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The Detroit times., 1915-12-08

put in your mouth is clean. Wash
your hands before eating and battle
your whole body often. Clean the
teeth every day.
Exercise every day In the open
air. At least take a walk. Keep
your shoulders straight. Take 10
deep breaths every day.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-08

Help the national fight against tu-
berculosIs by putting Red Cross
seals on your holiday mail and
Christmas packages. Every cent
paid for a seal helps stamp out dis.
ease.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-08

DR.. Rachele Yarrows Of Jane Adams insti.
tuition. Hull House, Chicago, says that giggling
girl should be summed by young men, but that
the Girl who nrts with you IL the one to tie TO-
- flirting 10 . sign Of real love- Oh, you Re-,
chelle! Oh. you nirtxl
The Detroit times., 1915-12-08
D Hard to Convince Ones
Self It's a Wilson Message

kHad the message of Woodrow Wilson
the sixty-fourth congress been lost by
IN IN the wilderness while in the course
u ~ preparation. and before he had at
ched his signature, it would have been
lS6 to recognize as the work of the
oident Of these peace-loving United
&ts "preparedness" recommendations
ND have almost hidden its identity.
literary quality it is up to the
gior Wilson standard.
ol1iers Weekly, in the latest issue.
III he Wilson achievements have been
nv literary.
it, conception of Pan-American-
w3thout "the spirit of empire in ii"
TIE embodiment of the spirit of
md independence and liberty and
nal service" it bears the mark of the
I'D Wilson vision
~ IT. reference to the one duty of the
flted States toward Mexico, and that
W. fKotection only of the right of the
n of Mexico to freedom from dicta-
lkip, there is the sound of the true
Inon pulse beats and the evidence of
~ 1teat human instincts for which he
- ben beloved by all of his own peo-
1 his castigation of undesirable
1QQated Americans, and the branding
S(M Is 3 menace within our borders,
p e the Wilson courage and positive
HAT first sent his star ascending
n commended him to his party for
Zip and to the people for the high
~ ~ holds.
k coming to the subject of pre-
iness," the message and the Wilson
nz1cteristics part company.
4 b Calls short Of Wilson heart, of Will
fG breadth and bigness, of Wilson hu-
M instincts, Of Wilson courage, and if
kreparedness," honest-to-goodness
PREPAREDNESS" is the thing he
vnntsy really and truly, it falls short of
& IN million soldiers for a standing
10y and the few hundred ships that
1ould be needed for supremacy on the
-.
1 For the man who carries a 22-short
'eyolver ID not prepared" for the an
|nGonist who carries one of those rifles
|6at are warranted to kill at mile.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-08
The Keep Well Column
TUBERCULOSIS

Tuberculosis, although one Of the
most terrible OF all the diseases that
The Detroit times., 1915-12-08

There are 100000 cattle in cey.
Ion.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-08

~ HE presidents message recommends
7 ~ the purpose of making us secure from
'lpr enemies by five years from now, that
40 regular army of at present 100 1000
s.p4n, b increased to 141, 843, to be ably
4 assisted by 100000 federal militia to be
ojsed at the rate of $4,000 per year.
Would this mean preparedness in
Y Sjew Of the fact that the way men are
\ poured into battle in modern warfare.
ibis force wouldn't last the time of a
. prize fight round when friend of the
pugilist who Is getting the worst of it is
10 charge Of the bell.
M The presidents naval program. if car
IN cut, would mean that by 1921 the
z D1tsd States would possess q first line
1DGohlpe, Is second line battleships.
o1ttje cruisers, three second class
oe1, 10 third class cruisers, 1O8
U0ors, 10 feet submarines, 157
t Submarines. six monitors 20 gun
four supply ships, Is fuel ships,
. ~ transports, three tenders to tor
- venssls, eight vessels of special
t1poo, and two ammunition ships.
,ut England, with the naval equip
~ ~ has today and which she un-
~ viii still have when the war is
20 Dake our navy look sick, and
- - come over and re-
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10
QUIT meat when
kidneys BOTHER
Take a Glass of Salts Before Break
fast If Your Back Hurts or
Bladder Is Troubling You.

No man or woman who eats meat
regularly can make a mistake by
flushing the kidneys occasionally. says
a well-known authority. Meat forms
uric acid which excites the kidneys.
they become over-worked from the
strain, get sluggish and fail to filter
the waste and poisons from the blood,
then we get sick. Nearly all rheuma-
tism, headaches. liver trouble. nerv-
BUSINESS, dizziness, sleeplessness ana
urinary disorders come from sluggish
kidneys.
The moment you feel a dull ache in
the kidneys or your back hurts or
If the urine is cloudy. offensive, full
of sediment, irregular of passage or
attended by a sensation of scalding.
stop eating meat and get about four
ounces of Jad Salts from any phar-
macy; take a tablespoonful in a glass
of water before breakfast and in
few days your kidneys will act fine.
This famous asalts is made from the
acid of grapes and lemon juice, COM
bined with lithia, and has been used
for generations to flush and stimulate
the kidneys. also to neutralize the
acids in urine so it no longer causes
irritation. thus ending bladder weak
ness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive and cannot
inture: makes a delightful effervescent
Whitewater drink which every sene
should take now and then to keep the
kidneys clean and active and the blood
pure, thereby avoiding serious kidney
complications.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10
PAGE MAY GUIDE D. C..
FINANCES IN HOUSE
North Carolina Representative &C
Continue in Charge of District
Appropriations. Report.

Although he Is In line for the chairma n
ship of the subcommittee which will pre-
pare the big legislative, executive, and
tpdicial appropriations bill, Representa-
tive Robert Page. OF North Carolina,
PROBABLY will remain In charge of the
District appropriation bills for the Sixty
fourth Congress.
The appointment last summer Of Rep
resentative johnson. Of South Carolina,
to the Federal bench created a vacancy
in the craftsmanship of the legislative bill
subcommittee of the Appropriations Com
mittee, and Representative Page. as Sec
ond ranking Democrat, is in line for the
elevation. However, because of the PROM
inent position he has occupied in discus
sion of the fiscal relations between the
District and the Federal governments,
Mr.. Page probably will not be drafted
from the berth he filled last Congress.
Indications now are that Representa-
tive Sisson. Of Mississippi, who was sec
ond man on the subcommittee for the
Sixty-third Congress, will be given an
other subcommittee, possibly q chairman
ship. Representative McAndrews, Of ILL.,
nois. the third Democrat on the subcom-
mittee in the last Congress. probaly will
be retained in that position. Chairman
Fitzgerald will not announce the make
up Of the subcommittees. until the Re-
publican members Of the committee have
been named by Minority Leader Mann.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10
women DEMOCRATS
Meet next MONTH
No Truth in Story Of Factional Differ
ences. According to Mrs. Will
lam A. Cullop.

Arrangements for the fourth annual
convention of the Woman's National
Democratic League. to be held at the
New Willard January and 5. were out
lined yesterday at a meeting OF the exec
utive board of the organization at Con-
gress Hall Hotel.
cisco. Others are expected from Chicago.
New York City and many Of the States
OF the Union. Mrs. William A. Cullop, of
Vincennes. Ind, president of the league.
presided. Mrs. Mary c. Adams, of this
city. treasurer Of the league. announced
that finances were in excellent shape
more than $I.OOo being in the treasury
Mrs. Cullop said there was no truth in
the rumors that the league was torn by
factional strife, and was on the verge of
dissolution.
The following were appointed chairmen
OF committees to arrange for the con-
vention: Program, Mrs. Grace Porter
Hopkins: pages. Mrs. Sarah Vernon: ar
rangements. Mrs. Young. wife of Capt.
Young. u. S. A; decorations. Mrs.
Charles +. Steinmeyer. of Riverdale.
Md: and entertainment. Mrs. ]. ].
Russell.
Among those present were Mrs Ed
ward T. Taylor. Of Colorado, first vice
president: Mrs. Duncan L. Fletcher. of
Florida. second vice-president; Mrs. John
f. Raker. Of California. recording sec
retary: Mrs. Randolph ID. Hopkins, of
this city. treasurer: Mrs. w. F. Han
cock. of this city, auditor. and Mrs.
Charles f. Steinmeyer. historian.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10
u. S. CANNOT
HOLD WORLD MARKETS
Winslow Tells U. c. 7. Cheaper La
Dor Abroad Will Have Its Effect
on American Industries.

Visiting brothers" in Congress and
those here attending the National Water
ways meeting were guests of honor last
night at a smoker and buffet lunch given
by the United Commercial Travellers in
the Pythian Temple. Representative
Samuel E. Winslow, of Worcester. Mass,
Supreme Past Counsellor c. w. Hodson.
of Portland, Ore: Past Grand Counsellor
NJ. j. Howarn. of Detroit: r. G. Mat
thews Of Hagerstown, Nd, and T. H.
Griffin, of Marshfield, Wis, were the
speakers.
National waterways development was
taken up by Mr.. Hodson as a subject to
which the commercial travellers should
turn their attention. He declared 1t to
be the best way to keep railway rates
down and cited the case Of the portage
system available on the Columbia River.
but not used because 1t does keep rail-
way rates low.
Representative winslow told Of the
move now under way in his own State,
to revive an old canal from tidewater to
Worcester that was used extensively
sixty years ago.
From this he turned to the question
of American commercial conditions when
the present war is over. Il think We
have reached the high tide" said he.
THE live thought to which you should
turn your attention is how are We going
10 get on when the flush times are over.
We may be able to hold our worlds
all comers. but am afraid not. When
the war is over those impoverished peo-
pie will have to work and work cheap.
The strain for sales away from home
will be great. We will have to play the
game hard"
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10
.SUFFRAGISTS DESIRE
committee IN HOUSE
Resolution Providing One Will Be In
troduced in Rules Committee by
Lenroot. Of Wisconsin.

resolution calling for the creation of
a House committee on woman suffrage
will be introduced in the rules COM
mittee by Representative Lenroot. OF
Wisconsin. according to announcement
made last night by Mrs. Antoinette
Funk. vice chairman Of the Congressional
committe OF the National American
Woman Suffrage Association.
There will be hearing before the
rules committee" said Mrs. Funk. at
time to be set to meet the convenience
Of the committee and the National As
ISOLATION. Owing to the pressure of con-
vention proceedings next week, II would
be impossible to add a third one. Those
hearings will be devoted to the Susan
B. Anthony resolution which the Ma
tional Association has introduced for
forty-seven years.
I'VE have filed with Chairman Webb,
of the House judiciary. and Chairman
Thomas, of the Senate committee on
woman suffrage. the names OF our
speakers and the various aspects Of the
subject which they will review. d.
Shaw will preside over the hearing be-
fore the Senate committee and Mrs
Raymond Brown. OF New York, before
the House committee. The speakers will!
be Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait. Miss Alice
Stone Blackwell. Mrs. Patty Ruffner
Jacobs. Mrs. Medill Mccormick. Miss
Caroline Ruutz-Reese, and Mrs. George
Bass
Mrs. Funk spoke last night at the con-
headquarters. 1907 F street. on
Some Little-Known Aspects of the Re-
cent Campaign
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10
District Courts

The will of Edward II. Thomas, former
corporation counsel OF the DISTRICT. was
filed for probate yesterday. dated No
vember IL. 1896. All Is left to his wife.
Frances Thomas She Is also made ad-
ministratriN.
Suit for $1,000 damages has been filed
by Rhoda s. Eaton. mother of Alonzo S
Eaton. who died. 1t Is alleged. as a re-
suit of being thrown from the rear of an
auto. September ls. when II was struck
by a Washington Railway and Electric
Company car.
Mrs. Emma Hood asks $4,000 from Fred
II. vogt for personal injuries which she
alleges she sustained when run over
and dragged by his auto on October n
Indictments for housebreaking and
grand larceny were brought against Sid
ney Hollister yesterday by the grand jury.
Others indicted are: Fred Chrismore,
William Brooks. Wilton Banks, Eugene
Harlin. Charles E. Clark, Charles F.
Hagenmaker. Morris Butler and Henry
Wilson, housebreaking: Robert Brooks,
petit larceny; Martha Miller and Eddie
Goodman. assault with dangerous weap-
ones; and Nora Smith. robbery.
The estate Of stanhope Provost, through
its administrator. Hannis Taylor, ques-
tions the right OF Chandler P. Anderson
to collect N.00 for services through the
Probate Court. Mr.. Anderson, former So
licitor to the State Department. was a
member OF an arbitration board to de-
termine . sum due the estate. The ad-
miAistrator's answer says that Ander-
sons recommendation was without legal
validity and worthless.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10
NO PARTISAN DEFENSE FIGHT.
Mann Tells Wilson, However. that
Details Will be Opposed.

President Wilson conferred with Minor
.ty Leader Mann. of the House. yesterday
regarding the attitude Of the House Re
publicans toward the national defense
program. While Mr.. Mann refused to dis
close the character of the statement he
had made to the President, it was learned
from authoritative source that he did not
go quite as far as Senator Gallinser. the
Republican leader of the Upper House. in
assuring the President that the minority
party will not oppose the administration
program in a partisan fashion.
1t is understood that Mr.. Mann. while
Indicating generally that the Republicans
would not make any out and out partisan
fight against the measure so long as the
Democrats refrained from caucusins.
placed a rather comprehensive reserva-
tion of the right to oppose details Of the
administrators plan.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10
D. c. Committee
SLATE IS READY
Mann VIII Name Eight Re-
publican. for House Dis
trict Body Tomorrow.
CARY LIKELY MEMBER
Representatives Foeht. Tinkham and
Oakey Probably Will Be
Appointed.
CARY LIKELY. MEMBER

Minority Leader Mann In expected to
name the eight Republican members of
the House District committee for the
Sixty fourth Congress tomorrow along
with other Republican committee assign.
mer,ts The slate was virtually completed
last night. but Mr.. Mann Ii taking all
the time possible to make his selections
and will make no announcements pre-
matureIy.
HAN the membership Of the Repubii-
can side, however, may be accurately
foreca sted, subject to eleventh-hour
changes. It il taken for granted that
Representative W. J. Cary. Of Wisconsin.
the ranking Republican member will re-
turn to the'committee. 'as under the rule
Of seniority SO far observed In selecting
chairmen Of House committees. Mr. Cary
Is In line for the chairmanship II the
Democrats lose the House. Three incom-
Ing Republicans also are understood TO
be slated for places on the committee
Representative Ben Focht, Of Pennsyl-
vania. who is serving his fourth term
after an enforced two-year vacation;
Representative George H. Tinkham. Of
Boston: and Representative p. Davis
Oakley, of Hartford, Conn.
Focht Newspaper Man.
OF the Republican members Of the COM
mittee in the Sixty-third Congress. Rep
resehtativeS Prouty. OF iowa. ana "alIin,
Of New York. are out OF Congress-: Rep
resentative Samuel E. wlnslow. Of Mas
sachusetts. the most influential Repub-
lican on the committee last Congress.
probably will be assigned to the Inter
state and Foreign Commerce Committee:
Representatives Keister. OF Pennsylvania.
and Mspes. Of Michigan. are back in Con-
gress. but may go to other committees.
and Representative Walters. Progressive.
of Pennsylvania. Ii not a member of the
Sixty-fourth Congress.
Representative Focht was one of the
Republicans in the old House
organization. He Is a newspaper man.
publisher Of the Lewisburg News. He
has been identified with Pennsylvania
politics for more than thirty years.
Representative Tinkham. OF Boston. is
Is years old. a practicing attorney. and
has had wide experience in municipal
matters. He was a member of the Boston
common council in 1897 and 1895. q men,
Der of the board Of alderman In 1900. 1901
and 1902. and of the Massachusetts State
senate In 1910. 1911. 1872
Representative Oakley. Of Hartford, Is
"a years old. business and newspaper
man by training.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10
"ATLANTIC and PACIFIC
ONLY FRIENDS Of U. S"
Senator Chamberlain Urges Compul-
sory Military Training for Schools
in Address.

Compulsory military training in schools
receiving government aid was urged by
Senator George E. Chamberlain. chair
man of the Senate Military Affairs Com
mittee. before a meeting Of alumnus Of
Washington and Lee University last
night. Senator Chamberlain declared he
stood with the President in developing
the nations defense.
Il do not pretend to see a war cloud
threatening the United States, yet inter
national conditions as they stand today
are threatening and should command the
deepest consideration Of the national leg
islators." Senator Chamberlain said.
He declared the only two friends the
United States had today were the At
lantic and Pacific oceans.
The meeting of the college men was
held in the University Club. Other
speakers were: DIR. Henry Louis Smith,
president of the university; DR.. H. Par
ker Willis. secretary Of the Federal Re
serve Board: DR.. William Taylor Thorn.
presided and Richard w. Hynson acted
as secretary.
Other guests were: Representative
James L. Slayden. of Texas: II. r. Mills.
E. C. Humphries. ]. Carroll Bubb. Will
liam A. Gordon. jr., Edward H. Deets.
B. c. Flournoy. W. Jett Lauck. II. Par
ker Willis. B. d. Causly. L. Berkeley
Cox. Walter n. Dunlap, Stuart Moore,
John H. Herndon, A. d. Trundle, F. II.
Iden, Edgar r. Sydenstricker, o. T.
Teamster. William II. Saunders. G. Nc
Phail Minetree. James w. Bagley. j. d.
Hird. NJ F. Trimble and John w. Da-
Wis, solicitor general of the United
States.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10
AMERICANS CAN'T BUY SHIPS.

Formal notification was received at the
State Department yesterday OF a decree
Of the Norwegian government prohibit
ing any further sale of Norwegian ships
to foreign interests
Although no explanation accompanied
the notification. the State Department
understands that the decree grew out of
the fact that q number Of Norwegian ves-
sells have been bought up by Americans
and transferred to American registry
since the outbreak Of the war, and that
others have been bought by citisens of
other countries. The result has been
a shrinkaee in Norwegian tonnage which
threatens to embarrass Norwegian ship
pers
1t was explained at the department
that the United States could have no
ground for protest against this action.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10
Romeo, to Win His Juliet,
Makes love to Her Mama
Letters Submitted the Ketchm Separation Trial Though
Slushy Are Perhaps Interesting -Couldn't Decide
Between His Brain and His Nerve

ger more than anything ese In the world.
When she gave me Q real kiss thought
I was in heaven r..
The slight difference between Romeo
and his Juliet were patched up after he
had dispatched to Mrs. Brown:
Mother. wish you and could be
perfectly happy by getting married. II I
with q couple Of kisses. And, mother,
December Is my birthday. and II would
seem like q gift from above to be per-
mitted to see Ada"
Did he think he ought to have married
your" Mrs. Brown was asked by Attor-
ney Abraham Levy for Ketchum.
Says He Only Wanted to Help.
"oh, no." she smiled. He simply
wanted to help me along. I am . widow
and he wanted me to marry some
nice man."
''Of course. you never made love to
your son-in-law. Mrs. Brown
How absurd replied the Witness
why. I didn't see him until long after
he began counting my daugher."
More letters to Mrs. Brown from
Ketchum were then read.
PLENTY Of sweet pretty girls he
wrote, ARE willing to help me fall in
love. But they do not inspire me. I
got engaged to Ada because I felt in
spired. 1 naturally thought II was pleas
ing to the Lord, as 1t threw q great
light on my life. The last thing heard
Ada say was:
'Kis me goodnight
Her musical soul Is the complement Of
mine. Her beautiful eyes play music
I can't help but believe Ada was made
to order for me by God Almighty"
Ketchum will testify in his own behalf
tomorrow.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10
THE NEWEST REMEDY FOR
BACKACHE, RHEUMATISM and DR0PSY

Kidney. Bladder, and Uric Acid trou-
bles bring misery TO many. when the
kidneys are weak or diseased. these
natural filters do not cleanse the blood
sufficiently. and the poisons are car
ried to all parts of the body. There
follow depressions, aches and pains,
heavineSs. drowsiness. irritability,
headaches. chilliness and rheumatism.
In some people there are sharp pains
in the back and 1oins. distressing
bladder disorders and sometimes OBJ
stinate dropsy. The uric acid some
times forms into gravel or kidney
stones. When the uric acid affects the
muscles and joints II causes lumba go,
rheumatism, gout, or sciatica. This is
the time to try "An-uric.'
Duri ing digestion uric acid is alb
sorbed into the system from meat
eaten. and even from vegetables. The
poor kidneys get tired and backache
begins. This is a good time to take
"An-uric." the new discovery of DR..
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10
,psda to Tns Tashlnstsa Herald.

Special to 1hs FAshmtteA Hsad.
New York. Dec. s.-The love letters Of
son-in-law to his prospective mother
ih-law were read today before Supreme
Court Justice Blanchard. Everett p.
Ketchum. who Is defendant in q sepa-
ration action, pleaded with Mrs. Ada Den
ice Brown. Of Asbury Park. to use best
efforts with her daughter in his behalf.
Mrs. Ketchum now charges her husband
with cruel love-" alleging he was ex-
cessive with his kisses and caresses.
Pleased with "AnGel's'' Mother.
A month before Ketchum married Miss
Ada Brown, In December last he wrote
her mother as follows:
Dear Mother: God seems to have bless
ed you with the faculty to understand
children. If had been surrounded by
demons. instead Of an angel like today,
things would have been different have
been tied to q woman who had nothing
In common with me and I had nothing
to build up
In this last paragraph he referred to
"a certain woman" with whom he had
been friendly before he met Miss Brown.
Il was afraid to leave her." his letter
adds. My brain was sick and tired. My
brain was handicapped and my nerves
were irritated. My brain said: Stay by
this woman my nerves said: Get away
II decided to experiment with my
nerves, and they got me away quicker
than you can say Jack Robinson
Wonders II Hes Real Romeo.
In another letter Ketchum wrote his
II wonder II I am q
regular Romeo. / can't live without
woman's love. I wonder II Ada will be-
come my Juliet / could love Ada's fin