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The Detroit times., 1917-04-16

- ~ bsssrs tAs unissd
1850 w1,ssa's appeal
g - 0Dooentioa Of every
~ vonnn q the nation In
II GDDoosefuI war. bringing
~ 49, - svsry farm. fac
ncnoonpld. events Of the
- IN win move America
nDrvngd 20 participation In
nnrDs with Germany.
- WI put the war on a
h1nng the week.
- onos tins the Allied high
1osisa win probably be here.
4 "a q Arthur J. B~lfour;
- pysmisr viviani OF France
- netsbles viii offer sugEes-
Z naks known the peace terms
Alli6s and clinch the cooper
I g thia government.
y senate n expected 10 place
nDwsveripg approval upon the
= 90. 900 war bond issue bin
narrow OF Wednesday. Sen
lnyollette. however, may vote
- II.
y measure passed the house
0aturday without a dissenting
- - bond Issue DOT OF the
- hoxnes viii consider taxa
nruHspms. Suggestions for rails
t;rrriy $500. 600 .ooo-about half
- years war expenses--oy
" ,sxss are formally before con
= today from Secretary Of the
noury NlcAdoo.
- adjective CONSUMPTION bill is
Ruosse the senate military com
- While other war time bills
orrtonage, wooden ship build
n1>ns. and finance measures are
~ sariy action. The federal
- hoard is TO organize a $50
" evaporation today TO build
. o1ovute the nrst one thousand
- 49, which win carry food
- Allies.
- selective draft measure now
- HksIy 10 pass. tho President
- nay have to exert further
|rnro upon the hating.
vorxhsaowfng the congress
-. lnsersr ~ the public mag
- = concerned II the visit of
49, nigh commissioning.
- ~ Frances noted ofhcials.
~ Ne perils OF the deep and
|1Dly the fate of kitchener-that
nay council with their newest
America
80 fron numerous momcntous
DGrofive questions. the issue OF
y tsrms IL vital for them. The
= know each others terms and
know the broad principles OF
|11eot Wilson's farms. But
= vtsws doubtless win be CO.
nn1od tn Z general agreement az
~ America and her allies shall
- Prussfanism as obliterated
- Discussion Of such terms
no< mean q peace move In
|, oncials say the nation 10 In
Uor 10 the last dregs. and dis
rGps any talk that peace is on
1890. The nation 10 building
y structure 20 hast Of least three
y they smpAasise siwsys.
nnows Of no honest peace
) ana expects none rust now. II
DciaI]y stated.
The Detroit times., 1917-04-16

fore release a mass Of meu for de
tense against the smashing brttisn
and French attacks.
PARIS. April i6.-Violent artii-
lery ashtins along almost the whole
or the French front. with vigorous
Fresh offensive raids AZ half don
en- places penetrating the German
lines In Alssce. we're reported In
today's oficial statement.
The artillery combat was particu'
larry intense on the front from sois--
sons 10 Rheims.
BERLEN Cvla London. April Is,
OF more British attacks
were announced in today's OfhciAl
statement.
The British were repulsed along
the northern bank OF the Scsrpe
and northeast OF Croissille. the
war once declared. There were
also driven back at LAgnieourt and
Boursies."
The Detroit times., 1917-04-16

Frances Weitzman 70 years old
who lives A. No 2s5 Hlch-st east
and il a pupil in the Bishop school
= DESTROYS 81 doing anything sr'
can for Detroit and Dear Uncle
sam"
In a letter 10 Mayor Marx Mon
day. she SAYS II have taken a
great interest IN anything 10 help
my city. write this 70 see n
there IL anything ! can do 70 help
Detroit and Dear Uncle Sam somN
Of my girl friends also would like
20 help
The Detroit times., 1917-04-16
MITCHELL CLUB
SHOWS CLASS IN
WHIST CONTEST

The custody ~ the American
Whist league trophy passed from
the Detroit 10 the Mitchell Whist
club "a the result OF a match Satur
day evening. between the two iocs'
organizations The Mitchell team
composed OF r o Bates. T 4
palkwin. James r Koran and T s
Pratt. won by one trick IN AZ deal,
The Detroit Whist club was repre-
sented by g A. Commons w y
Fdson X. r. Richards and W -
Battelle.
The Detroit times., 1917-04-16

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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-04

Section Through the Human Eyeball, With the
Names of All It's Coats and Chambers Shown.
tThe light rays which enter the pupil Of
your eye must pass through the convex lens,
which focuses them to form an image on
your rctina. If your eyeball is too long from
back to front, the image falls short OF the
retina. That explains what happens when
you are short-sighted. Concave eyeglasses
arc necessary to carry what you see back
to the retina.
obviously anything that makes these
transparent parts opaque causes blindness.
Cataract is an opacity of the lens. TIL re.
tina and its supporting choroid coat must
also be intact in order to have good vision.
"The eye is a remarkably tough body and
withstands some astonishing shocks, but GER
tain defects will render one person liable to
suffer blindness from blows that will do no
harm to another. Colonel Roosevelt was un-
lucky enough to have an abnormal eye.
"When the punch landed on Colonel
Roosevelt's left eye, we may assume that the
shock was Immediately transmitted through
the fluid contents of the organ to the back
of the eye. This shock apparently pro-
duced a rupture of the choroid coat, prob
ably cracking it right across and tearing it
loose, together with the retina, from the
heavy underlying ~sclerotic coat, which is the
OuICiHloSC VI llC lnTcC COdCS VI II CyC.
"The pain may not have been severe. The
injury may have seemed less serious than q
comparatively harmless black eye. Perhaps
there was not even a black eye. What hap
pened was that the shock was carried
through the soft parts Of the eye to the weak
spot where it could do the most harm. The
accident calls attention to q danger that lies
in every blow OH the eye.
"The breaking of a blood vessel or blood
vessels, of which the Colonel speaks, would
be a necessary accompaniment of the rup-
ture of the choroid. That must be regarded
as an incident Of the trouble rather than a
cause.
"An extensive rupture Of the ehoroid like
that described, almost always causes COM
plete blindness. A small rupture may heal
under treatment.
Gin such a case, as in so many other eye
diseases, there is always danger of the SYM
pathetic affection Of the uninjured eye. The
. 1o17. by the Star Company. Great Britain Rights
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-04
People Are Very
Liable to just
Such Accidents

reporters statement that the Colonel's bad
eye had q whitish appearance, but few peo-
pie have noticed this popularity, and what
was noticed was perhaps merely the dull,
~lifcless look Of an eye that is not working
If the trouble were traumatic cataract, it
could be cured by an operation, unless there
were such additional injuries as to make this
useless.
The blow in the eye may have caused de.
tachment Of the retina from the underlying
choroid coat. This, however, is more often
the result Of a disease slowly developing
within the sufferer than of a sudden blow.
Colonel Roosevelt has been noted all his
life for his devotion to manly sports, and
it was natural that boxing should take a
prominent place among them. It was chiefly
through this sport that from being a sickly
youth at Harvard, he built himself up into
one of the most vigorous men in the country.
Throughout his trying experiences as
Police Commissioner of New York, Assistant
Secretary Of the Navy, Vice-President and
President of the United States, he boxed
regularly. That was his ~favorite pastime
during his years of sedentary work, when he
was not fighting or hunting or exploring.
He also rode and played tennis, but box
ing was more in keeping with the character
of the man.
During these years, Mike Donovan. the
noted veteran teacher of boxing, was Theo-
dore Roosevelt's favorite instructor. Mr..
Donovan went down to Washington regu-
larly and gave the President all hours warm
exercise daily. The professor has given these
Interesting "reminiscences of those bouts:
"'Don't mind hitting me, said the Presi-
dent, right at the s~tart-off. Il want you to
hit me as often as you can, and don't mind
how hard, either
eve started off in good fashion, and every
time we hit each other he laughed good
naturally. 1t was not any tapping, I tell
you. He was q veteran boxer, and could hold
his own with the best men in the clubs"
Professor Donovan believes it was during a
period when he was unavoidably prevented
from going to Washington that the Presi-
dent received his injury. The Professors
aim is so perfect that he can hit a gentleman
just under the eye without hurting his
eyeball.
Since Colonel Roosevelt gave up boxing
he has had bouts with lions in Africa, fallen
desperately i'll of fever in his exploration Of
unknown parts Of South America, and faced
death and danger in many forms. He is
now DESTROYS Of leading an army of Ameri-
can volunteers against the enemy. He has
proved that he is ready to give his life in
the pursuit of his ideals. Everyone will adj
nit that he is wise to relinquish boxing
rather than risk the loss of his remaining eye.
without which he could no more lead the
strenuous life.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-04

Professor mike" Donovan, for Many Years
the Man Who Robbed Him of Half His Eyesight.
optic nerve connecting the visual centre in
the brain with the left eye starts in the right
hemisphere of the brain, while the nerve Of
the right eye starts in the left hemisphere.
The two nerves cross one another just behind
the eyes, forming what is called the Chi
asma. Therefore everything that happens
other"
This oculist described other conditions
that might have been caused in Colonel
Roosevelt's eye by the blow. Such a blow
often starts what is called "traumatic cata-
ract." This condition would agree with q
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-04

a Diagrams Illustrating the Difference Between
Eye. A. Normal Eye, Showing How the
Focused on the Retina, x. B. Near-sighted
Eye, Showing How the Rays Are Focused
Short IT Of the Retina; The Elqnngated Eye-ball
ness of the Retina and Consequent Liability
to Rupture, as in Colonel Roosevelts Case.
and learned from him what must nave oc-
Cured in the Colonel's ease.
ga severe blow on the cye,' said this
physician, els likely to produce blindness in
three ways (1) by causing the rupture Of the
choroid coat of the eye supporting the re-
tina. (2l BY producing traumatic cataract.
(3) BY rupture of blood vessels, causing the
transparent chambers within the eye to be-
come Opaque.
Rupture of the choroid, together with the
r%etina, seems most likely to have occurred in
this case. Colonel Roosevelt was especially
liable to fall q victim to such an accident.
In q short-sightcd person the choroid and
retina are unusually tight and liable to rup-
ture, and this condition increases with adj
vancing years. The short-sightcd eye is
longer from back to front than the normal
and therefore more prominent and more
likely to receive a blow, while IFS visual
weakness would make its owner less expert
in lodging. OF course, the Colonel was not
wearing glasses at the time.
"Blood from broken vessels would flow in
to space behind the loosened retina and
choroid, and sight would be impossible.
"Thc choroid is the second coat of the eye
and forms what I may compare TO the dark
chamber OF a camera Into it images Of what
you see are thrown through the transparent
mechanism of the eye-thc cbrnca, the
aqueous humor, the lens and the ~vitreous
humor. These images are developed at the
back of the eye on the delicate r%etina, which
is really an extension Of the optic nerve
spread out over the surface Of the choroid.
Copyrit
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-04

"a ihdt 1lhdSSS- OI SOJCC dlQ w
1t Is Detached, an Eye Is as Useless as a Can
Without Its Sensitive Plate.
STFHE American public has just been
startled by the discovery that it's most
strenuous citizen, Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt, had long lost the sight of his left
eye.
It was back in 1905 when Colonel Roose-
welt was President that he lost his eye. He
had been in the habit Of boxing for. exercise
for many years. Then an accident hap
pened, which is thus described in the
Colonel's own words:
The last boxing l did was in Washing
ton. | boxed with my aids most Of the time,
but one day a young captain Of artillery
came along and broke some blood vessels in
my left eye. [ have never been able to see
out Of it since, although don't believe many
people knew it."
The stalwart officer, who delivered such
q terrific right-hand punch in the left eye
of the President that he deprived his com.
mander-in-chief Of his sight, was terribly
mortified to find what he had done. TO this
day only Colonel Roosevelt, former Secre-
tary Loeb and the officer himself Know who
gave the punch.
The President was promptly attended by
DR.. Eugene j. Grow, of the United States
Nayy,bu the injury was beyond repair.
In spite or the loss OF his left eye the
Colonel has since then hunted lions in the
African jungle, reviewed the German army,
explored the uncharted iungles of the
Amazon River and done innumerable things
which prove remarkable a~lertness with the
right eye.
How a blow on the eye such as Colonel
Roosevelt received could cause blindness, and
what other results may be expected to fol-
low it are naturally matters which interest
most Americans. This newspaper has con-
suited a distinguished oculist and physician
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-04

This Punch That Destroyed the Sight Of Colonel
Reosevelt's Left Eye. 1t Was Delivered in the White
House Gymnasium by a Young Artillery Officer
of the Blow Might Have Proved Harmless to a Normal
Eye; bat Colonel Roosevelt's Eyes, Being Myopi,c
Could N2t, Withstand the Force-the Retina Was
Detacl,et >and. the Choroid, Its Supporting Membrane.
Rupturtd. The Retina Is the Expansion of the Optic
Nerve That Receives Images Of Objects and When
1t Is Detached, an Eye Is as Useless as a Camera
Without It's Sensitive Plate.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-07-28
THE FAMILY VACATION.

To great many people of moderate means, the cost
of good restfu vacation is getting to be quite problem
Comfortable hotel life costs lot than it used to-
as prices of food and service high. bungalow
in any of the prominent resorts is still expensive
Many people with youth and strength camp out very
comfortably and have lovely time of it. Our fathers
used to sleep pine boughs in hammocks and enjoyed
lit glorousy The campers today want board floors and
spring BEDS and perhaps portable houses But
of these arrangements comparatively inexpensive
family in most ways is just comfortable in camp
outing the ordinary hotel The children do not have
Ito be prnked and pranked for every meal where they
must encounter the criticism of the dining Quart
ers cramped but the young people not banging
at piano until The exception, OF course, is
the house work question. The all too apt to
slip off fishing and leave their wives all day to struggle
with pots and pans
For party of young people, the housekeeping is fun
and the boys wipe the dishes for the girls with aacr
After they get married it's another story When the
family gets larger and people lose little youth and
elasticity, they begin to want restful vacations.
Probably the best solution is for group of people
of similar tastes to get together and hire cook to pro-
vide meals for little colony of people, If the crowd is
satisfied with simple menu, and if the people do not
ask too much service the thing be done at prices
away below those of the hotel table 1t is jolly outdoor
life, and people make friends that way than in
formal hotel
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-07-28
GERMANY SHOULD TAKE NOTICE.

cameo condensation of the conditions confronting
the people Of the central powers is first of ALL that they
have combined population of 140O00,000, combined
wealth of S134 OOOO0OO00 combined annual income Of
1.-THE population of $7OOOO000OO and second that the
combined population of the entente allies is 426000000
the combined wealth $464 OOOOOOOOO and the combined
annual income Of the people sxysx and hreequarters
billions
If the chancelores Of the central powers do not take
notice of the difference between these controlling factors
in the central powers and in the entente allies, that in
the end whenever the end may be, the people of the
central powers should take notice of the difference in
these potential facts, and take that notice now.
The chance of the central powers to win the
lost at the end of the first three months of the After
40 years of preparation Germany did not win in the first
days of the Germany and her allies in these first
days utilized the best they hadcompete preparation in
every Details maserul organization and Inspiration
born of the hope of quick and decisive victory The
allies then unprepared unorganzed and completely
stunned by the first blows of the Now they pre-
pared have organization have added materially to their
numbers and fired with the hope of certain victory
in the end.-Congressman Campbell of Kansas
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-07-28
Are You One of Them?

There are q great many people who
would be very much benefited by tax
ing Chamberlain Tablets for weak
or disordered stomach. Are you one
Of them? Mrs. M. R. Scarf. Bald
winville. N. Y. relates her expert
ence in the use Of these tablets: II
had a bad spell with my stomach
about six months ago. and was trou-
bled for two or three weeks with gas
and severe pains in the pit Of my
stomach. Our druggist advised me
to take Chamberlain's Tablets. I
took a bottle homo and the first
dose relieved me wonderfully. and I
kept on taking them until was
cured" These tablets do not relieve
pain. but after the pain has been
relieved may prevent its recurrence.
adv.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-07-28

en- prisoner.
The British submarine C-34 was
built in 1909, one of eight craft of
identical design. She was q boat Of
313 tons and "a maximum draft OF
twelve feet, with a speed Of fourteen
knots above water and ten knots sub
merged. She was equipped with two
torpedo tubes. Her normal compile
ment was sixteen men.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-07-28
"a BRITISH SHIPS
WEEKS U-B0AT TOLL

London. July 20. - Twenty-one
British vessels Of more than 1900
tons each and three OF less than 1900
tons each were sunk last week by
mines and submarines. according to
the weekly admiralty report on ship
ping losses.
One fishing vessel was also sunk.
The announcement Of the British
admiralty shows an increase Of seven
vessels of more than 1900 tons sent
to bottom as compared with the re-
port OF the previous week, when four
teen were sunk. In the smaller cate
CORY the loss is one less than that
of the previous week-three, while
there was a falling off Of seven in
the number of fishing vessels sunk.
U-Boats Have Two
Lucky Days.
The report OF the weeks singings
of British merchantmen would have
shown the low record except for a
couple of days when the Germans
had unusual luck. Even with these
exceptional days, the total is consid-
cred to have been about normal.
The U-boats for the previous fort
night had been kept down to mini
mum. but for the current week an
upward tendency In the curve would
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-07-28

ty service, is doubtless the vessel re-
ferred to in the official announce
ment. She was steamer of 1907
tons. built in Glasgow in 1909. She
was owned by the Orient Steam Navi-
cation company of Glasgow.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-07-28
organizations were killed outright.

organizations were killed outright.
"The Serbs were enabled to do these things
partly because of the experience gained in five
years of almost continuous fighting. Another
factor was the spirit of the men. They no longer
hoped for anything for themselves. They expected
to die Those who still remain expect to be killed in
action But they intend that the bill of Serbia shall
be paid"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-07-28
Six U-BOats Sunk by
U. s. Warships.

". .. "drsnlpS.
Halifax. N. s.. July 25.-British
sailors arriving here today, who
claim to have been among crews Of
vessels in the vicinity of the trans
ports which conveyed the first
American troops to France, say they
were credibly informed that German
submarines made a concentrated at
tack and were beaten off with loss
of six U-boats. only one submarine
escaping.
The sailors said they were within
three miles of the transports and
witnessed the heavy and continuous
fire. The men were on three former
Dutch vessels, which had been taken
over by the British government and
were on their way to Europe.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-07-28

Submarine Sinks
Submarine.
Berlin. July 25.-The British sub
marine C-34 has been sunk by sub
marine. The sole survivor was TAX
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-07-28

not have been unexpected in view
of the vigorous offensive efforts
which the Germans are now putting
forward on all fronts and which no
doubt are reflected in the orders to
the submarine commanders to sup
port the land offensive by strenuous
efforts on "the submarine front"
On the whole, the navy may be
said to be fairly well satisfied with
the progress being made against the
underwater enemy and the feeling is
that time Is all on the side OF the
allies. as every week sees anti-sub-
marine methods developing and the
coordination Of the various parts
of the anti-submarine campaign i'm
proving. In the meantime, the ship
building program is being pressed
forward, while in another month
weather and daylight conditions will
begin to tell against the submarines.
steamer Otway Lost.
The British merchant cruiser OF
way was torpedoed and sunk in
northern waters July 90. Ten men
were killed. The remainder on board
were saved. This announcement was
made officially today.
The British merchant steamer OF
way, indicated as In British admiral
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-09-20
FOR LAwyEEs CANYON ROAD.
Green Creek Highway District and
Lewis County Call For Bids.

The board of county commissioners
Of Lewis county has joined with the
highway commissioners Of the Green
Greek highway district, Of Idaho coun-
ty, In plan for constructing a modern
highway grade across Lawyers canyon
at a point directly south of Nezperce.
Bids for the grading will be opened by
the two boards of commissioners on
October 8.
The route selected was formerly a
county road but the grade leading
out OF the canyon ON the Green Greek
side has been badly washed and has
been little more than q trail for the
past six years. All travel between
Nezprece and Camas Prairie points
has been compelled to use the cen
trail crossing. several miles west of
the route where the new grade will
he constructed and the distance be-
tween Nezperce and Grangeville has
been heightened by about ten miles.
The calls for bids for the construc-
tion work show there are about $500
feet of the grade work In Lewis
county and about $500 feet In the
Green Creek highway district. The
plans and specifications have been
prepared 10 conform 10 the specifica-
tons for state highways and at no
point will the grade exceed five per
cent and 10-foot roadway viii be
provided. The construction work win
extend from the creek to the high
lands on each side OF the canyon.
1t is expected the construction work
will be inaugurated early in October
and the grade work completed before
the severe weather OF winter 1t is
estimated the entire construction win
amount to about $4,000.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-09-20
HIDES WANTED.

The highest price win be paid for
green or dry hides at the City Mar
ket. 18-tf