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The Detroit times., 1917-06-02
Hiding Behind Cribs

Out in the SHOW Sic" country they
have dug up trick to dodge eolcctjve
service that seems to be about the last
word in un-American m
In Kansas City some young mon mar
ied blit without children. have procced-
ed to adopt babies to secure "depend-
ents" in order to be able 70 claim ex-
empton.
This shows possession Of high imagin-
ative power which ought 20 ho put to
better use. However. the thing that
makes the matter really worth discuss
ing is that out Of some millions of men
only four have been found who have re-
sorted TO such extreme znethods 10 avoid
the honor Of serving Uncle Sam and the
cause Of democracy.
There is mighty little yellow" in
America
The Detroit times., 1917-06-02

that the RAILROADS had interfered with
waterway traffic. which is only one-sev-
enth the cost Of rail transportation. and
as there is plenty of business for both,
the water traffic should be encouraged
10y protective measures.
Another reform measure which would
reduce time and cost would be TO sim
pHfy Che classification of freight which
az pr ,ent-is divided into $4,000 classes.
These with the tariffs rulings and regu-
1ations of goods fills large page book Of
coo. pages
The system is said 20 be SO complicated
that shippers are constantly paying out
money for errors the railroads are under
no obligation to prevent.
In Germany and Austria the basis of
expenses is entirely on bulk weight and
distance a1d. altho the rates are higher.
Transportation L~-lower because the
railroads are not allowed TO control
water transportation by strong competi-
ton.
All the rates and rules in these coun-
tries can be easily printed i'm small
note book.
The points brought out are well
worthy of consideration, thought and
study by the heads Of our railroads.
The Detroit times., 1917-06-02
War and the Sweet Tooth

Grim-visaged war is robbing childhood
Of its gumdrops
Cheer up children, the worst is yet to
come.
The candy dealers Of New York, y. Y,
have petitioned for the recoinage Of two
cent pieces. They believe two-cents is
going 20 be the standard price for kids
candy hereafter
Already they have hiked prices up.
Gumdrops that used to be two-for-a-pen-
ny are now three-for-two-cents
All-day suckers are decreasing in size
and will last a healthy baby scarcely half
an hour.
There's this ray Of hope Illuminating
the gloom. however perhaps less candy
will be good for the youth of the nation.
The Detroit times., 1917-06-02
Uun-Um!

AS The sun grows stronger The
luscious strawberry short cake be-
comes q product og the north as well
as The south 10 opens us summer
engagement ar the "Tentwenty.
thirty circuit of eating houses As
me temperature rises. The number
eof berries allowed Of each slice in
creases
But whaf a sorry fravesty on
shortcake ls The hotel and restaurant
imitation builr of plain cake and a
prnklng Of whole berries cement
I'd together with a mixture Of con-
densod milk eggs and glucose billed
as whipped cream and ready 20 be
served "at an hours How differ.
ont from ~the kind that mother used
TO make ard still makes. II She IS
real mother
Recall that threestor7 mound ~
condensed toothsomeness. baked .n
qua-e pan light ss cotton aaky
as now and fresh touched with a
delicate fan from Tho oven Recall
10 dripping DO rich red juice Of The
crushed berries Then remember
Tho ample square hat was your por
ton. and The pitcher ~ heavy, but
ter, cream that went round Tho
table 70 help il on its way And
that sweet sense % satisfaction that
came when YOU turned AWAY from
'he last remnants with sense ~
durv eell done
when me znds on olympus order
ca arhrosia b. wac because the
strawberry ia a native ~ America.
and fhut knew lt not
The Detroit times., 1917-06-02
Some Facts and Figures
Which Our Railroad Heads
Should Give Consideration

The railroads of our country indicate
by the manner in which they are ready
to do their part in the war, that they are
in a mood to entertain and profit by the
suggestions dropped for them by the re-
cent conference in Detroit which discuss
ed the freight transportation problem.
This conference declared its belief that
proposed increased rates are unneces-
sary
1t did not declare them unnecessary as
the railroads are now operated, but
charged nefIiciency and costly manage
ment, inferior methods and adherence to
complex and archaic system.
Figures were given at this conference
by men familiar with railroading.
It VAS shown by statistics that 10 per
cent Of the value of all merchandise goes
for transportation, which totals two bill
lion dollars in a single year
For lack of cars, it was reported to the
conference, only per cent Of the coal
deposits are being worked, which fact
was given as one Of the causes Of ex-
crbita1t prices in one Of our most neces-
sary commodities.
After a thoro survey, the General
Railroad Board Of the Council Of Nation
al Defense reports that it is not a raise
in rates that is needed. but that il is a
reformed system" which is required.
1t was found that if but 10 per cent
of tho locomotives were allowed to lie
in the repair shops at one time, 1926
locomotives could be added to those in
use.
1t was also found that if the average
run was Increased from 20 to 80 miles,
II would be equivalent to the added pow
er of i33,3OO more
It was said that an increase is speed
and lead could also be accomplished thru
revised and up-to-date management,
The conference in Detroit declared
The Detroit times., 1917-06-02
Crossed Stock

Shortly after a neW administration
took over well-known western rail-
way 4 great number Of claims were
preferred against that company on
account Of horses and cattle being
killed along the line in Texas not
only that. but IL appeared that every
animal killed invariably figured in
The claims presented as being Of he
best blod in Texas The claims
finally became 50 numerous and the
majority 20 unreasonable. that one
day the president Of The road be
came much excited while discussing
the situation with one Of the roads
attorneys
do you know" he exclaimed.
bringing down his hsf on the desk
by uay ~ emphasis. 81 have reach
ri the conclusion that nothing in
Texas go improves live stock a.
crossing 10 with locomotive 49,
Erervhodys
The Detroit times., 1917-06-02
Anniversaries

fs29-John sohieskl tho Polish rni-
or whn sawed central Europe from
Turkish ipraRlon horn IN Galfcia
1Ied in Warsaw juno ~ 1895
1885, Fret legislature ~ North
Carolina met
1850 The relsier insurrerton
broke ouf To- NeW York
f77a-Iohn Randolph ~ Roanoke
f0r many years the most str king
heurr In American political lfg born
AZ ca%t7ons Va Died IN PgIiadei-
isi7 George y corn.s famous a.
the inventor OF the Corilas engine
born az East0n. " Y Died AZ PROV
idonce 70 g. Fob. 21, 1855
1866 British government rescinded
fts recoEnition ~ the Conferedates as
hciugercnts
IEs9A southern Immigration ron
veufton met AZ MONTGOMERY. Ala
1890 work ~ taking the deccnniaI
census ~ The United states was com
1892 The nigh Water Mark
monument was dedicated on Gettys-
burg hnttleneld
1902 England observed day OF
rejoicing over The end ~ the south
African war.
one Year AGO To-day In the war
Germans secured foothoid IN Brit
ish trenches on Ypres front.
italians threw back desperate Aus
trfan assaults IN fhe faEarina valley
New Russian offensive. against Aus
TRANS began. $4,000 prisoners being
taken.
Today's birthdays.
Thomas Hardy. famous novelist
horn 10 porsetFhire. England "
years ago today
Richard VI Ashton. president ~
tho chicago and Northwestern Rail-
way. born az Evanston, Ill. ~ yeart
ago today.
f.uiu giaser. popular musical com
edv star. horn A. Allegheny city. Pa,
~ years aEo today
Rufnn % Pleasant. the present gov
eruor Of Louisiana. born AZ shiloh.
La 40 years ago today.
SIR Edward Elgar, noted musician
and composer. born In Worcester
bhire. England. 80 years ago to-day
The Detroit times., 1917-06-02
Who Are You?
eV Or. FRANK CRANE
Copyright 1915. by Frank Cs,ael
Who are YOU?

Who are YOU?
You expect the soldiers of the u. S. a.
TO stand up and be shot if necessary 10
protect you, your homes, your wife and
children?
You expect the boys on the battle
ships TO sail into the Jaws of death and
to brave the helfre of enemy guns and
the assassin thrust of the sneaking sub
marine, all to defend YOU and your
neighbors from invasion?
And who are YOU2
What do you expect to do? You?
Yourself?
Did you say the other day that you
didn't think you'd put your money in
Liberty Bond because YOU could beat
that: you could invest your funds al six
and ten per cent, and you didn't see why
you should purchase government paper
that only pays three and -ag half?
Did YOU say THAT
When your country ask. YOU to ad.
vance measly fifty on "a hundred dol.
lars to help keep the e3tiee of eiviliza.
;r,, -, -. 80.
Co.. - t.r1s
~ 49, " '.''' - ~ 30"
tba;s t, - 80 49, -. ----- y ---4l---1
80 ad :. 49, - ~ - s''' i"a'
49, an ai'' - -. ,..' ..''''s' .''o
- n ~ N'"i '''N' '' ~ l''i"
49,, 80 -. '',S ''',' '' ''' '''"
W L., 81 -
- "'e '''
10 30" mean go say y"' f" nov Guy AN
~ '""'
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W.. " ,,oI- 49,
-
anu no" "''''i ''''. S"'. .i', WIN
The Detroit times., 1917-06-02
Pointed Paragraphs

stick 70 your business with the
glue az industry.
Life after an Is a big bundle %
itrle things
Frequently The lHte green apple
s. compelled 20 occupy cramped
quarters
Most Of Tho happiness in this
world due 20 Tic fact that igno
rance 81 bliss
Men never fully appreciate The
blessing Of poverty until after they
break into the millionaire class
No one has ever been able 20 ex-
plain vby bald headed men have
heir hair Cur ofener than other
men
with tho exception % some % the
qolI NJ nrs offered f0r eale by pro
motere here isn't much left on
earth 20 discover.
During rrehip lovers overlook
zach others faults bur after mar
riaee they spend much ~ their time
looking over each others faults
Dor ftay away from church on
account ~ your clothes The lord
is too busy 10 notice the handiwork
~ tailor and dres makers
Pic has n great need of fool
who maFes himself one
Many 0eopie when granted favorE
ehy latitude as II o. would bite
.hem
The Detroit times., 1917-06-02

10 a greater or less degree In al
communities Vaccination IS ne
suresr preventive against these dis
eases
Most typhoid Is waterborne The
vacauonist viii be reasonably sure
az NOT CONTRACTING the disease Il he
uoil- All OF his drinking water IS
sure thar me milk ~ uses comes
from uncontaminated sources and is
careful nos 10 cat unpeeled or IN.
cooked fruits or vegetables
infantile paralysis is likely o Do
epidemic in many sections again this
summer For This reason very young
children should nor be taken on va.
cation rips Cider children should
be KEEP, from asso-iatins with other
children in communities where the
disease IS known 10 be prevalent
In selecting place for the sum
merz outing tho vacationlst should
avoid places that make no effort
to combat The rs and mosquito nuts.
ances. These insect pests are car
riers Of disease germs a vacation
ist Is likely 70 return from a fy or
mosquito-infested community with a
well defined case Of typhoid or ma
laria
The Detroit times., 1917-06-02
The Old Gardener Says

Mr-h of fhc garden surplus
mav eH DO evanorfed fhi
scans Ihis .s the cheapest way
fo a.ea for winter use Giar
.ar constantly inercan'ny l7
prcr a1d sims arr c 90 thc
an esapora for home
goo can w. purchased Tor .ve
colnr and thcfc 81. practically
no oHrr expense At oOg thr
-fgr br Wbich ero'beAf aatip
ht evaporation prcccs- 8ro
ucfrH El lr CORP
iouaror gu rWmrl
H' rce u0tHtor rfut7rh.
a1I re--l' fu fafral neaH
rr Fruits cam bc Ftapora'cd
ucet.sflil
The Detroit times., 1917-06-02
From another Point of KieU
" G. 7. S

II looks like rain
foreman Keep standing1
AS we understand they went out to
Judge Colds house and had him come
down and get the commissioner out
That sounds a good deal like the other
case.
ARMY TO WEAR
100000 SHOES
Headline
There's army efficiency and exactness
for you. Notice that the number is di-
visible by two.
The Detroit times., 1917-06-02
Will she Reckless Drivers
of Motor Vehicles In Our
City Please Do Their Bit?

Thursday was a warm, summerike
day.
SO Harvey Kernefel, seven years old,
ran out in front of his home TO play
Men viii sense how the boy spirit, re-
spending as it always does to the bright
sunshine and the drst warmth that har-
bingers the summer season. took hold on
Harvey, and how, boy-free, untroubled as
yet by any of the seriousness of life, he
greeted the outside with a lusty yell as
he rushed TO the frolic Of an hour or two
But Harvey didn't play long.
A motor truck came along and killed
him
The Detroit times., 1917-06-02

Our country is at war.
In a few days our young men viii pro-
coed TO the places of registration and
there offer themselves to their country.
They viii be drafted into service for
the flag and before long they will be in
the trenches
II win be necessary for other young
men to be sent, later on and older men,
too. as succeeding calls are made.
1t IS not beyond the realm of possibility
that boys playing in the streets today
will reach the firing line before the war
has ended.
Nobody knows how long II VIII last.
Nobody, just now is predicting its
early termination.
Nobody knows but that the truck
which killed Harvey Kernefel killed a
soldier.
Patriotism Just now is the thing.
There are the signs everywhere that
Detroit has plenty of it.
The best of her men have volunteered
for service.
Her poorest have subscribed or viii
subscribe for Liberty bonds
Our prosecuting officials have proven
their impotency in dealing with the reck-
less drivers of motor vehicles.
In all the years that speed demons and
fools have been cutting down boys in the
street. and girls and older persons. as
well. ONLY ONE DRIVER HAS BEEN
SENT TO PRISON.
We need expect nothing like action
from those we paw to make the streets
safe for us and for our boys.
So let's appeal to the drivers on the
score of PATRIOTISM.
Let's remind them that for every boy
they kill it may be that they will be
killing soldier-perhaps the VERY
soldier who will develop into the LEAD
Err to terminate the war and make the
cause of our country a SUCCESS.
Please go more slowly and more care
fully. drivers, IN THE NAME OF THE
FLAG.
Do your bit.
The Detroit times., 1917-06-02

Five earold Bobby had bad
memory. and his mother had hard
time teaching him TO say ~ you
please" when ne wanted anything
one evening AZ dinner he said.
Mamma. hand me the butter m
you what. Bobby" che asked Why.
II you can reach H." was the reply
The Detroit times., 1917-06-02

Health Questions Answered
II. q F-"What causes an on
larged liyer7'
n you have been blk eater you
nay have filed It with fat. u may
be overhlled with blood AS a result
~ heart disease Cancer would also
cause enlargement.
The Detroit times., 1917-06-02

fever and small
pox
Scattering cases
Of smallpox have
been re 8 orte q
from almost every
SO elton Of The
country Typhoid
fever BE- present
The Detroit times., 1917-06-02
The X eep Well
Column
Rv V1oNefor.
VAcATioNl

Vacarionists This year should DO
vaccinated against both typhoid
The Detroit times., 1917-06-02
Laugh With Us

The poetic spirit BE- sometimes contari0us-
says Otis skinner "a fact THAT was brought ~
the attention Of a PLAYER whose services are ire
The Detroit times., 1917-06-02

FENHs DEPARTMENT truth the
s~0ndler
1nsec or
honest
not oe
will
gwen Only signed giving writer's name and
printed "it0hed as pre-
Add The Detroit Mich
The Detroit times., 1917-06-02
Under Weight

Please. lady. could YOU help a
poor man what amt had bite 20
ear for three days.
I\"1he idea' 4. biz strong man Ike
you ought 10 Doc ashamed 10 beg
WHY don't YOU cnlist7"
"I tried TO LADY hnf doy said !
was under weight Maybe a square
meal mghf help some
When ihe devil finds a busy man
ne goes away on uptoe.
The Detroit times., 1917-06-02

"One afternoon. during O silent pause n ths
rehearsal, my friend heard voice from mo build
ing exclajm with the utmost FrH.fe
I prithee malapert pass mc SON brick"
Seeing Joness door open tho lardiadr dropped
In for moment. Jones Was dsposIog of I'd mum.
The Detroit times., 1917-06-02

quenily enlisted In al frosco
performance of Shakcepearc
He was with n company 70
hearTing for an open air produc
ton Of AS You Like a. near
Boston. and tho garden wherein
he was 10 play was overlooked
by a rising brick edi% a.
the players reclted tHir lines
the workmen contip6ed 20 lay
The Detroit times., 1917-06-02
Leave 10 % aH
4

InasmuCh as the government supplies
the soldiers with guns and ammunition.
why shouldn't it provide the gardeners.
too with the necessary weapons. We
want to do our bit In our own garden and
intend 10 raise some radishes, but we need
a stone crusher.
n We We're You We Wouldn't
The Detroit times., 1917-06-02
By l. " 8
rr~r ir M.lh


Ina, irf. ire 10
recommend investments in
feiaoif PROV
which 70 invest
American Motor Truck company aa. ee1 oy p1 Aoe t
accordance flT 7As ray ana
purchased a o making trucks
years The multiply he need of ~. ~
all nlie -I
on
Me tock is f1
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-10
A GERMAN pElUSjON.

One of the insidious arguments of
German sympathiZers relates to the
prosperity and physical comforts of the
laboring people of Germany. 1t is often
pointed out that Germany houses It's
working classes, keeps them busy and
contented, and that the country Is free
from the disturbances that are so CON-
mon in other parts of the world. This
IS evidence, it is argued. that the Ger
man government is wise and kind and
sympathetic. and that people who live
under it are better off than those who
live under democratic governments.
There is some truth in the basic
facts, but the system of paternalistic
government was not brought about
through any recognition Of the rights
of the people. Bismarck inaugurated
this policy to head off the growth Of
socialism. and it has been continued
since for the sole purpose of continu-
ing the power of the autocracy. The
purpose was to pat off the hour of
democracy by keeping the people con.
tented from day to day.
discomfort in a country arises nearly
always from unfair industrial condi-
tions. The German government by
preventing it has been able to keen the
people under control, and yet this pol
icy has not been successful of recent
years because it could not keen mace
with the desire for genuine democracy.
NO system can succeed in the long run
mat does not give the people an equal
voic" in the government. The German
government has always feared this,
and for that reason has kept a huge
army under the prctense that it would
be necessary TO some day protect Ger
many from the attack of her neighbors.
Tn" German people are learning n
great deal from this war, but the
greatest lesson of all will be that of
real government which will come
certainly after the war. and perhaps
before.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-10

We fail to see the advantages to be
derived from our policy of secrecy in
the dispatching of large bodies of
troops to Europe. 1t is, of course, in
credible that shiploads of armed
soldiers may be started from our har-
bors without the knowledge of not only
the German spies, but of thousands of
Americans. 1t is quite as supposcablc
that thousand khaki clothed Missou!a
boys could board No. without the
knowledge of at least a few citizens of
our city. We believe that real enthus
iasm and inspiration would result
from the open march of these soldiers
in the cities before their departure
for the fields Of death. There are
doubtless many old citizens in this
city who recall the cheers and tears
of the multitude who saw the regi-
ments march down the streets at the
time of the Civil war. Since the need
of arousing the war spirit is still very
great. why not adopt the obvious and
easiest way for obtaining that end
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-10
Starvation Of Nations Contest.


The strategy Of starvation" which
the helligerents have resorted to in the
present war is unprecedented. Never
before have great nations attmpted to
isolate such immense territories and
to starvc whole empires into submis-
sion. Indeed. the present war has
been called "a contest between Ger
many and Great Britain to starve one
another. by their respective blockades,
into accepting peace" 1t was hunger
that ncrved the populacc of Petroerad
to cast off the yoke of imperialism;
and that famished Russian cry. Give
us bread" finds an echo in nearly
every European nation. Let these re-
cent newspaper headlines state the
facts:
Germany in Dire Straits: "Prus-
STA on Verge of Starvation; "Distres.
is NeaN Limit. Food Controller AS
serts'; Children Slain to Save Food,
Prussia is Told; Distress of Indus
trial Centers Cnimaginable"; Greeks
Starving: Babies Die Because of
blockade: Poor Eat Grass: Famine
Perils Greece; Appeals to United
States for Aid: Bulgaria Also Has
Bread Line: Death Stalks in Ar
menia"; '.2.a5o.ooO Jews Facing
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-10
UP TO OFFICERS OF THE LAW.

From the Helena Independent W,
CLEAN the following item of interest:
Early Tuesday morning half a
dozen rancherS were in Helena
looking for men to help them har-
vest their crops. A rancher asked
a man of middle age: Looking
for n job"
What is it,"
'Haying."
ITO hell with hayine,"
Section SS2S of the Revised Code OF
1907 of the state laws of Montana re.
lating to Migrants reads as follows
Every person. except an Indian, with.
out visible means of living, who has
the physical ability to work and who
does not seek employment or labor
when employment is offered him;
every person who roams about from
place to place without any lawful bus
mess is a vagrant and punishable b,
Imprisonment in the county Jail not
exceeding ninety days"
There are the facts and there is the
law. Why not enforce it?
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-10
Timely Rev;e,Ds Of the World
as They Look to the Hun1orist
~ ARTHUR ("suos"y sAeR.

Evening
| em make I Republicans
Subway system suffering from malignant BOIL It's car uns,o
Mail order doctor in Connecticut pnched Had
the pain up into the patients Take off
laboratory
with him. lie viii with abduction
of Lloyd their
the n
St Paul has guy
that well ventilated doesn't have
, Ex, King Constantine is Switzerland Sending
mountains. ~ ~
Broadway restaurants Amt any food
to riot - ' ~ ~
Allies a,ernng in Russia Nick nomanof
Correspondence includes massea
Cautious Minnesota chasing department for
for omes or good eggs
Ghost of Mark Twain writing the pub.
buy fifty million hounds Of framed and
ssn, po, and we win
get us mad t tho oaco want
and to stop I WV
The Euronean situation
almost Gss ses '''" '""n" has ''" Kaiser
overcrowdns only people
in each car they all feel like he,mts.
of the sptan election
what ' '"
his ssn claims ans. that sens
mecated set Of bars W" nov "e '"'p air filtered through
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-10
HOW IT FELT.

FRESH from the trenches, an Erglisi,
Tommy had just arrived in London
Tor few days home leave As is usu.
ally the case. almost the first place
visited was a barber shop. says London
Tit Bits.
me barber after scraring away in
uus'rlohs'y FOR a few moments, made
the usual inquiry:
Razor all right, sire"
My good man, if You hadn'. mon
TONED it | should never hav" known
there was a razor on my face
The barber beamed.
Thank YOU sir"
No.. added the soldiers, lei.ectivcly
should have thought you were bay
oneting the whiskers Off" ..