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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-27
HAS MODERN MAN
DETERI0RATED!
BY Or. FRANK CRANE
Copyright 1915. by FRANK Irane'

Is the human race deterorauhR
one of the couceitS of the imaginative
Mr. II. G.. Wells was that m time m''-
ern civilization would produce only o\ef-
cerebrated physical runts, and That lHc
armies of the future would consist OH
gigantic complicated machines, operated
hy pale-faced machlniSts and their al'-
prentces. The old sword-hewerS ana
aXe-whackers. such as battered down
castle gates and mauled armored op-
ponents, would disappear
This seems 10 express the general
opinion that the former days We're oe',
ter than these" as far rs Drawn ANA
CUTS are concerned.
But now comes the Herr Doktor N
Speir. of Munich a physician with
German army in the field and submit
proof showing that the soldier TODAY u.s
more stamina than the fighters of ye7-
teryear.
He has better health, because Doe
knows more about taking care of hlm-
self. notably in the matter of keeping
clean.
He is better fed. and does not alter
nately gorge and staI~e. Neither does
, ne EGl III uiAh AlNfh 'N'if '''''+'''''N
casion, as did his predecessor
He withstands extremes of heat and
cold more sturdy
When he is wounded he does not bel
low like the Homeric heroes, but is Sto-
ically self-contained under the hasty sur
gerry Of the field hospital.
Resides. he works harder and is sub
iected 10 fiercer strain than former war
riors. "The modern soldier, write war
Correspondent Meloy, faces more dan
gers and hardShips than the soldier ot
the past. Judged from recent accom-
pGshments he is superior TO his prede-
cessors in arms The hosts of Won HIM.
denburg have made longer and more con-
sistent marches than Caesar picked
legions could have hoped 10 make over
the best Roman roads. There are hum
dreds of soldiers IN the German army
who could probably have made the dash
from Marathon 20 Athens as did the
runner OF old. in much better time and
without dropping dead at the end.
But the peculiar advantage the TWEEN
teth century man has over the tenth
is that he has more intelligence, hence -
better disciplined and has more nerve
War is a test of nerves more than OF
physical prowess.
All Of which goes TO prove that an era
of peace does not make the race degen-
crate.
Forty years Of peace has produced the
efficient German soldier. What Will a
few years of slaughter produce?
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-27
sY HERBERT QUICK.


"a ritteu E~peci-ll, For the Detroit
Times
Mr Bryan said aoF long ago that
il taE country Vero attacked by a
foreign foe milton armed men
would spring ,o arms in her defense
between sunrise sa- sars
He has been ugca criticised far
als saying tar Be- correct The
e.ten Is. first. ae'har or nor Fe
arc l1 ans danger O., being asiaeka9
io-eEl nation and second
a5ether or me-, the million men iU
arms rushing ,o rhe c5,ors between
rnf.se and sunset would DO ans
good
There is 1n-e1estlon that tie mil.
Ion men would rash 90 coiors gt
don't think they could 1o much
gains, an aruy % any great size
Imposed 0f trained soldiers-vhich
have not equipped With ais-
hips watch We have not such
artillery as they are 3e.lE iu tEe
European Warwick wa have
not. AID machine guns instead
~ r.aee-vhleh. also We have not
think such an army could march
Jack aud forth through our million
lnarmed. unframed men and over
tEeir corpses az the spaniards g2-
der Cortcz marched through MEXICO
in spite % the resistance o. tie
brave Aztecs. armed With bows,
spears and clubs
when congress meets e. all 'aca
these questions and must act ou tha
matter 81 what may be- orr destiny
We, as voters. must instruct orr
representative on our desires We
must Ali the peanut politicians WIZ
represent most % rs with tho fear
of cod ard of ,be voters. We usst
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-27

- them arc less beneficial f2r the
individual
Carefully accumulated statistic
show taa ,rafs has in all probable.
liy been steady increase in
Brlght4 disease ard other dpge1
aratise disease Incidental ~ al.
yanf.gg age within tho past fcv
years Certainly the number ~
dea'a- from this cause g. WmrleG--
,y hIah fo warrant rbe sefIous CON
.Iderauon ~ every .rd'ridnai a1.
faoe.n% toward ulidi. lf'.
Of course everyone reH day. id.
familiar tt -He doctrine ~ .re.a
air exercise ard srg.l.y 1f diet
etc eh.rh make 49, rho creed 90
the canifarian
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-27
Let the People
Rule-and Write
go oe,snesr W.nts psaee.

German Dcfcnder wants FeaCc'
20 NJ Editor 81 The T,mcS:
What Is the object OF printing a
picture Of Polish peasants fleeing
before the German army and say.
INK Mindful or the tact Of Rel
zum Is there Etll someone 0e-
loving 10 the so-called atrocities In
belgium Ay German soldiers. after
ii has been Investigated and dis
proved a. ftlsehoods by neutrals Of
high standing Even the BeiEians
have no fault 10 find Mr. Marbaix
% Belgian returning from Belgium
last spring. made the announce
rleut before The Board o. Commerce
here In Detroit. that they found
no fault with the Germans FOR their
demonstration against subjects Of
the allied nations This ought 10
be final
Furthermore. T. is reported that
the Poles and Jews in Warsaw
cheered and welcomed the victori.
ous German army as their liberia
tors Why should they not The
answer 10 this gives Corey. the MAR
correspondent. who IN person IN
vcgtJgated tho atrocities committed
by the Russians IN East Prussia
and those against the Jews. before,
we have NOT forgotten We are
American citizens and ought 20 be
strictly neutral. no matter OF what
race or color We arc, the United
states Is our country, but We want
20 know the truth. and ought not
be- afraid 70 tell II, but abstain from
accusations that have not been
proven. n the newspapers want TO
DO anything extra. besides bringing
facts worth while reading, let them
work for world peace rather than
stir up racial hatred Let us help
10 bring about peace and keep T.
II W-ELLENSIEK.
st2 seyburn.ave Aug %, 1915.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-27

-aasl themselves .u the world way
rt v,N au aa able 20 attack u.s.
tAry wished .o 90 so Thar none
~ DEEM wIsa ~ attack as au4 that
they could no, attack gs success
mgy
leave tle las, question for The
future. Lr at consider whether or
eat tae nations Will ha s1ha .stei
-t1r does NOT e5 teach Wars
wars Wr NAV De- entering
spa- hundred wears az var a
rer..d az r.el'ug back toward BAR
usr-m IU eh ,tme Vhcu the
sr.rf of fae devil s. abroad among
tre nations. peoples eh.ra are az
.he same time rich and dafen sele-s
arc the near OF The armed nations
Any 0n Of the warning nations
could pick fight with IA Ga a
month
Think of the millions Rrlug by
German from poor little Belgium
Think ~ tse billions which con.
quering army could wiring from the
Uute1 states
Such "a var on as would pay the
biggest dividends ever nou in Rar
N Germany were free 70 invade this
nation now she could make us
France her war debt We are the
richest prize ever offered The cupid.
ify Of a conqueror and one Of the
most defenseless
Are these things true Wei
whether they are true or nor, the
besr Judge think them true FOR
che. ! am not in favor Of taking any
chances on them believe Tn act
Ing as So they we're true And I be-.
heve In building up a public sentI
nent Do this country which VII
force congress 20 rise above party
lines and act strongly promptly.
wisely and scientifically on national
defense
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-27
A Poem a Day


IN a GARRETT.
-Four walls che
collins cracked aud smudsed. you
Norsg1.e it. heaven n you have the
ra fe. :, The sray plaster into vaulted
ANA arse.s the ruuo daub that retrt
-,ul tHr artist from the floor below
Who iaughs Uni says chat dreams are
NOT trade
BETTER ,hlus because no loved a.
rar better than 9, he had rrseuod hi.
20 mex some Fat purse into buying
Now like a sod be sives his painted
ANA one white sh.p mat sets the
whole room free.
hlots the gray wall and lifts sal
liant wing
For ogr aaNenturlng
-Four walls eas
Come. igts crumble them away
Bgia Us a world OF sea and san and
The mind slyss title where tho law
gives none.
THO saal has more possession than
Herss rrtrrs art That proves a
man may 70
into more worlds thar wait upon hts
purse
See where his brush has made the
water glow
That's wealth without wealth's curse
And here where morning tremhles on
tho ak lea
re freedom and a hint OF paradise
Ard ynu ert I have love shall ""
NOT dare
Farther cham PetrI' Here's the lamp
OF art
Lighting rho road Come. there
are worlds 70 share.
A-U F.u ami & shall share them. Oh
ms neatt'
ana Uarnrtt iu the New York
Evening sun
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-27

torturers Of Leo Frank shall be arrested
and convicted.
This offer. whether genuine or not viii
be a fake reward.
Gov Harris knows that no man who
knows the guilty parties-and there are
hundreds of them-woUld dare, FOR fear
of his life-to tell what he knows
If an angel of heaven should bring into
court the books of the recording angel
certified by God Almighty Himself, no
Georgia jury would accept the evidence.
The parties charged might come into
court with their hands dripping with the
blood from Frank torn throat and sui.
the jures would free the murderers,
The trouble lies in the social ideals Of
the state.
There are too many people who are
lynchers by nature and nurture.
Laws which are above the moral stan
dards of any state cannot be enforced.
This is as it should be in s democracy
In Utah the laws against polygamy
have not been satisfactorily enforcible
because the people believed in polygamy
In the days Of the James boys and
the Youngers laws against tram robbery,
vecqism and banditry could not be en-
forced against them. because the people
among whom they lived did not disbelieye
in these things with any unanimity.
In New York city the thuggism Of the
underworld and the lootings Of Tam
many and the laws against the Barnes
machine cannot be enforced because the
people as whole are not opposed to
these crimes.
Taxation of personal property is not
successful anywhere because people gen
orally DO not really believe in these laws
Georgia is really no worse than other
states, save for the cruelty and blood
thirst in her standards.
The remedy lies. not in the laws. but
in our civilization.
Georgia should seriously consider
whether or not it would not be better
for the state TO confess the standards
possessed by it, and make laws on that
level
Il would perhaps lead to real moral
growth if the laws were changed so that
persons accused OF crimes might be turn
ed over to the mob for legal slaughter
and torture.
Ii would be wicked and cruel, but no
more so than the present lynching sys-
tem-and it would be honest.
II would not open the way for such
prearranged prison deliveries as that Of
Frank. anl fake offers Of rewards at
which the criminals laugh
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-27
The Keep Well Column
oeoeNERArivE DISEASES

Few are willing 20 70 10 the
iarcied discom fort Of denying them.
selves the pleasures o. eating.
drinking or INDECENT ease They
are perfectly aware. 90 be- sure
that Indulgence is unwlse They
have been warned by other people,
experiences and not improhab.y
have been admouished by their
medical adviser az % the evil o.
farts OF certain favorlte .ndu
garces
But the fact that single graft
scat'ou % their reakroae ia not
likely % boz accompanied ny ans
OF 'be forerasfed 900 effects seem
20 lead tho majority ~ people on
regardless NJ the ultimate account
itg which Nature BE- cerfaIr 20 de-
maHd Tho way ~ least re stance
seems 70 be- the popular path
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-27

their continue
personal welfare
which inspired
this remark lH
years ago apple
equally t0deg
Conditions have
changed in many
Ways and ome
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-27

children arc yery apt 20 push
buttons. bean. or other foreign sub
-taures NO. their nYstrls Tho fret
thing fo-A0 ia tickle the child
nose U'fh p feather or iry ir other
rars 'o got him 90 sufeze Cali "a
doctor u tHis doesn't remove the
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-27

Tho poor are always with us
probably because they end 81 cheap
er % owe rent than 90 move
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-27
Georgia Should Rewrite
Law Down TO Her Standards

The governor of Georgia says he will
at the proper time" offer rewards for
the evidence under which the slayers and
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-27
Theodore Roosevelt Goes to
a Military Camp-and Then!

a Military Camp-and Then!
Theodore Roosevelt visited camp of
military instruction down in New York
day or two ago, and the effect was ex-
actly what you would expect i 10 be upon
a "two-gun man"
In a speech he delivered there, the
Colonel said:
Probably no body OF citizens in tie United
States during the last five years have wrought
80 efficiently for national decadence and .ute-
national degradation. as the professional psci8-
cists, the peace any-price men. nho have tried
20 teach our people that silly all1nclusivs ar6t
tration treaties and the utterance az fatlous
platitudes at peace congresses are substitutes
for adequate military preparedness-
Mr.. Roosevelt had firm hold of the
public pulse at one time.
AS president he was awake all the time
to popular sentiment and was responsive
TO il.
Because he WAS responsive it was
charged that he played to the grand
stand
They did him an injustice there.
He responded to the sentiment OF the
people because he was himself every inch
a man of the people. and a president
eager TO serve the people.
But as man of the people. the
coloneps utterances of late prove conclu-
sively that he has backshd.
They prove that he has lost his hold
on the public pulse.
He cannot follow the trend Of popular
thought this time because q fre-eating
nature will not let him, and he leaves the
majority for once for the minority
In Theodore Roosevelt's time there
have been two kinds Of patriots and two
kinds of patriotism.
One of these kinds Of patriots and
kinds of patriotism found him with his
Rough Riders on San Juan hill, fighting
valiantly for the freedom of Cuba from
Spanish oppression, but in the short
space of time that has elapsed there has
been great change, in men and in the
thoughts OF men,
Within year great war has come to
open the eyes Of the world TO the great
cost, the great waste, the barbarity and
the heathenism of war. and the one great
nation on the globe not involved in the
butchering and destroying is enjoying
PEACE because it has been advocating
fba fta
at war were preparing for war.
Theodore Roosevelt has had no part in
the program of peace; wanted no part in
1t and wants no part in it now.
That is his business, as a citizen, but
as an ex-president opposing in public
speech the peace policy of his country's
president at a most critical time, he lays
himself open 70 newspaper criticism and
he deserves all of the unfavorable things
that are being said about him.
Col Roosevelt will find himself desert
ed just now by hundreds Of thousands Of
those who stood with him at Arranged
don and were willing to battle for the
Lord--with ballots
He will find himself deserted by hun
dreds of thousands who applauded re-
Gently while he showed up Boss Barnes.
These followers he has lost because he
has failed 70 think with them, because
he does not understand that the patriot
today is the pacifst, and that the new
patriotism is the PATRIOTISM or
+ PEACE.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-04-03
SINK TWO MORE BRITISH SHIPS
Ten German Unnder-sea Craft Con.
tlnue to Scour9e Commerce Of A.
Iies-SIavs Win Victories.

London, April 1.-Ten German sub
marines, including the U-2S, have been
operating off the west coast of Eng
land during the past few days, and
have added two more British steam
ers, the Flaminian and Crown of Cas-.
tile, to their list of victims, totaling
five since Saturday. There was no
loss of life on the Flaminian and
Crown of CASTLE, the crews of each
being given bare time in which to get
into their boats. In the case of the
latter vessel, however, the submarine
fired before the crew left the steamer
and shells passed along the bridge on
which the captain and an apprentice
were standing.
Austrian losses in Lyutta valley and
the province of Bereg northeast Hun.
gary) on the day of March % are es-
timated at $4,000, according to dis.
patches received by Swiss news
papers. These advices state that a
column of 1000 Austrians was annihi-
lated in less than an hour during a
desperate action in Bereg province,
six miles north of Vereczke.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-04-03
SAVED FROM GRAVE BY
WONDERFUL REMEDY

81 feel like 1t had brought me from
the grave"
After taking one dose OF Mayr's
Wonderful Remedy, w. E. Barnett Of
Glen, Colo, found relief from stomach
trouble of years standing.
Mr.. Barnett's experience is typical
Of the experiences of stomach suffer
ers all over the country. For two
years he bought and tried all kinds of
medicines and so-called "cures." He
got Mayr's Wonderful Remedy and
after much hesitation took a dose
Results were immediate. The first
dose convinced-it always does. Mr.,
Barnett wrote:
II cannot say anything but words of
praise for your Wonderful Remedy
after taking one bottle. I had spent
all I was able to spend for medicine
for two years. Now l feel that your
remedy has brought me from my
grave"
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy gives per-
manent results for stomach, liver and
intestinal ailments. Eat as much and
whatever you like. No more distress
after eating. pressure of gas in the
stomach and around the heart. Get one
bottle of your druggist now and try it
on an absolute guarantee-if not salts
factory money will be returned.-Adv.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-04-03
Europe Loses Sweet Tooth.

The girls they left behind them
the British Tommy, his French col
league and his German enemy went
off to the war, suffered good deal
more than has been supposed up to
this time.
The candy export figures from this
country prove it. Europe curtailed the
bean supply of the United States when
Austria's exports were stopped. Now
America has retaliated by reducing
the quantity of candy sent to the old
world.
The first five months of the war
caused a decrease Of $153,S23 in the
value of candy exports from the
United States, as compared with the
same period of the year before. The
value of the total exports of candy
for the calander year was $1,1S5,S94.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-04-03
GET TO KNOW YOUR GOODS
Method by Which One Man "Made
Good" May Be Recommended to
All Statesmen.

Inquisitiveness is not generally re-
garded as an admirable trait Yet
when inquisitiveness is properly d.
rected. 1t is one Of the most useful
habits of mind. A story illustrating
this point is told by John J. Arnold,
vice president of the First National
bank Of Chicago In talk to en-
ployees of the members of the Chi
cago Association of Commerce he re-
lated the experience of young man
he had known as boy In wholesale
house in Chicago, where the latter
started his career as a helper to a
salesman.
He got hold of certain classes Of
goods" Mr. Arnold said. "The names
appealed to him. He set to work and
studied the history of that particular
fabric. He got the name of the fac
tory. He wrote to the factory in Eng
land and asked for particulars as to
the institution. He studied that in
stitution from one end to the other
and he studied all of the fabrics, all
of the different things that went to
make up that particular piece Of
goods, and in that way he analyzed
every piece Of goods that came into
his hands He was not satisfied mere
ly to take the goods and hand them
out, but he wanted to know what he
was handing out. The result is. to-
day he is one of the most expert buy
ers in this city, in one of the greatest
wholesale houses. Those are the
things that count. Get down to a
study of the inside workings of the
thing that you are handling"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-04-03
Argument on Suffrage.

Two women were having a ladylike
argument on suffrage in q New York
street car. I'm not SO old-fashioned
As to insist that our only place is in
the home. but" said the blonde.
''Well?" asked the brunette, with bat
tie in her dark eyes. Couldn't we
save all this trouble and fuss by just
leaving things as they are? Why can't
We go on letting the men represent us?
They do the very best they can, and
everyone l know has a man some
where or other in the family" The
brunette's voice was calm, but firm.
Jack is a Republican and l am a
Democrat. How can he represent me,
when he can cast only one voter" she
inquired sternly. For a few minutes
the little blonde sat very silent. Then
she spoke. why, I never thought Of
that Before. II you have misrepre-
sentative man in the family, l suppose
you do need the vote" Her voice sank
in a whisper. But please don't say
said So"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-04-03
REALLY NOT A FAIR BET
Young Man Made Wager Which It
Was Almost Impossible for
Him to Lose.

There was no sound except the faint
and regular tick of watch. Other
wise silence and gloom pervaded the
elegantly furnished drawing-room.
In one chair sat beautiful girl.
her lips tightly closed, her eyes star
ing straight before her and her every
muscle tense with a powerful effort
of self-control. In another sat a
young man whose face expressed Sc
riousness but confidence. In his hand
he held an open watch which he OBJ
served closely. only raising his eyes
now and then to glance at the beauti-
full girl, who seemed to be in such
agony.
Five seconds, ten, fifteen, twenty
seconds passed The position of
neither the young man nor beautiful
girl had changed.
Suddenly her eyes cleaned with a
wild light: she clasped her hands con-
vulsively, and
"I must speak," burst from her
bloodless lips.
"Twenty-four seconds said the
young man, as he closed the watch
and put it back into his pocket. you
lose the pair of gloves'by exactly six
seconds
He had bet on a sure thing.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-04-03
F-4TO Be RAISED
AT $4,000 COST
CONGRESS SETS ASIDE SUM TO
RUSH SALVAGE BY POM
rOON METHOD.
DIVING TUBE IS TESTED
MAY TAKE TWO WEEKS TO GET
WATERLoGGED SUBMARINE
FROM BOTTOM OF SEA.
Western Newspaper Union News Service

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Honolulu, 7. H, April 1.-As a re-
suit of the Navy Departments author
ization Of $4,000 for the work OF
raising the submarine F-4, believed to
be waterlogged on the ocean bed just
outside the harbor entrance, officials
here under the leadership of Lieuten-
ant c. E. Smith, submarine flotilla
commander, have made plans for salv-
age operations on big scale.
All efforts to raise by cables an OBJ
ject said by officials to be the lost
F-4 having failed, the pontoon method
will now be used. Six hundred-ton
scows will be towed to the spot be-
meath which, in forty-five fathoms OF
water, the submarine is believed to be
lying. After the scows have been
weighted with water, chains hooked
to the F-4 will be attached to them.
Then the water will be pumped out
of the scows and, their hulls rising.
they will lift the hulk below The
laborious process will be continued un-
til the submarine is brought to the
surface. 1t may take two weeks.
An improvised diving tube, with
which it is hoped to facilitate the salv-
age operations, is being put through
number of tests before the risk is
taken of placing diver in it and low
ering him into deep water.
Further graphing for the submarine
has been discontinued until the new
equipment is ready. Hope was aban-
doned several days ago of saving any
of the twenty-one men imprisoned in
the F4.
Expert divers from the New York
navy yard were ordered to Honolulu
to aid In raising the sunken submarine
F4. They will leave at once for San
Francisco to board a steamer for Ha-
wall.