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MONDAY. NOVEMBER 26 , 13 17 .
ON WAR’S
SIDELINES
« AMI* * I'STEII .lIATTLK ( KEEK. Mich., Nov. 2«. —
SOME 12,000 hhw men entile to Damp <’u*t**r thla- week. Th«y hove
•ni iv*ral lino-x 12,000 postal cards and letters bark to the
folk- at hum*. Ninety per rent of the post cards raid something
"Dear Ma I arrived () K. This sure Is a big place.
Wok you w• re hire. I belong to company , Infantry. John
rhe It Hits all haul th« .sum*' thing, only more so The point la that you
know vlier** sonny ha-* been assigned. He’ll be lonesome for a few weeks,
and you'll be wanting him to gel a lot of letters from home. If you address
ill* in (orreetly, -iiruiy will g**t your mail quleklv. You muat always write
on the envelope the regiment to which sonny belongs. In addition to the
niimln t of th** regiment. Invariably note whether It Is Infantry, artillery,
marhln gun. ammunition train, or whatever th* service branch may be.
Kelli* mher that. It is a good plan to also note sonny's company VI battery.
I’lat Will -av#* the regimental mall clerka a lot of trouble and will ex
l•»* 1 11 « delivery Always put a return address on tire envelope, so that
'i <>nn\ d«s .n't g* t your letter, the missive will return at once and you
will know that .1 mistake ha.-* been made somewhere. Here is a good
address model:
From Mr*. Thomas O’flrlen,
224 Fifth st , Detroit, Mich.
Mr. l’atrick O’Hrlen
339th Infantry, f’o. O.
Camp Custer. Mich
It will he several weeks l)»*fore the postrtlllcr will have a directory
of the 12,000 new men who poured in this week. Outgoing mail frequently
numbers 20.000 pieces tti a day, ami incoming mail sometlmaa runs as
many as 35,000 pieces a day. Experienced clerks are on duty at the ramp
(Mistoince, but Incorrectly addressed mail cannot receive a great deal of
attention from them. Address your letters properly
Some Advice for Sonny. v
A HO FT the finest hit of advice you can send sonny right now Is to
grab off 110.000 worth of life insurance which the government Is
offering to him for l**ss than T'» tents a thousand per month
Sonny may not think that he can afford t<» pay for insurance
f*j 11 ~r $7 a month out of his comparatively small wages, but he doesn’t
now >*>t that when he gets to France, h«* will have no mote than $1" or
*lj :i month to spend The government Is going to keep the rest of his
money until h* gits hack, and then give it jo him in a lump with interest
Th;«t . .1! 1 v**r> fine, hut fIu.OOO worth of life insurance in war limes at
11 ... ti ; . normal pear* tim* rates is h better investment than that You
don't ilk** to think about whs* mm happen to sonny, hu! you ought to do
ii until hr has taken out fhD in-urance He owe* .tt to you folks at
l. ni
Th.-re’s another angle to this insurance proposition. A great many of
1 ill's** Ixivm are coming hack from France sum* what battered up. They
will w.i'i* to t.ike out the insurance that every man approaching middle
fc , thirds he ought to c, ( rrv Private companies are going to refuse »o
~ , »*pt a lot of th**** felh'ws .i~ n*-k-. or at** going 10 demand fancy
premium?* If t npn> lakes out his war insurance and < arri* sit while he
liver aftei th« whi he will have fiv. years in which »o transfer th*
w.u policy into the kind ordinarily carried 6y civilians and called "old
Im.* insurant'* The government will permit him to do this without the
!..* 1t v of a medical examination, and the rates will he lee« than those
a-ked by private companies I nle*> sonny grabs a chunk of this war
insurance, he may never be able to protect hi« family by investment In
(■mance after the war. He’s a bit careless and improvident now Jog
him up about 'hia Insurance thing That's the fin***' thing you can give
for him now
If sonny won't listen to reason, you folk* a* home can take out the
war Insurance for him. ll** will ha>*- three months in which to take over
tor him-elf the policy for which you .subscribe If h* falls to do It, the
government will refund the premium money you advance.
“Make ’Km Hungry.”
Tins af**rno<>n t h** new* oniers will ge» Hieir first holiday since their
rrl\*l In camp Sunday will be (heir’s to spend aa they wish.
Most of th>* rookies will dev ,t *■ th** holidays to getting acquainted
with the ramp and to looking up friends who have been her* longer
than th**v or who were sent to different units on theit arrival early In the
*.vp» k Friday was a clear cold day. and th* men had to hustle to keep
warm on the drill fields. Oflcers and nonroms wete careful not to let the
men stand around and catch cold Overcoats and hats have been Issued
to Those who came without proper apparel. The only fellows who suffered
were those who came without heavy shoes. Complete uniforms will not
he issn,.,! until the physical examination is completed. This Is proceeding
smoothly and n or* rapidly than In fleptejnbes in one respect, and not so
rapidly in another All nun concerning whom there is the slightest
suspicion of physical disability are being sent at once to tr e specialists
a* the base hospital, and* such men cannot expect uniforms until they
liav* satisfied the specialists a*-’ to their soundness
Th,-- November erop of rookies on ihe whole excels that September
barv**! hu» th**r* may he ,i great many rejections because th<* physical
tandat'd of the camp hub« < n talced practically, if not theoretically.
1 »fflc<*r* :<rd nonroms have h* **u ordered to k**p tl • new men busy and
I, iak*. tti.*m i.ingn That'-' the best preventive of h«)tu* slrkneas The
1,,,,, evidently like the do*** ~f work, for they are singing lustily aa they
in,ni h and \ » lling around th* ir barracks in a fashion that really is an
innovation for the camp.
Round Holes for Round IV^s.
T HE selection of (’usterites lor sp. * ial duty for which they are par
thulatly fitted continues Hardly a day goes by without a ship
metu of some men aontewN-re sot special duty \ I most before
railed for physical examination, *v* ry newcomer is haled into a
barracks filled with clerk** from th** personnel office. fher*' the rookies
fill* out * long qu* Stionair* When h* 1* thru, there exist* a «'ard Index
i**ord of much of his personal and femilv history, of hi* education, his
working, entertainment and athletic talents, his salary In *ivil life, his
military servo** preferences, and detailed comment on the things he docs
b* 1 Thru this card index, whoever needs a certain man most will find
nit all a hour him. apply for him. g**t his transfer and plant th** round
p, i* jn the round hole. For instanr* the field signal battalion Is com
pM'ing m huge wir< i**s- plant I asked the commander If he had plenty
if wir* le s opera’ot *. H»* replied that lie possessed all that he can use. IN
•ound hi* ni* n thru the personal otfire. In this fashion he also found the
no- t skilled trainer of homing pig* on* In the middle west, H nd now Cuater
m 25 pigeon** in training for mess enger duties in France Ordinarily the
i**r**onn**l office confines Its operations to a largo room at division h*ad
iu liter , but this week It has spread all over the canip>*nii<l has be* n
nabbing newcomers almost before they knew they were here There will
COMEDIES OF ( AMP CUSTER
"Jy jfciAfSn
I
'U«t**n' | ( lnifn!! Now lint* n. I.lnier you're likely to get nhut if you
o monkeyin' Ground him lause that’* h n**w fungled belt fho*e guy.* are
fourtn"- that ain't your aultra*** atrap that aomebody Rwipedf”
With
Harold
V.
Wilcox
W no delay this month In discovering the -evcral talents of the November
selects.
There is a lot of modern efficiency in this n* w army. Ibis personnel
office system wat* Insialled by the \tunoui' I’a* king corporation’s efficiency
expert I’rof. Walter D. Seotl, famed for hi** success In f urnegle atecl
Industries, was h**r«* this w**k us a war department Villi i*nr> **xperf. He
advised company toinnianders in matters pertaining to Hi** nomination
of enlisted men for The officers* training camp. He has devised a rating
scale that gives th** absolute dope on u soldier’s probable success after
promotion to a commission. According to the Scott rating scale, only
five qualities are considered. They are physical qualities. Intelligence,
Military leadership, character arid general value to the service All other
factors arc disregarded. Equal emphasis I* placed on the first four qual:
ti**s. and slight stress Is placed on tin* fifth. The officer vetio must name the
candidates for promotion selects for standards oth**r ofTU **rs of the rank
In question. Suppose a chance i« to b* given a noneom to win a com
mission as a lleytenant. The noneom** captain observes several lieuten
ants In respect to The five qualities named If the noneom compares
favorably to the successful lieutenants in th*-*s** qualities, he get>* a chance
to rts.* If th** com pari *<oll is not favorable for him. somebody else gets
the * hanc* . The system is so succ* -ful that it is us***t rv**n w th<
consideration of very high officers who ar** in lln** for promotion
The Molar Tinkers
CAM I* Custer has started its drive on had teeth. Eventually there
will tie three large buildings devoted exclusively to dental opera
Moils' Two will be centrally located in the camp and the third
will be at the has* hnspitai These buildings will be fitted up
with the most modern equipment on the market. Electric power will he
used thruout, and th**r* will be facilities for all kinds of dental work
Meanwhile field equipment must he used Thor* now are 40 dentists here
They are given the rank of lieutenant and for the time being are assigned
to the various regimental infirmaries, l.ater they will move ln*o the new
buildings
The 339th infantry Detroit’s own provides a dentistry yarn that is
a good sample for the entire division In the regimental infirmary are
two field outfits, each including a collapsible operating chair and a col
lapalble power plant, which is operated by th** foot in oldtin.e style. The
entire outfit can be packed in three ruM-ti, each about the si/*- of a small
suit case. These outfits are complete enough for all kinds of extraction
ami filling. Th** men of the regiment all l av** been examined, except the
arrivals of this week. The dentists hH>** divided the men into four classes.
One class needs immediate work on Its teeth.. The second class Is com
posed of men who should he fixed up v* r -omi. Th** other two classes
are not in immediate n**ed of dental attention. Most of (he work done to
date has been the pulling out of old roots. Filling of cavities will com**
later, except m exceptional cases When the dentists are thru, every man
In the division will have sound teeth All of which, it is said, will increase
Ihe phvsiral • ffiri*-ncy of th** division no less than 20 per cent
Asks Divorce Set Aside;
Says He Still Loves Wife.
Divorced by hi* wife July 9, last,
by the late Judge Van Zil*\ Wilhelm
Hasenfrsntz appealed to th** circuit
court, Saturday, to set aside »h* d*
cree *»n the ground that h* still
loves his wife.
The hearing of the petition fell
'o Judt.e Clyd* I Webster, who hap
P«-ns To be Judge Van Zile’s success
NORTHCLIFFE’S
BROTHER NAMED
TO AIR MINISTRY
LONDON. Nov. 24? Lord Kother*
mere today accepted th* appoint
ment as head *f the air ministry.
Eord Rothermere sm c****ds Lord 1
Cow dray, who resign* *1 when the
fact that his place had been off* red i
to Lord Northclir*- became known
thru th*- I*'ter in which Northcliff*.*
declined th* cabinet position
Isird Roih* rm*-re 1 1 broth* r <>i
Eord Nor'hellfT* - ' H« is a Eih*...l
Gets Cred ntials
v'our’v ("Jerk Milton Oskmin,
whose appointment a representa- l
five In Wayne countv of th** depart- j
inept of explosives of tp#* | T nttcd
States bureau of mines, has just re j
c* iv*»d his credent IMs from Wash ,
Ing'nn. End'-r the law im* person
handling any explosives or the in
gredients used in the manufacture |
of explosives must obtain a license 1
and muM r* port all sau-s •»» tfie hu *
i I '** ;' ■ t
‘Meeting place
of I\epresentative I ‘4 v vVv- I*V'lf = *r
A r ~ i;a L
Women fiom every .
state in the Union f)
-. I '^SlsF
FLORIDA
The Winter Hpme of Summer
Where • lately palm*, fragrant flower* and tropical breeze*
extend a welcome to all who would avoid the severe cold
and discomfort of the Northern clime. Now i* the time to go.
Royal Palm
Daily Service \
| Cincinnati-Jacksonville
t Th • AO- Year- Rontui, All-Steel Through Train
» leaves Cincinnati ...» ArlO a. m.
Arrive* Chattanooga . . , MO p. m.
Arrive* Atlanta 11:10 p m.
Arrives Jacksonville . . . 9-J0 a. m.
Drawls* Roots SWpin* Car*. Fran Reclining Chair Car*. Drr.tn* Car*
wrrin* all meat* an mats. inr!*dr>* breakfaat bafor*
am tin* at J act*-n nil*
I SOI'IHFRN I
I RMI.W-W I
Isnstcml
or on the bench After listening to
th* man’s story th*- court set the
< .-•* t*»r rehearing in three weeks
H&senfrapiz explained that after
th* bill ha*.’ he**n filed charging him
with uon support, he wus reconciled
to his wife and liv<d with her up
until Ih> day before the decree was
granted, ’lit* couple were married
In 1909.
I reau thru th** iocar represen ative
I No person can huv explosives out
side of small arms ammunition wlth
out a permit and no * xploslves of
any nature may be sold to alien en
emies of th** I nited States.
SCROFULA AND
HUMORS GIVE WAY
There are many things learned
from experietic* and observation
that the old* 1 generation should
impr* *s upon th** young* r. Among
them is the fact that scrofula and
other humors, which produce ec
*ema. boils. pUnplca and other erup
tions, are most successfully treated
with Hood's Sarsaparilla
This great lU' dirln* Is a peculiar
combination of remarkably effective
Mood purifying and health-giving j
root“. barks and herbs, which are!
paih**r***i especially f**r It.
Hood's Sarsaparilla lias stood the
test of forty years
(Jet 11 bolt:* today now- from
your nenros* ding store. Always
keep M*j- medicim on hand- Adv.
For far** Florida b*ikM and atarpts*
'* f raaanrrxvia call <o * •a’ I
A«ai >« or arMtr**
HARRY J NFW. V«-r~- *SW
* Pnrl Str««t. W~ l Mak
1 atepfaofM. Main Joli
DETROIT TIMES
Watch f„ r opportuntl and reM.e it*
ivlit-ri you • .in .
Tfiu* It t<* till «•*(• * n n, 14 tu l(iv
When Ivtsr Until*. t f(istei
Hear shuftling out of the Black shu t- *
own nt > ttie little moonlit ,tf*en sj*a- ••
in fr,*nt •>f the Id stump In i* t .
beneath t!ie i<-,> t m of which !’• ’• j
«a.-i hiding lie dldn t susp* ttll |
Buster nrum hrtiiKtng f.lrti an <>pj-**r*
tunity No, sli, h** didn't .*•,l*l 1 |
huv ttong of The kliol It didn t cn*«*i
Ilia fiinnv little ti**sd. He wna ’ll -
terea'cd. very much interest* 1 In t).*
disc,, vary that Yow.ler ttie Boh ('il j
was ufritid of Buster. Von know .( !
always Is rath>*r pleasing tt> *tis< v*-i j
that none one you are afraid of l»
sf*a *1 of some on*- els»-. esi'cctnlly f
that e-me one »-lse is on*- you at*-
not afraid of yourself.
p«-tsr Isn’t afraid of Pu-**-r B* ir
He afraid <*f him for *hr aoep'e *
reai n thn' he knows he an !.*‘*p
otjt of Buster's way nnd that Muster '
Isn't going To waste snv time Trying J
to rat*-*h tntn S<. when he #1" B'*s<*(
come shiiffilngout int*ithe ni'-onligh*
and knew That It m* f* nr r.f Bust- : |
that ha*t sent Yowlei up In the big
tree where h» now lav stretched out
on » great ttmb glaring down at Bus ]
ter h» was rath*-r tick ed ffe w.*n- I
d* red what V*»l*i w ■ - uld do If Bust *>r
should take it ,nt*> IPs head to ,-lirul-
That tree
Hut Buster didn't 00 anvthlng ■ f 1
the kind. The fact Is he didn't kn.-w 1
That Vowler vs anywhere about It*
was concerned wholly with his *,wn
affairs N* *W tt happened ttint there
were some oak trees growing nr* »nd
♦he edge of that little open 1 *
and on th* ground were many *w <et
acorns Buster has n fondness for
sweet acorns and he hesran t<- rmil
around among the fallen leavea In
rjites* of then. TANARUS: arts quite evident
that he meant to stay There a white
When Peter saw this he el so -«w
something 'lse his >pi **ri mitv Ir
ame to him like a flasl Yr*wler the
Boh 1 was afraid f Bu <ter and
h« would hardly be likely to oom<*
down fr < < Tit that tree while Buster
was close by. \\ hv not slip out and
run for h nic" Mere was his cl.an'-#.
If he .■oiiid c,-t a long enough start
LITTLE STORIES FOR BEDTIME
Peter Sse> a Chance and 'l akes II
lIVi i Ighl 11*17, l>y T \V. liurKe.a > j
A prominent credit man
recently said that he con
siders A Merchant who still
clings to Horse and Wagon
delivery a Bad Risk.
The profit and loss account of America is being written by machinery.
Methods that made men rich yesterday will make them poor today. The nose
hag has no place in a progressive community.
With corn at one dollar a bushel and gasoline at twenty odd cents a gal
lon the most extravagant truck is a money saver. But the
<o o w
fwr Imßw JRs H7A
is the thriftiest truck ever built. A penny counter, a general expense reducer.
1 he greatest single force for better business that the past year has witnessed.
At this moment when conservation of energy, time and dollars is so vital to
national welfare, when merchants are making so many unexpected outlays—
the Maxwell is fighting for economical administration, laboring day and night
at a minimum wage and furnishing competent and reliable transportation at
the lowest load cost at w hich goods have been carried in our time.
Maxwell maintenance and repair bills are the low r est of record.
It furnishes American Commerce, never so sadly in need of labor, a truck
which even a boy can operate and understand.
Just the right.size for the average firm. 2400 pounds. But muscled for
giant burdens. Worm drive —a feature hitherto associated w ith the highest
priced trucks.
Sold under the same guarantee as SSOOO trucks are. Electric lights and
generator. 10-foot loading space. 16 miles to the gallon. The lowest priced
one-ton truck in the world and sold on liberal terms. $985: and it will earn
its cost out of the savings it effects.
Pays its way from day to day.
Time Payments ff Preferred
Cunningham Auto Cos.
Warren and Woodward A\e.
Tel. Grand and Grand 1600
- a \
a.. *; V!
•f .
lie llliln'l Su«|»<*rl Tbut Hii.lc* W.»
llrlnirlMß Him nn OpporHinllj j
li. -had no fear that Yowl.r could !
catch him.
I’.ti-r < rrpt quit** t‘> th'• enttanc*
It Ini it. J. • i Uli al Yowl**) t V|>- .
»y ( h a *■!.' H<>n H' -tr Me
te r (oulil Him- ihi-rn glowing Ilk*- ttn\
i't lln f It r<’ P*:t«r < i «*nt mr •< f< v
*t. t•- ini iiruund behind t .i >ld
■tun.l*. Still Vnwler irlareil :ti Hunter
Heu I't t. i took a long bi filit tui'l
with hi. h*-nrt In ht* rmnuh. «** the
i>hyin k »•. away h<* went, It t >-rt •■i• -
I'.rtv-lip, 1 1 pf*<* rt v-1 t jijicM y•. [ p Up
per! a- f*»t h. h*»
fOtllfl.
There w**« a r mil*- <.f <l l ■■ li ave*
unde* Meter'* f«*tM I'uulrr Hoar >'>*r,t
|t and looked up I t a nnrnif Th<n
he grunted and u«»ntinn**d 1 ..knit f«r
aroma Vuwlei th.- Hub Cat
heard it ami l>n>‘** pint \«,hat It
meHtti. Hut liu-ti'T in av w ii* aluict
under him and all he .• ■••1 1 «id ana to
glare harder than rv»r
1.1 pper t y -1 1 p ;>« rt > lip a >d peter
l thru the* tire*, n Forest and didn’t at dp
I onr", w hi. h >« vet utt iHtt . . fir 1 ■ ** i
; Quite ritlt r.f '.reatl; I Itat' .-l the*
■■l t i I • Oi • • :
i .rn lay the Green Meadow* hatred In 1
Im< til.Khf, A little way out waa a|
I dark *t*ot. It wt* the ileur Old Hrtar .
j Hut. h, Never had It looked So
Ito |vt.*r Itahbll. Acros* th»* Ori en i
Mt ,u|ii«i - in m ainpared ami panting
j hi. ha aeldom had panted hefnge ha !
I .it.il Hi <n.ln th/* f/*!•-ndI ■ bramble.
| <n.l thi» \\ him./if flat *£♦•* Ih'-h I
1t,., ml n.' *«t. nb ha! •nad«* the* I
j muM <>f hi. oppurtunUy and h*‘ waa!
Next atiii-y. M Y.>wlar Studira Hl*'
TOTS OF EIGHT
MAKE KITS FOR
THE SAMMIES
Klnanor Wllla «nd Mill*. |
each • \narti old, an* m*-mt>*r* |
of the* nam» olas.a in the* fhinn |
acliool. Hiv*-r Roiiße, brought klta I
Into the head quart era of the* Obrlat j
uiaa fund committee of th** Rod
< ro** Satur<Ja> ttiorninß Mra
lames T Fha** who look* after the
ptlhljcjt v catupalcn for the Red
i rn-- committee, ntet ih<* two tota
tn<l < xamtned the kits they brought
■ Sh* i.- authority for the atatenKT
lihat they wirt' perfect in workman
, Kip and that they will surely make
, h i Sarnuite- liappy when they re
| c».i*i them, »specially when they
' read. »mbroldered on the kit, that
• the*», two pretty little elfish children
made them.
Th** kits contain everything that
1 the mother** and grandmother*! ot
I he little ones put in the kits to
’make the hoy** happy on Christmas
Also, ami it Is almost like paint
! in ? tin* illy to add to surh a gracious
girt little Beatrice turned in a
toy hank into which 10 pennies had
been deposited. Fasted over the
hank wan a bit of paper with this
insetiption:
t "To buy an ice cream soda for a
j soldier
‘lf the Bnchf* knew what our
tin> »ad« are doing," remarked a
,by stander, “they’d leave the
: trenches anti beat it."
Printing—»lti* plnln nfil kind—fh**t
rtffltf—Tlmrti Jol* Of®!.—Miilh 452 ft.
HJonet* —You know, old toy* f
dr. Htned last night that I paid my
tailor's bill.
Tailor Well you know dreama f«
by the contrary.
FJones- Yes, (hgt it- /why
dropped/ in »o sec If you will let it.
go till next week.
Twisting is overcome in a ww
f i .in . irictlon gear used with disk
drive in whi h the ne< easary pr«s
sure is supplied by a system of mag
ne's placed symmetrically about the
points of contact.
WHEN
You feel so “blue” that even
the sky looks yellow, you need
BEECHAM’S
PILLS
A sluggish liver and poorly acting
kidneys fail to destroy food poisons,
which a'fert the mind as weli as body.
I«rf*it Amy M.dicta, in tfc* W«»I4
Sold •ferywhert. In boi«i, 10*«e
• 1
will come to you if you wfl!
train thoroughly for efficient
service.
Opportunity for this of
training is vhorded in the day
and evening classes of
.
165-169 Cass Avenue Phen* Main
6534 for illuFt atod catalog. Laxgeat.
best equipped business school Itt
i Michigan.
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