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The Detroit times., 1915-10-01
GREATNESS
~ Or. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915. by Frank Crane)

The greatness Of man lies in his
ability to interpret his age.
Such a man mus have that rarest Of
traits of genius; he must instinctly feel
his fellow men.
He is not leader The whole strong
man theory is humbug. He is SER
want.
The greatest man is the man who
comes nearest to executing the will OF
the people. He is servant of ALL
If he is poet, he utters the word they
dumbly feel If he is an artist, he bodies
forth their impotent fancy. If he is an
orator or writer. he says what they all
would say. Always behind him is the
mass, from which he draws his force.
1t is this power of submerging ones
self into the current of others feeling
that is the gift of greatness.
The lawyer is great who loses himself
in the interests Of his clients.
The physician is great who gives him.
self up TO his patients, serving the poor
est of them as Loyalty as any subject
ever served his king.
The teacher is great who is the ex-
ponent of his pupils. the expression OF
their intellectual curiosity, the will OF
their highest ambitions.
The workman is great who feels the
profit of his employer. the care of his
goods, and the perfecting of his work as
lif it were his own.
The merchant is great who senses his
customers, divines their needs. ministers
to their wants and he is greater yet II
he feels his responsibility to those he
employs. if he is the personal erbodi-
ment of the activities of all his working
force.
A president, governor, senator.
congressman, mayor, is great If he
knows his people; if their conscience is
his conscience; if his voice is their
thought if their desires and ideals move
his hand and brain.
Homer, Goethe, Voltaire, Shakespeare
spoke their time.
The great men are the manufacture OF
the people.
David. Caesar, Washington, Napoleon,
these knew how to ride the crest Of the
multitudinous wave.
Even of Jesus no greater thing can be
said than that he uttered the heart OF
all mankind.
The Detroit times., 1915-10-01
Searchlight's Use in War

The electric searchlight Is now
considered as essential 10 an army
as to a battleship. All the armies
of Europe have portable search
lights. the French having brought
them to an especially high degree Of
perfection. The field searchlight is
usually carried on one motor truck
and the generator on another, q
quick connection being made by
means OF wires. The searchlight
may be placed in a most exposed
spot and both operator and genera
tor kept in sheltered position. The
light may be automatically confront
ed from 4 distance, and thus though
the enemy center their FIRE on the
light tho operator is not endangered
These field searchlights are fitted
with 3s-lnch refectors and throw a
beam ~ 1000 candlepowcr These
searchlights will illuminate objects
al distances OF a mile and over
american BOY.
The Detroit times., 1915-10-01
A Woman Sacrifices Her
Life i'm a Work of Love

In this city, Wednesday, there passed
from this life a quiet worker in the
fields of religion and love who was not
on the firing line of the foreign battle
field but was a true soldier of the Prince
of Peace, to the point of sacrificing her
health and finally her life in an effort to
bring about the ideal of brotherly love
for which He stood.
Mrs. Ada Price was for many years
devoted TO the mission of bringing to all
the desolate and oppressed of this coun-
try not only the religion of Christ, but
the physical well-being and educational
advantages which are part of the neces-
sary equipment man requires.
For the field of her work she chose the
Home Missionary society of the Metho-
dist church, feeling that through this
fine organization she could more easily
reach the desired ends.
She filled all the offices in this city and
state and had reached the highest it is
possible to attain.
With more zeal than strength, she sac
rifced herself and nervous breakdown,
from which she never recovered, was the
result.
The society for which Mrs. Price so
ably worked, has for its object the edu
cation and general welfare of the unen-
hghtened and poor whites of the south
the Negro, the Chinese and Japanese on
the Pacific coast, the safeguarding of
immigrants when they arrive in the port
of Boston.
With these ends in view. it maintains
schools, homes and body Of men and
women who are trained to do the most
efficient work. 1t takes care of its own
poor ministers and in Michigan does
much useful labor along the frontier of
Canada and among the foreign popula-
ton of the Upper Peninsula.
Mrs Price is one Of many who are
quietly doing the real work of the world
and who expect no recognition of their
labors but of whom it might be truth
fully said:
"Well done, thou good and faithful
servant"
The Detroit times., 1915-10-01
WHEN CLUBS BEGAN.

In the eighteenth century the man OF London
passed the largest part OF his time in coffee
houses and taverns. and when one seeks for him
after midday he will probably be found in
tavern.
No habit was 20 universal in every class as
this of association in some place OF entertain
tnent. n was part Of the life alike Of the noble
man and the tradesman
While the former enjoyed himself In one OF
tho numerous houses in the West End. the lat
ter was surrounded by his business rivals at the
Globe tavern in Fleetst or at the Sixpenny
Card club or at the Free and Easy at the
Queens Arms in st. Paul's churchyard.
INT when we 20 with the man Of London 10
his coffee house or tavern We should not think
too much of the place for coffee house and tav-
ern were each only building which by reason
of its existence was the most convenient for the
purpose Of assemblies
The important fact is the remarkable and con-
slant and often informal association Of men OF
like Interests tastes or occupations for purposes
political commercial literary or social
These associations, every one OF which IL
usually called club. even II IL was without
rules or officers. sprang rapidly into being from
the beginning Of the century. so rapidly that
places by no means always suitable had to be
used for their meetings.-New York Telegram.
The Detroit times., 1915-10-01
From Another Point of Vie,D
BY C. T. S.


Peaches are said to be plentiful, but it
isn't the fault of those wnped-effect
coats.
Dumba refused to be interviewed by
New York reporters indicating his con-
clusion that he has done too much talk
ing as 1t Is.
Mr.. Lowdermilk hasn't convinced us as
vet that President Navin landed the
cream of the pitchers.
An inventor who claims to have discov-
cred perpetual motion is in town looking
for someone who will finance his plan. In
this connection he further defies the law
Of gravity in the hope that somebody
will come down with $500.
A friend called up and wanted to bor-
row s25 from us, and when we asked him
if he was serious about it, he said he was
and in case we didn't have it (Which, OF
course. was the case) he wanted to know
if we knew where he could get it. We adj
vised him to wait and see where the Al
lies get that half billion.
Women of the street are the object OF
Police Commissioner Gillespie's belated
drive.
We note that an old-fashioned fellow
has been arrested by Detroit police for
horse stealing.
The Detroit times., 1915-10-01
Pointed Paragraphs

Idle curiosity is the busiest thing
on earth.
A wise man does his duty; a fool
does his friends.
Never form your opinion of an
egg until the lid is of.
IL takes more than sunlight TO IL.
illuminate shady reputation.
At the sound OF dinner bell great
minds run in the same channel.
II you are dissatisfied with your
lot get real estate man TO sell IT,.
a man isn't necessarily bashful be-
cause he declines to meet his obli-
cations.
When a man begins lodging his
creditors he realizes how small the
world is.
The trouble with the man who
thinks he knows it all is that he al
ways wants 10 tell more.
The brain OF an elephant Is larger
than that OF man, but his trunk Is
smaller than that of a woman
The Detroit times., 1915-10-01

IL VIII make submarines yalue!ess
against battleships in warfare. and
will render still greater service In
'ime of peace by insuring ships
against collisions az sea. either with
one another or with icebergs That
Is the claim put forward for an in.
ven;ion known "a the Fessenden
electric oscillator, which takes It's
name from Prof r. A Fessenden.
whose idea. after various severe
tests, is being adopted by European
powers.
Briefly, the FesSenden. oscillator is
submarine sounding apparatus tX-
ed TO vessels that send and receive
signals through water. not through
the air. These signals travel more
swiftly than they would through the
air. since sound moves through the
water, at a rate OF 400 feet per
second. while through the air IL
moves at the rate OF only loo feet
second.
For some time past submarine
bells have been used with excellent
results on lightships and buoys, and
10 some extent on moving vessels.
their warnings being transmitted for
miles through the water. and II was
while trying 10 extend the useful
ness OF these submarine bells that
Prof Fessenden evolved his present
electric oscillator and solved the
problem OF protecting vessels from
collisions at sea.
His system of submarine signaling
Is really kind OF water wireless. A
vessel fitted with a couple OF these
The Detroit times., 1915-10-01
OSCillatOr Said to Make
Submarines InnOCuOuS

oscillators or ears Is able TO hear for
a distance Of several miles any dis
turbing influence In the water. Fur.
thermCre. by means or these instru-
ments il Is able to send messages
through the water itself, just a. mes
sages by wireless are dispatched
and received That Is to say, a bat
tleship equipped with such instru-
men:s could talk to IT'S own subma-
rines miles away ana submerged
and could actually direct their move.
ments against enemies vessels.
Had the Titanic been ftted with
such an apparatus as the Fessenden
oscillator IL might have received a
definite signal OF the presence OF
an iceberg. for the mechanism OF the
apparatus. which il placed in the
hold OF the ship--one oscillator on
each side--is so delicate that It is
possible 20 detect an iceberg within
a radius OF couple OF miles.
There Is no doubt, according 10
naval experts, that the Fessenden
osciliator will revolutionize naval
strategy. for Il is obvious that a
battieship which can control the
movements Of submerged submarines
has an enormous advantage over the
ships OF the enemy 4 single cruis-
or, accompanied by half n dozen
deadly craft steaming far below the
surface and able to maneuver AT the
dictation OF the mother ship, which
can see what is going on, might
easily wipe out whole squadron OF
dreadnoughts unprotected against
this new dauger-Galveston News.
The Detroit times., 1915-10-01

guess that fee-splitting 10 at the
back Of the proposal. II he is
anxious TO accompany the patient
10 the operator, and. especially, II II
Is announced that he is TO assist
at the operation, II Is a good guess
that he is a fee-splitter
In country neighborhood II Is
often noted that a certain physician
keeps a stream OF patients Rowing
20 a certain operator. This may
not be the result OF fee-splitting, but
II should cause one to investigate
further In case he is anticipating
the need Of operation. There are
clinics TO which physicians go In
large numbers Occasionally II
happens that some physician will be
visiting one OF these clinics ut a
time when some patient OF his Is
there. What has been written above
may incline that patient 20 suspect
That ieo-spltting ia taking place. In
that event. | think the following
rule can be applied. There IL no
great clir.c in this country that Is
run on a fee-splitting basis. The
reputation ~ these clinics keeps
them fill ~ patients. They do not
need TO pay commissions. and they
do not.
ihe difficulty In deciding why the
physician came along will be more
difficult when the operator is less
well known. and tho clinic Is less
of mecca FOR physicians. In most
OF such cases, n the patient will
spend little time In investigating,
he will BE- able TO find out the repu-
tation OF the operator on the fee
splitting question. In most instances
he will find that the operator In
question gets the business on the
basis OF his skill In some In
stances he will find that his home
physician and the operator pro
posed have Populations for being
fee-splitters. All In oil. reason
ably intelligent man. exercising
fair degree Of caution. should be
able to diagnose the feesplitters.
The Detroit times., 1915-10-01

crime than for education, that we
are selling our farms by the 6ushel
ana the ton. taking the fertility out
NJ the soil and not replenishing II;
that We spend two-thirds Of our time
In hesitation and another in repent
ing; that large per cent OF our
school taxes and primary money is
spent In schools where the environ
ments are insanitary-breeders of
bad health, bad civics an made
quate school unit; schools with bad
ventilation. tuberculosis germ dust
that nurse typhoid fever through
bad water and worse milk; that en-
courage smallpox epidemics rather
The Detroit times., 1915-10-01

Can you imagine a 3-year-old wild
ow? II sounds absurd 10 an Ameri-
can. In India, however. there are
thousands OF them. There are some
even younger. India, the country
ruled by the Brahman priests. has
26.000.0 900 widows. The life OF these
women is anything but pleasant, for
until their death they are subjected
TO the most severe forms OF cruelty
and torture; for TO be widow in
India Is TO be a disgrace.
II is not an uncommon sight to
see a magnificent procession slowly
winding its way through the streets
and roadways OF the principal cities
of India. headed by a sedan chair,
in which is seated a man OF 40 years
and a child of or years. They
are newlyweds. and the groom is
about TO take his childwife TO his
home.
A girl formerly had 10 be married
before she had reached the age OF
10 years. A Law was passed making
the limit IL years, but the people
have become so accustomed to the
former religious rule that the new
law is not needed.
Caste plays an important part in
the life OF the East Indians Each
son must follow his fathers foot
steps. or be considered an outcast.
II a man marries out OF HIS caste
he Is looked down upon and can no
longer mingle with his own people.
When a man loses his caste he loses
/ his estate and heritage.
As soon as female child comes
into the household OF Hindu fam
ily II Is the fathers duty 10 see how
quickly he can nd himself OF her.
From the time OF her birth the faith.
ct spends his time negotiating with
manageable men.
II Is more OF business transac-
ton than anything else, and the man
that VIII accept the least money Ia
very apt 10 get the child. The man
must be, OF course. Of the same caste
as the child: otherwise the father
would not give up his daughter The
| girl baby Is an unwelcome guest and
costs the father a great sum OF
money The male babe Is the sal.
walton of the Hindu
When the father finds a suitable
man he turns his child over 10 him.
the marriage being usually perform
ed with elaborate ceremonies The
daughter is heavily yelled and i'm
mediately after the ceremony the
husband gets the hrst glimpse Of
his bride. The veil Is lifted seven
times. but the child wife IS forbid.
den 20 open her eyes. and she.
therefore. doesn't sec her husband
until several days after the nuptial
knot Is tied.
The wife remains yelled for the
rest Of her life; for 20 allow another
man 10 see her face Is crime which
calls for severe penalty She II
allowed no freedom whatever. and
must not even 20 out on the streets.
Should her first two or three children
be girls. y often happens that the
husband puts both the wife and the
children Ga the wilderness for the
tigers. and then starts in search OF
another wife
Until England secured control OF
India 'he child.vidows were burned
on pre- But this custom was
stopped by England. despite the fact
that an agreement was made that
she would not Interfere With the re-
liEion ~ the Indians. An appeal by
somc " tho more enlightened Hin.
dus brought ;his about.
TIE child.widow today. while not
hurue6 on pyre. is subjected to
much cruelty After the husbands
death the wife IL taken In charge
by the priests and placed in rooms
The Detroit times., 1915-10-01
More About Fee Splitting

In another article by Dr. w. A.
Evans from the Chicago Tribune.
more is told the public about the
practice Of fee-splitting On Evans
deals with the cost in terms OF
health or life to the patient, and he
tells how 10 detect the fee-splitter
Another reason for writing on
the subject of fee-splitting Is 70
tell people how to know fee-spllt-
ter Is there any way whereby the
people can know fee-splitters'
Sometimes, though not always II
a physician proposes TO the patient
that he. the physician, arrange the
terms with the operator, II is a good
The Detroit times., 1915-10-01
A Poem a Day
TuE MEM House.

THE NEW House.
My little house IL veryA young,
No shadow makes IL grave,
With bluebird chintz aud roses hun !
Its chamber windows wave.
Here never blind-eyed grief has
knocked
And entered cropping In.
The doors, that seem SO free, are
locked
AS yet 10 death and sin.
Here only happy, wondering dreams
Walk nightly TO and FRO
They are the friends OF white moon
beams,
And simple as the snow.
My little house Is very young
And very unaware
That dreams are wrought and songs
are sung
In any subtler air.
u might I keep its bluebirds bright.
Its hearth stu warm and gay.
q might my house but know delight.
And not be dark some day!
Fannie Stearns Davis,
The Detroit times., 1915-10-01

The fact that
crime costs the
United States one
third OF the cost
OF our govern
ment. that we
are paying more
per capita for
The Detroit times., 1915-10-01
The Keep Well Column
WASTE.

than enforce vaccination: that main
tain fy.breedlng nulsances, unclean
and unscreened garbage cans, dump
heaps. manure piles many OF which
occupy the ground where they were
FIRST placed for months and years.
wasting their fertiIizing property
while sterile fields cry for 1t and
often times tho mortgage takes
them, mullen stocks and bull this
ties.
All those are crime-making. hun
generating. humanity weakening
wastes. declares Dr. X. l.. Dixon In
Michigan's Health Bulletin.
Then there Is the heslth-destroy.
ing hurry and worry. fret and frus-
trate wastes that sap energy,
strength: that drive many men and
women to tho scrap-heap, 70 di.
voice, suicide. the insane asylum.
Corns are local cone shaped thick.
enings Of the outer layer OF the skin
OF the feet. due 10 pressure and fric.
tion OF the shoe. or opposed sur.
faces o. skin between the toes.
The Detroit times., 1915-10-01
EDITORIAL PAGE

the instance of those who want to
reserve that weapon against municipal
ownership until what they consider
more favorable date.
The Detroit times., 1915-10-01
AUTUMN WOOING.

They--the two--werc sitting on the rustic seat
I'm the arbor. He had been wondering II he
dared Even the moon had begun TO pay atten-
ton Just then the young enamored edged up
closer,
"Bc careful. Mr.. Jones'" said the football girl
II will have TO penalize you three feet for hold
ing Puck
The Detroit times., 1915-10-01

A new London thcater has coin
in.the-slot telephone on the back OF
each scat.
The Detroit times., 1915-10-01

sentry never gives up his rifle to any one
not even to his general. matter how Per
sistsntIy the latter may demand IT, -
The Detroit times., 1915-10-01

This little word waste" spreads
a mantle over a multitude OF evil
The Detroit times., 1915-10-01
n. Burton Still Pursues
Ownership of TrOlleys


History is certainly repeating itself in
~ street railway settlement fight.
~ usual, it is C. M. Burton who is in
- role Of repeater, and as he has so
III done before, he has gone to the
rts for assistance.
3Gr. Burton wants the city restrained
IN voting on the street car settlement
More than that, he wants the courts
D decide on the legality and constitution
IIfy Of municipal ownership.
\ Is = to be hoped that he goes on with
NIT and declines to withdraw it, for
ot will mean that the legality of
6cipal ownership of the car lines is
h1ished beyond question.
y. Burton is q good fighter, and must
lVcn credit for having the courage
10 convictions, and some to spare.
p u opposed to municipal ownership
fhe ear lines because he does not be-
that the city can operate them
pnically and efficiently, and he holds
hiD belief in spite of Detroit's expert
@ with water and light.
I1e has fought city ownership since
~ Pinsree days.
DID the charter convention, Mr.. Burton
6 ) minority of one in opposition to
nietpal ownership, and there was nc
fhhIo which he did not raise, no hair
M he did not split, to prevent NUM-
6i ownership clause from going into
y charter.
Commissioner Ingram's roseate hair
nrly turned gray, and his temper
1fned up at the ends in what threatened
" Be q permanent warp, before MIR.
nrton was finally defeated.
y N. Burton frankly admits that it is
ot this plan, but all municipal owner
<kip plans, that he wants to see beaten.
n but he ought to remember that in
SUX40S uC WdS OlC VI OIiy O,cf@ pCoplC
Who voted against municipal ownership,
nile 4O,531 people voted forsit.
Il II other words, the city pledged itself
" : huge majority to the proposition of
Municipal ownership of the street rail-
~ lines-a majority so huge that Mr.
uxtpn ought to know that he cannot
nvert 1t to his way of thinking,
pecially by obstructionist tactics.
TO carry out its determination, the
1fty provided for a street railway COM
lasion, and gave it power to frame a
IN for securing the street car lines,
M for operating them.
N, That plan is now before the people,
A there il no doubt that the people
mt to vote on it.
NJ. Buttons injunction suit ought to
recognized by the people of Detroit
- attack, not on this plan, but on
nselves, for being in favor of munich
~ ownership.
)ut let Mr. Burton go through with it.
lot Of time will be saved if the court
The Detroit times., 1915-10-01

I Hut let Mr.. Burton go through with it.
NJ lot Of time will be saved if the court
I say, now, without further extra
|~l argument between laymen. whether
p)an proposed by the street car COM
Nm win stand in law.
70 may rs well know it now, if the
m = Illegal and unconstitutional, for
lpn On that point will save millions
1cdb and thousands of dollars worth
oln tissue.
kbgins to look as if Mr.. Burton's
(ionist tactics win benefit the
~ time, instead of being
k)ook in the city's path to
1Nnership Of the car lines.
eplemity II Mr.. Burton
- Sa.>sx -
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-10-19
WOMEN TOLD TO SIT
ON THE BALLOT BOXES
Ideal Weather Brings Out Big
Vote In New Jersey
Fraud Is Charged

Trenton, n. j., Oct 19.-Due to the
suffrage watchers, more gallantry was
noted today than ever before in New
Jersey elections. The women watchers
had their orders from Mrs. Nina Van
Winkle, head of the women s political
union, as follows:
Challenge every voter who looks
suspicious. When he comes up with his
hand bandaged and needs help in max
ing the ballot, make him take off the
bandage. They have concealed multi,
tude of votes in other elections.
"And, when the voting is over, sit
on the ballot boxes until the counting
begins. No matter what happens sit
on them"
Indications this afternoon were that
the total vote will reach the average
of a general election balloting. Ideal
weather helped materially to bring out
the rural vote on which the suffragists
largely rely for victory.
Despite this, Mrs. Van Winkle, at
Newark, charged wholesale frauds were
perpetrated by repeaters who voted
against the suffragists.
Several watchers returned and re-
ported their credentials rejected and
they had been driven from the polls.
1t was charged, too, that the "antis "
escorted voters to the booths, and open
ly electioneered before the booths.
Senator Clapp of Minnesota, Miss
Rosalie Jones, noted for leading the
suffragist hike from New York to
Washington and small army of New
York workers aided the watching.