Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-05
Heney's Pittsburs Speech Believed to
Indicate Legal War on Hartman
Has Not Ended Census of 1910
Promises to Produce Some. Inter-
sst;ns Data Pertaining to Health.
Especial Correspondence.

boss and the archcorrupter of Califor-
mia and San Francisco.
Heney had been in Washington Just
before he went to Pittsburg, and had
had conference with he president.
The presidents enmity toward Harri
man is very well known The presi-
dent and Heney talked over the graft
war in California, in which the presi-
dent has been deeply interested from
Its beginnings. He has held up the
hands Of Spreckels, Hene.y and all the
others who have been making the war
for better government.
Under all the circumstances, it is
believed by many Pacific coast people
in Washington that Heney did not
make the sensational Pittsburg
charges against Hartman until he had
discussed the propriety OF so doing
with the president, and received as
surance of the presidential approval.
It is strongly suspected that all this
means that a new attack on Harri-
man is to be engineered by the admin
tstration. from an entirely new quarter.
Just how the federal authorities could
be brought into a struggle such as that
An San Francisco Is not apparent; but
the influence of the pres ident would be
potent to insure prosecution of any
effort in which he might be concerned.
There is already intir1ation of the
possibility that the futur,s developments
OF the San Fro. cisco scandal will aim
at getting to lie man higher up" and
that If the ruler of Southern Pacific
should be Identified as enc Of the men
at the top, it would not cause especial
sorrow to Mr.. Roosevelt.
sThe biggest industry out in Me-
braska nowadays is the growing of
family trees" said G. S. Payne, of Lin
coin, head OF the Nebraska historical
society.
Mr. Payne was looking, UP ygenealog-
acal materials in the Washington IL
braries and collections. After fort
night at this he had decided to move
1 On Boston.
Boston Is the headquarters for an
cestors,'' he said enthusiastically. You
might as we'll have no ancestors at all
unless you can trace 'elll hack by way
Of Boston Nobody wants any other
kind.
y .'out In our country the d. A. R. and
the other patriotic societies have set
the whole community by the ears,
hunting ancestors, and proving their
relationship to the first Plymouth
Rockers, the earliest cavaliers, and
& then back OF that TO the Normans who
came over with the conquerer. We
can't dig up genealogical information
fast enough to satisfy the delivers.
Everybody must have a tree; and out
on our sandhills, where the water isn't
plentiful enough to keep cactus grow
ing, raising that sort of forestry is hard
So I'm going on to Boston to get some
new material"
It Is promised that the census o.
1910 will produce no more interesting
data than that relating TO the increase OF
the average length Of life, to the de-
creasing fatality of disease, and to gen.
orally improved mortality conditions in
this country. Authorities on these sub
jects are urging that the greatest care
be devoted to these subjects. They
believe:
n That Americans are now living
longer than any other people IN the
world.
That disease is better controlled here
Than, anywhere else.
That sanitary conditions are better
on an average than in any other coun-
try
That the tendency to increase the
span of life is going to be continued
for many years to come, as result
OF the pure food and drug laws, the
enforcement Of effective quarantine
laws the exclusion of immigrants at
nicted with disease, and for other rea-
sons.
The beginning of the most effective
work in this direction has been made
in recent years, and the census Of 1910
will practically mark the commence
ment Of effective records showing the
benefits of this movement. 1t is there
fore desired to make the beginning on
as broad foundation as possible, SO
that useful comparisons may be made
in future years.
LaFollette's Weekly Magazine, iHe
first paper Of its kind ever under
taken, will be issued this week for the
first time from Madison, Wis, with
Senator Robert NJ. LaFollette as editor
and proprietor. It will aim to present
the LaFollette view Of public questions
TO the country. Senator LaFollette
writes friends in Washington that
without any advertising except the
newspaper notices that he intended
starting the paper, he has received 49,
600 voluntary subscriptions, represent
ing every state in the union. HIS
friends in all parts of the country
have started clubs to get subscribers
and encourage The enterprise. The
first paper will! be of sixteen pages,
- by is inches. printed on calendareo
paper. and the senator expects to have
100. 900 circulation within the first year
He will give general direction to the
paper from Washington. while con-
gress is in session, and will write
regular letter of comment on the sit
uation ct the capital.