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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-08
Church Cornerstone Laid.

HASTINGS, Neb.. June 7--(Special) THE
cornerstone Of the new Presbyterian church
was laid with appropriate ceremonies Sun
day. the principal address being made by
DR.. w. w. Lawrence Of Lincoln. The
building will cost about $4,000 and prob
ably will be finished early in the fall.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-08

asylum at the request of Superintendent
Baxter. Claims amounting to nearly $500
which arose during Bakers superintend-
ency have been disallowed by the board
on the ground that the supplies were
bought in open market without permission
of the board. The board desires to make
it's own contracts
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-08
FULLERTON CHURCH Is DEDICATED
Presbyterians Complete $4,000 Edit
flee Free of Debt.

flee Free of Debt.
FULLERTON, June 7.--(Special Sun
day June 4, the new Presbyterian church,
Just completed. was dedicated. The cost of
the edifice IL over $4,000. every dollar of
which was subscribed before Sunday, so
dedication day was free from money rais-
ing.
Rev. ]. X. Driver. pastor OF the church,
preached, after which the Rev. W. II.
Kearnes. ID. D., superintendent OF missions,
synod Of Nebraska, conducted the dedi-
cation service proper. Special music was
given by a chorus choir with Mrs. j. d.
Barnes as soloist.
Rev. Driver has left for New York, where
he has taken passage upon the Celtic for
England, his bOyhood home. He will be
absent two months. visiting relatives in
London. and attending some Of the corona
ton functions.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-08
BANKER SAYS WHAT THINKS
Hopes There Never VIII BE More
Rotten Law Than Bank
Guaranty Act.
From a Staff Correspondent.)

LINCOLN. Neb.. June T.-(special. lone
banker OF the state has freed his mind as
to the bank guaranty law. On the back
of a report required by the State Banking
board. this banker wrote:
Il hope there will never be q more rotten
law than this"
The report was one which asked an ac-
count OF his daily deposits during the last
six months so that the board could fix the
amount of his assessment for the guaranty
fund.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-08

BEATRICE. Neb. June 7-(speciai.)--
The annual exercises of the district schools
OF Gage county will be held at the high
school auditorium here on Monday, June
10. Chancellor G. A Fulmer of the WEES
eyan uniS ersity will address the graduates.
which will number about $50.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-08
Gibbon Man Accidentally shot.

GIBBON, June 7.-(Special TeleBram)-
Elmer Connor, a young man. living north OF
town, accidentally shot himself with a
rifle yesterday while climbing through a
fence. The ball entered the body within
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-08
Hnstinrs Hotel ProJect.

- HASTINGS. Neb., June E-(speciai. AN
other hotel building project will soon be
launched in Hastings. Chester A. Disbrow,
lately OF Grand Rapids. Mich. who has
been elected secretary OF the Hastings
Chamber OF Commerce, is now in Iowa In
specting hotel properties with the view of
securing ideas which may help in pro-
noting the Hastings enterprise.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-08
go TO BAXTER" SAYS BOARD
Hastings Butcher Firm Referred 10
Former Head of Asylum for
Pay for Meat.
fFrom a staff CorresnondentN

LINCOLN, June 7.-(Special)-"Go to
Baxter" is what the State Board of Public
Lands told the firm of Blake & Klein Of
Hastings when the latter asked payment
of s11s for meat furnished the Hastings
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-08

an inch Of the left nipple, ranged down
ward through the lung and lodged in the
back. Connor is in a very critical condi-
ton and the surgeon is unable to say as
yet what the outcome will be.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-08
GnEe Countr Cnmmennem.n.

few pieces the entire contents of the house
were destroyed.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-05

the movement, and commencing Mr.
Chase for the step he was taking
Most movements for the increase OF
government clerks salaries have hereto
fore been aimed only at the clerks get
ting S1,4O0 and less a year." said Mr.
Chase. last night. Il am of the opinion
that the chiefs OF the different divisions
and bureaus are equally underpaid. For
the most part they are men who are
considered an authority throughout the
country, and in many cases throughout
the world, on the particular work OF
which they have charge
There is at least in every department
several chiefs. who. if their value was
known to commercial houses, who depend
upon their reports to fix prices, would
not be in the government service for an
other month. These men compile the
statistics that in many cases are the
means of sending the markets one way
or the other.
These men must be in the foremost
ranks of their profession to be able to
send out reports that are considered 10
be the final word in the commercial
world in relation to their particular line -
Mr.. Chase said he was pleased with
the impetus the movement had been given
by The Washington Herald. and was par
ticularly pleased with the fact that four
prominent men in the city had announced
their intention to contribute to the fund
without solicitation.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-05
ONCE DISCUSSED
BY GRAND JURY
Commissioner Rudolph in In
teresting Comment.

Commissioner Rudolph expressed his
interest and appreciation of the health
certificate proposition, saying that it
would be of vast influence for good in
the future welfare of the nation.
'T am afraid that the plan is not feas-
ibIe. although most commendable," said
the Commissioner. while l believe that
only the very best results would be
gained by requiring clean bill of health
from persons about TO enter matrimony,
yet it appears to me that the difficulties
are insurmOuntable There would be
such tendency to evade the law that it
would, 1 am afraid, prove futile in the
majority of cases.
Il studied this matter six years ago
while foreman of the grand jury in
Washington Mr. Rudolph continued,
land 1 could not solve the problem of
how to accomplish adequate results. The
matter came before US in connection
with a sad case of hasty marriage be-
tween parties not fit to enter into it, and
we delved for days reaching for some
solution that would remedy the evil of
mating between the physically unfit and
morally deprdved.
Maybe some day a Solomon will be
able to devise an effective scheme where
by there would be no evading of the law
in case certificates of health were re-
quired the same as a certain age limit is
insisted upon.
"Such a law would be a great thing
for the District of Columbia, improving
the morals of its men and women and
lowering the divorce rate, but l cannot
suggest a plan that would do justice to
measure of such Importance
The Washington herald., 1911-03-05

would be a simple matter for persons TO
go across into Virginia or Maryland to
obtain a license without being qualified
as to health and thus render OF no benefit
the District law.
A Godsend to Mankind.
DR.. J. P. Frey, resident physician of
the George Washington University Hos
pitaL expressed himself in accord with
the proposition, although he foreSaw
some slight difficulty in enacting such
legislation
1T would be a godsend to mankind -
be said, ''if such a law could be passed.
Despite several disadvantages, il would
prove the greatest source of protection
to the innocent that could be devised.
Although l do not think the law should
be stringent in the case of ordinary dis
eases, the fact that it would prevent
marriages between persons afflicted with
tuberculosis or specific blood diseases
makes me sympathize with the cru
saderS.''
Dr. Frey said certificates of health
should be made requisite throughout the
entire country if future generations are
to be protected.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-05

country. but in all other laws. Divorces
and unhappy marriages are wearing away
the strength of the country, and it is
patent to every one that something must
be done"
The women physicians OF the city are
all Of the opinion that some kind of 4
revised marriage law is absolutely nee
essary. But the medical profession is
in an awkward position" said one of
them, for how can they look on the legal
side of the matter any more than the
legal fraternity can look on the medical?
DR.. Ada Thomas, whose clientele is in
the diplomatic corps and other fashion,
able circles of the city, said: Il believe
that there should be such a law, OF
course with many notifications. The
trouble is that we cannot say yes or no
to such a question. for If it should be
the law that n health certificate would
have to be obtained before a marriage
license were issued, how would it be de-
cided whether the persons would be able
to marry, for there are really few per-
fectly healthy people in the world? It
would take a great deal Of thought to
prepare a law which would specify the
exact condition OF health
The Washington herald., 1911-03-05
FEMININE VIEW
OF THE QUESTION
Great Interest Expressed in
a Law Regarding Health.

Many prominent women in Washington
expressed great interest in the subject.
One Of them, who stands high in the
councils of the Daughters Of the Ameri-
can Revolution, said: II would not like
to be quoted, as / have not had time
to study this subject. which is, without
question, the greatest problem in social
America to-day. Shall a health certif-
cate accompany a marriage license7
Yes answer, and again no. for in
one way this would be great injustice.
There should certainly be law of some
kind, but 1t viii take deep study and
careful consideration by many legal
brains. together with the cooperation of
the women OF the country. before a truly
Just law could be made, evenly balanced
and consistent"
The health arbiter of washington society.
whose books on the subject have been
translated into seven languages, said:
Health and the consideration of health
is not only bound to play an important
part in the future marriage laws OF the
The Washington herald., 1911-03-05
EHEALTHY UNIONS
A CIVIC DUTY
Views OF Rabbi Simon Elo-
quently Expressed.

Dr. Abram Simon, pastor OF the Eighth
Street Temple and one of the foremost
Jewish cIergymen Of the United States,
said:
TO require 4 certificate OF health To
accompany the issuance of a marriage
license imprcsses me as a most desirable
and far-reaching civic duty. That il
may and will work a hardship in isolat-
CO and innocent cases cannot be denied.
Viewed from the standpoint of the COM
munity and from the vantage ground of
the future, its justification is at hand. If
the granting Of the certificate of health
IS a perfunctory performance it had bet
ter not be considered.
ct have been told by high authority -
DR.. Simon continued. that blood dis
eases are moving down many Unfortu-
mates and that marriage seems to be the
chief instrument of its spread. If this is
true we need the certificate Of health.
Love may laugh at locksmiths, but
cupid's germ-weaponed arrow is a boom
Crang and n repeater. OF course, we
have the great SOlace of knowing that
heredity has lost much of its death-deal-
ing terror in the light Of our newer con-
Tlcton OF the tremendous power OF en-
Eironment and personal mentality. But
me nlShly task OF environment to-day
is the education and reformation of
heredity for the healthier life Of the fu-
ture. Those who contemplate an excl
sion of the second half Of the second
Commandment. that the sins of the
fathers are visited on the children,
ought to count it a distinctive gain TO
leave it as it is in its cold, naked. and
scientific warning. 1t may be cruel the
OIogy. but it is true sociology.
whether We use the word sin or
mistake or ignorance of the father or
mother, the truth of heredity is none the
less eXaCting. God is a God Of love, but
love ought to be jealous of its health
and integrity. If love cannot guarantee
its own future no other divine force can
Let US be sentimental and spiritually
minded. but let US not forget that the
physical basis of love and life cannot be
ITified with.
Yes said Dr. Simon, in conclusion,
81 am in favor OF the bill of health ac-
companying the marriage license
The Washington herald., 1911-03-05
MANY PHYSICIANS
FAVOR NEW LAW
Regard 1t as Essential to
Preservation of Race.

DR.. Noble P. Barnes is strongly il
favor of regulating. in some way. the
marriage requirements. and the best way.
he said, is to require a certificate Of
health.
THE greatest care said he, 'fs exer-
cised in the breeding of horses and dogs,
and why should not still greater care
be exercised in the breeding OF the race?
There are many diseases from which a
large percentage of persons. both men
and women, are suffering, which should
be sufficient grounds for the refusal by
civil or state authorities to grant a mar
riage license. II We do not want to
retrograde the race must be kept clean.
We have seen what inherited diseases
have done for other peoples; practically
wiped them from the face of the earth,
or at least deprived them OF their ef-
1iciency in ordinary pursuits, and history
always repeats itself.
'HThe best method to remedy these
conditions is to educate the people," DR..
Barnes continued. ITO do this the press
and the medical fraternity are earnestly
cooperating. To attempt to regulate
marriage by means of a board of physi-
cal examiners, to which all applicants for
marriage licenses would have to submit
themselves, would be, in my opinion, a
method of getting into deep water.
Whether this course would prove prac-
tical in the end am not prepared to
say, but I do know that something should
be done to save the race, which 1 believe
to be in jeopardy through careless mar
riage between unfit persons"
Favors n Federal Law,
Il will watch the results Of the Indiana
law and the crusade of Washington min
listers with more than usual interest"
said DR.. Thomas F. Smith, of 40 Second
street northwest
Il believe it to be the only means of
wiping out incipient insanity and other
'-1naladies. Only healthy persons should
be permitted to enter into marriage. In
my opinion an examination to determine
che physical fitness of a man or woman
TO raise families is really the future hope
Of the nation.
To insure the law being carried ont
in a proper way 1 should say that a
commission of doctors would have to be
appointed by the Commissioners, whose
duty IL would be to examine applicants
am afraid IL this commission was not
appointed IL would be so easy for a man
or woman 10 obtain a certificate of
health from an unreliable source that the
provisions Of the law would prove inef-
zectiye."
DR.. smith also advocated a Federal
law 70 the same eject, declaring that It
The Washington herald., 1911-03-05
PLAN TO AID THE CLERKS
GROWING IN POPULARITY
Charles l. Corby Subscribes $1,000 to the P B. Chase
Fund Started in Interest of Government Workers.

Charles I Corby, of the firm of Corby
Brothers, bakers, yesterday offered his
services to the cause of obtaining bet
| ter pay for Federal and District employees
by subscribing $1,000 to the fund started
by p. L. Chase. Mr.. Corby is the
fourth weIl-known' citizen of the city to
signify his willingness to help the de-
partment clerks by contributing in
financial way.
Mr.. Corby made his proposal to Mr.
Chase last night in the latter's office at
Chase's Theater, where he had gone 10
get details of how the campaign was ex-
pected to be conducted.
Il read in The Washington Herald that
a fund was being started to further the
working conditions of the government
clerks, and saw where subscriptions were
already being received to carry on a cam
paign in their behalf said Mr.. Corby.
LAS the cause of the clerks has always
been more or less a hobby of mine, L
decided to see just what steps were con-
templated. 1 was so enthused with the
plan, as Mr.. Chase explained 1t, that 1
told him would subscribe N,Vo at tne
start, and IL any money was needed later'
I would stand my share of an assess
ment-"
Mr.. Chase said the announcement IN
The Washington Herald yesterday morn
ing that A. Lisner. of the NPalais Royal
and A. NJ. McLachlan, president OF the
McLachlan Banking Corporation, nao
pledged their moral and financial sup
port to the raising of fund to carry on
a campaign for higher salaries, had Kept
him busy all day yesterday answering
Inquiries as to what the proposition was
in detail, and how soon he expected to
start 1t working.
Personal letters were received from
Cen George H. Harries. president OF the
Board of Trade. and Capt. James +. Oy-
ster, president OF the Chamber OF Conn
merce. pledging their personal support to
The Washington herald., 1911-03-05
SHOULD HEALTH CERTIFICATE AND
MARRIAGE LICENSE GO TOGETHER
Continued from Page One.

to be contracted, but the way to prevent
these occurrences is to create a healthy
public sentiment When we get public
opinion to uphold such a law its en-
forcement will be easy
A LaudabIe Undertaking.
Rev. W. W. Barnes was of the opinion
that the discussion of the question is one
of the most laudable things ever under
taken.
There should certainly be more dis
elimination shown on the part of the
officials of the government than there
seems to be. A man and woman are able to
get license to wed, no matter in what
condition they are mentally or physical
ly," Mr. Barnes said. He added that too
much stress cannot be laid on health as
an imperative requirement for the state
of matrimOny.
'"Too many consumptyes are marrying
and bringing sickly children into the
world" said the Rev. George Atkinson,
Ajr- for the nation to continue issuing
marriage licenses and giving moral per-
Emission without some means Of assuring
"a healthy offspring from such unions.
! By all means let US have a law in Wash
Fington and in every State to regulate
Esuch marriages"
Rev. c. S Abbott and Rev. Harry B.
Angus were the only clergymen out of
r1nore than a score who did not favor
Shealth certificates for marriage appli-
Ecants.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-05

To put it mildly, the statement Of
Mrs. Matthew Y. Scott, president
general of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, denying that
the so-called Objectionable amend
mcnts to the constitution are "ad-
mmistration measures" has created
an uproar in the society.
The statement as to the status OF
the amendments by Mrs. Scott, as
quoted exclusively in The Washing
ton Herald yesterday morning,
came as a surprise to both the Story
and the Scott factions. Whether or
not Mrs. Scott will support the
amendments, it is certain they are
offered to the consideration OF the
Continental Congress of the D. A.
r, under the signatures and in
dorSements of six prominent mem
bers of her party-Mrs. Mabel c..
Swormstedt, chairman Mrs. Sophie
H. Bushnell, Mrs. Anne II. Perlev,
Mrs. Artie Goodwin CuIlop, Mrs.
Juliet II. Cox, and Mrs. Ellen
Spencer Mussey.
MAY RESULT IN 4 SPLIT.
1t is even now feared that Mrs. Scott s
statement may result in Il split in her
party, many OF her adherents being ex-
tremeIy anxious to see the amendments
brought TO a successful issue. On the
other hand, the Story adherents are as
serting that Mrs. Scott's attitude ind:-
Gates a distinct back-down on her part,
and the throwing aside of what was in
tended to be one of the most prominent
administration policies.
Another feature of Mrs. Scott's reply
that is being severely criticised is that
in which she says she is broad enough
TO consider the rank and file of the So
ciety'' in the appointment OF committees
1t is pointed out that these plumS were
given TO many defeated candidates for
Office in the Scott party. and that Mrs
ScOtt's charity to the rank and file of the
society, in the matter of complimenting
them with committee appointments, did
not extend to many besides the leaders
and lame ducks" of her own party.
The conservatives also are complaining
of the national board of management and
criticise the last payment on the con-
tracts of Continental Hall without writ
ten agreement from the contractors that
the regrettable sinking of the south por-
tiCo should be remedied.
Only n Verbal Promise.
1t is said that when Mrs. Scott was
asked if she had any agreement in writ
ing with the contractors to remedy this
fault, she replied she had a verbal prom
Use and would not ask to put the promise
in writing. Many Daughters criticise this
The Washington herald., 1911-03-05
MRS. MUSSEY'S VIEWS.

Believes that Some Regulation Is
NeceKsary to Protect the Race.
Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey, dean of
the Woman's Law School and vice presi-
dent of the board of education. was en-
thusiastic over the effort to arouse pub
lie opinion in an attempt to have Con-
gress pass a law requiring applicants for
marriage licenses to produce health GER
tiffcates
Il am in favor of such a law" Mrs.
Mussey said yesterday, FOR 1 believe that
some kind of regulation should certainly
be promulgated for the protection of fu-
ture generations. My help will be forth
coming for any effort to secure reform
along these lines"
The Washington herald., 1911-03-05
DEATH RECORD.
WHITE

WHITE
John Synan. 70. Govt Hosp. Insane.
Henry C0pperthite. ir., s. Providence Hosp
Bessie Z. Phillips, e. Providence Hosp
Bertha Dorsey. "A. Emergency Hosp
Minnie Z. Thomas. 8. Homeopathic Hosp.
Amelia A. Davis. q, ISIS St nv.
Lillian NJ. Bateman, 80 as llth St nc.
Fanny Abraham, Is. Garfield Hosp
Josephine White. g. the Ontario.
Robert ]. Walker. "A. ll5 Euclid st. NV
Edward Ecklof, 65. Georgetown Hosp
william w. wallingford 81. l2z First 4. nv.
Rosa Baretz, months ZIG Four-and-a-han st 81
COLORED.
Elizabeth Upshaw. 81. 22ll Twelfth st nv.
Maria Hall. 49, 1906 Tenth st. NV.
Frederick Gresham. 81. 30 Ninth st. ne
Rubin Bird, IS. Washington Asylum Hosp.
Emily Fletcher. s.. Casualty Hosp
Florence Muse, L sll Dixon's court Ev.
Sax1fsr Loxs, n mnnths. LA Delaware ASo- *.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-05
BIRTH RECORD.

WHITE
Charles L. and Lottje !. Martin, girl.
Albert c. and Margaret Burgess, boy.
James T. and Anna X. BOotes, girl
James G. and Irene VI. Dye. boy.
John and Bertha A. Williams. girl
William W. and Thso1osia L Shipley, bog.
Julius and Lena Rudden, boy.
Harry and Sarah Leito6, giri.
Joseph W. and Emma Coz. bog.
Henry and Mary Ellington, boy.
Joseph +. and Mabel Hester. boy.
Harry ]. and Ada B. McGowan. bog.
John p. and Lillian Z. Payne, girl
Edward and Vera Chamberlain, girl
william II. and Amy Herbert, bog.
Alfred NJ. and Hettie A. Duckett, gin.
COLORED.
Norman and Mildred Ross, girl.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-05
Local Temperafure.

Midnight. Il; . a m. 43; a. m. Il; a. m, .;
n m, 80; 10 a H. 40; L noon, 30; D. m. -;
p. m. Al; p. m. 40; p. m, IS; 10 p. m, ..
Maximum, g; Minimum 35
Relative humidity, >. m, 6S; p. m, g.; D.
m, IS Rainfall Is p. m. to p. M, tracn; hours
Of sunshine, Ia; PET cent Of possible sunshine l.
Temperature same date last year-Maximum, 60;
minimum, 81.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-05
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Q. S. Dept Of Agriculture. Weather Bureau.

Washington. Saturday March l. lSIl-S y m.
A marked high barOmctric North Da-
kota Friday night centCTcd the Upper
Lakes Saturday night II caused generally fair
weather from the Plains States eastward, except
light snow flurries over the Lower Lakes and the
southern portions Of the Middle States The North
Pacific storm has caused cDntinued rains in the
Pacific Coast States. and rain OF snow over the
Plateau and Rocky Mountain districts.