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The Detroit times., 1916-03-06
EXCESS BAGGAGE.

The crumplcd iuncn cloth. bereft
cf the heavy basket that had SO
mysteriously disappeared, auttered
defiant corners on the breeze.
Leaning against a rock. near the
cave entrance. Smiling Sam" rub
bed big. knotted hand over the
Aristly s;ubble on bis chin II was
all coming too fast for him he was
not as young, not a. agile. as in the
old days when quick thinking and
quick moving came easy.
A Red Circle on June Travis
hand" he muttered over and over
"How in blszes can that be!
what
He crept from the protection OF
the cavern-morth and peered around
the edge of th" iutting rock, nearer
to Mary and June. Their excited
conversation Mas carried on in high
pitched tones that easily reached the
hidden listeners ears.
"Of all the queer things that keep
happening" Mary was saying impa
uently. II do declare IL gets on a
body's nerves"
IF you let IL get on your nerves,
laughed June, 'irs rather fun-sny'
thing mysterious Is fun"
II dent call IL mysterious" com
Dated Mary, when spend two
hours in the kitchen making the
very kind OF cakes your mother
loves, and that awful mixture oi
salad that you say you're Just
crazy about: and then go and have
them whisked from under my nose
and up into the sky for all know
Heavenly food to the heavenly
throng," chanted June, mischiev
ously.
"rhats not nice pious talk"
Mary's sudden lapse into right
eousness made June laugh merrily
II do believe you're starving hun
CRY. That's the reason you're being
such an old crank" she gibed. my
goodness, We've got more food In
the house, and II we haven't therS
are shops In Surfton. Can't you
look at the funny side Of IT,"
There isn't any funny side." Mar,
persisted. II had my mouth set FOL
cold, deviled crab that was left from
last night"
well then get on your knees and
thank your lucky stars that some
invisible being vanished with tho
basket Cold. deviled crab left from
last night indeed! Why, IL you had
eaten It, most likely IL would have
been you, instead Of the lunch, soar
ing heavenward. Mary. your guard
ian angel stole that food"
"Oh. 60 long with yous non
sense" exclaimed the irritated old
woman.
Look"
June raised her right hand and
pointed down the beach.
"Ts that a man carrying a basket
or do my eyes deceive met"
Expecting an indignant retort and
receiving none at all. made heI
glance roguisbiy, from tho corner Of
her eyes. She found Mary's horri
fed gaze fixed on her raised hand
The light left her face suddenly.
rs II there?" she asked, dreadina
TO look.
Mary took hold OF the cold finger
tips and pressed The marked hand
against her breast
Yes, IT'S there" she answered
sadly. We'll, daughter OF Circle
Jim, what new mischief are you
planning now"
"S'riling sam uttered a quick
gasping sound aud ducked behin'
the rock az the two women lookc'
IN his direction t,OCChed there
gripping the smoothly worn surface
for anppofi. he grinncd
Circle Um,"
June Travis Circle Jims child
The Detroit times., 1916-03-06
1xEOODFELLOWS
! LEAD BOWLERS

n SvYANDOTTE, Micn.. March g.
& k1o Wsek viii zee the conclusion
= ~ CITY Bowling Ieasue'f nrst
~ but three matches unplayed
I1o AlIepodfsllows' team II now In
( e p1acs. with very slight chance
Jnn1ng that position through this
~ oanss.
Go1ay evening win decide the
Heoot ~ the Allgoodfellows, As
I ~ t1ay ths Masonic team on this
Z S1ng a Loselle's. Wednesday.
= xnithts q Columbus and the
nooI1oWe wiIl play their last con-
W ~ yf1day evening. the lnde-
k11nG teaan. now second In the
$50 stan6ings. wfll roll against
~ 1lloh1Gan AIksl Co. Ma. team.
The Detroit times., 1916-03-06
IYPSILANTI

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11
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The Detroit times., 1916-03-06
FORD

Miss Loretta Foret. BiddIe-ave ".
was the guest % honor. Saturday
evening IN birthday party given
for her hy Miss Nalida Busby. Many
local and Detroit young people at
tended.
Clarence ReEeuan entertained
about 90 Young people in his home
Saturday evening
The Detroit times., 1916-03-06
GAYETV

viean burlesque ri a punch is
the Offering this week In the Gay
ETY. Dave Marion. in Around the
World gives a first-class show With
The Detroit times., 1916-03-06

Only One "eRoMo oUININE"
To get the genuine, call for full name
LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE. Look
for signature OF r. w. GROVE. Cures
a Cold In One Day. 25c.--Adv.
The Detroit times., 1916-03-06
ECORSE

St Francis Xavier court No. III
will give It's second masquerade ball
OF the season Monday evening IN the
band hail.
sons of Veterans meet MondAv
evening in the c. A. r. headquar-
tcrs.
pviaffag-fhe plain neat ktnd--thst
ts rfgbf-Ttmes Job Dept.--Msin s52O.
The Detroit times., 1916-03-06

Prtstiug--the plain neat kiaA-that
In rfgAt--Times Jeb Dept.-Matn <530.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-10
THE uNpER.sEA BOAT.

4 England is becoming conscious of
 the value of the undersea boat as a
 Inerchantman and blockade runner, as lis shown by a writer for the London Observer, who says:
 When more than a. year ago Ger
 many boasted that she would build Submarines to carry cargo and use them to evade our blockade by bring ing to her ports the war requisites of which she was most in need we scof-
 fed in our. usual way, and said it was Impossible. But the Deutschland burned up off the shores of America the other day to land some German 'exports and ship, in exchange, some much-needed raw materials.
 Apart altogether from the inci- dents surrounding the first eXploita- tion of it, this raising of the question 'of submarine motor transport Is one of more than passing interest. In |thes first place, Germany has pointed out for an appreciable period after 'the coming of peace she will use these craft to eke out her merchant ship lping; whereat we scoffed. Why? On 7the coming of peace, of course, they
 would be used as surface@motor- -toata.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-10
HOW TO PAY DEBTS.

France and Germany are both thinking that the practice of a more rigid economy in the feeding of the people is the easiest way to pay the great war debts they are piling up.
 A French woman proposes that France will pay for It's share in the war by economies to be practiced in French kitchens The French people, she says, can and will be well fed, but at a cost so far below what is now expended for the purpose that the difference will soon make the war debt seem like just bad dream.
 The German government very re- gently gave notice that the present rigid economy practiced under govern ment supervision will be continued long after the war is ended as an aid to the speedy recuperation of the em- pire from the consequences of the war.
 This economy which looks so invit- ing to two great nations is despised by many people of moderate means. and this is why the books of our mer- chants groan with bad debts, and an army of debt collectors live upon those who, because of bad management, es- tablish discouraging conditions for themselves and the trade.
 Rigid economy is a way for nations or individuals to wipe out handicap ping conditions, or to go on increas- ing srpluses.
 Horace Fletcher says eight million dollars was saved in the food distri- buttons in Belgium and northern France by keeping the diet down to the exact need of those aided.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-10
ECONOMIC PACT ENTERED
 INTO BY ALLIED POWER
To Render Themselves Self Sufficient
 in Regard to Raw Materials.

Overshadowing all the problems which will grow out of the European war, in it's importance to the people of the United States, is the problem to be found in the Paris Economic Pact entered into by the Allied Pow CTS in June last. This pact proposes
 CD to devise joint means to secure to countries suffering from acts of destruction and spoliatton of their raw materials, plants, etc., the restor- aUOn of the same, or to assist them to reeQuip themselves in these respects; (2) conservation for, and interchange between the Allied countries of their natural resources; (3l denial to the Central Powers for period to be fix ed, of most favored nation treat ment; (4) protection against dump ing" by the Central Powers. The fore going are contained in the plans adopted for what is known as the re-
 constructive period. Under the head ing of Permanent Measures of Nut
 uaI Assistance' the Allies will take steps CD to render themselves self sufficient in regard to raw materials and manufactured articles essential to the normal development of their economic activities, which may includes subsidies, or Government di- reCtiOn and control, customs duties or
 prOhibitiOnist, or to combinations of these methods; (2) to facilitate and
 improve the interchange of their pro-
 ducts; (3) to assimiIate laws govern
 ing patents, trademarks, etc., and for the adoption of an identical procedure in regard to same. Measures quite similar in character to those contain ed in the Paris Pact have been agreed
 upon by the Central Powres.
 While it is an economic faIIacy to suppose that any measures taken to enforce absolute non-intercOurse be- tween nations formerly at war can be enduring in their character certain it is that for some years following the present struggle, which had it's incep- ton in trade jeaIOusieS, commercial in tercOurse between the Allies and +he Central Powers will be fearfulIy cur
 tailed. What, then, must be the effect of these paCts on the industries of the
 United States? With the two groups of nations now at war adopting a post
 bellum policy of commercial non-in- teTcOurse, there can be but one result
 under q Democratic near free tariff
 law. They will consider the United States their best consumer, and will proceed to unload on our market. In their efforts to drive each other out Of this market the two groups will start to underseu each other under the very
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-10
THE HORRORS OF WAR

There is no such thing as imagining the horrors of war. The real picture of them exceeds anything Dante was capable of imagining. When we have them described by man five months at the front we get a true picture. Here is one from that death-line over two thousand miles long:
 They talk of the war! Let them come close in! Let them see lying around elnaciated heads with no bod ies within a couple of hundred wards; let them see the bloody confusion of heads and entrails and limbs which is showered around when a trench is mined; let them sec the heads with cars and noses bitten off as if by mad dogs: let them see the men driven insane by the sights and sounds of the battlefield, who turn and rend their comrades, and have to be shot hundreds of wounded men are lying on contested ground screaming the whole night through (and not one in a million has ever heard man scream,) and then talk of the war!''
 sherman described the tame war of his day as He'll" and he has never been charged with exaggerating. All pictures the mind of man has con ceived Of do not approach such a hell as this
 Man seems capable of deeds of cruelty of which the devil himself would be ashamed.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-10

under a Democratic tariff law, is per mitted to run our manufacturers out of business, the dream of MT. Wander lip will never be realized. We will be- come hewers of wood and drawers o4 water. The re-equipment of countries which have suffered from spoliation. means that Belgium, cur greatest com petitor in the glass industry, is to be made industTiaIly whole, and one of our greatest enterprises will meet competition which will make the com petition of past years mere Child's play.
 The Democrats enacted a tariff which opened this market wide to the nations of the world. The DemQcrats set the seal of approval on that law in their first St. Louis platform. In face of the fact that commercial con ditions the world over are undergoing a revolution, the Democratic party re- fuses to oudge from it's policy of 8 tariff for revenue only. If we are to be commercially prepared, after the European war, we must have @ re- publican administration.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-10

'Tn my efforts to invent household necessity" said the man who stays at home, 'I once made a device that l called a hot air controller. Ordinarily hot air is beyond control, breaking out in all sorts of climates and under all circumstances.
 But that is not the kind of hot air mean. The hot air I mean is caused by heat, not imagination. have noticed that when it gets beyond con- trol the bread, cakes and pies come out of the oven in a deplorable con dition. On these occasions the genial soul of the housewife is Tuffled like @ booklet in a breeze. And, unfortu- nately, on these occasions the man of the house, lacking the wisdom of Solomon, makes slighting remarks about the burned product and as a result the peace of that household is soon hOpelessly wrecked.
 50 it was to conserve the peace of the land as well as to reap a fortune that I invented this contraption for regulating the temperature of the oven of a cookstove or range. It was a good deal on the order of the devices used to control the temperature of furnaces by regulating the draft.
 T spent much time and money be- fore I had a working model completed and we were delighted, my wife and I, to find that it worked when put to a practical test. So the next step was to get some one to invest his funds in
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-10
EPIpEMlcs INDIcr US

We are excited now over the viru- 1ence and fatality of infantile par alysis, and the whole of the forty-nine states which make up this republic are exercised because of the negIf- gence of filthy conditions in New York city,
 Had that great metropolis have been as afraid of dirt as it is of the con- sequences of sanitary negligence, it would have saved all the precious lives being lost daily because of it; not only in that city, but for radius of 200 miles.
 We are giving too much attention to the discovery of serums to cure zymotic or filth diseases, and too little to that cleanliness which is next to Godliness because it establishes a condition of good health.
 To let the slums reek in filth is to invite a plague as surely as would the negligence to bury the dead.
 If New York had spent half the money for the enforcement of sani- tation as it is ow pouring out to check the consequences of lack of it, Connecticut would not have been |menaced with an epidemic for which lit is not responsible and which it lcannOt avoid,
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-10
Stories of the War
A Canadian Soldiers Letter.

Before this reaches you, you will have learned that am wounded. have seven wounds in aIL which T received on July 10th. I was car rying despatches to battalion head quarters and thought it was safer as l did not have to go into the front trenches. Just fancy the luck, it was our last morning before going for 30 days rest. I left brigade headquarters at S.30 p. m. on July 10th with i'm pOrtant despatches for our battalion. up and were on our way back and were passing through the ruined village of Zillibeclle when we got it. The other man with me was also wounded. We always keep about six yards apart, so that if one of us is hit the other can go ahead with the despatches and get stretCher bearers. I heard the shell coming but did not have time to get out of the road before it dropped a few yards from us, and we were both hurled many feet away.
 Mother said a prayer in that frac- tion of a second before it exploded, and God heard me, because the shell was near enough to blow Us to bits. We'll I picked myself up and yelled to my partner I was hit, and he re- piled that he was in the same fix. The dressing station was about a mile away but we managed to run into a first aid man, who dressed our wounds.
 The despatches we delivered were orders concerning an attack which we were carrying out that night, in answer to a furious bombardment by the Germans, and I can tell you I was happy we delivered them.
 When the first aid man had dressed our wounds we had to lay, with the shells dropping around us while he went on to the dressing station for stretcher bearers. It was lucky we met the first aid man, or we would have bled to death.
 Don't worry about me, I shall likely be out again in a month or two. Pray for the boys who are out there, and the ones who have given their lives. For the third time have lost every thing, I landed in this hospital in my underwear.
 Don't worry about me, they have taken all the pieces of shell out of me, and when get well I shall have a ten days pass, and anyhow we have the Germans on the run. Our poor old battalion has literally been shot to pieces; we only have PIT left out of those who left dontreal.-Ottawa Git iZen.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-10
BIG INVENTION

the big idea and start to manufacture it. With this in mind we invited my wife's father to the house to see the thing work.
 He came, but was skepticaI in the extreme, especially when he found that he was looked to for the capital But my wife mixed up a batch of biscuits, thinking she'd reach dads purse through his appetite, while I gribIy explained the working of the dinguS, in a vain effort to reach the same ob- Jectlve by an appeal to an absent in tellect. He was obdurate, knew it wouldn't work, didn't see any market for it if it did, hadn't any money to throw away on fool dinguses nohow, but would stay to see it.
 So the fire was heaped up and giv- en a good draft and when the ap- pointed hour was at hand the biscuits were put in the oven and the device was set for the right temperature to bake them.
 Dad stood with his back to the stove, for it was a cold day and the heat didn't cost him anything. My wife poured out her eIoquence trying to get the old boy to loosen I'D and I believe she would have succeeded if the patent hadn't been such a success.
 Lust as he seemed to be on the point of relenting the dingus worked and opened the over door to let out the surplus heat. It pushed the door against dad. There was an odor of scorched garment, a roar, a leap, a crash, and dad and all our fondest hopes and dreams of wealth went out of the kitchen windOw.'-Chicago News.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-10
r Amerfcan manufacturer!

noses of American manufacturers. This may continue until our industries are paralyzed, our 1aborers are sub jects of charity, and the poverty of the country has reduced us to a point where we are no longer good customers. of the competing groups, and prob ably about that time these pact will become utilities.
 In a recent address, Frank A. Van derlip declared: We must buy abroad an increasing volume of things that we can never economically pro- duce. We must pay for them in goods and it should be our ambition to pay for them in finished goods which represent the higher achieve ments of labor rather than in raw ma terials." MT. Vanderlip sees the cv- olution of the United States from an agricultural and manufa curing na- tion. The greatest need of Europe will be raw materials. The countries most needing these raw materials are our keenest competitors-Ger and Austria. If Germany buys our coal, iron, copper, cotton, etc, and
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-10

Professor Adolf Harnack, the eni- neut German theologian, whose works are known throughout the world, is one of the most conspicuous of the men now featuring to Germans on peace, with the sanction of the Ger man government. These men began their endeavors in the large cities of the empire on Aug. 1. They desire to pre- pare the minds of their conpatriots for consideration of the wars end and the objects to be attained by Ger many's gigantic struggles. Professor Harnack is a professor of theology and general director of the Royal library in Berlin. Of his numerous books, What Is Christianity?" is probably best known to English speaking read CTS. In the address in Berlin he warned his hearers not to expect or demand too much from the results of the war, as Germany must remember the lot of her confederates as well as her own success. He appealed for confidence in the administration Of Chancellor Von Bethman- -Hollweg, which he said had done it's utmost to avert the war. Its attitude toward certain neutraIs history would some day justify, Professor Harnack said.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-10
POLITICAL
To Catch German Votes.

The publication of the Adrninistra-
 tions note on the so-caIled blacklist, decreed by the British Government un- der authority of an act of Parliament, reveals that it is even more positive in tenor" than the advance notices of it's substance, furnished by the official press bureau, had led the country to suppose.
 It is characterized by all the fury
 of campaign documcnt-isn't that what it is2
 The hope and belicf' are expressed that the British Government has acted without a full realization of the many undesired and undesirable re- suits that might ensue." But, study ing the composition of this remark able remOnstrance, a suspicion may arise in the minds of Well-infOrmed
 Americans, or such as are not affected
 with hysterical bias, that the State Department has acted without a full realization of the facts in the case. What Great Britain has now done, the French Government, in effect, did
 early in the war-enjoined its citizens to have no transactions with traders with the enemy. The 'blacklist''
 order, indeed, simply. directs attention to indivIduals-the operations they have engaged in, or have tried to en- gage in, have been under the ban for
 
 It appears that some of the Ameri-
 can firms on the prescribed list have
 not had the EftTOntery to appeal to the State Department for relief They are
 well aware that they have been
 caught with the goods" though they probably have no objection to seeing | the Government at WashinGtOn take up the cudgeIs in their behalf It is 8 gratuit0us performance. The American people, as a whole, feel no such grievance as the State Depart ment prOfesses. The action taken by the Allies is clearly a matter of dO- mestic policy. They forbid their citi- zers tC have any dealings with certain
 foreign firms. se7rha sCoDe and effect
 of the policy are extraordinary" our nOte declares. Well, the war is extra ordinary. the times are extraordinary the language of this note is surely extraordinary. But from all facts, as published. it is difficult to see what grounds exist for trying to make an acute international issue out of it. except to catch German votes for next November.
 According to the note: The harsh and even disastrous effects upon the trade of the United States, and upon neutral rights, are obvious" But,
 where are the facts, or any visible
 signs to support that assertion? So
 far from any such effects being o'bvi-
 Ous. the statement is rubbish. And it
 is a fair sample of the notes posi-
 tive tenCr."-FrOvidence Journal.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-10
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