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The Detroit times., 1915-08-20

The fee for vaccinating hogs In
Kansas has been so high that some
veterinarians made 5000 a day at It.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-20

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The Detroit times., 1915-08-20
29 OTHERS ABOARD SAY
BY QUICK WORK; TOTM i
DEATH LIST NUMBER q
THE WEATHER

Detroit and vicinltys Rain tonight
and probably Saturday.
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Librarian and Linguist
Cares for Priceless
Documents and Has
Maze of References at
Her Fingers Ends

w III monarch!cal countries
w love to invest their Offices and
officers with all the insignia
OF power they can carry the United
States undoubtedly holds the palm for
stripping it's representatives. Of every
possible form Of fuss and feathers.
In Britain the country's rolls or rec
ords. so named from being in past
days, as well as occasionally now, kept
in roll form, have from time immemo-
rial been held in the custody of the
Master Of Rolls, a learned and impor-
tant dignitary, who ranks second only
to the Lord Chief Justice of England.
This officer has now, to be sure, many
high functions besides his titular Of
fice, but when he appears upon the
official scene at any time it is with
corresponding formality and robcd in
all the gorgeous apparel of his high
estate.
In Washington the office Of the GUS
todian OF the rolls IL the librarian OF
the state Department library, The cor
rect title of this division of the Govern
ment service Is bureau Of rolls and
library, and It's head Is John \. Toner
who in a plain, workmanlike office or
the third floor of the department di.
rects the affairs OF the bureau with the
simple straightforwardncss character,
1stic of our bureau chiefs.
Mr.. Toner'S expert clerk In the actua,
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WORTH IN STATE DEPAR@

stance, is a recent work 7 made Of
tables NJ signatures, Publications. ad-
hesions and reservations to the con
vcntiOn and declaration of the first and
second Hague conferences. The Car
negie Foundation has embodied them
In this printed pamphlet. Mr.. Bryan.
the late Secretary Of State, declared
this to be the most valuable paper in
the archives nj the Department"
How about the foreign languages
In which some OF those fore On treaties
are couched?"
"oh. that Is part OF my work. NV
knowledge OF the languages was nv
main Endorsement for this position. AL
though | had had practical experience
in library work as well. AT scbool
and college | made an especial study of
German, French, Italian, Spanish.
Latin and Greek. and to this have
since added a working knowledge of
Dutch. Portuguese, the Romance and
other languages"
Then translation is your most i'm =
portant work?"
Il do not so consider IT,. II is. az
course. very important, but | regard
the classification and catalogulng of
the library as my principal work,
nave been for over four years ostab-
fishing a modern library system
among the publications ami have got
through arranging international. con-
stitutional and administrative law and
am now working through history,
II am pleased with our system,
which Is very much the same as that
used In the Library Of Congress. 1t
was based upon that system, but
adapted to the peculiar necGs of the
State Department, with its multiplicity
Of works upon foreign relations and
diplomatic usage, and 1t has taken a
good deal Of ingenuity to so adapt
It"
At this juncture a scholarly looking
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YOUNG WOMAN PROVES w

a gift. We have really the most won
derful autograph album in America
neutrality-suspicious. in the world.
do you know that even If ! were
not at work here I would select this
as the most interesting place to visit
in Washington? 1t contains in these
papers the very core and heart of
American history. Just look at this"
And Miss Fitzhugh stopped and
brought from somewhere what looked
like a child's doll trunk Of red leather
thickly studded with brass tacks. "Do
you know what that is? That IL the
very trunk that Dolly Madison used in
which to carry off the State papers
when the British were hammering at
the doors of the White House." Pat
ting II fondly before replacing the
treasure Miss Fitzhugh led the way
back to her own sanctum Just back of
the library proper.
isn't his a beautiful ROOM" she
exclaimed enthusiastically, as she
passed through the main library. The
design Is charming, with its classic
patterns in the floor, We are directly
above the office OF the Secretary Of
State and nave the same lovely out
look.
I'VE have here over a hundred thou
sand volumes, including Government
maps. treaties and documents. and al.
are cataloGued and arranged az books.
The State Department library Is really
a bureau for prOmulgating the laws Of
the United States, To this |hcadquar-
ters comes the original copy Of every
treaty, national and International, re-
lating to this country. and here they
are printed n issued in pamphlet
form. They come from al. countries
and are in all languages.
II read the proof and frequently edit
them for publication and occasionally
compile and put together In readable
form detached material. Here, for in
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evening. Provision Is also made for a
trip to W~ashington's headquarters AT
Newburgh and a separate excursion 10
the Washington Irving region.
Every week a band concert. Is given
in the Grove. at 18th street, n
these have become one OF the most
popular events of the summer on
Morningside Heights. not only for the
students but for the rest OF the neigh-
borhood. At the last concert 1t was
estimated that over 1000 people at
tended. Each year some theatrlcai
company of outdoor players IS
brought TO the campus and for a week
the lawn Is the scene each evening
of some classical play adaptable TO
this setting. Choral music plays It's
part at the university, and the large
choral society built up each summer
at the university by DR.. Walter
Henry Hall, the director, gives an
o~ratorio in the gymnasium.
Much Of the university atmosphere
has now come to surround the
summer session. The college daily
the Coiumb id Spectator. Is being
printed in the summer ior tine hIs'
time this year and faithfully re-
cords the doinCs of the day on the
| campus as is done during the winter.
II has been sometimes stated that
the number of women at the insti-
tuition during the summer more
than doubles that of the men. The
actual statistics Of the registrars
office. however. show that there
are 1895 ONE and e,454 men.
n Of the interesting courses
added to the curriculum this sum
mel is tina of scout craft. DR.. Claud
Elsom Of the University Of WIS
cousin was brought Fast to initiate
this study under the auspices of the
works in Teachers College. Scout
leaders are taught the latest modes
OF handling the youths to be placed
under their charge. and these courses
are expected TO have an important
hearing on the work of the hoy
Scout movement.
Camp Columbia, up in the Berk-
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man walked into Miss FitzhuGh's Of
nee. He proved to he the chief of the
diplomatic bureau and he wished "A
list of countries which had ratified
certain recent international treaties.
Miss FtzhuGh made a memorandum
and promised the necessary data.
Your work evidently covers the
looking up OF Information AS well as
Transmitting. citing, classifying and
Cat%aloguing?" her caller remarked.
Indeed, yes. one must he able 10
put ones hand almost Immediately
upon any order of information relating
To the Departments work. When the
war broke out last year, for instance,
| was constantly called upon tn cite
authorities dealing with questions of
neutrality, COntrahan nd If war, Sc, and
when on one occasion a special dele
gate was going abroad "A clerk was
sent up to ask me II | could tell his
chief the exact length his wife's court
train ought to hc. Fortunately for all
concerned, | was able to put my hand
Immediately upon the desired informa-
ton, and the American lady went
abroad with her court train following
il'T lot tn' 'hrIftt nNinntT ~ NaTNS'
Miss Fitzhueh is n young woman
hlled with zeal in her work, since
school days in Kentucky she has been
a hard and constant student, reading
always with the object Of filling some
important position in life. She was
graduated with the degrees of A. T.,
and NJ, \. from the state University
of Kentucky. the first woman to gain
these honors in this institution. and
took postgraduate courses, making
speciallies Of mathematics and the Ian
guaGes
h taught those subjects for a few
years In high schools in Pennsylvania.
Georgia and Michigan, later taking the
civil service examination for the post
| OF library cataloguer In the Depart
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More Women Than Men Attend Spe.
cial Courses Under Augmented
Faculty in Vacation Time

, or State institutions Of higher learn
ing.
1t was only fifteen years ago that
Columbia established its first summer
session. Seth Low. then president Of
the university, succeeded In getting
a scheme past the trustees for the
at it's head Nicholas Murray Butler,
then a professor Of philosophy. In
the two years that DR.. Butler served
the registration began with All stu
dents and in 1902, whom he was ele-
waited to the presidency Of the uni
vcrsity to succeed President Low. 1t
had reached 643.
In 1902 Prof. James Chichester Egg
bert vas chose director of the sum-
mer session to succeed DIR. Butler. n
he has served ever since. Each year
the registration has one by leaps
and bounds INC each yea the oppor-
tunities and scope Of the school hav
been broadened out until now II Is
the largest summer session in the
world not only in attendance n
number Of courses out also In size
Of the faculty staff.
iuc o'tNiiud'NV 10 NV
Of its great attractions to students
bent upon broadening their mental
life. Opportunity Is afforded to meet
students from all parts of h world
and there is little standing on for
mality. According 20 the records OF
the register. 81 students are regis
tered from China. while Japan has 6.
Turkey .. India 2. Germany 4. Canada
a., Porto Rice 3. Panama 2. and at
least one representative from Syria.
Russia, Hawaii. Denmark. Honduras.
Argentina n the Philippine Islands.
Many students have come this year
from the Pacific coast. in spite of the
attractions offered there. n all parts
of the South have sent large numbers
to New York.
These students in great part live
in dormitories connected with h uni
versity and all quickly become ac-
uuainted and exchange ideas. The
average summer student is older than
the college students of the academic
term and the work at the summer
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LUMBIA DRAWS 5000 STUDENTS FOR SUMNER WOR
Growth of Session in Fifteen Years
Gives Educators Thought OF
Neglected Opportunities

put in several yeel.
In mastering the field work in ctI
ana mining engineering. Former
n ann was restricted TO the ST..
dehts from graduate en-.
gineerihs schooI. u within the ms,
year II mas been opened to s,udcr.,
from any %uhl'ersitN. COURSES in bot.
any """ as''o',oris are aIt" now d.
'o,e" '"'"p ,o'"i'p'd'
oI'', WV "uN"'c" That has
- VIC summer S"ssiot
"e''',' '' o'''''"T' mas mafr
o''o,'.o"S i'ahs 'h"' VIII u" inaUg..
800 n.'".' it" var" me Of the
me "'."uH "e.,' S'"r''" III The su.
p' .h ""'N al the ftv
~ Wv"
during TINS session II conference O.,
reiision was heid IN alliance WI.
Union seminary. which brought a..
gether many OF the noted theological,
OF the country. II is the plan o..
lrot' fspert 10 hoId a conference on
some apsorolhg SUBJECT each year.
i"e "'oS. uiS''hn"iSn'" ana famous
men "'..'"o'e WIN W. "sheu To- attend
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work of his office is a young woman,
Miss Lucy Stuart Fitzhugh, who for
four and a half years has been accom-
plishing special work in the way of
classifying and cataloguing the library
of the State Department and in caring
for its rolls.
Few persons know the real char
acter and scope of this library" said
Miss Fitzhugh recently. 1T Is in no
sense the ordinary collection of books
for the layman. but Is "A reference IL
brary for the use of the Secretary OF
State and his assistants, and naturally
ii relates chiefly to the subjects on
which they require information. or
course we are glad to give any help
we can To the reader who comes here
70. information. and the books are at
his service, but they do not go out of
the library to any except officials of
the department, and some of our most
valuable records never leave the
bureau.
I'VE have here n great many publ
cations and documents which are tn
be found nowhere else in the world.
We have many rare works Of inter-
national law and we are the custo-
dams Of this country's most famous
documents, with all the important ma
tional and international treaties and
proclamations issued. We have, as you
may know, the Declaration of indie
pendcnce and the Constitution of the
United States in the originals, with the
Articles of Confederation. the Eman-
| rlnntinn IbInnln nntinn md AthAt
papers vital to our ~country's history.
we have hundreds of old Indian
treaties, the signatures of the abo,
rhymes signing them being in many
cases some curious little device. such
as a bug or snake. Then, some OF
the foreign treaties come tied up In
ribbons Of all the colors Of the rain.
bow. and are at times accompanied by
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cited as al example of what can be
accomplished in the summer 10y OPEN
ing those schools. Columbia is a
business corporation, but by bringing
It's opportunities to over 5000 summer
students and in the winter to over
5000 students in its extension teach
ing department and institute of arts
and sciences 1t Is doing more to bring
education to the masses than public
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Heights around

kORNINGSlDE heights around
MI Columbia University has
undergone a mctamorpho.is
these last few weeks. Thousands
Of young men and young women,
hatless and dressed Informally for
the hot weather. have transformed
the appearance Of that section Of
brick and pavement city. Hot nights
plays. dancing out under the stars in
the grove. Excursions daily set on to
visit interesting spots in the city or
near by. II al, means that the summer
session OF Columbia University Is 10Y
O.. and that $3.50 students are spend
Ing six weeks in study and systematic
sightseeing.
These six thousand odd temporary
visitors to New York come from all
over the world-from South Africa,
Syria, Russia. Corea, China and other
countries OF Asia and Europe. as well
o. from every State Of the Union ex-
cepting Wyoming.
Columbia has thrown open It's doors
in practically every department of the
university. Students may nte the
professional schools. the research lab
oratories. the engineering and archi-
lecture schools and Teachers College.
There is no course of learning open
X the regular term which the summer
student may no pursue. The faculty
star In made up not only of most OF
Cvlumbia's ablest professors. but dis
tinguished professors and instructors
from all parts Of the country hay.
been called. The dormitories are filled
20 the last room.
The growth OF this Columbia sum.
mer session has aroused the interest
of educators throughout the country
It's success has drawn attention I,
the idleness OF the city's public
schools during the summer and is
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has been placed at the head Of this
branch. l."ouidas W. Crawford has
the supervision Of all excursions, and
the details are arranged long before
the students arrive ON the campus.
In the natural order the first en-
cursion is a trip around Manhattan
Island. 4 trip 10 tho United States
Immigration station mt Ellis Island IL
the only intervening trip before the
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summer students starting for Washington Irving region

concerts. outdoor plays, sectional
meetings. addresses and the like I'LL
a part of the summer session and all
are 50 selected as to hc instructive
as well as amusing. Dances and re-
ceptions are given AZ the dormitories
and on several occasions all Of the
students gather for some event. The
success OF these gatherings is lin
tied only by the great lack at Column
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shircs, has been incorporated into the
summer session and is under the di-
rection of Prof, EGhcrt and his as
sistant NJ the camp, ]. X. Finch This
camp is AT an elevation of 1000 feet
and overs 500 acres of field, wood
and lake front property. Dor
mitorios, dining halls, boat houses and
farm houses have been built on the
premises and each summe several
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Irving's home from 1896 to 1889. Notice the excess of W.

students are introduced to Concy
Island. This Is II trip that Is al
ways looked Toward t. 10y the stu
dents, To whom great tales of this
island have filtered across continent.
Each year a trip is made to West
Point, and his too is one which few
Of the students miss. The afternoon
is spent on the plains at the academy.
with a sail down the Hudson in the
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session is invariably taken seriously,
Not only is he exceptionally attentive
in the lecture room but every oppor-
tunity which is afforded outside to
increase his fund Of knowledge Is
eagerly seized.
While Prof. Egbert has built up "A
remarkable programme of studies for
the summer session, he has not neg
lected the recreation side. Excursions,
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hia of an adequate auditorium,
New York city and its immediate
nciGhhorhood abound with things Of
interest 20 he seen ana visited. The
summer students are always keenly
interested in these places and in their
short stay all the ground posi-
Bile. As now established at Columbia.
an elaborate system of excursions has
been mapped out and n special man
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-14
British Cruisers
Sink Mine Layers
Naval Battle Destruction Of
Trawlers Flying Ncu-
trail Flags.
Speciol Gable Bespotch 10 Tnr srN

>ptttO 'dOfe BespOfrh 10 The Sun.
LONDON. April i3.-The correspondent
of THE SuN understands that there has
been no naval fight In the North Sea.
The true explanation OF the reports to
this effect In that a patrolling squadron
frustrated by gunfire an attempt by the
Germans to lay mines in immense num-
hers by means of trawlcrs.
The squadron sighted numerous APP
paren,ly innocent trawlers flying the
Norwegian flag. The weather was thick
and the density OF the fog In part OF
the area resulted In "A collision between
one of the British warships and "a traw-
Ter. The latter was instantly blown
w by a terrific explosion. The other
trawlers tried to escape, but were pur-
sued and captured 1t was then dis
covered that they were Germans. where
upon they were sunk by guntire, which
with the huge explosions of the trawlers
gave a vivid impression ~ "A battle.
The incident is additionally Interests
ing in view of German endeaNors to raise
again the cry Of Great Britain's misuse
OF neutral nags.
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Bars Down,
Reno Makes Merry
Town Holds Demonstration
Over Signing Of 6 Months
Residence Bill.

RENO. New. April l3.--Reno cele-
brated tonight the passage of the easy
divorce bill" which Gov. Boyle signed
February 81, restoring the six months
residence requirement The celebration
vas TO welcome the new divorce colony,
which already numbers 100 and Is aug
1uent.d daily. All tho cafes had special
features, scaling NJ from the familiar
calare, ta serpentinc novelties and
hooln hoola dances. All the new ar
rivals were out in force. doing their best
10 give Reno revival OF the good old
days"
To-night's ceremonies were the climax
OF "A long fight to restore easy divorce
and It's resultant prosperity to Reno.
Gov. Royl. signed the new easy di-
yorcc bilr almost exactly two years
after Gov, Oddic signed the Barnes
am.ndmsn, making one years resi-
d.nce Imperative, which killed the d.
yorce industry here.
Clergymen and women fought the new
bill. Special trains brought delegations
from both sides 10 the state Capitol, and
a hot fight was waged,
During the two years previous 10 the
passage of the Barnes amendment 1,2sl
suits were filed in Reno, q city of 1900
population. The divorce colony was
seldom smaller than 500. The average
| cost of Reno divorce has been estl-
tainment and sundries.'
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LONGEST AIR RAID REPORTED
French Filters said to Have BOm-
bard~d Hamburg Barracks.
Special gabi, D,spJtcL 10 Tur {

Special Cable Despatch TO TuE suN.
LONDON. April i3.--Some of the bar
racks at Hamburg were bomharded and
set afire by French airmen yesterday,
according TO reports from Holding. Den
mark. The raid was made early In the
morning. Several soldiers in the bar
racks In Imbutterstrassc were wounded
The report of an air raid on Hamburg
and the dropping OF bombs on that city
Is ascribed to a Danish merchant who
arrived at Holding from that city. His
story Is unconfirmed. The raiders are
Nariously stated t. have been French
and English.
The Daily Mars Copenhagen cor
respondent quotes the author Of the
story ~ saying two airmen dropped
bombs ON tn. morning of April - on
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, Hamburg The bar
racks was hit nad great fire broke
out. Many soldiers were wounded. The
.,eruplanes afterward continued in the
direction Of tuNhaVen. The weather
was bright and the appearance Of the
aeroplanes drove the people almOs; into
a panic. II il generally believed the
airmen were French.
Hamburg Is about 315 miles from the
nearest point within the French lines.
which would make this raid. II the re-
ports are true, the longest in the history
of the war
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BrandeiS Is Thrust Into the
Case After Hurried
Conferences.
PRESIDENT SAID
TO BE DISPLEASEn
His Friends Are Depressed
-"Stamdard Oil" Cry
to Be Raised.

WAsHiNGroN. Apr. l3.--AN,ther gun
was fred to-nigh. IN the ',ght be-
tween Secretary McAdop and Comp
troller Williams on the one side and
the Ei-s. National Bank IN the other.
Officers Of the bank made public a
statement answ"rIng TIA" charges OF
Comptroller Williams that they had
used tne bank az n stock brokerage
office. thlt hey had l"Iurd more than
l1lV.0pr 80 women on highly specu-
latNe securities that the officers
Themselves had borrowed money on
wildcat -sLprit.es and thar dummy
loans lad Leen made
The rr,is # h, Riggs iavk Is fully
rs severe upon the Comptroller of tt.,
Currency as tn. compliant which Il
filed in the District Supreme Court
yesterday asking the court TO prot.ci
the bank against the alleged malice Of
Mr.. Williams and Mr.. McAdoo.
The bank officers in their statement
fortnight CIldl - ''Ili'i""'t W ''''''ih'
with having included a. MS statement
:, fa.sehool Tor tn, purpO~" of cret,-
lu- IN. impression hat ~" Depart
men. Of Justice regarded his charges
as Warrint,uG legal action against the
officers. Tho bank officer, ,Inpnbt'cu!ly
deny thc 'ompirol org statements IN
regard 10 tn" maNin- of loans on
h.shiy spccult.ty" securities without
proper collateral.