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The Detroit times., 1917-03-12

TO raise useful men and women
AZ well as good Vegetables IL the
object OF . colonization plan cper-
Ated In eastern North Carolina.
says q writer IN Farm and Fire
side. The plan was started 10
years ago By Hugh McRae. who IN.
herited 100 acres OF truck land
.rOn his father. Now the col0nlzn
ion plan - operated on several
thousand acres.
within the reach az all the fami.
lles OF st. Helena. one OF the settle
ments. an amusement pavilion. 80
feet wide and 90 feet long, was built
At cost u 800. The Interior Of
the pavilion IL one room with a
floor suitable for dancing.
The pavilion IL a common meet
ing place for the oolonlsts. The
Changers Rcciety. q chartered or
saniEAtion OF Italian farmers, holds
it, meetings In the pavilion. Mass
meetings are held there too. and II
IL the gathering point on festival
Gays.
Seven Families % Italians
ing from northern Italy--oonstitut
he original colony They settled
~ miles from Wilmington. and nam
"a their colony -. Helena IN honol
OF The Italian queen
The eomhinAtioa of hand capable
OF high production and nearns@s "a
market contributed 10 the welfare
OF the colony Carloads Of straw
berries were shipped. from one,hn.l
acre uso0 worth az lettuce "a,
marketed and immense vineyard,
The Detroit times., 1917-03-12

OF Concord grapes trought rich re-
turns 20 the italians.
With the clustering OF families Of
the same nationality iAto a coio-y.
there came an awakening OF the 50
cial spirit. Their inclination for
play and recreation was quite az IN.
tense a. had been their ambition TO
acquire a nome. They found saijs-
fying expression m tbe Organization
~ brass band. Approximately SOC
Italians Ars nov happily and pros
perously situated there
The Detroit times., 1917-03-12
From Another Point of VieD
IN c. 7. s

Kissed by taxicab driver. Highland
Falls young lady is suing the company
for $1,000. Maybe she had meter on it.
A minister in Louisiana hanged him
self. The only motive given is the fact
that he was close reader Of New York
newspapers.
Lots Of people have great faith in bur
dock. The British are taking Bagdad.
Now Mrs. Paul Damitz comes 10 bat
and AYERS that she did not leave his bed
and board. We feel compelled TO print
Mrs. Damitz' side, inasmuch as we have
printed Damitz' side. despite the fact that
it compels the use Of considerable pro-
family.
The Detroit times., 1917-03-12
Anniversaries

iss4-aeorEe Berkeley. the cole
hratsd Irish prelate and philosopher
born IA Kilkenny. ireland Died Al
oxford, England. Jan. iA. 1888.
isSo-The people ~ New Iiamp-
shire effected governmental union
with Massachusetts,
1T10--pr Thomas A Arns. who
wrote Rule Britannia" born In Lon
don. Died there. March 8. HIS
17ss-Thouas Reynolds. governor
Of Missouri horn In Brhcken county
Ky. Committed suicide a. Jefferson
CITY. Feb. >, ts4t
1si7-John L. Worden. who com
mAnded the Monitor In the famous
battle with the Nerrimae. born Ia
Washington. oct. -. 1891
tS5t-Aiiianrs between England
France and Turkey aligned.
tss2--JaoksonvilIe, Fla. suusn-
dersd to the FederAls.
ise7-American bark Rover wreck
cd on coast ~ the Island % Formosa
and her captain and crew massaored
by the natives.
isgs-Attsmpt on Duke % Edin-
burrh. con Of queen Victoria. In New
South wales. ~ OFarreii. n Fenian.
1s7i--Ths German troops quit Yer
sailles
is7s-F1ood destroyed 1000 lives
and 5000 houses In town OF sxewe-
din. Hungary.
is07--Mrs. Russell Sage created
the Sage Foundation with $40. GOO. 900
for phnRnthr0pic work
1ai2-The Federal government be-
gan a suit against the sugar trust
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY IN THE
WAR.
Germans ropuised counter attacks
By the French at Yerdun
Italians began 2t-hour lombard
nsenit OF the Austrian town OF Cor
lt1.
British mercantile feet auxiliary
Fauvetts sunk By striking mine. "a
lost.
ToDAY's BIRTHDAYA
Joseph 4 FrelinEhuyEen. the new
United states senator from New Jer-
ssy. horn at Haritan- ". J. - years
Hillary a. Herbert. who was s.cre.
tary OF the navy under President
Cleveland. born at LAurensville q
G., - years ago today.
Daniel w. Hoan. the Socialist may
or Of Milwaukee. born AT WaukeshA.
VIA. ~ years ago today.
Hl Rev. Joseph Schrsmba, Catholic
bishop OF Toledo. Ohio. born IN Ba-
vs<ia 81 years aso today
Adolph Ocha publisher Of the
View York Ttmss born In CINCINNATI
50 ysarN ag0 today
Joseph W EngsL pitcher OF the
Boston American league al
team, born IN WNshiu Gtons n @
~ yeSrs are tedszt
The Detroit times., 1917-03-12
Secret of Influence
NJ n ADDISoroN BRUCE
Author OF The Riddle OF Person
ality." Psychology and
Parenthood." etc.


The secret OF influence Il not
money. as most OF us imagine.
Money. 90 be sure. does confer some
influence on It's possessor. Hut as
an influence producer II 10 weak
compared with personality.
Get this truth nrmly nxed In your
mind.
You are young and ambitious You
rightly desire 90 become a man OF
real consequence. 10 win success and
happiness. and 70 he OF influence In
your generation.
To this end you mistakenly think
that the one essential II 90 make
money. lots OF money. The more
money you can get. you argue, the
more influential you are sure TO be.
But reflect for a moment.
Recall the lessons in history you
learned when a boy In school. sum
mon back in memory the names OF
the. men recorded In your history
looks as having been most insuen-
iial in their time and country. Few
OF them. you will fnd. were men OF
great wealth.
Look about you in the world OF
your own day Agaia you will find
few miIlIonaires among the reeog.
niTed leaders and shapers OF public
thought and action.
This certainly is a fact worth pom.
dering Certainly 4, indicates that
the possession OF great wealth Is no
guarantee OF great influence
That must come from something
else. What n does come from IS
personality.
In his just published Religion for
Today" John Haynes Holmes de
fnes personality as that peculiar
spiritual power which leaps like
nauie from soul 20 soul. and makes
a leader OF his Kind Ito further
enumerates as the distinctive marks
OF personality. thought. feeling. and
unity.
This means that personality r.
something which can be cultivated.
For. obviously. tho unity admits OF
no division into more or less.
thought and feeling do, A man can
think much or think little. feel much
or feel little.
And In proportion a. he thinks
and feels he IL a man Of strong or
weak personality.
Il follows that 20 cultivate per
sonRlity q man must make himself
an active, vigorous thinker. he
must also make himself an enthu-
siast.
Whatever task he undertakes. he
must throw himself into " enthust
astically. He must likewise be SIN
cerely ardent In his dealings with
other men. wherefore he needs 20
develop q high degree OF human sym
patty
Thinking only OF himself. feeling
only for himself. he may win wealth
but be cannot grow IN personality.
He will merely be a sslf-centered.
cold. spiritually deficient individual,
aNRNhfhN AAeAEAA VI NAhA AlkAkA 0AAAFt
people. hence quite incapable OF
truly influencing and leading other
people.
And. would add incidentally. be
likewise II certain 20 be an unhappy
individual. For he cannot escape
the consciousness that no stands
really alone IN life. friendless and
uniniuential because be has devel
opod no capacity for sympathy with
his fellows
Let your main endcavor. accord
ingly. be effort % enlarge your per
sonality. not effort 10 AmAss gold
II you happen 20 amass gold. well
and good But don't make material
wealth your goal In life Aim rather
At gain OF mental and spiritual
riches.
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leaking very disconsolate and not very well
nourfshed.
@Yessumi" La
FATHER and motherT~ ~
"'Course havei"
do your parents look after you property
Dad does"
We'll look here. little man, you bring your
mother along 20 the Central hall tomorrow 20
hear my lecture on tho upbringing Of children
viii youl BY the way. what is your namef
"oh, shut up talking nonsense mother" en-
claimed the boy. Surely, you know your own
ehlIdr- -a - -...ss-----
The Detroit times., 1917-03-12

Still, Our Secretary of
War Has a Reputation
For Unhappy Speeches

Newton ID. Baker, secretary of war
said in a speech before the National
Woman Suffrage association in Wash.
ington recently, that women would nc
longer be restricted to merely offering
their tears on the altar Of their country
in time of war; that they could give
their services in ammunition factories
(malIing shells 70 kin other mothers
sons) and in all the industries in town
and country. left idle by the men.
And the women. those women who
have come TO be looked upon as the trail
blazers of American womanhood in all
progressive measures, fell for it like any
romantic chit of a girl.
AS a body they passed a resolution
Offering their entire organization to the
government, to do with as it sees fit, In
the event of war.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait is the
head Of the organization and largely re
sponsible for this stand.
Dr. Anna Howard Shaw made an i'm
FASHIONED speech deploring any move
which might commit the suffrage move
ment in the least degree TO a sympa-
thetic attitude toward war. She had
lived thru the Civl- war and knew
whereof she spoke.
Secretary Bakers offer of job to the
suffrsgists was looked upon as a token
of appreciation.
But, let US ask, when has the govern
ment shown any appreciation Of suf-
frage or failed TO block in every way
possible the reimbursement of the Am
ericen women?
Tears, is il, that the women have
furnished in American ard all other
wars?
Let us put aside the tears and re-
member what they have contributed.
Husbands, fathers and sons, in the
first place.
The extra work made necessary in the
home, the Office, the farm have been
theirs.
The hardships imposed by a depleted
income has been theirs.
The wretched existence eked out while
they kept the children fed and the fires
burning on the hearth has been theirs
A life of toll and loneliness with the
bread winner dead in an unknown grave
has been theirs.
Tears-forsoothl
Are the suffragists turning lingo as a
political move, bidding for better deal
from the government
Or are they forgetting their sacred
duty as TIE conservers of life, and grow
ing maudlin thru much war talk7
In AL justice we must say that the
new Woman's Party refused TO discuss
war, declaring that 1t stood solely and
only for the passage thru congress Of
the woman suffrage amendment
The Detroit times., 1917-03-12

Bits Of Information

Important decisions are looked
Tor from the supreme court Of the
United States today. which IL the
Arst decision day following the four
weeks recess.
II 10 one month today since the
deappaArance % 1Eyear-old Ruth
Cruger, which has furnished New
York with its most mysterious dis
appearance case since that u Dur
othy Arnold
The Detroit times., 1917-03-12
Prizes
~ On. FRANK CRANE
Copyright 1915. by Frank Crane)

foaming radical
No good work was ever done for q
prize, especially no good creative work.
"A prize may have its place when offered
to the contestant who can run fastest
the drinker who can hold the most beer,
or the pupil who can spell down the class:
but the poem, picture, statue, play, or
book that is created for a prize contest
is invariably poor
The reason is inherent in the nature of
the case.
Competition is one of the worlds dear
est delusions. II seems to bring out the
best work. AS matter of fact, il fosters
mediocrity.
The great constructive works of hu-
man progress, as David Starr Jordan has
so conclusively demonstrated, are due to
the cooperation of men. not TO their COM
petitions.
War, for instance, never did any good
that could not have been better attained
some other way.
War Is necessary only because of the
ignorance, stupidity, egotism, and blind
passions Of men, With little patience,
with cooperation and intelligence every
earthly conflict might have been settled
at infinitely less pains and expense than
by war. II the two parties in our Revolu-
ton or our Civil war or in our Spanish
war could have calmly and decently met
together they could have achieved the
same results without the terrific cost.
Frank, courteous. sensible discussion
and debate might have saved Europe her
present destruction.
To revert to our subject, no man can
do his best work when he is trying TO
Guido another.
| will, therefore, enter no contest. I
will not compete with any other workman.
/ do not want TO beat anybody at any
thing.
want TO do my work well. And my
JOY and reward lie in the perfection Of it.
II any one can do il better let him go TO t.
The law Of the struggle to survive
which exists among the lower orders of
creation properly ceases when we come 10
man. The principle Of evolution takes q
new turn. Animals produce the best by
contention. Man produces the best by CO.
working.
The desire for pre-eminence, 10 excel,
TO surpass. is low. II is natural, Of course,
as anger. lust, and selfshness are natu-
raj; it is part of our inheritance from
the beast
But mans glory is not in conquest nor
dominance. II is in service. II is in doing
well his work, and in helping, not hurting,
others.
Civilization means getting together.
Competition is the lingering spirit of bar
barism.
let dogs delight TO bark and bite, for
tbs their nature TO-" runs the old rhyme.
And let all dog-natured people, all fevered.
welt-macht oder niedergang people. claw
and scratch and kill and destroy. II Is
simply a reversion to type, lapse into
the animal plane, and is mighty expen-
sive and mad experiment
Let US pursue excellence "some other
way"
For we gain nothing by competition
that we could not gain much more effec-
lively if we had sense enough to coop
crate.
The Detroit times., 1917-03-12
REVERSE ENGLISH

Wsiito-do and Influential cnlren-l consider
ny solemn duty 20 contribute most literally
whenever there 10 'und raised 70 support the
widow o. a fireman Who loses his lfs In the ssr-
wee
A resident Of the North End reports
the first robin Just the same, here's
hoping red breast is carrying alcohol in
his radiator
The length of time required by camel
to cross the desert, Phyllis. depends a
great deal upon whether he gets hump
on himself.
Col. Roosevelt has assured President
Wilson that he will support him. Other
wise the plans Of the administration seem
30 be going along as originally outlined
J. A. Pigg, Portland. Ore, has peti-
toned the courts TO change his name
How would il do for him to take the name
of the man whom some claim wrote
Shakespeare
The birth list credits Alexander Or.
chard with little daughter. Peach
Seems like old times. back In pennan;
days. The Tigers won q game yesterday.
The Detroit times., 1917-03-12

The modern soldier has learned
that vaccine against smallpox and
typhoid and protection against tet.
anus are oS greater value than
lomb-proof caps and gas helmets.
Il IA better 10 hghr vermin than Il
r. 10 run tho risk % contracting
come OF the disease spread by these
rests.
! One round OF vaccine against
smallpox. three rounds Of Anu-ty.
phoid vaccine. one dozen rounds OF
insect powder and a round OF tet.
anus anu-toxln are part Of Ghs
present day sold.sFs armament
against bugs and haeilh.
During the Franco-Prussian war
The total loss TO Germany was a..
lsz ofiicsrJ and men. while during
the same period i3s.i persons died
from small pox IN Prussia alona
These figures now appear startling
la the Spanish American war
there were Bolts cases OF typhoid
fever. with 1850 deaths. Among
the $4,000 man in army OF Gen. Oko
during the RussoJapaness war
there were but IS cases Of typnoid.
and this was before the vaccine
came into use.
The common infectious diseases OF
childhood are most likely 20 break
out In a military camp. especially
among troops recruited from eoun-
tn districts.
Feet defects are n common source
Of trouble among new recruits. Dis
ability from pooriy hitting shoes
forms a large part u those who fall
out during the nrst days u Msn-
euveTs or on the march.
In hot weather forced marches
are likely 20 lead 10 heat prostra-
tions or even sun stroke when the
militia was modified OF the Next.
can border last summer scorc3 we're
overcome by heat during the nrst
Few days % maneuvers.
Improper rations In some foreign
armies have led 20 berfberl and
Scurvy, but trouble OF this kind IS
not likely TO be encountered in the
American army even n large force
Is put into the neld on sbort notice.
Health Questions Answered..
/. K,-"What IL quinsy and bow
10 II prevented"
Quinsy Is an absceSs m and
around the tonsils caused by pus
germs getting fron we surfnco Of
the tonsIl INTO its substance Keep
your throat and tonsiis clean and
II subject TO attacks. have the ton
The Detroit times., 1917-03-12

every soldiers wife abe met OF
secret drinking: she had pried
into the private Affairs OF munf
ton workers; and now she
was busy teaching young moth
ers how TO bring up their chil
dren.
One morning she saw a small
how standing at a street corner,
The Detroit times., 1917-03-12


sYes vou's To- smith. I know who yours fos.
ali tight Yous TO Sale dats who yous TO-
She had presented white feathers 70 consump.
i've young men In civilian clothes; she nao
bothered wounded soldiers with ner eneIvese.n s
The Detroit times., 1917-03-12

all wars I'D 10 inc
X a ss oJapanese
conflict
Now the death
rate from disease
In warning armies
II not much yreat-
er than among
the civil popula-
lafinn-
The Detroit times., 1917-03-12
Laugh With Us

Two huge coored men lived In . precinct At
Evansville during campaign In which q certain
The Detroit times., 1917-03-12
The Keep Well
Column
BY Webster
ARMY LIFEl

Disease killed two and half
times as many men as wounds In
The Detroit times., 1917-03-12

Who is you TO-, anyhow ?
asked one OF them one morn.
ing when be met the other.
"How's you goin' TO vote In de
lection ,"
why. rs 70 Smith; that's
who rs fo'-and you already
knowed IL. Why 20 az me
The Detroit times., 1917-03-12

The birth list credits Alexander Or
hard with little daughter. Peach?
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-24
French ob;.otivs Attained.

PARIS, Aug. 23.--Thc French objec-
tlves north Of Verdun appear 10 have
tcen attained. II the offensive were
continued fresh artillery preparation
would be necessary.
The German counter attacks yestcr-
day against dominant positions such as
Lead Man Hill and Hill 344, proved to
he costly failures, leaving the French
masters of the points they held before
the beginning Of the great battle Oh
yertiun last year, with the exception OF
Hill 3U4. which as yet IS In the enemys
hands.
Those who believe in the, theory that
cannon fire brings Oh rain always refer
- the offensives Of the allies in support
of their contention. as they have fire.
ouently been hampered by downpours
cfler a day or two Of lighting. In the
present instance. however. their argu-
mcnt has failed. Although the firing
on the Ecrdun front has never been
couaIcd, there has been no rain since
Friday.
\ prujcctic fired by French battery
which WAS silencins enemy batteries.
struck depot of asphyXiating gas 1t
burst silencing three batteries
German prisoners express enrious ad-
mjrntiun Of the French artillery lire.
NO troops could have got through your
barragcs." said one.
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TAX PROPOSAL
Continued Prom First Pase.)

of the finance committee. In opposing
the La, Toilette proposal.
i charge no ran with wrong" he
continued, but | do charge that the
inspiration for that suggestion finds
Its genesis in hostility TO the war. with
the desire Of making this war as I'M
popular as possible.
If you want - make this bill unpop-
ular with the masses of the people and
take from them an unfair proportion
OF revenue. adopt the substitute-lt
places the burden Of the increase on
small incbmes."
OF the net increase Of A per cent
mons said the La Toilette substitute
would take IS per cent of the return
from incomes undcr $4,000.
Senator Simmons declaring that La
Follettes plan would take only forty
four per cent OF the income Of the
Rockcfellers and Goulds. charged that
the substitute was an ingenious
scheme" to tighten the burden Of the
rich and place it on the poor and de-
fled Ia Toilette to demonstrate that
1t was not.
Senator La Toilette Immediately made
an impassioned reply. protesting ques-
tioninG the loyalty OF men advocating
his plan. He declared $50 leading eco
nomists Of universities had filed a Pc
tition with the house ways and means
committee advocating Immediate taxa
ton to pay all war expenses.
And yet the chairman of the finance
committee" he said. places everybody
who does not accept the majority conf
mittec report so di$crrditsd yesterday.
under suspicion as to their loyalty. That
Is an Ingenious way some lawyers have
Of destroying the other side.
u might retallate. / might say that
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devotion to the government Is not de-
votion to big incomes and war profits.
Devotion to the cause OF TINS war
against Germany Is not shown In per-
hitting an unjust and harmful bill 10
&c to tho peoplc-rclicrinG great wealth
and imposing the tax burdens upon Inc
masses Of the people.
1T Is pretty late for the gentlemen
who agreed to the report of the fnanc"
committee TO come before the people of
tho country and pose ms defenders at
tho people having small and mndcrai"
incomes" cried Senator LaFnllette. He
said the taxes which the committee pro-
posed to levy on coffee. ten, sugar. pas
senser and freight rates. transporta-
ton, second-class mail and the parcel
pest totalled s4O6.350.00n. He added
that II his amendments were adopted
all those taxes could be eliminated.
Senator LaFollette said his amend
mrnt did not reflect his ideals Of an
income tax. but represents all l can
get out Of the United States senate"
Replying to the charge that by in
creasing the burden imposed OH mnd"r-
ate incomes would make the war UNI
popular. the senator said 100000 out of
1O4O00.000 persons would he affected.
and he asked whether his substitute or
the committees bill with Its consump-
ton taxes and the other lcvirS was
more likely 10 spread dissatisfaction.
To show differences between the two
provisions Senator haFollcttc said that
on an income Of 100000 his amendment
would impose n lax of 1G per cent. or
S4.S3n, while the committee hill would
impose n tax of SIS per cent. ar S2.H3n.
on nm income Of $50 nn6 his amendment
would levy tax Of ell per cent or
sle.n50. compared To 4ei.' par cent,
which the present British rate imposes
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British Experts Views

LONDON, Aug. 23.-"ln the past
three days the entente allies or 'he
western front have taken 2a.oRh PITS
onrrs and since July 81 they have taken
32. 5nn. prisoners" said Major General
Frederick Il. Maurice. chief director vi
tho war intelligence Office in his weekly
talk today with the Associated Press
81 am confident" nc added. that De-
fore the end OF August We will nave
tonned the figure of 4o.non. which the
Germans claim to have taken In
,month on tho Russian front. although
their total undoubtedly Is composed ny
Mt least half nf mere straGglers from
the mutnous and disorSanizcd Rus-
sian units.
General Mourice continued:
The temporary DISCRIMINATION ~
the Russian front has not been AS ser
ious In effect aa the entente allies mad
feared and ms the Germans mad hoPeo.
4 German break through In MoldnVia
and in south tiniicin would have had
serious results for IL would have IN
volvcd certain strategic rctirements on
other parts Of the line but the Germans
mnde no progress here and the Rus
slams are fighting we'll.
"Thc Germans now have begun otTen-
sives on the Riga front but the opera
tIon has only just started and thus far
has accomplished nothing.
Summing up the whole operation on
the Russian front since the Russian re-
tircment hogan. ii may he said that the
Germans achieved only local successes
and there arc no indications at present
Of big adverse developments
Discussing the situation on the Brit
ish front In France and Belgium. GEN
eral Maurice said:
We still are in the midst Of bat
tie. Battles nowadays last two or
three months instead Of n day or Two
in the old times. Trying to predict
the result from the achievements thus
far is like Judging the battle Of Wat
crloo from the situation that existed
mt 10 o'clock in the morning. When
we get to o'clock In Flanders We can