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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-29
VOICE AND BEAUTY GONE.
ACTRESS ENDS HER LIFE
Amid Relics of Days of Popu-
Iarity, She Turns on Gas
in Hotel.
Special dispatch 70 The Star.

Special dispatch 10 The Star.
CHICAGO, October 2S.-Her voice and
beauty gradually succumbing to the raw
ages Of years and driven by her failing
talent TO seek employment in the cheap
est theaters, Miss Blanche Dodd. once a
popular actress. today shut herself in a
room at the Commercial Hotel and
turned ON the gas. Her body was found
q few hours later by an employee of the
house.
The room in which the woman spent
her last hours was Uttered with the rel
les Of days when she won the hearts of
audiences with her soprano voice and her
girlish smile. a half dozen rich gowns
which she had evidently put on to pose
for the last time before her mirror. were
strewn about the floor. On the bureau
We're two large solitaire rings and dia
mond brooch.
Before preparing to die Miss Dodd took
from her trunk bundle of old valentines
sent her by admirers in the years of her
popularity. These We're found lying near
tho body.
Came From Toronto.
Miss Dodd came to Chicago from To-
rontO fifteen years ago She quickly won
place for herself on the musical stage.
performing under the name of Pearl
Ward. Many seasons of success and
PROSPERITY followed
Then came day when applause grew
meagre and managers were less generous
with engagements The scent show and
the saloon vaudeville in time offered her
the only means of livelihood
She returned to her Canadian home for
a while. a few weeks ago she came back
to Chicago resolved to make a fresh eff
fort to regain her own popularity, but
received little announcement.
tnirfv-SpE1n
She had heavy, brown chestnut hair.
fair complexion and a graceful figure.
Her father Is Thomas Dodd of Toronto,
q retired miller.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-29

IL PAYS to read the want columns of
The Star. Hundreds OF situations are
filed through them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-29

Walter T. Paine. secretary Of the
High Priests Association. has been In
the west for the past two months on
business connected with the general
California before his return. In. his
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-09-14
To Make Life Easier

Whoever puts In the reach of the
housewife any device which will make
her tasks less laborius and give her
more time to devote to the ideal
things Of life, is doing humanity a
service. Tt is in this role that Mrs
Julia Blian deserves a reward Of
merit. She is Introducing into Plym-
outh new sort of mop. Shine Dust
Mop. it is called. It is made of
heavy string, doped up in some way
so that it will take up dust and
germs from bare floors. woodwork.
mattings, linoleums. and walls with
the least possible expenditure of la
Dor.
When it is soiled. it can be cleaned
by simply washing in clear warm
water. 1t is warranted to last six
months with the hardest usage which
it isn't likely to get in most of our
homes, and only costs fifty cents.
When Mrs Blain calls on You. see
it for yourself. d16-23 w17-24
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-09-14

fluctuations in the price of our staple
products. the truth has been i'm.
pressed upon the farmer that to re-
alize the. full intrinsic value of his
money crops at any given time, he
must be prepared to place them
promptly and in large quantities at
his selling points on short notice. Ii
good roads between the farms and
the towns will enable him to double
the hauling capacity of his draught
animals he Is prepared to take two
fold advantage of a good price.
We complain bitterly against the
railroads for freight charges, and yet
put up with cost of hauling over
bad roads so many times greater than
the cost of railroad freights per mile
that we can but be amazed at our
own failure to utilize our OppOrtu-
mites. Every wheel that turns over
3 bad road adds TO the cost of liv-
inc and doing business; every farmer
Is daily paying a toll through the
heavy burden of bad roads which in
the aggregate cost is far more than
his taxation. both state and nation
al. In fact. as an economic prob
lem. pure and simple, the question
of good roads Is of more-vital con-
Germ to the American people than
the question of protection or free
trade. -,
The writer. but few DAYS ago.
was given an example in truth where
two farmers. brothers, living IN diff
ferent localities in the same county,
in the state of Illinois-the one for
tunately living upon road that was
traverseable with maximum loads
the ether living upon an unimproved
road affording only such seasons of
travel as the weather would permit
upon the natural black soil of the
state of Illinois; the one marketing
his. corn crop according to the best
'prire'he>could obtain; the other mar
keting his corn crop when permitted
tot deliver by. road conditions; the
one realizing an excess. BY reason of
the good road conditions to the
amount of $1,000 upon an equal
number of bushels marketed.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-09-14
Brick Roads in Ohio

There is a deplorable want of in
formation as to what constitutes the
most economical and the most CON-
Portable roads. There is also both
transformation and lack of informal
tion as to the cost of high-class roads
as compared with the cost of the or
binary macadam or gravel road. A
careful examination into the vitrifed
brick highways of Cuyahoga county,
Ohio. will convince any student that
these roads meet the very highest
demand In that they are. without
any question. whatever. the most
economical and the most comfortable
to be found anywhere in the world
Other parts of the country are
catching on and the vitrifed brick
roads are solving the problem of the
repair burden and are teaching the
fact that there is road that can
be used at all seasons of the year
at times when we most need a road
one that the rain, snow, freezing
and thawing does rot affect Equally
important: brick road are teaching
that traction resistance is an import
ant question In economy TO the far
mers and country use as we'll as for,
the city.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-09-14
Wool

The number of feeces of wool and
the total weight of the wool clip for
1909 has not yet been completely
tabulated. The average weight per
fleece for a group of Is states al
ready tabulated is "A pounds. In
1900 the average weight per fleece
for these states was 6S pounds, and
for the entire United States 6.3
pounds. IF the average weight for
the entire United States for 1909 is
"A pounds, the aggregate weight of
wool shorn in that year. including
that clipped from lle sheep on farms
and in cities at the date of enumera-
ton. and that shorn from sheep af-
forwards slaughtered in the spring of
1910. before the date of enumeration.
will be approximately 296.000.0OO
pounds; while if the average weight
for the farms of the country is only
z pounds. the wei CHIT of the farm clip
will not greatly differ from that re-
turned bv the census of 1000. or
about 277,OOO,OOO pounds.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-09-14
ALUM IN BAKING POWDER
Medical Journal Tells of Danger At
tending It's Use-Results of
Experiments Made.

Discussions as to the presence of
alum in baking powder and the
danger attending its Use have :, been
going on for many years. A recent
contribution to our knowledge of
this subject is found in an article by
Professor William j. Giles, Profess
or Of Chemistry Of Columbia Uni
versity, which recently appeared in
The Journal of the American Medi-
cal Association. Professor Giles says
that he has been conducting expert
ments on the effects of alum for
about seven years, and that he is
convinced that the use of alum in
food is dangerous. He finds that
when taken into the stomach it is
absorbed and carried to all parts Of
the body by the blood, causing harm
full consequences, and that it should
be excluded from food. His ex-
periments show that llum is
strong poison and is injurious to
both plants and animals, that when
baking-powder containing alum is
used in making bread, alum in solu-
ton is later found In the. stomach of
persons eating the bread. He con-
cludes that bread made with baking
powder containing alum is liable to
carse harm to the stomach and di-
gestion, especially ifsused for a long
period of time and particularly in
people whose digestion is not vigor-
Gus or normal. He says that the
public should be given the benefit
of any possible doubt in this matter
until it is shown without question
that aluminized bread as commonly
used cannot possibly be injurious to
the health, not only of those who
are robust and who apparently can
stand anything, but especially of
those who are most susceptible to
injury and disease.
A long series of experiments on
animals showed that when fed foods
containing alum was found in the
blood and did harm. As a result of
his experiments he concludes that
the use of alum in any food should
be prohibited by law In the interest
of public health.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-09-14
SEES NO Good
. IN RECIPROCITY
Rudyard KipIins Advises Cana
da to Beware.
SAYS ODDS ARE TOO uneven
Thinks 100000 People Would In
evitabIy Dominate 100000 by
Sheer Force of Ad-
mitted Weight.

Ottawa Ont, Sept. g. = The Mon
trsal Star has enlisted another re-
cruit to the anti-reciprocity cause in
the. person of Rudyard Kipling, who
has written letter to the editor. This
is the letter:
"Bateman's, Burwash, Sussex, Eng
land
ITO the, Editor of the Montreal
Star:
Il do not understand how 1900, 900
people can enter into such arrange
ments as are proposed with 10000, 900
strangers on an open frontier of 1000
miles and at the same time preserve
their national integrity.
Ten to one is too heavy odds. No
single Canadian would accept such
odds in any private matter that was
as vital to him personally as this is
sue is to the nation.
at is her own soul that Canada
risks TO-DAY. Once. that soul is pawned
for any consideration Canada must in
evitabIy conform to the commercial.
legal, financial, social and ethical
standards which will be imposed upon
her by sheer admitted weight Of the
United States.
"She might, for example, be COM
PEELED later on to admit reciprocity in
the murder rate of the United States,
which at present, / believe, 10 some
thing over $50 per 1000, 900 per an.
mum.
IF these proposals had been made
q generation ago, or n the Dominion
were today poor. depressed ana with
out hope, one WOULD perhaps under
stand their being discussed, but It -
rot one Of these things. She II .
nation and as the lives Of nations are
reckoned, will ere Ions b among the
great nationA
why, then, when abe has made
herself what she u sAcuh she. throw
the enormous gifts Of her inheritance
and her future into the hands u .
people who by their haste and waste
have 30 dissipated their resources tha4
even before rational middle age chev
are driven to seek virgin Acids for
cheaper food and living?
Whatever the United States may
gain. and l presume that the United
States proposals are not wholly altru-
istic. see nothing for Canada IN reci-
procity except little ready money,
which she does not need. and . very
long repentance.
"RUDYARD M7Ln0."
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-09-14
VALUE Of CO0DR0ADS
TO RURAL COMMUNITY
Public Officials Magazine Shows in What
Way Better Highways Will Benefit
Lands illustrations Given--The Ohio
Plan of Paving.

The Public Officials Magazine, in
It's June number had a series of ex-
cellent articles on the subject of good
roads In Indiana the roads are
maintained by the counties and town.
ships. In 1911 probably S4,500.0O0
Will be expended for this purpose in
the state. The following article from
this magazine shows very clearly the
value to the farming community OF
good roads.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-09-14

Loneliness is one of the impelling
forces driving. people from country to
city life. 1t is not possible to retain
upon the farm either the young peo-
pie or the more active laborers so
much needed In farm work, so long
as bad roads make easy transporta-
ton back and forth impossible. While
| cannot vouch for its accuracy it
has often been claimed that the lone
illness of country life results in more
insanity among farmers wives In
proportion to the whole number than
is to be found in any other class of
people. Whether this oft-repeated
statement be correct or not, | can
readily imagine that there may be
some truth in it. The men on the
farm are able to move around, to
meet each other at the country store.
or to engage in outside pursuits
which furnish some diversion.
The farmer S. wife in a country of
bad roads has little or no diversion;
it Is impossible during part of the
year for her to visit friends or to
attend church. and no wonder the
monotony of life where bad roads
produce these results hangs like a
pail over her.
In some of our largest cities. es-
pecially in New York, Boston, Prov
idence. and Rochester, it has long
been apparent that our school build
ings and our churches have other
proper uses than their obvious and
original ones. 1t is not especially
good business to let an expressive
building lie idle all but one Sunday
in the month as many of our rural
churches do. The depreciation of
such buildings, is actually greater
from rotting out than from wearing
out. There Is nothing in the nature
of things Objectionable to putting the
church edifce to other purpose than
church services. With an estab-
lished school center, well located with
regard to good roads and accessible
ity, churches would soon spring up
near by and the location would be-
come social center Meetings of
various kinds, lectures, concerts, and
social gatherings could be held in the
church and school buildings, and the
attractions of rural life would be
just so much increased.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-09-14

AS usually treated, a sprained
ankle will disable man for three
or four weeks, but by applying
Chamberlain is Liniment freely as
soon as the injury is received, and
observing the directions with each
bottle, cure can be effected in from
two to four days. For sale by All
Dealers.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-09-14
JOHN THOMPSON Is
SURPRISED ON BIRTHDAY

John Thompson, living four miles
northwest of Plymouth. was very
surprised Thursday even
ing by about fifty of his neighbors,
who called upon him unceremonious-
ly and told him of the Importance
of the occasion. Ice cream and cake
were served to the company and a
most jolly time had by all.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-09-14
Good Things t0Eat

will hold no joys for you If you have isdi-
gesiisa or any STOMACH, LIVER or KIDNEY
trouble. You need not pay big doctors his,
but If you suffer from any Of these ailments
just step into your nearest druggisth1 set
. so cent bottle of SEVEN BARKs the At
household remedy, the '6ness tohid BID
blood purifier known. If your syst Is
run down and you want to regain mr.
youthful energy, SEVEN 1ARxS xil1 ad n
plish it, make your food digest and I've
you new life. Money xefunded if tits
fed. Tfyit and epjuy y6u< ddresa
LYMAN BROWN, IS Murray s.. Neu Ysrk. NY.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-09-14

SIS to 60S,363. which is 155,155, or
20 per cent. The decrease in the
number of farms in the North At
lantic states was at practically the
same rate as the decrease in the num-
Der of mature sheep, leaving the av-
erage number OF sheep per farm APP
proSimately 81 at both periods.
In the South Atlantic division.
however. there was a decrease of
practically $4,000 in the number of
farms reporting, with only a slight
decrease in the number of sheep. In
1900 the number of mature sheep per
farm In that group of states was 16,
whereas in 1910 the average number
per farm had increased to 20.
In the South Central division the
number of farms fell off about 1000
'whicll is a much greater relative de-
crease than that in the number of
sheep. In 1000 the average number
of sheep per farm was %; whereas
in 1910 is was about %.
In the North Central division both
the number of farms and tile number
of mature sheep increased slightly.
the number of sheep per farm being
about % at each census period.
In the Western division the in
crease in number of farms CORE
spends very closely to the increase
in number of sheep: the average
number Of sheen per farm reportinq
being approximately 900 at each of
the censuses.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-09-14

/ believe that it may be said with
out question that, broadly speaking,
the building of good roads through
any unsettled district does not in
reality cost the country, state or in
dividual single dollar. This is due
to the fact that the construction of
improved highways Immediately re-
suits in enhancement in the values
of all adjacent properties by reason,
so far as farming districts are con-
cerned, of the higher profits which
come through. the reduced cost in
cultivating and shipping all products.
A man owns a farm of 100 acres
worth ten dollars an acre. The total
value is one thousand dollars. The
farm is five miles from town on bad
roads. Let the county put that five
miles of road in first class condition.
What is the RESULT Someone comes
along and offers that farmer fifteen
hundred dollars for his place.
Religious Phase
cit is vain to hope to build up
the churches Of the country districts
to their highest point of efficiency SC
long as impossible roads make church
attendance practically impossible FOR
a large part of the year"
Educational Side
Upon the magnifcently CONSTRUCTED
highways in northern Ohio, the
school children of the rich and poor
on their way to school have enjoyed
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-09-14
DIR. COX'S
Barbed Wire
IMMINENT

GUARANTEED to heal without leav-
ing bfemish, or MONEY REFUNDED.
SOC and $1.OO sizes for fresh wounds.
old sores, sore backs and shoulders, burns
and bruises. 25c size for Family Use.
DIR. cCX'S PAINLESS BLISTER. !.
is painless and guaranteed to cure
SPAWN, Ringbone, Curb, Sweeny, Splint,
Puffs, or any enlargement of bone or
muscle, or money refunded. Price SOC.
FOR SALE BY
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-09-14
Cost of Transportation

The cost of this transportation. to
the farmer is important. 1t has been
estimated that the total cost tc faa,s
mers of the United States of market
ing the farm products of the couAtF
Is about six hundred millions. of dol
lars annually. Notice that this charge.
is dead load carried by the farmer.
Il is not like a fertilizer bill. If you
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-09-14

Our Office is always open. We have
some exceptionally good bargains In
farms and other real estate. We
will guarantee that
YOU WILL NOT GET BUMPED
if you make a deal with rs. The
best asset Of our Real Estate busi-
ness is the large number Of satisfied
customers. For our mutual good W
are anxious to add your name to Che
list.
'- ". 4. ROBERTS,
T A3ssIzI5.jyqy Packard Blk.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-09-14

/. ct have a world Of confidence in
Chamberlain Cough Ismedy for 1
have used it with perfect success"
writes Mrs. M. ]. Basford, Pooles-,
vile, Md. For sale by All Dealers.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-09-14

Mans mastery of the air will be
demonstrated at Plymouth Sept. 81
%. See for yourselves. 4tw
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-09-14

spend twelve hundred dollars year
on guano or cotton seed meal, ferti-
lizers, you expect to get it back In
increased crops. But the farmer who
hauls his tobacco or cotton, ten miles
to a warehouse gets no more for it
than the farmer who is five miles
from town.
Good Roads Save Money
The only way to make money on
your transportation is oy cutting
down your transportation charges.
To haul more cheaply YOU must make
YOUR hauling more easier, be able to
haul heavier loads. be able to haul
more rapidly.
The only way to reach these trans
portation expenses and reduce these is
through the medium of improved
roads. You can't feed your stock
less; you can't drive your animals
faster; you can't load your wagons
heavier on your present poor roads.
The only thing that remains is to
improve the roads.
A farmer of Gland, Elmore county,
Alabama, kept a record of his haul
ING to and fro from his market town,
Wetumpka, for one year. He made
one hundred and twenty trips and
rated them at two dollars per trip,
figuring on the market price for Ia
Dor and team. By doubling his load
he could therefore save one hundred
and twenty dollars per year.
Under the complex conditions Of
our modern life end the resulting
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-09-14

The best Sale Bills are printed at
the Republican Office.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-09-14

for walking purposes these roads
with all the comfort and pleasures
afforded upon the best sidewalks of
our cities.
Increase the Pleasure of Country
Life
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-09-14

N5ssI4I5Iiy4I Packard BIZ
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-06-08
EDUcAT ORS TOOK THREE
STRAIGHT FROM THE LOCAL
BASEBALL TEAM.
WICHITA FALLS TOMORROW
LEAGUE Leaders Will Make Their Ap-
pearance Here Tomorrow, Playing
Three Games With the Local
Team.

Manager Rogers and his team re-
turned home last night from Durant.
where ,hey lost three straight. The
Durant team. Rogers says. is now play
ing AS fast ball as any team in the
league. Since Connor took charge OF
the team there. he has strengthened
the weak spots and has instilled team
work with the result that he is now
getting all out OF his men that they
have in them. Rogers says that the
present team at Durant is nothing like
the one which played here a month
ago.
Tomorrow the Wichita Falls Irish
/ ads league leaders, viii make their
first appearance here. Trammel. who
was not used in the Durant series VIII
likely pitch the opener. The big fellow
ost his game at Wichita Falls and
saws he is out for revenge on Morris
men.
Rich. an outfielder, has been secured
from Gainesville and will play in the
outfeld for the local team. He arriN'
ed today. Singleton. an outhelder from
Oklahoma City, will arrive this after
noon and Beavers, an inielder is eN'
lected tomorrow. All three OF these
men are said to he good ball players
and viii strengthen the weak spots OF
the team. Spencer has been released
Rogers is now dickering for another
good pitcher.
The team will be in shape for the
series with Wichita Falls tomorrow.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-06-08
How to Be Hot.

Look at the thermometer every ten
minutes.
Believe only the thermometers that
register the highest.
Read the weather predictions over
and over.
Talk about the weather.
Insist that our climate is changing.
Drink lots of ice water. lemonade
and other stuff in the effort TO find
something that will make you feel
cool.
Say: Isn't this a scorcher?" ey-
cry five minutes.
Look at the thermometer again.
Run for the street car and then dis
cuss the heat with the conductor.
Before retiring say: This bedroom
is like an oven"
If you see anyone who looks COM
Portable, sigh: "ll bet he isn't half
as cool as he looks"
Occasionally say: -Four people
Frustrated by heat today. Ny, o my -
Chicago Post
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-06-08

Cheaser 4, off Tate G, off Lunsford 3.
Oft Haislip 4 struck out, by Lunsford
(. by Tate 4: left on bases, Lawton t.
Bonham 8: bases on balls, off Ches-
ser !. off r ate ], off Lunsford ?, of
Halslip /: first base on errors, Law
ton 3. Bonham ,: double play, Garrity
to Metcalfe to Pokorney; hit by pitch
er. Carrity. Grider; sacrifice hits
Pinkerton ,. Tate. Hpmphries. Query;
earned runs Lawton >, Bonham o.
Time Of game, hour and 45 minutes.
Umpire. CoursOn.