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The Detroit times., 1917-12-13
of 5000 arplicnnt. az the Detroit re

rartment in the Book building No.
a. Washing Rton- blvd. 1900 were ac-
ceptrd. with the record % tho
United States get Tue sday when l02
men We're enlisted iu Tho morning
hours Examiners were kept on
the Jump examining classes OF 50
or more mon. No more men OF
draft age will be accepted. bur the
station is stlli open 20 recruit a
limited number of men. 'Rkined IN
special lines of work, who are over
the draft age The last recruits
viii he sent 20 tho mobilization
center saturday The Detroit re-
cruiting committee exceeded It's
quota in the number OF men en-
listed
The Detroit times., 1917-12-13
BOY scouts will meet Thursday even
Inc In Lhn MnnE nI Lnm mcrc 60


arrauCr for thc scouts 90 help the
Detroit police department In main
tanning traffic regulations on the
downtown streets daring the hon-
daV seBHnn SIX Eagle badges vii.
Doe presented 20 scouts who have
won this honor during the season.
The Detroit times., 1917-12-13
.Mhen .endIng Chrl.tmas packagss.

letters uuu cards doh.A toFsoA W
use Red Cross Christmas seal
sonewhe ou the parcel or en-
Nel0pv. ls thr plea OF the Detroit
benent the sruls are being sold.
The seals may be had in all de-
partmeut stores drug stores ana
ether public places Every seaA
purchased means aid toward nght-
Ing tho white plague.
The Detroit times., 1917-12-13
MOVIE TICKETS

~ Wall send 2To st1mns
Good anv time At five downtown the
aterH. Offce open evenings Wood
ward Tbenfer Co. 500 Breitmever bldg
The Detroit times., 1917-12-13
Celia aud Gracte Norsbip, young
girls, were overcome by smoke In

nre Tint destroyed the building at
Nos 6ei-695 Kercheval-ave.. We'd
ueaday night The rest Of the oo-
cupaute. several families, hurried
out tp fle street safely The little
girls were ga bed when overcome.
The loss amounts 10 about $1,000.
The Detroit times., 1917-12-13

A service nag containing M stars
RdOrns the lobby of the Hotel
Gtatlcr IL WAS hung In place With
appropriate ceremonies Tuesday ar
ternoon. the Holland Girls orches-
tra playing patriotic selections
Each OF The Hotels StAtler has It's
The Detroit times., 1917-12-13
City News in Brief

own scrvicr nag. and Assistant
Manager "a william klare ia au-
thcrity Tor the statement that De-
troit loads the list. as might ne
expected.
group Of children carrying th2
nnEs OF the Allies led the guests 10
dinner "Wednesday evening tn the
Hotel Cadillac when the annual
banquet ~ Tho international Union
Local 80 3gf. was held Joseph j.
Ryan was toastmaster. and in In
Producing tho FpCakcrs said that
union men must consider th'lt
country hret and work fQr the Sood
of LhH United ~fHfee Ia Fnp war.
The Detroit times., 1917-12-13
Uirrrt0Ts ~ Tie NecuFIFI Irnst cotn~
W0UV u gdpe.d.. ufteruoou. pEO-

noted twu resistant secretaries.
CLAUDE a Guerin and Lewis K
WalkfT t0 -presidrncies John
a. shaw assistant treasurer was
also made assistant secretary.
OLnnr -LL-rr. W.rn rr-nlcctod.
The Detroit times., 1917-12-13

A. \. kreSgc has gone 60 Washington
90 attend the national Anti-sRlOon
IrHNfTH convention.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-07-13

Speaking of man who was failure
because of his lack of concentration
and his inability to know his own mind
five minutes at time, captain Of In
dustry said he reminded him Of hunt
ing dog he once owned:
AT sunrise the dog would start out
on his own hook after deer. He would
jump a buck and run him for miles
When the buck was ON the point Of ex-
haustion the hounds nostrils would
catch the faint IN the air where a fox
had crossed the trail, and he would In
stantly decide that, after all, fox was
what he had come for, and he would
turn aside to pursue the fox. Perhaps
an hour later, when the chase was
growing warmer every minute, his keen
nose would detect the presence Of
rabbit, and he would go after the cot
tontail, with the inevitable result that
by / o'clock in the afternoon that
hound would be thirty or forty miles
away from home In a swamp with a
chipmunk treed"-Saturday Evening
Post.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-07-13
Teach Children Thrift.

We Americans are VIGOROUSLY tho
most thriftless Of peoples. You have
heard how much we throw away. Wo
are too prone to think of thrift as stin-
giness. We hate to hear about saving.
Dorothy Garfield Fisher in her receEl
book. self Reliance" gives parents a
strong word of warning She says:
"There is nothing in the fact of being
children which need cut off cur sons
and daughters from a great deal OF ae-
curate information and considerable
practical experience with the ms and
outs OF wise money spending. But
there is a great deal in the fact of their
being Americans which will shut them
of from such information and expert
ence unless parents make a very deter
mined effort to see that they get the
proper training. for the whole spirit OF
our country and age is against us In
the effort"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-07-13
George and His Legs.

Bit by bit the historical grubbers are
digging out the truth about our i'm
mortal George. We have heretofore
been told that he wore false teeth
and that at Valley Forge he unblush-
ingly deceived his ragged and despond-
ent troops with the arrival of ample
supplies of ammunition, which consist
ed of powder barrels filed with sand,
and now a correspondent of the New
York Sun declares that in the full
length portraits Of Washington by
Stuart, of which there is one In the
New York public library, the legs were
not his own. Il have seen the letter
from Stuart thanking the true owner
for his kindness in providing a SYM
metrical foundation for the bust of the
great president and presenting one of
the smaller portraits in thanks for his
kindness"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-07-13
CLAIMS IN MEXICO
American Citizens Seek Damages
Aggregating S475,00o,000.
PILlNG UP PAST TWO YEARS.

Mexico Will Readily Obtain Loan
Through Influence of This Govern
ment as Soon as Investigations by
Ambassador Fletcher Satisfy Presi-
dent Stable Government Exists.
Washington. - Claims against the
Mexican government from American
citizens for loss of lives and property
amount to S475,OO0OOO. and those of
foreign governments filed with the
state department bring the total against
the southern republic to more than
S1,O00OOO,O00.
These claims have been piling up for
the last two years, and it is believed
those now presented to the state de-
partment represent about all of the
valid ones. As more stable govern
ment is established in Mexico Ameri-
can citizens and foreign governments
are pressing their demands for pay
ment.
The situation is one of the utmost
concern, not only to the United States,
responsible to our citizens for the set
Element Of their claims against Mexico
for loss of oil property, mines and
lives, but also those of foreigners. As
to claims Of foreign governments, the
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-07-13
MUST TILL THE SOIL.
German Sailors at Fort Mcpherson
Help to Feed Themselves.

Atlanta.-The All German sailors
who are now prisoners of war at Fort
Mcpherson will soon be engaged In
filling the soil in order to increase the
production Of food crops in this coun-
try if present plans are carried out 1t
was stated that the authorities are
only waiting until all Arrangements
can be made for compensating the Ger
mans for their labor as required by
international law. A strip Of land will
be given them at the fort or near by,
and every effort will be made to raise
at least enough food to feed the prison
ers and enough to care for United
States soldiers, too, If possible.
The Germans now no longer salute
Old Glory, as was the case when they
FIRST arrived. Since the declaration of
war they keep in their quarters when
the flag is lowered.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-07-13
TRICKS IN THE AIR
Ruth Law Urges Stunts to Train
War AviatorS.
SAFE WHEN PROPERLY DONE.

Man Who Is Better Dodger, Who Has
Most Tricks Up His Sleeve, Is Man
Who Is Going to Win-Decares Ad-
vanced School For Flying Is Abso-
lutely Essential.
Washington. - That sort of flying
which most Americans regard as dare
devil trick work is, according to Ruth
Law, holder of the American nonstop
record, who recently returned from
three months spent in French aviation
centers, absolutely necessary to the
man who engages in a battle lii the air.
"There really is a crying need in this
country for the establishment of a
school of advanced flying" said Miss
Law. Before an aviator is prepared
to engage another fiier in battle be
should know how to loop the loop, do a
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-07-13
INHERITANCE AFTER YEARS.
Rover Never In One Place Long Enough
to Apply For 1t.


to Apply For 1t.
St Louis. George Weise, a former
sailor and of an admitted rowing dispo
sition. recently received S39025 from
the local free legal aid bureau, repre-
senting his share Of the estate of an
uncle who died in Adrian. Mich. eight
cen years ago.
Weise applied TO the bureau several
days ago and asked Matthew Conck-
ling. assistant superintendent, to assist
him in getting his Inheritance. He eX
planned that he had never applied for
it because since the death of his uncle
he had not been long enough in one
place to take the time to apply for his
share
Conckling wrote to Adrian and in re-
ply to his letter received one from E. A.
Cole. present owner Of the property of
Weises uncle, Edward Bauer, contain
ing the money due Welse and a quit
claim deed to the property for the lat
ter's signature.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-07-13

An old negro woman had lived with
a certain family in the south for many
years. One day her mistress had occa-
sion to reprimand her quite sharply for
something that had gone wrong. The
negress said nothing at the time, but
a little later her voice could be heard
in the kitchen in shrill vituperation of
everything and everybody, with a rat
Ting accompaniment of pans and ket-
ties. So loud became the clamor and
so vindictive the eXclamations that
Mrs. C. went hurriedly down to the
kitchen.
"Why, Liza" she began in amaze
ment, "who on earth are you talking
to-"
Il amt talkin' to nobody" the old
negress replied, but | don't keer who
in dis house hyars me. -Harper's Mag
aZine.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-07-13
SHARK GOT HALF HIS CATCH,
Sudden End of Fishermans Great Elk
pectations.-

Honolulu.-What promised TO be one
Of the biggest ulua catches of the sea
son for Tax Collector Charles T. Wild
er was spoiled when big shark took
half Of the fishs body as Wilder was
pulling it In with his reel.
Wilder was having fine tussle with
what seemed a mighty game fish. His
line sagged, and he felt only slow
moving weight at the end Of it. When
be lifted from the water he found only
half fish-the head and fore portion
of the body. The tail and hind part
were entirely gone. Scratches on the
side OF the fish showed that the shark
had made two grabs. the second being
successful This seems TO put an end
TO the theory that a shark cannot bite
under water or upright, for nothing
else could have bitten off that tail.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-07-13
Bible Stops a Bullet.

Follansbee, W. Va.-Tne Rev. Arthur
C. Palmer Free Methodist minister
here. owes his life to his Bible. This
developed when be turned over to the
police several threatening communica-
lions promising TO get him sure If
he does not cease his efforts TO reform
the city. The Rev Mr. Palmer was
shot from ambush as a result Of these
threats. the bullet lodging in his Bible.
which he carried under his arm.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-07-13
Wolf Pack Rounded Up.

Okmulgce, Okla. - Twenty-one gray
wolves, the largest pack reported In
Oklahoma In years, was rounded up
recently twelve miles northeast Of
Beggs. Okla, by ]. A. Scott and Boyce
Green. There were two old wolves and
nineteen partly grown pups in the pack.
Dogs ran the pack to earth, and the
mother wolves killed two Of the dogs
before the hunters came M. The old
wolves and several of the younger ones
had to be killed before the hunters
could take some Of the pups alive.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-07-13

Ruth LAW.
nose or vertical dive, execute a tail
spin, tail slide or any other of the so
called stunts"
Miss Law is herself an expert at all
these stunts, which have caused spec
tators to gasp in awe at her daring.
And so her next remark seemed rather
surprising.
None of these stunts is dangerous
when properly DONE she continued.
~ went TO the French flying center at
Pau, where some 500 or more aviatOrs
are learning this sort of air work. This
is the only school of advanced flying in
France, and it is from here that the
lighting air men are graduated. All the
aviators in France have advance work
before they are sent to the front 1t
would be suicide if they hadn't
Fighting in the air is fighting for
position. Consequently it is largely a
business of lodging. The man who is
the better dodger, who has the most
tricks up his sleeve, is the man who IS
going to win. l have seen men stop
controlling their machines altogether
and simply fall through space for sew
eral thousand feet
THE point of this. of course, is to
give the opposing flier the idea that
the plane has been struck. The oppos-
ing aviator, thinking he has put his en-
envy out of commission, will start
away. Then the plunging air man will
switch on his power, regain control Of
his machine and oyertake his enemy
without the latter knowing he is ap-
preaching Such tactics naturally are
used at great attitudes"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-07-13


HENRY P. FLETCHER
United States has no legal concern, but
inasmuch as it assumed control over
the situation under the Monroe doc
trine it will exert its diplomatic intlu-
ence to see that these claims are paid
American and English capital to the
amount Of $1,500,000,000 is invested in
Mexico, and in the last three years the
revolutions have damaged the mines
and oil wells, in addition to piling
up claims for the loss of lives of for
eigners.
Mexico needs money badly not only
to begin payment on these claims, but
TO re-establish her domestic affairs.
The new ambassador from Mexico to
this country. Ignacio Bonillas. fully
explained the financial needs Of his
country to President Wilson, when he
was received here recently.
Since then this government has been
considering advancing a loan to MeXi-
co. A member of the administration
expresses the opinion that Mexico will
readily obtain a loan through the in
fuence Of this government as soon as
investigations by Ambassador Fletcher
satisfy President Wilson that a stable
government exists. No other country
will consider a loan to Mexico, and
this government will not aid Mexico
financially until a stronger government
il set up
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-07-13
Easy Generosity.

Mother to small son)-Bobby, dear,
1 hoped you would be unselfish enough
to give little sister the largest piece of
candy. Why, see, even our old hen
gives all the nice big dainties to the
little chicks and only keeps an occa-
sional tiny one for herself.
Bobby thoughtfully watched the hen
and chickens for time and then said,
"Well, mamma. would, too, If 1t was
worms. "-Rocheste Times.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-07-13
Misprints and Maxim Guns.

The late Sir Hiram Maxim says In
his autobiography that when he organ
ICED the United States Electric Light
ing company the printer sent home Ats
stationery with the heading. 1.-The
United States Electric Lightning COM
pany." When he established his new
gun company in England he told of
this mistake in order to emphasize the
importance of getting the stationery
printed correctly When the first
sheets were brought to him, however,
he found that the English printers had
made his concern appear as The Max
i'm Gum company"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-07-13
HE FEARED CONSUMPTION.
Worried Bridegroom Tries to Kill Wife
and Himself.

Middletown. y. Wearing he would
be conscripted for war and that he
would have 10 leave his seventeen
year-oll bride. whom he married on
Christmas day, Harry York. twenty
four years old, shot his wife, Anna
May. in the head and then fired two
bullets into his own brain.
Ever since it had been announced
that men between twenty-one and thir-
ty might have to go to France York
has worried about leaving his bride.
She was reading the questions TO be
answered by those registering for the
CONSUMPTION aloud to him when he sud
denly pulled a revolver and without
word shot his wife and himself.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-07-13

Bull associations reduce the cost OF
the services OF a pure bred bull for the
dairy herd. The average annual cost
of service in large number Of asso-
Citations investigated by the United
States department Of agriculture was
S3.4S for each member.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-07-13
Neurafuia,

0 Neuralgia means nerve pain.
Neuritis means Inflammation Of
o the nerve. In neuralgia the pain
0 comes and goes. In neuritis the
o ache is steady and sticks closely
0 to the affected nerve. If the
0 nerve could be taken out and ex-
o amined we could find nothing
0 abnormal in the case Of neural
o gia In neuritis the nerve would
o be found TO be inflamed. The
o question of what is behind the
0 pain of neuralgia is more impor-
o tant than the answer to the cry
o for relief. 1t must be remem-
0 bered that neuralgia is merely
o symptom, not a disease. Some
0 times malaria is the underlying
0 cause. Other times 1t may be
0 due to alcoholism, diabetes. lead
O poisoning, govt. rheumatism or
o Bright's disease. \ diseased
q tooth or a diseased ovary may
o he responsible In every case
o treatment must include treat
Q meut Of the underlying cause.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-07-13
A Generation,

In the long lived patriarchal age a
generation seems to have been com
puted at 100 years Genesis Ky, u.
Subsequently the reckoning was the
same that has been more recently
adopted-that is, from thirty to forty
years dob xiii, 10.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-07-13
DRIVES MILES FOR MAIL.
Farmer Will Not Allow Rural Carrier
to Bring II.

Smith Center, Kan.-Frank Nichols
lives on route No. out of this city.
For years Nichols has stubbornly re-
fused to have his mail come. by carrier,
although a route runs right by his door
Each Saturday he makes the eleven
mile drive from home and gets his mail
out of the pOstoffice here.
He insists the carrier system is an
unnecessary expense to the government
and that it is putting false and injuri-
Gus notions into the rising generations
on the farms
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-07-13
lnconqruous.

Little Alick-What is an incongruity,
uncle? Uncle William-An incongruity,
child, is a divorce lawyer humming a
wedding march.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-07-13

The rapid growth Of vegetation In
the polar regions is attributed to the
electric currents in the atmosphere.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-07-13
The City Of the Dove.

When mighty Amru went to conquer
Egypt he camped on the east bank OF
the Nile opposite Memphis, that great
twenty mile long capital Of mud
bricks whose western verge was the
pyramids and whose mud brick nous
have all vanished. Amru crushed ..H
Egyptians and came back to get his
camp to move over and occupy Mem
phis. A dove had built in the folds
near the top of his tent. Blood bathed
Amru. the ruthless, would not let her
be disturbed. a new city started about
his tents. 1t grew northward along
the Nile. 1t is today Cairo. Memphis
Is only name.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-07-13
Cedar Trees Rust Apples.

There are still apple people who re-
fuse to believe that the apple rust is a
disease caught by apple trees from red
cedar trees, says a writer in the Farm
and Fireside There is no doubt about
the matter, however The source If the
infection has been couclusively shown
time and time again.
People planting orchards in regions
where there are red cedars should
study immune and resistant varieties.
The Winesap, Stayman's Winesap, Ar
kansas Black. Grimes Golden. Bald
win and Fameuse are among the eN-
cellent varieties which are either i'm
mune or resistant wherever the facts
have been observed. Yellow Transpar-
ent is a good resistant summer apple.
Wealthy is everywhere very suscep-
tible.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-07-13
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.

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Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1917-01-31

inlorforps, iapnnife @mbeosmpnO,
foreanIfe a6eli9e, Misiionprer o9
foreanife ariitne al ale Samfuuo
og 5afnltets. og S~t1Oenter- 8epu.
tationer, og 9orOe laa fuloe al
Ereienter.
Ser bien1me bar Or. llnoeripooos
itore 8ieneiter alminoelig anerfenOt.
@n9ong par ban til6uOt en- Stil.
ling iom 8icepraiioent for en- itor
aorporation / anlerifa meo 2gn
iom Ell BrinS iammenlignet meO,
5oao bon iif JON 0lisiionpr; men
ban afilog noen Determining. San
panoreoe for @u0 blonot M%enneifer,
ban ioretog Jig itore eng ior @no,
ban penteoe at op1aa, bDaO BON
iigteOe pna, % ban opnaaeoe oct.
9an oil / airfens Siitorie lepe
Jon en- al airfen / aoreas @runO.
lpggere og 9pgmeitre. San oeoe
Den IL. Oftober iiOite aor.
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1917-01-31
SiSnep, Nontana.

Denne Sang fan pi meooele Dan.
iferens 2piere, at ri | Dec. Waa.
neo nemlia Den II. bapoe Ell itor
5cit beru0e i Montana, 9rorion
Menigbeo fif ben DAG jim oeilige
npe airfe inopiet.
@ennem Here aor bar oenne Wte.
nigbeo bolot fine @uostienelter |
ben ~nupprenoe airfeS o9aiement"
% tiOt og oite bar ri taffet
@ito for, at pi bnpoe Sop o. Sci.
lig6eO TIL oct; men iGrlig ira @ltos
9erns She nf, bar Der oite lpot
ct Sui: Serre, eio os Gone og
SinoeIag til at bDg9e Dig ct Siis
@ooe gplin9er, tore 9riIer fom og
Oermeo gpnen; % @ito beoa-
reoe Sinoelaget II % gao os Naa.
DC til at bpage Serren ct @nos-
&us beruoe pan Wontanas YrGrie,
ira bpis Tanrn De oeilige Qloffe-