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The Detroit times., 1915-07-30
DETROIT TIMES
What War Means
War means YOU.

War means YOU.
The ordinary view of warfare is that
| it means the ether fellow.
The average man believes that if there
| is a war it will be fought by someone
else; that the money for it will be pro-
vided from some obscure source that
will not directly affect him; and that, II
he desires, he may remain an interested
spectator of an event that will be fought
by others and paid for by others.
There is another class; it is composed
of those who shout loudest for war and
have not the slightest intention Of doing
any of the fighting-either physically or
financially.
Neither of these classes should per-
NIT themselves TO be fooled. War means
them as we'll as those who rush to enlist.
None can escape.
Conscript-or draft" as it was
called in the civil war-can be made TO
take care of one class; national expenses
will take care of the others, excepting
only those whose business is made more
profitable by war.
Discussion of war is merely dust
throwing unless at least part Of the cost
is counted before the event. knowledge
of the cost will prevent nation going
to war, but at least it means something
in efficiency if nation enters war with
its eyes open.
The United States has been committed
to a definite, firm policy by its president.
Thestime has passed for discussion as to
the wisdom of his course. The president
has spoken for the American people. The
United States is at peace with Germany
and will remain so unless Germany wills
otherwise. Yet, the American people,
while hoping to avoid war with Germany,
will do well to remember, II the break
comes. that no person will be exempt
and sacrifice will be demanded from all.
With this in mind, the support of the
president will be based upon the calm
thought of nation committed to def
mite policy and not upon ignorance OF
what war means.
The Detroit times., 1915-07-30
Why People Get Seasick.
Az n. AppINoToN BRUCE.
Author Of The Riddle OF Personality.
~Psychology and Pareuthood. etc

Thonsh n NAV seem hard to believe, seasick'
ness IA at bottom a mental rather than a phys
ical disorder.
Like many other maladies the symptoms OF
which are physical. II is brought on by faulty
way Of thinking. Those who get seasick are
those who consciously or systematically expect
to be seasick-
II they thought nothing about the matter
u-better stiiiill- ~ they entertained firm CON
yfction that seasickness would not attack them,
they could travel on the water In perfect COM
fort
At the present time of year it is particularly
desirable Tor people to be aware OF this. There
are many persons who would like nothing better
than to spend their vacation In water travel,
but are kept on land by the bugaboo OF seasick-
ness, .
For the benefit of such persons let me tell
curious little story In the words OF Its original
narrator. German physician
when | embarked at Hamburg. as ships
doctor to 60 to Chill. knew seasickness only
cy hearing others talk about IT, My ship was
due to sail during the night. and ! went tran
GULLY to bed In my cabin.
About o'clock awoke and heard noise
that made me think the steamer had started.
Immediately became nauseated, which confirm
ed me In this idea. Soon was violently sick.
This did not astonish me at all. as attributed
1t to seasckness.
the morning that the ship had not budged, and
that the noise that had awakened me was
caused by putting freight on board.
II was so ashamed OF my suggestibility that
did not even mention II to anybody. was
definitely cured OF seasickness and was able
to make my voyage TO Chilli without experienc-
ing a moment OF nausea.
Many other people have found IL possible, by
firmly insisting to themselves that seasickness
is an unnecessary evil. to voyage without dis
| comfort over rough seass. What they have done,
anybody can do.
Further proof Of the dominant part played by
the mind in causing and preventing seasckness
| is furnished by the singularity OF sundry
| remedies that have been found efficacious by
| ocean travellers
A much extolled preventive for example il
| the wearing OF pair of dark eyeglasses. This
undoubtedly has helped many persons overcome
both seasckness and the similar carsickness
sometimes experienced on railway journeys.
| Others, not in vain. have pinned their faith
| in the efficacy OF sheet OF writing paper
worn next to the skin In the abdominal region
Yet there Is no physical reason why dark eye
glasses or glazed paper should prevent nausea
| When they do 80, 1t only be BECAUSE OF
their suggestive effect. the persons who rely on
them taking II for granted that they will work
and thus establishing a strong conferences
ton TO their conscious or subconscious fear OF
Iseasckness.
II they would. they could attain the same end
without the eyeglasses, the glazed paper or any
other physical device.
| All they have to do IL TO acquire a firm
enough belief that seasickness will not be thei,
portion
The Detroit times., 1915-07-30
Iron Sand from Dust.

The fine dust OF the blast furnace
is now successfully treated TO re-
cover the iron from the deposit. The
process Is the invention Of a Pitts
bursh steel worker. The process
consists In passing molten iron from
q ladie or from a mixer In An even
stream through a small swirl basin
and thence through funnel 80
inches long. that extends from the
bottom OF the basin; at tho same
time an even stream OF dry,
screened nue dust II fed into the
center Of the swirl basin. through
a pipe that has a refractory lip.
This lip is submerged In the molten
iron, 30 that there Is no escape Of
dust into the air. Two tons Of mol
ten iron and 1000 pounds OF dust
can thus be passed through the
basin and funnel a minute.
The Detroit times., 1915-07-30
Rise and Fall of Turkey

The time since the Ottoman nrst
appeared In human history till now.
when they seem about to make their
exit from the world stage. Ia 6ss
years. The death Of Suleiman falls
almost midway: that Is. the periods
OF growth and OF decay arc equal
The breakup Of the empire. which
we think Of as occurring little by
little during the last 100 years. actu
tually began when Suleiman was
scarcely cold In his grave. Internal
moral decay set In. effeminacy In
high life. a riot OF base intrigue. Sui
tans deposed by the power OF the
Janizaries-picked soldiers Of Chris
tan origin. introduced by Orkman'
destroyed by Mahmoud II. in 1886
never more than 10000 IN number
Il Is a. record OF degeneracy from
that day to this.
When Suieiman died Russia was
In comparison with Turkey. weak
almost a negligible power. Compare
the two states today. Intelligent
Turks have themselves been makine
the comparison. In keen conscious
ness OF the height from which they
have descended. In profound humil
iation they face the record OF their
national decay.--Review OF Reviews
The Detroit times., 1915-07-30

The strength and glory Of the OF
toman empire eliminated dSring the
long reign of suleiman the Magnin-
cent 1520-i56S. His empire ex-
tended from near the border Of Ger
many to the frontiers OF Persia. II
included. In addition TO what we
OF this and the preceding genera
ton have been accustomed to think
OF as European Turkey--that IT,
Serbia. Albania. Bulgaria. Thrace
Macedonia. Montenegro-the whole
Balkan peninsula-Greece. Rumania
and nearly the whole OF Hungary
also. The empire In Africa also was
OF immense extent covering nearly
all OF the Africa which was then
included within the zone Of civilila'
ton.
There was no state then compare
BILE to the Ottoman In extent OF ter
ritory. In population and In the num-
Der OF different peoples ruled. The
Ottoman power was the terror OF
Europe and OF Asia. both on land
and on the sea- Tyice did the arm
les Of the Turks reach the very
walls of Vienna. A. compared with
Turkey, how small was England or
France or Germany!
The Detroit times., 1915-07-30

body. It's volume changes constant
ly. II retains the surplus food, stor.
ing II In preparation for a rainy
day. in the form OF fat.
Ordinarily the liver comes down
az low as the edge OF the ribs.
When 1t grows larger IL pushes
downward under the softer muscles
and a prscticed hand can easily feel
1t.
Don't be unnecessarily alarmed II
you learn you have an enlarged
liver. Just remember IL II a case
Of too much food, and eat less and
reduce IT,
Beware OF alcoholic drinks espe-
cially during the hot days. Booze
is responsible for much heartstroke.
sunstroke and digestive troubles
and causes general lowering OF
efficiency. Water Is the best sum-
mer drink.
The Detroit times., 1915-07-30
Using Up a
Yard of Ticket
COUPON 4.

Colorado-the Centennial state
is just the place to wake up In on
July 4th. From the capitols gol
den dome to Pike Peaks snowy
crown"-it Is q regular serveself
inspiration center.
Denver il developing q civic GEN.
ter second only In attractiveness TO
auto row where the Made-in-Detroit
cars are displayed.
Visitors will have to quench their
thirst after ian 1. by drinking In
the ineffable glory Of the Rockies.
Some worry among the vets at
The union station where the Scenic
Limited IL being made up for the
vest in numerous sections. The
Baptist Young Peoples Union dele
gates have become mixed up with
the wine-Growers' special.
But alrs well that ends at Col
orado Springs.
The D. 4 r. G. observe Indepen-
dence day by cutting on the stan
dard observation sleeper.
A great grandson OF l776 vows
that no power on earth shall keep
him from using an observation plat
'orm that belongs to a personally
conducted party. The personal con.
iuctor says he would like to see
him usurp their inalienable rights.
The rest Of the irrepressible con-
dict is lost in the roar Of the Royal
Gorge.
The open-top observation car Is
also missing. but you can see the
water pipe running along the bot
tom Of the gorge.
The man who sold you the smoked
glasses for use on the open-top OBJ
servatiou isn't any more visible to
the naked eye than the Royal Gorge
while you're going through.
The great grandson Of 1776 shows
his contempt for the d. 4 r. G. by
curling up and enjoying a royal
snore while passing through the
ROydt ooh6C
You see many motorists out for q
good time as you swing through the
American Switzerland, and many
state convicts out for good roads.
II IL a wonder polygamous fami'
lies were ever popular In view OF
the trouble the Salt Lake City
depot oficials have with . plurality
OF connections.
We know that three states are
loyal for they were celebrating the
Fourth in Nebraska on Saturday, In
Colorado on Sunday, and in Utah on
Monday.
The host had spoken grace when
the visiting clergyman. slightly
deaf. thinking he was expected &c
OFFER thanks, added . fervent prayer
Then the hopeful Of the family came
| in late and delivered the little In
vocation he had been taught to give
on special occasions. II think.
said the host sravely. I'VE may nov
safely proceed with the meal"
After three days OF patriotic
fervor in three states. It was SAFE
10 assume that the one hundred ant
thirty-eighth anniversary had beer
observed.
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Dirt Floors for Arm0ries.

A photograph In the New York
Times" shows members OF the Sew.
enty.nrst regiment OF the New York
National guard "perfecting them.
selves in the operation OF firing field
mines" The men are in their arm
DRY. Yet they are digging down in
TO the earth and heaping up earthen
breastworks. This says the
Times" lis In accordance with the
recent policy by which the floors in
National Guard armories were all
removed In order that the militia
might benefit by practice drills held
on the ground under conditions
more nearly approaching those OF
actual camp life. In plain words.
the toy-soldier stun is disappearing.
with some reflection Of the rapidity
Of its disappearance on the fields OF
the great war. Those polished
wooden floors were a part OF the
toy-soldier tradition. They were
there not only for drill use. but also
for dance use. Many regiments had
TO rent their armories for dances or
meetings In order 10 get revenue
enough TO live. With the earth floor.
all this must go.
WAR Is not fought on hardwood
floors. II Is fought in the dirt II
Il more important that men be
trained under real conditions than
that their armories fhave all the so
cial advantages."-Chicago Post.
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Washington. What About
This? Speak Up Loud!
Chicago. H.. June %. 1914.

Chicago. 90 1914
Edwin F.
Department Commerce.
Washington ID.
Dear SirProbaby recall you citing
violation by the United
States inspection service and stated the matter
be
statement hrst
where L. orders from the
shipowners all OF which reply
received communication and In
full blast
anxious organization what the situation Is
pertaining o boats
steamers
unsafe permitted without most Wig
federation record in the event OF
registered protest
claim is permit the christopher COL
with but i've miles
shore
crowded condition. regardless sufficient life boats or
accident vessel thousands OF eo
Piles sacrificed, if the docks
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they feel sick and enervated and
blue and don't know what Is the
matter with them.
Usually they are suffering from
enlargement OF the liver which IL
caused by an over-supply OF food.
and which is especially liable to re
suit IL overeating Is INDUCED In dur.
ing the dog days"
The liver is the storehouse OF the
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Only
porary Armory
applies which
nothing cutting
the danger
We notice dispatches that former President Meen
applies
the u inspectors
and support than the protest OF the public.
Thanking advance for the information possible
awaiting reply remain,
Most respectfully.
CHICAGO FEDERATION OF LABOR
T.. ". NOCKELS,
The above is letter which is printed the first
time.
Note the date it. Note that it the govern
ment at Washington OVER A YEAR AGO.
It forcasted the Eastland calamity.
1t a timely warning
solemn warning.
patriotic warning.
The governments officials Washington had this
ing year ago, but they needed it not
How about it, Washington? SPEAK UP AS LOUDLY
AS YOU CAN!
The Detroit times., 1915-07-30
Pointed Paragraphs

But . joke at the expense OF real
religion IL q misflt.
Hope and advice never yet salts
fed a mans hunger.
Beauty II only skin deep and lots
Of so-called wisdom il likewise.
Do the best you can. You Will
probably not break any valuable
records. anyway.
Some people make q blum at hid
ing their light under q bushel who
never had . light.
To die for q woman may be an
act of bravery. but the man who
leads her to the marriage altar and
agrees to earn q living for her is q
real hero.
The Detroit times., 1915-07-30
A Poem a Day.
OFT IN THE sTILLY NIGHT.


OFT In the Silly night
Ere siumber's chain has bound me
Fond memory brings the light
or other days around me-
The smiles. the tears
or boyhood's years A.
The words of love then spoken,
The eyes that shone.
Now dlmmed and gone.
The cheerful hearts now broken.
When I remember all
The friends so linked together.
I've seen around me fall,
Like leaves In wintry weather.
I feel like one
Who treads alone
Some banquet hall deserted.
Whose lights are fed.
Whose garlands dead.
And all but he departed.
Thus in the Silly night.
Ere slumber's chain has bound me
Sad memory brings the light
OF other days around me.
Thomas Moore.
The Detroit times., 1915-07-30
FARMER AND POLITICIANS

The nation II proud Of its prosperous farmers
the greatest number and the wealthies. ones
on earth But IL Is part OF the nations duty
also 10 look after those who are ION the make. !"
or who are attempting TO be 80.
There has never yet been a politician who
didn't need the votes Of farmers TO get along
II is plainly evident. however. that the ave-
rage representative Of the people-even with
large farming constituents-puts out the ct
should worry" sign after he is elected When
one considers the large amount Of purely farm
Ing legislation that has been held In check in
congress and the legislatures merely because
the peoples representatives have a well-deined
idea that they can honeyfoogle the rural popu.
lation on lot OF specious pleas that merely
mark time. then II Is time to ask why. The
world has to be fed every day, and Just now our
farmers are feeding a greater part Of the world
than ever before. They are too important to
neglect all the tme.-Laporte Herald
Europe's Jews number s.sss,1e7 by the latest
estimate.
The Detroit times., 1915-07-30
The Constructive Work Of
Policemen.
~ on. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915. By Prank Crans)

The idea that will bear best fruit In
the public mind regarding the Police
Department, is that the first business of
the policeman is to help the people and
not to punish them.
To be sure policemen are to make ar
rests upon occasion, and IL need be to
use force in maintaining order. They
are the representatives Of the punitive
and coercive power Of the public.
But that is small part Of their Office.
1t is narrow view Of their calling, and
hence dangerous view. It rouses an
tagonism. 1t lowers their standing.
They become no more than bailiffs,
turkeys, or executioners.
There is a larger conception of the
policeman's function. It is that he stands
for the whole orderly power of the city;
he is the embodiment Of all the city col
lectively means to It's individual citizens.
He is to help, not to hurt.
He is to serve, not to command.
He is the symbol of civic protection
for the law-abiding against the encroach-
ments Of the lawless.
The Department of Health in Chicago,
in recent bulletin, seems to have grasp
ed the possibility of the constructive
usefulness Of the police. 1t announces
that the different branches Of the city
service, including the Health Depart
ment, the superintendent Of police and
the superintendent of streets, are for
mulating a plan by which the entire
police force of the city will cooperate
toward the great work Of sanitation.
That is, in addition to looking after
violations of the criminal code, the police
shall give to the Health Department the
advantages of their knowledge of the
physical conditions in the various dis
tricts they serve.
The health authorities at present are
occupied in attending to complaints.
They are so busy doctoring symptoms
that they do not have sufficient time to
do preventive work, which Is Of vastly
to depend upon voluntary or pickup as
sistance.
The police could report to the Depart
ment of Health such violations Of santa
ton as come under their notice without
adding heavily to their duties.
Furthermore, when the people begin
to realize that the police are engaged
in preventing disease and preserving
health, they will for the most part work
with the officers and most evils will be
corrected by the citizens themselves
without the slow process of serving mo-
tees and following these up by court
prosecutions.
F1y-breeding manure piles, garbage
cans. and unclean premises will be
abated upon the simple notification by
the patrolman.
Something is gained by the division
of duties into the various departments.
but more would be gained by intelligent
cooperation. II every policeman were
a sanitary officer, the efficiency of the
sanitation department would be moro
than doubled.
Every effort should be made to make
the public feel that the policeman is the
big brother Of all, not the martinez OF
the criminal courts; that he stands for
the health, order, peace, and security OF
all.
The criminal element is very small.
Most people want to conform to the law.
To assist the law-abiding is of more val
ne than to pursue the law-breaking.
The Detroit times., 1915-07-30

tinued spells OF
hot weather IL a
person does not
carefully observe
the rules OF right
living.
A person finds
their liver Is
troubling them or
The Detroit times., 1915-07-30
John Saw the Difference

Looking over the bloody Standard
OIL battlefield at Bayonne. N. j.. you
can see why peaceful Mr.. Rockefel-
Ter said This II 90 restfui" upon
arriving ut Cleveland. where the
wicked STANDARD laborer never
strikes and the tax-gathersrs cease
from troubling.
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From Another Point of VielU
~ G. =. ..

Fly time
Is high time,
That's what,
To swat!
Have YOU noticed, kid, that they pro-
pose to slip US the non-skid banana peel?
Quite proper step, sayeth we.
Now will the Eastland investigation
get any further than few feet from
the dock?
It seems to have turned out just as
predicted by those who declared they
would let Becker 60.
We note that the state of New York
is still in the same class with Becker,
Lefty Louie" "Dago Frank" ct al.
"If / live to see the sunshine again."
says CAD, "I'm going to ask for day
of so can get right out and wallow in
It. What's more, I'm going to take some
home in a bottle for a souvenir"
Just who was it, anyway, that put the
you lie in July? Mr.. Conger has the
floor.
In Ohio they locked up one James
Rath, who kicked up commotion in a
public house when he was told he could
get nothing stronger than pop. A soft
answer, It appears, doesn't always turn
away Rath.
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Optimist

Poet q a. NIL hear a burglar
in my study.
wife-Let him alone. dear: he
may take some of your poems.
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.Nss TIE LAW: they HAD to do it.
lstrict Attorney Whitman, in prose
~ Becker until . jury declared him
NV; Gov. Whitman, in deciding that
entence must be enforced, acted ac-
1lnE TO the law.
Stics Ford, in denying the con-
ed man : new trial, said that the
IA not permit him to do otherwise.
Ii skden Osborne, in giving orders that
e6r b electrocuted, was not acting in
&pacity - . man; he was acting as
ysnt Of the state of New York, un-
dEs laws.
JeWas because of the law that Becker
orod for three years the pangs of a
4 man, tormented by q futile hope
rsoae, tortured by. visions of a
nasfhl death,
No did he suffer alone; his wife, his
n<ives, his friends, suffered with him.
Int Justice IL there in law which,
ding ! life for life, makes it pos
lo 4ora stats to take FIVE lives for one,
gine insstimable suffering to scores
noesnt people!
ut purpose beneficial to mankind is
by law which forces men to do
chudders Of horror, inhuman deeds
- tnenaory viii pursue them in their
t(night and for many nights here
kot Gxcs1se- what excuse in the
- = found for capital punish
R1|o1fALT NOT KILL is accept.
- God. which one man may
4 justfnes . state in break
a. God,
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Proof Positive

White--is Brown an optimist?
Black-Just now he Is. He has
just put In his garden seeds.
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The Keep Well Column
SUM NJ Err LiV Err.

The liver is likely to grow per
larger during long con-
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Small Comfort.

Asker--He calls me donkey
Should I challenge him?
Tellit-You might--to prove t.!
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impossible

Angry Dad-Now see what that
whipping has cost you.
Little Eddie-See what it's cost
You; those were my Sunday pants.
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Wne : man, HE themselves, with
d11lrss, human hopes.
Y p1tied him - they watched him
~ through H. night; for guilty
: oubtiess va. not one Of these men
IS ths tax u killing him.
= did not nnils, these men, as they
= TIE fatal chair.
would have thought that a hideous
= Was shout to b performed, instead
Triumph u Justice.
I did not leave the room with a
= ,stsp when their deed was accom-
d; for to kiln fellow-man in cold
\ r not the sort Of job that appeals
Shap with human feelings.
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The State Of New York, in This
X3Sf 81 Our Lord, Kills a Man

At 6:46 this morning, the state of New
Yeik killed man.
% did not kill him in moment of pas
11ot1, ~ IN life and-deat struggle.
Il killed him coolly. relentlessly, after
\ y mort elaborate preparations.
'ss n agents shaved . little round spot
III top az his head, that the electrode
mat At more snugly over his brain.
4hey stripped his cell, so that the
T. nsd MN might not find some object
Vtfh which he could nick . vein, some
r. ~ which be could use as . strangling
lpa and thus cheat the state of its
III Nv watched him to zee that he lived
5(4 1he nncment ct which the state Of
1 4eEk had decided to kiln him.
n thy Id him into the death
-, soatsd him IN the death chair,
p IT, wires 70 head, wrists and
Gnd shot a enormous current Of
icity into his helpless body until the
6 burned 6ssh md singed hair an
6d that Becker was dead.
1 nnen who did this deed had moth
" inst thar victim.
"a not wronsed them; they rather
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Just who was it, anyway, that put tn,
you lie in July? Mr.. Conger has tn,
floor.