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The Detroit times., 1916-05-09
The Daily Reminder
rODAY's ANNIvrnsAnIrs

iT7k-Jacob Brown. . Quaker far
msr VIII? became commander An -chief
H. auchs ins coSn,S on1tsd states army born In
ton, >. G, F:b. IL. SS isss. IN washing
American nsis-phs s,n,s or.as,i,.'ios .uI,t Of the
cieties In New York city. ~ go
lssi-.old Southwark theater In
Ph,lsSslPhia DESTROYED by nre.
ssss-i.aayssse s college. at Easton.
isas-Mexicsn forces uudsr Arista
and driven across the Rio Grande.
,,on SSIsisSs,o"sl y, RaisimSfs wn,sn sonxsn Yen
isst-Msj Gen. John ssdswicn XIII
ed In battle of spottsylvsnia- Born
issGTh. inssrnasiosnsl Ssn usss Exhibition
y. Psi"se Of w.isS:. iiS."sis ssdx.TSS GS'SSifrS SiS. 0'
rp,.cep. SsSnsi MtSoss sopssns,on sss @s, Of non
Cincinnati to considsr the question OF
Isii-oueen Victoria visited the
mRr..: sSsEsns s1su Il OF Sa:ssSu saisSa., sue
ceeded the Earl of Beaconsncld as
leader OF the British Conservative
iisi-Th. German exhibition. q,
isoi--Frrst federal parliament Of
australia opened by the Prince OF
isof--Gen. Kuroki. of Japan. and
the Duke OF AbrussI visited Wash
ington.
ONE YEAR AGO rNDAY IN ruE
WAR.
Loss OF Libau admitted In the Rus
sian ofdcial bulletin.
Italians bled army OF SOC, 900
on the Austrian frontier
Paris reported German attacks be-
tween Nieuport and the sea repuised,
Field Marshal French announced
ground gained toward Fromelies and
successfui air raid by the Allies north
TODAY's BIRTHDAYS
The Archduchess Zita. wife of the
Archduke Charles and the future en-
press of Austria. born ut Parma %
years ago today;
iish author and playwright, born at
kirrimuir. ~. H.. Sc years ago today.
William X. Vance. dean of the uni-
versisy OF Minnesota law school. born
at Middietown. KY ts years ago to-
John L. McLaurin. former United
states senator from South Carolina.
born In Marlboro county, q. C., IS
years ago today.
Edward Weston. OF New York.
vsntor, born In England Sc years ago
today.
Frank Bancroft. business manager
OF the Cincinnati National league club
and one OF The oldest men connected
Mass. 10 years ago today.
Thomas A, Clarke. catcher for the
Cincinnati National league baseball
team. born In New York city IS years
ago today,
The Detroit times., 1916-05-09

The strenuous life Is not necessa-
rily a harmful one. But 1t is always
harmful when accompanied by vor'
ry or by worry's twin sister. hurry.
Hurry, indeed, will In the last an
alysis be found compounded Of the
same elements as worry. This Is
something which most people for
get, or Of which they are ignorant.
Many q man has gone 10 his doc
tor to be treated for nervous indi-
gestion, and in reply TO the doctors
question has in all honesty de
clared that be does not worry In
the slightest.
Whatever else has caused my in
digestion" he may say. 1T is not
worry. I do not allow anything to
worry me. I realize the folly and
the danger Of yielding to anxious
thoughts"
But let the same man be question.
ed q little further and the chances
are that the doctor viii drag from
him an admission that he is contin-
uaIly In hurry.
The chances also are that he VIII
be vastly surprised. perhaps unbe-
l.eving. when told that his hurry
ing is itself a form OF worry.
Yet this is assuredly the case. Ev-
cry time a man hurries he hurries
because, consciously or subconsci-
ousiy. he fears that he will be late.
The fact that hurry may be "a
mere habit" as most hurriers would
eecribe 1t. does not exclude the ele-
ments OF fear and emotional strain.
On the contrary. the habitual hur-
r.er Is q man who Is constantly un-
der the yoke OF dangerous. II un-
recognized, sensation OF anxious
dread
II IL this sensation OF anxious
dread, existing both In worry and
Ia hurry, that plays havoc with the
nervous system and the physical
processes generally.
OF course. hurry IL also injurious
by causing men 10 indulge in phys
ically unhygienic practices. The
hrrrier. for example, who bolts his
meals in order to keep an appoint
ment or get to work Is not giving
his digestive appartus fair chance.
Thorough chewing OF food. In or
der to make sure that II WIN be well
cos.ed by saliva, II one OF the In
i,ial requirements for the digestive
process. The hasty eater. by the
very fact Of his eating hastily. re.
fuses 70 meet this requirement.
Nevertheless. even the hasty eater
would get along fairly well " II
were not for the emotional setting
that acts both as background and
The Detroit times., 1916-05-09

detect ard preveh: further inrords
Cf preventabie disease and the dir
orders that come f,om the wear and
tear IL modern life.
Too many mea are dropping ou;
at so who had they beeded the rules
Of right living would still have =
credit accoun. OF 20 years more OF
active. productive life
They have gone on for years over
taxing the human machine. Work.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-09
GpIToRiAL PAGE

proposition, the purpose OF which Is all
too apparent.
Pat deserves one on the back, ana mere
il is.
We don't care if it is the case that the
Ford vote in Michigan stiffened the kef
ley backbone.
II has been stifrened sufficiently for
the occasion and that is all his constitu-
ents here at home are interested In.
Go to it, Pat.
Won are giving us in this instance
what We call REPRESENTATION.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-09
Probation of Criminals"
In Theory and Practice

In nearly every state in America there exists
more or less intelligent system OF probation
for criminals :" that Is. for individuals who have
been convictd Of felones.
The probation system is divorced from the
parole system.
The parole plan extends to individuals re-
leased from prisons and penitentiaries before
their sentence Is completed.
Naturally. these freed "convicts." frighttul
and barbarous term for persons who have served
time in prison, are subjected 10 an espionage
that assures the safety" OF SNUG society.
In some states. the probation plan is applied
more inteIligently than in others.
Just the same as in some states there exists.
in enforcement. the most absurd Of laws.
For instance. in the state OF Maine, imprhson-
ment for debt is still enforced.
In New York state. husbands who are actually
unable to pay alimony to divorced wives, are i'm
prisoned UP TO a term OF six months
The terms governing probation for first Of
tenders, for instance. are almost invariably fixed
by statute: the probation officer has no power 10
moderate or make more astringent the conditions
imposed upon the probationer
Temperament. character Of crime. age and
social condition. SO FAR adults are concerned.
seldom influence the manner in which the proba-
toner is freed.
PROBATION pays because in nine cases out Of
ten the first offender is saved 10 society.
Putting men and women in prison doesn't
teach them 20 become god citizens.
II teaches them TO hate the society that has
Gagged them. and after one OF two "jolts in the
pen" the individual makes il his or her life aim
to exact the full retaliatIve price from society.
In such state Illinois. California and Ohio.
where intelligent forces seem to be directing
the probation movement. the relapse cases" are
so small that judges are rarely impelled TO Inn
pose prison sentences where there seems TO be
any hope at all OF the Improvement Of the indi-
vidual found guilty of crime.
Probation officers need common sense instead
OF knowledge Of pseudoscientifc bunk
II you think the general run OF -convicts" are
any different in the ordinary characteristic OF
human nature than you and your neighbors, visit
state prison and talk with few Of them
The honest. intelligent application Of the pro-
baton system Is simply the conservation OF hui
man beings who have a right to demand the
help OF their stronger Cor luckfer) brothers
II there be such persons a. criminals. then
we are all potential criminals
The Detroit times., 1916-05-09
Telephone Swearing.

The ining Of a Toronto man for
using Objectionable language over
the telephone ought to be q salutary
warning to men with bad tongues.
The using OF foul language is al
ways despicable, but 10 peculiarly
we ana cowardiy In telephone com
munications. Many men feel them
selves privileged to curse and swear
over the telephone in a fashion they
would never dream of II talking face
to face with the persons addressed.
The young ladies Of the telephone
once have to bear disagreeable and
ungentiemanly remarks from cranks
evcry day. and they are at least en-
titled to protection from those
whose churlish language passes the
bounds of decency. Too many peo.
pie, aggravated By delays or mis-
takes In the service, take II out"
on central" never stopping to ask
themselves how they would like
their daughters or sisters TO nave
10 endure such coarseness. The
only protection the operators have
had heretofore has consisted In re-
porting the telephone user to head
quarters. Occasionally telephones
have been taken out ~ punishment.
But there has been no protection
against the casual nser Of q teIe-
phone. The conviction In the po-
lice court Is said to be the frst In
Ontario. and Il ought not to be- the
last. The law deems the using OF
obscene language on the streets to
he q misdemeanor. and certainly II
IN equally 20 over the telephone.
n the case leads to Improvement In
the manners Of boorish telephone
users II Will have served well.-To-
ronto Man and umpirs.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-09
Let the People
Rule-and Write
No Peace Party Necessary
Webster.
10 fAe Editor of The Ttmes:

10 fAe Editor of The Ttmes:
Your characterization OF Roose-
welt in your recent editorial as ''the
twogun man Of the supporters OF
preparedness" Is about right. n the
jingoes succeed In capturing the Re
publican convention, IL will be
through their non partisan" phrase.
ologist- Roosevelt Is popular just
now. with those who would betray
the nation for profits In munitions =
II he succeeds in nominating himself
at the Republican convention the
voters will be compelled to choose
between the devil and the deep sea,
on this question OF preparedness. In
the solution of this great political
dificulty. see no reason for your
suggestion Of new peace party In
your issue OF March 25. read, In
your editorial on Allen L. Benson
SOCIALIST candidate for PRESIDENT
as follows: IF the other paAies
should fail to respond to the anti.
preparedness sentiment there In In
this country. there will be nothing
left for the supporters of antipre-
paredness 10 do but vote for the
Socialist candidate as a matter of
principle" This is my position ex.
actly. and as am an ardent sup.
porter and admirer OF Benson. I
hope that all antipreparedness sup
porters will be men Of "principIe"
a. the November election and vote
for the man and the party that has
gone on record as positively and
unaterably opposed TO this whole
devilish plan Of turning our beloved
nation OF peace into a human
slaughter pen for the promotion of
profits. They would pull down Old
Glory from the proud place Il now
accupies among the nations Of the
world as the banner of peace and
liberty and make OF II an ensisn
OF militarism. conquest and oppres-
sion. Benson has committed him
self wholly to the task OF unmask-
ink this deliberate plan of the munL
tons makers to rob us under the
guise OF patriotism. as has also his
running mate George r. Kirkpatrick
Socialist candidate for vice-presi
denD and both are worthy of the
support and vote OF every real on-
ponent OF preparedness"
II. A. WHITING.
No. 2o1 Davison-ave.. Highland Park.
May s.191s.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-09
HURRY MEANS WORRY.
~ n. AppNcToN BRUCE
Parenthood

sn incitant TO his generally hurried
life.
Always there is reverberating In
the depths OF his mind the one idea
II shall be late, shall be late.
Spurring him TO ever more hurried
action, this idea fairly rivals worry
in its destructive influence.
Be strenuous IL you so desire.
Nay, Il Is a thoGsandfold better TO
be strenuous than TO go through life
with the inertia OF clam.
But let your strenousity be the
product of true and deep-seated
force and energy. not merely hur-
ny.
The life that 10 at once strenu-
ous and hurried In about as danger
Gus a mode OF life as a man could
possibly adopt.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-09
From Another POinf0 OF Nieu

Woodbury., N. j., prohibits drinking
of city employees when on duty. We have
met city employees, however, with
whose drinking this order wouldn't
seriously interfere.
Chicago's postmaster moved there
from Yellville, Ark. Which is, of course.
no boost for YellviIle.
Buffalo has started movement in op-
position to tag days. This looks like a
movement that the public would really
like to help along.
There is no weather on Mars; only a
change of seasons, according to scien-
|tist. 1t may interest Mars to know that
all we have here is weather and no
changes Of seasons.
Someone has gone to the trouble of
figuring out that dinner table reaching
around the world Is times would be re-
quired if the inhabitants of the world
sat down 20 a meal together. We aren't
particularly interested, but would like to
remark that if they did, well bet we
would get the neck.
And the salt would be at the other
end of the table
Government examiners for the ma
rine corps say men are taller in the after
noon than they are in the morning. II
will surprise not a few who have had
dealings with some men, to learn that
| they settle.
Also, the hyphen-hated American.
| We have gone over the German re-
ply again and conclude that what it says
is aber-ja.
With rich dirt for city gardens SELL
ing at So load, we wouldn't mind il we
lcould. in the language Of the police re.
porter, run amuck.
We know the swellest place to FISH:
The fsh on biting dote:
It's hard n times TO keep the bass
From jumping in the boat.
Sun fish, perch and roach abound
)I And pickerel and pike:
You tell the man and you catch
Whichever kind you like.
| There isn't mosquito round.
" And you don't have TO row;
They take you In motor boat
A Where'er YOU want 10 go.
The only trouble with this place
II To FISH. twixt me and you:
/ It's twenty-seyen miles from here
And gas Is %.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-09
The Keep Well Column
A YEARLY HEALTH INVENTORY

Ing II to capacity snd not giving q.
the proper repairs. The inrosds "
preyentable disease cooperate wr;h
this neglect TO SOW the seeds OF in
sidious disorders while the victims
s,ill think themselves In good health.
That is why a prominent life In.
surance company recently found that
~ per cent Of Its rejected applicants
gave evidence OF disease of the
heart, kidney and arteries They aiso
checked up and found that about "
per cent of their recorded deaths
were due to like causes.
Had these victims taken period
cal health inventories the breaking
down of their internal mechanisr.
would have been Uncovered In time
TO permit Of rarch;pg and repairing.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-09
We Should Keep Pace With
Modern Phases Of Pre-
paredness.
sY NEWTON D. BAKER,
Secretary Of War.

Now the world has developed new
methods OF making war. The art OF
wal is dificult. intricate. scientific.
We should keep abreast OF the times
by an adequate knowledge Of aero
planes, artillery. explosives and de-
fensive warfare. such as trench
flghting- We should learn all there
f. TO be learned by the experience
OF the world in war so that X we
are ever called upon to defend our
selves We won't be as unframed
as the barbarians, when invaded by
civilized peoples.
We shonid have II all at hand
information regarding the mobiliza-
tion OF our social. financial. indus
trial and commercial forces. do
not think We shall get into a war
over night. suddenly. But the per
sonal analogy holds good man
may be very strong and yet not
know how to defend himself with
his strength. As a nation we ought
TO have skill as well ~ strength
and the raw materials for self-de'
Tense.
We ought TO be one OF the strong
nations having so much self knowl-
edge as to have the arts Of peace at
,ho highest adaptability for use
when war comes.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-09
The Sage of Potato Hill
3 ~ On. FRANK CRANE
(Copyright, 1915. by Frank Crane)

Ed Howe Is a national institution He
Is literary man in whom there is no
guile; neither is there blurb, cant, or in
sincerity
For years he ran the Atchison Globe.
and his sayings therein were widely
quoted, simply because they were inter-
esting.
he now is publishing monthly, the
entire contents of which he writes him.
self. There is nothing like 1t, on earth,
In the heavens above, or in the waters
beneath the earth. 1t is composed of
four newspaper-size pages. closely print
ed. unrelieved by advertising, headlines.
Illustrations. itali,s, or capitals.
1t is just a broad stream of horse
sense.
In all he says he does not always agree
with me, and, of course, in so far he
might improve. The beauty of it, how
ever is that b. does not care whether
he agrees or not, with me or anybody
else.
The main charm of his writing, per-
haps, is that he is photographed. His
whole product is distinctly personal. The
consequence is. the reader gets the i'm
preston of the writer's sincerity.
The reading public is thirsty for hon.
esty. They do not like to be fooled; they
do not permanently like to be amused,
lectured, or advised: but they do like
to hear your opinion If it rings true and
comes out unafraid, whether they agree
with you or not
II were asked the one thing that does
most to vitiate authorship would
promptly reply: An air of insincerity.
Whoever will sit down and report ex-
actly what takes place in his own mind
will find an audience But this is the
hardest thing in the world to do. It is
much easier to pose, or initiate, or echo.
Montaigne had the knack, and Rous-
seau. and Emerson, and Stevenson.
If one will describe his own back yard
and put his soul in it he will do better
piece of work than if he had written Of
the universe.
His language is so simple that the
devotees of literature" think it child.
ish. 1t is not; it is childlike, which is
different. 1t s so plain that the sophis-
ticated think at first he is fooling; Moth
Il ing SO plain could be worth printing. It
is cranky. because any mans opinions
honestly set down will seem cranky to
the general public.
He is now sixty-two years old and just
oeginning his career, giving to the world
the most perfect example of self-expres-
sion of which am cognizant, and doing
it purely for the JOY of his work, which
same is art.
| / write this because he Is a national
figure, quaint, utterly American, and be-
yond the reach of my praise or blame;
you couldn't get him to pay you for ad.
sertising him. and II you barked at him
le wouldn't look around to see who it is.
The sage Of Potato Hill is as tree
planted by the rivers of water, gnarled
and odd as the trunk of an old apple
tree, yet prolific in wholesome fruit. and
refreshing as leafy shade in summer.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-09
Dry csmpsiener Questioned.
To the Editor of The Tsmes:

~ ~"ps'BVer doeotioneo.
To the Editor Of The Ttmes:
Under the catchy headline, Booze
Booster Caught Mapping" you ac-
crse me Of telling only q haIf-truth
In connection with the present In
crease In the consumption of distill.
ed spirits. You seem to think that the
use OF denatured alcohol In the
making Of powder may have caused
the increase In tax-payments on dis
TILED spirits. but the fact 10 that de-
natured alcohol is not subject to the
Sl.10 tax on spirits used for bever.
age and medicinal purposes.
Your mistake 10 forgivable, but I
am surprised that the prohibition
campaigner. quoted by you. should
heve been 10 short-sighted a. to
mislead you on q point 10 we'll
known to every dry" campaigncr In
the country.
Moreover. IL is true that Iiquor.
production is being limited notwith-
standing the increase In demand.
The output for several years 20
greatly exceeded the normal demand
that II was considered wise to re.
duce surplus stocks amounting to
many millions Of gallons.
r. NJ. GILMORE.
Prcsidendent National Model IL
cense League.
Louisville. Ky. Nay 6, 1915.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-09
A Poem a Day


wv Ohr-
Comrade OF minS IL he
Whose kindling eye viii see
A blossom on the lea
For whom the wild btrd-song
stiles the clamorous throng.
And heals a world OF wrong.
with such I'd pluck flower:
For such. entwine bower.
On such. bsstow loves dover.
But that man bodies me ili
Whose pulses feel no thrill
AZ the nrst darodil.
Tureless.. who piods the dell.
Finding no mystic spell
Lodged In the iiiy's beiL
For such. no skies Of blue.
No sunsets golden hue.
Nor dream that might come true.
John TroIand.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-09
SOON TO SQUEEZE, TOO.

The great German physicist Helmholtz was
the first TO explain satisfactorily what keeps
,he ann hot The sun r. not burning; IL is heated
TO the glowing point like piece Of white hot
iron. HeImholts found that II we suppose the
sun to be contracting by only 250 feet year We
would receive our present amount OF heat In
other words, says the Popular Science Monthly,
heat IN being literally squeezed out of the sun.
professor Newcomb estimated that when the
squeexing process has continued for about Il
900 600 years the sun will be onc-half its pres
ent size.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-09

Numbers of big
concerns now ask
their employees %
submit TO yearly
or twice yearly
Physical examina-
tionr by qualinef
ply sicIans.
TIE idea In TO
The Detroit times., 1916-05-09
NO DEFENSE.

western community elected the local under.
taker trial justice. chiefly because he had more
leisure than any other citizen. Not long ago
prisoner was arraigned charged with forgery.
well Jim Brown" snarled the judge. what
have you got to say for yourself7 Are you guilty
or not gunty?"
why Judge" answered the prisoner. course
I'm not guilty. Why, you know yourself cant
even write my own name"
"Nothing to do with IT," barkcd the judge.
You're not charged with writing your own
name I hold you for the grand jury."-Harper's
Magazine.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-09
DAVIS DREAM.

H. Gassaway Davis. once United States
.enator and later candidate for vicePresident
on the Parker ticket, was a brakeman before
he became q millionaire and In said on one his-
toric occasion, while sleeping soundly in the SEN
ate chamber. to have dreamt that no was stiI1
guiding an unruly freight car through the
mountains of West Virginia. The dream was In.
spired by q nearby colleague, Senator Allen q.
thurman, who blew two mighty blasts on his
nose Davis thinking he had heard the freight
whistle, seized his desk as II II were n brake
and nearly twisted the thing from it's moorings
before ne came To.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-09
MAKING A PLATTTUDE CORRECT.

Tommy was undergoing chastisement at the
hands OF his outraged mother for eating the lam
Tommy" she said, this hurts me more than
II does you"
And when Tommy was alone he produced \
square piece OF wood which he had placed where
II was needed, and murmured refectiveiy: II
thought that board wouldn't do her hand any
good. ."--Ladies' Home Journal
The Detroit times., 1916-05-09

The annual convention OF the
American Association for Promoting
Hygiene and Public Baths viii meet
at Baltimore today for two-day ses-
sion.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-09

A yearly health inventory is the
newest form OF industrial efficiency!
The Detroit times., 1916-05-09

seif.coandence IL one Of the best
brends on the market