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The Detroit times., 1916-06-28
POTATO BUG, MURDERER OF POTATO
PLANTS, GIVES HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY

II am a Colorado potato BEETLE,
commonly known in the backyard
garden as potato bug.
Il was an egg laid upon young
potato plant as soon as 1t came out
OF the ground. There were 500 OF
us yellow eggs all deposited on the
underside of the potato leaf by the
same mother BEETLE who then died.
During all this time | and my
499 brothers and sisters fed on the
tender young potato plant, going
from one leaf to another as we ate
them.
"A week after my birth | became
a reddish. greasy looking larva, and
my appetite for potato plants In.
creased so that l ate all the time,
day and night. killing a lot of the
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hours OF labor are ended than does
that of the telephone operator. Seat
ed In comfortable chair, adjusted
10 the proper height. the girls at
the switchboard escape the WEAKNESS
which leaves girls In most occupa-
lions, tired and worn at she end of
the day. Everything about the
switchboard and the program OF
work is designed to their special con-
venience. Cords by means OF which
parties are connected are OF such
length and are 40 placed that the ops
orator can use them with slight ef-
fort.
To guard further against weari-
ness and 10 protect the health OF
the operators, a hfteen-minute rest
period is provided following every
two and one-half hours OF work.
With sanitary. large. well-lighted
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were employed as operators. but were
shortly displaced by girls and II has
been found that the introduction "
the girl brought about wonderful
change. not only In the etiquette OF
the telephone. but I'm the quality OF
service rendered. II did not take long
to demonstrate that girls were far
better fitted for telephone work than
men and boys. They crowded out
the men in hurry and have kept
the work exclusively 20 themselves
ever since.
Because the field has Deen doml-
mated by women practically from the
beginning Of the business. special at
tention has been given to the condi-
tions under which the work Ia per-
formed. The result is that telephone
operating has been made more at
tractive than the average occupa-
ton that depends largely on the SER
vices OF girls and young women.
The work appeals 10 a good class OF
girls and many in the employ of
the Telephone Company rank among
the foremost women in the business
world.
Many women In the employ OF the
Telephone Company have found the
work so much to their liking that
they have continued at ~. in some
cases as long as twenty i've 20
thirty-hvo years, and have thus
made themselves eligible 10 receive
the benefits Of the pension fund
which the company maintains for em-
ployes who have continued In active
service for that length OF time.
The Nature OF the Work
Probably no line Of work IN which
women can engage leaves them in
better physical condition when the
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plants.
In two weeks | had eaten SO
many plants that | became full
grown and dropped down 10 the
earth, burrowing under the soil
where changed TO a pupa. In an.
other weeks time my brothers and
sisters and ! dropped off our pupae
skins and crawled out, full grown
potato bugs, ready to eat more po
tato leaves and lay more eggs"
THE best way to kill us is to
spray the potato plants with paris
green, and spray 1t well, and re-
peat the spraying every two weeks,
to catch the rising generation, or
the potato plants may be busted
with paris green mixed with dry
-four or air-slacked lime"
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promotion Is made TO the position oe
chief operator. who has charge %
the entire exchange. Salaries OF ef>
fcient and faithful workers are Inc
creased proportionately with every
promotion and with increased re-
sponsibility comes increased reward
which places many OF the telephone
women among the best paid In the
business world.
Necessary Qualifications
Applicants for positions should
have at least a common school edu-
cation. They must be In good health
and have no defects OF sight or hear.
ing. Patience. civility, agreeable
quality OF voice are also necessary.
Any girl thus qualified Is able to at
tain the best that the Company has
to offer and TO earn a salary Of q. zoe
year. IL she shows ability for the
work.
Positions are steady. as the tele.
phone business Is less subject to
fluctuations in industrial activity
than Is any other line. Provided the
work, she alone determines the
length OF time she will remain In
the employ OF the company.
Applicants for positions are not ac-
steal condition and the company
makes ample provision to preserves,
an excellent state OF health on the
part OF It's employees.
Lectures on hygiene are frequently
given by people OF authority. Tratn-
ed nurses are employed and they con.
suit freely with the girls at all times.
IL an operator Is ILL., one OF the nurses
calls to learn the nature OF the
trouble and 10 see that everything
necessary to her welfare Is done. A
sick benefit fund il maintained by
the company. free OF cost to the en-
ployes. and In the case OF sickness
the employe is given leave of ABB
sence with pay.
Because OF the many safeguards
that are thrown about the girl who
works at the switchboard. protecting
her health and providing her with q
means for Improvement when she 10
of duty. telephone work appeals es-
pecially TO the young girl who has
| Just completed her school course and
Is about to find way to earn her
own livelihood.
Growth Brings Opportunity
| The telephone business Is growing
u l. NJ ~IA
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terruption. Supervisors. who are in
direct charge Of the girls az the
switchboard. arr afwuyS ~ hand 20
assist the operators II necessary
long list Of possible promotions
assures the operator or abundant OPP
Iortunity TO advance. Promotions 10
tho positions OF supervisor are made
exclusively from tho ranks 81 the
operators Tho pay is higher and tho
duties are more responsible.
Another Advancement from the
rank OF operator ~ to the informa-
ton desk Then. from information
operator or supervisor, a girl steps
into position OF assistant chief OPP
orator where there Is a further i'm
crease in pay which is accompanied
by added responsibility.
other positions OF higher class
are those OF monitor and service OBJ
server. The goal is reached when
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Girls who like out-of-uOor recre-
alton find telephone work especially
attractive in the summertime, be
cause the company provides so many
ways in which they can take advan-
tage OF the pleasures afforded by
this season OF the year. Tennis
teams have been formed and many
tournaments will be staged between
now and the time when the chilly
winds Of autumn again drive people
indoors.
Operators excursions are run 70
nearby river and lake resorts under
tho direction of the traffic depart
mcnt and without cost TO the en-
ploycs. Rain or shine. the girls never
fail 20 have delightful time when
attending these outings. a well-ar-
ranged program OF amusement pro-
vides a day OF pleasure FOR all
Recently. horseback riding has
been added 70 the company's recre-
alton program. quite number OF
operators have manifested their in
terest in this sport; and. aided
The Detroit times., 1916-06-28
How United States
Went to War With
Mexico i'm 1S4S.

Outrnges along the border aud
On the property OF Americans who
had obtained concessions In MeAi-
60. stirred both countries.
Mexico was full of military
chiefs r,vaIIinE for national lead
ershlp.
An American army was sent tn
the border.
clash followed. on American
soil. md American soldiers were
killed.
The war was fought without u
formal declaration of war nv con-
L rcss, President Polk simply de-
riHrtne state of war existed by
rcu-on al NeNicO's acts.
The Detroit times., 1916-06-28
What Does Your
FoodCoSt? You could

II OSO SOoks IOQ SO1lO
easily spend two dollars for
a meal and not get as much
real, bodybuilding nutri-
ment as you get in two
Shredded Wheat Biscuits,
the food that contains all the
muscle-mal;ing material in
the whole wheat grain pre-
pared in a digestible form.
Two Shredded Wheat
Biscuits with milk or cream
will make a complete, per-
feet meal, at a cost of not
over FIVE cents. A food for
youngsters and grown-ups.
Eat it for breakfast with
milk or cream; eat it for
luncheon with fresh berries
or other fruits. Made at
Niagara Falls, N. Y.
The Detroit times., 1916-06-28
New Corporations.

Articles Of association were filed
in County Clerk Farrell's oihce
Tuesday by Caspar Hoffman COM
pany, Monnier Land company, Mich
lgan cut stone company and Hunt
ington Woods company.
The Detroit times., 1916-06-28

NEW YORK-Arthur Chapel.
champion motorcyclist. now cor
peFai- and special dispatch bearer
in the New York National Guard.
In recovering from his second
smashup in a week--both collisions
being due to his desire to speed up
delivery Of orders. ,s
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mccann. Ypsilanti Postmaster.

WASHINGTON, June 2S.-The SEN
ate Tuesday afternoon confirmed the
nomination OF John F. Mccain as
postmaster OF Ypsilanti, Mich.
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divorces were Ernntcd Tuesday In
thr cases Of Marion =. NOLAN ma
Inhn + Nolan, Mary pidGcon ann
William pidgcon. Harry Joseph
and Magdaiene Joseph .Eiith NJ
pharton and Harry MrPhari"n
barbara Purdy and Thomas y.
Purdv. Nalvka CZawitZ and k"th-
crina Czawltz and Frank Ncomans
and Ethel NoOmanS.
The Detroit times., 1916-06-28
~ THE
OTAGE

THE American Beauty" will be
the Aim attraction in the Washing
ton theater, next week. The scenic
sensations show an ocean liner on
fire. and as vast clouds OF smoke
pour forth the frantic passengers
fight for safety. From an over.turn-
ed life boat a child IL rescued by
poor fisherman and his wife. How
this girl grows 10 womanhood. be-
comes an artists model. and through
her portrait is found by her father
is the background on which has been
built stirring drama In which
Myrtle Stedman is the central flg-
ure. Incidentally. there Is love and
It's troubles, and action in every
scene. The photography is said TO
be particular elaborate. A Burton
Holmes travelogue through Ger
many before the war, Johnny and
Emma Ray in "Casey's Pawnshop."
Belle Barron, vocalist and other fea-
lures are on the program,
Douglas Fairbanks will be seen
on the Majestic screen next week
starting Sunday afternoon, In mer
nv thrilling. comedy drama, REG.
gie's Adventure" and with a sup
porting cast that includes Bessie
Love last seen with him in THE
Good Bad Man" In "Reggie's Ad.
venture" Fairbanks scales the side
OF building. demolishes three gang
sters and engages In the greatest
hstic battle which yet has been seen
in pictures. II Is declared these
melodramatic touches are only in
cidental TO the principal story which
Is romantic and humorous. Billie
Burke continues as the added fea-
ture in "Gloria's Romance" the new
motion picture novel by Mr.. and
Mrs. Rupert Hughes. There will be
a Mutt and Jefr comedy, a travel
ogue, the topical review Of current
local and national news events and
musical program that will include
several new songs by Henry San
trey. Saturday afternoon fun films
for the children. starting at O'Clock
will precede the regular perform
ance.
Next week In the Cadillac theatcr
the Moulin Rouge Girls" will offer n
varied entertainment 10 INCLUDE tw"
new burlesques. vaudeville acts and
plenty OF singing and dancing. The
includes Eddie Dale. Sam
Carleton. Hugo Kelly. Harry Peter.
son. Ada Lum. Dolly Morrlsey,
Helen Stanley aud chorus OF %
girls The added attraction for the
week will he IN Tunitd, classical
dancer. whose act will be staged
with special scenic and electrical
effects
Leo Pernikoff. Ethel Rose and
members OF the Imperial Russian
ballet in a pantomimic dancing spec
tacle will top the vaudeville bill in
the Orpheum theater next week,
starting Monday afternoon. Beau
tiful stage settings and gorgeous cos.
tunes will add To the effectiveness
OF the Offering Daisy Harcourt, the
we'll known English Coincidence.
will be the added feature. Miss Har-
court will offer variety OF original
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financially by the company. they will
doubtless develop into q body or
skilled equestriennes.
great variety OF talent 10 repre-
sented among the telephone oper-
ators and the company aims TO pro-
vide a program outside OF working
hours so that each girl may be able
TO follow her particular bent and to
make the most OF her ability.
Many OF the girls are excellent
students OF expression. some are in
terested in needlework. others in
physical culture. There are singing
classes. English classes, sewing
classes and others in which domes-
tic science and the household arts
are taught The girl who is athleti-
cally inclined finds the gymnasium
clubs and classes so that practically
every girl has an opportunity to use
her leisure hours in way that will
result to her particular advantage.
In addition. there are many gath
erings OF purely social nature
10 get acquainted with each other
and to form friendships which help
10 make life pleasant. For this rea
son girls ara , who are strangers In the
helpful. for II provides all that a
girl keenly feels the need OF when
she gets into the strange surround
ings OF a big city. Desirable room
ing houses are listed and the COM
pany helps out-of-town girls find a
good place to live.
Apprentices Well Paid
Girls who wish to become tele-
phone operators are paid from the
very dav they enter the Operators
Training School to learn the bust
ness. The pay Is much better than
that which = "c2ng girl can get in
almost any other line. 1t is increased
The Detroit times., 1916-06-28

lat can I do 10 earn
my own living?
The question pre-
sents itself TO thou
sands who are COM
pleting their course
in the public schools.
Thousands OF other
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The Recreation Program

charge and tho best OF food is sup
plied
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to enter ..hr work soon should apply
innmed before the ranks OF the
operatprs are hllcd.
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young women are confronted by the
same problem every year and must
The Detroit times., 1916-06-28
Growth Brings Opportunity

The telephone business Is growing
ut remarkable rate In Detroit.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-15

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-06-16
BLAME FLACMAN
AND EN- CINEER
BRADFORD WRECK
Report of Interstate Commerce
Commission Says Wood e n
Cars and Gas Lights Contrib
uted to the Fatalities

WASHINGTON, June 15.-Blame for the
passenger wreck on the New York, New
Haven g. Hartford Railroad at Bradford.
r. l., April II. in which five persons were
killed and Il injured, was placed by the
Interstate Commerce Commission today
on the failure of Flagman Coombs and
Engineman Mansfield to attend signals
properly.
Old fashioned wooden cars and gas
lights contributed to the fatalities, the
report said.
1t pointed out that had the cars been
of modern steel construction they would
not have been destroyed by fire and it
would have been possible to save more
lives.
The report presents a tabulation of
nine accidents on the New Haven since
July, 191l wherein employees failed to
obey signals or properly protect their
trains as required by rules, and showing
that in all Sc persons were killed and AIS
persons were injured.
Overconfdence
THE recurrence of such distressing &C
cidents" says the report in conclusion,
directs attention forcibly to the fact
that competent and experienced employees
are not infallible as it is to be noted In
each instance that these accidents were
due to the same fundamental cause,
namely, fallibility of the human element
responsible for the safe operation of
trains.
Safety First
;c he hi0hesf HnfV
of railroads. This obligation is not sat-
isfied by merely making rules which prove
insufficient in operation.
If the human element repeatedly fails,
then safety requires that the highest
degree Of mechanical skill be applied
to properly supplement the human ell
ement as to the particular point of
danger
Fiagman Had Plenty Time
The commissions investigation de-
veloped that the wrecked train arrived
at Bradford seven minutes before the
accident, which allowed Flagman
Coomhs time in which to walk back a
proper distance to protect his train.
Tests showed that Coombs had time
TO go DdCk IoOo leel puI iidu Soli0 oii
ly 112O feet when he was passed by
the train which crashed into the halt
ed train at Bradford.
Had the fiagman exercised the prop
er degree of care under the circum-
stances prevailing and fastened back
Immediately" the report says,
there is every reason to believe that
he could and would have warned the
ensineman of the other train in plenty
of time to have permitted him to stop
before collding."
Tests indicated that the electric sig
nails were working properly and while
there is evidence that some fog exist
ed it was not dense enough to obscure
Engineeman Mansfield's view of the
signals.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-06-16
Our Disappearina Frontier Life.


There is still keen delight in watch
Ing the rapid obliteration Of frontier
life. The frontier town began with a
few scattered dwellings on the OUT
skirts and then a single block or two
Of cheaply built frame structures run
ming parallel with the railroad. In
other days the first sign one saw on
the frontier, and the largest. was "Sa-
loon" Next In order was Hotel then
Restaurant" Bank, and, if land
boom was on, Real Estate" Now no
frontier town, however small is with
out the latest attraction of moving
pictures" and, thanks to the develop
ment Of good roads and of the automo-
bile industry, the largest sign now sup
planting Saloon" is the word ga.
rage In the background may be
seen the steeple Of church, but you
will always, no matter how small the
town may be, see the American flag
that flies in front Of the American
schoolhouse. That flag is always in
sight. even when the porch Of the
church is below the sky line.-Leslie's
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-06-16
Oriqin Of Ballot.

Ballot college, oxford. originated in
medieval times. John de Ballot, the
founder, for certain outrages on the
church was condemned to be fogged
in the porch of Durham cathedral and
to endow poor scholars at Oxford.
This occurred before 1856, so Ballot
can make plausible claim to be the
oldest college with a continuous his
tory in Oxford university. Although
Wiclif was one Of the earliest masters,
the college rarely prospered until the
close of the eighteenth century, and at
one time the members became so no
torious for drunken rowdiness that
they were styled men of Belial." The
intellectual supremacy Of Ballot dates
from the reign of Dr. Parsons, who in
vented the examination system. and
the arrival from the Scottish UNIVERSE
ties of the PHILOSOPHERS at whom
Goblet scoffed--London Chronicle.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-06-16
i. s, REPLY TO CARRANzA
|NT|MATES TROOPS WILL STAY
COMPLETED Draft De Facto Government to Be Sent Next
Week unless Events Wa rrant Quicker Despatch

good faith of the Washington admin
istration and openly limited that Presi-
dent Wilson had his eyes on the Am
erican political situation in dealing
with the situation beyond the border.
CarranZa's request for a new state
ment of the intentions of the United
States toward Mexico probably will
be complied with. 1t is understood
however, that the declaration will be
so framed that the de facto govern
ment can have no doubt that the
United States government regards such
a request as wholly unnecessary IN
view of the consistency in view OF
all previous utterances of President
Wilson, the acts of his adminlstra-
ton and the behavior of the troops
now beyond the border. 1t will be
pointed out that a friendly spirit con-
stantly has been manifested towards
Mexico, and CarranZa will be told
that failure of Mexican and the Am
ercan troops to cooperate for the ex-
termina ton of bandits was due to the
hostility and suspicion exhibited by
the MeXicans.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-06-16

The Attus family Of spiders, abound
ing in Java, have, in addition to nu-
merous smaller eyes, pair Of large
ones, which have been called gig
lamp" eyes.
A specimen of the spider, lately cap
tured near Buitenzorg, exhibits re-
markable power Of changing the color
of its eyes. When taken the eyes
were Dark brown, like the body, but
suddenly they changed to bright grass
green. Soon afterward they turned
back from green to brown, and this
change of color was repeated several
times in succession, apparently at the
will Of the creature.
Whether this action on the part OF
this curious species of spider is an eff.
fort to inspire terror in its enemy or
whether it is an effort Of its own ter.
ror is uncertain
Another singular fact is that the col
or of either one or both eyes could
thus be changed at will.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-06-16
DEAD BANDIT IS
BELIEVED TO BE
MAJOR CRUZ RUS

San Antonio, Texas, June 15-Pa-
pers found on a dead bandit in Car
rama uniform indicated that he was
Major Cruz Ruis. Doubt as to the
identity of the organization was clear
ed by the story of Vincente Lira of
San Antonio, who appeared in the
American camp after the fight. Lra
was prisoner of the bandits. He es-
capped during the fight. According to
Lira. the bandits are members of Luis
De La Rosa's organization and acted
under his orders
He said they left La Janita, a few
miles south of Laredo Monday night,
and moved steadily forward with
nothing to eat for As hours. reaching
a point almost opposite the Amer-
can camp, within an hour they cross
ed the river a mile above San Ignacio
attacking him almost immediately
Lira said he had been arrested by the
bandits at La Janita and forced to
accompany them.
General Pershing reported to Gen.
Funston today the capture of Pedro
Lujan by Capt. Turner at Tepehuantes
rs miles south of Santa Clara.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-06-16
LEADER
OF THE BANDITS
MADE PRISONER

Field Headquarters. June IA, via Ra-
do to Columbia, n. M, June 15.-Col.
Pedro Luian, one of the most promi-
nent Villa chieftains remaining alive,
was captured yesterday by Captain F.
G. Turner. commanding Troop NJ. 18th
Cavalry, at Hacienda Tepehakens. Lu-
Jan was one of the leaders in the raid
on Columbus, n. M, March 9. His cap
ture nearly completes the extermina-
ton of the Villa leaders in the raid
across the border
A bridal couple, straying into head
quarters camp on honeymoon, re-
vealed the hiding place of Luian, who
was i'll. Before daybreak Captain Tur-
ner and his troop rode into Hacienda
Tepehakens and found Lujan. The
chieftain denied his identity, declaring
he was a poor peon. He had almost
convinced the Americans when they
caught sight of a gold tooth as he pro-
tested He was brought here a pris-
oner and subsequently admitted his
identity.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-06-16

Reciprocal and nter-insurers
exchanges. 222 "a
Life insurance com panies, S3l47 90
Miscellaneous companies, 1850 IL
Assessment casualty companies, Las q
Total, s17O711. 80
Of the Maine mutual fire companies
the heaviest tax is assessed against
the Mercantile and Merchants Fire In
surance Company of Portland, with the
Aroostook Mutual Fire Insurance Com.
pany of Pressure Isle second, the Dirigo
Mutual Fire Insurance Company of
Gorham third and the Harrison Mutual
Fire Insurance Company of Harrison
fourth. The smallest tax is assessed
against the North Yarmouth Mutual
Fire Insurance Company A tax of
s2,665.95 is assessed against the Mer-
chants Insurance Company of Bangor
and one OF s2,426.00 against hte Union
Insurance Company Of Bangor.
Of the fire and marine companies or
other states, the heaviest tax is as
sessed against the Hartford Fire In
surance Company of Hartford, Conn.,
with the Aetna Insurance COMPANY of
Hartford, Conn. second, the Home In
surance Company of New York third
and the Insurance Company of North
America of Philadelphia fourth. The
smallest tax is assessed against the
CALIFORNIAN American Insurance Com
panY. Of New York.