The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-24
RACE SUICIDE IS
SOURCE Of ALARM
Death Rate in France Is Far
in Excess of the Birth
Record.
SOCIALIST ENDS LIFE
Dies Rather Than Let Ad-
vance of Age Rob Life
of Sweetness.
BY PAUL VILIERS.

b1 FAUb SlIl6ho.
Special cable TO The Tribune.
PARIS. Dec. 25.-Census reports which
are now being published contain mach
food for very serious thought " not In
iced Tor actual alarm on IN" part -
those Interested in The welfare of 'hs
state. The rc;ur1s 20" tho FIRST haH
~ 1911 show thar tho deaths IN France
during that period exceeded the nurloer
VI births - l>,e.a. These figures arn
remarkable when com3are1 With the re.
turns for the corresponding period az
last year. When the births exceeded The
deaths by 21.IsP
The figures tpr tho census taken ir
March lest show that The great cltics
arc practically standing sull In the mat
ter or population. - condition shown ~
no other country. Tho to,sl increase M
Puris since 1896. for Instance. has been
onl- S3.5a3. the percentage OF incress@
for the nNe-y"aT period being Joss than
. per cent. Marseilles has added onl"
3issi 10 her popula ton. OF under ! per
cent. for the live ycsrs
Tic problem Of how best 10 increase
the growth Of the nation Is yery Sc
rlouS one,
Socialist Ends Life.
The famous Socialist Paul JararEuc.
who A ono dime was deputy In the
French chamber, and h!s wife. a 5sush-
tee OF Cerl Marx. one Of the founders
Of modern socialism have given intense
Is realistic proof Of iheir belief IN Osler's
theory that mans lifc after forty years
else, They have committed suicide to-
gether at their house at praven. near
Paris
In a letter which ne lef, behind. Mr.
I-afargUe who was 50 years OF age, thus
explains his action:
Sound in body and mind. am KILL
Ing mlself before ruthless old age. which
has taken from me one hy one the pleas
ures and Joys az my existence and has
deprived me OF my physical and Intel
lectual powers. paralyzes my energy and
breaks my Will and makes me burden
TO myself and others.
''For many years. | nave pledged my
self not 20 pass the three score years
and ten. ! have fixed the time OF my
pared the me thod OF CARRYING out ny
rcsolution-a hypodermIc injection or
prussic acid.
II die with the supreme joy Of being
absolutely certain that. In the near fu-
ttlre the cause to which | have de-
voted myself for forty-fivs years VIII
triumph
..Vive Ie Comnurismel Nivs ls Social
isme interpa tional!-Paul lafargue.
IT'S 1ffc. Nine. Laura Lafarsue, did
not wish 10 survive her husband and took
poison with him
II Is a tragic coincidence that Nine.
Lafargues sister. Eleanor committed
suicide In March. 1895 in London. Eleanor
was considered TO be one OF the most
cialists. but while her sister died so &c
not g. survive the man she loved, she
committed suicide because OF the calous
treatment OF her husnanc' Dr ho"h,9 Ii9
practically saved his ne DIT Arelns
died a few months after his wife
NJ Lsfargue came from one OF the old
besan 70 Interest himself in the teach
ings OF Karl Marx. He took leading
part IN the commune and, and was on ssyersi
LONDON in 1871 he married the daughter ot
Karl Marx. 10 whom he introduced ~.
Cuesde. ". Lafargue. like most OF tho
relatives OF Karl Marx. Was rigid doc
trlnaire. and he was familiar nEurs
among Socialists In EnSiand. Holland;
Spain and Portugal He was. possessed
made unhappy by The fear OF mental
paralysis.
Traced Crime to Judge.
policeman's zeal has gone beyond
all bounds II led him 10 the conclusion
that an examining magistrate had nun
The Incident Is connected
with tho famous crime OF 1sorney. in
which the parish priest IS accused or nav
Ing murderer his sacristep On the even
ing OF the discovery OF the crime, when
police and magistrates were at the church,
d policeman noticed the footprints OF n
dog around the church and in the blood
stains IL was assumed that the owner
OF the dog probably was the murderer.
The policeman set resoluiely TO work
and caught all the dogs In the neigh
borhood 10 measure their paws- After
three weeks he returned 10 Autun 10
give an account 70 the magistrate or tbe
failure OF his mission. He nad not been
able 10 ind the dog. Before being re
ceivcd by the magistrate he had 10 wait
In an ante-chambcr. \ dog came IN.
and out or habit. he measured the
dogs paws. To his delight he found that
the paws exactly corresponded 10 thu
ones ne was looking for. He rushed Into
the magistrates room. holding the doE.
and announced with delight that he had
lust discovered the right animal, after
three weeks OF searca. IN was now a
question merely 10 discover the animals
owner But the magistrate was now tho
surprised party. IL was his own dog.
He Immediately solved the question, how-
my dog was with me the night OF the
crime aud that explains his footprints.