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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
English SparrOws
Used to Halt WeeVil
Feathered Gamins Are Welcomed in
Alfalfa Fields of Western
States.

MADISON WIS. Sept 2o.-The
English sparrow has found a claim to
usefulness. The most despised of
birds promises to be of service in
checking the spread of the alfalfa
weevil
The spread Of this pest has threat
ened the destruction of the alfalfa
industry in. Utah, Wyoming and
Southern Idaho and caused much
alarm among growers of the plant in
Wisconsin and other Middle Western
States.
That the seed introduction theory
Of spread is false has been definitely
proved by T. II. Parks and James G.
Sanders, plant experts, respectively, to
the Idaho Agricultural College and the
University of Wisconsin's College of
Agriculture. Their Investigations
have shown that the weevil feeds
upon leaves and stems of the plant
but never upon the seed. On the
other hand, there is every possibility
Jf spread in the fact that the beetle
or it's eggs may be carried from dis
trict to district in the hay upon which
it feeds.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
4-YEAR-OLD BOY
IS MASTER Of
POLYSYLLABLES
Words Like "SpondyIotherapy''
and "PoIycopIedon" Baby
Talk of Youngster.

DETROIT, Sept. 2o.-"The boy with
the mirror brain" is what they call
4-year- George Herbert VanVleet.
His exceptional mental activity dates
back to early babyhood.
At an age when the average young
ster's vocabulary consists of a series
Of sounds that no one but a doting
parent could by any stretch OF the
imagination construe as representing
even "googoo," George was talking
distinctly, repeating words that woul1
stump many a grown-up.
BY the time he was 16 months old
he astonished physicians who had
ben attracted by stories of his ability
when such simple words as spondylo-
therapy, polycotyledon, mataptergold,
limnanthaceae rolled off his tongue as
easily as II they contained but ons
syllable.
To-day, just turned 4, there is not a
word in the English language that.
having heard once, he will not repeat,
with astonishing clearness of enun-
citation.
He has never been taught to read.
All letters look alike to him when
they are coupled together.
We have never crowded George in
the least" said Mr.. VanVleet, when
the fear was expressed that such
precocity, if encouraged, might lead u
a mental breakdown in a short time
1T is only necessary for him to hear
anything once. A statement settles
back in his brain to be brought forth
at will. We have never undertaken
to teach him to read, as we wece
fearful of imposing too severe Z
strain. How one small head man
ages to contain such a mass of de-
tail is too much for me. I only know
that 1t does and 1 willing to eft
someone else do the eXpla ming"
In other resrects George is an or
binary, wideawake, fun-loving young
ster to whom life is one round of joy
He is fond of the games common with
children Of his age ana Is popular
with his playmates. Bat when al
these pail he seeks relief in porius
over maps or in other ways acqulr-
ing a fund of information out Of al
keeping with his years.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Japanese Strain in
Alaskan Indians
Head Of Rodman Wanamaker Expe-
dition Returns From Exploring
Trip to Neah Bay.

TACOMA, WASH, Sept. 2o.-After
studying Indian tribes at Neah Bay
and elsewhere, DR.. Joseph Dixon. head
Of the Rodman Wanamaker expedi-
ton, returned from Cape Flattery, at
the entrance TO the Straits of Fuca.
DR.. Dixon is accompanied by his son
and Major Mclaughlin, of the United
States Army.
"Neah Bay Indians are a combina-
ton of Russians, Japanese and Eski-
mos" said DR.. Dixon. They are a
squatty. short type, and extremely in
teresting. From a viewpoint of char
acter study, they are valuable"
This confirms the view advanced
twenty years ago by Judge James
Wickersham now Alaska delegate in
Congress, and by others since, that
Western Washington Siwash tribes
sprang from Japanese waited across
the Pacific voluntarily or otherwise
by the japanese current centuries
ago.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
WEEDS Foster Father
On Wife's Dying Wish
Bride Of Is Says Foster Mother
Urged Her to Take Her
Place.

CHICAGO, Sept 2o.-''When be-
came the bride OF my foster father
the dying wish of my foster mother
Mr.. Worth's first wife. was fulfilled
Mr.. and Mrs. Worth reared me Is
their daughter from the time l was
years of age, but l was never legal
ly adopted by them"
This was the statement made by
Mrs. Marjorie Payne Worth. aged
25, when she told Of her marriage to
William Worth, ~ years her senior
which took place at Windsor Park
where the bride has resided since the
death of her foster mother in July.
Il was devoted to my foster parents,
Mrs. Worth and l were like mother
and daughter. and We were q happy
quartet, for Mrs. Worth's father. Mo-
Fart Whittier, made his home with US
for years"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
COMPARATIVE MEASUREMENTS OF
RIVAL VENUSES
ANNETTE KELLERMAN.

her height" the staid statistics OF
measurement tell of a figure fem
ininely perfect.
Nature in her sudden leap from the
confines Of aeons Of tradition, was not
unaided by Miss Lowe. Not that fig-
ural perfection was her object, indeed,
for the healthy body that would best
serve her brain was her desire, and
to this end she has undertaken gym
nastiC work and a careful diet that
includes the best and simplest of Chi
nese and American foods.
Mrs. NJ. MCGEE, physical culture in
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Kansas Farmers Now
Insuring Pigs Lives
State Has Plan to Protect Stock
Raising Against Any Pos
slble Loss.

TOPEKA. Sept. 2o.-The State OF
Kansas is Offering to sell life insur-
ance policy on every pig in the State
at from IS cents to 80 cents for each
pig. Upon the payment OF that much
hard cash the State is practically
willing to guarantee to the farmer
that he will set the market price for
the pig when il is old enough TO mar
ket. and the market price for an ordi-
nary pig at the present time is from
$l2 to SIS. So the Kansas insurance
premium payment is very light, and,
in addition, It only has to be paid
once during the life of the pig.
When the State completes the
spending Of some $4,000 this fall ii
may be able TO reduce the premiums
OF pig life insurance, and the cost wiD
then be even less,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
ZAMLocK LOWE.

structress at the university. discov-
urements in, the ordinary course of
taking initial measurements of those
entered in the class.
The height first struck her atten-
ton, 1t being close to that of Annette
Kallerman, the Australian swimmer
whose measurements are perfect
Then Mrs. MCGEE noticed other fig
ures corresponding and on checking
up she announced Miss Lowe to be
equally perfect In figure with Miss
kellerman.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
WOMEN BARRED AS COUNTY
CLERKS IN WISCONSIN

MADISON. WIS. Sept. 2O.-A wom-
en- can not be chosen by the county
board as County Clerk to fill out a
vacancy. according to an opinion OF
Attorney General owen. rendered to
Senator Tea sdale. Of Sparta.
The County Clerk OF Monroe Coun-
" died a few days ago and his daugh-
ter is willing to fill the position. Ow-
ing to the death OF the clerk, and the
fact that no deputy was appointed by
the clerk, II will be necessary for the
county board to call meeting to elect
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
BOY SUDDENLY INSANE;
GREW TOO RAPIDLY

MARINETTE, WIS, Sept. 20
Growing too rapidly is the principal
reason given for the SUDDEN insanity
of Ray Kennison, the 15-year-old son
Of the Rev. C. S. Kehnison. The youth
stands six feet two inches in height
and is growing rapidly. The boy was
brought before Judge Davis, of the
County Court, who ordered him com
mitted to the State Hospital for the
Insane at Oshkosh. The father has
taken a pastorate in Missouri and has
moved to that State.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Doctor Calls Kissing
Fine, and Also Safe
Physician DIsaerees With Theory
That Oscillation Is in Any Way
Dangerous.

PITTsBURG, Sept. 2O.-Kisslng,
"as a general proposition" was ap-
proved to-day by DIR. j. F. Edwards,
head of the City Bureau of Infectious
Diseases.
kissing is as old as the human
race" said DR.. Edwards. What harm
is there in it? 1t is not the puny
creature that sits around and spoons.
Usually the men anu women addicted
to this love affection are strong and
healthy.
"Weaklings do not have enough
energy to spoon. There is no special
danger in kissing"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Baby Is Killed by
Drinking Absinthe
Boy Finds Bottle and Gives II to
Child, Who Dies Soon After
Taking Dose.

CHICAGO. Sent. 20.-After finding
a nice-lo looking bottle yesterday, o.
year<old Henry Kloski generously
gave it to 6-month-old Eugene Rock
well, of No. 5125 Belmont avenue.
Here's a bottle for baby" he said,
kindly
The bottle contained absinthe, and
Baby Rockwell died a short time aft
er being taken to ST AIMS Hospital.
The police traced the story of the
bottle and the Coroner was notified.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Woman Sues to Have
Pictures Mailed
Seeks to Restrain Postmaster From
Holding Them Up as ohJee-
tIonable Matter.

CHICAGO, Sept. 2o.-The question
of whether a postmaster has the right
under the law to hold up pictures or
any other mail matter he decides is
improper or Objectionable was dis
cussed before Federal Judge A. L
Sanborn. The casus belli was a bill
filed by Mrs. Ivy V. Sturtevant, own
er Of the Hicks Publishing Company,
asking that the postmaster be re-
strained from interfering with the
passage through the malls of GER
tain pictures printed by the publish
ing company.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
ElopeS With Woman
Twice His Own Age
Youthful Bridegroom Wanted To Be
Sure of Sensible Spouse,
He Says.

BOSTON. Sept. so.-Altred Mo-
Clone, q years old. Of South Brain
tree, eloped with Anna Labate, 50
years old, 1t became known to-day.
The couple went quietly to BraintrSe
and were married two weeks ago. Ma,
McGlone said:
be sure OF II"
Mrs. McGlone said: 7 teid him that
I was too old for him, but he said
that he was satisfied"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Woodrow City Fails
Women Danish Title
Suffragists Of Illinois Prevent Name
Of President From Graeina
Map of State.

CHICAGO. Sept. 2O.-women OF
Spring Road and Villa Park two
communities on the Aurora, Elgin and
Chicago electric road southwest OF
Elmhurst. arose in their might at the
polls and prevented the name Of
Woodrow from gracins the map Of
Illinois to-day.
The proposition at the special cleo
ton to incorporate both communities
into the village of Woodrow, named
after President Wilson, was defeated
by a vote of 1879 to rs. Ninety two
women voted, most of them against
the proposition.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
$3.50 TO BIRMINGHAM

and return, September %.
Special train leaves Old De-
pot $50 a M, arrive Biz
mingham 100 p. m. Tickets
good returning on regular
trains until September 25.
SEABOARD.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Annette Kellerman Has Rival in Chinese Girl
Zamlock Lowe Is Perfect Physical Woman

DNALs woman" On the left is Miss zamlO
N while
swimmer is WI on right
The Keota news., 1913-11-28
Some Famous Echoes,

Among the most noted echoes 10 that
heard from the suspension bridge
across the Menai strait. The sound Of
blow from hammer on one Of the
main piers Of the structure IL re
turned in succession from each Of the
cross beams that support the roadway
and from the opposite pier at the dir.
tance Of SIC feet, In addition to which
the sound II many times repeated be
tween the water and the roadway at
the rate Of g times In nve seconds.
Outside Shipley church. In Sussex, In
an echo which repeats 30 syllables In
tho most remarkable manner.
The famous echo at Woodstock.
when awakened, answers no fewer
than 80 times.
In the whispering sallery Of St
Paul's cathedral tho faintest sound Il
faithfully conveyed from one side OF
the dome to tho other. but cannot be
heard ct any intermediate point.
In Gloucester cathedral . gallery OF
an octagonal form conveys . whisper
rs feet across the nave.-Manchestel
Evening News.
The Keota news., 1913-11-28
cvr,y-Headsd Jurors.

curiy-Headsd Jurors.
Challenged"
Challenged here. too"
Then. - the curly-headed juryman
departed with an angry dush. the tin.
sta6 whispered:
Challenged. you sse. By prosecution
and dsfenSs alike. tell you what It
10. nobody sv6 wants . curly.headed
man on jury.
''LAwysrs tell mo that they don't IKE
curly-hsadeA Jurors because such tel
lows are always conceited and stub
born and are apt TO cause Jurors to dis
agree.
Why are curly-headed men conceit-
ed and stubborn? Well. tho lawyers
say they're spoiled in childhood. Curly
hair being regarded ~ = sign Of beau
u. they are pettsd and favored By
their mothers outrageously. Then.
when they grow mp the girls pct and
favor them. Tho path OF curly head
10 strewn with roses-roses scattered
- you might say. by the white hands
Of the ladies.
The result II that curly.headed men
think they know It al. They are %
vain - peacocks and - obstinate -
n.ules. Therefore, they can't get on .
jury at any price,"
The Keota news., 1913-11-28
SOMETIMES NEED ISOLATION
0sst ef Human oualitiss Frequently
Como 70 ti,s Front Under Such
Circumstances.

Many great human qualities come
70 their best In life Of comparative
isolation. A big tres. IN oak or IN elm.
standing out In IN open field has .
tOughness Of lbsr. spread Of boughs
and roundness Of shape that are never
seen In . tree that stands in the
woods. So people get individuality by
beanE much alone. They become self.
reliant. more relying on themselves.
They gain clear opinions BY thinking
things over. and thinking them out to
their necessary conclusion. They &C
Quire inflexibility Of purpose BY fac
ing obstacles and conquering them.
The pioneers Of our country and the
fathers Of the republic were such men.
The projectors Of great undertakings
carried through triumphantly have ac-
auired their power in this way. The
country II the natural nursery Of such
qualities. People are wanted on the
farms TO raise corn and grow stock
for the markets: but they are wanted
there TAR mare for the training OF man
hood and womanhood In moral worth.
in religious sensibility. In all the traits
Of strong, upright personality. In the
future ~ never heretofore, our cities.
with their multiplying wealth and Law
ish luxury, are likely to need the coun-
Try for that steady renewal Of their
better life which shall keep them from
relaxing into sensuality and sinking
into decay.
The Keota news., 1913-11-28
RELIC OF PREHISTORIC AGE
Discovery In Germany Has Aroused
AntIquartans In All Parts
o1 the World.

The bones Of q monster believed to
be 10000 years old were recently dis
covered in the garden Of mansion
af Perivale. near Ealing. Germany.
This recent md has led to the belief
that skull Of curious formation. IN
sarthed twelve years ago. is that Of
rAinoceros Of the Pleistocene period.
and probably about 10000 years old.
Authorities have pronounced the head
to be that Of . prehistoric monster.
When lhe excavations were made
there were also discovered parts OF .
Roman wan. several human skulls.
coins and apearB. The rhinoceros'
skull was found underneath 4 shed
1hich has been standing for 800
years. and the foundations Of which
cenSisted Of concrete to q consider
9ble depth. II was In the course OF
TDmovtng this concrete and digging
epme yards below that the discovery
1as made. A. little importance was
attached to Il, the skull was Given
~ the gardener, who handed It over
= his children - = plaything. The
bwer 5hw, teeth, and legs Of the ami.
mai have now beea found. The skull
leAa1 4 about 80 inches IN length.
ss4
The Keota news., 1913-11-28
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and seems to b water worn. The
leg bones are short and thick, and
this goes 10 support the theory that
the animal was . Thinocoroo.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-29
Things Not Of this Earth
n BY HAMLIN GARLAND.
Written Especially for Readers

BY HAMLIN GARLAND.
Written Especially for Readers of
This Newspaper.
In all my Investigations i have
always paid only secondary at
tention to the personality of the
"spirtts" who wrote or spoke to
me, for i was always trying to dis
cover the way i'm which the
''tricks" were done. 1 had noted
marvellous examples of mind-read-
ing, thOught-transference and
telepathy, and hence doubted and,
of course, must still 'doubt" the
value of the messages which came
to me unsOught.
Nevertheless, In March, 1908,
Henry b. Fuller, a Chicago novel
list, and myself held series of sit
tings with a psychic i'm Indianap-
oils, wherein the personality of
the manifesting Esprit" became
all-absorbing. The experiments
took place i'm cheerful, we'll
lighted cottage on consecutive aft
ernoOns and without hocus-pOkus.
/ began these sittings alone and
with the idea of developing a high
ly complicated case / wrote on a
slip of paper (while the psychic
was out of the room) these words:
Edward Mcdowell, give me
proof of your identity by writing
a few bars of the Sonata Nagi-
ca"
This paper I folded and placed
In an inside pocket.
The physic never saw it-eyen
at distance!
Almost Immediately after the
psychic's return ! began to lot
down on the closed school-slate-
which We held beneath a small
table in the usual way-pertinent
messages for Mcdowell, accom-
panied by bars of partially COM
posed music.
Perceiving that the chief value
of the experiment was to be in the
quality of the music, l invited my
friend Fuller, who is fairly COM
petent musician, to have the sit
tfngs with me.
Almost at once the powers
started in to confound us both.
One of my sisters (whose name l
had written on the slip) sent a
very convincing message, and
Fuller had communications
from distant relatives who had
died, but we held to our purpose
(which was to secure from the
| chief spirit" musical proof of his
identity.
Under test conditions in supra
normal fashion we got and re-
corded a complete phrase of q
little piece which "MacDowell''
said was the beginning of a COM
position to be called "Hungarie."
After the second sitting MAC
Dowell" whispered to us, appar,
emily from the air, and directed III
to take the piece to the piano.
He told Fuller how to play 1t.
He corrected 1t while Fuller and
l held the slate ourselves.
The psychic was not even touch.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-29

Our next Pennant offer
will be the University
OF Washington. 1t will
be out early next week.
Until that time you have
an opportunity to get
any one or all Of these
four AT ONE TIME.
One coupon clipped
from the Times and IS
cents or 20 cents by
mail will get any one of
these. Four coupons
and 60 cents or IS
cents If you want them
mailed will get all four
of these. e
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-29

ing 1t.
For two hours of the last sit
ting "MacDowell" was in COM
plete control of the situation. He
was like himself-alert, concise,
humorous, masterful. The music
grew ever more complicated, ever
more characteristic and the mode
of its production ever more mys-
tifying. and when Fuller played
the wailing, sweet and haunting
melody under the spirit compos-
er's direction 1t seemed to me that
at last had secured. one of the
most beautiful as well as one of
the most convincing proofs of i'm
mortality, for the whispered PROM
ise was that the fragment would
be found among the composer
manuscripts.
With all this material In hand I
fastened to New York to enlist
Mrs. MacDowell's cooperation
alas; none of 1t seemed to be
true. There was no such frag-
ment. There was no publisher
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-29

such as the spirit" had named
but there remained one very
marvellous fact,
On one OF the states had been
written the name of Edward Me-
Dowell" i'm n fine, flourishing
hand. had paid very little at
tention TO this, because Edward
always spelled his name MacDow-
ell and his signature AS l knew IL
was bold and plain. Neverthe-
less, when Mrs. Mcdowell saw
this, she cried out in astonish-
ment: "That is the precise way
Edward signed his name when l
first knew him i'm Germany"
l then recalled that 1 had once
seen the signature on u certifi
cate, and, looking around the
room, 1 found IL framed and
hanging ON the wall OVER THE
PIANO. In some occult way !
had conveyed that signature to
the psychic-perhaps my mind
had impressed IL ON the slate!
So much at least WAS ABSO-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-29
TACOMA OFFICER
INTOXICATED:
TRIAL TODAY

Patrolman Peter Moran, one of
the youngest officers on the Ia
coma police force, was given
hearing late today before Chief of
Police A. p. LOOMS to explain re-
ports that he had been intoxicated
and disorderly at the Puyallup
fair Saturday. Moran was re-
ported to have taken two bottles
of liquor to the fair grounds, i'm
bfbed freely and passed them
among friends. He FLASHED" his
star to strangers, it is said, and
boosted in a loud voice that he
was a Tacoma policeman. Chief
Loomis investigated the report at
Puyallup Saturday and summoned
witnesses to testify before him to-
dav
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-29
TARIFF BILL TO
GO THROUGH
THURSDAY

WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 20.
The compromise report of the
democratic house and senate con-
ferees on the tariff bill was pre-
scented to the republican conferees
this morning. 1t will probably be
adopted by the senate Thursday.
Democratic leaders say the presi-
dent will sign it Thursday night.
The only possibility of delay is for
the republicans to make final
speeches in favor of protection.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-29

HERE'S GOOD TRADE-Northeast- North an
Warner streets frame uldingstore below
equity modern residence; tn
cent.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-29

CINCINNATI, o., Sept. 29.-
The Woman's Taxpayers league
wants to tax bachelors who draw
over $1,000 yearly 20 per cent of
income and also would tax wom-
en- who are childless, after twenty
years of married life.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-29
5 and 1O-Acre Tracts

This cattle ranch, the old Faucet
donation claim on Glover creek; 10
minutes ride just south of the city.
is now planted into s and 10-acre
tracts and are now offered for the
first time for sale; a number of the
tracts have both bottom and up
land; the bottom land Is as good
and productive as the Puyallup VAL
ley land. and the upland is Al; the
city takes the Glover Creek water
from off this farm and 1 500, 900 gal
Ions of water per day goes with
this ranch: these tracts should all
be taken in a week or two; people
of Tacoma wishing a nice country
home close in should buy at once.
Price per tract $3.50 up. Terms IL
you wish. It. ID. Gregory, office
Morton and Mckinley ave.
For sale, lots on Mckinley Hill,
corner East 10th and M SITS. Price
$500, on payments il desired O-1005
Times.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-29
PROVOST WINNER

RHEIMS. Sept. 2s.--Aviatof
Maurice Provost won the race to-
day for the James Gordon Bennett
trophy. He averaged 1876 miles
per hour, breaking all records.