The Detroit times. [volume], April 23, 1917, NOON, Image 8

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I * Why Not Call Pint For
\ Vohwteers and Conscript
Next, As the Alternative?
Pf Aft iwfmrd* conscription:
The Time# considers the draft a re
flection upon the patriotism of the coun
try and as firing comfort to the enerrvy
The opinion of our army experts that
by conscription alone can an army be
raised and proper account given by the
country hi the war, is s reproach upon
the good red blood in American veins
awd should be resented.
It ean be reaented best, of course, by
• sufficient number of volunteers to
pcove that these army experts are away
off.
What kind of an idea would it be for
the administration to call first for vol
untears, serving notice at the same time
that if a sufficient number of volunteers
have not come forward in 30 days, the
alternative will be conscription?
Would not this be more fair toward
tee man who really has not had the
time to study the matter and decide
whither he should take an active part
in it on the firing line?
Would this not be more fair toward
the man who may have decided that he
wants a part in it on the firing line but
who requires a few days to determine
whether he can get his affairs in shape
so that he can go?
The Times is not taking issue with
Ptesklent Wilson.
No one can deny that we are in a po>
■ltem now where we must have men.
The question of how these men should
be raised it. however, debatable.
The majority report of the committee
of the lower house in Washington
against conscription proves that it is.
EL ~
Bmm Will Condemn the
Lflffuriature; Some Praise;
Both Will Be Wrong
_■
Ab editorial on the expired legislature
«f ItIT is called for, we presume, as a
f Miter of custom.
Afi editorial on expired legislatures is,
fig custom, a part of the obsequies, foi
tewed as faithfully as if it were pre
f Mteed by ritual.
The legislature having adjourned, we
|P» Bow to witness tee presentation of
fpHWtes or the hurling of brickbats, ac
eording to the vehrpoint of the pen in
hfli
The legislature will be presented with
g bouquet for having passed so stringent
, A dry bin.
It will be landed upon with a brickbat
for having passed so stringent s dry
MIL
It win be handed a brickbat for not
hiring followed up the dry legislation
with the passage of a bill banishing cig
arettes along with booze.
Something pretty will be bought for it
with the coupons that come with cigar
ette advertising and presented on the edi
torialpege.
The legislatiM? will be condemned for
haring failed to pass a law authorizing
the Torrens system of land transfer.
It will be applauded for having failed
to interfere with an established practice,
thmby cutting off the petty graft of
grafters.
It will be applauded as an economical
legislature
It will be condemned for its extrava-
And there you are.
There is the M editorial opinion’* you
will read.
It ia a composite affair.
We save you the trouble of reading
ether newspapers.
We save you a lot of your time.
Wt permit you to still further “save
for country and self.”
However, this composite opinion of two
very positive and diametrically opposed
opinions, is just as wrong as the opinions
it expresses.
Because the legislature deserves
neither the bouquets it will receive nor
the brickbats by which it will tn> hit.
The legislature is merely an agent.
It is the agent of the PEOPLE.
It is a pair servant
Tor what it did that was meritorious,
the people are responsible and to the peo
ple belong the pats on the back.
Fbr what it failed to do that WOULD
HAVE BEEN meritorious, the PEOPLE
are responsible and for its shortcomings
the people should receive the brickbats.
AS an agent as a servant, as an inter
MONDAY, APOIL 33, 1017
pre ter the legislature was good, bad and
indifferent.
It could have been much worse.
Perhaps we should be very thankful
that it was no worse than it was.
There are many bad things it might
have done which it did not do and we
might feel very grateful for that.
It rests with the people whether their
legislatures are good or bad legislatures,
and generally its obituary can be pretty
closely arrived at as soon as the votes
are counted.
Legislatures are exactly the kind of
legislatures the voters choose on election
day.
In Detroit the whisky slate went thru
last November, just as it always did.
But the whisky slate wasn’t formidable
in Lansing, because the balance of power
resting in the representation of the state
outside of Detroit held it in check pretty
much.
The legislature lined up on whisky just
as sentiment was found to be on election
day—Detroit and Wayne county for it.
The state against it.
For the dry bill the people have no
legislator to thank.
They may thank themselves.
They turned th'e trick themselves.
They spoke with emphasis and a legis
lator has the same peculiar sense of a
creeping child when it is spoken to em
phatically.
Every time the people speak with em
phasis they will get what they want.
And the same theory may be extended
with profit to every branch of our gov
ernment
The Times desires in no way to take
from any individual any of the laurels
he may have won for distinctive service.
Some good men developed among the
representatives—men with a very clear
understanding of why they were sent to
Lansing and men who gave a very accu
rate interpretation of public sentiment.
The representatives of privilege were
there, also.
What we have said in regard to the
legislature applies in a collective sense.
The PEOPLE did fairly well in Lans
ing in 1917.
The PEOPLE could have done better.
The Popular Indoor
Sport, Hereabouts, of
Getting a Number
Central—Number, please.
Subscriber —Hemlock , please.
Wait.
Central—l am ringing THEM.
Wait
Central—l am ringing them.
Wait.
Central—l am ringing ’em.
Wait.
Central—l’m ringin* ’em.
Wait.
Central—Ringin’m.
Wait.
Central —Ringin’.
Wait.
Central—Ring’n’.
Wait.
Central—'lng.
Subscriber—Hello, Central.
Central—Hello.
Subscriber—What number are you
ringing, Central?
Central—r The number you asked for.
Subscriber—But what is the number?
Central—The number you asked for.
Subscriber—Yes, I know, but I have
forgotten what it was and thought that
maybe you could tell me.
Central—Consult your telephone di
rectory, please.
From Another Point ot Vieu>
By C. T. S.
—■ i ■ ■■ ■ ■ 1 1 ■ ■
The Daughters’* of the Revolution are
giving up all platinum jewelry during the
war. In our own immediate family, it has
been decided to go without pearl neck
laces.
• • •
Now we are told that sunflower stalks
are fine for producing heat and we can't
remember what we did with the pesky
things.
• • #
Whatever became of the fellow who
used to wear a light spring overcoat?
• • •
John Kare, Wilmington, weighs 401
pounds.
• • •
From here it looks as if in this instance,
also, great Kare should be exercised.
• * • *
We’re for war, every time
When as common’s the foe
That w'e fight with our might
With a shovel and hoe.
• • •
There seems to be an impression in
Washington that the war will last at least
until the soil.
• • •
Heavens, man, be careful! You’re
standing in a safety zone!
DETROIT TIMES
Our Boyhood Ambitions.
A T** COMf T ißctwccy* a [M '
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(ffjk Md-Mirror
W . \r£rfWm And Advice to Investors
J | If Thb Tlm«« Print* It, TH« Time* Bellsvse It
THIS department la maintained far the purpose of dragging the ad
vertising faker In on “th* carpet" and placing hia aaaertlona and
promises under the glass es truth, ft welcomss letters relating
experiences with advertiser* wherein the eagle on tho dollar fails to
fly home “with a dollar's worth of goods." It pays proper recognition to
honest advertisers. It does not spare dishonest advertiser* who may be
found in Th# Time*. It will print tho latter* which appear moat applicable
in preserving the integrity es advertising and protecting th* advertising
reader. Only signed letters, giving the writer's name and address, will b#
considered. Th* name will be printed or withheld as preferred. Address
Ad-Mlrror, Th# Time*, Detroit, Mich.
A <tDion or more person* who invested In the promotion 4tock of the
American Motor Truck company, paying only part down, have called v*i
the Ad Mirror for a report on the progress of the company before complet
ing ttaetr payment*
The Ad Mirror department’s Investigator therefore visited the com
pan vs factory at Copeland ave. and tha Michigan Central tracks, Saturday
The factory building waa purchased outright a few weeks ago and has
since been undergoing /epalr* and preparations for the manufacture of
trucks on a broad scale Machinery has been installed and a large amount
of material is already on the ground. A number of trucks have been com
pleted while a dozen more are under way. By the middle of May. the offl
cials assert 24 trucks will be under construction.
Orders on hand already Insure a production of more than a year’s
standing. The Ad Mirror ia Informed.
The officers of the company are proceeding with their preparation*
with a vigor and earnestness that should insure success for the stock
holders.
The men behind the proposition are all experienced and of the highest
character, as this department explained some time ago. Stockholders are
visiting the factory nearly every day and have expressed their approval of
the progress that is being made
The new factory is a one atory brick atructure with 40,000 square feet
of floor space.
The truck is made of standard materials including the Continental
motor
Two. three and a half and five ton trucks are being manufactured. All
will sell for more than $3,000 each
Shortage of materials, factory repairs and scarcity of labor have all
hindered the progress of operations until up to a few weeks ago.
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Let the People
Rule and—Write
The Stars in tha Left Corner.
To the Editor of The Timet
Will you kindly settle a query
about hanging our flag
Two friends and myself were
standing on Woodward ave.. oppo
site a store on the east side of the
avenue Avery large flag hung flat
on the front of the store, attracted
my attention
One lady, whose husband is a
marine man. said the flag was up
wrong The field of stars, was at
our left or toward north Woodward
One contended the stars should have
been at the right hand always
when hung Hat ofl building
Will vou kindly tell us
MRJd. JNO. C DHI’IfMONT),
Vo 382 ftcotten ave.
April 20. 1917
The flag should always be hung
as If on a staff, with the stars
nearest the tip of the staff The
flag on W'oodward-ave was proper
|y hung.
Auto Sarcasm
1 11
Joknm—Gracious ’ Your mud
£uard is all smashed' iHd you
bump into something’
Bunkum No We were standing
rerfecth -tlil and a Are hydran*
skid lei trt< us Judge.
It is a bad well into which you
must pour water and he Is a tire
some friend who Is always looking
to you for support.
Father Love
The love between fat hern, and
son* has never been given the con
spirtous place that la given to bora
and their mothers. Is that because
t la more elusive than mother love?
for it Is hardly lees profound or
beautiful. Seldom do hints of this
bea'ty oome to the surface In writ
ing Rut here Is a single sentence
from a letter written by Oliver Wen
le|l Holmes, on his eightieth birth
day. st <he home-coming of his boy
-‘’Mm Honor. Judge Holme* of the
Supreme Court of Massachusetts.
Just srnved from Europe
“I look up to him as my magis
trate, and he knows me as his fath
er. but .my arms are around UU
neck and his mustache t» sweeping
m> ch»*>k—d feel young again at
fourscore " —Collier's.
Out of the Mouths of Babes
1 i-u—ri i *
"You must keep your mouth
closed while In the water. Bdna."
said the nurse as she wss giving
th* little one her morning bath; 'if
you don't you'll swallow some of It.”
"Well, what If I do?” queried little
TJdna. ‘ There'splenty more in the
pipes, isn’t there?”
Henry, sged live, had a habit of
using In hit conversation every big
word he happened to hear, regard
less of Ita meaning One morning
ne and his elder brother were trying
to wash from the same basin, to
Henry's detriment, and he ran into
the kitchen, escJaimlng; ' Mamma,
Charlie's mwtropollain* the whole
laudatory.”
By Webster.
The Keep Weil
Column
VENTILATION I
Proper ventilation of a work
room or office mean.* drawing out
the hot. »tale.
email And
by only a few p«-o
pie tJhis can be
done easily by railing a window at
hop and bottom Where the room ia
serge and used by a large number
of people it ia Impossible to get In
enough frvah air tu this manner
In aucb cases it become* neces
sary to resort to artificial means of
forcing out the ntale air and draw
ing in the fresh. This la usually
done by means of fans and ducts
But even this will not supply
good ventilation for an over-crowd
ed workroom. When people are
crowded too closely together In a
I room It becomes impossible to sup
j ply them with enough fresh air
I without shooting a gale of wind
I thru the room
While overcrowding means had
ventilation, it does not follow that
plenty of space means good ventila
tion.
In addition to the space there
must be the right amount of fresh,
i cool air—air kept moving Even
i when fans are used the windows of
! the workroom should be opened
; This will permit a fresh breete to
blow thru the room.
There Is a blanket of hot air
around our bodies at all times. A
i breeze breaks up this blanket and
helps to make us more cool and
comfortable It doea not matter
whether the wind be from the out
side or from an electric fan
During the noon hour the win
dows and doom of every workroom
or shop should he thrown wide
open, so that as much fresh air as
possible can circulate thru the
room.
Health Questions Answered.
E P —"I often suffer from drowsi
ness. heavy eyelids and sometimes
dizziness What would this indi
cate?"
might be due to
eons tltpaTitm. digestive disturbance.
Bright's disease and the like
Pointed Paragraphs
Hope for the best and make the
best of what you get
Numberless people think they are
No 1.
Friends who are a disappointment
In trouble are something else.
One chance in a thousand Is not
even s spotting chance.
Many a man wants a medal for
doing his duty.
Too few women know how to use
dry goods after they get them
Take a microscope to look for the
average man's sense of duty and the
average woman's sense of humor
A woman can have a lot nore fun
planning a trip with her husband
than he will ever let her have In
taking It.
Nothing else Jolts a stnkll minded
man like being forced to admit that
he is wrong.
Being able to adjust one’s self to
one's position isn't all; staying ad
Justed takes some ability, ton
Patriotism
■ T H ADDINUTON BRITO
Author of "Th* KiddU of Person
ality." "Psychology aad
Parenthood.'* etc
1 would remind you:
Preparedness for national defense
and for the maintenance of national
Integrity means much more than
the development of a strong navy
and the recruiting and training of
an efficient army
It means financial preparedness,
industrial preparedness, agricultural
preparedness, medical preparedness.
It means organised effort to
strengthen tho nation in every re
spect.
Therefore It also means Individ
ual effort to make one’s self fit and
to keep one's self fit to share in the
patriotic work of serving the na
tion.
And this applies to every man
and woman In the nation It applies
to you.
Whatever your age. you can serve
your country In some way There ia
something you can find to do that
will be of genuine value lo the coun
try in this tune of stress and coo
fiiet
But that something you cannot do
to the best of your ability unless
you are In good physical and mental
trim Asa patriotic citizen it Is
your duty to take stock of your
health and of your habits of living
If v»u have any vicious habits,
which are neceAsartly weakening to
you mentally or physically, you owe
it to your country to make an
earnest effort to rid yourself of
these habits.
If you are fart-less in matters of
personal hygiene, you owe it to your
country to become careful
Do you overeat, day In and day
out?
Do vou Irnore the requirements
for regular exercise in the open air’
Are you indifferent as to keeping
your body clean’
In home and working place, are
you negligent as regards ventilation,
heating, and the like?
Do you. perhaps for the sake of
amusing yourself in vicious or un
healthy ways, sit up late night after
night, and thus deprive yourself of
needed sleep?
Do you waste your energy In fuss
tng over trifles?
Do you make the mistake of al
lowing worrying thoughts to take
possession of you’
Questions like these you should
seriously ask yourself today. They
touch on matters of importance, not
to you alone, but to your country
also.
Nay. It will not be amiss if. even
tho yon believe yourself to be In
the best of heslth, you allow dentist
and doctor to give you a thoro ex
amtnation
Tooth decay Is an unsuspected
source of many physical ailments
And your physician may find In you
weaknesses whieh. if neglected will
develop Into more ,or leas serious
disease In any event be will be
able to give you helpful ideas as
to diet, exercise, and personal hy
giene In general
”!t may well be claimed.” once
declared former President Taft,”
that the care of individual and fam
ily health is the first and most pa
trlotlc duty of a citizen ”
I>et the truth of this sink deep
into your mind And act accord
lngly » ,
Anniversaries
HOT—Henry Hudson sailed on his
first voyage of 4ls<-o\ try
17TS—Captain Paul Jones destroyed
the shlpptna at Whitehaven England
17*1 Amerlrans under Col. Lee
took Fort Watson. South Carolina,
from th« British
17S*—Washington arrived at N>w
Tork to take the oath as president,
creasing the river tn a triumphs!
hsrge rowed by 11 pilots dressed In
white.
ISAS—Cornerstone laid for th«* old
state rapltol at Albany, PC Y.
Iftt---Jamss Anthony Froude, Eng
lish historian, horn Died Oct. ;o
lf*4.
1*43 Pled, a prisoner in the hand*
of Akhar Khun General
commander of the Hrttlsh forces In
Afghanistan*
l*4t— Prussians defeated the Danes
near Schleswig
IMf —President McKinley issued A
call for 12.1 AOO volunteers for the war
with Spain
OYB If 4R 400 Ton 4 Y 141 THR
4% 4 ft
Germans captured trench near Hau
roort. Verdun region
Italians defeated Austrians tn
flerce engagement on C*r*n front.
Russians and Turks both reported
successes «>n Caucasus front
Turks destroyed British ramp near
Suez canal, tak'ng 1M prisoners*
TOP 4VS RI H Til IMP.
Frederick C PenAeld. American am -
hassador to Austria-Hungary until
the severance of diplomatic relations,
born In Connectlcat. <2 years ago to
day.
Major John M<-A Palmer, member
of the general staff of the I’ntfed
•tatmt army, Worn m TTTTnols. 47 years
ago today.
Chauncey V. Pepew. former f'nlted
States senator from New York horn
at Peeksktll. N T. ff years ago to
day.
Fdwln Markham author of "The
Man With the Itoe.'* horn at Oregon
City. Ore years ago today
Pr. Arthur T Hadley, president <*f
Yale university, horn at New Haven
Conn. ft years ago t oday.
Pr Elmer R Bryan, president of
Colgate university and official head
of the Chautauqua snmmsr schools,
b#» at Van Wert, O, ?»2 years ago
today.'
Mastery.
Idttle hunch of fur leaps up.
Qutv’rlng. startling at my step
Tiny bit o' rabbit from
The road-aids flashes, darta away.
And stops, and waits with fsar-ttt
eyes
And wildly heating heart, afraid. • • •
What profit, then, this mastery
Os mans that bridles winds snd seas.
And hurling down and hurling up
Creates the world anew If. in
The end. this hrother-thtng of mine
Sees me with fear-lit eyas, afraid*
Lester K. Wsterbury, I
Inlander U. of M.
BY earlier ta Detroit • eoata • wool: sto<
where. 10 eelU ft week By m*U. It •
year Call Mala 4120 Entered at the Post
office la Datrolt as second class mail mattar.
The Issue
BY DR. FRANK CRANa
fCopyright, mo, by Frank Crane)
The President of the United State* in
hig message to conjures*, with hi* usual
clear thinking and happy wording, ha*
defined the issue.
We know precisely what we are fight
ing for. This free people is not going
blindly into war aa the result of some
squabble of statecraft they do not under
stand. They are no pawns of devious,
secret diplomacy. They are not to sac
rifice themselves for the ambitions of
kings nor for the greed of capital.
Neither are they actuated by any nar
row and unworthy race hate.
The President has made it plain that
this is a conflict between autocracy and
democracy. Whatever the war want in
the beginning it has worked itself out
into a clear combat between the cruel,
inhuman forces of autocracy, recognising
no morals except its own success, and
the forces of popular government. The
German government, allied with the
Turks and Austrians, has got itself into
the position of the enemy of the human
race We can no more make peace with
it, as at present constituted, than we
can make peace with a burglar., It must
abandon its untenable positions and its
inhuman practices or it muat be de
stroyed.
“We are now,” said President Wilson,
“about to accept the gage of battle with
this natural foe to liberty, and shall, if
necessary, spend the whole force of the
nation to check and nullify its preten
sions and it* power. We are glad, now
that we see the facts with no veil of false
pretense about them, to fight thus for
the ultimate peace of the world and tot
the liberation of its peoples, the German
peoples included.”
America comes into the world conflict
with clean hands. We want no terri
tory. no military glory. We want what
we have always wanted and what we
fought for, in 1776, in 1861, in 1898—
“the privilege of men everywhere to
choose their way of life and obedience."
A general sigh of relief goes up from
all our people that at last our country
has taken its place in the ranks with
the great democracies of Russia, France
and England, in the effort to subdue that
military autocracy that threatens the
ruin of civilisation.
There can be no doubt of the end.
We are making history fast. Within the
lifetime of oar children we may hope to
see the last autocracy banished from the
earth, and the way made clear for
“peace on earth, goodwill toward men.”
Laugh With Us
H* wan a Junior, but keen to get on Rla only
companion in the flrat smoker was a well
known lawyer who had mad# a large fortune in
hi* profeaaton.
*1 wish you would tell me
your secret of success," the
voting man said. j * !
•I will, If you par my ax 1 '
penses during the few day* i ]EL.|
that I am going to be tn New kv
"I will," replied the yotrag
man. t- —.
"It la tn thla advice: Deny
everything, and tnalat upon proof” *
At New York the lawyer enjoyed all the Inn
urles that a good hotel could fumtah. ragardleaa
of expense, and when the time for his departure
arrived he passed the bill, of enormous propor
tions. to the young man. who was standing near.
The latter merely glanced at It and returned It
"Aren't you going to pay?” aald the other.
"Pay what?”
"The bill. Didn’t you promise to pay *jv eg.
pen sea while I was In New Tork?"
"My dear sir,’’ was the retort. ”1 deny every
thing. and Insist upon proof ”
The lawver paid the bill and lat«htng)y said:
"You need no further advice from me''
At a certain railway station in the north of
Ireland a farmer waa waiting for the train with
a donkey he had purchased On
e '■ the arrival of the train at the
Ta station tha farmer aaked the
fVv L» V-1 C guard where he would put tha
c donkey.
The guard, who was in a
hurry, replied. "Pnt it behind."
meaning to put It Into a horse
, . .J v »n Pat tied the donkey to a
buffer and then got into the
carriage himself
As the train was flvtng along at express speed
Pat, turning to a companion, said. "By gosh, boy,
Neddy's footing It now*"
Mrs Miles hung over the garden wall and
watched Mrs Wiles administer a good strapping
to her son and heir. *
"What’s up?" asked Mrs.
Mil*** El * Tji* 1 * * u
"He’s Keen and swallowed ala?. rWI
shillin'!” said Mrs Wllea "The J
young varmint!” - r ..»
And ahe returned to the at- A.
" 'Br* srd on the
kid’ said Mrs. Miles "Accl
dents will ’appen!” 1 ~
‘‘Accidents?*’ growled Mrs. Miles. ”1 cmn fer
glve a haccldent, hut he swallered a threepenny
bit three yenrs ago. and It aeema to me he’a
given’ way to a naraty growtn' ’abtt!”
"How much older did you maka this year’”
Inquired Farmer A. of Farmer
'— _ ~ JB . who had offered him a earn
“ Fifteen bnr'la.” was tha
ln> V answer
JrxJKBL Farmer A. took another sip
“I reckon. Rl.” he drawled,
Li «T fI I you'd had another apple
v* A j might ha’ made another
L barX"