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The Detroit times., 1917-10-15
What Is Going On in Germany!
A. Told By the Newspaper. We Get From the Teutonie
Empires and Neutral Nations
rom the Teutonic

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Tar rr4 c4ipr.f was nI. tIfe. I0-e
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Breast Boe <st
FIRE uI7II 1T"ilI
ltpd $50 Ibis Isara 8ip o.
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.aed depot shp could obtain BID
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band would rof r~Dg
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The Detroit times., 1917-10-15
Pointed Paragraphs

fn1 talks and r slf9 op
of opr own SCOUTS prob
in ln Other
lll soon drop D =
made fucnI hIn
ra h- erI hIt nr
fha rlEtf 'rd
Sway ~ nr own fatr
off other nHi,
idea Dr. ono ftsf ram boz
carried l8t and exchanged for coin
Judge man. good or haa
what his nfghhor aag
t ~ up must come down
Ha an airblaue chauffeur s
eu ruE
Nq arril mosaly PROV Nhst ore
of go te-iie, fo. if hagnt any moro
fhfn ffn other
fInf Terrence brfWfrn "a Wan and
m.. bar fhe man docs fhe most
nf frknV win h4 mouth
f'rr F.ndling flame in "a maid
tnsrf q young imam 1l cover.
if necessity ~ feeding ffe NaWr
tifh ra cream and auto drives
The Detroit times., 1917-10-15
by sERToH sRALgY

drummer down a
if tie bl ~ fare showing What food had been cooked
o. thing down oath. and no
.oa 8hereforo must be consistently fed
Oa .olp THAT IS epd and apid and pale
and brened from stock that Is houdy and stale;
"tna ajg must ne crackers be ancient and soEgy
and 0'hf must ne smell ~ The grub make groggy2
"Oh n.h That Is mushy and lamb that Ia naccid
AND beef that ar. bleachcd out IN sulphuric acid
give eaten such dishes some thousands Of times
Nht AID cooks DO guilty of terrible crimes
'tlke spuds that iumpy and corn from can
All served in birds bahtubs. American Plan.
And dishvater coffee and boiierpate pies
and Ice cream constructed Of aniiine dyes
"1.o eaten in millions of small town hotels
'nd each all and every darn of them sells
THE same Of meal Of way
la, after day after day after day
ln PATRIOTISM yield
IHf damn al tho drneys American Plan"
picked up\a coffee cup heavy thick
4 fie ruttered This surely will do FOR the trick t."
f. -t+fetl 70 the Kitchen his missile he threw
I finished The cook In minute or two
a ur, was summoned the drummer vas tried.
80 told how he'd suffered. while all the court cried
The jury acquitted him almos, a sighr
And everyone fad they did perfectly right
The Detroit times., 1917-10-15
Tire HI c Ss,tttf4tstfiFe-Ai ersecc
Is Being Curbed


Some time age Washington dispatches
said the navy was getting the better of
the German submarine menace.
A recent piece of news not only con-
firm this. but gives ground for optimism
on the part Of every American Who wants
10 see his country win the war
There is no use bmkng the Sacts: ihe
submarine menace was SERIOUS, and luF-
nished cause for perarbed thcugt' o}
the governmental heads Of America
England. France and Italy WITH the
German U-boats running full .i.t, Herf
was not only danger that adequate tooa
and supplies could not be <nipred % ON
allies, holding the lines while "e mane
ready. bat there was also the eaua. dane
ger to our own troops en- route O. Frane5
and their supplies
And now comes the me,sage L1A- Is
bound to cheer TIE United States gov
eYnments War Insurance Bueau haa
fixed rate OF .dye per cent urepDun ou
on vessels sailing Ia the war zone Late
in July the bureau decided ta Was not
adequate. as Ii had sustained heavy
losses 10 raised the rate % 900 per
cent. This has just been cut p ner cent.
II this means anything, It must mean
that the cautious experts In ihe bGreal
with all the inside Information lhoa' 81
shipping losses and All the fact, about
the submarine activities. figure tne \
boat menace has been reduced - PER cent
since last summer
The firing Of depth bombs the employ
ment Of various device. still Aep' secret
the increased activity 81 American DEE
.stroyers and the larger use of The Amer
ican plan Of conveying merchant vessels
all these things have undoubtedly play
ed their part in offsettlng the activities
of the kaiser's assassins Of the sea.
If this good work is kept up and per-
fected, the percentage Of shipping losses
will be further decreased The vain
glorious promises made 10 the German
people by the German rulers cannot be
fulfilled England and France VIII rot
be beaten to their knees The American
armies viii not be kept on this side Of
the water.
Instead, it is going to be the happy for
tune Of our troops to be in at the death
Of kaiserism.
The Detroit times., 1917-10-15
Your Fifty Dollars

You spsk UP the paper and see that
Mr.. So and So. the well-knoRH ts5essgs,
millionaire, has subscribed for $1,000
600 worth Of the second Liberty Loan
bonds. And the next day you see big
New York business firm has subscribed
for $10,000,00O worth. Then you lay
your paper down and say
what is the use Of my subscribing
The government does not need my htrle
$50"
Your viewpoint is all wrong. You
totally misunderstood the object Of the
present campaign TO enlist popular sup
port for the loans.
The chances are by dint Of drive in
the great money marts, Uncle Sam could
raise three billion dollars from the big
corporations and the wealthy captain. Of
industry. But such loan foated Ia such
a way would not be apopular loan. j
would not represent to the world what
the plain American men and women
thought of their government.
The scheme in all these loans is 70 get
rs many Of the plain people interested
as possible. The plan is to show % the
world this is not a rich mans war hu,
a war of all the people Of the United
States upon the ruthless and brutal mil
itary autocracy Of Germany
Not all of us can fight In the actua
battles. but most of as can subscribe II
the loans. II is up 10 each of us 70 bly
what he can. If you can buy a $50 bond
take il. If you can buy jone million dol
lars worth, take it. Each must give
what he is able in order 70 testify to th,
faith that is in him
1t is easy TO shout for your country
to wave the flag and cheer when 9TH,
Star Spangled Banner Is played Blu
this war cannot be fought with cheer
and songs and flags Il has to be fough
by men fully equipped for war
For this huge quantities of money ar
necessary. Your $50 is necessary
Every ones $50 is necessary
II everyone of US take this to hear
and act upon It. the second great loai
viii be a poor mans loan as well as a ricl
mans. Il will be greatly oversubscribed
The precious bonds will be held i'm mil
llonA Of omes7-where' they should be-
And speaking # a rich mans war
the more $50 and 500 bonds that am
sold 90 the men and women who have {
pinch ami save 20 raise the money. th
less there will be 20 80 20 the rich me
who fluid IN these bonds splendid invest
meat and . chance TO dodge excess taxs,
The Detroit times., 1917-10-15
Envy
3
BY Or. FRANK CRANE
Copyright 1915. by Frank Crane)

Envy is the unpleasant feeling | have
when learn of another's success.
Why it exists don't know No expla-
nation explains.
The most satisfactory explanation is
that il is a remnant of the beast nature
left in Us. as yet unelminated 10y evolu-
ton, but that is poor one, too, because
beast only feels bad when another beast
secures what he tthe first BEAST wants.
whereas man, proud man has a crouch
-when he sees you- having what he does
not want az ALL
Envy is the shadow cast by success.
Whoever succeeds Anglers his fellows who
did not succeed.
- is4 p stas4f4
IN the automobile 1t irritates him to
have TO stop TO let the car 20 by, or to
be footed at when he is in the road
Having Rockefeller Carnegie and Nor
gan Is national pastime We have
nothing against them Only they're
rich And we are not.
OF course. we don't admit IL. We deny
the allegation aHd defy the alligator.
Put the little grudgIet IS in our hearts
just the same Why couldn't have been
ttttt tCsEd of ttTUSU TTIv17 " ny couldn't
| have made 40 that money, instead of
Barney Baruth?
There little hurry spot in the heart
.of every plain woman when She sees the
Lillian Russell Billie Burke 7ott of per-
SON.
Why 10 we an love gossip? Why do
oar ears cock up when somebody says IN
low tone of voice, Did you hear the
latest scandal about the angel Gabrlel?"
If anybodys zap. why 10 You want to
take him down? DO we want to throw
insinuations at any one who is ccnspicu.
Gus for the same reason boys like to
shoot at rallway signs?
Have YOU heard that about Geraldine
Farrar? Why buzz buzz buzz. And
they say that President Wilson has buzz
buzz buzz buzz. And the preacher. he
was actually seen 10 buzz buzz buzz buzL
Isn't it dreadful
And doesn't y taste good, you low-hfe2
! like human nature. but IL has surely
one rotten spot in H. Il is The envy spot.
t-es4tItet f5tt4ft1tt4 ttff1t- OF TIT
why ! should be pleasantly affected by
another's misfortune Il must be an UNI
siFfitatea chunk original .ft r. f. in
me.
but envy Is the price OF lame WITH
all its drawbacks we love conspicuity
We'd rather be the hatee than the hat
ers
Nlie1x yaut envie que pitie. say Tho
French better be envied than pitied
| suppose envy is pride. reversed. And
pride in any shape is detestabe sup
pose IL Is seltishness, instinctiyely func-
tioning
love the spotlight. want the front
page, ! want to be it look al me every
hody-so this little squeaking mouse Of
an egotistlc me goes about begging at
tention from men and angels
There are some persons who deny they
ever have any such feeling I'd deny it
myself, " you asked me
But, heaven forgive US. the little
nasty streak Is in US all. and if ANYBODY
knows any kind Of patent medicine. pill.
on violet ray that will eliminate il. let
him now speak.
The Detroit times., 1917-10-15

Tho stranger turned and looked A. Tho other
for ii full minute
Am r." no said Then for goodness sake
xiii me
81 r. twenty first birthday party q mother was
pralsinE the talents of herson. and being anxious
go make him appear ai his best before rho com
The Detroit times., 1917-10-15

UHUF UINHfUIl HFhfU DIM 10
how bis prizes,
one Of The guests. picking M
the best sof tho articles. said
And what did YOU win this
prize for
ron. that Was Tor running"
said fho proud mother
And who presented ~ 10
hmm ,. u.l-.I III nlln.l
The Detroit times., 1917-10-15

Z 'Hs DEPARTMENT 5
operations e. advertising ake- the aua ard s~neef u
n
Tsied o.
ape7 honest
tsers Ois-orest S not &c
spared E deemed public Advice Nil also
&c ard
address
The Detroit times., 1917-10-15
Laugh Wlfh Us

The village idiot gaped $50 long az tho village
grocer that hat worhs man bcceryr irritated
Look here what you atarin nt7 II YOU can
find a MN hnnnllnr lhAn NnnL
The Detroit times., 1917-10-15

1851. hii MN
The village idiot wert in
-e0fch az Il man uglter than
nIrJFcTr. aUd Unc Gay NJ round
-urD-
IT, tapped him on The 4hol
der
Give got 60 kill Won, Dee said
smiling aminbly You're home
The Detroit times., 1917-10-15

the publisher this passarc -caugh, he attention.
Canadian FcttleI iu ths ouf of tho way dis.
tricfs can't get tooth brushes. so they use the
dOormatt'
The Detroit times., 1917-10-15

A certain LADY who was travelling In Canada
collecting data for her next book stayed with
farmers wife When ihc farmer came ia from
The Detroit times., 1917-10-15

Itn 1anz widow begins 20 talk
her late ashland early IN
fEfo
The Detroit times., 1917-10-15

n her heart is in the right place
q matters not whether A woman Is
younger or older than she looks
The Detroit times., 1917-10-15
oTUud tfave Hoover. ISv Webster

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~T JupSS 10 ~ Fu,
,'rAt ttE sc - Atty 1Rv1t
AVE FcoD TsF crl
ere we Ge EATING
sN-nrr 6gsAp IS WI NJ -of'
tAlF a HAcpel or fLCue
Af+n <u6s AfRAtp
ll.ll Poll YOU uNQts. Arp
- CUC So
The Detroit times., 1917-10-15

We did said tho mother
How was fhat7" asked tho guest
WIN. you see said Tho proud mother. he
would have Won hui be- didn't hear tho pistol
20 OF
The Detroit times., 1917-10-15

r. is surprising how many things
man can find 20 criticize and how
few ne Kill commend
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-05-04
70 CHANGE RAILROAD GAUGE
Japanese Roads Are Found to Be
Sadly Behind the Times-Move-
ment on Foot 70 Rebuild.

When the railroads Of Japan were
first planned, the narrow gauge of
3 feet 6 inches was selected for them,
because it was the cheapest to build
and equip and was thought best suit
ed to the country's narrow highways
and steep grades. Now the 5000 miles
of Japanese railroads, all Of narrow
gauge, are found to be sadly behind
the times, and a movement is On foot
to rebuild them to standard gauge, al
though the cost is estimated at nearly
S45O,0OO,OOO. At present the trains are
slow, the fastest expresses making less
than 30 miles an hour, the coaches are
low and narrow, and the sleeping cars
are cralnped and inconvenient; while
most of the railroad inventions Of 9TH
er nations cannot be used because CT
the difference in track gauge and size
of cars. The director Of the imperial
railroads favOrs the change, in spite of
the cost, and estimates that the main
TokaidO line could be. converted to
broad gauge in II years.-popular Me-
chanics.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-05-04
"Missino" Girls.

There are a number Of wonlen Just
rs there are Il number Of men who
wish to walk from their immediate
stagnant circle out into the very large
world Of many currents and many ad-
ventures. Perhaps the growing indie
pendence of women has something to
do with this movement. If statistics
were available we should not be sur
prised If many a lady tramp" were
practicing ste%nography and other cleri-
cal vocations in the business world.
As soon as many women have become
sufficiently equipped to be self-support-
ing they have cast from the old moor
ings and have sailed the social seas
with all the independence of the bach
elormaid. A room, flower boxes, pop
ular fiction, attendance upon the legi-
innate and moving theaters in the
company Of other women. no family
ties, no dull household routine-pef-
haps this kind of life is creating q
class of women with which our social
system will be forced to reckon, and
which will rob the "missing" Of the
glamour Of romance. but give them 4
position of far greater respectability.-
Cincinnati Times-Star.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-05-04
NOW USE AUTOMATIC DEVICE
Air and Car Coupler Simplifies Matter
Of Coupling and Uncoup.ins Cars
Prevents Accidents.

The Pittsburgh railroads are max
ing use Of Il new form of automatic
air and car coupler which not only
simplifleS the matter of coupling and
uncoupling cars. but obviates the
necessity of Il man standing between
the cars In order to perform this OPP
Grafton. In order to insure the COM
fort of the riders Ii is necessary that
the coupling between street cars
should be very rigid, and Ii has been
heretofore found difficult to obtain
this rigidity In Il piece Of mechanism
designed to stand the narl usage
which %conplers are subjected To. The
present device is SO carefully machined
as 10 insure Il perfectly rigid connec
tion when coupled together. tsis he
Ing made possible by means Of suit.
able Joints behind the heads to pro-
vide thu necessary vertical and lateral
movement. In spite of the nentnpss
ut the III Of these parts the couplcrs
viii properly come together and lock,
though They ba ms much as three
Inches out of alignment. md they are
significantly flexible 10 operate where
Tho car levels may snry ns much as
ten Inches. -Selcnillc American.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-05-04
LOST ENERGY IS CONSERVED
In GOING Down Hill Electricity Is Gen.
Grated by Reversing Motor on Ger
tain Western Road.

A western railroad In its newly cleo
triiied line over the Rockies not only
ntilizes the energy ordinarily lost In
holding back trains, but on the numer-
Gus down grades actually generates
power that can he used ia help pull
other trains up. II does IL by applying
the principle that 4 motor when re-
vcrsed becomes a generator. The loco
motives are SD constructed tlae on
reaching the top Of a grade The en-
ainrer can brake his train dawn grade
Ivy reversing the mir brakes Tor m
emergency. Reversing the motor In the
locomotive transforms IL mt once Into
n dynamo that II run by the weight Of
thu train ns IL deseends the grade. Nir-
innlly the same nmnunt of elcearleity
II generated TINT the motor would con-
ulnc In pulling the anne lond up grade.
Tho current II fed Into tho overhead
trolley wire nnd ~ IL added Ia its storc
us energy.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-05-04
Men and Government.

Some have said that it is not the
business OF private men to NEEDLE with
government bold and dishonest say
ing, which is fit to om from no mouth
but that of a tyrant or slave. To say
that private men lave nothing to do
men have nothing to do with their
own happiness or misery that people
ought not to concern themselves wheth-
er they be naked or clothed, fed or
starved. deceived or instructed, pro.
tected or destroyeG.-Cato.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-05-04
WANTS more ROAD
New Chinese Government Wants
to Make Improvements.
need 100000 Miles OF ROAD
Authorities Shooting Far Beyond That
Mark and Propose Eventual Con-
struction Of 100000 Miles
America interested.

The transportation fever has struck
China. The Chinese want more rail-
roads, and it looks as if they We're go
ing to be obliged. for their new govern
ment agrees with them and has start
ed upon the task with a vim that prom
Uses early results. A writer in Asia,
q new magazine issued by the Ameri-
can Asiatic association, says that it is
estimated that 100000 miles of road
would solve for the time being the car
rying problem of the republic, but that
the governmental authorities are
shooting far beyond that mark and
propose the eventual construction of
100000 miles. This situation is espe-
cially interesting to American bust
ness men, since a part OF the neceS-
sary capital will be furnished here
and a share of the actual building will
also be done by Americans. All this
is Indicative not only Of the new spirit
in China, but also of the growing cor
diality between the two countries.
At the present time China has only
six ~thousand-odd miles of railroad to
accommodate q population of more
than 1000 900. This is paucity in
deed when the figures for the United
States r considered. Here with 1907
100000 inhabitants there are 100000
miles Of road and even at that COM
plants that we are falling behind in
construction are frequently heard.
1t is not to be assumed, Asia points
out, that China's necessities are to be
satisfied at once. Indeed. it may be
ten years before she is able to add
more than 10000 miles, but q building
program is being arranged that pro-
vides definitely for the projection of
new lines into industrial sections
which hove hitherto been neglected,
and for immediate relief in cases
where congestion is now so great ms to
interfere with the industrial life of the
country.
Just how much the Chinese plans
mean in a financial way to the United
States is shown by the estimate that
100000 miles of railroad will cost ST.
OOO,OOO,O0O, a great Part of which will
be raised by American capitalists.
China at present makes scarcely any
of the materials for construction, bu.
her natural resources are 50 great that
eventually she will be able to produce
all the equipment that is necessary.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-05-04
For Our Selection.

There is Il wealth Of comfort in
the old maxim, 1.-THE world is WIDE"
This is simply to say that it offers
Il limitless field for selection. If one
fact is black, another is bright. If
a friend is false. somewhere true
friends are awaiting your coming. To
sit in Il dark corner while bright life
is everywhere about YOU; to brood
Owe a sorrow, a slight privatiOn,
when a multitude Of good and gener-
II and hopeful deeds illustrates the
daily life Of the world; to rage ct
the limitations of your own estate
when you can make your spirit SYM
pa%thetically master Of eyerything-this
is to declare an indolent and wallowing
spirit. 1t is q form of voluntary servi-
tude to the powers Of darkness.-Ex
change.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-05-04
TELLS Or A CLEVER COLLIE
Robert Louis Stevenson Recites In
teresting Tale Of Dog Which Knew
His Masters Step.

In one OF his books, Robert Louis
Stevenson writes of his friend. John
TODD, a shepherd who had spent his
days herding sheep on the Pentland
hills. in Scotland. Many n talk these
two had together as they roamed the
hillSides with the dogs and sheep, and
John had endless stories Of the days
when the drove roads, which now lie
green and solitary. We're busy thor
oughfares, thronged with droyers and
their beasts. OF sheep dogs John has
much to tell. and here is one of his
stories as Stevenson tells it:
"Once.' he writes. "Whcn John had a
specially clever sheepdog, he had
bought some sheep in Edinburgh. and
on the way out, the road being crowd
ed, W. We're lost. This was Il re-
preach to John, and 4 slur upon the
dog: and both We're alive to their mis-
fortune. Word camd, after some days.
that Il farmer about Braid had found a
pair Of sheep; and thither went John
and the dog to ask for restitution.
But the farmer was a hard man and
stood upon his rights. How We're they
narllcd% he asked; and since John
had bought right and left from many
sellers he had nc notion Of the marks.
Very We'll, said the farmer, then it's
only right that l should keep tEam.'
Well said John. its a fact that l
cannae tell the sheep; but if my dog
can will We let me have themg' The
farmer was honest as we'll as hard,
and, besides, / daresay, he mad little
fear Of the ordeal; SO he had all the
sheep upon his farm into one large
park, and turned Johns dog into their
midst. That hairy man Of business
knew his errand we'll he knew that
John and he had bought two sheep and
Ito their shame) lost them about BOr-
oughmuirhead; he knew, besides . /.
that they We're come to Braid for their
recovery; and without pause or blum
der singled out, first one and then an
other, the two waits. And the
shepherd and his dog-what do ] say?
the true shepherd and his man-set
off together by Fairmilehead in jocund
humor, and smiled togither' all the
way home, with the two recovered ones
before them"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-05-04
Accidental Pudding.

Stopping Il friend in Il department
store recently. a Glenwood venue
woman enthusiastically said:
II am so glad to meet YOU, because
/ have beef wanting to ask you Tor Il
recipe"
If have any recipe you like" the
friend answered, you surely shall
have it,
1T is the recipe for that pudding
YOU served the last time l had din
ner at your house."
Last week"
9th huh, What do you call it?"
well, l think / should cal, that
accidental pudding.''
What an odd name"
but it fits the dish exactly"
How do you make it,"
by accident"
"Really?"
Yes. You see it was like this: I
had baked Il fine raiSin pie and was
taking 1t from the oven when I
dropped it on the table where it lit
right on the edge. l didn't want to
waste it altogether, SO | just scram-
bled it up 4 little more put it in sauce
dishes, and put some whipped cream
or it. ! am 50 glad you liked it,
Youngstown telegram.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-05-04
FIRELESs STEAM LOCOMOTIVE FOR SAFETY

frebox and boiler-tnat holds a sufli-
cient quantity of st,n under heavy
pressure for eight oAr.norc hours of
operation. Steam is developed at a
power plant and pumped into the res
ervoir before the beginning of the
days work. The piston cylinders are
placed at the rear beneath the cab, in
the purpose of balance. The locomo-
tive in the yards ut Orryille weighs -
tons and pulls about a dozen steel gon-
dola cars, fully loaded.-popular Me-
chanicS.