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The Detroit times., 1916-08-18

ton for commercial war In the
same methodical way II piled up
guns and shells for the present
kind. Many lines OF German manu-
facture have been paralyzed these
two years, but many haven't. Be
cause the government has kept
them running.
This liant generally known, but
at least the gentlemen that framed
things up At Paris ought to have
known Il.
The German government has been
taking over the product OF these
factories, paying 80 per cent OF the
estimated market value, and storing
the goods against the end OF the
war.
II has now. according to the best
estimates. millions OF dollars worth
OF such goods ready to be thrown
upon the market the instant war Is
over.
Nobody knows what the controll-
ing powers in the British govern
ment really think OF all this. but
what they did about black-iisting
certain American firms seems 10 in
dicate that they are ready to fall
for H.
These firms were blacklisted on
the allegation that they had trad
cd with the enemy" and all Britons
were forbidden TO deal with them
Observe that among them are
great houses that have strongly
competed with British houses for
the South American trade and are
now put out of joint by the black
list.
Perilous business, my masters. II
the American pacinsts want 10 dc
something more practical than
shout their heads of. they had bet
ter take hold OF this before II is toe
late.
Have the statesmen gone crazy
along with the war markers
Take note that the strongest ad-
vocate OF the Paris plan is Prime
Minister Hughes, OF Australia, who
led In the conference, and whom
some persons In England look upon
as the man Of the hour
The Detroit times., 1916-08-18
LITTLE STORIES FOR BEDTIME,
Whitefoot the Wood Mouse Is Laughed At
Copyright W.

BY THORNTON W. BURGESS.


There's nothing makes one feel so
As laughter; nothing else at all.
Whitefoot the Wood Mouse feels
very small anyway. lie Ia small
He Is one of the very smallest OF
all the little people in the Green
Forest. That Is why he is so timid
But now he felt smaller than ever
Yes. sir, he felt smaller than ever
and all because he was being
laughed at. Friends and enemies
alike were laughing at him. Wher
ever he went he heard their laugh
ter You see, Timmy the Flying
Squirrel, one OF Whitefoot's best
friends. hadn't been able TO keer
the joke whitefoot had told him OF
how he had frightened Buster Bear
and made him run. He had meant
10 keep II. but somehow II had
slipped out and once out II had
travelled all through the Green For.
est and over the Green Meadows un.
I'll every one had heard H.
And every one took It exactly as
Timmy had taken II. That is. no
one saw II as a joke on Buster Bear
for the simple reason that no one
believed that Whitefoot had scared
Buster Bear AT all But they did be,
lieve that Whiteface believed that
he had. and TO them this was the
real joke. II was too funny that
timid. tiny Whitefoot should actual
ly believe that he had made Buster
Bear run. II was the best joke OF
the season. They teased him about
IL. At first whltefoot grew very
angry whenever one OF his neigh
bors would Joke him about it, He
would insist that II was so. and
this made II all the funnier TO every
body but Whitefoot himself Poor
Whitefoot. How he did wish that
he had kept his secret all 10 him
self. He felt that everything was
all wrong. II should be Buster Bear
who was being laughed at and not
himself II got so that he never
showed himself when he could help
II. not even 10 those whom he used
The Detroit times., 1916-08-18
Detroit Employers Declare
Against Cigarette Smoking;
NOn-Users GiUen Preference

Dor situation different, we certainly
would give preference to non-smok-
ing boys
Though II does not make II a pos
tive rule not to employ young men
who use cigarettes, the Crowley. Mil
ner Co. writes that II much pre-
fers young man who is free from
the habit. In case OF employment.
II there, was A decision TO be made
between applicants who seemed
equal in ability. one being user
and the other non-user OF cigar
cites. we would most certainly en-
ploy the non-user
II B. Earhart, president Of the
White Star Refining Co. declared
in response to the inquiry that, I'm
view OF the well known fact that the
use OF cigarettes affects the effici-
ency OF boys. ! simply could not af-
ford TO trust boy with any position
OF responsibility whom knew 20 be
an habitual cigarette smoker"
One company. the National Twist
Drill 4 Tool Co. replied that I'VE
do not refuse TO engage boys addict
ed to the cigarette habit, but when
in our employ we endeavor TO com
pei the giving up OF the practice.
While the use OF the cigarettes will
not bar boy from our company,
we much prefer the one who does
not indulge"
The Cadillac Motor Car Co, in a
recent campaign against the cigar
cite habit In its Detroit plants, is-
sued statement TO the effect that
the cigarette habit is growing among
boys and young men to an alarming
extent. and is positive hindrance
10 efficient service
The Detroit times., 1916-08-18
More Wars to FoHOW With
L. S. lnUOlUed II the Allies
BOyCOHCermany, Says Russell

LONDON. England, Aug 7-tHy
maill-Attcr This Nar, a lot OF
others
This seems TO be the idea %.
some OF The eminent statesmen
whose hands are now fumbling
around The steering wheel OF the
worlds affairs.
They had meeting in Paris not
long ago 90 decide about interna-
tional trade az present and after
the war, and adopted In three reso-
lutions the policy they think the al.
lies viii follow
According 20 these Germany is 20
be defeated hrs' on the battlefield
and then on the trading field The
leading German industries arc 10
DE put out " business by the r@'
flsal of ths Allies 20 trade with her
In certain lines (Which means raS
materials and by building Up tho
same industries In the Allied couE-
tries
This building up. according TO
Resolution No 3. Is 20 be- done D.
government Aid by -absidies s3d
BY tariff protection
Great Britain. France. Russia and
Italy II they agree TO this plan ara
supposed 10 have Germany IN he
door and 70 squeeze the immortal
life ont OF her.
The representatives. of Great
britain 40 the conference are re
ported 10 have assented entirely TO
this proposal Lay hold OF this.
anybody that doubts what | wrote
you few days ago that there IS no
more Free Trade England"
The plan seems nild-eyed ana
woozy. but what jars the spectator
is that II Is popular and urged by
men that ought TO know better
In the nrst place, the present war.
which would seem 10 be enough Of
q war 10 satiate almost anybody,
grew out 81 commercial struggle
md then out Of Gormany's notion
that hcr geography and her rivals
choked her commercial expansion
and defeated her ambitions.
so We start in now 10 bring about
10 times worse commercial strug-
gle and "A hundred times greater i'm.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-18

Coon close by Whitcfoots house.
Reddy was walking so softly as he
knows how. and was looking from
side to side as II very anxious,
You seem to fear something,
Reddy." said BOBBY Coon
"Sh-h-h'" replied Rcddy THAT
terrible chaser OF bears lives around
here somewhere, and he may hear
us. We are not safe here"
Then the two scamps took 20
their heels as II frightened half 10
death. Unc' Billy Possum came
along talking to himself
"Ah reckon All better hurry past
here" said he. "Ah don feel safe
no way. Brer Whitefoot might
make mistake and take me for
Brer Bear. Yes, sab, All reckon All
better hurry"
Then he went of chuckling.
And so II was with all the little
people OF the Green Forest II one
OF them caught sight Of Whiteroot
he was sure 10 hear: Look out
Here comes Terrible Whitefoot the
bear chaser or something like
that. II was the best joke OF the
summer. and they were making the
most OF IT, Not one OF them thought
how il hurt Whitefoot. They didn't
mean 10 be cruel II was all fun
to them, but II wasn't fun at all &C
him. He was miserable, more mis-
The Detroit times., 1916-08-18

pulse 70 war, adding the sense Of
oppression 10 the sense OF beaten
ambition,
Also. II there is combination
against German trade II will with
automatic certainty. produce an
other combination in support OF
German trade That means the
world divided into TWO vast and hos
tile camps lighting commercially un-
III they get ready 20 hght with guns.
Every nation viii be drawn into
that vortex, our own included.
IN other words az the end OF two
years of this horror. We don't seem
20 have developed enough sense TO
keep out OF another Not II these
gentlemen are correct
Tho German government doesn't
seem no have been asleep about the
possibilities of some such attack,
and y has been storing mp ammuni-
The Detroit times., 1916-08-18

That cigarette smoking by boys
IS looked upon with disarproval by
Detroit business men ard manufac-
turcr-. is shown by answers receiv-
ed hy tie employed boys depart
mCnt OF the Y VI. G.. A. In response
10 questiouairn or the subject. A
number Of frms tho Cadillac Motor
Car Co. in particular, refuse TO en-
ploy cigarette smoking BOYS. Many
other firms would do Likewise, II 1t
were not for the scarciN OF labor.
Practically all the emNISyers dis
courage the habit
The questions asked Of 80 leading
manufacturing and mercantile firms
of the city were
10 You refuse 20 employ boys who
smoke cigarettes?
10 You discount boy because he
smokes
other thing- being equal, do you
give the non.smoking boy prefer
enCe7
In number Of instances the boy
who smokes Is discounted. which
means that he. does not stand as
high In the estimation of the firm as
the boy who does not use tobaNco.
Indications point 10 promotion for
the non smoker In preference 10 the
smoker
THE reason for this said l.. +.
Rcichard. employed boys secretary
for the Y VI. e, 4, ''is that The
nonsmoking boy Is believed TO have
larger capacity and ability for
work, and can be trusted farther.
Only two Of the firms replying TO
the Questionnaire say that they have
made no distinctions between the
smoker and the non-smoker among
their boys. but in each case the rea-
son for no distinction Is that there
are few boys employed by either
firm
Practically all firms say that 9th.
or things being equal, they do give
tho non.smoking boy preference.
The cigarette smoking boy certainly
ia working under a great handicap"
The J. l. Hudson Co. declares that
n feels that cigarette smoking is a
very injurious custom and a bad
habit. and We would much prefer TO
employ boys who do not smoke" II
has been impossible to take a strict
attitude on The subject the company
states. "on account Of the extreme
difficulty ~ getting any kind OF boys
~ all" But, II adds, were the la
The Detroit times., 1916-08-18
FAIR CROWDS To
SEE AUTO POLO
Original Teams That Toured
Far East Will Be Here for
Michigan Exposition

Arrangements have been made by
General Manager G.. ". Dickinson
10 bring 10 the State Fair in De-.
troit. Sept 10 l3 the original auto
polo teams that have returned from
successful invasion OF the far
east and the Orient These teams
have the distinction OF having
Mayed before the imperial house.
hold or Japan by special request.
Manager Hankinson, OF the auto
The Detroit times., 1916-08-18

polo teams. who was recently In
this city, said:
Very few have the slightest con-
ception OF the cost OF producing the
game OF auto polo. The highpow-
cred automobiles used In the game
are purchased at great cost. Then
there Is the cost OF replacing the
broken wheels. tires, and other
broken parts. Another item OF ex-
pense Is the care OF injured players.
But in spite OF all this, auto
polo, the acme OF wholesome Amer
ican sport. goes on In us record es-
tablishing course. No time Is lost
In playing the game with substi-
tutes always handy, and each player
is a lightning change artist at max
ing repairs 10 his machine"
The Detroit times., 1916-08-18

erable than he ever had been in his
whole life before lie couldn't sleep
for thinking about IT, lie lost his
appetite And there was nothing
he could do about II.
Next story The Real Bigness Of
Buster Bear
The Detroit times., 1916-08-18
ReSinOl
restores
skin-health
-,oon heoIe6

Some day you will iry Resinol
Ointment for your sick skin. Then
You will understand why 50 many
doctors prescribe it regularly 10 stop
itching and ~ heal skin troubles like
eczema, ringworm, hcat.rash. and
poison-ivy Tor poison.oakl.
Rssinol Ointmen, ia ~ nearly Ae-heolossd
haiti can BE- used on exposed surfaces without
gftfaetnz undue sttenuon Sold by all drug
ssts For sample free. write TO Dsps ba.
Rssiaoi. Rsitir,es., Ma
The Detroit times., 1916-08-18

Burr Mcintosh, actor, writer and
mining a reel called through ths
Ireat Lakes and the st I.awrentS
river with Burr Mcintosh" and
after picturizing points OF interest
IN the city VIII continue his
camera voyage on the yacht, Dol
phiu, owned by Commodo Juiius
q. Fisher OF the Chicago Yacht
club. which anchored In the De-
troit river Thursday Mcintosh
has with him "A pretty young niot-
ing picture star. Miss Lillian Gfl-
man. who is featuring the rory
which he ia Aiming Mcintosh
hopes 10 include Henry Ford in the
picture.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1916-10-20

said matter appear before this Court o. on !
Monday the 30th. day of October lyIo
at 10 A. M. at the Probate Court IN tne
Court House at Minneapolis In salo
County and then, or as soon thereafter
as said petition can be heard, snow
cause, if any there be, why said petition
should not be granted.
And it is Further Ordered, mat
notice of such hearing be given by
publishing this order once in each week
for three successive weeks, prior to SAID
day of hearing in the Echo de- IOuest
a Newspaper printed and published IN
SAID county, and by mailing a copy OF
this order to all the heirs at-law of said
decedent when their address is known
or can be ascertained by due diligence,
at least fourteen Q4) days before the
date of said hearing, unless notice is
waived.
Dated at Minneapolis, this 3rd. day
of October 1916.
Blythe Court:
1920 JOHN A. DAHL,
Judge of the Probate Court
L. H. Aim, S31 10Th Ave. So.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1916-10-20
No. 9517

ORDER o HEARING GUARDIANS AC
COUNT AND PETITION
State of Minnesota, County of Henne-
pin. Probate Court.
In the matter of the Guardianship of
Marguerite Dumas, Alice Dumas, Roy
Dumas, Alexander Dumas: Fred Dumas
and Adelbert Dumas. minors.
On receiving and filing the &C.
count of George A. Dumas as
Guardian of above named Wards,
and his petition praying for settle
ment and allowance of said account
and tor the discharge of the surety on
his original bond as such Guardian.
It Is Ordered, That said petition be
heard and said account examined at a
special Term of this Court, to be held
at the Court House in the City of Min
neapolis, in said County, on Monday,
the 3oth day of Octoer 1916, at 10
O'Clock in the forenoon; and that all
persons interested in said matter appear
place, then and there to show cause, if
any there be, why said account should
not be allowed and said surety dis
charged as prayed for in said petition.
And, 1t is Further Ordered, That
noJlce OF Sucn nearing be given
to said Wards and to all
persons interested therein, by publish
ing this Order once in each week, for
three successive weeks prior to said
day of hearing in the Echo de POuest a
newspaper printed and published in
said County.
Dated at Minneapolis this Goth day of
1916.
By the Court,
10 20 JOHN A. DAHL,
Judge of the Probate Court
John J. McHale, Attorney
81 End Ave. So.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1916-10-20
COAST 1851 MILES '0No
Sailors Engaged in Philippine Coast
wise Trade Cannot "Get Home
to Dinner"

Deep-sea sailors used to laugh at
their brother mariners Of the coast1
wise trade, and refer to them as men
who "like to go to sea when they
could get home to dir~nr." This gibe
would have little point in the Philip.
pines, the coast line of which has
been found to measure more han ILL.,
600 miles-to be exact Il .511 statute
miles. In the Philippines there is one
mile of coast to every ten miles OF
area, the total area of the islands bel
ing 1906 square statute miles.
These figures are interesting when
it is considered that the ratio In tha
United States is 23S2 square niles Of
area to- one mile Of coast line. Tia
figures for the United States nave ref.
erence to the cast line o. tn" main
part of the country, including islands,
lying near the coat, but not including
non-contiguous territory such as
Alaska and Porto Rico. The coast
line of the United States so measured,
with what the experts call three
mile steps," is 1925 miles, less than
1000 miles in excess of the coast line
Of our eastern possessions.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1916-10-20
No 1854
Order for Creditors to Present Claims
Efc.

Order for credlters to Present Claims
State of Minnesota, County of Hen
nepin. In Probate Court.
In the matter of the Estate of Albert
W. Hainlin, deceased.
Letters testamentary on the
Estate of Albert w. Hainlin, deceased
late of the County Of Hennepin
and State of Minnesota, being granted
to Fannie M. KEEPER of said county
and state;
1t is Ordered, That six months be and
the same is hereby allowed from and
after the date of this order, in which
all persons having claims or demapds
against the said deceased are
required to file the same in the Probate
Court of said County of Hennepin for
examination and allowance, or be for
ever barred.
1t is Further Ordered, That the first
Monday in May 1917, at 10 o'clock
a. m, at a general term of said Probate
Court, to be held at the Court House il
the City of Minneapolis, in said county,
be and the same is hereby appointed as
the time and place when and where the
said Probate Court will examine and
adjust said claims and demands.
AND 1T IS FURTHER ORDERED,
That notice of such hearing be given to
all creditors and persons interested in
said estate by forthwith publishing this
order once in each week, for three sue
cessive weeks, in the Echo de POuest a
newspaper printed and published in said
county.
Dated at Minneapolis, this 3rd. day
of October 1916.
By the Court,
1920 JOHN A. DAHL,
Judge Of the Probate Court
Drill & Drill, Attys.
N. Y. Life Bldg, st. Paul.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1916-10-20
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE,

Notice is hereby given that default has
been made in the conditions Of a mort
gage executed by Albert E. Melin and
Regain, mortgage, dated August twenty
ninth, A. D. nineteen hundred and twelve,
Of deeds for the County of Hennepin,
State of Minnesota, August tw~enty-ninth,
a. D.. nineteen hundred and twelve, at
five o'clock P. NJ, in Book seven hundred
hundred eighty-seven: And, Whereas, the
said Mary Regain died testate in Hennepinl
County, Minnesota, on the 9th day of
January, 1915, and thereafter in proceed
ings duly had in the Probate Court of
said Hennepin County, Minnesota, the
last will and testament Of said Mary Re
gan was admitted to probate and the exc
cutors named in said will duly appointed
by said court as executors of the last will
and testament of said Mary Regain, de-
ceased.
And, Whereas. said mortgage was, by
ed to Joseph M. Regain, by instrument
dated September 2Sth, 1916, and recorded
in the office Of the said Register of Deeds,
as document No. S19O13; said assignee as
authorized by said mortgage, paid One
hundred thirty-six and $4,000 ($136.S so
dollars, for the taxes assessed on the
19lo, and has elected and hereby declares
that the entire debt secured by said mort
gage is now due and payable; and no ac-
ton or proceeding has been instituted at
law to recover the debt secured by said
mortgage, or any part thereof. The
amount claimed to be due, and which Is
Que on said mortgage at date hereof is
Three Thousand seventeen and 10000
($5,0l7.90) dollars, together with the sum
OF one hundred thirty-six and 87-1O0
lSl36.S!) dollars, paid as aforesaid for
taxes, in all, Three Thousand one hundred
flfty-four and 77-1O0 (3, 154.7 TO dollars.
Notlce IS hereby given, that by virtue
OF the power of sale therein contained
and pursuant to the statute in such a
provided, said mortgage will be forecloseG
by sale of the land and premises thaneiu
described, viz ""eiein
Lot three 90, in Block one 1). in Eas+-
and Secombe's Addition to Minne-
apol1s, according to the plat of said ID
dition on file or of record in said Rae;s-
ter Of Deeds office, said prem;sas 175E;lss-
and being in said Hennepin COUNTY hs
the Sheriff of aid County. at tha ny
on Fourth Street. of the To''n4,.
court House, in the City of MinneannnSy
IN said county on the 9th day Of Nnpo,es'
per A. D. nineteen hundred and six+oae -.
ten O'Clock A. NJ, to paw the many al
due on said mortgage, together VII '4 zen
costs OF such foreclosure. incl,1ding ~
dollars, attorneys fees stinr m
in said mortgage. stipulated
LATED October 10th, 1915.
M. REGAIN
PHILIP J. RIORDAN. " mortgage.
Attorney for Assignee,
sos Oneida Block,
Minneapolis, MINI.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1916-10-20
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. S.

By Chapter 3s3, Laws 1915, the legis-
electors, an amendment Of seetion
Said section now reads as follows.
BY rse Gd%hR Il; KAP Pr VGT6 P PoWER3
Every bill which shall have passed the
senate and house of representa- $, IN
and the joint rules Of the two -4ouses,
shall, before it becomes q law, be pre-.
scented to the governor of the state. Il
it in the office of the secretary Of state
for preservation, and notify the house
where it originated Of the fact. But
jections, to the house in which it shall
have originated; when such objections
shall be entered at large on the jour-
proceed to reconsider the bill. Il,
after such reconsideration, two-thirds
of that house shall agree. to pass the
biz, it shall be sent, together w WITH 1hb fne
it shall likewise be reconsidered; and
house it shall become a Jaw; But in
shall be determined by yeas and nays,
and the names of the persons voting
for or against the bill shall be entered
turned by the governor within three
days (Sundays excepted) after it shall
have been presented to him, the same
shall be a law in like manner as II
he had signed it, unless the legislature,
by adjournment within that time, pre-;
not be a law: The governor may apa
secretary Of state, within three days
after the adjournment of the legisla-
ture, m act passed. during the last
three days Of the session, n the same
shall become a law. If any bill pre-
sentsd to the governor contains sew
eral items Of appropriation OF money
he may object to ons or more e. of @o s%en
portion Of h bill. In such case, he
shall append to the bill, at the time
Of signing it, a statement Of the items
to whic he objects, and the a~ppropria-
ton so objected to shall not take ef-
feet. If the legislature be in session,
he shall transmit to the house in which
the bill originated a p Of suc ! statGii
be separately reconsidered. If. on re-
consideration, one or more. of such
items be approved by two-thirds of the
members elected to each house, the
same shall be a part of the law, not
w~ithstanding the objections of the gov
ernor. All the provisions Of this sec:
ton. in relation to bills mo- approved
in which he shall withhold his approval
from any item or items contained in a
bill appropriating money."
1t is proposed to amend that section
20 that it shall read as follows:
Section II. Every bill which
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1916-10-20
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. L.

BY Chapter s7s, Laws 1915, the legis.
lature proposed for adoption by n
electors, an amendment of Section Two
(2) Of Article Eight of the. Constitu-
ton, by adding to said Section Two y
new paragraph.
Section Two as it now stands reads
as follows:
Section 2; "scHQoh AND SWAMI \ T,
OF-The proceeds of such lands as are
or hereafter may be granted by ths
Within each township in this state
shall remain a perpetual school f49d
third of said lands may be sold in two
years. one-third in five years, and one 9;
the greatest valuation shall be sold
irst: Provided, that no portion Of SAID
public sale. The principal Of all tunds
arising from sales or other dispos.tloh
Entrusted to this stats In each town,
snip for educational purposes, sna'