receipt of letter from
the governor in which he was in
formed that the Illinois law requires
him to live inside the prison.
German-Americans on Thursday
celebrated German day" at the Pana-
ma-Pacific exposition at San Fran
cisco.
The Catholic Order of Foresters in
national convention at Providence, r.
l.. voted for Duluth, Mimi, for the tri-
ennial convention In 1918.
Farms on the lowlands of the river
near Dubuque, Ia, are flooded, the
Mississippi stage of 1874 feet being
the highest ever recorded in the
month of August.
The death list resulting from the
food was brought up to &c at Erie,
Pa, with the recovery of two more
bodies. Fifteen persons are known to
be missing, and Coroner Hanley said
he thought the death list might reach
100. The total damage is $1,000 900.
The National bank at Cedar Rapids,
Ia, was held up and robbed of $751;
300 by bandit, vino compelled Leo
Perrin, the paying teller, to open the
vaults, and afterward locked him up.
Perrin was almost insane when res.
cued.
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-12
Mexican Revolt

Eight Villa troopers we're executed
in Juarez on orders from General
villa. The men. 1t is said. rode through
Juarez early in the day. yelling "Abio
Villa! Vive Zapata!" ("Down with
Villa! Long live Zapata!D
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-12

According to the latest available
figures compiled by Secretary OF
State Vaughan, 1908 births were
registered in Michigan during the last
fiscal year, while the total number of
deaths recorded was 40,S27. The to-
tai number of marriages recorded was
33,529, and 1878 divorces were grant
ed.
Wayne county, having population
Of estimated in 1913 as 603,973, re-
corded 20,146 births, 10,754 deaths, TO-
1872 marriages and 1,105 divorces.
Bay county reported 1897 births,
Sal deaths, 636 marriages and 70
divorces.
Genesee county reported 1,541
births, 7S1 deaths. cit marriages and
ia divorces.
Ingham county reported 1164
births, 74S deaths, COG marriages and
SO divorces.
Jackson county reported 1,122
births S07 deaths, 703 marriages and
116 divorces.
Kenth county reported 1896 births,
2,3O6 deaths, 1850 marriages and 37S
divorces.
Lenawee county reported $50 births,
$50 deaths, AL marriages and 60
divorces.
Muskegon county reported 1901
births, SAC deaths, 463 marriages and
90 divorces.
Saginaw county reported 1918
births, LII deaths, sos marriages and
12S divorces.
St Clair county reported 1,O7O
births, LIT deaths, $40 marriages and
~ divorces.
Berrien county, where many elop-
ing couples from Chicago are mar
ried reported 1862 marriages last
year.
Secretary OF State Coleman G.
Vaughan is planning for some siren
uous works in his department when
the 1916 automobile licenses are Is
sued. As the law passed during the
last session of the legislature pro
vides that automobiles shall be taxed
according to weight and horsepower
the automobile division in the state
department will have to work over
time in a few months.
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-12

In the Chapel Royal OF ST. James
palace at London. surrounded by rep
resentatives Of royalty. Miss Kath.
crime Alice Page. daughter OF Walter
Hines Page, American ambassador TO
England. was married to Charles Gree
ley Loring of Boston.
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-12

Pope Benedict XIV will launch a
great campaign for peace in Europe at
the next consistory held at the vati.
can. says a dispatch from Rome This
probably will take place between the
end OF August and the middle OF Sep
TENDER
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-12

Reports reachlng Geneva from ES-
sen ga: that all the demands of the
employees of the Krupp works have
been granted and that a serious strike
has thus been averted The German
military authorities brought pressure
on the Krupp administration to this
end.
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-12

Farms on the lowlands of the river
near Dubuque, Ia, are flooded the
Mississippi stage of 1874 feet being
the highest ever recorded in the
month of August
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-12
Foreign

United States naval forces under
Admiral Caperton took possession of
the national palace and the Office OF
the port and seized the Haitien gun
boat Pacifique at Port au Prince. The
American troops were forced to fire
and one Haitian was killed.
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-12

The Catholic Order of Foresters in
national convention at Providence, r.
l.. voted for Duluth, Mimi, for the tri-
ennial convention in 1918.
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-12

German-Americans on Thursday
celebrated German day" at the Pana-
ma-Pacific exposition at San Fran
cisco.
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-12

1t is officially admitted at Paris that
German troops in the Vosges literally
swarmed over thu French trenches on
Lingekopf in overwhelming numbers
and forced the French to retire to GER
tain points.
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-12

A squadron of French aeroplanes
attacked Strassburg, the capital Of
Lower Alsace, and dropped 20 bombs.
Extensive damage is believed to have
been done, says a dispatch from
Geneva.
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-12

Leczna, in Loland. has been capt
ured by Won Mackensens Austro-
German army, according to an official
statement issued by the general staff
at Vienna.
The Yale expositor., 1915-08-12

The British steamer RAMA, 1900
tons, has been sunk. The captain and
eleven members of the crew of twen-
ty-four have been landed safely, it was
announced at London.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-01

into the air two dropped down on
our head the rest went wild. Then
the mortar hurst. killing all around
II and we were safe On the fortleth
day from the hour we entered the fort
the natives made another dash at the
walls Our force was now reduced to
thirty-one men. and four OF those were
down with fever and unable to raise
their heads We had warning Of the
dash. and were prepared for IL. Every
man on the platform had three loaded
muskets. We took thirteen loaded shells
and laid them on the wall. Besid" each
was piece of lighted punk. II was
estimated that there were fully 500 ma
tivc.s in the attacking party and they
carried about fifty ladders. The fight
didn't last ten minutes. 1t was the
shells we rolled down on them which did
the work. believe the dead and wound
ed were fully 200. but they could AFFORD
that loss better than We could the three
we had killed outright.
The cool weather had now come and
on the night of the fight snow fell to
the depth Of six inches. For two days
after not a shot was fred. Then for
the next twenty we had no rest day or
night. They did not attempt another
assault. but cody calculated to wear us
complished this. On the seventyfrst
cav Of our investment we were relieved
by British force. but there were only
eight men Of us able to stand on our
feet In all. only twenty-five Of US we're
alive. On the day Of the relief fifty
Afghans could have scaled the walls
and taken the fort
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-01

to see her for the last MONTH and she
was 40 astonished that for once in her
life she kept her mouth shut for fully
five minutes.
AS Mrs. Bowser had planned it. she
was to lay down on the lounge few
minutes before Mr.. Bowser would reach
home for dinner There would be cam
phor sprinkled around. and she &p7,id
have nice clean towel around her head.
The mother would be seated upstairs,
ready to play her part at a minutes no.
tice. Mr.. BOwser would burst into the
hall IN his usual impetuous way, and
smelling the camphor he would strike
hack into the sitting room and demand
of the half-dead woman lying with closed
eyes:
Woman. what in the Old Harry
does this mean Is IL another of your
Internal sick headaches? Can't | leave
IS house for day and return with
'Lt finding YOU kerflopped with some
.:lment or other"
oh. Samuel she murmured.
Don't oh. Samuel me" he shouted
but tell mo what's the matter. Have
YOU got chicken bone in YOUR throat
or has rattlesnake bitten vou?"
And at this critical moment the
door. and the way she would go for
Samuel Bowser. and the way he would
bered. But that little plot never de-
Veloped.
Mrs. Bowser Was on the front steps.
looking up the street for the arrival
of the expected mother. who proha bly,
would come on the street car, when
an auto whirled around the corner
and drove up. to the gate and stopped
with a grand flourish. In that auto
were seated Mr.. Bowser and her
mother They were not ghosts. hut
living human beings Mr.. Bowser
raised his hat and gave a half cheer.
and the old lady somehow managed
10 call out, "Howdy. sarah"
,,t win ,enderesI hang and smiling
sisted his visitor to alight. and con-
Quoted her up the steps and said to
the puzzled and astOnished wife:
Isn't il splendid of her to come to
visit us" She probably will want to
return home in about a month. but
we will keep her three months at
least-SX months-a whole year.
Never. never. shall we let the mother
out of our sight again"
When the mother and daughter
were alone upstairs. the mother asked
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-01
THE 'POSSUM PARTY
The CoLored Race Are Going to Take Hand

7 crumbs. but We am walkin' up-to -
| bakery shoulder to shoulder an de-.
msndin' far count of de loaves- iris
Ing temperature. followed by explosions
"Yo, jest git out yo'r pencils and .figger
mint. Dere's ODER 5000 90 black men in
dis kentry who am entitled to walk de
! dey but hang together yo' can't count EN-
out nor keep en- back. Dem 100000
votes am swine to be cast fur principe.
but doan. make no mistake bout prin-
clple We used TO think dat II meant
votin' on sartin' lines an dat George
Washington. Abraham Lincoln. de con-
stitishun Of de United States an seberai
odder things was mixed up wild 1t. an We
walked up an put in our votes as il each
an ebery one was gwine to save de
kentry. But we Earned it from de white
man Cries of Yo' bet we hevD We hev
Earned DAT he sots out on a political
campaign wild CARLOAD of principles
TO glib away free gratis an punctuate his
speeches. but when de ballots am counted
UP his office. tBewiIdering outburst OF
warwhoopsJ We am gwine to take a
fly leaf from de white mans book Wen
stick to principles. but we'll look our fur
de- spi!es as we'll unparalleled demon
strationD We am sayin' right now an
riSht we're to all parties an. candydates-
nc office no vote. No wagon kin run on
three wheels. De Possum party am de
10th wheel; an let 1t drap off. an down
goes de vehicle. Unprecedented enthu-
sias1n and emotions during which three
camp meeting
songSD
My frens. daylight, has cum at last
fur US. IVES got our bundles packed an
hsv started on de road. IVES got headed
right an we'se only 10 k.pe on to find
de bee-tree an be on hand when de
honey am divided UP. (Yel!s for honeyJ
Keep yo'r eve on de possum an yo'r
brains in vO'r heads an yoll win VIC
tory dat Bunker Hill couldn't hold a
candle tn. General hoarseness but pro-
digious applause | want word mo-
befo' close. Dis am TO be a plain,
airnest campaign on our part. We amt
FfSine TO saw much. but what do say
vii hit de barn doah like a load of buck
shot. Doan' git de idea dat big words
am sUine to help yo' win what belongs
TO yo'. Befo' dis msetin' opened TONIGHT
] heard Wavdown Bebee obsarve dat de
malignant innuendo Of de torrid AZ
filashun would enhance de generality of
de pOmposity. He probab meant well,
an mebbe his observation has helped US
TO git started. but hope he won't do 1t
asin. Doan' nobody do it, Dis am no
dictionary campaign. CNo, MOI II will be
plain puddin' an milk at home an plain
English when vo' am walkin M and
down wild a possum badge on yo'r breast
an a flag of liberty in yo'r hand. Nuf-
fin counts quicker nor harder dan TO
call q man liar. an de lanSuidge am
so simple dat child kin understand Il.
will now return yo' nv thanks an bow
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-01
BOWSER CATCHES ON
And It's Mrs. Bo,user Who Gets the Worst of It

| Bowser had been good for a week
| that is, good for him.
He hadn't been up in a balloon nor
| down in a submarine
He hadn't planned trip to either
/ pole.
He hadn't had a row with the street
car conductor. nor told the butcher what
he thought of him for sending so much
bone with the meat.
He hadn't hustled a tramp out Of the
yard. nor had he threatened the arrest
Of street peddler.
But in place of this he had been very
arrogant about the house. He had
talked about my house-"my" grocery
my" friends, and whole lot of other
"mys, as if he was the whole show. and
Mrs. Bowser was nothing at ALL She
was both amused and provoked. and
after several days. she wrote letter to
her mother. In the letter she said:
Mr. Bowser has a case of the big
head think you had better come out
here and apply the remedy. l want you
to come Unexpectedly and catch him in
the act"
And the mother wrote hack:
Il will come next Friday afternoon.
and | Will attend to Samuers case with
promptness and dispatch. AS | will know
how to do. | can find my way over from
the depot and | will arrive about an
hour before he comes up to dinner. Let
MIN act up and canter around for his
time is short"
On the day Mrs. BoUser wrote her let
ter. she handed it to Mr.. Rowser to
drop into the letter box on the corner
He carried it along in his hand. and as
he was about to mail it, he noticed that
the envelope was not sealed.
HUI" he grunted. Just like a woman
This letter is to her mother and suppose
II contains hundred-dolla bill. Guess
| will look in and see
And he backed up against a fence and
read every word of it; He was thereby
little plot to take him down a peg or
two.
The old woman will answer this in a
hold of the answer in some way. Then
We will see who is the biggest man. Act
ing up. am 1? Need taking down a Peg
or two. HIM. Nice little bear trap they
are going TO set for me-
Like ninety-nine women out of 100. when
Mrs. Bowser received her letter. she
reads it and then places it on the mantel
piece or piano until she gets time to
read il two or three times more. Mr..
Bowser had only 10 read it once to lay
his little plan.
When the train from Okomas arrived
in the city at . O'Clock in the after
noon, Mr.. Bowser's mother-in-law was
one of the passengers. AS usual. she
had folded umbrella in one hand and
her quaint old carpet bag in the other. I
She was disputing with the hackman as
to the price to be paid. when her smil-
ing son-in-law approached with extend |
ed hand and a bland smile. He not only !
wrung her hand like one glad to see
another. but he kissed her-yes. sir. Mr.. !
Bowser positively kissed his mother in |
law and that before fifty people.
"Why-why-why-" she stammered. in +
her great confusion.
Why. mother. dear. I'm awfully glad |
to see you.' he said.
But I-l-didnt expect YOU to meet me- |
Did Sarah tell YOU TO come?
oh. l Just happened to be here on |
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-01
DAMON AND PYTFHAS
How Two Old RUNS Worked Cro.ud

Just after breakfast the other morn
ing an old bum made his way from the
street to an empty bench in one of the
city parks. He wasn't tramp: He
was no name TO fit him except bum.
He was nearly six feet tall. and
He was bloated and bleary. and there
were more grease spots than buttons on
his wardrobe. He sat down at one end
ol ths bench 9 With .nd air that told o ne
minutes he gazed into vacancy. Then
ne heaved deep sigh and reached out
s sSr the old PsPTd which b HE
reading. or pretending to read its col
umns. when a younger bum came sneak
ing across the park and sat down on the
INTO vacancy. He also heaved deep
sigh. They had not even looked at each
Other tnI when the old bum .. mumbled:
Not red. was giving the old gent
fine song and dance about my dying
wife when a cop appeared. and shook
threatened to break my neck if I wasn't
hard town to work. Daman."
way said the big bum. He looks like
an uncle Rute walking out to see the
sights Of the city. Let's work the old
Whereupon the big bum whirled half
round so as to stretch out on his back
and lay his head in the lap of the
younger one and close his eyes.
Yes. Uncle Rube had come to town
the day before. He had put up at a
hotel near the park, and was out at an
early hour to see if the town had grown
any since his last visit of twenty years
ago. AS his walk brought him near the
buns his curiosity was excited. Was 1t
a case of sudden illness? 1t looked like
II when the smaller bum drew out
handkerchief that could have been sold
for real estate and began to wipe the
forehead of the bigger one. He did II
gently and tenderly and solicitously. as
a mother would care for her ailtng baby.
Here was a case that demanded investi-
cation. and Uncle Rube advanced and
called out:
Say now. but what's the matter
here?'
Sick" was the answer. as the hand
kerchief was applied more vigorously.
Sick. Ell? What kind of sickness?
Weak heart. 1t allus goes back on
him when he's been without food for
three or four days"
Good Lord. but you don't tell me
that's the case now.
Damon. how long is it since YOU had
a meal?" tenderly asked the little bum.
as he bent over the head on his knees.
'Mebbe a week" was the faint re-
ply:
Il can't believe it," said Uncle RUDE. !
Nothing to eat for a week right here
in this big town. where they throw |