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The Detroit times., 1917-11-21
Men Who Work
Hard and Live Long

in an article called Have You
Some Imaginary Troubles p" which
The November American Magazine
prints tha author says
Gladstone was another ono o.
those hard workers. with no breads
with regard 20 work turning from
political resp possibilities ~ fhe heav-
ie=t 20 Crock. FOR recreation. and
living his f0urscore years and more
iusf IA Pope Leo XIII turned 90
Latin poetry for hts relaxation from
world wide burdens, and lived ON
beyond fourscore and ten. living 90
hopefully that when, AZ the lttle
dinner given him on his nlnefieth
birthday. ono % the cardinals said
in proposing toast 20 him Here's
Chat You may Two 10 De a hundred
holy father tho old pontif replied
HGf WY limit me 90 q hundred y
They were contemporaries ~ Ran
ke tha German historian. who a.
hn age % al proposed 70 write a
frrv ~ the world IN - volumes.
1la tni me 20 be completed each
esr. ard actually lived. believe.
- enmu..fe nearly half ~ n Those
meo tal no droads. but they al
lowed Heir energies 20 work on.
without any fear 81 e1hausfing their
The Detroit times., 1917-11-21
Yes, Shameful To Say,
The AtrOcity Reports Are
Based On Hard Facts

In spite Of overwhelming testimony,
there are thousands Of Americans who
only half-heartedly believe in the stories
Of German atrocities.
They are inclined to ascribe these hor-
ror tales TO the work of few ryespon-
sible individuals, exaggerated in the
telling.
To a people IMMERSED in Nietzscheism
Pan-Germanism and other tenets of
blond beastliness it seems impossible that
the responsible officers Of "A government
of white men could sanction the crimes
attributed to the German army
Yet such is the shameful TRUTH
truth which needs to be indelioly .m-
pressed on the minds Of Americans VINO
are as yet incredulous.
For the benefit of such Americans we
are going to print an extract from let
ter received from a young man who went
over with the first Canadians AND who
has seen the work Of the Hun az frst
hand.
This man was no Germanophobe He
entered the ranks because when Canada
went in, he thought il his duty.
He had no hatred for Germany.
After more than two years service IN
two hemispheres this is what he writes
In twenty-seven months active service my ex-
periences have been many and varied I spent
six months at the Dardanelles two IA Egypt and
the remainder on this side 81 the world tFancel
From my own personal experience have found
the Turk and tribal fighter Of the near east e
gentleman alongside the Hun. Hoping The cen
sor will see ht pass one instance viii quote
a sight 7 saw with my own eyes.
Fritz had launched night gas attack ~ our
front The next day some (deleiedl were ying
out on stretchers al first aid Red Cross sta
ton In plain view Of the enemy These be shell
ed killing IL and wounding T. This IS but one
OF hundred instances / could cite.
Can you picture it? The helpless
wounded lying beneath the sky patiently
awaiting their turns to be carried to the
rear. Then the enemy's guns open car
rying fresh mutilation and death to those
already torn by shot and shell. They can
not flee. They cannot fight. They can
only wait in agony indescribable for death
or rescue.
And this is the nation whose ruler has
the affrontery to claim alliance with the
Almighty.
The Detroit times., 1917-11-21
Uncle Sam, Creditor

Mr.. Milton Bronner, one OF our W assn
mgton correspondents enables this paper
TO answer the many questions that have
been sent 20 this office concerning lncie
Sans financial relation with the allies'
particularly revolutionary Russia.
our loans 20 the allies aggregate APP
ploxmateiy four billions Russla's part
being bout 800 millions, and Mr. bron-
ner explains thus
"Clvi'ized states GO not repuala'e lhef
.n,elrauona. debts Revolutionary rance
did NOT ropudlate debts piled up oy pre-
vioas monarchs and reyo.uuon-toin Mex
zee ALSO has acted honoraoiy' AN Inc'e
sam gers from Russia ana IN lacl rom
Che allies an E.O. L. no oonas or Sc
curtes are pat up. Nations trust each
other n these matters
This sounds regular ana reasohaD'e'
But there Is, actually nothing regular
or reasonable about TINS war nor az
IT'S END can there re 8 settlement IKE
anytn rs the world has ever seen.
France. iu her great revolutions, had
.i,.r.+,. -, -a,,,.,a-ets AND rsrav Defeat
-. ~,
gu ll' sll's war sile -s ''','' -
us true. mas lfled 90 oe holoIao4e' one
hasn't repuGiated but she's yelling for
The Detroit times., 1917-11-21
Pointed Paragraphs

1re ign is one that reads ESQ
mrn bump into fools game
anI fhcn
TE. Dol nat looks Ike ono fho
oman likes DO
multitude of amacks follow in
nake ~ Courtship.
ra1r man has Tho sand b.
ain rich girl with the rocks
practical joke is hardly even
la ,he Joke Is on tho first
ruiar
H Try 70 kecp dark VIII
oonnr or later
rnc preachers condemn
vestlga' ifs aranrh
lands are al 5'e1 fo
ard others ar' q
hing about bfE mir
the anxiety of Hh ihr
mr chants go sell you goOds on
credit
The Detroit times., 1917-11-21
The American Way
sV OR. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915. by Frank Crane)

In North Dakota there is n farmer by
the name of A. c. Townley. His main
crop was flax. This was what happened.
quote from Eleanor Taylor in the Sur
vey:
In order TO buy new equipment, seed,
etc, he borrowed a large sum of money
from group OF interests which controls
not only the credit offered to the farm
er, but also the transportation and mar
keting facilities of the state When his
crop was ripe il necessarily passed thru
the hands of this group to be put on the
market They paid Mr. Townley as they
did many of the farmers. a low price for
his flax, and sold it for high one Their
price to him was so low that he found it
impossible to make the required payment
on his mortgage The mortgage was
foreclosed. therefore, and his farm taken
to hquidate the debt
"Townley saw other farmers In almost
similar predicaments. In spite of hard
and intelligent effort they were so at the
mercy of food and grain Spectators that
they barely made both ends met He
gathered few together, therefore, talk
ed the situation over, and out of their
conference grew the North Dakota Non
Partisan League, with today a member
ship Of 10000 farmers and an annual
income Of about 81 600, 600"
Very soon the combined farmers saw
that they could not DO much toward re-
lieving their economic troubles without
going into politics The old parties, both
Republican and Democratic, had been
side-stepping in their usual way The
farmers put their own men in the pri-
maries. The 1916-l917 elections seated
their candidate in the governors chair.
and got them three supreme court Judge
ships and los out Of the 1873 members
of the legislature
The labor unions have co-operated with
them.
The point want TO bring out in an
this is that this is a fine sample Of the
real way TO run a democracy.
Instead of standing about berating
your country and mourning the injustice
Of the laws, why not get busy and create
majority 10 remedy the bad conditions?
Why complain of politics? Why not
go into politics, clean things up, and get
what you want in straightforward
American way7
If you don't ike the parties on hand,
start new one
Anything that will break up the old,
traditional political alignments, that have
come 70 mean nothing but phrase-mak-
ing, is welcome. Perhaps Townley and
his co-workers have shown US the way.
At the recent convention he said: ''The
farmers control 80 per cent Of the vote
Of this country; labor controls about 81
per cent; combination Of these two ele-
ments would make itself felt thruout the
nation"
The Detroit times., 1917-11-21

TINS DEPARTMENT The
aker. auack ard s~noler 70
advertisers who have
Tsiea or
recognition 20 honest acNef
public Interest Advice ~" also
and
d5re withheld preferreo
Address The Al Mirror, The Times. Detroit Mich
t.to- A
Hsving a wout IKE
extensively
What ro4.a
hey a. In canada a
al VI Initials
Answering question VIII nphatcal yes over Can
Tor All Kidney
label Canada they cure ackahe head
Indigestion rheumatism Frghs disease diabetes They also PURIFY
THE hlcnt and Canada
the provides severe
iu medical these
and
no reference disease and diabetes Why
United
and he
found no
parn wheat sour powdered tumerc and minute Quantities
Not combination
laYnlans standpoint
Jed the Journal OK he American
observe.
reare
na
G.
elrsory snN
medicine industry IS 1 as dishonest as . asres
The Detroit times., 1917-11-21
From Another Point of NieU
b. c. 7. S

The Kaiser appears to have given the
Russian situation the 90 and 10 have
decided that he doesn't want any Of that
kind Of peace.
Last year for Thanksgiving we had
turkey with cranberry sauce It looks as
if we win be lucky this year if We get the
cranberry sauce.
Fuel Dictator Couzens asks Detroiters
TO burn soft coal They Will if he will get
it for EN-.
Just word 20 Detroit young men
Who 20 rank and title aspire.
There's chance In the aviation corps
To 60 higher and higher and higher
Burglars entered the home Of Thomas
Edison, which fact, we sur1nise. did not
interfere 70 any great extent with the in
ventor's sleep.
Maybe. though, when they get things
shifted around in Russia, Russian caviar
viii come from there.
should someone come 70 ne and say:
Your wish 7 eranted FOR today
rd eat uy supper then "a hike
Down town where would walt for Nike
And wed be- Joined b. "Redhead7 Krause
Ard go down 70 ~stv" Reddlns' house.
just Hike wher we were a quarfette
Those songs hear a-r.urtn' yet
You'd hardly call fhe music sweet
S. up ard down the village stree,
We sang about "Oh Gere,Ieve"
The Detroit times., 1917-11-21
The Success of a Great
American Institution Is
Hereby Duly Explained

On April Is, 1918, the Victor Talking
Machine Company. Of Camden, \. j., an
nounced to its employees that upon the
death Of any employe Of five years or
more continuous service, it would pay 70
his family the sum Of $500 providing
the deceased employee was at the time
of his death a member of the Victor Co
operative Beneficial Association.
On January /, 1916, the company an
nounced that the death benefit, provided
entirely at the companys expense. would
be increased from FIVE HUNDRED
DOLLARS to SEVEN HUNDRED AND
FIFTY DOLLARS.
It has now been decided TO extend the
scope of the plan so that. the death ben
efts provided without expense to en-
ployes shall be as follows:
In the case Of employees OF more
than sixty DAYS and less than one
years service ...........t{ $500
In the case Of employees % more
than one year and less than two
years service ....... ........... 10000
In the case OF employees Of more
than two years and less than five
years service .......... ........ $50 o.
In the case ~ employees Of more
than five years and less than ten
years service ...........-. $4,000
In the case OF employees OF more
than ten years and less than ~
teen years service ...........-.. 10000
In the case Of employees Of more
twenty years service '......-. 175ooo
In the case ~ employees ~ more
than twenty years service .-..... 1000 ~
In its latest announcement the com
pany says:
This change whereby The group ~ om-
ployes FOR whose families his protection IS
provided is enlarged go cover practically
the entire working force and death benefit
payments are increased 20 correspond WITH
the length Of service. is made because rhe
rnanagcnent Of this company feels thtt JOSS
past efforts have been appreciated and fHa'
through this plan it has been enabled to ~
ford comfort and 20 materially assist tho
families o. deceased employees 40 rhc timc
their trials were greatest
The Times is pleased 70 announce thai
this is but a new indication Of the br0aD
and generous policy of the Victor com
pany that is in so large a measure re
sponsible for the company's tremendous
success.
Breath like this in business is the YER,
thing that is going TO hasten that bette
understanding between workers and thei
employers and give US the condition en,
= the arrangement Cor the war betf6ei
capital and labor which President Wiiso
has Just emphasized as SO necessary.
The Times has words OF praise in re
serve for all business institutions and al
employers whom il may End cmulatinl
the both human and wise policy Of th
Victor company
The Detroit times., 1917-11-21
Fitted the Specifications

"I'm very much afraid that jim.
ME isn'f trying enough" wrote an
anxious mother 70 the teacher
You are quite wrong wrote
back Inc tired teacher Jimmie -
tho most trylng boy IN Tho class"
The Detroit times., 1917-11-21

Mr r. 4 ri asFs Does scar.
80 fewer have any eject upon re
kidrer1
Tps even n slight attack ~ scar
Ie. fewer frequently leaves ne KID
rere ana AZ times The heart Of The
iaf r1' tameged
The Detroit times., 1917-11-21

one ~ her tours played tho
Minute Waltz" AZ an encore.
first telling her audience what
n was Thereupon huge man
in "a large riding suit took ont
an immense silver watch, held
n open almost under her nose.
and crnyely proceeded 90 time
H.r VHi. f,Iapfaffa fupara uou-
The Detroit times., 1917-11-21
Laugh With Us

The subject OF rife shooting often crops I'D
az one Of the training camps
III bet any here box OF cigara,- said
The Detroit times., 1917-11-21

along the keys. and her anxiety WAS rewarded
whom Tho man closed The watch with loud
slap and said In q booming voice. GOSH she's
done ~"
Judge (ab0ut 20 sentence prisoner) You have
used this poor half wiiied follow very unmerci
fully You have beaten him
The Detroit times., 1917-11-21

tfHfflNs
Prisoner CsurliIy lie nt
tackled mo FIRST Resides hn is
rascal. and gave me no end
81 trouble on the farm And
he o. a downright IDIOT, my
lord
Judge (severely) You
should remember. prisoner,
The Detroit times., 1917-11-21


Lieutenant A.. that I chn flre
twenty one shots az 200 yards
and tell without waiting for the
marker the result OF each one
correctly"
"Donei" cried Major p. And
tho whole mess turned out
early the next morning 10 wit
ness the experiment.
Tho Lieutenant fired
Miss" he announced. calmly,
Another shot
Miss" he repeated
A third shot
Miss"
'Hefo. hold on" put N Maioi
YOU trying 20 do1 You're not q
grt!"
"Of course not" was Tho COO
firing for those cigars"
The Detroit times., 1917-11-21

people who Saw tho lNdY loAe
her balnnct "that women, viii
vote. and Tint fhet % have "a
political party of their oVu aud
convention and platform
And ihon what
And tbat thcyu adtocafs
capital punishment for ant-
body who gets of The platform
The Detroit times., 1917-11-21

While Chopin probably I'D not time his
Minute walt" 10 exactly sixty seconds. SONS
auditors lnsist that IL lives mp 20 ~ name. Mme.
The Detroit times., 1917-11-21

You can't stump the Grim Reaper by
getting into the double corner.
Smyrna times., 1917-11-07
FOR SALE

FARM-2oo Acres, good farm
house and good buildings, 3
miles from town, 100 acres in
cultivation, balance good pas
ture. Price, $3.50.
FARM-334 Acres, good house
and farm buildings, 2Io acres of
nice, high farm land, balance
woodland. This is a good farm.
Price, $II,5oo.
FARM-4o Acres, one mile from
town, good house and farm
buildings, a nice home for party
wanting a small, well-located
property.
FARM--I48 Acres, nearly all in
cultivation, nice modern home
good farmers house, good barns,
fine location and will soon sell
to party wanting good home.
Price, $I6,5oo.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-08
BETTER THAN CALOMEl
Thousands Have Discovered Dr.
Edwards Olive Tablets are
a Harmless Substitute

DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets-the sub.
stitute for calomel--are mild but sure
laxative, and their effect on the liver is
almost instantaneous. They are the re-
suit of DR.. Edwards determination not
to treat liver and bowel complaints with
calomel. His efforts to Danish it brought
out these little olive-colored tablets.
These pleasant little tablets do the
good that calomel does, but hive no bad
after effects. They don't injure the
teeth like strong liquids or calomel.
They take hold of the trouble and
quickly correct it. Why cure the liver
at the expense Of the teeth? Calomei
sometimes plays havoc witt the gums.
So do strong liquids. 1t is best not to
take calomel, but to let Dr.. Edwards
Olive Tablets take its place.
Most headaches, "dullness" and that
lazy feeling come from constipation and
a disordcred liver. Take DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets when you feel loggy" and
heavy" Note how they clear" clouded
brain and how they "perk up" the spir.
its. l0c and Csc box. All druggists.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-08
Notes from Beatrice
And CAGE County

Beatrice, Neb.. Feb. 7.-(Spccial.)-
The directors OF the Beatrice Com
mercial club last evening elected these
officers: President, w. H. De Bolt;
vice president, Mercer B. Walker;
treasurer, J. R. Qucin. The election
of secretary was postponed. En-
dorsement was given bill for the
employment of convict labor on roads
now before the legislature
Mrs. A. H. Hollingsworth, wife of
Lieutenant Colonel Hollingsworth, Of
Company c, returned yesterday from
the border, where she has been for
the last few months.
Charles Bowdish of Lincoln, who
was arrested here a few weeks ago
in company with Miss Ethel Lewis
on a charge of disorderly conduct,
was released yesterday after his hear
ing before Judge Ellis. Miss Lewis
was paroled to the probation officer.
Bowdish is married man.
. Mrs. William Lagorgue OF Hardy,
Neb., formerly a resident of Wymore
and Odell, died suddenly on Bur-
lington train as it nearcd Hardy Mon
day afternoon. She is survived by
Mr.. Lagorgue and three children. The
body will be inferred at Odell.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-08
Notes from Syracuse.

Syracuse, Neb., Feb. 7.-(Special.)
The twelfth annual session of the
Syracuse Farmers institute closed
here last evening after a profitable
session. The exhibits, while not
large, were Of splendid quality, and
the school exhibit won particular
praise. The speakers were ]. F.
Coupe of Omaha, on Monday, and
Prof Spafford and Miss Louise Mere
dith of the university college of Ne
braska, on Tuesday Officers were
elected as follows: President, C. l..
France; vice president, F. w. Brehm;
secretary, L. 3. Smoyer; treasurer,
Warren Andrews. Directors: Edwin
F. Andrews, T. w. Copenhaver, Clar-
ence Beers, L. c. Miesbach and Lewis
Wiles. The ladies' auxiliary elected
Mrs. Bessie Wiles president and Mrs.
Agnes keithley secretary.
The seventy-hve horsepower Diesel
engine for the electric light plant is
here and is being installed and the in
dications are that in ten days there
will be light current on the wires.
Henry F. Windels, who died sud
denly from pneumonia at his home in
this place, was buried today at Park
Hill cemetery.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-08
Advises Jerry Get
Job Doing Turn on
Vaudeville Stage

Lincoln, Feb. 7.-(Special) -Advis-
ing Representative Jerry Howard to
get job with some vaudeville theater
instead Of pulling off his stunts in the
house, Representative James Auten Of
Boone county made remark this aft
ernoon in which the house so strongly
conceded that the bill Howard was
talking for was killed almost unani-
mously.
Let's get down to business, gentle
men, and cut out this damd foolish
ness" said the representative from
Boone, following speech by Howard
in which he desired to prohibit the
printing Of THE Star Spangled Ban
ner' unless the whole thing was
printed.
Auten suggested that if any gentle
man of he house desired to perform
for the benefit of the galleries he had
better get job in some vaudeville
theater and let the house transact
business if it wanted to. Peterson
seconded the suggestion and the house
promptly indefinitely postponed the
bill.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-08
If Backachy or
Kidneys Bother
Eat less meat and, take glass of
Salts to flush out Kidneys
Drink plenty water.

Uric acid in meat excites the kid
Heys, they become overworked; get
sluggish, ache, and feel like Jumps OF
lead. The urine becomes cloudy; the
bladder is irritated, and you may be
obliged to seek relief two or three
times during the night. When the
kidneys clog you must hel p them flush
off the body's urinous waste or you'll
be a real sick person shortly. At
first you feel a dull misery in the
kidney region, you suffer from head
ache, sick headache, dizziness, stom-
ach gets sour, tongue coated and you
feel rheumatic twinges when the
weather is bad
Eat less meat, drink lots of water;
also get from any pharmacist four
ounces OF Jad Salts; take a table
spoonful in glass of water before
breakfast for few days and your
kidneys will then act fine. This ia
nous salts is made from the acid of
grapes and lemon juice, combined with
ithia, and has been used for genera
tons to clean clogged kidneys and
stimulate them to normal activity,
also to neutralize the acids in urine,
so it no longer is source of irrita-
ton, thus ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive, cannot in
lure; makes a delightful effervescent
lithia-water drink which everyone
should take now and then to keep the
kidneys clean and active. Druggists
here say they sell lots of lad Salts to
folks who believe in overcoming kid
ney trouble while it is only trouble.
Advertisement.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-08

votes. Andersen Boyd was opposed
because it would double the expense
OF election and practically make no
difference in the results" Conlcy was
afraid the passage OF such law would
impede the movement for full sui
frage, which he said he favored. Waite
said that the majority of women |
know do not wish to have the burden
OF suffrage forced upon them.
I'm voting against the bill because
so many four-hushcrs and dodgers
have announced themselves for il"
stated Mr., Richmond,
On the other hand, Mr.. Ainlay,
whose name tops the roll call, de-
clared himself proud TO have the op-
portunity of leading off with vote
Tor suffrage, Mr.. Miller, bachelor.
thought it incumbent upon him to
come TO the rescue OF womankind
when some of the married men were
deserving. Mr.. Thomas was willing to
be called a four husher and said it
would be a proud day for him when
he could take his mother to the polls
to cast her ballot,
81 have three daughters and no
sons Mr.. Stream (republican) an
nounced. II have democratic neigh
Dor with three sons. | want to even
up with him; therefore, I'm for this
bill"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-08
Body of Connect is Taken
To Auburn for Burial

North Platte, Neb., Feb. 7.-(Spe-
cial.)-Nearly two years after the
murder of Vernon Connect his body
is on the way to its final resting place.
After the sentencing of Roy Roberts
to twenty-five years in the state pen
itentiary following his confession,
through his plea OF guilty to the STAY
ing of Connect, the skull that had
been held as the chief exhibit OF the
state was released by the sheriff and
the body was taken from the morgue,
where it had been held since it was
taken from the South Platte river
February IS, 1915, and was sent to
Auburn, Ncb., for burial.
Andrew J. Connect, father of the
murdered man, and brother took
charge Of the body and placed it on
an evening train that bore it eastward
toward its last resting place.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-08
Nebraska
''JUNKET" CALL LIKE
RED RAG TO MEMBERS
House Kills Bill Providing for
Permanent Forestation
Commission.
HOG BARN BILL IS PASSED


Lincoln, Feb. 7.-(Special.) -Some
of the members who opposed an ap-
preparation of $4,000 for hog barn
had evidently heard from home when
the bill came up for final passage this
morning and the measure went
through by practically two-to-one
vote, whereas last week it had barely
squeezed through in committee of the
whole. The vote stood Is to 80.
Because the records in the office of
the state auditor showed that Wood
ruff Ball, a member of the forestation
committee, had spent $l77 in a trip
to Washington to confer with govern
ment officials having in charge the de-
velopment of the arid lands of the
country into forests, Chairman Refs
chick of the finance ways and means
committee of the house pronounced
the trip 'junket trip" and the men,
bers fell over themselves in their eff
forts to kill the bill providing for a
permanent forestation commission.
Although given an appropriation
of $1,000 at the last session for the
purpose of investigating and looking
into the matter of developing the sand
hills of the state, the committee had
been so careful that far less than one
half of it had been used. The COM
mission serves without pay and only
receives its actual expenses, yet when
member spends small part of the
appropriation doing what he was ex-
pected to do the members will the
whole thing when some member yells
"junket trip" Fifty voted against the
bill and thirty-nine for it.