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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-03-25
Did You Know That
Flour ExplOdes?

During the last 10 years. about
90 explosions have occurred In ce-
real. r ur and feed mills, with the
loss OF two million dollars worth
OF property, as we'll as the killing
or injuring OF over 200 employees.
Investigations regarding the causes
OF these explosions and subsequent
fires have not proved conclusively
what are the dificultIes to be avoid.
cd. In eight cases. the explosions
are believed to have originated
from the sparks produced In tho
machines during the grinding pro.
cess Tiny particles OF gravel or
metallic substances coming into
contact with the plates OF the ma
chine may produce enough sparks
TO ignite the dust within the ma.
chine
Anotner possible cause for cereal
dust explosions suggested r. the
use OF naked flames. April Popu'
lar Science Monthly.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-03-25
Trading Stamps and Law

The coupon and trading stamp
evils will be stamped out II state
laws are enacted putting a pronloI-
tive tax upon them. Such state
laws will De upheld by the United
states supreme court. which hand
ed down a decision recently noid
ing that states have the power 10
tar trade coupons which are re
deemaple in premiums. The court
upheld the constitutionality OF laws
in Florida and Washington impos-
ing such taxes. The tax In Wash
ington is prohibitive and amounts
To- legislation for suppression OF the
practice.
NO refinement OF reason Is neces-
sary TO demonstrate the broad power
OF the legislature over the transac-
tions OF men, said Justice Mchenna
There are many lawful restrictions
upon liberty OF contract and DUST
ness: IL would be an endless task
TO cite cases In demonstration. ana
that the experimenting Of the sale
of one article by a token gwen, ana
TO be redeemed in some other aru-
Gle. has accompaniments and effects
neyond mere advertising, the ale
cations OF the Dill and the argu'
ment OF counsel establish.
Advertising Is merely identinca
ton and description, apprising OF
quality and place. II has no other
object than TO draw attention 10 the
article TO be sold and the acguisi
ton of the article to be sold consti
tutes the only inducement 10 its
purchase. The matter IL simple
single In purpose and motive; us
consequences are we'll defined. there
being nothing Interior; IL Is the
practice OF old and familiar trans
actions and has sufficed Tor tneil
success.
THE scheme OF complainant
Rave no such directness and effect
They rely upon something else thar
| the article sold. They tempt by
promise OF a value greater than tina
article. and apparently not repre-
sented In it's price. and IL hence ma
be thought that thus. by an appea
TO cupidity. they lure TO improvi
dence. This may not be called II
an exact sense a lottery. may no
be called gambling; II may. how
ever. be considered as having tn'
seduction and EVIL OF such. ant
whether II has may be a matter 0
inquiry and OF judgment that II &
finally within he power OF the legs
Isture to make. Editor and Pun
Usher.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-03-25
Advice.

Advice Is yelled but egostical
attempt TO show your neighbor how
you surpass him intellectually. n js
a magnifying glass which Won hand
to him, after which you make Ger.
tam mat you are standing at the
proper focal distance.
Advice Is also used as susa,
coating fol criticism, az a diplomatic
method Of checking offensive con.
duct, and as a pastime.
There are two classes of peopIe
eDullient with a desire to give ad
vice: those who have had experi.
ence and those who have not.
A request for advice Is usually a
subtle form OF nattery or else a
method Of lodging responsibility.
The person who Is wise enough 10
take good advice and the one who
Is too wise 10 give u generally q,
the knot OF perfect friendship.
Advice is drug on the market
The principal reason why the sup
ply exceeds the demand il because
those who need TIE most take the
least.
Advice should never he followed
II u IL good advice, II cannot be fol
lowed The only advice which II
good Is that which drives YOU
Judge.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-03-25
Pointed Paragraphs

lazy man is lead one who
can't be buried.
Men whose only books are wo-
mems looks are students OF folly.
And many a man has lost his thou.
sands through pursuing another hun.
dTed
A sehoolLoy wants TO know how
many square rods it takes 10 make a
RiseaCre
Rather than waste time arguing
n wise man will let a fool have his
own way
Some people are willing TO 10 good
II paid for II. and others are good
for nothing.
Alas for the intellect when the IN.
derStanding IL limited only by the
size of the feet
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-03-25
LIKE BEGETS LIKE
~ n Apo,NoToN BRUCE
Of

He has diligently tried TO be OF
use to other people. He has made
kindness and courtesy his watch
words
This trustful. helpful attitude has
engendered a similar attitude IN
those With whom he has been
thrown much in contact.
AS he believes in them. so they
believe in him-and II need be they
will go out Of their way 10 be OF
service 10 him.
On the opposite. the man who cu~
tivates a mistrustful. suspicious al.
titude toward his fellows reaps a
harvest OF suspicion and mistrust on
their part.
They do not willingly help him.
Instead or boosting. they are in
clined TO knock AZ all events the
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-03-25
from Another Point of VieU
By c. r. S.

On the other hand if Millionaire Peck
asked DIR. Waite to help him put an end
to life, he seems to have known the very
person TO go to.
Still, the war correspondent who sent
word that Villa was surrounded had it
right. So is Mexico
He tried and tried and tried and tried,
But every time he'd fail,
Each position that he got,
Brought forth the same old tale.
Mongst men he never quite made good
They cut him from their list;
And now the reasons clear--he wears
A watch upon his wrist
Another blow for peace: The Colonel
is on his way home
Samuel Sherman has been sued for d.
vorce, and, just possibly, is in position
to give us a Sherman opinion on matr..
mony.
Six hundred Detroit policemen have re-
ceived orders to get vaccinated. so be very
careful the next few days that you don,
bump into the arm of the la%.
DR.. Waite was worried, also, about hi:
wife's health. Possibly because he real
lied better than anybody else that sh,
didn't marry very well.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-03-25

That familiar saying. Like be-
gets like is OF far wider applica.
ton than many people suspect. True
in the physical realm. II is equally
true In the realm of the mental and
the spiritual.
II amounts. indeed, TO mental
and spiritual law. the operation OF
which largely determines a mans
success or failure.
Many a man OF inferior natural
talent has achieved a real success
simply because. consciously or I'M
consciously, he has SO ordered his
life that the law OF like begetting
like has operated in his favor.
In all his undertakings he has
kept a serene confidence in the
good will and sincerity OF his fel-
low men.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-03-25

that many OF our backward pupils
are backward purely and simply be-
cause, through physical defect. they
are unable 20 handle the work OF
the school program.
What these defects are, and the
causes that lie behind them. are
things that we must know. II we
do not know them we must find
them out and guard against them.
Education without health is use
less
II would be better TO sacrifice the
education. n. In order 10 attain II,
the child must lay down his good
health ns the price.
Children are not billiards or de-
fectiyes by the will Of Providence.
but rather by the law OF cause and
effect.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-03-25
DIT oRIAL PAGE

Gals, then by state headquarters, and
finally by the national office.
The nomination Of Benson by Socialists
means the first victory for anti-prepared
ness within party, too.
The New York Post sees in the nom
nation of Benson proof that Socialist
sentiment is overwhelmingly against the
militarist position taken by Charles Ed
ward Russell and other Socialist leaders
in moment of panic
| If the other parties should fail to re
spond to the anti-preparedness senti-
ment there is in the country, there vii
be nothing for the supporters of anti
paredness to do but vote for the Socialist
candidate, as matter of principle.
In which even the vote for Benson is
going to provide US with some startling
figures.
Another thing that is going to add to
the Socialist vote this year is the fact
that the general public has been educat-
ed beyond the point of looking upon a
Socialist as of fire-eating propensities and
dangerous person in the community
Bensons writings nave had much to do
in changing the public mind on this
point, too.
He has made it clear for those who
were once ignorant enough to shudder at
the word Socialism" that socialism is
not at all to be feared, because it cannot
come until place has been made for it
and not until it has been invited-that
socialism is only cure for a nations
political diseases.
Benson will not be elected. of course,
but if the Democrats and Republicans can
succeed as the Socialists have in naming
A man so earnestly committed to
loftiest principles Of party, and so sin
cerely solicitous for the common good of
the country's people, the voters will not
be able to go far wrong this November
IN the matter of a MAN FIT FOR THE
FIRST OFFICE
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-03-25

the parent the right to claim such
protection but even n he does not
insist upon II, the child has the
right to claim H.
The child, has a claim upon the
state and the state has claim
upon the child. which demand recog-
milton.
But we are beginning TO find out
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-03-25

w iuNirt lndL ltit
child shall be
safe from harm
and will at leas,
be handed back TO
him In as good
condition az he
was at first.
Not only has
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-03-25
ON SAME FARM ~ YEARS.

Frank 7. Reed OF Curryville. Mo, ~ years Of
age. has resided on the farm where he was
born for his entire life. The house was built
OF logs 95 years ago. but N has been weather.
boarded, plastered and otherwise improved dur.
Ing the time. Mr. Reed came into possession
OF the 120-acre farm AZ the death of his father
by purchasing the interest Of the other hsirs.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-03-25
MARCONrS RETORT

An amusing story IL told about a reply that
the celebated inventor Of wireless telegrapby,
signor Marconi once made TO a lady who mis-
took him for his equally famous compatriot. Mas
cagni. the composer.
"Oh." she said, gushingy. I'D love to hear
you play your beautiful Intermezzo"
Madam replied Marconi gravely. "Tn 10 IL
with pleasure II you've got n wireless piano"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-03-25
Now Let the Two Older
Parties Pick a Man AS
Fit for This High Place

Allan L. Benson, formerly of Detroit
md ct one time connected with The
Times editorial department, has beer
\ Nominated by the Socialist party for
i presidsnt of the United States.
In 1900, Eugene Debs, Socialist can
4 didate for president, received 99,6lS
votes; in 1904, 391 ,5S7; in 1908, 420,711
a 1912, 91S,155.
This remarkable increase in the Social
IT vote is attributed by some to the
eadsrship of Debs and the fact of his
1iIuociation with labor.
Most Of those who voted for the rail-
q 1ood organizer knew q lot more about
\ ,obs than they knew about Socialism,
\ naeuts the Brooklyn Eagle, in line
nm ne view that it was Debs' personal
I 6cpularity and not conversion to Social
HI which caused the jump in the party
49, from less than hundred thousand
utes ii 1904 to nearly a million votes in
191x
! Hut the Eagle and every other news
MI that entertains its opinion may for
\ Sut II.
Id the opinion of The Times, the So
Y, efo1tsts have placed in nomination for the
" fruGidency the very man, within the
ofty, who has done most to bring these
\ kpndreds Of thousands of converts into
90 fold.
Ransom is the man WITHIN the party
Hho should have the credit.
He his had assistance, of course, from
& w outside, like that received from
4 tho Republican and Democratic parties,
rom predatory capital and the idle rich.
The Clark millions have helped, for in
\ stance, by the vulgar display of money
fepresented in the building of that man.
4 S1on on Fifth-ave., which ought to come
1retty close to making Socialist of
every man who passes it and knows the
story.
Pink teas for pets in the form of pedi-
S rived pups while babies of workingmen
Z n tenements have died for the want Of
J lfesh cir and pure milk have been fac
4 for.
These things have made people think
md Mr.. Benson's pen has helped them to
think.
He has made them think his way and
h tie result has been more Socialists.
One does not have to be of Benson
\ political faith to admire him for his con-
victions.
He left newspaper work on account of
\ them, to find free field for vigorous
8 pen, driven by quick, clear and clean
\ mind, and had soon won for himself a
i national reputation through his articles
4 II leading magazines and through books
Y 40 wrote which received wide circulation
Benson's earnestness appeals to both
y )kls reader and his listener, and the party
y under his leadership will undoubtedly
Z to,l its banner vote this year.
\ The Socialists have given us an idea oil
y HEIR progressive thought and ability Il
I rive II practical application by the man
1er in which they have nominated Ben
y ron for president and given him thre,
months start over the other fellows.
The ballots were cast by dues-payin,
Y nembers Of the party.
The referendum vote to which tn
& ndidate was chosen is the first eve
! ia for the nomination of national can
afe1 either in the Socialist party o
nv other.
IN method Is this: Nominations an
e and opportunity afforded thos
~ wish TO decline. Ballots bearing tn
hing names are sent to the entir
~ cd rstuns received by X
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-03-25
The Keep Well Column
SCHOOL CHILDREN.

Public schools are a public trust.
When the parent delivers his
child TO their care he has "A rIgh'
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-03-25

Ninety thousand farms in Texas
have no cows.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-03-25

Women are engaged to patrol the
army camps In England.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-24
DADDY'S EVENING
GEAIR TALE s.
b. MARY GRAHAM BONNER
WOODLAND BALL.

Il haven't had Ball for ever and
ever so long said the Fairy Queen"
THAT is So" said Fairy Twilight
Bell; why can't we have one this
afternoon?"
Eyes, why can't we?" said Fairy
Ybab, who gives the Music for the
Fairyland Balls.
I'VE shall have one" said the Fairy
Queen. She waved her Wand of Gold
and from all over the Fairies came.
Were to have a Ball this very
afternoon" she said.
"Hurrah!' they all shouted.
Quickly fly away" she said, "and
get your Costumes, and be back at
three O'clock"
I'VE WILL" they called out merrily
as they flew off.
And just at three all the Fairies
came back. But such costumes as
they wore! Some of them were dressed
as Flowers, and some as Ferns, and
others as Butterflies. They all looked
so lovely and they wore Wings and
Wands of the colors of their Costumes.
Where is the Fairy Queen?' they
all asked.
"Oh, she will give US a Surprise,
probably" said Fairy Ybab.
No sooner had she said that, than
from underneath a very tall Toadstool
stepped the Fairy Queen. And she
wore costume of a red toadstool.
We're to have Toadstools all
around to rest upon when we get tired
of dancing" she said.
And in moment TOadstools of all
colors and sizes and kinds sprang out
of the Earth
Wonderful shouted the Fairies.
and some of them leaped about from
one Toadstool to the other, and so
lightly they went that the Toadstools
didn't mind in the least. For Toad
stools are delicate Plants and will tum-
bic to the ground very quickly.
But soon again the Fair Queen had
disappeared.
where has she gone this time?'
asked the fairies.
Lets guess" said the Fairy Prin-
cess Twilight Bell.
Some of the Fairies guessed that
the Fairy Queen would come as a
beautiful Flower, and others guessed
that she would come in a Costume
which lighted up like Firef1y. They
kept on guessing for some time and
just as they We're about to give up she
came back, drawn in a Chariot. One
hundred Robins were drawing the
Chariot. and as they were going along
the ground, hopping and bobbing their
heads they kept singing and trilling
the most beautiful songs.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-24

The high price of coal this year is
inevitable. The supply is short for a
variety of reasons. One factor is the
high prices paid for manual labor.
which have attracted men who had
been employed in the mines to munition
factories and other establishments
where they earn more than was ever
paid to them for digging out coal. The
immense increase in manufacturing has
meant larger consumption of coal.
Wood will be used more in New Eng
land this year than at any time since
the big coal strike. Farmers who have
a supply of well seasoned wood will be
sure to get top prices within the next
few months. 1t is time right now for
men who have an available supply of
wood to begin to plan to get it into the
market. There is sure to be a demand
for it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-24

The Boy Scouts are said to lack
leaders. There are not enough efficient
men able or willing to devote their
time to directing scout group. The
Boy Scout organizations have done a
great deal to give the boy active ex-
preston for his notwithstanding soul
and have at the same time helped to
develop in him right ideals and high
standards of living and personal con
duct. The Boy Scout movement has
come to fill big place in the American
boy-life today. Men possessing the
very qualities to make them excellent
leaders are too busy, or think they are
too busy-which is the same thing
to give attention to this useful work
If the Boy Scout groups are to accom-
plish the fine purposes for which they
are intended they certainly have a
claim on the thought and interest and
leadership of the strong, virile men in
the communities where the troops are
formed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-24
TRY THIS TO DANISH
ALL RHEUMATICPAIN

People who have been tormented
for years-yes, even so crippled that
they were unable to help themselves
have been brought back to robust
health through the mighty power of
Rheuma
Rheuma acts with speed; it brings
iii few days the relief you have
prayed for. 1t antagonizes the poisons
that cause agony and pain in the joints
and muscles and quickly the torturing
soreness completely disappears.
1t is harmless remedy, but sure
and certain, because it is one discov-
cry that has forced rheumatism and
sciatica to yield and disappear.
Try 50cent bottle of Rheuma
and if you do not get the joyful relief
YOU expect, your money will be re-
turned. Wilfred F. Root always has a
supply of Rheuma and guarantees it
TO you.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-24

The National Model License league
has been for a long time studying
figures to find out the percentage of
crime due to excessive use of liquor.
The claim had been made that there
was one town in the United States
where 30 per cent of crime was attrib-
uted to liquor. The National League
has located this town. 1t is Roc kland,
Me-, where the police records for 1915
with a population of S,ls4, show ar
rests for drunkenness 5S4, which was 90
per cent of all the arrests made. And
Rockland is in a prohibition state.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-24
The Duncan Verdict.
{ Rutland Herald.(

The verdict of the jury in the case
of George W. Duncan, admitted SLAYER
of his wife, was not unexpected. 1t
may be said to be a popular verdict.
but is it good law and good public pol
icy?
Does it mean that any young man,
who believes his wife to be unfaithful,
may proceed to exercise the tribal
right of putting her to death, then es-
cape the civilized penalty by means
OF an ingenious theory of temporary
insanity?
Does it mean that a Vermont jury
may be 50 influenced by the spsyehol-
ogy of the courtroom as to let its
sympathy run away with its duty to
the community?
Does it portend a release of this
Wife-slayer, to resume his usual occu-
pations and exercise his full rights as
a citizen2 If it does, The Herald has
no hesitation whatever in saying that
very serious miscarriage of justice
has been accomplished.
If George Duncan was. insane when
he shot his wife a few months ago, he
is unfit to be at large now, despite the
finely drawn theories of his attorneys
and the manifest sympathy of the pub
lie. The sober second thought of the
| community will suggest this, later if
not today.
Taking human life is a much too seri-
Gus business to be dismissed by the
sympathetic verdict of a jury, repre-
senting a sympathetic community, and
it seems to be clearly within the prov
ince of the court to confine this wife
slayer under such conditions as will
surely warrant the protection of So
cietv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-24
A Wonderful Cow.
(Bennington Banner

inexperienced people who write adj
vertisements usually have their mind
on the main issue and often lose sight
of some of the lesser details. Then
if the newspaper prints the thing as
sent in folks of course laugh at the
laundering editor. The following is
the copy of a For Sale advertisement
received and printed by the Mon
mouth, H., Review: +" For Sale-A
Guernsey cow, gives a good quantity of
milk, also, hay fork, rope and pulleys
and small refrigerator.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-24
S e A S l & K " E. S S
Copyright

Seasickness is a disagreeable malady
which is caused by the stomach losing
its equilibrium and so forth. People do
not always miss the equilibrium at
first, but this is not true of the so
forth
Seasickness almost always results
from coming in contact with water
which refuses to lie fiat There is moth
ing more terrifying than large body
of water which stands first on one leg
and then on the other and causes the
apprehensive tourist to wish that he
had been carried off by the mumps in
early youth. 1t would seem that science
could discover some method of pre-
venting the ocean from rising up and
driving inoffensive passengers away
from a table d 'hote dinner which was
paid for before leaving the dock, but
it has not been able to do so. This
teaches US that science is of about as
much use to the average citizen as the
interstate commerce commission.
Seasickness usually sets in as soon
as the three-mile limit is passed, and
dies lingering death on reaching the