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The Detroit times., 1916-09-28

guaranteed that our ballot viii count as
we have voted il.
Diminishing a half dozen inspectors
will not answer il.
A grand jury that is very likely 20 &C
complish nothing will not answer It IN
TIME.
There is ONLY ONE WAY n WHICH
TO MEET THIS CONDITION THAT
"STINKS.
Henry N. Leland, pubhc-spirited citi-
zen. in behalf of all decent Detoiters.
has suggested that way 10 United States
District Attorney kinnane.
It is by FEDERAL SUPERVISION.
We are entitled 10 federal supervision
because the thing at stake Is the dearest
privilege bestowed upon any American
citizen by the constitution of the United
States.
The thing at stake is the citizens
good American right that places HIM
though ne be very poor in purse. on an
equal plane with the richest man, and
gives him an equal chance to-be heard in
the government of his city, his county
his state and his country, as guardian
OF his home and its happiness.
Bring on federal supervision, Mr.. Dis
trict Attorney, and let Just common de
cency have q chance this once against the
SYSTEM and the conSpirators who are.
responsible for il,
The Detroit times., 1916-09-28
From Anolher Point of VleD
b. C. 7. 5.

The city ed. was up against il for a
time this a. m. He didn't know whether
TO head that train robbery story Ban
dts Rob Train as Gillespie Resigns" or
Gillespie Resigns as Bandits Rob
Train.
When it comes to police commissioners
our bandits appear % be no respectors
IF persons.
A newspaper observes that Hughes
appearance on the stump mas been very
trying We wondered If anybody else
felt the same way about it.
Villa is reported creeping along the
border Stand ready there, sir. with
the insect powder.
Few showed up al a parents meeting
In Grand Riyer-ave church. There
are fewer Of them these days. It's get
ting TO be sort Of out Of fashion, don't
chaknow?
We note that Judge William +. Con.
molly has removed Police Commissioner
Gillespie.
The bandits wouldn't even paw the
new police commissioner the compliment
of being on a train that was headed out
Of town.
The Detroit times., 1916-09-28
Atom Folk
~ DR.. FRANK CRANE
Copyright, 1915. BY Frank Crane)


The universe is as deep as it is high.
1t is as far to an atom NJ to the stars
that simmer like pale milk in the neb-
ulae.
The ladder of the microscope leads as
far down as the ladder of the telescope
leads up
Once at the bottom Of things was the
atom. Nobody saw one II was a Great
IRE of scientific imagination made to
satisfy the lust Of logic.
There ought TO be an end, a bottom.
somewhere, it was thought; hence the
atom was conceived
But it is probably a mistake. There
Is no under limit, As far as We are
concerned il has no end. 1t is infinite.
The only limitation comes from theory.
We are points somewhere in am end
less series. No one has ever found a
boundary beyond which is nothing.
Nothing" is itself a speculation only.
No one ever has come upon / place where
il is.
As with space, so with time. Time is
a figure Of speech mere mental make
shift. What really exists is eternity.
We are dwelling in eternity now. 1t
does not begin at our death. 1t always
has been, always will be-
The earth itself is but tiny dust
speck floating with similar specks in the
vast universe.
Now consider any solid substance, your
finger nail for instance. It is made UP
OF cells. These are composed Of mole
cules. And molecules are collections Of
atoms.
But scientists now tell VA that these
ultimate atoms themselves are not indi-
yisable. The atom, says one writer. 'fs
not solid but compressble; not an inert
point Of adamant, but an organism as
fulI OF life and movement and change
ableness as a solar system or star clus-
ter; so that if one could shrink, like Alice
in Wonderland until he could enter an
atom, he would enter rs into lofty pal
ace, and see the gittering, dancing
thronRs that fill it.
In other words. in your finger nail
may be worlds. with suns and moons
and skies. For the atomic interspaces
are relatively as our interstellar spaces.
On these particles that compose the
atom intelligent creatures may live,
civilizations may advance and decay.
And we, here on this earth in this
solar system, may be existing in some
cosmic giants finger nail, or in one Of
the hairs of his whiskers.
For when YOU have gone to the remot-
est star now visible in the sky, and look
1ut into the heavens, the universe would
extend as far beyond you as it lies be-
hind you for aught we know.
And when YOU go down into infnity
and stand as an inhabitant upon one of
the atom-worlds that compose your fin
ger nail, the universe would still stretch
On infinitely beneath you.
Nothing is actual; all Is relative.
What to me is the Milky Way may be an
eyelash of a huge man. And what to
me is my eyelash may be galaxy to
the atom man.
We are drops of water in a sea of
wonder.
We are notes swaying in an eternal
sunbeam.
The Detroit times., 1916-09-28
Counting ParlOrs
BY Al Means

Many -avs t.elo-.d ne tendenrf
~ ,ts I.g lat girls 20 leave The
old farm far tHa al'uremeu's o.
e..g u'a Sometimes. as orr me,o-
drama ,s 1ay come back de
T.s.'ora3. .omstmes with money
% pay rts mortgage. IN any case
they would 40 better 20 stay a.
home Governor Hrpmbauzh make
the timely zgeg-ion that The LACY
a, ~al--iu, facilities f. ono reason
for their r. sfle.sness he would
ha~" ~cou-r,Gz parl0r n neces
.a-v .a every farmhouse IN Penn
vlraria T. should De sacred from
little Willie or even from mother
The rustic lover .s additionally shy
and eadlr scared ~ He no kong
or conducts his love Affairs With rho
raa'o-a implicitly % The ~Geor.
g.cs 20 would not adventure 70
port vth Amrry'i IN 'he shade
.Zskt- rrar ur quite unbekuown
An rrrsef m mir. fre WiDdar
tg There Hsf FG.dy all alone.
IfF u- one -.ght 20 bender"
TTUrIV IEr 30 8tTIF r zFKte II 70
summon Dp hts courage and 20 in
- he has no chance 20 corrress his
passion no ull. 90 20 town. A. the
Governor aays Ito spark some wo-
man There Ard then the lure Of
me a''y, which ne Governor some
what unfairly Sums up az the Ave.
cent movies" gets him
Pity the sorrows n me country
lad but pity those TOO ~ The lad
Tho lives RI town Has the
steady counting parIor' Eut
often She rs sound by The heavy
lava ~ tho res anE8s'ae domi
Father sits IA ne cole room availa
bio for company reading Tho even.
INK paper Mother comes IN from
the kitchen 10 toll Willie n is time
90 70 20 bed There Is no opportun-
i'y FOR The tender no'hings that
make ur Tho cum % courtship
When The weather fra too cold 20 Fit
in no park there s. no other re
egurco Some ~ tho homes for
girls who have none Of their own
wisely provide FOR this emergency.
Nay their number increase Ike the
tribe Of Ben Adhsm Earnest stu
dents NJ GEOLOGY have paid too
-can' attention 20 Tho counting par.
Ior Tho Governor gives good ad-
v'oe which they ghoIid eagerly FOL.
low Philadelphia Public Ledger.
An addrosr by william 4. Prender-
-ar'. former comptroller of View
York rir. be- ~ Je feature of me
Republican STATE convention Of New
Hampslire. which IS to meet NJ Con.
rnTd today 4, rafifv the urinary 70.
The Detroit times., 1916-09-28

81 suppose You are nov studying 10 please
your constituents"
That isn't The main point" replied Senator
Sorghum You cant please everybody Nv
study just now n 10 ftnd out which element os
my constituency II Is safest to offend"-wasA,
lngton StRr.
The Detroit times., 1916-09-28

a L-"Wiu beer or near boa
help produce milk FOR mother who
is nursing her baby
No, She should eat meat. bread.
fresh vegetables. and drink plenty
OF milk. but she should not over.
eat
The Detroit times., 1916-09-28

The weakness
jig not only a re
suit Of The sick.
ness but 81 also
a result % lack
% exercise 20
which he mus
c.cs have . 2 en-
accusfOme cd
The Detroit times., 1916-09-28
HARD TO DECIDE

"of course, you are eager for tho triumph OF
right"
Yes" replied Mr. Dustin Sta1; but it's hard
sometimes 20 toll which the right side Of tho
market really Washington Star
The Detroit times., 1916-09-28
APPROPRIATE

"Chllton is having the interior Of his now bousn
decorated with rather ornate frieze
That's appropriate. he made HIS money in
tho ice buriness, you know boston Trans, ripi
The Detroit times., 1916-09-28
1t Isn't a Grand Jury
That Is Needed-It Is
Federal Supervision!

Federal Supervision.
Investigations by the county board OF
canvassers into the primary election
frauds in this city have revealed condl-
ton which "stinks." to quote the very
plain English used by member Of the
board.
Two weeks have passed since il became
! known positively that the voting booths
in many of the precincts, on Aug. %,
were in charge of crooks and that the
votes of citizens. guaranteed, first Of all,
q voice in their government. were mutt
lated, spoiled and ffttifiiffeA these
crooks.
The prosecutor has been investigating
at any rate, there is a rumor to that
effect.
We learned about week ago that he
had uncovered evidence with which 10 60
before the governor and ask for the re-
moval of election inspectors in the pre-
cincts where crookedness had been I'M
covered.
We learned yesterday that the gov
ernor had refused to interfere for lack
Of specific charges and for lack OF
names. that those accused might ap-
- Gear and enter a defense.
No progress there.
The prosecu tor has talked about a
grand jury.
A grand jury is a thing that causes
the guilty to begin shivering at the knees
In SOME localities, but not in these m
mediate diggin's.
Grand juries around here have been a
Joke.
A grand jury in the primary election
fraud cases would be MORE than joke,
in view of the fact that what we need
for our protection in the coming general
election is ACTION that will reassure the
citizen who has become doubtful whether
Il is worth while for him to go and vote.
The most that a grand jury would &C
complish, and no Detroit grand jury has
ever come up TO the limit of the POSSIBLE
ties, by any means, would be to find an
indictment here and there against some
individual who had to deliver the goods
from his booth or lose his political head.
There has been talk of arrests.
The prosecutor has INDUCED in it, and
may have given one or two of these in
dividuals a temporary scare, but talk Of
arrests doesn't feaze the big politician
>-AiSher up who is the man that will have
TO be landed before any progress at all is
made toward honest elections in this city
Removal Of 80 election inspectors by
the governor wouldn't do one bit of good
or have the least effect upon the election
in November.
The indictment Of 80 election inspec-
tors by grand jury, even if indict-
ments were returned before election day
wouldn't do bit of good
The arrest of 80 election inspectors
wouldn't do bit good or have the least
tendency to make the count of the votes
honest in the coming election.
BECAUSE, after so election inspec-
tors, poor miserable servants poor shack
led slaves, had been dismissed from their
places In the booths or had been sent to
the penitentiary, the SYSTEM and the
men, the BIG men who are responsible
for the system-the arch conspirators-
would remain.
WHO ARE THE BIG MEN OF
THE SYSTEM THAT HAS DEFACED
THESE BALLOTS, DEBAUCHED
THESE WEAKLING POLITICAL
TOOLS AND CATSPAWS AND DE.
FILED OUR ELECTIoNS2
That question must be answered befor,
- en- gst anywhere, or before we car
sntsr voting booth on Nov. z and b,
The Detroit times., 1916-09-28
The Keep Well Column
WAY you LOSE STRENGTH.

A person long confined to bed be.
cause OF Sickness losses strength.
The Detroit times., 1916-09-28

An address by william a. Prender-
east. former comptroller Of New
York er.. BE- ~ yr feature of me
Republican STATE convention Of New
Hampsl ire, which S. 10 meet M Con
rurd today ~ raiify the primary re-
suTts and adopt party platfos1n.
The Detroit times., 1916-09-28

A grand jury is thing that causes
the guilty to begin shivering at the knees
In SOME localities, but not in these I'M
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-23

been wiped off the earth. We have
5000 miles of Atlantic coast line. at
any point OF which a landing might
be made, and our navy would be sup
posed to he at the very place selected
secretly by the enemy for the landing.
or else be strung out along the whole
coast, and able TO defend IL nowhere,
because II would be a very few yes
sells against the concentrates strength
of the enemy. Once landed, Of what
iurther use would our navy be. as far
as the force landed is concerned?
Suppose they sailed In at Cape
Henry. they could proceed IN the
Chesapeake Bay untouched by the
guns OF Fort Monroe, which have NOT
sufficient range. Suppose they headed
Tor Richmond. drawing the fire OF
Fort Monroe. which has less than two
hours supply OF ammunition After
THIS was exhausted. the enemy sur
vivors could proceed unmolested to
Norfolk Richmond, or. any place
where the channel was deep enough.
The present adequateness OF our
army to protect our country is COM
parable TO police force Of six men
to maintain order In New York City,
with enough ammunition In their belts
to last Ave minutes.
M VplIHlSlS, ana the writer is one.
believe that the time will come when
wars Will be no more. but this much
desired condition will only come bv
universal and common consent. when
general civilization is much more adj
vanced than at present For one
country. however peacefully INCLINED,
10 disarm In advance OF such a time
is suicidal
The story Is told of an extreme pa
fihst Of India. who on seeing a tiger,
IN starving condition, gladly ad-
vanced and allowed himself to be
eaten TO satisfy the hunger of the wild
beast. Are we ready to offer our
selves, our families. our property, our
liberties. on the altar Of peace al any
price" to the wild beast spirit that
dominates in Europe today.
The much-desired world peace Is a
matter of evolution, and will come in
the proper time. Meantime the one
VINO tries TO go too fast is worse than
the one who tries to 20 too slow.
The congressman who are opposing
the expense OF properly preparing
AGAINST war, are In a similar position
10 the directors of large corpora
ton which owns infammable prop
erty and who fail 10 obtain adequate
insurance. TO purchase fire apparatus.
and to train force of employees
to me task of fhting fires.
and they should he retired by
their constituents. and replaced by
business men Of at least average com
mon sense. men who realize that to
wait until we are attacked is too late
to prepare for defense. One congress-
man said that when we are attacked
he would vote money for defense. He
might as we'll say that when his build
ing is on fire he would proceed to take
out an insurance policy
More serious than all else. Ia the
aad fact that to attempt defense in an
unprepared condition. means the
slaughter Of thousands upon thous-
ands or the flower of our young man
hood that would not occur If they had
been properly trained and adequately
equipped
w T. TUCKER
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-23
PEOPLES FORUM.
tcp,y ~ NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Letters.

Hcp'y z" Anti-Prepai.clness Letters.
Richmond Va.
jar. %, 1915.
Editor Et1stn'an:
Sir,-The Nirgintau Of last Friday
contained two letters making extend
cd argument against preparedness.
which, with all due respect TO the
writer's, are filled with evidence OF
ignorance as TO the real condition OF
our army and navy, our supplies of
ammunition. ana equipment needed,
for even the skeleton Of an army
necessary to cope with the forces
which a flrst-clasS power could land
on our shores in less than ninety
days.
False argument is introduced by in
Guiding pensions rs. a part Of the
present expenses ~ maintaining de-
fenses when the truth is they play no
part whatever in them They beg the
question by assuming that prepared
ness means eqapplng for war, when
IN fact. II means equipping against
war 1t seems strange. particularly
after the burtalities of the present war.
that il should be necessary to urge the
point that preparedness ia the only
deterrent to an attack which some
governments viii recognize, 1t has
been proved conclusively that an ap-
peal to chiEalr$, to a sense of honor
that would not attack an unarmed
oppopent, would be laughed to sCorn
in the present stage Of civilization oh
tanning - some countries which have
spent forty years in preparing for n
mighty effort for world subiugation.
These extreme pacifcists would pit
their ignorance Of conditions against
the sober testimony az those trained
experts n no have spent years IN 81
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-23

one Of the most impossible proposals
yet born al the present session Of rb0
General Assembly looks to the econ
ony" to be effected by the consoiida.
ticn of the Girls Home and Industrial
A6chool In Chesterfield County with the
Laurel Resormatory for boys and the
: consolidation OF The reform school for
colored girls nesr Peakes. Hanover
.Ccunty. witt the colored reformatory
u Hanover
This proposal emanates from sena-
ar Gum. OF Henrico, whose Joint
r0scintion for the appointment of q
Fonmmittee OF FIVE 10 investigate the
t1basibiiity of the matter was agreed
Ia yesterday by both branches of the
Assenhly.
This Is proposition taat the Gen
s.aFal Assembly should not waste its
4f1me In considering, In the first place
The Hanover institution for the care Of
! dslinquent colored girls was bought
1 md paid for by the Federation of
Eoiored Womens Clubs OF Virginia
and they would rather raise every dol
! lar for its support than TO see any
inch consolidation. we have no doubt.
! Whether or not the Assembly may
I 4eel disposed TO listen TO the requests
sof the citizens of Bon Air that the
%Girls' Home near that village be re-
moved to some other site before the
@2fate is committed TO the present loca.
Hon by extensive and necessary i'm
movements, is not question TO be
sn0nsidered in this connection. There
IRE reasons so obvious against the
rcnsclidations as to need no discus
snion.
We venture to say the State Board
~ Charities and Corrections has not
een consulted In this campaign for
4 econony" in so far as the mergers
~ concerned
IA to the consolidation Of manage:
nDnsz. this could readily be effected in
8 > = * /
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-23

defensive but the argument of bar
barians, the resort to arms.
Now that being the case on an in
ternational scale, what Is there for us
TO do but TO put ourselves into such
a condition of complete preparedness
that not even a nation of lunatics
would dare to attack us? VIII 1t cost
money? Yes, but not near so much
money as war with some world
power within the next twenty-five
years. to say nothing of the slaugh-
ter and the indemnity items
Would Germany have gone to war
with an England as well prepared as
herself last year. or with France. or
with Russia, on the same terms? Not
at all. Not the preparedness of Ger
many, but the want of preparedness
of the entente powers it was that
brought on the war last year Why
should It be necessary to call this
obvious and most seriously important
fact to the attention Of congressman?
Mr., Saunders thinks that the danger
of war with any foreign power within
the next two or three generations is
chimerical. Certainly, II we or they
or anybody or everybody will listen
to reason. But to listen to reason
man must be measurably sane where
as not only few, but vast multitudes.
populous nations, are rendered almost
instantly Insane by the glamor and the
wtchcraft of war. The J easurabie
or approximate sanity which possesses
them in time of peace immediately dis
appears when the trumpets begin TO
blow and the guns begin to thunder.
This IS the reason why the arguments
that Mr. Saunders sets in order all fall
to the ground. though they even APP
pear to be sound. We are dealing with
peace problem which must be de-
cided by the conditions of war times.
The sanity which guides our Counsels
In times of peace must be called upon
10 make adequate preparation TO meet
an armed insanity.
For one, l sincerely trust that the
Democratic opposition to Mr. Wilson
will disappear Too many prominent
Democrats are setting themselves up
against the sanest, the safest the
most conservative, the wisest Presi-
dent this country has been blessed
with IN half century They weaken
his hands to no purpose. They force
him to appeal to patriotic Republi-
cans for support They imperil the
future Of the Democratic party-that
is the lest they do--they imperil the
future Of the whole country
BENJAMIN c. MOOMAW. |
Barber. Va.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-23
STATE FORESTER ON (
FIRE PROTECTION

The state Forester announces thu
continuation of his agreement foH
forest fire protection with the Uni,s&
States Forest Service. whereof. a.
Government offers to spend 81.
on patchwork on privately-o,,
lard in Virginia during the ineyitabV
spring dauger-season. This is SUN
ficient to pay the salaries Of twenty
five or thirty men to spend their en-
tire time during the two driest months
this spring travelling over their dis
tricts ION the watch for forest-fires,
and Investigating the causes Of those
that oacur,
Local Cooperation Necessary.
The patrol work will be done by CO.
operation between the United States
Forest Service. the state Forester, and
either county supervisors or the land
owners. Two patrolmen. paid by tn ,
Government. are to be employed on
the same basis as last fall In Smyth
Grayson and Washington counties, in
the .neig of White Top
Mountain. These districts were Sc
leCted because the Douglas Land Com
pany, of Marion, va, and the Has
singer Lumber Company, of Konna =
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-23

rock, Va, owners of most of the land
included in the patrol districts. are
cooperating by building a fire-line.
forty or fifty feet wide, along the top
Of Iron Mountain, to prevent fires
crossing the mountain. They are
spending on this Improvement work
u sum at least equal to the patrol
mems salaries. Cooperation on this
basis is offered to land owners or
groups of land owners anywhere in
the State.
Norfolk, Chesterfield and Appomattox
Counties to Have Patrol.
These counties have appropriated
5000, $50, SIS. respectively, for this
year. to pay one-half Of patrolmen's
salaries, the other one-half to be
paid by the Forest Service. Norfolk
County is to have two patrolmen, and
Chesterfield one, for the four driest
months, and Appomattox one for
March and April. Other counties arc
row corresponding with the State
Forester as to the details of the plan.
There is still money available to pay
about twenty more patrolmen this
spring, and the good work can be con-
tinued thereafter II an appropriation
Is made by the Legislature to support
the work begun by funds put at the
disposal of the State Forester by tho
University of Virginia. "A
For further informa ton address,
STATE FOR ESTER.
Charlottesville, Va.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-23

M The virginian extends its most
hearty congratulations TO the men who
planned, the men who worked, and
. the people who contributed in the
magnificent campaign just closed to
raise $4,000 for the relief of the war
Aufferers of Europe.
Richmonds best traditions have
.been upheld. R1chmonds habit of sue
cess has been maintained, We are
pronder OF Richmond than ever be
fore. The Richmond way is winning
way.
a IT means something for busy men to
quit their desks and 20 ouf on a
s.money-hunt" like this, but there is no
good work that Richmond has ever
faltered in. We've got the men and
the money. the ability to give and the
Willingness TO do 50,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-23
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WORKERS.

Before this awful war is over we
anticipate there will be many more
demands on our purses that babes
shall not starve and men die for lack
of care.
America will heap up unto itself
great blessings by the manner in which
il will so to the help of the helpless
in these years of sorrow yet to come.
Should the war end in a few months
Europe viii be desperately poverty
stricken. Its afflicted people will en-
gage our very earnest sympathy and
help for years to come.
For the good work done under the
splendid leadership of President
Anderson. Of the War Relief Associa.
ton Of Virginia, with the cooperation
Of his associates, Richmond is glad
and Eratifed.