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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-09-06
Domestic

The attempted shooting of repre-
sentative of the department of justice
and an attack with an aX on Sheriff
Kelner near ManitowOc. Wis, by
man named Voss marked the first
trouble over the draft law In Wiscon
sin.
Judge James Il. Boyd of the federal
court at Greensboro, y. c., declared
the keating-Owen child-labor law UNI
constitutional. The government will
at once appeal the decision of Judge
Boyd holding the federal child-labor
law unconstitutional.
La disappearing II proposal by Rep
reSentative ShOuse of Kansas that all
men engaged in agricultural pursuits
last March be exempted from military
service. President Wilson wrote the
congressman that class exemption
would lead to many difficulties and
many heartburnings."
Twenty-Five thousand National
Guardsmen, the rainbow division of
the United States army, marched in
parade as 100000 New Workers gave
them farewell demonstration such as
this city had never seen.
Six members of the Peoples Peace
council who went to Hudson, Wis., to
make arrangements for holding a ma
tional pacifist convention, were placed
on truck by an angry crowd of 1000
citizens, escorted to the depot, and
placed on a train bound for Mime
apolis.
Twenty-seven men, the majority Of
them alleged to be I. w. w. agitators
are I'm Jail at Spokane, Wash, on or
der of Major wilkins. They were
taken from a train as it arrived from
Troy. Mont, and are held as military
prisoners.
Thomas p. Flynn of Chicago was
elected president of the American
Federation of Catholic societies in the
annual convention of that organiza-
ton.
Two men were shot and killed at
Chicago by payroll bandits who de-
manded a satchel of money belonging
10 the Winslow Bros company. The
bandits escaped with $780,
A contract for 1,074000 gas masks
80 equip the army has been awarded
to, manufacturing company of Phila-
delphia. The contract calls for an ex-
penditure of $1,502,0OO. The govern
ment will furnish the material.
Membership of the American Red
Cross has reached the 100000 mark
and is increasing at the rate If 25,000
TO 100000 day, according TO head
quar- .crs announcement at Washing
ton.
Byron Nelson, son of Congressman
John nj. Nelson of Madison, Wis, is TO
be arrested somewhere in Canada" as
Stacker. The warrant for the arrest
was issued by United States District
Attorney A. @. Wolfe. Nelson Is work
ing on his fathers farm in the Cana
dian Northwest.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-09-06
Wounded in France.

Gladwin-V. L. Cooper, of this vii
lage, is among those wounded with the
Canadian contingent in France.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-09-06

No street meetings under the au-
spices of the Peoples Council of Amer
lea for Democracy and Terms of Peace
will be permitted i'm Washington, ID. G.
The police department made this an
nOuncement.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-09-06

In statement the Navy league an
nounced at Washington its acceptance
of the report of the naval board on the
Mare island explosion and expresses
regret that i'm a former statement it
gave currency Ia I'M opinion that the
investigation was being hampered by
the navy department under the influ-
ence of powerful labor interests.
Widows or other dependents Of
American soldiers and sailors are
given monthly compenSationS under
the soldiers and sailors insurance bill
reported 10 the house at Washington.
Japan is in the war to IL finish and
will fight shoulder To shoulder with the
United States until the peace of the
world is secured, Viscount Ishii. head
of the japanese mission, declared be-
fore the United States senate mt Wash
ington.
Ii was announced at Washington
that the United States is TO have the
strongest destroyer fleet i'm the world.
Under Old Glory these vessels, which
are held in many quarters To be the
doom of the submarines, will insure
the safety of the American merchant
marine.
The senate at Washington, by vote
of 80 to 20, defeated the finance com
mittee's plan TO raise $50O00,000 by in
creasing the two-cent letter postage TO
three cents.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-09-06
European War News


all fronts as reported to London in
August, is 59,S11, divided as follows:
Killed or died of wounds: Officers,
1878; men, 1892; wounded or miss
ing: Officers, 4,122; men, As, AGA.
Germany's long-expected combined
land and sea drive on Riga is believed
to be near at hand. Forty Teuton air
planes descended upon the various
islands in the gulf, throwing bombs
promiscuously. Enemy torpedo boats
and submarines have been observed in
the vicinity of the coast in the Gulf
of Riga, an official announcement is
sued at Petrograd declared.
For FIVE days Italian and British
monitors have sheled the defenses at
Trieste necessarily, according Ia cables
received by high Italian officials at
Washington. On land, General Cador-
mas artillery is bombarding the Her
mazda, pouring constant rain of
shells into the mountain fortress.
Word has been received at an At
lantic port indicating that the British
7000-tOn steamship Verdi has been
sunk by a submarine with the loss of
six of its crew. The Verdi left here
for an English port on August II with
cargo, but no passengers. Its crew
numbered 112.
An increase In the number of British
vessels sunk by mines or submarines
is shown by the weekly admiralty
statement issued at London. Eighteen
vessels OF more than 1000 tons were
sent 10 the bottom.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-09-06

Byron Nelson, son of Congressman
John M. Nelson Of Madison, Wis, is to
be arrested somewhere in Canada" as
q Stacker. The warrant for the arrest
was issued by United States District
Attorney A. @. Wolfe. Nelson Is work
ing on his fathers farm in the Cana
dian Northwest.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-09-06

Membership of the American Red
Cross has reached the 100000 mark
and is increasing at the rate Of 25,000
TO 100000 a day, according TO q head
quarters announcement mt Washing
ton.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-09-06

A contract for 1,074,000 gas masks
80 equip the army has been awarded
to, a manufacturing company of Phila-
delphia. The contract calls for an ex-
penditure of $1.502,0OO. The govern
ment will furnish the material.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-09-06

Twenty-seven men, the majority Of
them alleged to be I. w. w. agltators,
are I'm Jail at Spokane, Wash, on or
der of Major Wilkins. They were
taken from a train as it arrived from
Troy. Mont, and are held as military
prisoners.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-09-06

Thomas p. Flynn of Chicago was
elected president of the American
Federation of Catholic societies in the
annual convention of that organiza-
ton.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-09-06

Two men were shot and killed at
Chicago by payroll bandits who de-
manded a satchel of money belonging
10 the Winslow Bros. company. The
bandits escaped with 5000.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-09-06

Judge James Il. Boyd of the federal
court at Greensboro, y. c.. declared
the keating-Owen child-labor law un-
constitutional The government will
at once appeal the decision of Judge
Boyd holding the federal child-labor
law unconstitutional.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-09-06

La disappearing proposal by Rep
resentative ShOuse of Kansas that all
men engaged in agricultural pursuits
last March be exempted from military
service, President Wilson wrote the
congressman that class exemption
would lead to 'many difficulties and
many heartburnings.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-09-06

Six members of the Peoples Peace
council who went to Hudson, Wis, to
make arrangements for holding a ma
tional pacifist convention, were placed
on a truck by an angry crowd of 1000
citizens, escorted to the depot, and
placed on a train bound for Mime
apoIis
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-21

AINILENOe
pening they destroy the surplus OF
just let it rot in the cars.
I'VE have a sample of their manip-
ulation today. Texas onions were
shipped here in express cars for the
first time in the history Of the South
Water street markets because ID
would pay more than the difference
between express and freight rates to
get the onions on the market before
the big local supply natures and the
prices fall.
There are hundreds of local truck
farmers and Michigan fruit raisers
who will be glad to come forward and
tell of the dirty deals they have been
handed by the gang of highly-Organ-
lied commission men. There are
more new milliOnaires along South
Water street than there are on South
La Sale street.
There is no real competition
among the merchants.
Tons and tons of potatoes have
been boarded by the South Water
street merchants since the govern
ment reports first indicated there
would be a shortage in tubers. Their
game is without a chance Of loss.
"They just bought every potato
they could lay their hands on and
stored them safely away until the
price approached its highest level;
then they quietly unloaded at fancy
prices. Their profits were enor-
NOUS"
The Chicago Board Of Trade is
body of food spectators destined to
feel the hand of the government
within a short time
Federal officials are in conference
today in Washington discussing the
advisability of placing a certain price
on all grain to stop speculation,
which yesterday sent the price soar
= I,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-21

Habits of South Water street COM
mission merchants of throwing good
food into the garbage heaps to keep
the prices up, of holding off or bring
ing on the market large amounts of
vegetables to manipulate the supply
and demand to suit themselves, will
be exposed to the government short
ly, according to a rumOr emanating
from the headquarters of the Com
mission Merchants Helpers union.
About $50 members of the union
are on strike against the commission
merchants and they are supposed to
be pretty sore because their former
bosses refuse to treat with the union.
AS many of them have had posi-
tons Of confidence along the street
for as long as 20 years, they know
how, the market has been handled.
Hundreds of them have seen car
loads of good vegetables allowed to
rot on a siding. because if they were
allowed to come into the market
they would bring prices down and
the merchants would lose.
What becomes OF the enormous
margin between the prices the farm
ers get and the people of the city pay
will probably be shown if the union
men spill the beans" on their boss
es. And this is what they are said to
be ready to do.
One member of the union put it
like this:
There is no doubt that the COM
mission men are manipulating the
market and we can prove it. They
'cOnspire to keep prices up and that
is a violation of federal law punish
able by a penitentiaTy sentence. I
can show where they have dumped
tons and tons Of good food on scrap
heaps and burned it to keep it off the
market.
eff the stuff were allowed to come
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-26
GLOBE SIGHTS

IFrom the Atehison Globe
Most of the acts of a cur dog are
overt acts.
Dogs enjoy many more privileges
than men.
A man with his head down is prob
ably thinking of the past.
Parents are seldom satisfactory.
Father is too stern, and mother too
lenient.
A saloon is the poorest place to
draw a gun. There may be another
gun there.
Nobody is proof against mistake IS,
but the critic, who never does any
thing but criticise.
Conditions have become reversed
trouble Bringing Up Father.
Perhaps it is as easy for you to be
agreeable as it is for some other man
to crab. Altho a good deal alike, peo-
pie are different.
Years ago one could tell how
wealthy a small boys parents were by
the number of IS" on his flour sack
underwear on the creek bank.
Hope sometimes induces one to
draw to a straight open in the middle,
| if you know what we mean, therefore,
and for other reasons, it is well that
| nope should be tempered with judg-
\ ment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-26
NEW WORLDS TO CONQUER.

The industrial and commercial de-
velopment of the tropical half of the
world may be one of the most import
ant results of the present war, was the
suggestion of Mr. O. P Austin, statis-
New York in an address on "Geog-
raphy and Commerce" before the New
York chapter of the American Insti-
tute of Banking, at its meeting on
February 81.
The tropical sections of the world,
said Mr.. Austin, now supply but one
sixth of the worlds international COM
merce, altho they have one-half of its
area and one-half of it's population.
The area lying between the 30th paral-
lels of north and south latitude, all Of
which is tropical or sub-tropical, has
| 500, 100000 people on its $4,000, 900
square miles of land surface, while the
| temperate areas have $50, 100000 peo-
pie on 25,000.000 square miles of land
surface. Yet the international COM
merce of the tropical half of the
earth's surface is but So billion dol
lars per annum. while that of the tenn
perate area. with an equal population
and land surface, is 33h billion dol
lars these figures representing inter-
national trade in 1913, the year i'm
mediately preceding the war.
The international commerce of the
tropical half of the worlds area Eek
elusive of the polar regions) averaged
$3.50 per square mile. and that of the
temperate area 81. 800 per square mile
The commerce of the tropical section
averaged $500 per capita for its en-
tire population, and that of the tenn
perate section $4,000 per capita.
This failure of the tropical sections
of the globe with a greater producing
power per acre or square mile thar
that of the temperate zones is due, he
said, primarily to lack of facilities fol-
transporting products from their place
, of production to the common carrier
: whether railway or steamship. Thi:
service of transporting products to the
; common carrier was rendered in tn,
development of the temperate zone
by the faithful horse, whose place i.
now being taken by the commercial
5 automobile and in the roadIess area
by the caterpillar tractor, but thi
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-26

service of the horse which developed
the temperate zone could not be rem
dered in the tropics by reason of the
inability of animal power to cope with
climatic conditions. Hence the COM
paratively slow progress of develop
ment Of production and commerce in
the tropics during the last century. in
which world development of industrial
and commercial activities ~has in
creased international trade from "
| billion dollars in 1916 TO As billion
| dollars in 1916. most of this great
growth having occurred in the tenn
perate zone half of the world.
Capital. which is already sending
steamships to the ports of the tropical
areas the world over, stands ready
to construct railways to develop the
\ interior of that half of that area just
as it has done in the temperate zone
half. but railways are useless unless
| the natural products can be moved
\ from the place of production to them,
and this has thus far been impracti-
cable in the tropics because of the in
ability of animal power to render in
| that climate the service which it gave
| in the development of the temperate
zones.
AS result of this condition in the
past the railways of the tropical or
sub-tropical half of the inhabited
world total but 10000 miles, while
those of the temperate half are $685.
| 600 miles. The world has, outside the
polar regions 10000 miles of railway,
and 100000 square miles of land
surface, or an average of 5 miles of
railway to each 1000 square miles of
land area, but the railways are so
| unevenly divided between the tenn
perate and tropical sections that the
tropical half has but II miles of rail-
way for each 1000 square miles OF
land surface, while the temperate
zone half has 2511 miles of railway
for each 1000 square miles of land
surface. That the growth of COM
merce is dependent upon the presence
of railways for land transportation
goes without saying. and that rail-
ways cannot perform their service
without the cooperation of animal OF
mechanical power in transporting
products from the farm, or forest OIL
mine, or factory, to the railway, is
equally apparent, and with anima
power unable to perform this service
in the tropics that half of the worl6
has had to await the development b,
man of system by which mechanical
power can perform that service.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-26
SIDE TALK S
Takeable Articles.
By Ruth CAMERoN.

If you should go into a friends
house, pick up some inexpensive little
object, say small vase or an ash
tray, toy with it, carry If off and new
err return it, your friend would GER
tainly think you rather queer sort,
wouldn't he?
And if you kept on doing that kind
Of thing the term .'kleptomaniac' or
even a more outspoken Anglo-Saxon
word, would be apt to get mixed up
with your name.
And yet, if you picked up a hand
kerchief here and a handkerchief
there, until your handkerchief box
was filled with a motley family, no
one would think anything of it be-
cause you would only be doing what
many people do.
And not only careless people,
either.
An unusually conscientious and
punctilious friend of mine drew out
handkerchief marked with an alien
initial the other day and looked at it
curiously. Where did 1 get that o.
she wondered. Isn't it funny" she
added, 'how we collect handkerchiefs
from our friends
present agreed without seeming the
! least shocked.
| Why is it that it is permissible TO
appropriate certain objects and al
| most 1ne%cuSaDle TO take others?
Handkerchief ore not members of
the privileged class; pencils are an
other.
Scarcely anyone pretends to return
| a pencil. OF course, it's inexpensive
ness may account for our laXness in
this particular. But books are not
inexpensive and the same laxity of the
public conscience is shown in regard
to them also.
| Where is the library, however well
defended but some yawning gap is
| there. Unless, perchance. it is filled
in by the owners borrowings.
Umbrellas are just on the edge OF
| the class of takeable articles. The
majority do hare some conscience
about umbrellas, and yet there must
| be a siZeable minority who do not
because umbrellas certainly have a
way of disappearing. I must confess
too, that occasionally one appears in
our own umbrella stand that we don't
quite recognize.
We all know the old joke about the
man who unintentionally gathered IT
the umbrella of his neighbor on the
trolley, returned it with explanations
after an acid rebuke from her. ano
then met her again on his way home
with three umbrellas he was taking
back from the repairerS, and was
greeted with the sarcastic comment
You've had good day, haven
you?''
One reason for our appreciation is
the echo it arouses in our own expert
ence with umbrellas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-26

WiSgicsby Goes in for Eirmness
1t occurred to Wigglesby that he
lacked self-reliance. He felt that he
was perhaps too mild and submissive.
Very often cigar clerks or newsboys
would speak to him sharply. He re-
sented this He determined to cult
Vate a firmer and more aggressive
manner.
Life is Short WiggIesby unused.
Let us live it boldly. valiantly. Let
us walk thru life with a brave stride!"
Wigglesby frequently had these mo-
ments of differentiation. He called
them little chats with his soul"
| There was little in Wigglesby's ap-
pearance to arouse respect in low
minds. His nose and spectacles were
| more prominent than his chin. He
was pallid and slight. But Napoleon
! was small man.
! Wigglesby set forth to his work re-
solved to exercise firmness in every
little incident of the day. The con-
ducter Wigglesby usually rode down
with was a surly brute. He seemed to
paid his fare as politely as possible.
AT the corner as he waited for the
car Wigglesby realized that his first
experiment in firmness was at hand.
He must deliberately repuise the con-
] ductor. He considered the point a
while, planning the best way to go
about it.
The surly conductor gave Wiggles-
by little time to embark and as Wig
| glesby carried a large box containing
the suit he meant to have pressed and
as the day was slippery Wigglesby
embarked in some confusion. The
| conductor appeared enraged at this
and rang the bell sharply, muttering
something about poor nut to a
large, fat person nearby who laughed
in coarse manner. Wigglesby hasti-
~ recovered his box and turned to
give the conductor a stern look.
| Mind your own businessi" said
iWigglesby severely.
The conductor paled. The large
person looked away, whistling nervous
ly. Wigglesbys jaw was set and grim.
The conductor shivered slightly under
his gaze.
glesby passed up the aisle of the car.
He noticed several admiring glances
from the women. Merry little chap"
he overheard. He felt a warm flush
of pride. CHANGING out of the win
dow he sneered at a fat policeman.
The rattle and clang of the APP
preaching car disturbed this pleasant
reverie He shook himself and pre-
pared to embark. "Well, shake a
leg!" snarled the surly conductor
Wigglesby hastily recovered his box.
paid his fare with great courtesy and
skunk to a forward seat. 1t occurred
to him that he lacked self-reliance.
Happy Thought.
Use your head. Don't be an early
worm.
Health Hint.
Go and call your neighbor,
No matter what his size,
Call him something mean, if you
Need some exercise.
Perhaps sea life is invigorating, but
the average old salt doesn't seem to
have much pep.
The Rev. Dull expounds the gospe
near Kent City, Mich.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-26
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Breakfast Dishes.

Individual Steamed Omelet-Break
one egg in large thick teacup. Add
to this three tablespoons condensed
milk, a little salt and pepper Cor you
can use milk and little butter.)
Beat thoroly. Put in pan of boiling
wate-, cover and steam ten minutes
This will puff up to the top of the
cup. Very dainty and delicious: an
agreeable change from the old way of
cooking eggs. Serve the egg in the
t,acup in which it was cooked. It
takes a large cup, or it Will run over.
Baked Milk Toast-Trim crusts
from slices of bread nearly one-half
inch thick; toast to uniform light
brown. Have on the range a pan of
boiling water, sailed. AS you remove
each slice from toaster dip quickly
into boiling water and lay In we'll
buttered baking dish, butter toast
while smoking hot. When all the
soaked toast is packed in place, cover
with scalding milk on which has been
melted a tablespoon of butter. Cover
closely and bake fifteen minutes.
This is a nice breakfast dish and Is
so far superior to the usual inSlp1d
preparation of milk toast that no one
who has eaten this can enjoy the
other.
Potato Puffs-If you wish some
thing extra nice for the Sunday morn
ing breakfast, just try these: Slft
together two cups flour, half tea
spoon salt, three teaspoons baking
powder Rub in two tablespoons lard
with tips of fingers, then add two
tablespoons sugar and one cup
mashed potatoes; mix to light
dough with two beaten eggs and
about three-fourths cup milk. Form
into rolls or small round cakes and
lay on creased baking sheet a little
distance apart. Brush over with milk
in which teaspoon of sugar has been
melted. and bake golden brown.
Simple Home Remedies.
For Group With Kiddies-Melt but
ter and molasses together and give
until child yomits Very easy and
very sure.
For Colds, Sore Throat, Quinsy-
Spread oil of tar on throat well up