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The Detroit times., 1915-09-04
Corn As a Food Product

lending a 5rzade OF COOKS 10 III.
rope % teach the natives there 20
fa' corn ls only renewing an expert
ment tried times of peace Corn
Gaze" Murphy gained immortal note
~ s efforts along this line. while
CLARK r Carr and later Maurice
EEaa 1.d macn % give the Euro
peaas notion ~ The delights % corn
as p rDnes.ltie These apostles o.
a reH za-.ron0my FOR the people Of
Europe not Ei,h the obstacle that
las so PAP proved insurmouniable
Prince and peasant alike associate
corn VIVA rock feed, and therefore
decline Dr.
mich ot .ae food values OF wheat
ls sacrificed So preparation OF -four
20 'be end that our dainty appetites
may be- p.1ued By the snowy white
ness ~ fbe bread Thus. bulk for
04k good corn bread Is quite as
nutritious as IL The wheaton loaf
Many ways ~ cooking corn are
known. bur the simplest are the bet
TER sturdy race o. pioneers
throve on mgsh and milk and corn
p0ne and hoe cake Civilization and
luxury have led the children Of
these pioneers 20 look with disdain
on corn. ard 70 prefer % secure its
great hoaittgiving properties
through other mediums We haye
been taking our corn By way n
pork and beef. Omaha Bee
The Detroit times., 1915-09-04
Limitations Of the Dog

"A plfscns dor. sab. De- ore thing
shavt ~ bein' DC best friend he's
rot'" stated old Brother Hanhee
who was a great hand 20 pblloso-
phize "in health he 'loice' wld yo
ln sickness De suffers. too when
yos iu lal he's wal'in right outside
Dc do for yo' and when dey turns
so loose be- greets 20 wid a yell o.
welcome He's y0 guide and com
panion and friend buf, dad blame
him. go kain'f borry a dollar on IL
him. no mattsh n 20 dess nach1y
gotter have iti"-KansaS City Star.
The Detroit times., 1915-09-04
How Do You Ring?
BY Or. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915. by Frank CrRnel

1T is failure TO respond that consti.
tutes absence of life writes DR.. Albert
5. Gray.
And Max Muller has told us:
There is law that everything which
is struck rings. Each substance has its
peculiar ring. We can tell the more or
less perfect structure of metals by their
vibrations, 10y the answers which they
give Gold rings differently from tin,
wood rings differently from stone; the
different sounds are produced according
to the nature OF each percussion. 1t Is
the same, we are told, with man, the
most highly organized of natures work.
Whether you are alive or not there
fore, depends on how well you ring.
Myriad forces constantly impinge upon
YOU You are being played on, as a
piano. What sort of music do you give
forth?
Through the eye come the blows Of
sunshine and cloud, of the busy street
and the still country lane, Of houses, of
rooms, of faces, of pictures of stars, Of
animals, birds, plants stones, an infinite
congeries of finger touches upon our key
board
Through the ear what sounds! the
night roar of the city, the soughing Of
wind the patter Of rain, strident voices
calling. tender and intimate accents, all
the wide orchestra Of existence
Through the nostrils odors, offensive
and pleasing, smells Of wood. of grass,
Of grain. of dust; every substance has
it's peculiar aroma with which to smite
our consciousness.
Add to these the impressions we re-
ceive through taste and touch.
Also. there are the strokes that fall
upon our souls through the mind,
through reading, reasoning, memory,
imagination; through love. hate, inditfer-
ence; through hope, fear, anger, admi-
ration.
If could listen to your spirit | would
hear perpetual music pouring out, as
from an orchestra.
What sort of music do you makef
Are you a great, broad symphony. en-
chanting the world? Are you a CHEEKY
tune. delighting all who are near you?
Or are you a crashing discord, walk
ing boier-factory. a center of raucous
cacophonies?
Look how the floor OF heaven
Is thick inlald with patues OF bright gold
There's not the smallest orb which thou bs
hodst
But In his motion ike an angel sings,
suu curing to the youngcyed cherubim.
such harmony as In immortal souls.
But whilst this muddy vesture OF decay
Doth grossly close II tn cannot hear IL
The Detroit times., 1915-09-04

N1Y grocer
- av q $50
a loie" said
"a q
d.
soUeth-n said
loike Andy play So
make 'hm thn an feather weights oke ohd Jawn ID Pa take on
that rods "tt their weight ARE just as natN over H a IN fats
leans"
an hats av It's
q
m brick yards dd yo, Not on
h bur ora oke what would hagea some
.sa golf
That puts ap thar
guess n 8 wouldn't n
grocery
ta little p bail tha' they have wrenched
nh limousine bur 'Ae' follow h bN f'rher
Weather enters into his carla'ors except whin th snow
trolb.e track his rlbhers olnton
The Detroit times., 1915-09-04
BITS OF INFORMATION.

The temperature OF the air In which they live
effects the color Of butterflies.
An elaborate new central railroad station has
just been completed in Toxic. II Is in The style
OF tho French renaissance. The total floor
area is 10000 square yards.
cubic mile Of river water weighs approx
iuatoy f205 $50 900 tons and carries I'm solution.
900 thr average about 100000 tons Of foreign
matter. In all about 2.735.O00,OOO tons OF solid
substances are thus carried annually 10 the
oo~an
The Detroit times., 1915-09-04
Here's an Investment Worth
While for Any Municipality

Higher education as a civic invest
ment is becoming widely agitated and
means. in concrete form, a municipal
university where the youth of a city can
obtain technical college education at
the city expense.
On the face of it. the taxpayer viii
turn away, feeling that he already has
more than he can manage, but if he VIII
consider just what it viii mean to the
city, both in practical work done by the
students during their course and, also
the higher and better citizenship which
will finally be brought about, he Will lis
ten. at least, to the new STRINGS Of the
public conscience.
There are six of these municipality sup
ported universities in the United States
already.
There are three in the state Of Ohio,
the Oldest and best-known being in Gin
cinnati. They have proven themselves
so beneficial that other cities are falling
in line.
The idea is that as the city provides
the student with the means Of education,
the student must, in his turn, render
service along scientific lines; engineer
ing, chemistry, sanitation political sci
ence, economics, etc, and the city can
call upon the students TO make its sur
veys, chemical tests, inspect its various
activities and report upon the same, thus
saving large sums Of money and giving,
at the same time, practical experience
to the student.
The Detroit times., 1915-09-04
A Painting Spell and, Horrors,
A Stranger in the City, Too.

Is the big city the selfish, heartless
unsympathetic place it has the reputa-
ton of being?
The man who came from the small
town might have replied promptly with
a positive Eyes" day or so ago, but the
question has him guessing today and the
best he can offer is "Well, I don't
know" If the big city is AT TINES
what it has the reputation Of being for
coldness. self-interest and lack of fel-
lowship among men, the man from the
small town is positive Of one thing, and
that is that the big city isn't ALWAYS
that way.
The Detroit times., 1915-09-04

AS we have said, change in his views
has come over him in few days, and
here is the reason for Il:
A man and his wife evidently visitors
from the country, were walking along
Grand River-ave. in the busy down
town section
suddenly the wife was seized with a
The Detroit times., 1915-09-04

Recently Mayor Mitchell of New York
held meeting under the auspices Of the
American Political Science Association
Committee on Practical Training for
Public Service, at which this subject was
discussed.
A resolution was passed TO ask the
College of the City Of New York 10
institute a series Of experiments along
the lines of how the student could benefit
the city, the same to be used as a guide
for institutions of this sort.
The strongest factor in these expert
ments to be civic betterment.
1t is thought that the money saved
the city would go long way toward
maintaining the university.
There can be no question as To the
benefit to large number Of young men,
who will be able to live at home and re-
ceive instructions free, and above all
have practical application in whatever
branch of study they choose 10 follow.
The Detroit times., 1915-09-04
THE RESI- 1T

"You know ths, story abal' Essu ard His
pottaEe1
"Ypa"
,"Di4ot Dc make, a uess o' it7'-Rocsy Woun
tain News
iong march bad been r progress and the
officer had been none Too patient several times
DE had had occasion to peak strongly 20 The
men. At last. on DE march home the order
came. March easy the time when songs are
INDUCED in. There was no call foT "Tipperary"
thia time. bVt unanimously they started singing.
Kind Words Can Never Die"-London Chron.
icle.
The Detroit times., 1915-09-04

The commission pennant on Unit
cd States war vessels goes up when
me vessel liz placed 90 commission.
and is aown continually while she
remains So. The jackics have many
pet supersutions based on the way
this bunting behaves.
The Detroit times., 1915-09-04
q Ree 49, 1 41=5
BY TOM MAY

Casey Ne Discusses the oonss Out at the Country Clue
The Detroit times., 1915-09-04

A,1y CASEY said Grosan see ann
- %. 80 saw game IN mo Iata- said ca.e.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-07
r ". Wilder Would Close
subway Entrances to
Splicing Stations.
EXPLAINS CAUSES OF
DISASTER IN TUNNEL

a., short circuit similar TO that which
,,,,sd the trouble yesterday might hap.
-. n, an, time In spite Of all precau.
,o,,. and should tram he passing the
.,teing station at the time many pas
,,Dg,rs would he Killed. Al those In
.,I,sst three ears would lie either burned
ar o,ercomc by the fumes"
This statement was made Yesterday
...,r,on hy chiffon W Wilder electrical
,,s,,eer Of the Public Service Commits
,,o, who earlier in the day had made a
,sorourh examination Of the causes OF the
accident lie made a report to the COM
mission.
'Just lov this trouble is to he over.
ZANE D.. another OF the many problems
nav being put up to electrical engineers,
and am going to give much attention
n AZ once think a great deal OF the
danger might he avcrtcd IL the entrances
20 The narholos ~r splicing stations, were
.u closed on the subway itself and opened
only onto the street. Then when there
vas turnout the heat would be con-
ensd 10 the marhole and the smoke could
univ .scape 70 the street To do this u
would he necessary to build up solid con-
ere,s wa Is where there are now steel and
asbestos doors
Mr Wilder explained to q SuN re-
porter jus, how the accident happened.
on each side Of the tracks, Ia the solid
masonry. are ducts through which run the
cables that carry the powerful electric
currents which are transferred to the
third rail These ducts are made of clay
and are laid on top Of one another In
rows Of Eve or six. As Il Is impossible
90 handle the cables in lengths greater
than 500 feet on account OF their weight.
there are mauholes or splicing stations
every 600 feet throughout the subway
system
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-07

Wilder. Is about ten years. hut he says
there is absolutely no way Of determining
this. Gables vary and one may last a
long time while others will go very
quickly For this reason the engineers
OF the company have a very thorough
system of testing the cables They use
delcateIy tuned Instruments with which
they make the tests and II a cable Is
found to have developed any weakness
aud does not Withstand tie test II il
removed at once and another substituted.
The current penned mp in the cables
is always fighting to get loose. II may
find a little weakness in the insulation.
which can he caused by deterioration OF
the material or by dampness-engneers
cannot explain this-and then it jumps
through. and trouble develops very
1uiClsly.
When the insulation has burned the
current tears loose and instead OF going
direct to a motor runs into the earth
This is called short circuit. When the
current burns through the insulation il
causes an are just as in an electric arc
light and that burns up the lead solder
and everything IL can reach. The burning
rubber and varnish make a most pungent
smoke which quickly overcomes all who
are penned within its reach.
As soon as there is a turnout not!fca-
ton Is sent TO the power house and this
set to work to find out where the trouble
IL. and when located some power is sen
over certain cables 10 get the trains 4
stations and the work of repair begins
In the ten years history OF the subwa,
this was the worst turnout and accord
! ing to the engineers II might have beer
much more serious than IL was.
| Mr. Wilder was soon on the scene I
make an official investigation. He foun
| that the nearest train was southboun,
and 1t had stopped with the last OF tn
six cars at about Fifty-hfth street Thl
would make the head of the train about
block and a half distant from the accden
point
! About ten OF the cables had burned out
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-07

These m,uho'cs can be entered by a
door from 'l- subway or from a hole In
td. street Each station is about ten
feet by . N and u height they reach from
the track level 20 the street The cables
are drawn through the ducts and their
ends Nfted over brackets placed on the
wall Of the splicing station. These brdck-
cts two for each cable. are placed about
Two feet apart and the ends are spliced
between the TWO brackets.
The b.nwouts Yesterday were IN two
splicing stations at Fifty-thrd street, one
on each sid" uf the tracks. There are
possibly thirty cables In the station on
ne west side OF the track and twenty on
ne east side. az these four Of the cables
on the Yves, side are what are known as
high tension cables and the others are low
tension cables. The high tension cables
carr tho current from the generating
plant az F'fty-uinth street To- the sub-stt-
tons There H. "A sub-statiOn In FIFTY
third street between seventh and Eighth
avenues and others are a. Nineteenth
street and Nincty-s!Xth street The low
tension cables carry a direct current frou
tho sub-.'ttions 70 the third rail. so the
slo-s't''pu ~ Ftf'y-third street would
furnish power half way down Ia Ninc-
tenth street and half way NJ to Ninety
sixth str.,,.
The ugh tension cables. which carr,
~ ''tli'.NH current, are maze OF tnrtt
strands NJ fine copper wire. Fine copper
v'rr is used 50 the cable may be pliable,
which would not he the case II the wire
were one solid piece. These wire strands
~ la.i iu AN Insulating material com
rosed ~ about 90 per cent rubber. with
other matter This is all covered with
cotton cloth or paper heavily vanished
ard this d-ain is incased IN n sheath OF
lead The hgh tension cables ar" abou'
'wo and half inches in diameter. The
.ow tension cables are about three inches
~ diameter They are made OF one strand
~ several wires. many more than in the
high pressure cable and this strand is in
su'ated IN the same manner
A. the splicing stations the ends OF th'
wire are woven together Just as sailor
would splice a rope, and the splice Is
h'rdy covered with the insulating ma
r-'al and then with the lead sheath, 81
ne cable Is thicker at the splice and looks
much Ike a soft Joint made by a plumb.
when he connects two pieces of piping
~ regular intervals cables lead from
these low tension wires to the third rail.
Tho high pressure cables carry an al
terna'i1g current OF 10000 volts each an,
the low pressure cables carry 500 volts
o. direct current. 40 that with five hgl
tension cables and twentv-fve low ten
SION cables the total voltage at the poin
o. ME accident was about $1,000.
The Two splicing stations at Fifty-thir'
street are connected by overhead wire
20 cqual'ze tho load, and 1t is possible
mat tbs connection caused the burnou
In both stations.
Tho life Of cable, according TO Mr.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-07
Might Happen Again at Any Time With
Great Loss of Life, P.S. C.. Expert Says
Report on Subway Accident Made by
Public Service Commission Engineer

AT sol A. NJ. to-day (Januay feeder subway
holes at Fifyhrd
OF the this the
directions
owing to the
these mnholes
at this point and caused considerable
near these manhoeS
one person having died
the destruction
Gates what have caused tbs
urnous this character
the manufacture nsalaticL o csc
1t seems possible however
accumulation of smoke in
in the future
make recommendation alors commission
W.
Electrical Engineer
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-07

Diagram of the interior of a
splicing station or manhole.
The cables carrying the cleo
trio current lead through the
ducts into the chamber, where
they are spliced to the next sec
ton. 1t was in one of these sta
tons. at Fifty-third street and
Broadway, that the turnout oc-
CURED yesterday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-07

according to Mr. Wilder. and az the bot &.
tom of the splicing station we're melted
lead, solder. copper and burning rubber.
What caused the trouble he Is unable to
say. but he is satisfied something must he
done 10 keep smoke from getting into the
subway In the future and to reduce the
danger as much as possible
Mr.. Wilder said: II have not vet had
time 10 go thoroughly into the matter. but
[ seems TO me that the splicing stations
should be closed to the subway and the
entrances be made from the street.
don't think this would he a difficult or
expensive thing to do Instead Of having
steel and asbestos doors. as at present.
the subway should be cut of by a thick
wall Of concrete. These steel and asbestos
doors burn in the intense heat and are OF
little use. In case of a turnout. II the
door are eliminated. the danger would be
confined to the manhole. aud when the
power had been cut on IL would be an
easy matter To clean out the smoke with
hand blowers before the men entered to
make repairs"
would the steel cars stand the heat ."
NJ. Wilder was asked. "or would they
fuse?"
81 don't think they would fuse, although
II Is Indefinitely hOtI hut the glass would
certainly fuse, and should a heavily loaded
train be caught Just opposite these burn.
outs MI the passengers IN ht least three
ears would he Killed by the heat OF
asphyHiated. u takes several minutes n
get the current cut on, and In those few
minutes powerful electric current could
do an immense amount Of damage"
~ was reported there had been hurn-
out at Canal street This Mr.. Wilder
denied. He said Il was simply slight
accident to the lighting plant The cars
on the subway ar" all equipped with an
IudeDenlpnt lighting aygfer,1 which, Z
automatically When the power IL shu,
off three lights IN each car give light
enough to enable passengers 20 see what
hey are doing. These are connected
with storage battery and will stay
Lighted about three hours
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-07

The chief Of tho Eighth Battalion. p. j.
Graham. explained that he mad found the
nre in the manhole, but that no water
was played on Il. The fire simply burned
itself out" he said. we understand that
at the moment OF tho short circuit the
power was automatically cut of in the
direct current wires. hut 7 do not undet-
stand that such was the case with the
alternating current cables"
II was explained to Mr.. Perkins that
the clocks in the subway. which are
regulated h" electricity had Stopped at
SIS. time taken to Indicate the minute
OF the short circuit Mr. Perkins also
was told that the subway trains were
lighted by storage batteries after the
current from the motive third rails was
turned on
That ended tho Investigation in tho
morning but i'm the afternoon Mr.. Per
kins summoned Daniel Walsh. motor
man, and Daniel sullivan, conductor. OF
tho local train nearest to the mlnhole
where the trouble occurred. Both went
10 the District Attorneys office accom-
panied by l.. Mckee Hutchins. attorney
for the Interboroh;h
Mr.. Perkins said afterward thai ne
found both men we're weak and dizzy
from the effects of the fumes in the
accident and were not in condition to
make any detailed statements lilo ex-
cused them after talking to them for
short time. lie wanted 10 ascertain
exactly a; what hour tho short circuit
occurred and whether the conductor had
communicated with his trdinmaster for
instructions after the train stopped. lie
could not get definite answers but both
men said that they had remained a;
their posts and helped passengers out
until they tainted Walsh said he was
helping the passengers and the next thing
no knew he awoke In a drug store
MIR. Perkins explained that ne mad the
names and addresses of 100 passengers
in the trains. IL will have them AL cX-
imincd. and | cNpeo; 10 establish def
nitely the hour at which the short cir
cult occurred found that the local
train which was stalled nearest the man.
hole left Fifty-ninth street az ;0j. and
the short circuit occurred shortly after
that
In answer TO questions. Mr.. Perkins
said he had received nothing to indI-
cate that the doors Of the trains were
locked lie will continue has invcs i
CATION to-day,
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20 Engine. said that his company re-
sponded to a telephone call. He walked
into the Buick offices staggering and faint
after the splendid rescue work he had
done In helping passengers 10 the stree;
we were tho first hrcmen on the spot. "
no said. we ripped up the grating and
put down ladders. We also put down
hose. The smoke was sitting. and Il was
so thick that you could see nothing. |
jumped to the subway track beside the
local train. and saw several men and
women lying there unconscious. VITA rho
halp Of other nremen | lifted the uuCou-
scious people to the vcntlating shaft. and
from there they we're carried to the street.
II went along the track looking Cor
passengers and helped some to the pas
sage way | went into some ~ the cars,
and We saw people lying there apparentlv
unCon cious"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-07
8 NEW SHIPS FOR GRACE & co.
To ply Between New Work and Pa.
ciac Coast Via Panama.

SEATTLE Jan. s.-Three new iOOlO ton
steamships are to he built on the Atlantic
coast for W. r. Grace 4 co. for service
between New York and Pacific coast ports
by way Of the Panama Canal. Announce
ment of this was made here to-day The
new vessels will cost S.. OOO.OJ0.
II was announced also that the johnson
line of Swedish motor ships would begin
a service between Europe and the north
Pncifc ports via the Panama Canal on
May /.