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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-09
The Daily Reminder
TODAY's ANNiynRsARrEs

i775--Jacob Brown, q Quaker far.
mer who became comma nder- In chief
~ Rue lns ,, United states army. born In
ton, y. g. Feb. "a. iSss.
,m nsls-In s orxsni.ation OF the
eis,iss In New York city. e 50
lksl--Old Southwark theater in
Ph,isIssdeiPn!s DESTROYED by IRE,
IA i'saiu r.i ansnsS college at Easton.
is.s-Mexican forces under Aris,a
were routed at Tessca de la Palma
and driven across the Rio Grande.
lion at baltimore nominated John
't issiaMs5 'asn' John a ssSs s,ssh' kin.
carS Ss,sf Comp G. sDos ssSt a. s, Born
issS--The international Exhibition
at Dublin Was formally opened by
he Prince Of Wales edward vID.
1884 national convention OF non-
Episcopal Methodist bodies met at
Cincinnati to consider the question OF
is7f-Queen Victoria visited tho
Empress Eugene at chisiehurst.
1ssi--The Marquis OF salisbury sue
ceeded the Earl OF Beaconsheid as
leader OF the British Conservative
issi-rhe German exhibition. at
Earis Court. London. was opened by
the Lord Mayor.
5 aS.n. sses 81 s a.si Tssss 81 81
isos-Gen. Kur5kl. of Japan. and
the Duke OF AbruxIi visited Wash
ington.
ONE YEAR AGO TO-DAY IN THE
WAR.
Loss of Libau admitted In the Rus
sian official bulletin.
Italians assembled army OF 600. 900
on the Austrian frontier.
Paris reported German attacks be-
tween Newport ana the sea repulsed,
ground gained toward Fromelles and
successful air raid by the Allies north
OF Lille.
The Archduchess Zita. wife OF tho
Archdukc Charles and the future en-.
press OF Austria. born at Parma -
years ago today,
SIR James ~ Barrie. famous Eng
lish author and playwright born at
kirrimuir. y. n. Sc years ago today.
William Il Vance. dean OF the Uni.
versits ~ Minnesota law school. born
day.
States senator from South Carolina,
born i'm Msrlbo.o county. :. c.. SO
years ago today.
Edward Weston, OF New York.
celebrated electrical engineer and in
yentor. born I'm England 6s years aEo
today.
Esank Bancroft. business manager
Of the Cincinnati National league club
and ono OF the oldest men connected
with baseball. born At Lancaster.
Mass, 20 wars ago today.
Thomas \ Clarke. catcher for the
Cincinnati National league baseball
team horn in New York city IS years
ago today.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-09
Pointed Paragraphs

Modern warfare has rendered
Cupid's artillery obsolete.
A woman can be right without a
reason and a man can be wrong
with one.
lien suspect those who agree with
them ard dislike those Who do not.
The constitution follows the flag.
but Office seekers usually get there
ahead OF II
There's plenty OF room q. the top
but more company below with the
crowd.
Probably a sympathetic tear
comes as near being q panacea for
all feminine troubles as anything
on the market
The romantic maid who waits for
a man TO come along and make love
TO her after the manner OF the hero
N q novel will remain single to the
end OF the chapter.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-09

The strenuous life is not necessa-
rily harmful one. But 1t Is always
harmful when accompanied by wor-
~ or by worry's twin sister. hurry.
Hurry, indeed. will in the last an
aiysis be found compounded of the
same elements a. worry. This is
something which most people for
get. or OF which they are ignorant.
Many a man has gone TO his doc
tor 10 be treated for nervous indi-
gestion. and in reply~to the doctors
question has In all honesty de-
clared that he does not worry in
the slightest.
Whatever else has caused my in
digestion he may say. lit Is not
worry. | do not allow anything TO
worry me. realize the folly and
the danger OF yielding to anxious
thoughts"
But let the same man be question
ed a little further and the chances
are that the doctor will drag from
him an admission that he is contin
uaIly in a hurry.
The chances also are that he will
be vastly surprised. perhaps unbe-
Loving, when told that his hurry
ing In itself a form OF worry.
Yet this IL assuredly the case. Nv.
cry time a man hurries he hurries
because. consciously or subconsci-
ously, he fears that he will be late.
The fact that hurry may be "a
mere habit" as most hurriers would
cecribe IL. does not exclude the ele-
nents OF fear and emotional strain
On the contrary. the habitual hur
rier is q man who Is constantly un-
der the yoke Of dangerous, IL un-
recognized, sensation OF anxious
dread.
II Ii this sensation OF anxious
dread. existing both in worry and
in hurry. that plays havoc with the
nervous system and the physical
processes generally.
or course, hurry II also injurious
BY causing men to 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 lie not giving
his digestive appartus a fair chance.
Thorough chewing OF food In or
der TO make sure that II will be well
coated by saliva. II one Of the In
itjal requirements for the digestive
process. The hasty eater. by the
very fact OF his eating hastily. re
fuses 10 meet this requirement.
Nevertheless. even the hasty eater
would get along fairly well II II
were not for the emotional setting
that acts both az background and
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-09
The Keep Well Column
A YEARLY health INVENTORY

Ing IL to capacity and not giving I.
the proper repairs. The inroads ~
preyentabie disease cooperate VITA
this neglect to SOW the seeds Of In
gidious disorders while the victims
s.ill think themselves In good health.
That Is why a prominent life In
surance company recently found that
20 per cent Of it's rejected applicants
gave evidence of disease Of the
heart, kidney and arteries. They also
checked up and found that about 81
per cent of their recorded deaths
were due TO like causes. =
Had these victims, taken period
cal health inventories the breaking
down ri their internal mechanisss
would have been Uncovered In time
10 permit Of ratcb.ng aud repairing.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-09
Probation of Criminals"
In Theory and Practice

In nearly every state in America there exists
a more or less intelligent system Of probation
for criminals" thar is, for individuals who have
been eouyictd OF felonies,
The probation system is divorced from the
parole system.
The parole plan extends 10 individuals re
leased from prisons and penitentiaries before
their sentence j. completed.
Naturally, these freed ~convicts." frightful
and barbarous term for persons who have served
time in prison. are subjected TO espionage
that assures the safety OF a SNUG society.
In some states, the probation plan is applied
more inteligently 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. imprison-
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 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 to
moderate or make more astringent the conditions
imposed upon the probationer.
Temperament, character of crime, age and
social condition. so far adults 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 TO society.
Putting men and women in prison doesn't
teach them To become god citizens.
IL teaches them TO hate the society that has
Gagged them. and after one or two 'jots in the
PEN. the individual makes il his or her life aim
TO exact the full retalistive price from society.
In such state as Illinois. California and Ohio
where intelligent forces seem 10 be directing
the probation movement the relapse cases. are
so small that judges are rarely impelled to i'm
pose prison sentences where there seems to be
any hope at all Of the improvement Of the iudi
vidual found guilty. OF crime
Probation officers need common sense instead
OF knowledge OF pseudoscientihc bunk
III you think the general run of "conyicts" are
any different in the ordinary characteristic Of
human nature han you and your neighbors, visit
a state prison and talk with a few Of them
The honest. intelligent application OF the pro-
baton system is simply the conservation of hu-
man beings who have a right TO demand the
help OF their stronger Tor luekier) brothers
II there be such persons as criminals then
we are all potential criminals
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-09
Let the People
Rule-and Write
No Peace Party Necessary

To the Editor Of The Times:
Your characterization OF Roose.
Welt in your recent editorial as the
twogun man of the supporters OF
preparedness" is about right. II the
jingoes succeed In capturing the Re
publican convention. II 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.
OH this question OF preparedness. In
the solution OF this great political
difficulty. I see no reason for your
suggestion OF new peace party. In
your issue OF March %. | read. in
your editorial on Allen l.. Benson
SOCIALIST candidate for PRESIDENT
~ follows IF the other parties
should fail 10 respond to the anti.
preparedness sentiment there is in
this country. there will be nothing
left for the supporters of antLpre-
paredness To do but vote for the
Socialist candidate as a matter of
principle This is my position OK.
actly. and as I am an ardent sup
porter and admirer of Benson,
hope that all undergraduates sup
porters will be men OF principle"
a. the November election and vote
for the man and the party that has
gone on record az positively and
unalterabiy opposed to this whole
devilish plan OF turning our beloved
nation OF peace into q human
slaughter pen for the promotion OF
profits. They would pull down Old
Glory from the proud place IL now
occupies among the nations OF the
world as the banner OF peace and
liberty and make OF II an ensign
of militarism. conquest and oppres.
SION. Benson has committed him.
self wholly TO the task OF unmask-
Ing this deliberate plan OF the MUM
tons makers TO rob us under the
guisc OF patriotism. as has also his
running mate George r. Kirkpatrick
Socialist candidate for vice.presi
dent) and both are worthy OF the
support and vote OF every real op-
ponent OF preparedness"
". a. WHITING.
No. POI Davison-ave., Highland Park.
May 6,I916.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-09
Dry Campaign Questioned.

To the Editor Of The Times:
Under the catchy headline, Booze
Booster Caught Mapping" you &C.
-cuse me of telling only q half.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 tsx.payments on dis
titled spirits. but the fact IL that de-
nstured alcohol In not subject TO the
Si.10 tax on spirits used for bever-
age and medicinal purposes.
Your mistake Ia forgivabie. but
am surprised that the prohibition
csmpaigner, quoted by you. should
have been so short-sighted ~ to
mislead you on point 30 well.
known to every dry" campaigner In
the country.
Moreover, II IL true that liquor
production In being limited notwith-
standing the increase In demand.
The output for several years 30
greatly exceeded the normal demand
that II was considered wise to re-.
cuce surplus stocks amounting TO
many millions OF gallons.
r. NJ. GILMORE.
Presidendent National Model u
cense League
Louisville, KY, May s, 1916.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-09
We Should Keep Pace With
Modern Phases of Pre-
paredness.
BY NEWTON D. BAKER,
Secretary Of War.

Now the world has developed new
methods OF making war. The art OF
ear is difficuIt, intricate. scientific.
We should keep abreast OF the times
by an adequate knowledge OF aero
planes. artillery. explosives and de-
fensive warfare, such a. trench
lighting. We should learn all there
il TO be learned by the experience
OF the world in war so that IL we
are ever called upon to defend our.
selves we won't be as unframed
as the barbarians, when invaded by
civilized peoples.
We should have II all at hand
information regarding the mobiliza-
ton 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--a man
may be very strong and yet not
know how 10 defend himself with
his strength. As nation we ought
10 have skill az well as strength
and the raw materials for self-de-
Tense.
We ought to be one OF the strong
nations having so much self knowi-
edge as 70 have the arts Of peace at
tho highest adaptability for use
when war comes.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-09
Sfr oRIAL PAGE

proposition, the purpose of which is all
too apparent.
Pat deserves one on the back, ana mere
ii is.
We don't care if it is the case that the
Ford vote in Michigan stiffened the kei-
ley backbone.
II has been stifrened sufficiently Tor
the occasion and that is all his eonstltu-
ents here at home are interested IN.
Go to it, Pat.
You are giving us in this instance
what we call REPRESENTATION.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-09
DAVIS DREAM.

r. 0assaway Davis, once United States
scnator and later candidate for Vice President
ON the Parker ticket, was brakeman before
ne became n millionaire and Is said on one his
torfc occasion while sleeping soundly In the SEN
ate chamber, To have dreamt that he sti11
guiding an unruly freight through the
mountains OF West Virginia. The dream was in
spired by q nearby colleague. Senator Allen q.
thurman, who blew two mighty blasts his
nose Davis thinking he had heard the freight
whistle. seized his desk as II II were a brake
and nearly twisted the thing from It's moorings
before he came TO.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-09
A Poem a Day
NY COMR ABE.

comrade OF mine Ia he
" hnss sindling eve viii sec
\ blossom on the lea.
For whom the Wild bIrd.song
stiles the ciamorous throng.
And heals n world Of wrong.
with such Id pluck y flower.
For such. sntwine a bower.
On such. bestow loves dover!
But that man bodies me III
Whose pulses feel no thrill
At the nrst danodil.
Tuneiess. who piods the dell,
Finding no mystic spell
Lodged In the llly's bell
For such. no skies OF blue.
No sunsets golden hue.
Nor dream that might come true
John Troiane.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-09

detect ard preveb: further inro1ds
Ct preventable disease and the dr.
orders that come from the wear and
tear ~ modern life.
Too many mea are dropping ou;
AZ so who had they beeded the ru;es
OF right living would stil have {.
credit accoun. % 20 years more OF
active. productive life
They have gone on for years over.
taxing the human machine. Work.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-09
The Sage of Potato Hill.
~ Or. 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-
testing.
He now is publishing a monthly, the
entire contents of which he writes him
self. There is nothing like it, 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, italics, or capitals.
1t is just 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 he 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
Iesty. 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. 1t is
much easier to pose. OF 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 a better
piece of work than if he had written Of
the universe.
His language is so simple that the
ievotees of literature" think it child
sh. 1t is not il is childlike, which is
different 1t SO plain that the sophis-
licated think at first he is fooling; moth
ing so plain could be worth printing. 1t
lis cranky because any mans opinions
honestly set down will seem cranky to
the general public
He is now sixty-two years old and just
beginning 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.
I 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 adj
yertising him, and if you barked at him
ne 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. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 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
We'll, Jim Brown, snarled the Judge. what
have you got TO say for yourself? Are you guilty
or not guaty"
why, judge" answered the prisoner. I" course
I'm not guilty. Why. you know yourself can't
even write my own name.
.Nothing to do with IT," barkcd the judge.
you're not charged with writing your own
name hold you for the grand jury "-Harpers
Magazine.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-09
SOON TO SQUEEZE. TOO.

The great German physicist Helmholtz was
the first to explain satisfactorily what keeps
the sun hot The sun In not burning; II Is heated
to the glowing point. like a piece OF white hot
iron. HcImholtz found that II We suppose the
sun TO be contracting by only ESQ feet year We
would receive our present amount Of heat. In
other words, says the Popular Science Monthly.
heat ia being literally squeezed out OF the sun.
professor Newcomb estimated that when the
soueezing process has continued for about T.
600 600 years the sun will be onehalf It's pres
ent size.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-09

Numbers Of big
concerns now ask
their employees 20
submit TO yearly
or twice yearly
Fhyzical examina-
tions by qualified
ply sicians.
The idea IL 20
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-09
MAKING A PLATITUDE CORRECT

Tommy undergoing chsstisement at the
hands Of his outraged mother for eating the jam.
Tommy" she said, this hurts more than
II does you"
And when Tommy was alone he produced n
square piece Of wood which he had placed where
N was needed. and murmured renectivcy: II
thought that board wouldn't do her hand any
good. Ladies' Home Journal
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-09

The annual convention OF the
American Association for Promoting
Hygiene apd Public Baths will meet
at Baltimore today for two-day ses.
slon
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-09

A yearly health inventory is the
newest form OF industrial efficiency!
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-09

self-c,shdence II one OF the best
brznds On the market. vi
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-09
From Another Point 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.
sChicago's postmaster moved there
from Yellville, Ark. Which is, of course,
no boost for Yellville.
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 a scien-
fist. 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 tn. 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. 1t
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 if we
could in the language of the police re-
porter, run amuck.