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The Detroit times., 1915-09-20
Our Northern NeighbOrs.

A man who attempts to peer too far
into the future is visionary-subtle
term of contempt-until the thing he
predicts comes to pass, when he immedi-
tately becomes seer
We may be just seeing things" but
Ne believe that one of the ultimate
effects, and to US the most important, of
The war will be the contamination of a
defensive alliance between the United
States and Canada to the end that no for
teign foe of either country. without ex-
ception, shall ever set foot on the North
American continent except as an enemy
Of both.
= The interests of Canada and the
United States are closely allied and be-
coming more and more so.
Canada is, next to Great Britain. our
greatest customer, purchasing in 1911
more goods by SSs,000,OOO than all the
Central and South American Republics.
>tpAhined.
On the other hand, the rapidly increas-
- 1nancia interest of Americans in
The Detroit times., 1915-09-20

Canada is shown by the fact that in the
first six months of this year $l3O'OOOOOO
of Canadian high grade securities were
sold i'm the United States.
The Canadian soldiers at the front IN
variably excite the comment OF the
native Islanders. Just like Americans!
they say, and they are Americans, aren't
they?
This war is shattering many cherished
illusions.
One is that the Dominion Of Canada
may be at all times safeguarded by the
mother country.
The Canadians are learning that they
must rely more upon themselves; that,
indeed. the raw continental troops are
better soldiers than the British regulars.
Canada will go to work, when this war
is over. to build up her own defenceS.
She will be better able to do so, tinan-
cially, than England herself.
A great and rich land is Canada and
destined to be a mighty one,
The first step, once on a war footing.
may be an alliance with the United
States which will be mutually advan-
tageouS.
The Detroit times., 1915-09-20

MO police commissioner ever got the
~ chance TO serve notice on the late
William r. Nelson. publisher of the Kan
sas City Star, that not another of his
nominees need apply for pelf in the police
department The great editor abomin-
ated such a perversion of newspaper
power. Once he declared himself editor
tally upon the subject of newspaper men
seeking to control public patronage in the
following admirable statement:
"The editor OF the Star is amply occupied,
sustained and satisfied with his present job
He regards himself as holding a place of
greater responsibility and usefulness than any
within the gift OF the President or the elector-
ate Not only has he never been a candidate.
active or receptive. for any office. but he never
has asked for the appointment OF anyone else"
The Detroit times., 1915-09-20
4 Medal for Sense

Somebody ought 10 pass hero medal
to Oscar Brindley, instructor at the San
Diego aviation camp. He was billed TO
make flight with Miss Tiny Broadwick,
who was to drop from a parachute into
the exposition grounds.
The advertising was big.
The risk was big.
Consequently, the crowd was big.
Brindley went up little ways, found
a gale raging descended and, in spite
of all the urging that could be brought
to bear on him, refused TO again ascend.
The usual proceedings would have
been to re-ascend and break his and the
girls necks. less the crowd be disap-
pointed Brindley heroically refused to
take the risk.
Any fool can break his neck trying
to please big crowd, and many one
does it,
1t takes courage to make a stand for
sense and safety before a big crowd.
The Detroit times., 1915-09-20
COAL FROM THE ARCTIC.

few years ago. tho i1ea ~ getting coal
from SpitzberRcn. one 81 tho most drsolate
islands u Tho Arctic ocean. was topic FOR
romancers ~ the SUNDAY supplement typc
Now II IS fact Of considerable moment i'm
many 81 ITO worlds markets A single com
pany financed chiefly bv American capital.
mined nearly 10000 tons ot coal frrm Spitz.
bergen last wear The deposit of ue in the
far north Is said 20 be snEuiarly Easy 20 work
~ comes in single seam about four feet
thick. stretching along the coast for thirty
miles. Tho surrounding rock 81 so solid that
timbering s not needed The temperature IL
always below the freezing point in the pres
ent workings, which does away with the need
OF pumps I'm fact the only real difficulty H.
that OF getting mCn-and motion pictures have
gone far 10 solve that problem. Yet for every
ton OF coal IN Spitzbergen there are ten In
Alaska OF az least equal quality. closer 10 a
hungry market The arctic zone won't make
real dent in the fuel market till our big
northwest territory gets In action-Chicago
Journal
The Detroit times., 1915-09-20
Pointed Paragraphs

Wedlock is truly a combination
lock.
\ dollar unjustly gained cannot
be justly kept.
ldealize a woman and she doesn't
cafe II she isn't understood.
You can't reason man out OF any
thing ~ hasn't been reasoned into
Follies Of youth are drafts on old
age, the payments OF which are i'm
perative.
\ Chinese philosopher says there
t. an ounce OF wisdom at the root OF
every gray hair
Don't parade your troubles before
the Unsympathetic world. Bury them
as a dog does old bones. and growl II
any one tries 20 dig them up.
The Detroit times., 1915-09-20
A Poem a Day

THE LOREIEI.
| know not whence IL rises,
This thought 80 full OF woe
But tale of the time departed
Hauuts mv--and Will not 40.
The air Is cool. and IN darkens
And calmly flows the Rhine.
The mountain peaks are sparkling
In the sunny evening shine.
And Wonder sits u maiden,
The fairest OF the fair,
With gold - her garment glittcring,
And she combs her golden hair.
With A golden comb she combs IL.
And a Wild song siugeth she,
That motifs the heart with won
drous
And powerful melody.
The aaatman feels hts bosom
With a namelcss iouriuE move;
II, sees not the Kulte before him,
Ills gaZr ~ uNed above.
TIN over boat and hoItman
The Rhine deep waters run,
And this with her magic singing
The I.orelei hath done,
Prom the German 81 ltciuilSh meme,
The Detroit times., 1915-09-20
Veteran Likes The
Times.
Sept. IS. 1915 Sc Macomb-sr

Times.
TO the Editor Of The Times
II has been no small degree of
pleasure | have had since was
at me G.. 4. II. eu-ampmcut IT your
beautiful city Of reading your splen
did paper from day TO day since
that eventful time. a paper that
takes and holds The stand you do,
ought To count It's subscribers by
the thousands; yea. stems of thou
sands II is wonderfully clean
paper. thank you for the honor
and pleasure. love to think OF
Detroit. now, and OF the grand. good
and pleasant time given MS old boys.
Was talking today with a comradc
and IN his remarks ne said. "he
was thinking very much Of locat-
ing there in the near future.
CHAS. S. HOUGHTON.
81 Orchard-st. Ieominster, Mass,
Sept. II, 1915.
The Detroit times., 1915-09-20
Sentiment.

Sunday-School Teacher-Did you
ever forgive an enemy?
Tommy Tunuut- Onct.
And what noble sentiment prompt
ed YOU 10 do IL?
Tonmy-He was bigger dan me
Life.
The Detroit times., 1915-09-20
From Another Point of VielU
BY c. T. s.

Lou Rowley seems to feel compelled to
get into print every time it rains.
Otherwise, probably, we wouldn't mind
it so much when it rains.
The average life of a mosquito is "a
hours. We have tried to do our part
faithfully in keeping up the average.
An ex-harbormaster in Jersey has gone
into the business of upholstering autos.
Still recovering bodies.
A society has been formed in Detroit
to prevent the use of profanity. We look
for progress unless the Tigers get three
on again with nobody out and fail to
score.
The Detroit times., 1915-09-20
It Was Not Like This in
the Olden Days; Not at All

The attitude taken by the young peo-
ME of the United States today toward
marriage, is one which is not calculated
to bring about the best results for hap
piness or economic success.
The young man feels that unless ne
can offer the girl of his choice home
and surroundings practically equal to
those she is enjoying in her fathers
house, he has no right to tell her his
love, and the girl feels that to descend
4 from the circumstances to which she Is
accustomed to a humber setting. would
not suit her at all.
She has come to feel that her role as
wife is beautifully and adequately played
II she presides over an attractive home,
where the work is largely done by hired
help. wears fashionable clothing, enter
tains enough to keep in with things, and
becomes the mother Though this is
not essentially of one, or at most, two
children.
OF course she would expect to love her
husband, but with love not sufficiently
durable to last through the trials and
yicissitudes of slender income.
The idea of partnership, of working to-
gether, building up a comfortable, little
income and strong and capable family,
does not seem to be taken into considera-
ton by the young men and women of
today.
II is all q part of the artificial values
which the young minds of this genera
ton have created for themselves, partly
through the fault of the over indulgent
parent.
1t can be seen in its clothes. its amuse-
ments and its restless search for more
stimulating excitement.
~ Compare it with the attitude of mind
Of young Frenchman who works at
Ford's,-
"Yes," he said to Times representa-
tive, with beautiful frankness, 81 must
get married. cannot afford to live like
this. ! must have a wife. 1t costs me
now $50 month at a boarding house,
and, besides, am old enough. | am q
It is time. want my home and my chill
dren. Yes, will marry an American
girl, may be; don't know. What you
think about that?"
What we thought about that was that
this eager, bright-faced boy would prob
ably come to grief if he put his wages
into the hands Of an American girl for
prudent spending, which, however, he
could safely do with a girl of his own
country.
The Detroit times., 1915-09-20
He Had No Kick Com no.

That's awful pitching"
"Whet's the matter. my dear?"
That's the second man he's given
n pass 10 first this inning"
II don't see why YOU should COM
plain. George That's the way you
came In 10 see the game"
The Detroit times., 1915-09-20

Lawrence Keenan, had been
drinking man Probably this was
we'll known when he was released
from the Deer Island House OF Cor.
rection. In spite Of HIS records he
The Detroit times., 1915-09-20
Uncle Sans SIS, 900 Dogs

thousand miles and snow three
walking all the
and Of dogs and sled CARRYING goo
$3.50 other words you
like the for Uncle Sam from Kozebue to Barrow Arctic
Uncle ss25 for each round trip this most nohe
81 each pound OF mall
little it, cheap at the price For the
equipment
% 81 alone
The Detroit times., 1915-09-20

Fearing the pest which destroys
the mulberry tree. thereby menac-
ing the silk industry, France has
prohibited the importation OF cut
aowers from Italy between May /
and Nov. 1 each year.
The Detroit times., 1915-09-20
Not. We Hope, the Overflow

A Detroit paper states that "a Second
ave. man has 80 boarders in his stable"
For Doc Cooks sake we hope that his
report Of mountain climbing is on the up
and up.
Taken all in all. that wasn't such bad
showing that the Chicago team made
against Boston.
The Detroit times., 1915-09-20
The TEST.

Mcdium-Thn spirit of your wife
Is here now. 20 YOU wish 70 speak
to her through me-
Nidower-Ask her where the dick
ems she put my summer underwear?
The Detroit times., 1915-09-20
To the Editor

Why do send this pome to you?
PRAY do not think me sassy.
Hut I'm collecting printed slips.
And I've heard that ours are classy.
Ladies' Home Journal.
The Detroit times., 1915-09-20

who was 26 years old at the time of
The death Of the old soldier.-Galves-
ton News.
The Detroit times., 1915-09-20

When studied geography in the Third
Ward school at Springfield. Ill.,, found
that Illinois was blue, Missouri We
deep green, and Indiana bird's-ees
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-11
ROCKEFELLER'S PLAN CALLED A DENIAL OF
DEMOCRACY BY PINCHOT
BY AMOS PINCHOT

BY AMOS PINCHOI
When Mr.. Rockefeller, Jr., went to
Colorado there wasjust one question
of public Importance for him to an
sYer.
This question was not whether the
Rockefellers have had change of
heart, or whether young Mr.. Rookie
Teller is a sincere and Christian char
acter. These are matters that chief
ly concern the Rockefellers and not
the public, though the press has
rung the changes on them to the eX-
clusion of all else.
The question the public is interest
ed in is: What is the final stand of
the Rockefellers about labor unions?
This question is of far-reaching i'm
portance For recognition. of the
union is the one irrecOncilable issues
between capital and labor and the
storm center of every great industrial
strike.
1t is true that Mr.. Rockefeller's de-
cision was yelled, to a large extent,
by his announcement that he would
permit, in fact, encourage labor to
have its own local organization
(Which would be about as helpless in
a clash with the Rockefellers as a
child's toy boat in a battle with a
super-dreadnought). It is true also
that the real issue has been obscured
in cloud of amazing press-snobbism
through which only the young master
is revealed grasping the hand of his
grateful, grimy man. But neverthe-
less, the real issue is there, and Mr..
Rockefeller himself meets it with as
clear-cut decision as any one could
ask for.
Mr.. Rockefeller says his employees
may bargain with the company
through small local unions which
may select their own representatives.
and confer with those of the COM
pany. He says they may do this with
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-11


Mr. Rockefeller's decision to crush
unionism and collective bargaining is
not modified in the least degree by
his permission to labor to organize
locally. No union is union in any,
ching but name unless it has power
to bargain with capital - with COM
bined, highly organized capital such
as the Rockefellers represent. And
this power to bargain is only conceiv-
ably possible when there is broad,
non-local labor union of wide solidar-
ity, through which men who are
striking for their rights in one Sec
ton can get encouragement and sup
port from men still earning wages in
another.
As Mr.. Rockefeller and every great
employer knows, there is an inmence
and increasing surplus supply of la
Dor in the field of Iow-skiIed industry.
As they know, while this surplus ex-
ists, labor remains sunk in position
of heIpIessness that is not far re-
moved from slavery. As they know,
as every one knows, the Wage-earn-
er's one hope of possessing even
minimum of economic power with
which to fight for some semblance of
prosperity and freedom lies in the
labor union, and when the union goes
that goes with it.
Under these circumstances it is
hardly necessary to say that Mr..
RockefeIIer's plan to crush unionism
will not receive the support of labor.
Under this plan, if the employee has a
grievance, or finds that he is not re-
ceiving living wage, he has no ap-
peal, except to the benevolent will of
his master If he rebels against that
will or organizes to force a compro-
mise, his employer informs him that
he must be good or find work else
where. He may also take occasion to
inform him that this is a free coun-
try and that the wage-earner is not
a slave but a free man-free to live
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-13
Pen, ChiseI and Brush.

The picture Paradise" by Tintoret.
to, is the largest painting In the world.
1t is eighty-four feet wide, thirty-three
and half feet high and is now In the
doges' palace, Venice.
When DR.. Woodrow Wilson estab-
Eshed a new system at Princeton which
kept the professors busy pretty nearly
all the time, DR.. Henry van Dyke re-
signed, as he did not have enough time
for literature.
Frederick MacMonnies, the sculptor,
has returned to this country after
more than twenty-five years Of life
abroad, in which he gained an inter
national reputation, won exhibition
honors in all the capitals and was
made a chevalier in the Legion Of Hon.
or Of France and decorated with the
Order Of St Michael of Bavaria.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-13
SjRES AE6 SONS.

DR.. Parkes Cadman, the noted Brook-
Ign divine, was once a coal miner.
Mr.. John Wrey, the Australian mil
Honaire, started life as a salesman In
q shoe store.
Cardinal Gibbons was born In Bald-
more of Irish parents. He had brief
commercial career In New Orleans.
When he became Of age he entered st.
Charles college, near Ellicott Md.
John Muir, the noted American nat
uraIist, is a Scotchman by birth. He
is an ardent advocate Of national
parks. The Muir glacier in Alaska is
named after him to commemorate his
discovery Of it
Patrick Calhoun, noted street rail-
way operator and corporation lawyer,
also a grandson Of John G. Calhoun,
started his law career in St Louis, liv-
ing In the garnet of a lodging house.
He has a copper riveted rule to read
two hours each day.
Marcus Loew, the small time
king" Of vaudeville, doesn't try to
prop his morning paper against sug-
ar bowl and read as he eats. He has
q habit, contracted many years ago, of
using it for a tablecloth. He shoves
his toast and cup of chocolate from
column to column as he reads.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-13
DANES AND DAUGHTERS.

Lucy Smith, bride at fifteen, mother
at seventeen, at nineteen Is Divorce
In New York.
Miss Marie L. Obenaurer Is chief OF
the woman's division Of the United
States bureau of labor statistics.
Mile. Jeanne Provost, the famous
French actress, has been given the
rank Of corporal in the French army
I'm recognition of what she has done
to amuse the wounded soldiers.
Mrs. Julianna Ferguson, daughter OF
Philip Armour, has palatial home on
Long Island. The house Is faithful
CODY Of an ancient italian monastery.
Three years and S1.OOO,OOO were re-
uuired In the construction.
Miss Lillian d. Wald Is the Jane
Adams Of New York. She started
the Henry Street settlement and built
IL ND to 5000 members. This settle
ment has under it's supervision ninety
three nurses, who attend, without
charge, poor women unable to go to
hospitals. She also started the first
public playground in New York.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-13
Echoes of the War.

Not that King Albert does not want
peace, but that he wants Belgium with
it-Boston Herald.
The main difference between the war
a year ago and now seems to be 365
days.-Washington Post.
The war casualties are not all on the
battle front. Some of them happen In
the government Philadelphia
Press.
Europe finds the cost Of living adj
vancing in a manner that discourages
any reliance on war as a solution Of
economic Observation-Disclosures Star.
Peace conditions are being talked of
again. The trouble about them is that
each side wants to make them rather
than take them.-Baltimore American.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-13
Current Comment.

Drugs are going up in price so rapid
~ that many people may be benefited
by having to fight ailments with fresh
air and misunderstanding Star.
The perpetuation Of the names Of
some of our famous old warships In
the new battle cruisers would be an
excellent idea. Other navies adopted
1t long ago-Philadelphia Ledger.
The secretary of the interior asks for
a million dollars less for next year than
he had for this. This would be more
welcome from some other department,
for it means that the veterans are pass
ing away and the pension rolls are
Observation-Disclosures Press.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-13
Electric Sparks.

So great is the velocity of electricity
that it could travel round the world
eight times in a minute.
Though 1900 miles from railroad,
Yakutsk, In the extreme north Of Asia,
maintains an electric light plant the
year round.
According to a French scientist, who
has experimental eXhaustively, rain
can carry both positive and negative
charges of electricity.
Point Hope. Alaska, which is in
darkness during the long arctic winter,
will soon have an electric plant.
Storms along the coast will be har-
messed by windmills to produce the
electricity.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-13
MADE STATUE AT GETTYSBURG.

MADE STATUE AT GETTYSBURG.
waited to the chief command Of all the
Union armies. Grant told Meade that
he desired him to continue as the COM
nander of the army, and he did con-
tinue until that army was disbanded.
Grant placed Meade on par with
Sherman. Mcpherson and Thomas as
army commanders, and other military
authorities thought highly Of him.
When the battle of Gettysburg was
fought, though Meade was q major
general of volunteers, he was only a
major in the regular army, and he
had held that rank but a year and
two weeks. His great victory at Get
tySburg resulted in his being jumped
from major to brigadier general of reg
uarS.
The following year, Aug. Is, at the
request of Grant, who had tested him
as the commander of the Army of the
Potomac from Culpeper to Petersburg
in that long list of battles in the Will
dernesS, SpOttsylvania, North Anna,
Cold IIarbOr and various engagements
at Petersburg and vicinity, he was pro-
NOTED TO major general of the regu-
lar army. He died in 1872.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-13
BAD LANDS OF
BORDER WARFARE
Big Bend Country Scene OF
Many Raids.

"HE trouble along the Mexican
border, which at present L. Civ
ing rise to no little anxiety In
government circles, Is an old
sore which breaks out every now and
then and which perhaps may be only
eradicated by means Of heroic treat
ment.
Nowhere in the United States Is there
an area better adapted to sudden raids
and swift escapes than the Big Bend
country of Texas, where bands OF Mex
leans have had frequent fights with
United States soldiers, Texas rangers
and parties of citizens. 1t is region
which settlers have let severely alone.
Its traditions and customs In 1918 are
much the same as its traditions and
customs Of 1860.
Although the Big Bend country prop
er is really that part Of Texas lying
along the border and extending from
Ell Paso to Del Rio, distance OF some
$50 miles where the Rio Grande makes
a big dip into Mexico, the name has
through long usage come to embrace
all of the Texas border from Ell Paso
to Brownsville. For a hundred miles
north from the river for practically
the whole distance from FL Paso to
the gulf the country is desolate, sup
porting q few large cattle ranches and
little else. Small hills, frequent "a
vines and old water courses and gen.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-13
STORY OF FAMOUS
GRIDIRON CLUB
Arthur ". Dunn Publishes His
tory of Unique Organization.

Arthur W. Dunn, the well known
Washington correspondent has just
published through the Frederick Stokes
company a history Of the Gridiron club
under the title "Gridiron Nights"
Mr.. Dunn is peculiarly well fitted for
the task that he has so admirably &C
complished. He was for some time the
president Of the Gridiron club, which
Is known far and wide for the remark.
able gatherings about its board. The
position Of president is the highest
ambition Of the Washington CORE
spondent, and no one is elected to that
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-13
Some Questions.

Is IA shop devoted exclusively to boys
clothing what might be termed hard
wear store?- Philadelphia Inquirer.
Isn't it enough to make New Eng
land revolt to learn that the revered
Goldfish is now being dyed red and
sold for plebeian salmon?- Chicago
News.
Dean johnson Of the New York uni
versity wants the heaviest tax put on
married men" Huh! Isn't that where
it is at present? Philadelphia In
quirer.
Barcelona's observatory has discov-
cred a new planet. The astronomer
says the sinner is getting away from
the earth as fast as possible. Can you
blame itACleveland Plain Dealer.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-11-13
The Royal Box.

Gar Nicholas Is an expert whist
player.
The favorite dishes Of the queen Of
Holland are English roast beef and
mutton.
The queen Of Norway takes a great
interest in bookbinding. The coilec-
ton of beautifully bound books is one
Of her hobbies.
King Victor Emmanuel of Italy de-
clares his great liking for polenta, the
Indian meal porridge, which he eats as
regularly as the poorest peasant He
also likes roast CHI cken giblets with
calls brains and artichokes.