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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-20
Where Is Our Corporation
Counsel While a Law Like
This Threatens the City

The franchises Of the Detroit United
Railway In Detroit will have expired by
1924.
AT that time there will remain not one
obstacle TO ownership and operation Of
the lines by the municipality,
UNLESS
O. Unless a bin that has been introduced
In the legislature by Rep Wiley, Of the
Soc. should become a law--should be
come a law while Detroit and those in
public Office In Detroit to whom we look,
naturally, for our protection, are sound
asleep.
Until yesterday, Mayor Marx did not
know Of this bill that would take the con
troll of all public utilities out Of the hands
of Detroit and place it with utilities
state commission.
When he heard of It he said he would
have the bill investigated.
No word had reached him from the Of
fee of Corporation Counsel Dingeman, de-
spite the presence in Lansing, under pay
of the city, of one of Corporation Counsel
Dingemans assistants, who Is supposed
TO keep Detroit informed OF threatening
legislation of this sort.
Grand Rapids has already appeared IN
Lansing to protest against the Wiley
measure, having had delegation there
with the city's mayor at its head.
Unless the purport Of this bill has been
misunderstood by, the Lansing CORE
spondents, and by the corporation coun-
sells of Grand Rapids and other cities,
home rule by the cities Of their public
service corporations was never in the
danger that it is at the present time.
Mayor Marx has said that he will go to
Lansing and enter a protest with the
petition in boots that is most urgently
needed to meet the situation.
This petition should require for It's
transportation to the state capital, moth
ing less than a special train.
Meantime, how would it do for the
mayor to present our corporation counsel
with an alarm clock.
Trust that candidacy for circuit court
judgeship is not requiring too much of
Mr.. Dingeman's attention.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-20

ieckoned With ahen X Is question
Of persistert l-ednsss.
Also there are mental causes.
Lack Of interest in ons's work In
evitabiy increases The tendency 10
fatigue So does worry abo1, ores
work For that matter. worry about
ANS thing IS a 6rsytlass fatigue pro
lucer
When BOREDOM or worry Is pres
,nt. the VITAL forces are lowered all
ne bodily organs and processes lose
IN energy Naturally person grows
fatgued far more quickly than
would ordinarily 10 the case
These are facts 70 be appreciated
and needed Is all who would attain
a maximum ot viSor and elaci~ncy
N their daily work
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-20
OF Making Laws No End

Prom one corner 20 another Of
This good natured and longsuHering
federation % states the legisla-
lures are n Il again They have ap-
gropriated funds for the expenses Of
ths session and. thus fortified. have
.etiled down % The business OF max
ms more Laws That new laws are
letter than old ones. and hat va
iieiy is the spice Of legislation, these
ar. the cardinal principles OF most
state law making bodies Spokane
Spokesman Review
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-20
Country viii Rule.

Because the saloon cannot be re
formed from the inside. and because
i. menace 20 society is steadily in
cressing wherever II Is allowed to
exist. prohibition sentiment Is bound
90 grow states which have no cities
o. half a million population or over
viii 20 dry soon, say within four
years. some OF them IN November
next year II vill not be long. ~
tas present rate, before the country
districts will vote The big cities drJ
Portland Telegram.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-20
Trade Enough For All.

One important thing that IS i'm.
pressing Itself upon leading busi.
ness men Is the necessity for co
operation among the countries o. the
world Il r. particularly necessary
In all trsLe relations. II the most
desirable results are 70 be obtained
Friction. In all activities. Ia costly
and unnecessary. When mankind
learns tha, there f. trade enough
for the people Of all nations there
will probably be no more wars. and
some day this fact will be generally
understood Christian Science Mont
tor
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-20
Protection and Revenue

4 tariff could % written in an
hour that would cut out nlne-tenths
q The protection and raise more
revenue than IS raised now. A tariff
is TAX on the ~ ople and every
dollar that goes for protection IS az
the expense of revenue. In trying
70 secure more revenue Il would D.
folly % waste nore on protection.
this would defeat the purpose Some
changes in The tann are necessary.
Substantial duties should be placed
ou al, commodities not n competi-
ton Nth those produced in the
Vnlte-i states This alone would
produce Is much revenue as IS nov
obtained Florida finest MON
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-20
The Daily Reminder
roDAY,s A>NnrnsAnIrs.

i7sa Richard ftsnry Loo. ono OF
the organizers ~ the American leNo-
luton born at Stratford, Nn Died
at Chantiily. Va. June ~. 1894
1875 Robert Morris ths hu1ncIcr
~ the American Revolution. born at
Liverpool. England nlUd In lhila-
delphia May = 1906
lfi5-- Andre Marie Ampere. whose
discoveries In electro ma gnetism
created a new science. born at Lyons.
France Died Ht Marsrillcs IN 1855
1901 John Marshall was appointed
chiff lusfltv uf thr supreme court SO
the United states
lsth Congress passed a hin 90
ssfahi sh "a government hama. but
President Madison vetoed 10
1890 A patent Tor the lattice truss
bridge was grantcd 90 lthicl Town.
Ur Connecticut
lsts Nathan Read who was The
nrst ~ Apply Ior patent Ia the
United states died az HaloWeil Ne
isls ltnssfan occupied Atrianopir
lN9t-Ihe pope issued an rncycNcal
90 chr Roman Catholics of the United
States
1901 The German emperor arrived
in London because 90 the failing
health ~ queen Victoria
laof--lhe water in Niagara river
reached the highest point ON recar "a
lsll-The American and Canadian
reciprocity commissioners reached an
agreement
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY IN THE
wan.
Allied warships bombsrd~d Bull
gartan port ~ hedesghatch
Turkish army driven westward
upon Armenian border
british assault ~ France repeli"d,
according 90 uerlin
King ~ Greece Appealed g. United
states against aggressinns hy the
Allies
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-20
Out of the Mouths of Babes

Dolly-W what's the natter
Freddy--Got somepin ia my eye.
Dolly-What is e.
Freddy-Don't know. can't sec g.
willie. said the teacher Sup
pose ! had two squash pies. and cul
one In six pieces and the other In
twelve pieces. which pie would you
rather have piece Of"
"The one cut IN twelve pieces" re-
piled Willie Il don't Ike squash
pie"
"Oh. mamma. exclaimed little
Maggie. who had narrowly escaped
being run over By an automobile. ~
feel 20 nervous
What do you mean by 'nory ous.
dear" asked her mother
why" exclaimed Margie, 'its
Jus, like being In n hurry All over. -
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-20
The Brotheration of Thought
BY OR. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915. by Frank CraneD

The most terrible thing in the world
seems to be Thought AT least most OF
the people you meet are running away
from it.
Who wants to see thoughtful play?
No, no; give us the light and airy COM
edy and let it be carpentered according
TO convention, for everything original
enough TO be unusual disturbs the COM
Portable arrangement of our thought
molecules Ne are puzzled, and that inn
plies thinking. which wearies US.
Let the hero be as all heroes, young
and noble and handsome and the heroine
have Mary Pickford curls and liquid eyes
and saccharine voices and the villain be
true to the Desperate Desmond type; and
the Rube have chin whiskers; and the
parson be an impossible Sinking poser;
and SO on. If real man should get on
the stage he might walk out into the
audience.
II YOU contribute story TO n magazine,
read carefully first the past numbers Of
the magazine. and make your story as
like those that have been printed as pos
sible. Editors know the people buy that
kind. They don't know what would hap
pen II new kind would appear |, might
imply mental functioning, which is to be
avoided
When you converse stick to the pati-
tudes when YOU make political speech
keep close to the grand old principles up
on which opinions are standardized,
when you publish a newspaper don't part
from the traditions Of newspaperdom, or
when you do anything try TO do il about
as it has always been done and as every
body else does il, and thus avoid getting
swamped in the dull quagmire of fought.
II you get in the nasty habit of think
/ ing you speedily become a bore, or worse
perhaps a crank. radical. an unsafe
man or an anarchist.
We have a nice wad Of mud ready 70
throw at YOU if you deviate II you ques-
/ ton truculent national conceit you are a
traitor, if you even consider critically the
subject Of marriage you are a free-lover,
Il if you are open to conviction on the mat
ter of birth-control you are a ibertine, if
\ YOU are a different kind of doctor, law
( yer, or preacher from my kind you are
a quack, shyster. or a sensationalist.
The woman who thinks is as bad as the
woman who hesitates.
If a man thinks, he'll never be judge,
! a bishop: or a senator.
II little boy thinks, he will have TO
stay after school.
All thinks have been thunk.
There are plenty of canned opinions
and ready-made ideas. Use them and
save trouble.
For the secret OF contentment seems
TO be TO shun cerebration.
when over tho purple horizon shall loom
The shrouded mother Of new idea. men
hide their faces,
cry out and fend her or as she seeks her pro
creant groom.
woundlng themselves against her. denying her
fecmd embraces"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-20

r.fr large 'hTmls glands are espe
raly subject % ,he disease
TIE FIRST thing 20 10 when a
child r. taken sick O. fo End out
whether % is suffering from Group
NJ diphfteris Look IN The throaf
'or membrane n thers IL one
or any suspicion - one. have a
throat culture fasen a. once. for
he child may have fiptthcria. The
sooner he pareni knows o. me yet
te-
Group usually follows slight col,
and 9 mild fever. Tie cough tight
ems I'D a. night but The child feelI
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-20

The Western livestock show, one
- RE largest exhibitions ~ its kind
10 tho untry. opens az Denver 10
day and viii continue thru the com.
inz week.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-20

Bess-So he promised to introduce
you 70 royalty. and you lent him
money
Bob-Yes. and he took me aroutd
70 a medium and introduced mo 20
he spirit % the king he Is descend
ed from
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-20
Anticipated Her

she I'm drcsdfuly sorry OF
course. will be -
He-No you won't Nature has
provided me with all tho sisters !
want.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-20

ONO Day MS WIG WtUt 10
distant friend who had a telc-
phone In her house During
the afternoon the farmer
sought shelter from a thunder
storm I'm the house of a neigh.
Dor, who also possessed tclc-
phone and who persuaded the
farmer 10 cali up hts wife Az a
Ufff. 4ftrurfgo
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-20

billy" Sundays nine weeks cam
paign in Boston will close Sunday
After a weeks rest the evangelist
viii open a revival In Buffalo.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-20

keoping him up 10 concert form
The climax was reached when Tho Keeper
drove Pat into Tho tigers cage. Pat was now
extremely frightened and rushed round and
round tho cage To escape the infuriated tiger.
tie was Just on tho point OF collapse when
hoarse whisper came from the mouth OF the
pursuing tiger
'Tis all right Pat mo boy don't be fright
onod Im only an Irishman, like yersilt
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-20

ID 70 fHhN TTH IIH'" " Ut"
African Hon" and dress In the
latters skin
A trial performance WINS
gone through and Pat answer
cd admirably his roaring
being most llfelike
when the circus was opened
Pat was seen In the lions den,
the keeper with n pltchfork
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-20

Following Instructions. the farmer put the ro-
ries shouted
"HalOa. jane"
Just then a fash ~ lightning struck the wire
and he fell 10 the floor under the force ~ tho
shock
Rising 20 his feet and shaking his head wisely.
he said
MS wonderful That was Jane right enough
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-20
GROUP.

Group 81 a common cold arecr
lrg fte bronchial tubes and iarynR
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-20

We heard frs slave who occat.ss fhe deck 10
orr immediate ief rar -k just now Thank
ne Lord Thar h.'i .s paid
You note3 no doubt. that the HaNari
student who was declared 20 have ".
feet brain. has Deeg taken into the cam
ming business bv bis father This will
afford test Of its retentive possibilities.
HHvy Ihaw's latest trouble is attribu-
Ted 70 drinking a batty man should not
20 on "A bat
Jncovering Of that plot against the
lite of President Wilson indicates ne has
been doing some watchful waiting that he
didn't know he was doing.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-20
Laugh With Us

A. circus recently a lion died and the man.
agor. seeing his friend Pat walking along ths
street mentioned hts loss. whereupon Pat offer
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-20
from Another Point OF NeU

NY opinion % TIA; woman ~no failed 20
deliver corsets sf;er takrg s. down" says
Phyllis, lis that she selected sound.a5sut
way Of getting money
II looked, though. dontchaknow Ike a
straight-laced proposition.
The women may not have received the
.corsets, but they will admit viii they not,
that they were taken in
Personal opiriors
Walter Campbell. presitenf ~ no Detroit
Belle Isie windsor Ferry Col would
say. on hand ma, fhe water 10 The river is
now cold enough % drink
Rather bearing ou'. ws would say. re
fellow who has always corferde3 ftaf Pho
r.fer ride 70 Windsor is tke coolest u town
And a singer is corning % Detroit who
will inciude in her repertoire The Lost
Chord We Away. thought there vas
one cons0ling fact connected with tha,
lost chord The man didn't have % split
it.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-20

An old farmer couldn't really believe that
people who were miles apart were able TO con
verse over a telephone wire.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-20

ZION The Infe trAVoIIor hhfIl
NE said. got his buslnoss All d.
a tangle and his successor
would find much difficulty IN
getting order out ~ chaos.
II don't know who chaos r., o
pu' Ga the new man. but I'll
bet you I'll get an order out oil
him even n I have 20 hang on
20 bin for q week"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-20

The proprietor OF a store was explaining tho
situation 70 the applicant for travellers posi-.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-20
CAUSE OF FATIGUE

BY ADDiNGToN BRUCE
PArvnthood"
The Washington herald., 1917-09-16

Joseph
The Washington herald., 1917-09-16
Will SOON TRY OUT
new LIBERTY MOTOR
American Invention May Result in
Shortening World War.

Whether or not the new liberty
motor" will justify the high ex-
pectations of the War Department
can be determined only by the work
that II does above the firing-lines
in France.
Secretary Baker regards "the in
vention and rapid development OF
this engine as one of the really big
accomplishments of the United
States since its entry into the war.
and the actual length Of the war
may easily depend upon the trans
lation of this theory into action.
The problem of the United States
government in providing for air
fleets that can blind the German
armies on the Western front has
been to find an acceptable motor
that could be standardized and thus
manufactured by the thousand.
That accomplished and the great
automobile Industry of the United
states could be selectively con-
! scripted for the building OF aero
/ planes.
If the new liberty motor
comes up to expectations, its in
; ventors must indeed be credited
with "one of the really big ac-
complishments" OF the United states
in the war. No accomplishment
could be more important. whatever
! it is.
This government comes to the
manufacture of war aeroplanes with
all the experience of the belliger-
ents during three years of warfare
to guide it. In no other branch
of the fighting have the changes
been more rapid and sensational.
Every country is usuing practical
ly the same kind of artillery with
which it entered the war. and while
submarines have increased in size
and been employed as commerce
destroyers, no government has been
obliged to scrap" the submarines
that 1t had at the beginning of the
war.
In the air the changes have been
swift and revolutionary. No army
is using the machines that it had
three years ago or two years ago
or even one year ago. All the old
types of airplane have disappeared.
Speed has been increased enormous
ly. the margin of safety has been
steadily increased and the engine
power developed to extraordinary
lengths.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-16
ECONOMY Driver
EXPLAINS METHODS
Common Sense Rules Are Called
for by Maxwell Drivers to Save
Burning of Motor Fuel.

Many people comment on the big
mileage that Maxwell cars obtain in
day after day performances. There
are thousands of automobile drivers
who do not understand how the Max
well drivers get from 20 to 50 miles
on one gallon.
The Herald is printing the method
Of economy driving as told by ID. f.
Larkin. of Portland, Ore, who made
more than IS miles on one gallon
IN the recent Maxwell Liberty Bond
contest.
In order to get the greatest gaso-
line efficiency from a Maxwell car. ac-
eording to Larkin, is to first keep
the motor in perfect working order.
Clean oil is necessary.
The carbureter is to be adjusted so
as thin mixture as possible is OBJ
tanned The bearings should be kept
clean, free and properly, fabricated.
Another important feature is the oil
ing of all parts of the springs. Par
ucular attention is to be paid to
this as 20 per cent greater efficiency
may De nad II II Is done.
Tires are to be filled to full ca
paeity, about IS pounds pressure be-
ing required
When driving the windshield is best
ulted back so as to offer as little
resistance as possible to the wind
Brakes are not to be allowed to drag.
1t is best to maintain a speed OF
about 70 miles an hour. or there
abouts. The driver in keeping the
feed pressure even and steady as
sures greater economy as fiuctuation
uses up more gasoline than a steady
flow.
Coasting is legitimate and Is highly
important in the saving OF fuel. Where
tRe grade Is long 1t is best to shut
NE engine entirely on. II the grade
Is short better results are had II
the engine is kept barely turning
l over. The gasoline consumption Is
mot as great by this as It Is in start
ing the engine.
Evening is the best time to make
long drives as the gasoline lasts
longer than during the day time
hours.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-16
PEDESTRIANS

Crosslng at Sreet intersections
1The only place TO cross the street,
should beware of cross cuts
like this:
The Washington herald., 1917-09-16

cold. because the clearance will not
be correct after the metal has ex-
panded.
One OF the minor causes of power
losses is dragging brakes. The way
to ascertain the condition of the
hraking system Is to Jack up the rear
wheels and turn them; IL no great
effort Is required and no scraping
sound is heard. there is no drag.
Dragging brakes not only reduce the
speed of the car, but also cut down
the mileage per gallon. something TO
be avoided in these days of costly
fuel. Dragging brakes generate con-
siderable heat and one can tell what
the condition Of the system is by
feeling the outside of the bands. after
run,
Here Is a novel method OF repairing
bent headlight rim. IL 1t is of nickel
Remove the rim from ttse other head
light and pour molten babbitt into the
The Washington herald., 1917-09-16
WATER TANK TRUCK
BOON To SHEEPMEN
Flocks Supplied by Long Hauls in
Southwest Sections.

In our great Southwest, the sheep
producing center of the country. one
of the most stubborn obstacles the
sheepmen have to contend with, is
the almost regular periods of
drought. so frequent in that sec
tion of the country. This element
of nature has cost the sheepman
morf money than anything else
that he has had to contend with.
This year the drought conditions
have been particularly bad. As a
result, sheep raisers have been un-
able to supply a proper amount of
water for their sheep. This year
this problem has been met in a very
efficient manner, in the following
way:
The Roswell Buick Company, OF
New Mexico, dealers for the Smith
Form-a-Truck in that part OF the
country, came forward with a
proposition to the sheepmen to use
Smith Form-a- Truck as water car
riers for this purpose. The low
operation cost of the Smith Form
a-Truck made this plan very feasi-
BILE and II was acted upon. In the
past sixty days the Roswell Buick
Company has supplied the sheep
men with fifty-seven of these ef-
ficient little trucks. The perform
ances of these trucks Were so sat
isfactory and the operating cost
was so low that the sheepmen were
highly pleased and there is much
promise OF this work assuming very
large proportions in the near fu-
ture.
This Is a case where drought con-
ditions, SO often given as a rea-
son for a lack of business, were
turned to good account, as it saved
the sheepmen a large amount of
money through the saving of sheer
and incidently brought some real
business to the Roswell Buick Com
| pany.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-16
Mssss:sEE:gLKAR s 5 Fl
HaadtedAblafSR

That fauldess. made-to-your-order
styles emphasized in the Hundred
Point Six.
As it rolls up to the prominent
hotels and summer resort hostelries.
its stunning lines. its harmonious
proportions. its individual comforts
and refinements. add to the owners
prestige.
There is power unlimited in the
mighty Kissel-built engine. Its Kis-
sel-built. under-the-surface details. the
parts-next-to-the-road. insure that
staunchness, plus light weight. that
gives 1000 motoring efficiency.
Let us show you this car of a
Hundred Quality Features.
The Henderson-Rowe Auto Co.
SALEsROOM SERVICE STATION
1913 I4th ~. NV. 30 T. -. Ne
Phone NJ, 2o7S-5. Phone Line. SIIs.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-16

One-galIon Efficiency Test, May
s, 1909. under the official super
vision of the New York Automobile
Trade Association. with twenty-one
The Washington herald., 1917-09-16
The Fruit-Pieker's Dream Come True

An ingenious method OF gsthering
fruit which reduces the fruit-picker's
work TO a minimum. makes use OF
large net suspended above the ground
directly under a tree and does away
with the usual fruit-picking harness.
buckets, pals and baskets. says the
Popular Science Monthly for August
The fruit 10 dropped from the tree by
the picker and IL falls into the net
and rolls down through a cone-shaped
canvas spout into q barrel or fruit
box. The net b. held taut by a frame
work supported by iron posts driven
in the ground.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-16

hollow portion OF Il. This VIII not
injure the nickel finish. After re-
moving the hardened babbitt. place II
in the damaged rim and with a email
hammer and light taps. force the rim
10 assume the shape OF the babbitt