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The Detroit times., 1917-09-11
He Got His Book All
Written and Just Then
America Declared War

Judging by his nice little book, War
and Peace Aims" Prince Friedrich Of
Lowenstein will get niche in the Ger
man halls of fame as a financier, even if
he gets bested as a prophet.
Friedrich admits that the Allies may
so exhaust themselves before the war
ends that they simply cannot pay money
indemnity to Germany, but this pros
pect doesn't worry him.
Germany will take indemnity in the
form of raw material which she will
need-tin, wool etc, from England,
wines, oils, coal. etc, from France, silks,
oils, etc, from Italy, grain, leather, min
erals, etc. from Russia. All Germany
will have to do will be to sit on her
front porch and check off the indemni-
ties as the delivery man brings them in.
1t is picture to delight the kultured
Teuton heart but Friedrich ought to IS
sue sequel to his book.
America has come in since his book
was issued.
A book like that isn't complete with
out word about the real gold and raw
material. such as steel. wool, cotton.
wheat, corn. meats, women, etc, that
America will have to furnish, when Ger
many wins-but not til then
The Detroit times., 1917-09-11
Pointed Paragraphs

Soft coal causes Tor % wrath
thar can't be turned away.
NAM man gives Up a bad habit
after DO gets tired ~ IT,
Elephants are about me only mi
mails hat always aleep anding no
Instead % counting the coat ~ OK
perierce consider what 81 IS worth
20
Thrift and stinginess are az sim
Jag AZ they are different
r. nan IS Incompetent he usual
~ charges II 20 bad luck
Wien 4 wise man falls In love he
gives ris brain vacation
Weu With long heads are capable
oi using ihem on short notice.
Twagy II - absurd 10 try Dor
rowing money from a man you have
bad ~ argument with
About The frst thing a woman 70
1Hires after taking up art Is a
mirror
There's slump in the market
when t0u try 10 dispose ~ expert.
on. hat cost you dear
orr ldea 81 sensible woman Ia
one who doesn't care how large her
shoes are 50 long as they are com
Portable
The Detroit times., 1917-09-11
agreement Is Best

After aNamicable conference with the
government><eQd administrators. eighty
per cent OF the beet sugar producers
agree TO limit the price Of their prod
uct.
This is fine.
An ounce of amicable agreement Is
worth a ton Of pounding on the head.
But 20 per cent Of sugar men not in
this conference can spoil the arrange
Fangement
They should be invited 10 concur and
those who refuse should feel the hand
Of government dictation
When government undertakes to fix
prices, it cannot afford to let any price
hogs escape.
The Detroit times., 1917-09-11
The Training of the
Child In School Should
Begin In the Home

Besides several future presidents, anC
possibly the greatest American novelist
thousands of just average young Ameu'
cans begin the fall term Of school.
And mothers by the hundred rejoice
openly because school has taken the
youngsters out of the house and out Of
the way most Of their waking hours
five days a week.
The feeling Of these mothers would
be grievously injured if they were told
they are deliberately shelving any OF
their own duties upon the teachers
The teachers know this, however,
altho they do not protest They know
p growing evil Of the public school sys-
tenn for the past ten years has been me
sinking Of parental responsibility Tor
what children do in school hours.
And teachers feel the evil Is lncreas-
ing. not because cooperation between
school and home cannot be arranged sat-
isfactorily, but because the understand
ing between the parent and the chnd Is
not of the right kind.
The child at school reflects the home
The boy viii not mind his teacher if
he is not accustomed to mind his mother
A child will be tardy at school If ne is
permitted to be late TO breakfast. A
bully will terrify his schoolmates at re-
cess if he is allowed TO tease and scare
his own little brothers and sisters.
Many a fond mamma sends a child to
his classes with clean hands and neat
clothing as a matter of personal pride
while discIaiming all responsibility for
his disobedience and laziness, as if his
manners and character were things she
could not possibly have part IN shap-
ing.
American parents are always ready
to pick flaws in the public school sys-
tem-and heaven knows they are easy
to pick--but the number would be grand
" reduced if some parents would seek
with the same eagerness for mistakes
in the home training of their little ones.
And the worst of it all is that every
body biames the poor child. He is called
bad" and he endures a punishment
which his elders really deserve because
his badness" is mostly the result of
their laziness. selfshness or stupidity.
Parents who are slackers add big
sums to the cost of education. So here
is chance for patriotic mothers to try
a new kind of wartime economy. Help
the teachers by raising children who
know how to behave in school. Then
see that they do behave.
The Detroit times., 1917-09-11
"Our Fighting Men"
CHARLES G TREAT.

CHARLES G TREAT
Mai Gen. Charles g Treat T. s
A. who has been assigned 20 the
command ~ Camp sheridan Mont.
gomerv. Ala. IS a native ~ Maine.
but WAS appointed 20 West Point
from Wisconsin. graduating IN 1892.
He served "a adIufantReneral Light
Artillery bridage. ~ Santiago, and
later az assistant adiutant- general
on The STAFF % MAJ Gen Ludlow,
military governor He was made a
major la Tho Artillery corps In 1905.
and lieutenant colonel tn 1910 He
pas made a colonel In 1911 and as.
signed ~ tho war college. In 1914
be- was member - the general
.taf Kiss laW TWO promotions have
COME 20 him since the opening o.
h0stllities-
The Detroit times., 1917-09-11
From Another Pointof NeU
~ c. 7. s.

Dear Phyllis: We are not in a position
to answer your question whether a war
tax on cocoa would be a head tax.
The frost got here.
Now if the pumpkin was there, it is
on it.
Hear that Joke about Joliet prison?
It's a riot
When it isn't. in Joliet. the prisoners
may be said 20 be fairly well behaved
sIf I were a guard in Joliet, says our
old friend, Doc, wel-known and popular
chiropodist, 81 would certainly make it a
point to be on mine"
Russian rubles. we note, sold lower Are
they anything ike caviar?
There is one thing we have noticed
about Russians in Russia They nearly
always do as the Russians do
That Jack Frost is funny fellow.
Perfectly killing
Several times Extra.
Great sensation.
Nobody WAS killed by an auto in Detroit
Monday.
And no murderer got away.
Because nobody was murdered
The Detroit times., 1917-09-11
The Aimless Men
Or SOciety's "Strays"

A man who has motored from Maine
to California says nothing on the whole
trip astonished him so much as the
number Of aimleSs men.
II was his habit to slide out Of cities
early in the morning to avoid the traffic,
but he was never too early to miss the
men who idle away their days in the
public parks and boulevards. And often
he slipped into towns very late al night,
but never too late to pass other loiterers
OF the same kind.
Even in the parks of cities whose pa
1Ra are crammed with ads-"Help
The Detroit times., 1917-09-11
The Old Gardener Says

Tir potatoes may be dug as
soon as the tops have died down
a''no there ID be no pariieH-
FAR hurry n 1us ground BE- dry
rfs lbers vii grow an long a.
tte '0Ds arc green. bit when they
un Yellow will have attained
fhe- full size n Us we'll 10
watch FOR scabby potatoes A.
harvest time end ~ put them in
r8a hy themselves All tho 20
tattoo need 20 be well dried be-
flre hey are stored Some peo
ple lmply pat them In a coarse
has ana leave them ou' ~ doors
f1r rrerai days hT' % is q bet
trr plan % spread them ON
hoatf or burlsp In barn or
-frl They keep beat IN rather
shallow bins. and will DO less
likely 10 rot N a little air slacked
ime a better sfill, powdered
mnaar d scattered over them.
The Detroit times., 1917-09-11
War At Our Back Door

He-IAdy. mebby you woB.-
lieve Il. bu, I had a swsll trade be-.
fore they passed all them war bone
dry laws
She Well. then, why don't you
20 20 work AZ YOUR trade7
He I adv. did you ever Try holm
a horrible example on n Bryan high
JUDI
The Detroit times., 1917-09-11
What Real Thrift Is
nv ~. AnDINGroN BRUCE
Author % "ThP Riddle OF Person
Aift1. "pst biology and
parenthuOd." etc.

Thrift Is not simply matter ot
prudence in the use OF money o.
is TAR more than that A man may
be thr.tty 10 the point OF stingness
so far as money is concerned. yet
sen.ialy De most thriftless
In these war times this r. some
thing that ought particularly 20 he
appreciated Thrift real thrift is
needed today as never before "a "a,
history of The world
Not long ago. in a hotel dininr
room, family OF four sat AZ "a tabl,
across from mine The meal was
served table dhote. and. judging
from the way they ordered the
members OF this family we're de-
termined 20 ser their money worth
Herein. YOU may think. they
showed themselves thrifty persons.
But. alas
OF the great variety OF food
brought 10 them. they LEFT much halt
eaten They helped themselves lb
orally 10 everything. bur only partl,
consumed the generous portions
with which their plates were
heaped
Back went the rest 10 the Kitchen
Tor disposal As waste And this af
time when every ncW payer iu
ne land was preaching the Vtally
important gospel of food conserNa
ton
Not thrift. but thrifuessness. WAS
hat these four people were practic
ng Where there is food waste
there can never be- real thrift
Real thrift IN fact. presupposes
carefulness with regard 90 the use
ot goods ~ every kind
The thrifty person does not dis
card clothing Ions before b. has ouf
Iiytl us usefulness Ho does noi
Dress stability hut neither does Dr.
INSIST ou forever looking as tho he
had just stepped out of fashion
plate
He IS careful as regards posses
-ions which may De damaged bs cx
pos are 20 the elements
II he Is farmer no does not
leave his implements 10 rust ~ the
Colds II csN dweller be protects
from dust and dirt. from heat and
moisture whatever dust dirt. heat
or moisture might damage
Also when truly thrifty ne does
not fH his house With costly orna
menfs and superabuudance % fur
uirure
He may and should a3orn bis
home hut not eNtTavaEantiy 8
bleak dismai home d often q sign
~ thrif'lcssness And an overorna
mentod one s. always such sign
For lt indicates that money is De
ing foolishy spent In addition fhf
care ~ The Overorname ntet h0me
means paste 10 time and energy
And real thrift involves economy
81 time and energy AS well as econ
omy % money
Life Is all too short Al best. and
tho person who frifters away his
time In useless or unnecessary wave
fritters away money
Which does NOT mean that we
should always be engaged n direcf
u.s. ganfui work Time spent % cai
tivstinG the mIns or IN health main
'alning strength increasing recrea
ton Is never tluIf Wasted
Bu' sound JUDGMENT need to be-
exercised with regard 20 the use of
time az ~ me use 90 everything
elise Otherwise An indictment vo'
fhrlftlessness may Justly Dc brought
Mediate on this Apply 81 t0
yourself n in any way you must
/ plead guilty BEGIN now 20 substitute
I thrift, for fhriftlessncss
let me once more remind you chat
those surely are DAYS when real
thrift ought 90 become universally
| habitual
The Detroit times., 1917-09-11
How Many Can You See?

When sunlight IS broken Up into
its different rays the person OF nor
NAL eyeslgh- can tell FIX different
colors They arc red orange. yell
low. green. blue and violet 4 fcw
persons can 500 seventh color, an
indigo blue Color blindness begins
v iih those who can see bat ave col
crs In the sim spectrum hep can
not identity an orange -colorei light
The next point IN color blindness
becames serious when person con
fuses green and yellow. and there
arc those who even cannot distin-
guish red FROM Rreen--Ladiee'
Home Journal
The Detroit times., 1917-09-11

mans many fine points. found u
qas her divorced husband They
were married for The second time
This week. Mrs. Cagley says she
never knew 500 She read the adver-
tisement what fine man her bus.
band was. or they never would have
parted in the first place.
The Detroit times., 1917-09-11

behind hs cap ~ NE tank ~ his
auto. 1917 model Finally when
he ans starting on a iSmiie walk
fo TIC nearest town Jones struck
his foot against cap % tho same
model ~ 'ne same car he says
The company has service stations
nHlrt-n hnrn
The Detroit times., 1917-09-11
The The
And Advice to Investors
n The Times Prints H. The Times Believes u
BY WEBSTER

NHs s 10
q advertising u
Il
misied or
sers Times will not be
tint Of
given Only giving writer's name and
address withheld preferred
Address, The Admirror, The Times Deot, Mich
Methods employed Mrs. Ker and Ivor Davies in securing
babies
A The Adcrat club Of Detroit also has received
m The impression that he Detroit Public Heath league horo
paign The league did circulate ne books bur The proceeds from
Klmer and Mr.
O. Columbus School
olowng The president Louise Caldwell
now
haE 20 q "a au8 ~
hoo
"a b OIL b
% b
%
The Adcran eating operations Of
M Davies both and columbus before taking The
their solicitors haXeh risied subscribers
The Detroit times., 1917-09-11

u DOT TOT TIT TUINNINk
trihe Nothing could be found
except a hole through which
the ring had evidently fallen
into his boot What was he 20
do
Take off your boot f" said ma
parson Tho suspense and
silence were painful The or
gauist At the parsons bidding
The Detroit times., 1917-09-11

n YUUUk IIISfmHn TernnfTY
as life9aver az the municipal
baths
As no was about six feet. Elk
lnches high and well built. the
chief Nfesavcr gave him m ap.
plication blank 70 fll out.
"By the way" said the chief
lifesaver. can you swim p"
No. replied the applicant.
but 7 can wade Ike blazcs, 2"
The Detroit times., 1917-09-11

Ruck-porf Ne Anna Cagley su-
swering an offer 90 wed IN a mairl'
ruonial maFaZnc because Of the
The Detroit times., 1917-09-11

struck up a "yoluntary Tho Young man aitting
on the altar rails removed his boot the ring
was found also large hole In the stocking
which led thp worthy divine 10 remark
Young man. ~ is time you were married"
JHkinss best friend couldn't have called him
handsome He went to tho pictures" The other
niRht and SAT behind girl with tremendous
The Detroit times., 1917-09-11

All going merrily AZ recent wedding
until the bridegroom called upon 70 produce
the wedding ring IN vain he felt in HIS trous-
The Detroit times., 1917-09-11

Tho girl glanced at him over her shoulder and
smiled n smile
"Oh YOU do7" she said SLOWLY We'll. in thar
case you'd better 60 home and change your
facsi"
The Detroit times., 1917-09-11

lat 0n Tie loaned ms WY
and that way and peeped an
derneath and over the top. tilt
he was tired. and then. taking
his lie IN his hands $50 TO
speak. he asked the dafnscl n
she'd either take her hat on
0r $50 stu
IL wnnt 10 look as well as
The Detroit times., 1917-09-11
Laugh With Us

A young IrIshman recently applied for lob
The Detroit times., 1917-09-11

a woman likes t0 have q man fs'
ter her even when she knows Do
"a pernicious fabricatoE
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-02-02
SMALL GIRL IN SEWER,
WHIRLING TOWARD RIVER.
Rescued by Boy Who Braves Swift
Current and Darkness Far
Under Street.

Ellen Hassett years old, was
whirling thru the big sewer under
West FOrty-seventh street, New York
and was within a block of the Hud-
son River when she was rescued by
the exceptionally brave work of Frank
Knight, a 17-year-old office boy.
Ellen is the eldest of four children
of Mrs. Margaret Hassett, widow
The child was playing with compan-
ions in front of her home when she
started across the street.
Her playmates heard her scream
and saw the little girl suddenly dis
appear into sewer manhOle, the
cover of which probably dropped in
to the sewer after being broken by
a heavy automobile truck. They rar
to the opening and looked down, but
all was dark. They could hear rush
of water far down.
At that moment Frank Knight, the
office boy, came into the circle and
without hesitating he started down
into the black hole on the iron rungs
set into the masonary. When he was
down eight feet he called to Louis
Ahnett, a friend who remained aDOva
to get a lamp or lantern, as he could
not see anything.
Just then the lad lost his hold and
dropped down into the sewer, but he
was able to keep on his feet despite
the current. Far away to the west
he heard the faint cries of the miss
ing girl and, giving no furtherheed tc
the darkness, he called to her:
I'm coming; hold on tight"
TOOu-n tnnnpl tWQIEe
feet under the street, Knight slid
managing to keep upright in the hole
which is five feet in diameter, getting
closer and closer all the time to the
child'S cries. Finally he came up tC
her and seized her dress. Then came
a struggle to get back to the manholR
He was engaged in that task, holding
Ellen above the stream all the time
when John McGOVern, started down
the manhole, fearing that both the
boy and the girl had been swept to
the sewer.
McGOvern kept calling down in the
darkness to the boy and when Knight
was half way back he heard and re-
piled:
Were all right; | got her"
When Frank Knight had reached
the manhOle he handed the child up
to McGOVern, who had descended part
way on the rungs, and McGOvern
lifted her up to Miss Elizabeth Trea-
nor, who was leaning down into the
hole from the pavement. Her head
was severely cut where she had fallen
and she was very weak.
AS Knight reached the street level
he did not seem to think he had done
anything unusual, but he said he was
frightened when he fell into the
stream and believed he was alone in
the sewer.
How far had he gone through the
sewer to get the child Knight did not
know. He believed it was at least
forty or fifty feet
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Was Stricken With Paralysis at His Home Prac-
ticed 53 Years-Was Identified With Many Busi-
ness Lnterests-Presdent of Union National Bank
Since 1900.

For So years he was an active prac-
titioner, and was also identified with
many important business interests in
the community.
He had been a director of the Union
National Bank, this city, since Janu-
ary II, 1881; on January 16. 1892, he
was made Vlce-president, and on Jan
uary l3, 1900, was elected presi-
dent, succeeding the late Charles B.
Roberts, and has held the position
ever since; he was president of the
Consolidated Public Utilities Com
pany; President of the Democratic
Advocate Company; vice-president of
the Smith-Yingling Canning Com
pany, and director OF the Carroll
County Mutual Fire Insurance Com
pany.
In 1897 he was elected Clerk of the
Circuit Court for Carroll County on
the Democratic ticket, and served the
public we'll until 1903, the expiration
of his term.
he was for many years president Of
the Baltimore d Reisterstown Turn
pike Company.
DR.. BillingsIea was also one of the
organizers Of the Westminster Deposit
Trust Company, which started in
1898.
He was Il member of the Methodist
Protestant Church for many years.
He is survived by his wife, who
was Miss Lottie Spalding, and six
children, four sons and two daugh-
ters. }. Howell Billingslea. OF
Arizona; Robert, Levine and Leeds
Billingslea, at home; Misses I1ottie
Lee and Mary Billingslea, at home:
two brothers, DR.. Charles Billingslea.
East Main street, and Louis t.,
BillinGslea. of Philadelphia. Pa, and
one sister, Mrs. Ada Fraser. of lIalti-
more
A simple funeral service. which
was the request Of the deceased. took
place at the house TUESDAY afternoon
al O'Clock. Rev. Edgar r. Read,
pastor of the Methodist Protestant
Church, read from the scripture and
Rev. Charles Shaw and Rev. Frank
VI. Gibson, OF Baltimore, offered
prayer.
The remains were inferred in the
Westminster Cemetery.
The active pallbearers were Joseph
B. Boyle, G. Eugene Tubman, Lewis
+. Shriyer, Thomas A Murray, E. P.
Brundige, James Pearre Wantz, DIR.
Charles r. FOutz and DR.. n. NJ. Fitz-
hugh.
Honorary-Judge VIM. H. Thomas,
+. o. Grimes, Sr., Charles V. Wantz.
George w. Albaugh, DR.. Frank r.
ohaW, b. r. ShriVer, James w. Reese.
George K. Gehr, Frank K. Herr,
Charles E. Fink, Judge James A. c..
BOND, DR.. William R. Mcdaniel, DR..
j. j. Weaver, DR.. Joseph Watt. Union
bridge; DR.. George H. Brown. New
Windsor; Austin H. Yingling. t. w.
Mather, Harry F. Cover, F. Neal
Parke, c. Gloyd Lynch and DR.. NJ. l..
BOtt.
F. G. Sharrer, funeral director.
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Freight Strikes Everharts Piano
Truck at SykesViIIe.

Eastbound B. C o. freight train
struck an auto truck belonging to
George A Everhart, of Frederick,
Tuesday morning at the railroad
crossing at Sykesville. The truck
was driven by George A. Wyand, also
of Frederick, who other than receiv-
ing shaking up, escaped what might
have proved a fatal accident
Wyand was on his way from this
city to Frederick with a piano. Ap-
preaching the railroad crossing at a
moderate speed, he started over, be
lleVing he could do so in no danger,
but before the truck had cleared the
tracks an eastbound freight struck
the rear a glancing blow This threw
the truck into the guard rail of the
bridge crossing into Howard county,
breaking it and throwing the truck
crosswise of the road, but fortunately
did not overturn it, The train was
not running fast, else the result
would, no doubt, have been more seri-
Gus.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-02-02
JAPANESE ARMY MAY FIGHT IN
SPRING DRIVE OF ALLIES
Probable Reply of Toxic to the U-BOat
Campaign-MikadO to Offer Jap
Troops.

Paris, January 19.-The arrival in
Europe this spring of large Japan
ese army to fight side by side with
the troops of England and France is
forecast here as the probably answer
of Japan to Germanys 1ong-distance
submarine campaign.
Heretofore all suggestions Of in
viting Japan to supply an army to
fight Germany on European soil nave
been rejected by France and England
because neither country has thought
her Intervention necessary to victory
and because in any case it would
have to be paid for by them at the
sacrifice Of some of their Asiatic
possessions.
1t is now predicted in we'll inform
ed Paris circles, however, that the
Mikado will voluntarily offer an
army to punish Germany for the
sinking of Japanese merchant ships.
In Allied circles it is expected that
by the spring Germany will be able
to establish secret bases some
where near the Straits of Magel-
Ian, enabling her largest ocean-going
submarines to strike at Japan's trade
with South American states and even
to harry shipping in Chinese waters.