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The Detroit times., 1916-02-02
FORM OF PRAYER
Ito BE Said in All Churches.)
eY DR.. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1875. b. Frank Cranel


earth, We lift our hearts to Thee. and
worship Thee in sincerity and truth.
Hear us while we acknowledge Thy
true nature and Thy just rule. confess
our sins. and implore Thine aid to bet
ter our lives.
We believe that Thou art eternal
Goodness, and dost not need nor excuse
evil deeds of men to accomplish Thy
will
We believe that Thou art eternal
Truth, and that every lie, both small
and great. ofrendeth Thy divine majesty.
We believe that Thou art He that up
hodeth the kind. the merciful, and the
meek and that Thou bringest these at
last to triumph.
Amen.
Hear now, whilst we confess our great
sins.
We have doubted Thy power, and used
force, violence and cruelty, instead of
love, faith and patience to advance Thy
kingdom.
1dlIlug lftct our dtRcf, VIC HdNC maui
war, one nation against another.
The very Churches that professed Thy
name have urged war. blessed armies,
and famed the flame of perverted and
destructive patriotism.
We have blasphemously asked Thy
blessing upon our enterprises to kill our
brethren.
We have rent the garment Of human
ity to adorn our sectional vanities.
We have praised war, planned for war
and gloried in war, which is the sum and
compound Of all crimes.
We, Thy Churches, have been recreant
to our sworn fealty, in cowardice we
have Joined wars, we have failed to pro-
test, we have preferred to die for nation
al pride rather than to die as martyrs
to Thy cause and be willing TO sacrifice
life rather than share in the hideous
business of slaughtering our fellowmen.
Therefore, today we are shorn OF in
huence, men laugh at our preachment
we are hiss and by-word, for that
we have no vision of Thy truth. and no
fealty thereto, but have followed the
multitude with the devils lie.
Amen!
Help us, o divine Father, to better
ways.
Make every priest and preacher to
thunder against war, the apostasy Of the
world.
Make every believer in God to refuse
to take up arms to kill his neighbor.
Deepen the conscience of mankind un-
ill it shall revolt against wholesale and
organized cruelty. destruction, and muir
der, even as the individual.
Enlarge our patriotism until it shall
mean humanity.
Change the spirit of our nationalisms
until they cooperate and cease to con-
tend.
Show all men that there can be no
true worship of the All Father without
love for All Brothers.
This plague and madness of war is
TOO deep in our blood, too intrenched in
history and custom, too stupefying in
its hold upon mems minds, too filed with
passions that seem glorious but are real
" monstrous. too strong in every way,
for reason to prevail against them.
Nothing but Thine Almighty Spirit
can cleanse this frightful poison from
the worlds heart.
Come then, God of all races, creeds.
and nations, God Of our common human
kind, and cause in us such a loathing and
detestation toward war that it may never
again afflict Thine earth.
Amen
The Detroit times., 1916-02-02
EDITORIAL PAGE

this basis look in view of a growing sem
timent in late years for non-partisan
judiciary, or a judiciary, in other words
not monopolized by single point of view.
Upon every stationary engine there is
found what is known as governor.
This is an appliance for regulating
force. preventing the engine from going
too fast and preventing it from going too
slow.
1t equalizes the force, or balances 1t.
The most stationary thing we can
think of is court, or the supreme court
of the United States.
II is not force.
1t simply directs force, the force be-
ing law.
Law is prescribed by the superior, and
binds the inferior to obey.
Brandeis would take his seat upon the
bench. by no means, as the superior, but
only as part of a governing principle,
to maintain balance between the SUI
perior and the inferior, for which there
are prescribed rules. which Brandeis by
himself did no make and which by him.
self he could not unmake.
Tn governor controlling the station
ary engine and directing its force has
to be adjusted and balanced itself be-
fore it can distribute energy properly :;
IT,,,ta Ctata rt chn
have, before anything else, BALANCE.
This fact was proved to all of us very
early in life, no sooner than We found
ourselves upon the common school
ground, by the game of see-saw.
A preponderance generally put an end
to the game.
President Wilson could not have made
a happier choice.
With Brandies part of it We can
more than ever feel assured that the
highest court in our land will be court
of JUSTICE.
The judicial temperament of Brandeis
is being discussed in connection with his
nomination for justiceship.
A judicial temperament is one which
we have always associated with proper
sense of justice.
It has always been our. opinion, too,
that just plain, common. horse sense
could be worked in to the advantage of
all concerned.
Those who question the judicial tenn
permanent of Brandeis do so either in
ignorance of the mans activities as a
lawyer, in which event they are ex-
cusable, or do so with full understand
ing of the direction in which he has
expended his energies and his great abil-
ity, and leave an opening for the sug
gestion that they do not want man on
the bench with a sense of true justice.
Unless the United States supreme
court is to represent the few as against
the many, there has been no good reason
advanced as yet why Brandeis is unfit for
seat upon it. or why the senate should
not confirm the presidents nomination.
The Detroit times., 1916-02-02

Tho Man at Large--Too bad a fne
looking man like you should wear
chains.
The Man In Shackics--You see,
It's like this. bo: work 20 fast on
dis Job n don't wear 'em ! II skid
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La BAD.

Maude-How does your family
HNe your new feller?
Mabel--Not at all. Mama says he
will run II you say boo" 10 him and
papa says he will run II you say
Buy" 70 him.--Puck
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More likely.

So your sons In college. en- :
Burning the midnight oil. ! s'pose p
"Well--er--ycs; but I've an Idea
e"-that it's gasoline. st. Patrick,
Monthly Calendar
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PROTECTION

Madge-ff you're angry with Charlie how an
you going TO get square by accompanying him
on q sleigh ride7
Marjorie-I'm going to wear q veiL--JudgA
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United States 1918 farm crops
vere valued st oio.B0o. DOC, 900.
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Where Were the British
'Warships? Where Were
The Detroit Police?

IN Inc OetrOlC fOllcc!
Dpoaling Of stunts:
w hardly know which to consider the
4 - rsmarkable, the astonishing accom-
hneut Of the Appam, British liner
Ded by handful Of Germans and be-
EGtin9 N their hands wonder ship, OF
accomplishment of the robbers who
II ~ o6 with the contents Of the safe
lid lhs John d. Mabley store.
The Appam with 155 passengers and
i nsw Of 184 was believed to have
Hndered in heavy storm or to have
SSA torpedoed off the West African
onSt two weeks ago while en- route to
rland.
IHatsnd, il develops that she was cap
zed BY German raiders.
ES Ghe sailed into Hampton Roads Tues
1av morning with the German naval en-
SI13n futtering boldly from her stern.
And abe was in charge Of German
kise crew numbering % men-count
q 22.
IA most audacious manner the Ger
ons with their prize had defied and
ceeded in eluding the British war
klp6 patrolling the American coast.
No dime novel ever ventured anything
"a the other hand, there was the
~ pf the Mabley store.
n be understood that the store is
tDd down town in the business dis
Sk. between Wo0dward-ave- and Girls
To-, two Of Detroit's principal thor
hfares, and faces Grand River-ave,
6eher Of our principal thoroughfares.
Io enin an entrance to the store, the
1bers had to carry and put in place a
fer that would enable them to reach
~ ~ of one-story building. to which
~ pulled the ladder up after them.
Gaining the top Of two-story build
adjoining the Mabley store next,
pried open window on the third
xor u Mabley's and climbed in.
HE thieves attempted first to get into
~ safe without resort to explosives.
zut were compelled to drill eventually
ia use nitroglycerine.
They had not expected to blow the safe
~ were not prepared with the usual
( I'M OF deadening the sound. A towel
8 hand was grabbed Up for the emer-
\ ncy to render such service as it would,
= NOBODY saw the robbers at work,
NOBODY saw them getting in and NO
oDY heard the explosion--not even a
lcsnan.
Maybe what the Germans were able to
with the Appam wouldn't have been
= accomplishment at all with little
~ efficiency on the part of those Brit
y WArships patrolling the American
aybe II would have been impossible
8 t robbers to have entered business
6n6e In the very heart of our business
& txict and get away with the contents
Ne safe II the efficiency of our police
oxtment were what it ought to be.
n 6 \. 1.-THE Mabley store was the sew
store to be robbed in the down
kn dist1ict since Jan. 1.
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The Keep Well Column

The food we put into our bodies
three times a day serves much the
The Detroit times., 1916-02-02
IF COOKS CARRY GERMS.
aY n. AOOtNGTON &

tt X ADDNG10N
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-11-02
CONSERVE YOUR MEATH.

Some good advice is contained in this months issue of the Merchants X Planters Bank Review, which dis eusses the present wave of prosperity, and points out that the big manu lecturers are not paving out all their profits, but are conserving liberal share for legitimate business expan- sion, and to afford a bulwark again> t any reversals which may come."
 Ut is we'll" says the Review, "for
 individuals to emulate these wise and analytic men of bis business to whom finance is d science.
 "The high prices new being paid for commodities will react upon both Those who husbanded the golden grain
 "And those who flung it to the wind
 like rain
 AS to whether or not the present prosperity will be a blessing depends upon the manner in which the indi- vidual is prepared to meet the re- action. which is well on the way and labeled High Cost of Living "Many examples are passing under our observation daily of men who arc saving their surplus profits, or wisely investing them. To them this pros perity is blessing and their reward will be a permanent benefit and in creased happiness. Some are wastins and scattering their profits in prodl' gal manner To these people Shake speare would have said: l "'Too much prosperity hath made thee mad
 "Their reward will be misery ani debts and they will go about the lan7 crying out against the thrifty ana wise who have conserved the fruits ot their labor"
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TO BE PREPARED IS TO BE INSURED,
 Do It Now. R. H. M. MILLS & SONS. 303-4 Citizens Bank Bldg.

able property, which shall be collec>- ed and expended in making and re- pairing public roads and bridges i:l their respective counties; and said court shall have power, after autho ,- ity given as hereinafter provided, to levy tax not exceeding three mills on the dollar on all taxable property for a period of time not to exceed thirty years, to borrow money, issue bonds, and pledge the revenues aris- ing from the tax levied for a period of time, to pay the interest and prin- clpal of any sum or sums so bor- roWed. All bonds issued by authority herein given shall rear rate ,,f interest not to exceed six per cent per annum. All sums so borrowed shall be used exclusively in making and re- pairing the public roads and bridges in the county. The annual tax and the tax for period of years shall not both be levied and be in fore e at the same time in any county-the levy of one shall exclude the levy of the other.
 Before any levy of taxes herein authorized shall be made, the que s- tion of levying such tax shall be sub mitted to the qualified electors of the county at a general or special election called for that purpose, at which a majority of the qualified elec- tors voting at such an election shall have voted in favor Of sue h levy of taxes"
 | There can be no increase in tax ation for road purposes under this measure and voters who believe it is wise to build for permanency instea of frittering away funds on tempo rary repairs should support amend ment No. IA. Those who are opposed to good roads and efficiency in higi- way building will oppose the amend ment.
 To tell person who can read that No. 14 will increase taxes for road purposes is an insult to his intel!i- gence.
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Rowanmore by shell fire with en dangering of American lives, has beer secured.
 The only positive developments to- day were the action of Count von Bernstorff the German ambassador in asking his government to forward full details by wireless, and the is- suance of statement by Secretary of State Lansing that the investiga- tion would in no wise be delayed be- cause there is a political campaign in progress.
 Marina Carried Gun.
 While there was little in the reports on which opinion may be based. two outstanding facts attracted the atten- ton of offiefals. One was the an- nouncement that the Marina carried AZ inch gun mounted astern: The other was a"news dispatch from Lon don, the language of which was re- garded as significant. It read:
 "It is regarded here as probable that the American state department will make still further inquiries. with the object of definitely determinins the status of the Marina. While it is said she was under private charter when she was torpedoed. it appears the vessel may have engaged in ad- miralty work not long before
 This was generally considered as reflecting some doubt in London as to whether the ship was entitled to the immunity of a peaceful mer chart man. The United States, however, has never altered it's policy. regarding merchantmen temporarily im service of belligerent government, as mer- chant ships unless they have been actually taken over by belligerent nation and are manned by a naval crew.
 Old Point of Issue. The question of the Marina's arsu- ment. however. is regarded as likely to become the point on which the case will revolve. unless other cro I'm stances arise to clearly define the is sue in another direction. It brings the submarine question back to a
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STOP DANDRUFF! HAIR GETS THICK,
 NAVY, BEAUTIFUL
Girls! Draw cloth through your
 hair and double its beauty.
Spend 25 cents! Dandruii yauishrs and hairs stop coming out.

To be possessed of head ot heavy, beautiful hair; soft, lustrous fluffy. wavy and free from dandrufi is merely matter of using little Danderine.
 It is easy and ineXp ,nsive to have nice soft hair and lots of it. Just get a 2o"cent bottle of Knowlton's Dan derine now-all drug stores recom- mend it-apply little ;s directed and within ten minutes there will be an appearands of abundance. freshness fluffiness and an incompatible gloss
 and lustre. and try as you will you
 can not find trace of dandruff or failing hair; but your real surprise Will be after about two weeks use, when you will see new hair-fine and downy at first-yes-but really new
 hMr--sproutingN out all over your
 scalp-Danderine is. we believe, the
 only sure hair grower. destroyer Of
 dandruff and cure for itchy scalp
 and it never fails to stop falling hair
 at once.
 If you want to prove how pretty and soft your hair really is. moist cloth with little Danderine and carefully draw it through your hair taking one small strand at a time Your hair will be soft, glossy an,l ! beautiful in just few moments-a
 delightful surprise awaits everyone
 who tries this. (Advt. )
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AMENDMENT IL WILL NOT
 INCREASE TAXES.

A serious blunder was made in certifying to the election commission CTS a copy of the ticket to be voted upon next Tuesday, November '. The wording of the synopsis of the pro- posed amendment says it is meas ure providing for an increase in tax ation for road purposes. This mis- represents the proposed amendment which will NOT increase taxes. The amendment would give power to the voters of 9 county to authorize tho county court to issue bonds for build ing roads and bridges, pledging the revenue of the three-m'.l road tax fol payment of principal and interest ol these bonds.
 The proposed amendment expressly provides that the regular three-mil road tax and tax for any specified period of years cannot be levied or iN force at the same time. The language of the measure is cleat. Read:
 Section 1. The county courts il7 their respective counties, in additio7 to the county tax now allowed to he levied. shall have power when au ihorised, as hereinafter provided, sc levy an annual tax not exceedin. three mills on the dol'ar on all tax
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GERMAN U.B0AT
 BRINGS CARG0
 WORTH 10 NILS.
Continued from page onaD

ade. You can judge just how much it blocks"
 To the question whether the sub medicine that might contain relief from infantile paralysis, Captain Koenig replied in the negative. There is such a serum in Germany, he said, but it's development requires mon- keys. "There are no monkeys in Germany since the war; so they can not make it. was his explanation.
 Secrecy as to Cargo. Neither Captain KOenig nor Paul l.. G. Hilton, vice president of the East ern Forwarding company, to which the cargo of the Deutschland is con- signed, would give the details of her cargo She carried drugs and lye- stuffs. they said, and each thought she might have aboard jewels and securities In weight the cargo az gregates 800 tons. The Deutschland also brought sealed packets of mails for the German embassy and some private correspondence.
 It was stated here tonight the Deutschland would probably carry mail under contract with the United States government on her return trip. A cursory investigation of the sub- marine by Collector of Customs James l.. McGovern today developed nothing, he said. that would conflict with her classification as merchant man.
 Reports of conflict between the DeutschIand's officers aud naval offl- cers at this port over dismantling of the submarines wireless apparatus. in keeping with this governments neutrality. were denied both by Cap tain Koenig and Commander Stirling of the naval station here. "The wire less of the Deutschland is sealed" the latter said.
 The Deutschland is shrouded in strict secrecy. The walls of the shed which houses her return cargo, sup posed to be rubber and nickle, form protecting wall on two sides; a fence surmounting pontoon shuts off the entrance to the Thames river, and on the fourth side the North German Lloyd steamer Willehad acts as barrier and as the home for the Deutschland's crew. Only guard on deck remained aboard the subma- rine tonight.
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point where Germany and the United States have held directly opposite
 slews. Germany has steadfastly con- tended that in view of novel condi- tions surrounding submarine warfare and in view of the British admir- alty's alleged instructions to mer- chant ship daptains to attack enemy submarines, any armed ship, was liable to destruction on sight without warning. The position of the United States was clearly defined in the formal statement of March D, 1916. Some of the significant sentences from the declaration follow:
 Ut is necessary for belligerent warship to determine the status of an armed merchant vessel encountered on the high seas. The determination of warlike character must rest in no case upon presumption but upon con- elusive evidence, because the respon- 'sibility cannot be avoided or lessened by standard of evidence which a belligerent may decide as creating a presumption of hostile character A belligercnt should, in tite absence of conclusive evidence. ae, on the pr sumption that an armed mel chant man is of peaceable character
 MT. Lansing today announdad that the United States stood on the same ground it took in the Sussex note, which warned Germany that unless she ceased sinking passenger ships without warning the United States would have no choice but to sever diplomatic negotiations altogether
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IT'S SURPRISING
That So Many Pine Bluff People Fail
 Ta Recognize Kidney Weakness.

That So Many Pine Bluff People Fail
 To Recognize Kidney Weakness.
 Are you bad victim
 Suffer twinges; headaches, dizzy spells? F Go to bed tired get up tired? k It's surprising how few suspect the kidneys
 It's surprising how few know what tc do.
 Kidney trouble needs kidney treat ment.
 Doan's Kidney Pills are for the kid neys only.
 Have convinced Pine Bluff people of their merit.
 Here's a Pine Bluff case; Pine Bluff testimony.
 Kidney sufferers hercabouts should read it.
 Mrs. E. Sylvester, 1116 w. Fourth avenue. Pine Bluff, says: "A rela- tive was cured of kidney trouble by Doan's Kidney Pills. I have also taken them for backache and other kidney ailments. l am glad to tell others how greatly they helped me" {"
 Price soc, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy-get Dcan's Kidney IPills-the same that Mrs. Sylvester had. Foster-Milburn Co.,, Props, Buffalo, N. Y. Prompt and reliable Insurance Service
 TAYLOR & COMPANY.
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SUNDAY OBSERVANCE.

Lots of good people hereabouts op jeoE to anything being done on Sun day except going to church. which '' a good habit and should be cultlvat ed by all.
 They also oppose secular readins and secular music on Sundays; bal the ranks of the latte.' have thlnnc, to a thred, Most folks probably reat the same class of matter on Sundays that they read on week days.
 The Sunday ball game is still unde' the ban.
 But the sunday automobile-that'' a different matter. You can pleasure ride your head off in a gasoline buss! on Sunday and remain eminently re spectable.
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AMERICAN AIRMEN KILLED.

Paris, No. 1.-Two American avia- tors have been killed near Nancy, ac- cording to dispatch received here from that city. The dispatch gives no further details. The Matin says that the aeroplane containing the two Amerid dans cap- sized while flying over Boudonville Plateau, near Nancy. The observer fell out and the pilot who came down With the machine, was crushed 10 death under the engine.:a
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spectable.

A local option measure whiqh even
 progressive Prohibitionists endorse is
 amendment No. 12, which would per init voters in school districts to levy
 tax not exceeding r mills for edu' cational purposes.
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other states overwhelmingly reelect ing him. After giving these "co,d facts" to the public. the Herald takes up about two pages in arguments trying to show that Hughes still is not altogether hopeless.
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more recent observations in Ger many and England. convince me that the people there are sick and tired of slaughtering other human heings as a means of settling na- tional difficulties I found them fighting. that this might be the last war. and they look to Amer ica to point another way. Do we not .owc it to them. as well as to Amsricans. not to make change of administration at this crucial period. especially when we know that President Wilson has this very subject of world peace close to his great mind and heartf Let us at least give him chance to try it
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The New York Herald, a Hughes supporter, is still taking those 'stra"
 votes" which show Wilson leading Ill Connecticut, New York, Ohio. lllinols' Michigan, Wisconsin, Mlnnesot@' ashington, Idaho, and several
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it-Lord Bryce, closely con- nected with | h e British Govern m e nt
 He has said that America must take the lead in the ef- fort to nrevent a -eretition of [ h e present European kill ing contest.
 My own ex- nerienee as a R ed Gro s n U r . e 1 n France: m v
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WHY|AhFoRNhsoN By Constance Drexel

What does the world expect of America. at his moment, the richest. most powerful. nation on earth? Lord Bryce has just said