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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-10

orations. Refreshments were served
by a committee in charge of Mrs. w.
II. Holroyd and Mrs. Ralph Arney.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-06

New light has been thrown on tho
legal side Of arsenic poisoning, 1t
has been found that arsenic com
pounds are absorbed by the hair of
living persons though not absorbed
after death. In tho hair OF man ar
senic has been known TO reach a
concentration OF one to Ave parts in
100000. The deposit taxes place In
the hair after IL has been absorbed
by the abdominal organs--liver and
kidney in particular. Therefore, In
case Of acute, quick poisoning a
chemical analysis Of the hair would
show no arsenic while IL would be
found in the liver and kidneys. On
the other hand, IN slow arsenic poi
soning was suspected. analysis
would show arsenic in the hair, but
not In the liver and kidneys, and II
could safely be assumed that the
poisoning was not recent. The legal
value OF such evidence Is apparent.
Scientific American.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-06
A Showdown Wanted.

II is about time for final showdown on the
Brandeis appointment.
Squaredeal folks are getting something more
than impatient fhe judiciary committee is re
ported to be deadlocked. or nine for, and eight
against Mr.. Brandeis.
Good enough. One is fairly comfortable ma
,;ority. under the circumstances. and amply suf
hcient TO put the proposition UP to the full
senate.
There should be no further delay
straight party vote Will put Mr.. Brandeis
In office by majority Of is. II there are any
Democratic senator training with the inter
ests, their constituents are entitled to know {,
now so that they may set few POLITICAL eggs
in time for the fall Matching.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-06
Military Necessity

Another chapter In the propagan.
da by which Germany hoped 10 win
the good will OF the United States
has been written in the arrest OF
four men charged with conspiracy
10 blow up allied ships sailing from
American ports by concealing bomb
In the cargo. After the conviction
Of German partisans who violated
our shipping laws, and OF men who
engineered riot and arson In this
country. nothing In left for Ger.
many 10 say with regard To the
latest incident. but that America
has put herself In the same class
with Belgium. Having forfeited our
neutrality loans and munitions
TO the allies, az Belgium forfeited
her neutrality by entering into sc.
cret arrangements with England
and France, II was mere retaliation
on Germany's part 10 set on foot
on our shores series OF anti-ally
conspiracies. II American lives and
American property were destroyed
In the process, the guilt was upon
our own heads. Just as the suffer.
ings OF Belgium lie on Belgium's
conscience. Apparently. the laws
OF necessity and retaliation justify
Germany In striking at the allies
through American territory. as she
did through Belgian territory. When
this last example OF propaganda has
been brought out into the full light,
and the propagandists have received
their deserts, the German mind may
possibly grasp the reason for our
"one-sided" neutrality. may learn to
see the difference between the Brit.
ish orders-in-council and the Lust
tania. the difference between Brit.
aims sea despotism and the bust.
ness OF concealing decorating bombs
In the hold OF merchant ships
New York Post.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-06
New Barbed Wire
Webster.

The present method OF employing
barbed wire arrangements as a
means OF checking the advance OF
soldiers Is TO stretch ordinary barb.
ed wire on posts in parallel rows
and then carry additional strands
between the fences until the com
pleted ENHANCEMENT is maze OF
dangerous barbs. To place such an
ENHANCEMENT in the face OF enemy
FIRE is, OF course. very dangerous
One authority has declared that IL Is
one OF the most dangerous feats of
the wire Is hard 10 handle. and In
order TO make the entanglements
the soldiers must get into them and
cut again. According 10 Capt Ar
thur l. Wilson. a British officer. a
Toronto firm has invented a new
kind OF wire which will eliminate
much OF the danger OF erecting en-.
tanglements under FIRE. and will. at
the same time. add TO the danger
OF the enemy which tries 10 pass
The new wire Is so thick that an
ordinary wire nipper has little effect
on ii. The barbs are three-quarters
OF an inch long and placed one and
one-half inches apart. And the
strands are so twisted that when
short lengths are strewn on the
ground and stepped on they curl
about the legs. The barbs are also
very sharp and so arranged that
when the wire is lying on the
ground one barb Is always up. Ac.
cording TO Capt. Wilson. the British
government thinks so much OF this
kind Of wire that IL Is buying the
entire output Of the Toronto factory
-75 miles a day. The device would
appear 10 be modern adoption OF
the old chevaux-de-frise.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-06
SPRING TONES.
H.. AppNeToN


A., dency TO eat too much and TO get
INTO the fresh air too little
This must be changed. Simple
food must be the rule, and life in
The open must be sought as much
as possible
The walking should be done
briskly. though not so briskly as
to cause undue or sudden fatigue.
II one feels really too tired 10
walk" a helpful substitute may be
found in sitting outdoors.
Those who 60 sit outdoors, pro-
vided their health be basically
sound. will ere long feel desire.
and find II quite possible, TO take
daily walks.
Also, Il is important TO obtain
fresh air al night as well "a in the
day. Sleeping With the windows
open top and bottom ought 10 be a
custom with all Better still. those
Who can manage to do IL ought TO
sleep outdoors.
As to outdoor sleeping a sugges-
fion By DR. VI. Kent, writing In
Good Health. ~ worth more than
passing attention:
Outdoor sleeping Is a tonic 10
be taken every night. Try to man
age sleeI ing with the head. at least,
outdoor.
The various window-tent con-
triyancee are well known. and when
the sleeping. porch or tent IL not
available the window arrangement
does very well.
Those who have tried both. say
that there Ia vast difference be-
tween sleeping In a room with open
windows and out under the stars
with the sky for a roof.
Such natural tonics as sunshine,
air and simple food will show re-
suits In a few weeks that bottled
spring redicino could never show. =
n. then, you are among the weary
ones OF spring. depend more on
these cheap remedies OF nature than
on the drugs In the apothecary's
chop.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-06
Pointed Paragraphs

A vomans tongue Is mightier
than mans INST.
Some men learn by doing and
some lePrn by Icing done.
\ WORT 10 the unwise IL also suf-
icient-t IL b. the right word.
Fortunate - the locomotive engi-
neer who leads a wreckless life.
A man with crouch never
misses ar opportunity TO advertise
IT,
No. Alouzo. Bunyan's Pilgrims
Progress is no. treatise on CHI
ToPoEy.
There's considerable difference
between a kicker and a knocker.
The maa whp hands out free ad-
vice to others always goes else
,shere for his own
No matter how dignihed a man
NAV be. ne forgets It when he sees
canine scrap.
For real likeness OF yoursei,
the modern photograph isn't In II
with the old.fashloned untype.
Every time vain girl shakes
hands with a man 1t gives her van
ity iolt IL he doesn't squeeze her
fingers
Tearing 20 break into profes-
sion that's overcrowded. some men
waste the best years OF their lives
looking for one that isn't.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-06
BITS OF INFORMATION

Argentina has 29,500,000 cattle and 100000
horses.
The light OF the sun Is 100000 times greater
than the full moon
In the last hundred years Great Britain has
had a dozen types OF rifle.
Seventy languages are said TO be spoken in
the ancient city Of Tifls. in Russia.
Cotton imports into China last year showed an
increase of ss,750000 in value.
The planet Venus Is so shrouded with dense
clouds that astronomers are unable 10 study It's
surface
Two Chicago firms alone shipped 100000
pounds OF poultry. valued at 81 100000. to Eng
land last winter.
More than 10000 feet Of good lumber was
made last year from trees caught whlle Hoating
down the Missouri river
The four to sixinch pods containing the cocoa
bean do not grow mt the ends OF the branches
but along the tree trunks.
The new bridge across the Tiber at Rome. hav.
ing n span OF 32s feet, is the longest reinforced
concrete arch In the world.
Some bacteria can live In water at tempera
ture approaching the boiling point They are,
therefore, called thermophyles.
Broken plate glass is now salvaged by the
plate-glass insurance companies. The glass Il
cut into smaller sizes and resold.
Columbus lectured about America at Saiaman-
ca a sort OF European Harvard, In 1892, when
the city contained 10000 students.
II is estimated that every year 1900 people
are struck by lightning, 10 n greater or less de-
gree but OF these-only about 500 are killed out
right
The most remarkable tide IN the world Is that
OF the bay OF Fundy II rises at the rate OF u
foot. every five minutes, the water sometimes
attaining the height OF seventy-five feet
Siberia produces the best graphite for lead
penciIs thus far discovered That II tho source
Of supply for the German pencils Australia
well as Siberia, produces the material for an in
delible pencil. America has a fair amount OF
lower grade graphite.
Six members OF the webb family of Letcher
county Kentucky. defendants OF Daniel Boone.
have an average OF eighty years: they are Aunt
Jennie webb Holbrook, who ls nearly ninety.
two: Uncle Ned Is ninety; Enoch, eighty four;
Joseph ~, sixty.five.
A railroad is projected for Finnish Lapland In
order to make available deposits OF iron ore In
that region. The first part To be built, n the
scheme materalizes. Will probably be from the
village of Rovanien connected by rail already
with the port OF Kemi on the Gulf OF Bothnia,
and Sukuvaara, eightyseven miles distant
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-06
ABOUT THE DUCK.

A little schoolgirl in Michigan has written the
following essay the duck.
THE duck IL low heavy set bird. He is
mighty poor singer having coarse voice caused
by getting 30 many frogs In his neck and he likes
the water and carries a toy balloon In his
stomach TO keep him from sinking The duck has
only two legs and they are set so far back on
his running gears by nature that they come
retty near missing his body some ducks when
they get big curs on their tails called brakes
and don't have 10 set hatch but just loaf and
60 swimming and eat everything In sight IL
were 10 be duck ] would rather be a drake
they have wide bill like they use N for spade
they walk like a drunk man they bounce and
bump about from side TO side IL you scare them
they will Zap their wings and try TO make
pass at singing
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-06
MAKE 1T PLAIN.
BY DR.. FLANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915. by Frank Crane)


Make it plain. parson. Sentiment is
all right, and eloquence. and learning;
but what good are these If we DOM
know what you are talking about? De-
fine, explain, use simple language.
Make it plain, school teacher Don't
use words that you know the child does
not understand. Get into his mind. APP
preciate his mental situation. Don't 90
on to point two until you are sure he
has grasped point one.
Make it plain, lawyer. Don't read all
those opinions from the books piled on
your table until after the jury sees, clear
as bell, what you are driving at Take
time. Take pains. Repeat. Make it
plain, and win your case.
Make it plain, mother You don't re-
alize how vaguely the child comprehends.
Patiently. carefully, repeatedly go over
the matter. Half of the disobedience
and apparent obstinacy would disappear
if the little fellow knew exactly what
you mean.
Make it plain, writer. We would read
your editorials or books or stories with
a deal more comfort and conviction if
you began by luminously and briefly say
ing just what you want us to know.
THAT was the grandest, most elo-
quent Grafton | ever heard" said a man
of certain political speakers address.
What was it all about?" asked friend.
well" replied the man, "he didn't just
say"
Make il plain, advertiser. There's
deal of nonsense about the alleged art Of
advertising The best advertisement in
the world is clear statement of what
you have to SELL To create a want for
your goods you must make people under
stand precisely what your goods are.
Make it plain, salesman. Study your
business until you know it from the
gro,nd up. Then put yourself in your
customers place. Make your proposition
so that he will get every point you make.
Don't use words he does not comprehend.
Don't tumble. Don't wander. Don't
argue. Just show him. Make it plain.
Make it plain, everybody. There'd be
fewer arrangements. Misunderstanding
and heart aches if we all knew exactly
what everybody meant. Don't suppose,
hint. assume: don't be so discreet and
clever and concealing; make it plain.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-06
Resist the Water
Power Grabbers.

There is more than one water power bill be
fore congress IT the united efforts OF honest
citizens TO defeat the water power grab con
tanned in the Shields bill. other proposed legis-
lation has been overlooked.
The Meyers bill now before the senate. gives
the public water powers away in perpetuity II
is a substitute for the Ferris bill which has
twice passed the house which deals with water
power on public lands and in the national parks
and which is fairly good bill. according to
such a conservation authority as Clifford
Pinchot
The big danger in any water power legisla
ton Is that in the final rush Of the session. the
special interests will push an iniquitous bill
through congress. All the water power grab
bers are on the watch for the chance.
You would not let a sneak thief steal your
purse without resisting
Are you going to let the water power inte
rests rob you without even protesting!
There is no reason why the water power cor
porations should not pay for what they get The
rest of US do writes Clifford Pinchot to Reedy's
Mirror. The water power interests want
everything or nothing. In the last eight years
they have killed eight waterpower development,
bills that were fair both to the corporations
and the public. What the people need IL water
power development on equitable terms without
further delay. They can have what they want
by letting the house know IT,"
This is not your neighbor's duty. 1t means
dollars and cents in your own pocket IL you
attend TO il today.
Let your congressman know that IL he per.
mits any kind OF bad water power grab you
will not vote for his return 10 Washington
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-06

Which would appear to leave the mat
ter quite open and still up in the air
Germany has conceded everything the
United States asked her TO concede.
But has come back at the United States
with a COUNTER DEMAND, which the
United States cannot concede, because
England would first have to enter into
the bargain and England has politely re-
fused so often to do this that the situa-
ton is embarrassing. to say the least.
What are we going 10 do about 1t?
Well. whatever we do, we aren't going
70 war over il, so why worry?
Looks like we would have to ultima
tum" some more and that will take time,
and the more time that is required the
better opportunity there is presented for
everybody TO cool down.
That's the cheerful prospect just at the
present time.
There's many a poor devil serving life
in prison today who wishes he had
thought the matter over for. say, five or
ten minutes before he drew his gun and
fired.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-06

warm fluids OF the mouth.
The healthy mouth Ia protected
by It's skin. called mucous mem
brsne, which, II perfect. guards the
tissues and blood stream from the
entrance OF our infinitely small. but
living enemies.
This mouth lining r. further pro
tected by a self-cleansing device
10 wash injurious germs into the
stomach where they may be de
stroyed by digestion.
The teeth are not guarded in this
way and their surfaces become GOV
cred with a sticky transparent coat
This coat cannot be seen until II IL
stained. whereupon It instantly
stands out wildly TO view.
This coat IL made up OF Twins
germs, held together by mucoid ma
terial. II often contains amons
many other germs. streptococci. cap
able. II admitted TO blood or ussuei
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-06
The Daily Reminder
TODAY's ANNIVERSARIES

isis-rhe nrst distric, school In
brooklyn was opened. with 70 schol-
ts.e-Gen. w, r. Armistead sue
mand OF the United states troops en-
saged In war with the seminoies. j..
church In. Milwaukee was ORGANISED
isSs--Alexander Won Humboldt, IA
nous naturalist and traveller. died.
sGrn In Berlin. Sept IA. 1859.
adopted an ordnance Q. secession.
Vienna, informed the Austrian gov
oppose any further military inter.
vention in Mexico by Austria.
lss.-Lord Frederick Cavendish,
new, chief secretary for Ireland. and
tary,. assassinated In Phoenix Park.
isss--Internstionai exhibition In
"rs AND M par iGmsr eps upsn.a by
Emperor william. while desiring
peace. he asked for $4,000. 900 marks
10, army, supplies $1,000 -,
Chilean minister. seized the Chilean
insursent, transport 'ItAtA" At San
lssS-German parliament dissolved
jected the army bill.
I9ot---British. under Col. Young
husband. captured strong position
near ksro Pass from the Thieetans
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY IN THE
WAR
offensive OF past fortnight had been
checked.
Constantlnople bombarded by Rus.
stan aviators, while warships shelled
the suburbs.
The German line around Ypres gave
way and French established them
selves between lizerne and Het-Sas.
Gen. Boths with British forces oc.
cupied important railroad junction OF
karibib. German West Africa
ToDAY's BIRTHDAYS
Crown Prince Frederick William,
eldest son OF German emperor and
commando ~ the German forces In
the Nerdun region. born at Fotsdam
90 years ago today
phiiauder c. Knox. former United
states senator and secretary OF state
under President Taft. born In
Brownsville, Pa. 81 years ago today
senator from Alabama. born az Louis
VILE Ky. 81 years ago today
; y. retired. the nrst 20 REACH the
North Pole. born at Cresson. Pa. 90
Prot, Edward T p.vin. Of colum.
hia university. director OF the school
~ philanthropy, New YORK. born IN
Hardin. county. Iowa. ~ years ago to-
day
John r McCutchson. celebrated
cartoontSt and war correspondent,
born IN Tippecanos county. Ind, -
years agp today
pr samuel Mccormick chan
cellor 90 thu University OF Pittsburgh.
horn In W"stmoreland county. Pa.
- years ago today
Dr John \ Earl. president ~ pes
Moines college. horn at Bathvale,
Scotland 50 years ago today.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-06
from Another Point tot VieD

The birth list records son born to
Paris Hash, and we wish to ask a ques-
ton, as follows:
What will the other kids call him for
short if his parents should make the mis-
take of naming him Hamilton?
Been lassoed yet?
Naturally suit for divorce followed
when Detroit husband resurrected a
wife's letters to an undertaken.
The friends will have an opportunity to
pass around and take note of what a
chump a wife makes of herself when she
writes letters to the other fellow.
That is TO say, these letters were the
wife's last sad writes.
Market quotations indicate that Char
coal Iron, also, has started something.
G. +. reports he saw an auto this a. m
monogrammed III o. c." and observes
that the fellow now driving car is the
one who used TO get the end seat.
The price of gasoline has suffered nc
decline.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-06

To overcome that tired feeling
experienced in spring. many are in
the habit OF taking tonics. But
these SAME people too often neglect
The best OF al tones for spring
Notwithstanding and fresh al.
Overea:ing f.. for that matter.
enc OF the commonest causes OF the
depression that comes 10 so many
with the coming Of spring.
In Writer there Is a natural ten
dency 10 eat more food than at
o,her times OF the year. the cold OF
winter requiring a greater combus-
ton Of animal heat. But many peo-
pie go 10 extremes
They rot only eat more abundant
ly, but they eat much richer food
than Lney should. Z lso they alc,o =,
entirely stop taking outdoor exer-
else.
Dreading the cold, they become
shrt-ins When they do have 10 go
cut. they put on heavy. cumbersome
clothing. And instead OF walking
they use a closed carriage. a limou-
sine, or a street car.
Daring the winter they may get
along to,c-ably we'll. in spite of the
Unwholesome combination OF over
eating. rnderexercising. and lack OF
fresh air.
But when the demand for animal
heat is lessenet with the passing
OF cold weather. they are likely TO
feel "let down and uncomfortable
generally
The temptation, OF course. is to
describe this as a natural reaction
after the tax put on the vital pro-
eesses bv the effort TO maintain
animal heat throughout the winter
months. In numerous cases, how
ever, there cad be no doubt that
the unhygienic practices mentioned
play moro than a contributory part.
To make matters worse these
same practices. having become hab-
itual, are not discontinued II in
.ess degree there remains a ten
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-06
A Poem a Day
THE FATHER

There Is n hall In every house.
Behind whose wainscot gnaws the
mouse
Along whose sides are empty rooms.
Peopled with dreams and ancient
dooms.
when down this hall you take your
light.
And face. alone. the hollow night.
BE like the child who goes to bed,
Though faltering and half adread
OF something crouching crookedly
In every corner he can see
Ready TO snatch him into gloom,
Yet goes on bravely TO his room.
Knowing. above him, watching there.
His Father waits upon the stair.
by Madison Cawein.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-06
The Keep Well Column
MOUTH INFECTIONS.

In sufficient numbers, OF causing
death.
The places OF entrance In the
tooth neighborhood are two, the
gum margins leading TO pyorrhoea
pockets and the open cavities In the
tooth itself.
The gum margins are frequently
Injured and opened to Infection.
An Inflammation at an injured
point enlsrges the openings by ul-
ceration. Such Inflammation once
started Is apt to continue till the
tooth becomes loose and during this
time the body will receive a con
slant supply OF infection from
growth on the tooth surfaces and
growth In the pockets under the
gum.
The pus formed az a result OF the
destruction Of the tissues by the
germs. goes party into the blood and
partly into the stomach by way OF
the mouth.
This poisonous pus going into the
stomach disturbs the mechanism OF
digestion. perhaps, causing dyspep
STA, thus Iessening ones strength
and making the body more liable 10
yield TO infection.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-06

sustain life must
pass through IL.
Even the air we
breat he In
thr ugh our
mouths leaves its
trail OF iivin 8
germs which may
develop In the
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-06

ply with international law from the ! 10
the W. abandoning her submarine attacks
on both passenger ships and merchant.
men. If the United States would be kind
enough to guarantee to get England 10
withdraw the blockade which is keeping
food and other slight necessities out OF
Germany.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-06
Tbat's WHY

The Girl-You say that Miss Pads
and Jack Pott arc going TO be mar
rIed. Why, didn't know they
knew each other
The Cynic--They don't. That's
why they are going TO be married.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-06

The mouth Ia the great port OF
entry 10 the body. Everything TO