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The Detroit times., 1917-12-17
MILES

Edna Goodrich In american
Maid" ln the Miles screen Offering.
Tho play is intended 20 prove that
tho American girl is evolved from
many types, Irish, French Russian
and Eng Isn.
Miss Goodrich has tho role n pret-
ty Virginia Lee. daughter of an Amer
team senator. who goes 90 France foI
the purpose ~ nursing American sol
diers on the lighting front While
there She falls In love with "A Mon
tAnan whom She nurses back to
health in ono az the base hospits ls.
He returns 20 America and she fol-
lows later 20 find that nc Us appar-
emily a desperate bandit He proves
his Innocence and wins the girl
George J Henery John Hopkins
and John Davidson are in the sup
porting ComUnnv
The Detroit times., 1917-12-17

Nrs. Lucas Is down az Eyian-les-
Euns. tbo little French city on Lake
Geneva
Two trains day come Ia 10
EVAN, each bearing IT'S burden OF
500 people.
The children are very largely
fathcrless and m0therlcss
The old people are uprooted from
the little villages whore they dwelt
so long. and which have been de
stIoyed by the Huns
Even tho they are back ia France,
they feel like strangers In strange
land.
There is place where they are
given food aad shelter There are
Red Cross hospitals for the SICK.
There are registration bureaus
Sometimes The little ones are too
The Detroit times., 1917-12-17

Gen. PerslIngs reports 20 Presi-
1cnt Wilson ana Wilson's orders 20
Pershing may be delivered by air
1i ne next summer II The plan ad-
yalced by Caproni, Italian creator
of ihc great Caproni afr cruisers
and battlcplanes s. put into opera
ricn C0proni new planes easily
carry % persons Tho map shows
tho Washington Paris route he pro
poses. The trip would require only
as hours. The air line can be Oper-
The Detroit times., 1917-12-17

ated in few months surely by
next summer, Caproni says in an
article in Flying n can be done
by employing six Of the largest
Caproni machines, carrying the mail
In relays. The route Will have flye
legs, as follows From Paris 10
Portugal 2 Portugal 70 the Azores.
g. Azores 20 Newfoundland, 4. New
foundland 10 New York 8. New
York 90 Washington A separate
machine and crew viii be used for
The Detroit times., 1917-12-17

After little The band. made up
0f repatrlates who are detailed in
Ey.aB 20 help, begins 20 play some
gay stirring French air The chill
drtn laugh a. arst, bat the older
ones canont bear 10 and you see
many tears
Then the prefcct Of the district
speaks 90 them In friendly stir
ring fashion welcoming them 20
their country once more and with
aIl tenderness of the French Ian
guage, speaks OF their suferings, Of
he sufieriuE7 OF France, OF the
1rs very Of their soldiers, OF the final
victory OF France Nive Ia France -
le shouts IN closing and those home.
esr people respond with a cheer
that blinds and ch0kes You.
You wonder how they can, and
The Detroit times., 1917-12-17

After reading The diary letters OF
Mrs. Lucas. II / have one Wish Ia
the world outside the feryont ono
that my country shall whip Ger
many. il d. that the Huns may
never reach these shores with their
own particular brand of hell
Mrs. Lucas shows war AS the
kaiser practices a. She furnishes
terrible pictures OF the aftermath
on war-of what 10 means 90 be
caught back OF the German lines IN
Belgium and northern France
She has seen the sad procession
of crushed old people She pictures
the starving and feisbtcned children
children with black clothes and
dead vhito faces. soldier prisoners
broken by the mspoakable prison
methods OF the Pru slams
The Detroit times., 1917-12-17

young 20 know their own names.
All they remember is the village
from which they came.
And here from the diary is a pic
ture that brings the whole thing
home 10 Americans sitting so safely
and securely thousands OF miles
away from the despoiling Hun:
'At the Casino tho weary people
End the big. cheerful room iul Of
light. and the color of the flags
everywhere helps 10 make them
realize that hey are az home az
last.
The hot meal Ia ready for them
and they take their places quickly
and very soon the warmth and kind
ness Of IL all reaches their tired
hearts and they begin TO smile and
talk 20 each other
The Detroit times., 1917-12-17
GREAT PLANES TO CARRY PERSHINGS REPORTS
TO WILSON IN 48 HOURS is CAPRONIS PLAN

each leg and there will be- one ma
chlne and crew I'm reserve. Tho
longest distance over water In this
route rs the leg from the Azores 20
ST. Johns, Newfoundland. which is
about 1.1g5 miles, therefore well
within the flying range OF our iarg-
est Caproni The timo OF the trip
may be cut dCwn further by flying
straight from the Azores 70 Paris,
which Is a distance of about l,150
miles without stopping at Portugal
The Detroit times., 1917-12-17
Rn MILroN nRoNNER.

WASHINGTON, 10 c.. Nov IT,
ID baye just seen Eyian. The little
French town on the Swiss border
thru which Germany pours back
into France M the old broken men
and women. the tiny starved chill
dren. the wrecked soldier prisoners
OF whom Il can make no possible
use.
have seen Evian thru the eyes
OF Mrs June Richardson Lucas
American Red Cross worker, whose
husband. Dr William Palmer Lucas
Is head OF The Red Cross Infant Wei
far unit I'm France. Or Lucas was
formerly medical professor Of he
University of California.
The Detroit times., 1917-12-17
THEATERS

OF which shattuck. brute, is the
skipper Their lot aboard the schoon-
er and their escape from something
worse than death. with the thrills
which accompany the depicti1u %
mutiny and n subsequent Gre aboard
the boat combine 20 beiEhten the in-
t"r"st and are developed with real
lam
The Detroit times., 1917-12-17

N-TT0r N N" WV" 00rT 00T EI7-
peuse that never lass are tho char
aotet.4tics of Tho shin or bonm,
ou tlr Crrhoum screen this week
Ir Is a story uf Hshfrfolil and deals
Ifh l.f~ ON the sen handled with n
fdrlIty which lffs IL above the ordi-
uArt.
Monte P'ue and claire Mcdowell
af tlc capable cast arc Arthur NIL
fef Aaron Edwards auH Frank
Browulee clara Cove who love-
Martin snow but who Coquettes with
T.N WhfttTrrry Develops in Snow
"a fierce jealousy which ends iu Mar
tiu staying jon WHOM tbcy meet on
q clG Martin and Glare fee IN a
small bout which is almost swomped
from death hy Tho crow of schooner
The Detroit times., 1917-12-17

Detective Sergcant--Have any dif
dculty getting big Ike The strong
arm guy
Detcctive-Not a bit He thanked
nae for taking him. fIe was having
an argument with bis wife
The Detroit times., 1917-12-17

whether Canada shall give a re-
newal Of power 10 the Union gov
erament OF Cir Robert J. Borden
vii boz determined by The results
OF today's parliamentary election.
The Detroit times., 1917-12-17

tiear,r on tho western railroad
ai-ll lcalane f0r 15 per cent lu
cfeaee ln freizh- rates. originally
lc9cin'ei to take place before tho
il't tatc commerce coMm ai1n
in Washington today, has been IN.
definitely postnoned.
The Detroit times., 1917-12-17

PrIntinn-the rf~l" ~~ef ''~-'
H. riEht--Tiuses job D~pt t--Tnin 452o.
The Detroit times., 1917-12-17


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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-11-17
NATURAL RESOURCES
OF OUR SOILS

In a previous issue reference was
made to the handicap placed on food
productions in the United States by
Germany's monopoly of the potash
supply.
Many of our rockies contain pot
ash, but no method of working 1t
profitable has yet been devised. The
old time housewives used to get pot
ash out of wood ashes, but only 22O
tons are figured to have been secured
from this source last year. Hopes
have been entertained of deposits
on government reservations in Cal
ifornia, but only 1894 tons were got
out in 1916.
Also the government was hopeful
that it could be extracted in large
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-11-17
CONCEALING HIGH PRICES

Tricks in all trades but ours. Prices 90
1Fnt always 90 up when costs 60 up. The
uroducer has his little bluffing ways OF
making YOU think he isn't advancing his
Mices when he is.
For instance, many cakes of soap are
gunw made hollow. They look just as big
md handsome as ever. After you use
sbem awhile, you work into hole and
nerceive that the interior is nothing but
thin. air. Balls of string and yarn are
nrade around large core, so that there
rs nothing but crust of Irvine about the
g.Hlrty center. Thread runs more than
ssyer to wooden spools, with a thinner
layer of cotton and silk than before. In
every business the effort will be made to
Syunceal the fact of price advances.
Up to a certain extent this is OF course
legitimate. When flour goes up it is as
fair for the baker to cut down the size
qf the loaf as to advance the price. There
Is no cheat about it since the difference
should be obvious to any Observant eye.
But in so far as these lodges conceal the
sharpening or the skimping of materials,
they are dishonest. The public wants to
know plainly and squarely what the price
advances are, and it does not wish to have
inferior goods put over on the pretence
xhat they are the same old article.
1t won't help anyone's trade to work
aff goods in any deceptive way. Some of
1hase little tricks are Of trifling import
zru:e. But they tend to promote dishon-
sst standards in business.
The people principally responsible for
chem seem to be the original producers.
Retail dealers are usually too close to
1heir customers to try much funny bust
raess. Producers seem to think that the
Fuhlic doesn't mind little humbug.
Thereby they are much in error.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-11-17
TEACHING MERCHANDISE

The complaint has often been made by
merchants that the modern schools do not
THrn out many young people who are well
tnsed for business life
Perhaps the trouble is that our school
xystems do not offer incentive enough.
Wages earned by store clerks are not usu-
slly high, and the limited opportunity
way not stir the pupils ambition. If
ahey could be shown how by better train
ma to make bigger success, they would
ieel melted to more thorough prepara-
non.
h is quite an art to conduct a retail
store, and young man needs thorough
training for it. The Hoboken, n. j.,
Board of Trade recently ran school of
merchandising for adult merchants and
men already in business. 1t was inter-
esting to see elderly men studying how
IN conduct a store, how to educate the
public up to using the best goods, how
30 get people to become regular custom
ers, etc. The advantages and methods
&f advertising were also taught.
The pupils were shown how on rush
DAYS to wait on two customers and keep
Everyone satisfied, where formerly they
had attended to but one. The dignity Of
store keeping and of the salesman's SER
vice were emphasized Any young man
thinking of entering retail trade would
be benefited by course like that. He
would stand more chance of eventually
getting into business for himself.
Indeed if men already established in
BUSINESS need such training, how much
more is it needed by novices! Of course
Mly cities of considerable size would
probably feel able to conduct a school
IKE that. Yet the time is quite likely to
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-11-17
MEXICANS in
BORDER TOWN
ARE ROUTED

PRESIDE, Texas. Nov. L.
Mexican federal troops evacuated
Ojinaga and came to the American
side, where they surrendered their
arms. General Juan Espinosa y Cor
dova, commander, surrendered to
American troops in command of
Captain Theodore Barns. Jr.. COM
mander of American troops here.
He said the fighting was hand to
hand before the evacuation. villa
troops now occupy the Mexican city.
Many were killed, wounded and ex-
ecuted.
The fighting was confined to the
streets of Ojinaga and the municip-
al plaza since the attack opened at
| twilight.
Being in position to leap at the
| defenders of the little cluster of
adobe huts called a town, the villa
forces swept past the outpost like
wave of fire and charged down the
i
streets and into the military head
quarters.
The rout started soon after eight
| o'clock and by $3.50 the evacuation
had become a mob seeking safety on
the American side of the river. The
federal troops were rounded up by
American patrols, disarmed and then
marched to the army camp, where
they were guarded. The Villa
troops number 1900. according to
the Mexican commander.
The firing from the federal first
line trenches guarding the Mula road
to the southwest of the town, and
Twas answered by villa cavalry on the
northeastern slope of the mesa upor
which Ojinaga sits.
Villa troops were seen moving IL
along the roads in the hills and I
general assault was expected.
From the American side of tn
Rio Grande it was not possible t,
tell that hand to hand engagement
was in progress, and occasionally tn
tongues of flame from a Villa rifle
mans piece or the flashing signal
of distress from the military head
quarters in Ojinaga were the onl
evidence of the mortal combat goin
on within the adobe walled streets
No accurate estimates can be mad
of the number of government deat
1t is admitted by government Off
Gals on this side that no quartz
was given or asked on either side.
One OF the two Americans VIII
were operating the machine guns l
Ojinaga when the first attack wa
made was wounded during the figh
ing, and was later shot by Whilst
troopers as he lay on the ground
front of the general headquarters.
The other American was believe
to have escaped across the river [
the American side bat was still mis-
Ing,
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-11-17

the demands Of our bodies. II too
much is habitually taken, the stom-
ach will rebel. When man reaches
the advanced age of IS or 90, you
will find that he is light eater. Be
as careful as you will. however. you
will occasionally eat more than you
should and will feel the need Of
Chamberlain's Tablets to correct the
disorder. These tablets do not con-
tain pepsin. but strengthen the stom-
ach and enable it to perform its
functions naturally. They also cause
a gentle movement of the bowels.
Adyt.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-11-17
REDUCING DISTRIBUTION COSTS

Expert opinion seems to place the
weight of blame for high distribution
costs upon the retail grocer. Yet there
is no harder worked man in the commun-
ity, and he is not getting rich. They rise
early and keep open late. They are the
slaves of the housewives as they go
around the corners on one wheel of their
little Ford cars, hurrying to deliver a
pound of butter 20 some woman who has
forgotten to order it.
The New York Food Commission says
that 33 per cent of food costs is put on
by the local grocer. That is, when you
pay 81 for an article, it costs but 81 cents
at the railroad station in your own city.
33 cents is the cost of getting it to your
back door.
The delivery system is Of course
prime element in this high charge. In
large towns dozens Of delivery teams will
pass through one street, each covering
the same ground for few packages. The
town could be divided into districts and
one team take district for group Of
stores and this cost could be greatly
reduced.
Of course the deliveries would not be
so quick. The speediest way for the
grocer to get packages to his customers
is to send out his own team. But if the
housewives would foresee their wants,
and order ahead so that there would be
time to make deliveries in a systematic
way, this cost would be greatly reduced.
Many people while condemning the de-
livery system, argue that when their gro
Ger is delivering packages for everyone
else, he might as well take theirs along.
But as long as people take this attitude,
the needless wastes Of the system will
never be checked. If everyone will take
all possible parcels home, this waste can
be cut down. Then if people will pay
cash, the bad debt charge will be cut out
Another needless charge is the cost of
soliciting orders for groceries, which is
common in the great majority of places.
No other line of retailers try to solicit
from door to door. All these needless
costs, the outgrowth of wasteful habits,
are greater than the entire cost of the
middleman's service at which so many
people complain.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-11-17

quantities from kelp on the coast Of
California. but only 1000 tons were
secured last year. There isan enor-
nous reward in money and fame for
the man who will finean American
supply of this plant food. We have
already paid Germany $20,00O,000
in past years for potash. We must
face the fact that she may be ugly
about letting us have it after the war.
A ton of wheat takes from the
soil AZ pounds nitrogen, 1Spounds
phesphoric acid, and II pounds dot
ash. Peru and Chile are the great
sources of nitrate supply. From those
beds 100000 tons have been
taken out. The experts in those coun-
tries think the supply is in danger
of exhaustion. Scientists of ours say,
there is no danger of 1t. At any rate
there is always the possibility of the
fixation of nitrogen from the air.
AS to phosphates, the United States
exported s7,OOO,OOO worth last year.
so we are well cared for there Ger
many is short of natural phosphates,
but is getting them as by-product
in steel making. Let every American
farmer remember that keeping up
soil facility is vital part of eff
cient war making! We are well fit
ted up for this in every respect but
one, thanks to the superb natural
resources of our soils.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-11-17

come when such schools will be run by
many counties and by large towns, so
that any young man desiring to enter
retail trade would have such school at
no great distance from home. II retail
trade is worth doing, it is worth doing in
the most scientific way, with instruction
based upon the practical experiences OF
men who succeed in it.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-11-17

AS well as we can figure it from the
German newspapers printed in this coun-
try, the allies had 1,S77,O00 men origin
ally and since the beginning of the war
have lost 14,654,O in dead, 16,2SS,00O in
wounded, and have had 1S,694,000 cap
tured.-Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-11-17

The eX-czar of Russia and his family
are now living in a fourteen room flat in
Tobolsk, Siberia. 1t is understood that
after one or two encounters with the
janitor he sadly admitted that he never
did know anything about caring, any
way.-New York Morning Telegraph.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-11-17

The Kaiser knows how to get the peace
for which he is electioneering. President
Wilson explained the whole matter in his
note to the pope. 1t is autocracy and war
or democracy and peace. This NAV be
personal, but it is the ultimatum.-N
York World.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-11-17

If the people were as well protected as
game there would be far fewer automo-
bile fatalities.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-11-17

The value of the German mark may
fail, but it can never hope to get as cheap
as some of the people it bought in
America-New York Evening Sun.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-11-17

That the United States is not in the
throes of a gigantic social and political
revolution is not the fault of the |. w. w.
organization-Wyoming Tribune
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-11-17
AN OLD MANS STOMACH

AS we grow older and less active,
less and less foods required to meet
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-11-17

Another way to meet the butter short
age is by way Of oleomargarine.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-11-17

Three cheers for the Russian Repub-
lic-one down and two when it seems to
be permanent.--St. Louis Post Dispatch.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-11-17

If you can't raise a pig, save one.
You can do SO by eating less pork.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-11-17

Patronize the home merchant.
The Washington times., 1917-10-15
BY EARL GOODWIN.

Adjutant General Mccain the great number Of
mental slackefs coming to light in training camps In
letter to the president of great military school he urges
educators to give their pupils exercise mental aerness
quick thinking and clear speaking His letteis educa
tonal classic It has been brought by The Times to the
attention of Superintendent Thurston of the District Of
Columbia Public School System and viii be read to every
teacher and to every high school student
Here extracts from the adutant GENERALS Letter
ga great many men have failed at camp because Of
inability to artculate clearly who cannot mpart his
idea to his command in clear distinct language and with
sufficient volume of voice to be heard reasonably far is not
qualified to give commands upon which human life depends
In addition to this physical disability and slouchi
what might be termed the souchness Of mental att
tude. Many fail :. because they have not been
trained to appreciate the Importance Of accuracy think
ing"
Adutan General Mccain expresses situation which has
had the attention Of the teachers in the Washington schools
for years Mental agility prime requisite with edu
Gators An example Of this the fact that WASH
ington high school boy has failed at West Point
Superintendent Thurston, who believes in teaching chill
ren how to their brains and their hps has this
to say of General McCain's letter:
This is Of the best things have 1t IL
especially interesting to because for many years the
Washington schools have been driving home the Importance
of accurate thinking and clear speaking
There two recognized tests to apply to school ch
dren the subject Of thought getng two scientific
determine whether pupil comprehends what he reads
and hears By both these tests Washington school children
are above the average
The Washington times., 1917-10-15
Mrs. Wilson Woodrow Writes On
Democracy

enough, and the ballot implies pub
he seryiee. .r
~The right 2" he commented m Z
disgusted tone. Its Q matter oe
plain duty. The question Of Votes
for Women has been made q prob
lem by discussing It as privilege.
. prerogative, q vested interest.
This has obscured and confused
the matter. Can't you see the hol-
low mockery Of all that pretentious
chatter about democracy When
so per cent Of the people Of the
United States are exempted from
The public service?
And does il make any differ
enee why they are imnunei
Whatever the reason the eontribu-
ton Of woman to the common good
10 withheld. So long as that ~
mains q fact we are not . demoe-
raey. We are an tanthropocracy.'
. government by men solely, as
that mouth filling word implies"
Women" said Frank, who had
found his voice at last, asre not
fitted either emotionally or intel
lectually for public duty. Thefr
truest service, and the one ahso-
lutely essential to the State, Is the
service they render IN the home.S
The Home, Once an Abode Of
Varied Industry, Now Affords
Much Leisure.
THAT was all very well" OBJ
served George wearily, ~when the
home was an industrial institution
and before it had been turned into
junk by factories and eanneries,
and supplied with all the ready
made articles which meet its needs
today. But the home IN the patri-
archal sense no longer exists.
There are plenty Of households
where it is necessary for women
to drudge from morning till night
but not as former generations
drudged.
81 believe that many Of the
women who are opposed to woman
suffrage are blind to the position
in which their attitude has put
them. II ! quote them correctly,
they claim that they do not regard
the vote for women as q right, but
as q privilege, and that It would
be no benef. to the nation for
them TO assume this privilege. Yet
they are quite willing to take ad-
vantage Of all legislation, and 70
influence public sentiment and
legislation as far as possible-h
other words, get something for
nothing, and write themselves a.
persons willing to let an honest
obligation 20 to rrotest.
1T all resolves itself into q ques-
tion whether genuine democracy b
an ideal that IL worthy Of the sac
rifices necessary to establish It On
earth And there will never be .
real democracy until there u .
government Of an the people. By
all the people, and for all the peo-
pie"