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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-21

Mothers had had the official score card
in blank copyrighted, and they were
supplying them to officials of county
and state fairs for the next years
use, and to municipal officials at the
rate of $3.50 per hundred, duplicate
blanks free. Wherever family health
and hygiene were discussed, there the
copies of the Iowa score cards were
shown. They reached a session OF the
American Medical association, and
created such a profound impression
that they were turned over to DR.. Ele-
nora S. Fverhard, chairman of the
committee for public health education
among women, with the suggestion 10
help on the Iowa movement and spread
it 10 other states. Particularly, wher-
ever Iowa women gathered. those score
cards. with the names of the wee con-
testants omitted. were passed round.
Also. to all meetings Of women were
sent copies of the following circular,
n review, or summing up, of the Des
Moines contest:
Number of babies registered for
examination, 90
Number of babies examined, 40.
Males. q: females, IS.
Male blends, 8: female blonds, 6.
Male brunettes, ); female brunettes,
Male mediums, 10; female mediums,
9.
Highest score. male child Sc months
old, 9612.
Lowest score, female child 10 months
old, 70.
Number of children scoring between
80 and 9611, 16.
| Number Of children scoring between
/ 80 and 80. %.
/ Number of children scoring between
73 and 81, 8.
The children scoring less than 80
points were decidedly below normal
weight and failed on all points except
/ ing in height They lost especially
heavy in disposition, energy, facial
:. and ocular expression and attention.
Only FIVE boys and five girls received
perfect marks for number, hsape and
condition of the teeth, the poor denti-
ton evidently resulting from nutri-
tional defects.
The greatest cephalic index was 81
the child having this index making the
general score Of 96h. The least &c,
phalic index was 73, and this child's
general score was 80. The average
cephalic index was S2%. The average
/ cephalic index of the honor children
between u and "a months of age was
SO, and that of the honor children be
/ tween the ages of "a and 36 months
was 1888 The children receiving the
ten lowest scores had an average ce
phalic index of 1921.
The measurements showed that the
children were two inches taller, more
han one pound heavier, had one-third
inch greater chest measure and about
siX-tenths inch greater circumference
Of the head than similar measure
meDts shown in the l.. Emmett Holt
table that was used as a standard
The examining physicians believe
that practically all the scores could
be greatly raised if the children were
given advantages of improved psy
Geological training and more painstak
ing hygienic and dietetic care.
Long before the state fair of 1871:
was ready for visitors, parents were
clamoring for information about tbs
next baby health contest Nearly five
times as many babies were registered
for the second contest in response tC
the following circular issued during
midsummer:
DEPARTMENT p
Superintendent, Mary T. Watts,
Audubon
Total Premiums Offered in This De
partment, $3.50
RULES.
Entrias in tnis dana LIN emf cIns. q.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-21

they looked with an envious or criti-
cal eye upon the babies Of other ex-
hibitors. Better babies for Iowa had
become a sort of slogan at the state
fair.
Babies were entered for the sweep
stake prizes. There was a class de-
voted TO city babies, and there was
another open to rural babies, and still
a third for the town babies.
The sweepstake prize was won by a
212-year-old Des Moines girl, named
Dorothy Kulsmeyer, with a score of
81 Is beating the prize winner of the
first contest by nearly whole point
She tipped the scales at 321a pounds,
was 3G1a inches in height, with a
chest measurement of q inches and a
head circumference of 90 inches. In
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-21

disqualified because its hair was not
good shade, OF its eyes were too
small. or it lacked the fascinating dim
pie; Gut when an authority announced
Tin private, of course, through score
card) that said baby was like a defec-
tive horse or hog, lightweight too
short OF leg or too flabby of skin
well, no Iowa farmer was going TO
stand for that very long. Iowa babies
somehow had to be brought up to the
standard Of Iowa corn.
Which was precisely the spirit the
} leaders OF the movement wanted TO
arouse,
! When the storm of disappointment
and disapproval had passed, the par
ents Of each child in the contest found
themselves possessed of a score-card
on which good and bad points were
set forth in cold black figures. WheI
child scored low, the card read some
thing Ike this:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-21

bies at close range. and decided Just
where the weak spots were In the
Iowa system of baby-raising. Doctor
Clark attended medical conferences in
the east and in England, France and
Germany.
When these two women met TO dis
cuss both the cause (the lack Of sci
entifc and hygienic baby culture) and
the remedy 1.-THE same scientific and
thorough methods already employed
in raising the corn and cattle which
had made Iowa famous), they chose
field In which the rural and the city
mother would meet. the state fair,
held each year al Des Moines, the cap
ital OF Iowa Being clever women,
Mrs. Watts and Doctor Clark did not
invite eminent authorities in the medi-
cal world to deliver lectures IN the
woman's building, where preserves,
embroidery and the babies were al
WAYS exhibited. Neither did they call
formal congress of mothers. They
T just put the babies on exhibition along
/ side the corn and the cattle, with the
same sort Of scoring. They decided
that this was the very best way to
show Iowans the difference between
the corn crop and the baby crop And
what a storm that comparison did
create.
Of course the Iowa state fair had
had baby shows before, but they were
Etrr IN, Apc
1911, the usual baby beauty show was
supplanted by a babies health con
test, the novelty aroused great inter
est Parents sent for and were sup
piled with the following registration
blanks. which they filed out and re
turned, not without some feeling o.
curiosity or justification:
GENERAL DATA.
Name. ...........
Parents Name NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
. Address .....-...-...
Nationality Of Father.
Nationality of Mother ...........
Living in city more than 3.OOO)
Living in village Gess than $4,000
Living in country ...............
Age; Years. Months.
Sex: Boy. Girl......
Type; Blond. Brunette " Medium
Breast fed....... How long,?
ArtifciaIly fed. How long?..
What food?............
Regularly ...... Irregularly. $500.
Has this child habitually slept in opel
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air or with open windows?.
Was this child a strong, vigorous IN
FAINT al birth 2
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-10
MRS. PATZER GIVEN 9YEARS
Waupaca County Woman Found Guilty
of Staying Husband and Goes
to State Prison.

Waupaca. Byron b. Parks
sentenced Mrs. Albert Patzer to
spend nine years in the state peniten-
tiary at Waupun after she had been
convicted by a jury on a charge of
third degree murder
The crime of which Mrs. Patzer was
convicted was the killing of her hus-
band last January at their farm home
near Manawa. During the trial Mrs.
Patzer took the stand and testified
that her husband had threatened her
life and that she attacked him with a
stick of stove wood to save herself.
Her story had great effect upon the
audience in the courtroom, all of whom
believed she would have been acuuit.
ted on the grounds of justifiable HON.
icide. She was taken to Waupun at
once while petition for her release
on parole was being circulated.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-10
FOUR BANDITS HOLD
UP TRAIN IN SOUTH
Safe in Express Car Rifled of $4,000
Passengers Are Not Dis
turbed.

New Orleans. July Chicago and
New Orleans trans No. ! on the Hi
nois Central railroad was held up at
Sardis, Miss by four bandits who
blew open the safe of the American
Express companys car and escaped
with money and yaluables amounting
to 10000,
The passengers on the train were
not molested, but fireman who did
not obey orders quickly was knocked
unconscious by the butt end of a pis-
toll and the train crew threatened with
drowning in the Tallahatchie river,
near by, il II resisted. A few shots
were fired to scare the passengers.
The robbers escaped but hloodhounds
and posses from Mississippi and Ten
nessee are now after them.
The bandits tagged the train on the
Tallahatchie river bridge and com.
PEELED Engineer Norton Of Memphis to
abandon his engine cab. leaving the
fireman under guard of one bandit.
The express messengers and mail
clerks were forced to leave their cars.
They were ordered to uncouple the
mail and express car and the engine.
The fireman ran the train through
Batesville to mile south of town. in
dense river bottom forest. Two OF
the bandits then dynamited the ex-
press safe.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-10
RIOT CAUSED BY U. S. FLAG.
Man Waves American Emblem at
Canadian Soldiers.

Winnipeg. Manitoba, July THE
waving of the flag of the United States
here while thousands of provincial sol.
diers were parading the streets, pre-
ciptated a riot. during which the flag
was trampled and torn and number
received minor injuries.
The incident occurred at the time
when thousands of soldiers from Win
nipeg and Manitoba were marching
through the city ON their return from
annual camp at Seweil, near Brandon.
where there had been maneuvers I'M
der Sir Ian Hamilton famous British
South African war general
When the One Hundredth regiment
was passing a local bank. an Ameri.
can appeared on the curbing waving
an American flag and shouting: "Hur-
rah for the American eagle" ]. b.
Mitchell. colonel in command of the
regiment, ordered one of his men to
request the American to put away the
flag, but before the soldier could
reach the American a number of an
CRY civilians bounced on him, tore
the flag from his grasp and hurled 1t
into he street. Before it could be
reached the flag was torn and
trampled.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-10
BILL is PASSED OVER VETO
for State University Wins in As
sembIy by AZ to 20.

Madison. vote of AZ to 20
two more than the necessary two.
thirds majority-the assembly passed
the so-called visitors bill'' over the
veto OF Gov. McGovern.
This is the first time in many SEES
sions that such an affront has been
laid upon chief executive of Wis.
consln. The vote, however, was aim
ed at the university and not the gov.
ernor-being an indication of the
strong antagonism that exists among
many members of the legislature to-
ward the state institution.
The bill provides for a real board
OF visitors which shall have power to
investigate the affairs of the univer-
sity. 1t gives members of the COM
mittee authority to examine all
phases of university conditions at any
time and on it's own initiative. 1t is
intended that the board shall exercise
a complete check on all affairs of the
institution
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-10
BUDGET TO TOTAL
TWENTY MILLION
HUGE SUM APPROPRIATED TO
PAY RUNNING EXPENSES
OF WISCONSIN.
ONE BILL YET TO BE PASSED
Estimated Receipts fo' Next TWO
Years VIII Be Largely in Excess OF
All Expenditures, However-Four
Large Bills Get Bulk Of Money.

Madison.--The appropriation DIS
that will be passed by the present leg
stature will total $20,000,O0O for the
next biennial period. The total re-
ceipts for the same period, from all
sources, will total s31 100000. or this
sum about $11,000000 will be returned
to the towns, counties and school dis
tricts.
The total appropriations and total
receipts are to some extent estimated
Until the session closes it can not be
known exactly what the appropria-
lions are. The receipts, too, can not
as yet be exactly known, but they
will differ but little from the figures
given.
Both appropriations and receipts in
clude everything connected with the
state finances. Each represents every
thing that will be paid out and all in
come from all sources that will be re-
ceived. or the latter as stated. about
one-third is returned directly to the
towns and counties the state treas
ury being merely junction point or
clearing house.
The appropriations already made, or
contained in bills passed and the three
big appropriation bills passed by the
assembly this week, total about ST.
100000 for the biennial period. There
is still to come one other big appro-
priation bill for the state departments.
which will carry about $1,000,000.
This, with other appropriations, will
bring the total up to nearly IL not
quite $20,000,000. Two.thirds OF this
is carried in the four large appropria-
ton bills-the university and normals
the state penal aud charitable insti-
buttons, the state departments, and
the highways. The remainder is made
up of odds and ends
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-10

white-tlanneled undergraduates. Or
the opposite side of the river innum
cradle punts were moored. well filled
with cheering humanity, and the tow.
path along the right bank was black
with watchers.
Unlike ordinary races, the boats dc
not CROSS the line together, the river
being far too narrow to permit Of such
course. They leave the starting
point in single file and in the order OF
precedence gained in the races of the
previous year. II the second boat
succeeds in overtaking the first, a
much priced bump ensues. and the
second crew is entitled to first place in
the next contest Thus. bumps are Gag
erly sought, all along the line, the
same rule holding good in all cases.
Once a bump has been effected, the
crews of the boats concerned imme-
diately cease rowing. and drop out of
that particular race, and one hears
all along the course the enthusiastic
cheers which announce another vic
WY III VIC hai u-"oi hiiS SoHtSo'uh'o
From the starting post wild surging
mass of students, headed frequently
this by the prince of Wales, rushes
madly along the tow-path. cheering
their favorite crews Justify, and add
ing to the general din with rattles,
bells and pistols. Even the staid old
matrons become excited. and wave
their parasols frantically, endangerins
greatly thereby the eyes and millinery
of their neighbors.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-10

La Crosse Many miles of telephone
wires were torn down and commun.
tcation with rural districts made i'm
possible a. the result of a tornado
here. Thousands of dollars damage
was done TO growing crops in thfa i'm
mediate vicinity grain being laid low
over wide eXpanse OF territory. Many
%indmills were demolished by wind
while dozens OF farmhouses were UNI
tooled and faaces blown down. The
greatest damage in this city was done
along the river front where many
lighthouses were destroyed and
launches blown upon the shore. Trees
eighteen inches in diameter were
broken OF close to the ground. One
of the new factory buildings of the
La Crosse Plow company was demol-
ished
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-10
CATTLE DISEASE A MYSTERY
Malady Makes Appearance Over Night
and Animals Are Starved and
Clicked to Death.

Grand Rapids.--A new and strange
disease is attacking cattle il The vi,
entity of this city 1t has proven
fatal to almost every animal that has
contracted it and veterinarians have
been unable to check the growth of
the disease after it has secured grip
on an animal. A COW may be all right
when MIXED at night and the follow
ing morning be found with a huge
swelling under the neck, unable to eat
and apparently choking. 1t is thought
1t Is the same disease which attacked
cattle in Massachusetts several years
ago and for which no cure has been
discovered. The only fact known in
regard to the malady is that it is con
tagious.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-10
WILL MANAGE NEW ASYLUM
o.. Rock Sieyster. Waupun, Appointed
superintendent OF Building
Nearing Completion.

Waupun-The state board OF con-
troll has appointed DR.. Rock Sleyster,
for four years physician of the Wis
consin state prison, to the position OF
superintendent and steward of the new
hospital for the criminal insane, APP
preaching completion in this city. DR..
Sieyster, who is only "a years old,
vas born in Waupun.
The Wisconsin Hospital for the
Criminal Insane will care for insane
criminals, criminal and vicious insane.
II is planned to care for 80 the first
year and $50 the second year.
The only wall to give a suggestion
bf prison will be in the rear to
enclose the exercising park. 1t will
he conducted much as the Mattewan,
NJ Y. hospital and probably will be
opened on Sept. |.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-10
RETURNS TO STOP OWN WAKE
to Find Family Weeping Over
His Supposed Body

Kearney, n. flames Kiely was
shocked at witnessing what his rela.
tives and friends believed to be his
own wake" When he returned to
his home, after a few days absence
on painting job, he found his sister,
Mrs. Catherine O'Brien, his two broth.
ers and a score OF neighbors sitting
in the front parlor weeping over a
coffin.
The mourners spied him as he stood
on the threshold amazed at the scene,
and his sister tainted at the shock OF
seeing him. The other mourners
when assured that he slas not ghost,
explained affairs.
During his absence the newspapers
had told of the death Of James Kelly
from sunstroke In Newark. When
Mrs. O'Brien read the, item she feared
that the victim was her brother and
that the paper had misspeled his
name.
She went to view the body and the
features We're SO nearly the double OF
those of her brother that she belley'
ed 1t to be his body and ordered 1t re.
moved to her home.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-10
CONTINUE
REIGN OF TERROR
Effort to Stop Strike in Rand Dis
trict ineffective.
DEMAND GLADSTONE'S RECALL
Federated Unions at Pretoria viii Pc
tition King to OPPOSE Governor
for Using Troops to Queli
Disorder.

Johannesburg. July S. - The settle
ment OF the strike among the gold
miners in the Rand district, which the
government arranged with commit
tee Of strikers. has proved ineffective
The mubs reassem bled late Sunday.
All trains and street cars suspended
service, the crews refusing to work.
No newspapers we're able to issue edi-
ions Additional troops guarded the
Rand club, the scene of serious encoun-
ters Saturday. a great mob assembled
there, hooting and jeering the troops.
Up to midnight there had been no
serious trouble. but armed police
everywhere were guarding property.
The recall OF the governor general
OF the Union of South Africa, Viscount
Gladstone, is demanded by the FEEDER
gted Trades Unions. At a meeting OF
the federation at Pretoria attended by
1900 delegates it was unanimously re-
solved to petition the imperial govern
ment to take this action because the
governor general employed troops to
suppress the strike.
The opinion is very general that the
government has made serious blunders
throughout the present trying situa-
ton. When Gen Louis Botha. the eX-
premier OF the Union of South Africa,
and General SHUTS, minister of the in
terror mines and defense, arrived at
Johannesburg they were amazed at
the strikers organization and the des-
perate spirit of the leaders.
The federated unions are flushed
with success and confident that they
are complete masters OF the situation.
The trades unionists are ready to
obey any order given them. The lead
ers have already commanded the
newspapers to cease publication until
further notice. They count on the
governments fear OF the natives,
100000 Of whom are locked IN the
compounds at the mines.
A great crowd OF strikers wearing
red badges surrounded the Carlton
hotel while the terms of settlement
were being arranged When the
strike leaders announced from the
balcony that settlement had been
agreed to they were greeted to with
shouts Of What about the dead"
You've been bought"
Except at the time OF the jameson
raid in 1896 and the outbreak of the
war in 1899 this city has not expert.
enced such day OF terrorism as Sat
urday The mobs In the business sec
ton caused less fear than desperados
who were threatening TO dynamite the
homes Of the wealthy. All places OF
business were closed and guarded by
troops, while bands of citizens armed
with rifles patroled the residential
quarter.
The rioting began when strikers
forced their way into the Rand club
whose members are mine owners,
They demolished everything on the
ground floor. Three times dragons
scattered the mob. but it quickly re.
formed. The troops fired a volley
over the heads of the rioters and
then two volleys directly into their
ranks The rioters fed, leaving be
hind large number Of killed and
wounded.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-10
AT 0xFoRD-EIGHTS' WEEK
Great Event In Students Year Do
scribed In Many letter. From
Ancient University.

London.-Doubtless every letter that
mas left Oxford recently has contained
more or less vivid description OF
A'shts' Week, the the great event OF
the student year. From the 18th to
the 2lst OF May the quiet, staid old
town was transformed into gay and
fashionable resort. and, to the Joy OF
all, Dame Nature did her utmost to
make the result enhancing.
My first sight of the Fights. from
the deck of river steamer, filed me
with delight. as | drank in the beau,
ties of the scene before me. For the
moment the eager, striving oarsmen
were forgotten, and | beheld only the
marvellous charms Of my surround.
ings
The college barges, which at al,
times look attractive, were particu.
larly so for this occasion, and each
contained its quota of maidens and
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-10
GIVES FORTUNE TO ACTRESS.
Marquis Settles $250,oo0 on Daisy
Markham to End Suit.

London, England. July 5.-Two hun.
dred and fifty thousand dollars and all
the costs of the suit is the price the
marquis Of Northampton has agreed
to pay to settle the suit for breach
OF promise brought against him
by the actress, Daisy Markham. whose
real name Is Violet Moss, The costs
Will amount to considerable sum on
account OF the number OF distinguish.
ed counsel engaged TO plead for the
opposing parties The marquis. bet.
ter known as Earl Compton. only re-
Gently succeeded to the title at the
age OF twenty-seven. The plaintiff
Is well known. both in America and
the British isles. under her stage
name
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-10
PERRY DATES REMAIN SAME
Dispute Over Victory Celebrations at
Green Bay and Milwaukee Is
Finally Settled.

Milwaukee.-The local Perry's vic
tory centennial committee has receiv-
ed telegram settling the vexed Ques-
ton of the date of the visit of the
Niagara and its attendant feet to Mil
waukee.
The Niagara. rehabilitated after its
100 years at the bottom ct the har-
Dor at Erie, will reach Milwaukee Aug.
and remain in this port until Aug. 8.
The date for the Milwaukee celebra-
ton was set originally for the week
OF August 3, and all arrangements had
been made with that week in view.
me celebration at Green Bay was set
Tor the week of Aug. 10 and Green
Bay arranged great Homecoming in
connection with the celebration for
that week
Very recently, however, the national
committee decided to change these
dates in order to permit Detroit and
Chicago, late corners in the field, to
receive visits from the Niagara and
the fleet. The committee proposed to
set the Milwaukee celebration over to
the week of Aug. 10 and tn. Green
Bay celebration to the following week.
determined protest from both
cities was caused by this decision,
Green Bay having expended several
thousand dollars in preliminary work
and made contracts for all the features
OF the homecoming celebration and
centennial, while Milwaukee, for whom
the national committee intended the
week of Aug. 10, found itself utterly
unable 10 take care of the celebration
then, because of the German Cath
Ollie convention, which is expected to
fill the hotels to overlooking during
that week