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The Detroit times., 1917-03-30

the last 10 days. Killers In all
markets have been obliged 10 buy
feeder grades or go without a kill
ing Cattle have not been reinstated
IN the barns and feedlots Of the
country this winter as has been the
rule or other years. and there are
few In sight TO meet the needs Of
the spring and early summer de-
niand. The demand for feeding cat
tie is still very light owing TO the
extreme prices at which all kinds
OF feed are selling.
The sheep and lamb trade II de-
cidedly small in volume, and the
markets OF the past week have
shown very little variation from
those OF last week. Prime lambs
have sold above tl6 in Buffalo sew
eral times within tho last fortnight.
and the ruling price for top notch
ers In Detroit and Chicago has been
$3.50 per cwt. Arrivals Of sheep
and lambs at Detroit last week were
FAR below the needs OF the trade
and a shortage OF good mutton ex-
ists in local coolers. The wool
market seems 10 be having a breath
ing spell. not from a lack OF demand
but rather because that part of the
clip, stll remaining unsold, is in
strong hands, making IL impossible
fer buyers End sellers To get togeth-
or. Shearers have paid $3.50 for
lambs 10 take back into the country
but And it hard 10 get any great
number at this price. Lambs cost
ing $40 per cwt. as feeders have
been frequently sold or late for an
increase, over original cost OF $3.50
per cwt.
The demand for fat hogs holds
firm and - practically unchanged.
but pigs have taken a header II
is hard 10 understand why owners
OF good thrifty young hogs should
send them forward to be sold at
prices which average $3.50 per cwt.
lower than those paid for finished
hogs. Corn is high. II r. true. but
The Detroit times., 1917-03-30
PACIFISTS
WILL RALLY
ON SUNDAY
Local Peace Workers
To Stage Meeting
In Arcadia

A peace mass meeting will be held
in Arcadia Sunday evening. not for
The purpose OF embarrassing the
president. IL is announced. but for
the purpose OF letting him know the
desires OF rye number OF peo-
pie who Oppose the United States
entering the war. Resolutions will
be submitted and. IL passed. forward
ed to Washington At once.
Three speakers already have been
recured for the meeting and others
are expected. Those pledged TO ap-
pear are Joseph Cannon. former
president OF the Western Fedora
uon OF Miners. Max Eastman, editor
OF The Masses and prominent pa
clfist, and Miss Grace Abbott. chair
man OF the immigration bureau Of
Chicago.
The meeting is being arranged by
the Detroit branch OF the American
Union Against Militarism and
number OF well known Detroit peo-
pie are back OF &C.
The Union believes that the pres.
ldent Is sincere in saying that he
wishes 20 know the will OF the
American people. In a meeting in
Madison Square Garden, New York.
last Saturday, 10000 persons were
present and expressed most absolute
and vociferous opposition % official
declaration OF war The pacihfts Of
Detroit believe that they should add
their voice 20 that Of New York
The Detroit times., 1917-03-30

in year or two. We considered II
sheer waste Of energy to go farther
IN the matter with the old board
And now we hope and expect that
this change will be one CT the new
boards first accomplishments
This il the reoprt sent to the
board Of education and 0hould be on
tile there. We never received any
acknowledgment or reply oi which
am aware. unless the recent charac-
teristic resolution directed against
The club may be regarded az it's be
lated reply
April ~. 1910.
To the Detroit Board OF Education.
After careful investigation 81 the
veutiiating system OF the public
schools. the Twentieth Century club
nndH that IN the construction ~
school buildings titH sefit'rfl ts',as'tAs 2
are utitfEinR the cloak rooms as part
OF the foul air shafts OF the Sentilat-
We beg 20 call the attention OF
your honorable body 10 this defect.
and 60 point ont that this Hyst~m ls
an actual menace to the health ~
the children. and BE- destructive 81
their clothing a. we'll. The foul afr
OF the school room. laden with cha TX
and moor dust effuvia from the bod
les and clothing OF the pupils, and
with the germs 81 Conta Eious dis
Eases iS forced thru the children r.
wraps which form an cdcctuu hitter
and retain dust and disease germs 20
be carried into the home
This condition Is true not only ~
such schools as the Alger where the
large cloak room IL the passaEeway
for the foul air OF the school room.
but "a is true TO a much greater eN-
tent % new schools like the Duane.
Doty and Greusel. whore the dust
and germ laden foul air ~ the school
room h forced under the doors Of
shallow closets completely allied with
wraps thru which all or the foul air
must filter TO pass out 81 the open
ing a. the top Of tho closets. leaving
practically all the Impurities In the
clothing
The heating engineers state that
extra force Is necessary to overcome
the resistance offered by the clothes
In these closets.
The twentieth Century club hereby
begs 20 express It's condemnation ot
system which utilities tho fuul-air
shafts az cloak rooms, and respect
fully requests that THE syRtem he
discontinued in the erection 81 new
school buildings. and that this oh
iectionhble feature be corrected in
schools IN which " IL now ia use
Our children and our homes should
not he subjected 20 conditions SO
dangerous 70 health and 80 injurious
20 clothing. when they can DO 80
readily obviated. Ventilation 81
cloak rooms should be by fresh air
not foul air Herewith ~ submitted
a copy or letter from the health
officer Very respectfully.
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY CLUB
OF DETROIT
AS exhibit a gathered guam.
tity OF foul dust from a ledge in
closet 10 show its amount and char
acter My own daughters coat and
hat bore ample testimony 10 the
condition in the Alger school being
covered on damp days by milky
solution OF chalk. practically running
them
The same condition exists in
these schools today and II is a men.
ace To every child in the city. Should
not the children be given tho benefit
OF the douot In so vital a natter"
The Detroit times., 1917-03-30
High Prices and Diminished Demand Brine
Slump in Cattle; Pigs Hit LOWer Level

IL IL hardly possible that the feed.
ing out OF thrifty pigs could result
in anything else but profit espe-
cialiy when the spread between feed.
ers and mature hogs 10 equal 10 20
per cent Of the value Of the former.
Early last week the average cost OF
the hogs. vendsd in the Chicago
stock yards. rose TO SIS. something
that never happened before Still
the trade does not look top-heavy
and prices have the appearance OF
legitimacy A year ago the best
shipping hogs were selling In Chi
easo for 500.
The Breeders Gazette. OF Chicago.
publishes the following:
Hog product 10 In the hands OF a
bull party that lie constantly forcing
prices higher. The south is buying
meats and exports have been on a
liberal scale despite subaea activity.
large quantity OF cured meats has
been sent 20 the bottom OF the ocean.
holder. Packers are selling nothing
on the board and trade IL mainly a
matter OF swapping among specu-
lAtora IN the advance this week
May pork sold AZ ,94s5. lard t1e6s
and ribs t1S.t6. all OF which are
records. Europe'a necessities are a
bulhsh influence. Exports Last week
were it.sis0OO pounds OF lard and
1.4s6. 900 pounds or meats against
i6bsl 900 and 1883 600 pounds re-
spectively year ago
Retail meat prices are phenomen-
ally high the country over. but the
peateating public seems 10 be re-
signed To conditions az they exist
and. while the size II individual OF
ders from the retailer are said 10
be diminishing, no fault Is found
with the cost and little Is heard
about the adoption Of an exclusively
vegetable diet Statistics place
every branch OF the trade in a
strong position and the fact that
there are verv few animals on feed
means continued scarcity. March
arrivals OF finished stock are sure
to be small in every branch OF the
trade.
The Detroit times., 1917-03-30

This Is the Council OF National
Defense and advisory commission
In Joint session IN the historical re-.
ception room OF the secretary of
war.
The Detroit times., 1917-03-30
HITS SCHOOL
VENTILATION
System In Some Buildings Is
Criminal. Declares Mrs.
Osborn

The scarlet fever epidemic. on
account OF which the Fairgrounds
have been closed and proposals
have been made to close ae schools.
and which the health department,
says is not abating. brinSs forcibly
to mind a vicious system Of yenttla.
ton little short ~ criminal. which Is
stu In use in a number Of schools
in Detroit" says Mrs Lama F. Os.
born. a candidate for the board OF
education
In 1910 I brought this matter 10
the attaRttur ~ tho i-ao~il- 81 educa.
ton in a report m6ur rhru IN"
Twentieth Century club. We sue.
oeeded in having the system chang
ed in the designs OF new schools.
bat the board refused 10 make the
change in the schools COMPLETED. al
tho showed by estimates OF experts
that not more than three or four
hundred dollars per school would
have been required to make the
change. A committee OF the board
reported II OF not enough conse-
quence. and the stand-pat policy OF
the petty politician prevailed We
then redoubled our energy toward
getting small board which we
hoped at that time TO accomplish
The Detroit times., 1917-03-30
BE KIND TO HEN;
IT'LL PAY EGGS

VINEI4AND. n. j., March 30
Whether kindly treatment of a her
viii accelerate egg productivity in
the inverse ratio OF careless or indif
ferent attention is TO be given ON
cial demonstration in the egg-layinR
contests under way here.
Prof f. r. tombstone, superin
tendent Of the Training School for
Feeole-Minded Boys and Girls. has
maintained that kindness 10 a her
means more eggs. but some OF the
expert poultrymen hereabouts scout
the idea, saying that the average
hs-ss ~ fne ~ l-'''a~ TO appreciate
what Is done FOR her.
With the aid OF Harry Y. Lewis,
poultry husbandman Of the state ex.
pertinent station. Prof tombstone
has arranged Tor The demonstration
of his theory
TWO pens OF hens OF the same
breed and strain VIII be set apart.
To one OF them will be attached az
attendant a man who will 90 about
his work with sunny smile. cheer.
ful interest and gentle touch To
the other will be- assigned one with
an ingrown crouch The same feed
and the same conditions exactly will
be applied 10 both pens and the rec.
ords carefully kept as 10 which
gives the best results Prot John
stone feels sure that his theory will
be fully substantiatcd
The Detroit times., 1917-03-30
CALLI-CURCI
RECORDS OUT
Rush Expected to Follow An
nOuncement of Victor
April List

The equalization Of the concert
and opera going public to the beauti-
full voice o: Nine Amelita CALI
Curci has made hes Victor records
in tremendous demand. and the new
ones for April have had IN astonish-
ing long waiting list OF eager buyers.
These are now on sale in all stores
where Victor records are kept,
Nine. GauiCurci mas a large De
trost following thru two recent song
reciiAls in this city. and II will be
q great delight TO ner admirers 10
be able to possess records OF this
marvellous artists singing OF the
waltz song from Gounod's Romeo
and Juliet" the mad scene from
"Lucia dl LAmmermoor, and her
oxquisitely tender and sweet rpndi-
ton OF Home Sweet home
The famous seItet from Lucia"
sung By Nine. GsllI-Curci, Causo.
De Luca, Egenir. Journet and Bads.
probably will take the place in pub
lie favor Of any previous rendition
OF this noted cor, position. Then
Nine. Galli-Curci. Caruso. De Luca
and Permit sing the quartet rom
''Rigoletto. which also many viii
place superior 10 that of any other
Victor record OF the music
Caruso contributes an aria from
Samson and Delilah." singing II
az only thia gifted tenor can sing.
The exquisite song. Come Beloved"
from Handles "Atalanta" Is Nine.
Alma Gluck's new Offering and 1t
y 81 o - -s~, 49, charming sirRer'a
lsElon or admirers werrenrath's
Kipling songs have become class
les and new group will find in.
slant favor
Brilliant and lovely numbers will
be found by Mischa Elman. Herbert
Witherspoon. Mabel Garrison. ClAr.
ence whitebill. John Mccormack.
Zimbalist and the other famous
artists Of VOICE and instrument who
are among the Victor stars
A new and particularly catchy lot
OF dance music will be OF interest
TO the young folk, and there are
plenty OF rev songs, choruses, or
ehestrz and band selections OF the
lighter class TO please those whose
tastes runs more TO the popular than
the classic field.
Any OF these new records will %
played free Of charge at any time
BY Victor dealers.
The Detroit times., 1917-03-30

Prtnting-the pisrn neat kssa--that
o. ~ght--TT--e- Job D~urs-wair 4H2o
The Detroit times., 1917-03-30

CBNTRALIA. Wash, March go
This IL a will OF nv own construc-
ton. and az a man OF good health
and sound mind do !. W. r. Bryan.
coiored. give and bequeath 10 the
finder OF this will one-half Of a gal
lon glass jug full OF gold coin.
which lies buried Ave feet deep and
90 feet east OF the section corner
OF my old homestead.
The finder must publish this be.
fore any work begins on its reoov-
e-y. but the Under must get another
party 10 dig for II and the digger
gets one-half do this TO keep my
lazy kinfolk from getting H. n
they make any fuss about II after
n il found, give them 81 each. There
is also another iugful buried a few
rods west OF the old dwelling house.
! can't locate IL, however, az the
mark IL lost. Dated this second day
OF October, 1883
w. r. BRYAN"
Bryan. who In we'll remembered
b. the old residents OF CentralIa,
died In the early nineties. Allan
Miller. a present resident OF Cen.
tTalia. was a nephew OF Mrs. Bryan.
Who died about six weeks ago
The Detroit times., 1917-03-30
PROPOSALS WANTED
March le. IsfI

EARTH 49, AVAW
Sealed proposals will be rsesjvo0
by the village Council OF the villo0&
OF Grosse Poiuts Park. Wayne Co.
Mich. up TO $50 o'clock .. m. Tuee@
day, April O.. 1917. said proposals. ~
be for furnishing all labor. tools. ma
ssry 70 construct Lateral Sewers -
the alleys between Maryland Ave-
rue and Nottingham Road. en1
southerly OF Mack Avenue. sceor114G
Go plans and specifications on ME e
the office OF the Village Clerk.
Each proposal must be acoompon<
Ted by certified check made 1oY4
able on it's face TO the viflag0 ~
Crosse Polnte Park. IN the penal oul1
OF Three Hundred (soel DollarA ght1
check TO be forfeited 20 said vllJoG
I'm case the successful bidder fails T.
enter into contract with said vl11aG0
within ten f1oD days after the c011@
tract has been awarded TO him
Plans and profile can be seen q
the office OF the Village Enw1Deoes
Thomas NJ CAmpau. 500 whitne3
Office Building, Detroit. Mich.
The right ls reserved 10 reject any
or all bids. III
THOMAS n. CAlfPAU.
Village Eugtneors
The Detroit times., 1917-03-30

Altho they are greatly in the mf.
nority, the girl stucents AZ the col
lege of mess administration OF
Boston university have succeeded in
having all intoxicating beverages
barred from the annual class ban
quet
The Detroit times., 1917-03-30

Mrs. Estelle Lawton Lindsey. o.
Los Angeles, IL the only woman so
far elected 10 the city council Of
any city OF the FIRST or second class
in the United States
The Detroit times., 1917-03-30
Hero Can't Pay Wedding Fee.

LEAVENwORTH Kan March
Co After Probate Judge William
p. wettig had married j. r. Nc.
Carly. 7i-year-old Civil war veteran
and Frances Murphy. 59-year-old
" dow. the other day. the aged man
called the Judge aside and explained
that he could not pay the marriage
fee until his pension arrived The
veteran declared he had been a
bachelor too long and he needed q
wife. The judge congratulated him
for his bravery in facing the high
cost OF living under the circunr
stances McCarty and his bride
live In Kansas City. Kan.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-08

missaTy to furnish sandwiches and
coffee if the volunteer broom WELD
ers show up.
Later.-A courier from the South
Clark street municipal court, known
as the smelliest spot north of Bubbly
creek, today is said to have appealed
to the Juvenile Cheer and Comfort
league to- make its first cleanup
there. It is said the reply was given
that it wasn't possible to, amputate
the smell from S. Clark st. station.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-08

4Cch5uC ~ IllcLhC- us uISl ClCdu-up
there. It is said the reply was given
that it wasn't possible to, amputate
the smell from S. Clark st. station.
SCHoLZ SAYS LoVETT DOESN'T
MEAN WHAT HE SAYS
John L. Lovett, secretary Chicago
Public School league" doesn't quite
mean what he quite says when he
gets quite mad and shoots out state
ments. " If LoVett gets personal and
names people as pIOtters" and
secret plOtters" at that, why Lovett
doesn't mean to get personal.
Allen Pond, architect, member
Public Education assn, received a
letter from Carl Scholz, president
Chicago Public School league" ex-
planning that Loyett didn't mean to
get. personal at all last week when
LOvett gave the Tribune a long
statement" accusing Pond and 9TH
ers of "a plot secretly Matched" at
the City club in behalf of the Teach
ers' Federation.
Neither any of the leagues menu
bers nor Mr.. Lovett had in mind any
criticism of you personally" writes
SchOlz to Pond, but our committee
felt that inasmuch as you were In a
quasi-public position, lending your
name to the activities of various or
CARNATIONS, you we're open as a pub
tic man to criticism for your actiYi-
ties"
The Scholz letter is the first
reply made to Ponds open letter to
LoVett, specifically denying the truth
of Lovett's assertions in several par
ticulars and applying the designation
of liar" to Lovett in about dozen
different ways.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-08
YEARS MAY COME AND YEA AIRS MAY co TNTEIIs
COURT, BUT THE DIRT STICKS ON FOREVER !

~ OAN LIZ III LIN
Rub-a-dub, three men in a tub;
Volunteers wanted the courtroom to
scrub!
The court Of domestic relations is
sadly in need Of a cleaning up. Dirty
conditions prevail there AS Big
Mayor once remarked of a certain
police department, ct stiRksi" It'd
make a good job for Tom Sheehan
and some other huskies from
Hoyne's Office.
But it's hardly a matter to call for
Maclay Hoyne's attention, though
Judge John Stelk admits he can find
no city authorities who win act No
crooked bondsmen are involved, and
there's no>talk of any ward boss 'hav-
ing tried to reach Mike Rossinnia.
Fact is, the matter with the Courh
of Welded GIooms is Just plain dirt
It's a Job for the Gold Dust Twins.
The seats out front where the
wives, husbands and witnesses await
a hearing are covered with thick
coat of CRIME. In spots the dirt is
thick enough to make a comfortable,
} fairly soft cushion, but so greasy
there is danger of slipping off unless
the sitting down is cleverly calcu-
lated.
Perspiring plump ladies and men
with rain-dampened coats arise from
the benches with bars on their waists
or coats, much as if they had been
sitting onla park bench freshly paint
ed mud-black.
Judge Stelk has appealed to every
one who seems to be in authority, |
but can find no one who will admit |
responsibility for the filth. He had |
the courtroom chambers cleaned and !
the walls retinted at his own ex- i
pense when he couldn't get the job
done otherwise
An. enthusiastic member of the Ju-
veuile Cheer and Comfort league has !
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-26
@NOSS SAA1CAOlg yOhA -
MINNIE WOLFE RUTHERFORD
ANOTHER HAS THUMBS
DOWN" FOR CARNIVAL

Editor of The Journal
Now con,eta Doc Kennedy with hia
little bull shooter ahd ps<forates the
hide of our carnival bovine worse
than the lowly tick punctured the
gentle kline before dipping watts came
into vogue. He sounds the tocsin,
the ADMINISTRATIONS of which many
of US have longed to set agoing, but
have refrained from apathy or gen.
eral disgust at ever changing the
scene of our municipal stage.
He says the farce of carnival as we
are wont to dish it up for delecta-
ton of visitors must 60 to the realms
of discard.
1t rnay be said of Mardi Gras as is
said of whiskey, call whiskey is good,
some is better than other" a mooted
question that we shall not here dis
cuss; congress is about to solve that
question. Mardi Cras as a religious
festival is not questioned. Life is
too short to permit getting heated up
over paganistic traditions, but like
everything else in human life today,
there is a price tag attached to this
annual saturnalia Not only is the
price penciled in dollars and cents,
but, emblazoned so all, even litter
ates may read, is crime and core
lated vices, drink, debauchery and Ii
centiousness.
The parades, beautiful as they are,
are not the attraction that brings
visitors, it is the beastial instinct in
man and inherent desire in humans
to cut loose from Christianity's curb
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-26

ing bonds periodically and go the
limit in pandering to the call of the
blood for excitement and amusement
bordering upon the animal and bach
nanalian.
Eliminate the alleged shows, the
candy and doll lotteries. the confetti
foolishness, insist upon regulation
closing hours for saloons restrict the
celebration to beautiful parades only
and note now easily the regular
trains can accommodate the visitors.
1t is not the riot of color and light
and aesthetic imagery that thou
sands come to see but devilment and
depravity bats the trap. 1t is dis
grace to our intelligence to offer op-
portunity to girls and boys to take
q first step to immortality by means
of a burlesque costume and mask, for
be it known, youth, a cringing COW
ard on other days, boldly sssails the
domicile of whiskey on Mardi Gras.
If no other argument could be
submitted for adjustment of carni-
walls sway, the one fact of a woman
being knocked down in a saloon
(Palafox street) by a blow from a
rufian's fist, her teeth broken out
and face lacerated, should suffice.
Women, whiskey, ruffian. Sure folks,
let's have another carnival, lots of
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-26
ADJUSTMENTS
''The Iced Bullet" Stars William
Desmond.

William Desmond is seen as a full
fiedged Triangle star in the new play
'"The Iced Bullet" which will be seen
at the Isis theatre today. The play
derives its odd name from a mysteri-
OILS continuance used by the villain of
the piece to assassinate has guardian
while the two are separated by some
hundreds of miles. Desmond appears
as a crime specialist who is called
on to undertake the difficult task of
finding out how the shooting was &C
complished. In this he succeeds, and
Incidentally wins the hand of the
victims daughter. Desmond also APP
pears In another role in the same
play, as the early part of the action
shows his as an aspiring scenario
writer seeking to place his play, "The
Iced Bullet" at the Thomas H. Ince
studios. In this he is wholly unsuc-
cessful, and the theme of his story
takes place only in a dream which
comes to him in an unguarded office
after he has been buffeted about the
studios. This earlier portion of the
Play renders possible the showing of
both the exteriors and interiors of
the great Thomas H. 1nce plant at
Culver City, which are said to be ex-
tremely interesting.