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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-08
WHAT IS THE ANswER7

One Of the big life insurance COM.
panies Issues a bulletin on public health
in which 1t points out that over 100000
people will be alive in the United
States next New Years day who would
have died this year if the death rate
(registered area) of 1880 still prevailed.
We have learned by experience how to
prolonG human life. And this accounts
for the Increasing public interest in the
conservation Of life and health.
The tuberculosis death rate has de-
ciined 50 per cent in thirty years-and
still It IL estimated that it Stays 100000
Americans annually, and afflicts over
100000 who are spreading the disease
to others.
Typhoid fever has been reduced 20
per cent; diphtheria 80 per cent; pneu-
eases cost US $4,000 lives annually.
Smallpox has almost entirely disap-
peared as a deadly disease, yellow fever
has been conquered. -Asfatic cholera
has been successfully resisted at our
seaports. Other communicable diseases
have decreased. But diseases of the
heart, kidneys, arteries, Qargely pre-
ventable or postponable if detected in
ttme) as well as cancer, etc, Of the
non-communicable class. have in
creased steadily-cancer $50 per cent;
civ 1874
Then this insurance company asks
some questions:
Doer your community maintain a
properly equipped and efficient pubic
health department with an energetic,
experienced and adequately paid off,
cial at It's head? The absence of such
a bureau means many deaths from?
pfeventable cause.
Is your water supply pure and fully
/ protected against contamination?
Is the sewerage system ample and is
it used by ell residents; or are a part Of
them still helping to spread disease by
maintaining open or unprotected
vaults?
Has a proper sanitary method been
adopted for disposing of garbage?
Are there dirty streets. alleys. or
back yards? Or stagnant pools OF
water in the streets or near residences
g Is the official milk inspection rigid
and efficient?
Are consumptives and those afflicted
with other communicable diseases
properly supervised in order to prevent
them from spreading their misery tc
others?
Are there anywhere in your com
munity. accommodations of filth and like
breeding places of flies and other germ
carrying insects?
81 Are the meats and other foods prop.
erly inspected and protected from flies
dust and other disease carriers from
Afhe time Of preparation for the Iiarke
until they reach the consumer?
Don't you think disease prevention
SHOULD be taught more fully in the pub
lie schools?
II an insurance company asks these
questions as business proposition
mainly, can communities afford to re-
fuse to answer them?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-08
Iona Newspapers
ANSWERING THE KIDS.

One of the wise old maids who writes
a Home Circle Column that is
printed in many papers. says: There
is no question that child can seri-
ouslyly and fairly ask that can not be
seriously and fairly answered" Which
goes to show that she never knew
many lsidlets. I've seen several of them
whose questions not only upset the
dinner table but drove the hired grid to
hunt a new place: caused the death of
pet rooster. and put mamma to blush
before the doctor. Fairly answer any
question child can ask Why, old
grille. there is not man or woma n
in the penitentiary smart enough to do
that every day and stick to it.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-08
THE FIRST WEEKS BUSINESS.

The year opened with pronounced
Increase in business confidence. based
upon the improvement during the past
three months, especially in iron and
steel, copper and dry goods: and there
Is a growing belief that the new year
will prove better as TO the volume Of
business transactions than 1911. tho
this optimism Is tempered by much
conservatism. and there is no dispo-
sition to expand unduly. Business last
week was seasonably quiet as susuai
during the period Of stock taking and
settlements incident TO the closing Of
the old and the beginning Of the new
year; and In some trade centers the
Of this customary pause in the mer-
camille distribution. In the iron and
steel trade. however. the margin be-
tween capacity and production is
steadily narrowing. and it is the pro-
gressive improvement in this indus
try that makes so strongly for the bet
The expansion in iron and steel ex-
tends to most Of it's important branch
| es, and as this means resumption Of
work by closed mills dnlarger en-
ployment Of labor, the influence Of
this development on trade and indus
try IL far reaching. The same is true,
tho In less degree, in the cotton goods
Industry, and in fact in the dry goods
market generally; and notwithstand-
In Ethe inventories and readjustments
Incident to the season, there is mani
Test activity in preparation for the
spring trade.
:, Aftsr the notably active holiday
rado, retailers are endeavoring, with
considerable success, to stimulate the
interest Of buyers by special sales
ygool = quiet for the moment, while
he outlook IL regarded as good
Iaathst II also quiet. but general.
9lfm Hides show some Improvement
&ThsFo = . fair amount Of business O,
kfAe books Of he New England sho,
factoe3a0. Bank clearings this weel
1hew gains OF so per cent over 191
6nA II Per cent over 1910 outside New
1uk, and io...ss t5ff So and sio pc
- respectively. at New York. tn
1bes10n trade foe the latest week from
50 D@4 q New York was Of dimin
1sa volume, exports being siiee.::!.ss,::ee
~ uEay four millions less than tn
Rosol1nG ysaR. while the imports as
11 ~. es1,s7e. being slightly bet
- - prscsdias year.
Ogoaoea operations and large
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-08

wearing qualities. Il II now used IN
the manufacture u stesl rails. bong
mixed with the melted metal while
1t is being cast into ingots. T1tantnm
performs the finishing work q el1lp1.
mating impurities left behild By NAo
other purifiers used IN tho molten
Steel Exhaustive tests have shown
that steel rails treated with t1eant1m
at cost of only Is cents ton. wOfs
increased in tensile strength ahout
20 per cent more than could be -
tanned BY any other process.
One Of the difficulties In the mak'
ing Of steel insots for rails Or tor any
other purpose has always been tAat
1t was impossible to clear The moatsn
steel Of all it's impurities These.
contained within the rail. gave 4 .
weakness that often caused II to
break. The titanium added 70 tAs
molten metal operates to oasiss these
impurities to rise to the surface OF
the ingot, where they may b skim-
med of.
Rails rolled from stesa insots tssat-
ed with titanium have bssn fully
tested on the New York Central NH
way lines. The rails treatsd With
titanium were laid alternately with
ordinary rails Of the highest clos.
After four months use the dta1atm
rail had one pound Of weight worn
OF In each yard while the other fqil
had three pounds worn Of par yard.
Other tests, made By placing poseoG
of the rail eAd up under . powerful
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-08

corporate property, exclusive Of fran
chiss valuations, and with all Intangible
values defined by law in advance. shall
be entitled to q fair return while opef-
ated by the company or its lawful sue
cessors or assigns, and shall bespnr-
chasable 1t fair price II ever taken
over by the municipality or the state.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-08
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

"Yes, we have q spell of lowttemper-
atures in Iowa occasionally, but it is
dry cold that doesn't penetrate the
marrow. There is no reason why Win
nipeg should have a monopoly ofsthe
argument" says the Sioux City Jour
nal i. tHt
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-08

The Mount Vernon Record wonders
If Professor Holden should be nomi-
mated for governor would Earnie
Moore. w. r. Boyd, and Jim Trewin
continue to be republicans
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-08

The Boone News Republican says
That was a kind of Judas Iscarfot
trick that the governor of Michigan
performed"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-08

Comparison Of Four Months Wear u
eosssmer Rail Of 1907 and otA
Months' Wear Of Fsrro. TltaRluM
eesssmer Rail % 1904 ~ New
York Central Lines. From ~ lllvo'
&rstion In caesisr's Magazine.
trip hammer and letting II drop upea
the section Of the rail, proved tha4
the titanium rail- would Stand grnAe
deal more poundiDg without csaek.ne
than tho ordinary rail would. eeeel
rails treated with tttanium could -
bent and twisted into Ill Shapes WITH
out cracking. Ordinary Fa1ls put =
ths Same test were broken. rs I
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-08

Iowa wants a progressive president
-Cummins if posi- le but If not him.
then some other able man wro stands
for progressive principles" insists the
Sheldon Sun.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-08

The Carroll Herald says 1T might
have been better for Senator Kenyon
had he devoted his attention more to
senatorial duties and less to the special
prosecution for the department of jus
tice. Truth is. there is enough for the
senator to do without taking on the
burden that Iawa's junior has gratui-
tlously assumed"
The Register and Leader suggests
that The Sioux City lad who per-
forated three members of the family
with gun he received as Christmas
gift would have disappointed some
folks had he neglected the opportun-
ity"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-08

Professor Holden is candidate for
governor of Iowa His support for the
nomination will come largely from the
standpat wing of the party Lieutenant
Governor Clark is the progressive can
didate,' says the Grundy Democrat
The Holden candidacy will lack en-
tfusiastic support from any source.
Only Ames student farmers will be
strong Holden men. The average farm
er hasn't warmed up to Holden's paper
farming"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-04-15
WOULD BAR NIGHT
MESSENGERS UNDER 2l

WASHINGTON April 13.-The pat
tern child labor bill prepared by the
commission on uniformity of state
laws was introduced in the house yes.
terday by Representative Cox, of
Ohio.
The bill, which is to apply to the
District of Columbia, would prohibit
employment of children under IA
years in any capacity and under 16
In work about any machinery or
hazardous process. No employer
would be permitted to work any child
which cannot speak and read English.
A child must also ~have had at least
five years of school!
The bill would prohibit employment
OF any one under 81 years where
liquor is made or sold or as messen-
ger after 10 o'clock at night, or EN-
ployment of any child for more than
six days OF eight hours each In any
week. Newsboys and girls under IL
would be absolutely prohibited and no
boy under II would be permitted to
black boots.
Children under 16 would not be en-
ployed without certificates OF age,
health and conduct issued by the
superintendent OF schools, who would
be authorized 10 employ inspectors
to enforce the law. Employers who
violate the act would be fined from
IS TO $50 for the first offense, to 5000,
and imprisonment for SO days for the
third offense. The children would be
dealt with by juvenile court.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-04-15
REFUSED WAGE INCREASE,
ATTACKS SUPERVISORS
County Abstractor Manly Is
Elected From Clerks Office
By Sheriff

JACKSON. Mich. April IA fist
fight occurred in the county clerks
office today when County Abstractor
Herbert Manly attacked two super.
visors because the board of supervis.
ors had declined to grant him an in.
crease in salary. Manly struck Super.
visor Hobbins, of Parma, in the face,
and struck at Supervisor Mcclellan, oil
Spring Arbor, when Sheriff Wood
took hand in the matter. and eject
ed Manly from the Office. The board
is likely now 10 decrease Manly's sal
airy or dismiss him.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-04-15
FINED $1,000 FOR USING
THE MAILS TO OEFRAUD
j. H. Dougherty Promises To
Reimburse Victims and
Escapes Prison Term

J. H. Dougherty, proprietor of the
American Patent G Promoting Co..
with Offices in the Bull block, was
fined $1,000 by Judge ANGEL in the
United States district court, Satur-
day, for using fhe mails to defraud.
He was given until November to
make good his promise to reimburse
the persons whom he had defrauded,
and the court suspended the prison
sentence provided by law.
Adrian VanVleete, OF Detroit, who
made and passed $12 In counterfeit
money, pleaded guilty and was fined
500 and sentenced to serve two
years In the federal prison in Leaven-
worth. Kas. VanVleete thanked the
court
Sentence was suspended on John
ID. Jones, who pleaded guilty to fraud.
ulent use of the mails in promoting
fake. mining stock. Jones informed
the court that a son, who inherited
from his mother, was
dependent on him for support.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-04-15
SHEPHERD RAIDS OFFICES
OF ADVERTISING DOCTORS
AND ARRESTS SEVERAL
Prosecutor Gets Strenuous In
His Campaign To Drive
Out Quacks
"K. & K" PAIR IN DRAGNET
Doctors Are Taken To the
Prosecutors Office To
Await Bail

The Offices OF Drs. TX. & k" Bah
bington & Thomas. and the Hunt In
stitute. were raided by city detectives
At 1880 Saturday afternoon under
orders OF Prosecutor Shepherd, and
the men found In the places were
taken TO the prosecutors Office,
where, after making statements, they
were taken TO police headquarters,
there to await the arrival OF friends
to give bail.
The raid was planned to take place
at IL O'Clock. when II was hoped 10
md all the doctors" busy, but ow-
Ing 10 the delay I'm obtaining war
rants, the raiding parties did not
start out until after dinner and sew
eral men sought were at lunch.
one squad went to the office of the
AUNT institute, Fort-st. west. where
Dr' r. A. Hopkins, who calls himself
the consulting physician, was found
treating patient. The treatment
was cut short and he was escorted 70
tne prosecutors office. A young man
IN the ONCE, was also taken along
"A thorough search or the office was
made Tor literature, and anything OF
an discriminating nature. was seized.
In the office OF Drs. *. q X" To-
Gated at Lafayette and Michigan, DR.
A. e. Angus was found In charge. Drs
G. G. and j. d. Kennedy were both
out, but the officers waited, and both
men returned. They were taken al
once to the prosecutors office, along
with Fred C. Zimmerman, who claims
IN hQUa nnfhfno IN n .edt
cal business, acting as real estate
agent for DR.. ]. ID. Kennedy.
In the office of Darlington & Thorn
as, at Michigan and Shelby, both Of
the proprietors, John Darlington and
B. G. Thomas, were found at work
and they were taken In custody.
]. ]. Blakely, who was found in the
office OF the Hunt Institute, claimed
to be a clerk, but later admitted that
he owned the place, having purchased
II last year. He is not physician.
Assistant Prosecutors Jasnowski
and Koscinski secured three more
warrants, Saturday morning, against
men who are alleged to be violating
the medical law.
The latest warrants are as follows:
Wladislaus j. LEILA vs.. James ID. and
Charles J. Kennedy, No. 10 Lafayette
blvd, doing business under the name
of Kennedy & Kergan, who are
charged with exposing diseased and
deformed human bodies. which woult
be indecent in the case Of living per
sons; such exhibition not being use'
for scientific purposes" $50.
Detective John Steinhebel VS.. Johl
Darlington and Burr c. Thomas
charged with grossly unprofessiona
and dishonest conduct In inserting
advertisements in a Polish daily, II
which grossly improbable statements
are made"
Detective Steinhebel vs. II. j. Higgs
OF the Hunt Medical Institute, Fortst.
near the Federal building, who is al
legged to be practicing medicine with
out license.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-04-15
STEEL TRUST HAS
VAST IRON HOLDINGS

WASHINGTON, April 13--Stagger
ing statistics OF the enormous value
OF the steel trust" mines of iron ore
in the region around Lake Superior
were given today to the Stanley steel
committee by Thomas f. Cole, OF Du.
luth.
ore worth sS75,OOO,OOO, exclusive
OF the Hill leased mines, is owned By
the trust, OH the Mesaba and Vermil'
lion ranges, Cole declared. The wit
ness was manager OF all the trusts
Lake Superior properties until three
years ago. He said slightly over 5u
per cent of all ore in the Mesabs
range was now owned by the trust,
$50 100000 tons in all.
The ore expert denied knowledge oil
any intention OF the Trust to buy
the Hill mines.
Coles testimony concludes the steel
investigation.
The report will be prepared for
submission to the house within o
month.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-04-15
ESCAPING GAS CAUSE
OF LITTLE GIRLS DEATH
Mystery in Hudson Home Where
Three Others Were Made
Ill Is Cleared Up

"A small gas water-heater, attached
to the boiler in the kitchen, and rem
dered dangerous by lack OF a pipe TO
carry on the fumes OF the burned gas,
undoubtedly was to blame for the
tragedy In the home OF John w. Hud-
son, No. 3S7 Larned-st east, Friday
morning, when Viola Hudson, aged q;
Alice Hudson, aged 8: Mrs. Bessie
hudson. and Mrs. Marie Jacques were
all overcome. Viola dying on the OPP
Grating table in st. Mary's hospital.
All OF the others have completely
recovered, and when seen In their
home, Saturday, declared that they
were satisfied that the water-heater,
used by Mrs. Hudson in doing the
family washing, had caused the
tragedy which had at first appeared
as a deep mystery.
The various gas jets which were
found turned on, and were thought to
be responsible for the trouble, are
equipped with automatic lighters, or
so..called pilot lights" and though
some gas may have escaped from
them, there Is. little probability that
there would have been enough leak.
age TO result in overcoming the oc.
cupants OF the house within a space
OF hardly more than two hours.
The death. OF little Viola Hudson
and the grief OF the mother, still
weak and pale from the effects OF the
gas fumes, leave a pitiful aftermath
OF the tragedy.
Viola, suffering from tuberculosis:
OF the spine. had been confined to hei
bed for the last nine months, and
was strapped to a frame when she
was taken Ill. the second OF the vic
TINS OF the gas fumes. In her weak
ened condition she was unable to raj
ly from the effects of the gas.
Just year ago, Mrs. Hudson's lit
tie son. Is months old, died of spinal
meningitis, and the death OF her next
child under such tragic circum-
stances, has completely unnerved her
John w. Hudson, father OF the two
little girls, who was taken to police
headquarters by Detectives Brooks
and Seymour, for investigation, was
released after the officers had inter
viewed Mrs. Hudson In the hospital
and satisfied themselves that the az.
fair was an accident
Mrs. Jacques, who was known to
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-04-15
MICHIGAN DENTISTS
CONVENTION ENDS

The Michigan State Dental associa-
ton closed its convention in the Hotel
fuller, Saturday afternoon.
In a clinic. Friday afternoon, DR..
Robert Good. OF Chicago, implanted
a tooth which had once been in an
others jaw In the mouth of Chicago
physician, who had been brought to
Detroit by DR.. Good for the purpose
of the demonstration. An opening
was made in the patients jaw and
the foreign molar was then inserted
and closed in with gold ligatures. DR..
Good declared that the tooth would
take root and become as serviceable
to the patient as the other good teeth
he possessed.
DR.. c. H. Land, No Ga Elizabeth
ST. west, Detroit, takes issue with DR..
Good. He declares that he has learn
ed from experience In performing the
same operation that no foreign tooth
can be successfully implanted in an
other persons jaw.
When the tooth is removed the
nerves become devitalized," said DR..
Land to The Times, Saturday, and
there can be no adhesion of the tcotb
10 the jaw. Disintegration sets in
and the tooth simply sloughs off,"
The dentists held banquet in the
Hotel fuller, Friday night. DR.. j..
H. Armstrong, president of the as
ISOLATION, presided, and DR.. W. A.
Giffen was POSTMASTER. Addresses
were given by DIR. Guy l.. kiefer, DR..
j. B. Kennedy and James Schermer-
horn, Detroit; DR.. NJ l.. Ward, Ann
Arbor, and DR.. X. Ottolengui, New
York. Music was furnished by DR..
Z. B. Spalding, the First Detroit
Quartet, and Mrs Butler.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-04-15
MRS. SOPHIA T. SLOCUM
is LAID IN THE GRAVE

Funeral services were held this az
ternoon for Mrs. Sophia Truax Slo-
cum, who died, Thursday, In the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Truax
Nichols, No. 1881 Jefferson-ave., the
burial taking place in Elmwood Gene
terry. Mrs. Slocum was one of the
pioneers residents OF Wayne county,
having been born in the township OF
Brownstown, June IA, 1918. Her father,
Col. Abram Caleb Truax, was the
founder of the village OF Trenton,
which was first called Truaxton. Her
husband, Giles Bryan Slocum, died In
1884. The burial service was con-
Quoted by the Rev. W. II. Thomas,
pastor of st. Thomas Episcopal
church, Trenton, which her fore
fathers helped to build, and of which
she herself was a lifelong member.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-04-15
bearings PLEAD GUILTY TO
WRECnNG ALBION BANK;
lDOIE HOLLAND INDICTED
officer Sent To Arrest Woman
Employed as Stenographer
by Younger Defendant
MOVE CAUSES SURPRISE
Woman Didn't Profit by Crooked
Transaction-Men Will Be
Sentenced Wednesday
MOVE CAUSES SURPRISE

Trembling. and with ashen face,
who wrecked the National bank OF
Albion, stood before Judge Angel.
In the United States district court,
Saturday morning. and pleaded
guilty TO the indictment which had
been returned against him by the
federal grand jury.
At the side of the white-haired,
stoop-shouldered old man stood his
son, Palmer NJ. bearing. Young
bearing pleaded guilty to aiding his
rather In wrecking the bank. In the
Indictment as read in court, Miss
Addie Nj. Holland. stenographer for
the Cook Manufacturing Co., OF AL
DION, was also charged with aiding in
the defalcations OF the bearings, and
an oficer was dispatched to Albion
TO arrest her.
The bearings will be sentenced by
Judge Angel next Wednesday morn
Ing, and Miss Holland is likely to be
arraigned TO plead TO the indictment
against her at that time.
The elder bearing is about 60
years OF age, while his son is about
40. They were arrested three months
ago and have been in the county Jail
since then. After his arrest the
elder bearing broke down and con-
sessed TO the forgeries by which
about 100000 was taken from the
bank and put in the Cook Manufac-
turing Co., of which his son was sec
rotary. The company, which manu-
featured gasoline engines. was a los
Ing venture and the banks funds
were used in an effort TO keep IL
going.
The technical charge against the
bearings and Miss Holland as recited
In the indictment is that they conspir.
ed to inappropriate the banks
money by means OF a forged check
for 800 The method employed In
this one instance Is the same as that
in all the other instances
The note was dated July "a, 1911.
and was apparently made out by
Jesse Coe' as part payment for a
gasoline engine. The government
charges that the signature was ficti-
tious. The gas engine company In.
dorsed the note and obtained cash
for IL from the bank Miss Holland
is alleged TO have made out the note.
Palmer bearing Is accused OF indors
ing IL as secretary of the Cook Man
ufacturing CO., and Henry M. Dear
ing is charged with paving out the
money and listing the note as an as
set OF the bank, all three knowing the
fraudulent nature of the transactions
and conspiring TO rob the bank.
The indictment against Miss Hol-
land was surprise, as she acted only