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ness
 The institutions for the feeble-mind- ed the separation of the sexes. the Jurisdiction over the retention of de- fectives in institutions, and the divi- sion of the state into districts, should receive attention.
 The hour has struck for enancipa- tion. We may no longer sleep and take our rest. Helen Keller prophecies that "the time will come when instead of looking with pride on our great charitable institutions, we shall come to regard them as monuments of our ignorance. stupidity, and folly.' Has, ten the day!
 this. The farmer is the state; the wagon is the care which the state provides; the fruit, which the farmer is allowing to drop into the mud, is the only source of wealth which the state possesses-her children, for with gence, their strength, and their sanity, all other possessions are valueless; the voice is reason and common sense, which calls upon the farmer in the name of humanity to stop the crime of producing degenerates by control ling the things that makes degener- ates; and the holes in the wagon are alcoholism and Venereal diseases, es- pecially syphilis, the mere mention of which shocks many of the philan-' thropic people who are engaged in picking defaced humanity out of the dirt. The preventable causes of lun- acy, idiocy, blindness and crime causes which, in a vast number of cases, are known and governa ble-are filling with increasing rapidity the costly institutions which the state con- tinues to erect. Alcoholism and ven- ereal diseases are undermining the foun- dations of society, and it is evident that unless these causes of degeneracy are stopped, the vitality of the na- tion will be destroyed, for the iniquity of the fathers is visited upon the chill dren unto the third and fourth gen. erations.
 What, then, shall be our answer to the voice? The dominant ideas of to- day are the conservation of energy and the prevention of waste, whether in materials or in forces. The entire medical profession is concerning itself, not only with curing disease, but also in controlling the conditions that cause disease. Sociologists have long known that the twin curses, alcoholism and venereal diseases are largely prevent able and governable, if not by re- strictive legislation, at least by broad CT education. Were measures taken to limit the losses from these curses, tion of the problem of the high cost of living because thousands of human beings would be conserved as produc- tive forces, adding to the wealth of the nation and thereby tightening the burdens of those less capable. What shall be our answer to the voice? In the name of economy, of justice, of humanity, jet us stop the holes!
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-28
PARABLE OF THE UNWISE FARMER
His Fruit Dropped Through the Holes in the Cart and Was Tramped in the Mud Shall He Plug Up the Holes and Stop the Loss Or Is that
 Some Other Fellows Job? .

Exclusive Service The Survey Press
 Bureau.)

Exclusive Service The Survey Press
 Bureau.)
 Behold a certain farmer was driving along a highway, and as he journeyed he found that he was losing large part of the choice fruit with which his wagon was loaded. As he saw the product of his labor dropping into the mud of the highway, he called upon his neighbors and friends to help him recover it. Many of the kindly dis posed people, leaving their work, came to his assistance and followed the wagon and picked up the fruit and put it into the wagon again. But most of it was bruised, and some of it had been crushed under the feet of the passers-by.
 And as the farmer continued on his journey, other wel1-meaning people joined in the train, and in the course of time almost the entire load was made up of unclean and bruised fruit. Many weary miles had been travelled after this fashion when an idle fel- lowt standing by thes wayside, seeing the Swasteful destruction of fruit and the wearisome and vain toll of the weIl-intentioned neighbors, called, out in derision, "Sir, why dost thou not stop the holes in thy wagon?"
 
 farmer answered and said Hast thou not heard that 1t is not pleasant to talk about a defective wagon?'' And the farmer said unto the questioner, ..Dost thou not know that it is not my duty to mend the wagon, seeing it doth not belong to me?
 In 1908 the state of New York pro- vided for nearly fifty thousand physi- cal and moral derelicts, almost two thirds as many as constitute the stand ing army of the United States. They were found f4 prisons, in reforma- tories, in hospitals for the insane, in asylunas for detectives, and in insti- tutions for unfortunates. For their maintenance in that one year, the state appropriated nearly ten millions of dollars At least half of those hu- man wrecks were the direct result of vicious conditions which the state could and should control, but in the absence of organized preventive mea- sures dealing with causes, the state net only fails to control, but is con- trolIed to the, extent of paying mill lions of dollars providing for results.
 This is neither sound sense, prudent economies, nor wise statemanship Furthermore, the increase in degener- acy in all of it's forms is appalling It is taking millions out of the ranks of the producers and putting them into the ranks of the consumers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-28

+hd me two poisons which are sappins ene ioundations of our national Iife a, , dIconol and venereal diseases. They Hll m our hospitals for the insane. oTr col. onles Tor epileptics, our Institutions TOT the feeble-minded, our schools for tns olino ana deaf, and directly or indirectly contribute largely to tba population of our prisons and reform atorleS. So rapid has been the erowtI, Tn numbers and cost of maintenance of these derelicts that should the present ratlo Of increase continue unchecked TOT two generations, the excheuuer of the state will be bankrupt. while a large proportion of those who should be taxpayers will have become tax eaters.
 In recommending technical lines of study, well-known medical superin-
 tendent says that in his Judgment. the first and most important is pre-
 ventfon of insanity idiocy, epilepsy,
 imbecility, eble-mindedness, tuber
 culosis and crime The prevention of tuberculosis, which we know now large
 ly how to forestall, and the causes
 underlying it are being so widely stud
 jed that it need not be emphasized
 but the attention of the public has
 not been called so prominently to the
 prevention of, and the causes under
 lying, crime. A. recent authority as>
 serts that fifty per cent of the crim-
 inal classes would probably come un-
 der the definition of "social unfits."
 defective in body Or intellect, and to-
 tally unable, without help, to shape or
 direct their lives. An enlightened pub lie sentiment is already recognizing
 the relationship between poverty, disease and crime. It is a matter of common knowledge that many men committed to prison are men with out work and without money, needing pity and relief, and not criminals,
 needing punishment. The distinction between misfortune, imprudence, and
 crime is sharply defined, and the sense Of proportion should be carefully ob- | served not only in the making of our laws, but also in their administration The urgent necessity of some state control of preventable disease in rela- | tion to the insane, is pointed out by | the Commission in Lunacy. General | paralysis of the insane is a fatal dis | ease, the victims living, on an average | five years. Its cause is known and reventable-syphilis; it's prevention is | of greater importance to the human 1 race than that of tuberculosis, which | often attacks those whose vital ener- | gy syphilis has reduced.
 | Alcohol is one of the common causes l of insanity, epilepsy, paralysis, and l tuberculosis together with venereal l diseases it causes half of the blind
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-28

made to take up this lost motion, but on others no such arrangement IS included, and if there is so much play that the steering is dangerous a new steering outfit will have to De purchased.
 Today there is scarcely commun- ity having good roads and much au- tomobile traffic which has not given consideration to the treatment of it's highways with some dust preventive. The work of application is now go- ing on, and for the next month or six weeks many good motoring roads will be covered with a nasty mess that is slippery in dry weather and positively dangerous, when rain comes. But when the thirsty soil has absorbed the greater part of the pre- paration there will be road that will be almost as free from the of fensive dust as the highway of the future. es
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-28
HOUSEHOLD NOTES.

If meat used for soup is cut into small pieces more nutriment will be obtained.
 To peel tomatoes without scalding, rub them backward with the blunt edge of knife.
 Hammock pillows may be cheaply made or burlap, trimmed with bands of Persian trimming.
 For the roast of cold lamb course serve an egg salad, sprinkled with minced mint leaves.
 The neck of a baby's@ frock should never be starched, as 1t will chafe the tender skin.
 In selecting beef the pieces which are well mottled with fat will be found the richest and iuiciest.
 A cupful of liquid yeast is equiva- lent to half compressed yeast cake or a whole dry yeast cake.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-28
According to Speci'

According to Special Agent John M. Turner, of the bureau of manu- factures at Washington, the demand for automobiles in Porto Rico has been in excess of the supply. There are more than 1000 kilmeters of splendid roads on the island, and an appropriation has just been made to extend many uncompleted roads. The climate is hard on rubber, leather and polished surfaces, so that if inn provements can be made in any or all of these, strides will be made to- ward capturing the trade. Varnish does not last. A fine looking auto mobile will look like a secondhand one after thirty days use.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-28
I'm PreDaraion Great Dvide and "BreWsterS Millions

When leather arm chairs look shab- by they should be wiped with a soft cloth moistened with olive oil.
 Wooden breadboards are kept in bet ter condition by rubbing them with sand than by simply using soap.
 If in canning or preserving berries or other fruits they run short, a little pineapple added will improve them
 While two cupfuls of granulated sug- ar make a pound, it takes two-thirds of a cupful more to equal the same weight.
 by adding cooked raspberry or straw berry juice. Currant jelly may be melted and added.
 Fresh green peas and mushrooms stewed together and served with cream dressing in pate cases make a deli cious summer dish.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-28

New York. May 27-John R. De Guelph,s Y who has earned the title of Brooklyn pretender' and who styles htnpeeif Prince George Edward Rex Ksttin Guelph" and also "John George EdTard, rex of Great Britain and Ire landy, has sent messages to the upper and lower houses of parliament and the people of the United Kingdom and Ireland fn which he demands the Brit ish crown. After expressing his be- reavement at the death of King Ed ward VII. the writer says that he, John Eeofge Edward. rex of Great Britain ond Ireland, "the legitimate and law
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-28

full issue of the marriage of his late majesty King Edward VII and the first princess consort. was uniustly and unlawfllly deprived of his birth full sovereign "The pretender'' de- mands the abolition of the so-called royal custom of polygamy. John Rex De Guelph will be recalled as Dr. John Rex Guelph Norman, under which name he was asked to leave the Hotel St Regis in March of last year, and also as pr. R. Guelph Norman of Bur nah when he posed in 1897 as able to cure the blindness with which Charles Broadway Rouss- was afflicted.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-28

WANT ADS. CENT A WORD
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-10-26
HEROIC RESCUES Of
AGED WOMEN AT FIRE
Home FER Old People In New York In
Flames-lnmates Taken Out
BY Policemen.

NEW YORK. Oct. 25.-Three
women and one man. each reported
to be more than 100 years old. Were
among those rescued when a fire
broke cut in the cellar of the home
of the Daughters of Jacob tonight:
There we're les old women In the
home and in an annex were SO Old
men But few of the inmates were
able TO make their way to the street
without assistance.
Mrs. Esther Davis. who is reputed
10 be 116 years old. was one of the
first rescued by two policemen. who
carried her down the stairs. Mrs. ID.
Marcus. said 10 be 106 years old and
donator of the home. and Mendel
Diamond, who Is recorded as being
1893 years old. were also carried out
through dense smoke. Many al the
aged occupants who tried 70 make
their way out of the building were
overcome and were dragged OIL: OF
the smoke filled halls. The fire
caused small loss.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-10-26
HAD NO KNOWLEDGE or
CRIME BY THE DOCTOR
No Evidence is Furnished &c Chow
That the Stenographer Knew OF the
Killing OF Belle EImore in the Lon-J
den Home--Was In Love With the
Z Condemned Man.

LONDON. Oct. 25.-After a trial
lasting but a few hours in the New
Bailey Criminal Court today, q jury
found Ethel Clara Leneye not guilty
as an accessory after the fact In the
murder &. Cora Belle crIpen. for
whose death her husband. DIR. G ip-
pen. will die on the gallows November
:.
Miss Leneve was In love with DR..
Crippen and slept In his house on the
night of the day. following the day
upon which the doctor ordered his
wife and buried the d smembered
parts in the cellar of his Iiilldrop
Crescent house. She accompanied
Crippen in his flight to Canada and
with him, was arrested and indicted.
Her Actions Suspicious.
From the first she has maintain 1
innocence of any knowledge of the
crime, but the Crown alleged that her
behavior subsequent to the disappear.
ance Of Mrs. Crippen, or Belle Ell
more. as she was known on the stage.
was such as to hetray a guilty knowl
edge of the murder.
When -arraigned today Miss Lcleve
pleaded not guilty and witnesses were
introduced TO show that she had ex-
perieneed periods of great mental dis
tress. following Belle Elmore's disap-
pearance The Crown prosecutor,
Richard Muir. introduced only such
evidence as had been brought out in
the earlier hearings.
Influences by Crippen.
Miss Leneve's counsel. Friedrich T..
Smith. NJ. p. asked The jury to bear
in mind that his client had been I'M
der the influence OF Crippen. one OF
the most dangerous criminals of re-
cent years. since she was Is years old.
This, he asserted. accounted for her
flight with the doctor. There was
no proof that she had guilty knowl-
edge of the crime. Counsel said that
he took upon his own shoulders the
responsibility for not putting Miss
Leneye In the witness box.
Lord Chief Justice AlverstOne, who
presided. in summing up for the jury,
said he saw no reason why DIR. Grip
pen should have told Miss Leneve
story different from that which he
told to others.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-10-26
NET QUARTERLY EARNINGS
SHOWS $31, 048, 725
Growth of Business Made Public by
Report OF the United States
Steel Corporation.
CBy Associated Press)

NEW YORK. Oct. 25.-Earnings OF
the United States Steel Corporation
for the third quarter Of the calendar
year. as announced today, following
the regular meet ng OF the directors
aggregated $37.3GJ.1S7. Net earnings,
after deducting $6.31S.i62, CT which
s5.555.555 was charged 10 "deprecia-
ton and extraordinary replacemen,
funds" were s3l.04S.725.
These figures compare with $780,
170.9GO gross and s33 3S0,755 net earn
ings for the previous quarter and
s3S.246.90 gross and $50. S55,0l9 net
for the third quarter of 1909.
Total earnings Cf the steel cOrpo-
ration for the first nine months OF
this year amount 10 $115, 1873, O23.
against 500 .jOS.C e6 for, the correspond
ing period Of 1909.
The surplus net income for the
quarter reported today is sl1 .07S.0G3.
or 50 $4,000 less than that of the
previous quarter. Regular quarterly
dividends CT ia per cent. on the pre-
ferred and IA per cent. of the com
mon shares were declared ioday.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-10-26
Story of Illinois Conspiracy
Told in Court.
SUMS WERE PAID FOR VOTES
Witnesses Relate Bargains Which
Were Carried On Between the Law
mskers-Some Wsnte5 s 500 and
Others Accepted $1,000 for Ballots

SPRINGFIELD. ILL. Oct. IS
State Senator ID. W. Holstlaw and 7.
w. Knox. of Chicago. salesman for
the Derby Desk Company. were the
first witnesses called in the trial of
Senator Stanton c. Pcn,berton and
Representative Joseph $. Clark.
charged with conspiracy in the award
ing of the contract for new furniture
for the Illinois Legislature. Senator
HOlstlaw was also indicted in the
case. but was granted immunity pre-
vious to his confession in which he
barred the details of the alleged con-
spiracy-
Hois;law said he had been prom
ised 81 SEQ to vote for Ford & John
son Company By A y. Johnson. Of
this city. who declared this was $500
more than either Senator Pemberton
OF Representative Clark was to get
J. W. Knox stated that in CONVEX
sation Pemberton asked II there was
anything in voting for Knox Knox
declared Clark asked him how much
there vas in the contract. Knox told
him he did not know. Knox said the
day before the contract was lei he
talked with Holsilaw. who also waBt.
cd TO know how much was in it
and when Knox asked how will $500
each dog~ Holstlaw replied he would
not look a. that amount. Pem5ertoH
said next day. declared the witness.
that the firm. represented b. witness.
was noe going to get the contract.
Otto Frier. who represented the
successful bidders in the furuitur,
contract. was called. The witness said
that he conversed with PcmDcrton.
Clark ana Holsilaw about the Goa
tracts lie said Al one time Clark
told him he would have % have 81 o0e
for his vote and that Hoistiaw a. firsf
demanded f5.ooo. but later accepted
$500. The defense made = motion
10 have the defendants declared not
guilty a.. no case had been made
out.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-10-26
HE DECLARES MANY
CHILDREN MURDERED
Sensational Address in Medi-
cal Convention ii Norfolk
on Race Suicide.
CRy A@ociatea press,

NORFOLK, VA, Oct 29.-ln one
of the most sensational addresses
ever heard in Norfolk. DIR. f. 1.
Brady, of Abingdon. Va. president
If the Virginia Med cal Society. to-
night startled 200 physicians who
heard him.
The presidential address came after
Robert b. Tunstall had welcomed the
delegates to Norfolk and DR. George
Tucker Harrison, of New York, had
made an eloquent response
"Sqr aamishness is never sincere
ana sincerity is my only excuse said
Dr. Brady. Il am aware that ] am
touching upon a subject unusual IN
a public address. If the dose seems
drastic. remembar that drastic meas
ures are needed to put us IN work
ing condition.
I'VE must give the situation frank
recognition. We are blindly follow
ing the fetish OF bus ness at the eX-
pense of fraternity.
Even he apathetic pubic Is rec
ognizing the Possibilities of race SUI
eide. There are exactly $50 cold
blooded pramedi;ated murders of de-
fenseless innocents for every COS
children brought into the world.
TIL nix of it, And the large majority
of these horrible crimes arr perpe-
trated by sc-called Christians and in
telligent wives. who thus, from iheir
Wanted social height. give an eX-
ample for a doctrine Of convenience
and selfshness-
Vanity. social aspirations. fash
ions. Ignorance and fads all conspire
against the unborn.
The annual convention of the Med
ical Society of Virginia opened here
tcnight with about 900 phys clans and
surgeons from all parts of Virginia
in attendance.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-10-26
Rapid Advance Causes Sen
Sation on Market.
EXPECTED TO BE 20 GEMS
Abrupt Transition from Weakness,
Caused by the Census Bureau Re
port on the Staple, Makes Stir
Among Traders On the Exchange.

NEW YORK. Oct. with an adj
vance Of practically 50 bale in the
price Of cotton today. seldom il ever.
has the trade accustomed as II be-
came 70 rapid fluctuations during the
bull campaign Of last season. expert
enced such abrupt transition from
weakness TO strength displayed by the
staple. The sudden climb followed
the publication OF the census bureau
report showing the amount Of cotton
ginned to October IS. was practically
COO. 900 bales short Of the 100000
mark. The report was made before
the market opened and the first ono
tations showed an advance over Mon
DAYS close. Throughout the day
prices worked higher until the close
On Monday the marke; had been
extremely weak and unsettled Jan
uary contracts. which on October 4.
had sold al 1910. closed tonight at
1892. a decline % nearly $50 per
bale from the high record Of the sea
son. This decline had been the re-
suit OF heavy selling. inspired by in
creased estimates Of the crop result
ing from favorable weather during the
FIRST half Of October. and II had been
anticipated that the census bureau
report would confirm these Increased
cstimafes by showing more cotton
rinncd than 70 the same dztc last
year.
Predictions of twenty cents cotton
before the end Of the season were fire.
quently heard in local trade circles
ard the market. in short. reflected q
complete revival o. the bullish on
thusiasm noted on the advance Of the
earlier scason.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-10-26
TWO FOUND GUILTY or
WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC
Plttsburg Man and Woman Sentenced
70 Two Years Each In Federal
Prison.

PITTSBURG. PA, Oct Prank
G. Williams and Anna Hun, Of this
city. were found guilty of violating
the white slave trade act, passed by
congress in June, last. by federal
jury in the United States District
Court today. Williams was sentenced
10 two years and six months in the
federal prison at LeaveDwOrih. Kan
sas. while Miss Hull will serve a like
term in the Western penitentiary
here.
Miss Hull, it was brought out in
testimony, was proprietor of a resort
to which Williams brought his victims
from other states.
Specific cases were made of two
young women Williams was alleged
to have brought hore from Stenben-
Vile. Ohio, and Wellsbrrg. W. Va.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-10-26

NEW YORK. Oct 25.-Some three
score prominent lawyers, representing
practically all the important railroad
systems in the country. held a CON
ference here today. The conference
was continuation of the meeting
held at Portsmouth. n. H., last sum
mer and the discussion. IL was OK.
plafnod after the meeting adjourned.
turned upon the clauses of the Mann
Elklns act of June 49, 1910. which
confers upon the Interstate Commerce
Commission to postpone railroad rates
for ten months.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-10-26
THREE TO BE eLEcrRocvTso.
Negroes Taken From Dsnv'ile &c the
State Penitentisry.

DANVnIE. VA Oct. 25--Three
nesroes-Jchn r. Echois. Thomas
BaiIcy and James Hairstou. convict
ed in Herry county Circuit Court fer
numbering Sidney Woods. a WINS on
salem. y. C.. negro exc Irsionist some
months aeo and sentenced 70 death
and who have been incarcerated nero
several mcaths.t were today taken 20
the peni;rfiary by Guard shaw and
an assistant 20 await eiectrOcuto1
November II.
Fchols sought % save his com
psnions by ccniessing the killing
himsel! after his conviction. but the
ensrt - save Bailey and HARRISON
failed
Piggy Penn. fo-rth negro IN
der arrest was subsequently tried IN
Marti1xviI,e and acqri;icd.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-10-26
Unique Honor for Taft.

WASHINGTON, ID. C.. Oct 90
With the reception 10 President Taft
today the republic Of Argentine ac-
quired the unique distinction of being
the first foreign power TO entertain
a President of the United States on
one OF it's men of war. The Presi-
dent. with others of his American
government. were guests at an elabo-
rate luncheon aboard the Argentine
training Presidente Sarminento. now
anchored off the Washington navy
yard.