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The Washington times., 1914-06-30
EFFICIENCY HAS A NEW
AID.

One of the things in medicine that
has taken long steps within the last
decade is the testing of blood pres
sure as a means of determining a
persons health. 1t is now one of the
most important tests employed by
the life insurance companies in dis
covering whether prospect" is
desirable risk.
Now comes a French doctor, Prof
Lahaye. who announces that his en-
periments with blood pressure have
convinced him that brain workers
are more fatigued than persons en-,
gagged in physical toll. But that Is
not all. The most important feature
of his discovery is a method by
which an employer of brain workers
may know whether he is getting the
worth of his money.
Seize the clerk, bookkeeper, hbrar'
ian, advertising man, novelist, play,
wright, railroad director or lawfully
city official at the close of his days
work, wrap the little rubber tube
around his arm, watch the pressure
gauge and then, with Prof. Lahaye's
figures, you find either the ant OF
the sluggard. The brain worker who
has not worked his brain is exposed
and warned, or fired. The man whose
blood pressure shows at 5 O'Clock
that he has worn his brain to a fraz-
zle is patted on the back and pro-
moted.
1t is assumed that the Lahaye
method differentiates between real
work and mere worry. The profes,
sor insists that he has made the sys.
tenn SO accurate that it will show any
mans occupation.
The Washington times., 1914-06-30
BORAH ON COMMISSION
GOVERNMENT.

Senator Borah of Idaho in a
Fpeech in the Senate on the proposed
'~sde commission bill called atten-
/, an TO the growth of commission
- vernment and TO the danger that
very interests which it is sought
g. regulate will control the commits
lions.
This danger is not one to be looked
6n as imaginary. On the contrary,
i is entirely real. Senator Borah's
statement with respect to it was:
We have the transportation of the
{ Gntry already regulated by a Federal
Cnlnmission. We will have the currency
o. the country regulated by the new
liking and currency commission, tho
!. deral reserve board. and now ii is
jIcposed that the commerce of the
country shall be regulated by Federal
JyanmissfUn. .
When the transportation. the cur
JrHCy, and the commerce of the country
are regulated and controlled by commits
.pns there will be out one fight in poll
Iics-to control the commissions"
Nor will that fight, of which Sena-
Tor Borah speaks, wait for the fu-
furc. AS a matter IF fact. it is on
nd has been OH for some time. One
has OILY to be cognizant of the ef-
forts to get men friendly to the rail-
The Washington times., 1914-06-30
Cherokee Nation Ends,
Indians u. S. Citizens

The Cherokee Indian nation OF Okla
hOma will dissolve az q tribal govern
ment at midnight tonight. This marks
the passing of the largest present tribal
organization of Indians. The Cherokee
will exist no more except as a citizen
of the United States.
Ali tribal property has been converted
into cash and each Cherokee has re-
ceived his allotment Indian Com
missioner Cato Sells will now distribute
the remaining cash on hand-s60o DOOR
about SlJ per capita TO the 4lOD men,
beTs OF the tribe.
Secretary of the Interior Lane and
Commissioner Sells today wired w. g.
Rogers. principal Cherokee chief and
National Attorney w. w. Hastings at
Palequah. Okla. announcing the CLOSING
of the affairs of the Cherokees. prais-
ing the character of the Cherokee
people.
The Washington times., 1914-06-30
Says Married Men
Won't Lose Their Jobs

NEW YORK, June 3o.-Frank A.
Spencer, secretary of the workmen s
cornpensation commission in discussing
the compensation law. which goes into
effect today declared that married
men need be in no fear of losing their
positions, for employers realize that
their percentage of efficiency is greater
than is that OF single men.
Because Of the law stating that
surviving wives or dependent husbands
OF those killed while at work shall be
cared for many heads OF families fear
that employers Will dismiss them." saiS
Mr.. Spencer. I wish to assure them
that there is no such danger. Every
married man Is considered superior to
the single man. He is more reliable
and he does better work.
The Washington times., 1914-06-30

The total killed or injured IN tno
United States on the Fourth OF Juiy'
1908, was 4.i4s; in 1913. just ten years
later. this number was reduced TO lbs
Rrt even the latter figures are shock
ing In eleven years total OF h,.oo
people-the equivalent OF over lofty
reriments-were killed or injured IN
The celebration OF the Fourth or july:
Quoting from the Journal OF the Am
erican Medical Association:
1T was understood from the peglh,
ming that the obllteration OF sorrow ana
suffering needlessly caused DURING tns
celebration OF the Fourth OF July couIo
he brought about only by campaign
az education vigorous enough 10 cnanse
national custom which had endured
sor MANY wears and which had Its or
igin 4. a sincere display or PATRIOTISM.
n was clear, however, that no patriot
ism was worthy OF the name which re-
nuired annually the sacrificing OF hum
dreds and the mutilation OF thousands
Of the youth OF the land.
our national Independent Day must
cease to be a day Of destruction and be-
come day OF recreation. joy and en-
|liVhtepment Prohibitory ordi-
nances have been effective and perma-
nent. as shown by the results IN Balu-
more, Cleveland. Newark, Trenton,
Chicago, Washington and elsewhere.
The Washington times., 1914-06-30
JUST AMIDVIIENT
DAILY STRENGTH AND CHEER.
Compiled by John G. ouinius. The
Sunshine MANI


Compiled by John G. ouinius. The
Sunshine Man,
On the south side of a certain street.
In square where constantly from
early dawn to late at night, the wealthy
speed their automobiles; in the square
where owners of motor cycles try out
their best bursts of speed, quite safe
because the cops" seem never there to
watch or stop them; the street upon
which the fire department always
makes its speedy runs-on the sunny
side Of this busy street, in the hollow
heart of very large telegraph pole
swarm of wild bees, or yellow-backS.
have made their home. The entrance
to their dwelling is through two large
augur holes. and these passase-ways
prove busy lanes for the energetic lItI
tie yellow-backed insects as they travel
out and In.
I'm sure the honey which they store
will be safe from theft. for no hand
can reach IL, and the guardians they
have placed at each round entrance
will see that no strange bee or other
garnered sweets.
In this same square a pair Of squir-
rels have their nest and home iu a
very large willow tree which stands
just on the corner They are early
risers. and only a few OF the persons
them. They have their breakfast az
the earliest dawn OF day. and then
run up and back to their home up IN
the tree. There. safely hidden during
the noise and turmoil on the street
below. stretched out at length upon sa9
topmost branches, they have resttn
and a happy time.
DAYTON. Ohio.
The Washington times., 1914-06-30
WHAT IS THE MATTER
WITH BASEBALL?

The New York Sun wonders if "it
beyond probability that the public
8s had an overdose, of baseball" a
D stion suggested by poor attend
J e this season at professional
F mes in several big league cities.
h. overdose from which the public
Ieers is not of playing but, as the
IN suggests, "of the legalities and
of the business; of
Iarrels between owners, suits for
1o restraint of players, threats of
, aliation and winter-long wrangles
ween this and that interest"
Of course, professional baseball is
.usiness, as it must be necessarily,
it is also a sport and must be
at as we'll if it is to continue to en-
j. generous patronage. When the
siness end of it Is forced into so
spicuous a position that sport and
3rtsmanship become nearly invisi-
.e the lessening of interest is in
table.
We confess for ourselves to have
n made exceedingly weary by the
kerings and wranglings OF profes-
nal baseball's leaders. 1t is the
tional game and ought to be some
ing more elevating and respectable
AN a perpetual quarrel over the
tie receipts; if 1t is not made so
ther promptly it will receive from
e public the sort of rebuke that it
r serves.
The Washington times., 1914-06-30
TOMORROW.

Observation-Disclosures Centennials Lodge No
ia E A. Osiris. No. Is. NJ. M; King Solo
mon, No. IL. f. A; East Gate. No. a. +. C.
Royal Arch Chapter-Columbia. NJ. l; Bright
wood. No. Q.
Knight Templar Commandery-Potoman. No
3, called OF.
Eastern Star Chapters-Areme. No TO- called
off.
Knights OF Pythias-Mt. Vernon Lodge. No
8, and Union No. %. business.
Pythian sisters-Friendship Temple. No. .
installation.
Odd FelIows-Eastern Lodge. No 7, and Har-
mony, No. 8. joint installation. Friend.
ship, No. Il, installation. Federal Ciy,
No 20 business.
Recommendation Nebo. No 6, installation
of officers
The Washington times., 1914-06-30

work which has formed such an IN
{, resting portion of the work at tina
Grover Cleveland School will be adapted
to outdoor presentation, and pageantry
.ln tie ptrtiol of this field OF effor:-
Scores of children are expected on
the opening day of the playground All
of these who are old enough will be
set to work at once and provision for
the care Of the younger children all
ready will have been made.
High Tribute To Women.
High tribute to the women of Alex
andria for their successful efforts IN
Mrs. BeaII.
THE women of the Parents and
Teachers Association deserve credit for
their efforts,' the director said. They
have broken the ice for a broader use
Of the public school property In their
city, which is the same end toward
which We are working in Washington
The spreading of the playground
couraging sign A campaign of edu-
cation N this direction has been car
ried on by the United States Bureau OF
Education. and 1t is pleasing to see the
fruits being borne by city so near
our own"
Opening of the new playground has
aroused interest in the history of the
old building which is a monument to
free schools in this country. Investi-
cation by Alexandra citizens has
shown that George Washington was
deeply interested in the free school idea
During his lifetime he gave ESQ for a
free school for the education Of the
sons Of widows"
But George Washington soon saw
that there should be no favored class
in free education. and in his viii he
embodied the following clause:
ITO the trustees of the Academy in
the town of Alexandra, give in trust
81 .000 or, in other words. twenty of the
shares ! hold in the Bank OF Alexan-
dria, toward the support Of a free
school"
The Washington times., 1914-06-30
I ruths BY Women Who
T, Suffrage Support From
NIlOW Those Who Labor
Business Women's League

work which they had poice in the
making.
Elizabeth FaaH president of the Business WomenS Equal
Suffrage believes that be of the for the
stauty increasing suffrage working
Through organization accomplish for themselves
things which Pauhropcay inclined Women trying to do
for them
Miss FairaH active the Daughters of the Repo
uou saws that women an to themselves that
end they favor the BrstoW- MondeH bH
Many of this enthusiastic members of the
Consumers League participated in all suffrage demonstrations
held in the District among activities have arranged lectures
to aid the passing of the eght-hour lan'
The Washington times., 1914-06-30
ECRETARY HOUSTON ON
UNEMPLOYMENT.

!, Secretary of Agriculture Hous-
pr right there is no unemployment
roolem in the United States. He says
he problem is one of distribution OF
|lbor. Not all will accept his view
i 1t. least of all the man who is not
|npIoyed. Nevertheless, his state
bet of it is worth considering. Sec
etary Houston says:
What we have in the United States
rot a problem in the employment but
'1e distribution of labor The chlef
suse of it is the fact that thousands
men are landed annually from abroad
a few of the large Eastern cities
| lew York, Philadelphia and Baltimore
|nd that there are no adequate tacllitles
bT distributing them through the agrl-
Illtural sections. There never was a
ne in the history of American agri-
|Ilrure when there were enough men TO
% the work. Only 10 per cent of the
ta Die land in the United States is under
Ill-ivation. and that means that there
kiu is a large body of public land TO
4 developed. Moreover. only L per
|ent of that under cultivation is giving
BIZ returns. A large part OF the land
i4l' II - hOl = SANhhe -
included in farms, but is not culti-
lated because the labor is not available,
Fhere is not an agricultural section of
b. country where labor is not in con-
hart demand
1t may be doubted, however, if the
statement of the case is given by
Secretary Houston lessons the grav-
Ity of it. In any event, all efforts
tp to this time in this country to
york out a successful distribution OF
|ncn willing to work have been fail
|rES
The Washington times., 1914-06-30
TUESDAY, JUNE 80, 1914.
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The Washington times., 1914-06-30

work than in plants of the old type,
while better construction of build
| ings and the utilization of poisonous
volatile by-productx results in great
er freedom from GSst and fumes.
There is also manEes. among en-
ployers a higher degree of interest
in the health and safety of employees
than formerly.
That much remains to he accom-
plished in American smelling plants,
+ however, especially in preventing the
escape of poisonous dust and fumes,
is brought out in a report on Lead
poisoning in the smelling and refin-
ing of lead" by DR.. Alice Hamilton,
just published by the United States
Bureau of Labor Statistics, being
the fourth in a series on industrial
accidents and hygiene published by
| that bureau. In nineteen plants in
vestigated in the United States, en-
ploying an average Of about 7,400
men, no less than 1,769 cases of lead
poisoning occurred during the year
1912, of which BAT were reported by
hospitals, 1920 by physicians, and
lO2 by employees. Considering only
those reported through medical
sources, this means that there were
more than twenty-five cases for ev-
cry 100 employees, and the hospital
record alone, which covered only
nine of the plants, revealed a rate Of
almost five cases per 100, larger
rate than that of Great Britain for
ali cases.
The greatest dangers in the indus
try are connected with dust and
fumes which arise in crushing and
screening the ores. in the roasting
and smelling processes, and in refin-
ing the metals secured by smelling.
It has been held by Psychologists
that lead sulphide found in lead ore
is insoluble in the human body, but
the tracing of twenty-five cases Of
lead poisoning to certain mines or
concentrating mills in, Missouri
where .sulphide ore only is handled
led to experiments which proved
that the sulphide is soluble in human
gastric juice and therefore poison
Gus.
For the prevention of lead poison
ing in smelling and refining works
it is necessary that the plants should
be we'll constructed and completely
equipped with sanitary appliances,
that measures should be taken for
preventing the escape of poisonous
dust and fumes, that workmen
should be held to strict observance
of rules as to cleanliness and that
every means should be employed to
secure their cooperation in the use
Of protective devices, and that there
should be adequate medical supervi-
sion. Regulations in force in Ger
many, France, and Great Britain re-
quire these precautions, and in the
State of New Jersey similar regula-
tions have been adopted recently for
both the lead and copper industries.
The Washington times., 1914-06-30
Sues for Maintenance.

Chester A. Lyle. colorad. professor OF
printing in Howard University. Is named
as defendant in a suit for maintenance
day by Mrs. Virgie u. Lyle 1t u al
legged by, Mrs. Lyle that her husband
spends his salary of SIS a month in
.gambling in various ways" betting on
"hurses cards. and baseball games.
She charges that he has not properly
supported her since October -. 1872,
when there was u separation Attorney
Harry r. kennedy appears as counsel
for Mrs. Lyle.
The Washington times., 1914-06-30
Blind to Give Concert
To Aid Fund for Home

The first effort to raise fund to be
used for the benefit OF the District OF
Columbia Association of Workers for
the Blind will be made tonight at
O'Clock in the form of musicale given
by the sightlcss and an Ice cream sale
at Columbis Polytechnic Institute Tor
the Blind, lS0S II street northwest
The Washington times., 1914-06-30
What's ON the Program in
Washington
TODAY.

Meetings. evening.
MasonIc-RoyaI and Select Masters Wash
ington Council. No. :. business and degree.
knights of PJthiss Webster Lodge. No. :.
business; ENcelsior. No. H. esquire rank:
Capital No. -. and Myrtle. No. .. business.
Odd FeIIows-washIngton Lodge. No 8. and
Golden Rule. No. Il. election: Amity. No
q degree and election.
Naccabees-BrightWood Tent. No. 5. Macca-
bee Hall. Brightwood: Metropolitan. No. L.
hall Fifth and g streets northwest
The Washington times., 1914-06-30
AmuSements.

CoIumbia-'Prince Karl" S:I5 p m
Polrs-"CamiIle." 2:l5 and S:lJ D. M
Glen Echo-All amusements.
Chevy Chase Lake-concert by Marine Bsnc
and dancing.
Baseball. washington Va. New York. $50 p
The Washington times., 1914-06-30

frage demonstrations held In the Dis
trict. including the deputation to
President Wilson on the I'd OF Febru-
ary. We have arranged meetings
in the lunch rooms OF the different
department stores and office build
,ngs, and have had among our
speakers such well-known women
as DR.. Cora Smith King and Mrs.
Nina Allender.
Fall Program.
On the eleventh of last March We
held the most interesting meeting
of our organization. in the Publis
. Library. when Miss Constance
Leupp. president Of the Consumers
League, spoke on the eight-hour
law. The best proof of the interest
the workinigwomen in this city took
in the eight-hour bill was the en-
thusiastic audience. We will re-
sumo these meetings in October.
when the minimum wage. mothers
pensions, and other present day
problems will be discussed.
We have held musicales and lawn
fetes. sold papers and tickets, ana
have kept our treasury In good con-
ton. We pledged IS last year and
S25 again this year for the Con-
Eressional Union. which has fur
nished us with speakers and given
us much help and encouragement.
The present officers of the league
are: Mss Elizabeth Fairall. presi-
dent: Mrs. Minnie Z. Brooke. vice
president; Mrs. Kathrfne II. Lewis,
treasurer: Miss Alberta T. War
field. secretary, and Miss Ina
Courtney, chairman OF the execu-
five committee.
The Washington times., 1914-06-30
AmusementS.

C,nlumbia,-"Prince Karl" Sis p m
PoIi's-'Camille." 2:lJ and Sis p. m
Glen ECho-AII amusernents.
Chevy Chase Iake-Concert by Marine Band
and dancing.
Baseball. Washington VS.. New York. $50 p.
The Washington times., 1914-06-30
Ways of Thrift

Copyrighted, 1914, American Society for Thrift.
Conserving Patriotism.
Great strides have been taken by
municipal authorities in the last ten
years in the preservation of human
life. to say nothing OF the saving of
millions of dollars by the enforcement
of prohibitive and restrictive rules for
the Fourth OF July celebrations
Last year the American Medical As
sociation made a report from which the
following figures are taken. showing an
encouraging improvement in the wear
1918 over the year 1907, as follows:
The Washington times., 1914-06-30
By MISS ELIZABETH FAIRALL.

By MISS ELIZABETH FAIRALL.
1t is really very easy to organize
a suffrage league among business
women. Mrs. Edith B. Newman
and I found that out when we or
ganized the Business Womans
EQUAL Suffrage League. The time
worn argument that "a womans
place is in the home" falls rather
fat among women who are out OF
their homes all day, and We found
that the great majority OF working
women in Washington are suf-
fragists. They prefer justice to
chivalry.
The Business Woman's Equal Suf-
frage League was organized April
3, 1913. to promote the constantly in
creasing interest in suffrage among
the working women in the District.
Its membership is open to all
women who believe in equal SUI
,frage. and includes women in all
occupations and professions, and a
great many women who have Dusl-
ness establishments of their own.
We have intended to call our organ
ization the Wage Farmers Equal
Suffrage League. but as We wanted
10 Include ali women in every walk
Of life, we compromised on Its
present name.
Power Of the Ballot.
We believe that, with the ballot.
the working women will! do for
themselves ali the things that the
clubs and organizations of phildn-
thropiCally inclined women are try
ing to 10 for them. We feel that we
should have a voice in making tie
laws Under which We mast live trd
work. While we are heartily in ia
vor OF the present eight-hour law.
a3i di1 everything in our power as
Al organization to help the ConsuTn-
.rs' League In its splendid work. II
is a fine local example of what We
mean when We say women wc'k
under laws in which they had no
part in making.
President Wilson. in The New
Freedom" expresses IL perfectly: IF
any part of our people want to %
wards, II they want to have guard
ians put over them, II they want TO
be taken care of. II they want to be
children. natronized by the Govern
ment. why. | am sorry, because 1t
will SAP the manhood of America
But ] don't believe they do. l be-
lieve they want to stand on the firm
foundation of law and right and ta<e
care Of themselves. ], for my part.
don't want to belong to a nation that
needs to be taken care Of by guard
ians. want TO belong to nation.
and I am proud that | do belong to
nation. that knows how to take
ora nf ifGelF''
The Washington times., 1914-06-30
Support Bristow Measure.

1t is interesting TO note that an
auxiliary to the Consumers League
which was formed among local work
ing women, has among its members
many members of the business
Woman's Equal Suffrage League.
Needless to say. We are making for
the pasasge of the Bnstow- -AOndell
resolution-the original Susan r.
Anthony resolution.
Members of our league have taken
part in all the professions and suf-
The Washington times., 1914-06-30

The marriage Of Miss Louise I.awton.
daughter of Mrs. Lawton and the late
Gen. Henry w. Iawton. and Ensign
Bagby. U. S. n, will take place Thurs
day evening at G O'Clock in the chapel
at the Naval academy. number OF
CONTINUED on Seventh Paga) q
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-08-29
CHILE FURNISHES WORLDS HIGH EXPLOSIVES

A curious fact bearing on the pres
emit European war. says the Kansas
City Star, is that the source of prac-
tically all Of the gunpowder and other
explosives used in the military opera
tons is found To be in one OF the most
peaceabIe countries in the world
Chile, whose wealth Of nitrate of soda
furnishes an element OF explosive to
every other country in the world. In
times OF peace Chile prepares war
for other countries. And more than
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-08-29

The reported offer OF Germany to
Italy OF large colonial possessions II
the latter country would Join against
England and France has at least the
foundation that the governments op-
posed to Germany have very large-colo-
NAL possessions which IL Germany
wins would be at her disposal.
For instance, Portugal. OF whose Do
sition Germany has demanded a clear
definition probably with the purpose Of
substantiating her claim II Germany