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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-23

The Philippine board of public utili-
ties commissioners has decided that
1t has no jurisdiction over the so
called public utilities owned by a
province or a municipality
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-23
JAMES SLOANE TO HEAD
DETROIT SECRET SERVICE

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-James
Sloane. captain of the white house Sc
cret service squad, known to thou
sands who have seen him in action,
personally OF on the movie screen,
since he has been a bodyguard to all
presidents since Roosevelt. will be
transferred to become chief secret
service operator at Detroit. He will
be succeeded after Jan. |, 1t is I'M
derstood, by Joseph Murphy formerly
OF Boston.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-23
Or. John Wilson Smith.

Dr. John Wilson Smith, "a years cid,
and one OF the citys oldest physicians
died Monday, in HIS home, No. 1874
Peterboro-st. Or. Wilson served
throughout the civil war as surgeon,
with the title OF major He ~ sur
yived only by his daughters, Mrs.
Charles r. Bloomingdaie. now IN Cali
fornia. Funeral arrangements viii be
made later.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-23

Detroit Times Sob Printing Depart
mcnt.--Mnin $3.50.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-23
Blind Men In ouandarx.

SAGINAW, Mich, Dec. 22.-(Spe-
ciaD Because the complainants are
blind and cannot identify their alleg-
ed assailants, the charge OF assault
With intent to rob against Louis Per-
ry and George Lamarsh, now on i'm
circuit court will be dropped.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-23
Mrs. Sarah Wise.

Mrs. Sarah Wise. widow OF John W.
WISE. OF Adrian. died Monday IN the
hCme OK her daughter. Mrs. Leland
Case. No. l55 Boston.blvd. east Mrs.
wise was ~ years old. She Is surviv-
go by her daughter. Mrs. Case and one
son, Frank w Wise. Funeral services
VIII be held In the Case home. We'd
nesday. The body Will be cremated
and interment of the ashes Will be
made in Adrian
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-23
Harmed Dad Flights Harmed Son

ELwoOD, Ind. &c. 93.--In answer
to hurried call from the western
part OF the city, the police rushed TO
the home OF John Kentner, a junk
dealer. where they found John Kent
ner, Sr., and John. Jr.. engaged in a
rough.and-tumble encounter. The
father. who has no right arm. was
wildly welding a stove poker, while
HIS son, who has no left arm. was
using his single fist with telling ef.
feet upon the father The son was
taken to Jail.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-23
Obituary
Mrs. Margaret punieId.

Mrs. Margaret Corbett Dufheld. wife
or DR. Samuel p. Duffield, died Mon
day IN her home. No. 12G Cortland.ave.
Highland Park Mrs. Dufield Was
born In Chatham, Ont. "A years ago.
Funeral services will be held In the
home. Wsdne sday afternoon.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-17
% % @ H" %S f rfSs Fire That Destroyed
WHY First Born Children Are Most Subject TO Disease

T9TERE is an old, widely held
belief that oldest children are
liable to inherit the weak
nesses OF their parents. Unlike
many old beliefs. this one has been
supported by modern science. Pro-
lessor Soren Hansen, director OF
the Danish Anthropological Survey,
one OF the leading eugenists Of Eu-
rope. in an article in the Eugenics
Review, says:
THAT the earliest born children
are Of inferior quality TO the sue
ceeding al birth is an lndisputable
and longknown fact OF experience"
The oldest children weigh less
than the others, are more frequent
ly born dead and Of those that come
into the world alive a much larger
proportion die in the first year.
They are more subject to tubercu-
losis, short sight and feeble-mind-
edness than later born children.
Professor Hansen examined the
1922 tuberculosis patients OF the
Oresund Hospital, In Copenhagen,
and found that 9SS were first-born,
713 second-born. and b6S third.born.
After taking many possible sources
OF error into consideration, he came
10 the conclusion that there were
"a per cent more drst-born than
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-17

Of the Eugenics Education Society,
has reached some interesting coz.
illusions bearing on first@born and
later children. He flnds that when
tie parents marry at the ideal Pc
riod the third child has the best
chance Of being strong and able.
He decides that the ideal period for
marriage Is twenty-five for a woman
and between thirty and thirty-fve
for a man.
He thinks that woman who
marries at twenty-five will have
three children by the time she is
thirty. The third child born at this
period has the best chances in life,
because the mother has reached the
fulness of her development and for
several other reasons.
Pe finds that IL parents are com.
paratively advanced in life, the clil-
dren inherit something of their age
aud have less chance to live long.
This tendency Is more noticeable
FheH the mother Is middle-aged
than when the father Is. For in
stance, the children Of mothers
around the fortieth year do not have
good chances OF long life, although
they may be well and strong. They
inherit the maternal age.
Very young parents also bequeath
some OF their immaturity to their
children and these are not likely to
be OF fine physical development, al
though they may be healthy and
long-lived. A mother under twenty
three is regarded as immature in the
Anglo Saxon races.
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there would have been. II these en-
joyed average health.
He believes that the weakness Of
the f1rst-born Is due to the fact that
the channels Of circulation IN the
mother are not yet sufficiently de-
veloped to afford all tho noursh-
ment needed to the child. There
are also several secondary causes.
The first-born and the earlier chill
dren are more subject than the
later to imbecility, epilepsy and SIM
liar defects, and Professor Hansen
intends to investigate these points
fully, as he has done with regard
20 tuberculosis.
The inferior quality OF the first
born children is matter OF great
Importance 10 the present world
wide propaganda OF eugenics. The
tendency to limit families Is con.
stantly spreading among the moro
civilized nations. AS families be-
came smaller the proportion OF first.
born to the whole number OF Chill.
dren must become larger.
Professor Hansen believes from
the experience OF France, that there
Is no hope of stopping the limiting
of families. For 81 number of years
France has offered prizes and other
inducements to parents to produce
largo families, but without import
ant results. Professor Hansen be-
lieves that our only resource is TO
take special care OF tho children,
because the proportion Of weakly
first born must become constantly
greater.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-17

1t Is scarcely necessary to say that
all eugenist9 do not share Professor
Hansen's feeling that it Is hopeless
to create a sentiment in favor of
large families. Most OF them ad-
vocate families OF considerable size
In the interests Of the race, and they
believe that when the science of eu-
genics Is better understood, their ad
vice will be needed.
The idea OF having very large
families or just as many children
as possible is discouraged by eu-
gen!sts, because the object OF eu-
senics Is quality rather than guam
tity. But eugenists are equally
opposed to the idea of limiting fam.
lilies TO one or two, or none at all.
Many eugenics advise parents to
aim at three. although when all con-
ditions are favorable IL Is desirable
To have more. The Idea commonly
held In France and other countries
that two children to a family are
sufficient to maintain the popula-
ton at its present figure is entirely
wrong. II fertile parents have only
two children to family, nothing is
done to replace those adults who do
not marry or are necessarily un.
productive. 1t is not certain that
three children to family would
maintain the population at its pres
ent standard. but it is believed that
with better care of health this NUM-.
Der might suffice.
BY studying five thousand families
In the prosperous north Of England,
industrial districts, Professor Fraser.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-17
Mrs. w. *. Vanderbilt, Jr.,
Whose New S5,0O0,OO0 Long
Island Palace Was Burned
Down Before She Could
Occupy II.

wv HAT is the secret of the long
M series OF disastrous fires
that has destroyed SO many
Of the houses OF the New York
millionaire colony on Long Island?
Since the first of the year there
have been nine fires, resulting in the
complete destruction OF that number
OF houses in the Long Island colony.
The amount OF property destroyed
was over S3.000.000. The number OF
fires before this year IN the same
district had been remarkably large
Efor number OF years.
The fires have been so numerous,
they have occurred In such close
proximity 10 one another and they
have made victims SO evidently OF
the same set OF persons that the sus-
picion inevitably arises that crime or
at least some form Of wrong doing IS
at the root OF the trouble.
The owners of the houses are prac-
ideally agreed that somebody is try
Ing 10 burn their places down. The
representative OF Paul d. Cravath.
one of the most conspicuous OF the
He and his neishbors are now en-
gagged in a search for the culprit or
culprits. There are now on Long
Island more persons OF great wealth
than can be found in any equal
stretch OF country III the world. The
houses are more costly than any
other equal area could show
The possessors Of all these palaces
are thoroughly alarmed by the
thought that somebody is plotting to
burn their dwellings down il the
dead Of night, endangering their art
treasures and even the lives OF the
occupants.
As 70 the motive for the inceDdiary
plot there IS stu much uncertainty.
Opinion varies between attributing
the acts TO some hater OF the million
aire owners and TO some wicked
contractor or material man who
wishes to make an opportunity 10
supply new material.
A view that finds considerable
favor Is that the fires are the work
OF anarchists or agitators OF the /.
W. W. type, animated by hatred OF
the millionaire class. The victims OF
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-17

years ago. The cause of the fire was
never ascertained.
A year later the beautiful Summer
home OF Henry z. Dawson, another of
Morgan's partners. was burned to the
ground. This place was located at
Peacock Point near Glen Cove, on
the Sound. 1t adjoned the estate Of
William d. Guthrie Of the law firm OF
Guthrie, Cravath & Henderson. who
have frequently represented the Nor
gan interests, and 1t was not far from
the country place of j. p. Morgan, Jr.
So far the Guthrie place and that
OF j. P. Morgan, Jr.. have not been
nolested. but only a few weeks ago,
on April IA. the 100000 home of Paul
D. Cravath. another member OF the
great law firm just referred to. was
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-17

the fires cannot speak definitely OF
their suspicious OH this point. The
possibility that discharged servant
is responsible has also been suggested.
II is pointed out that many Of the
houses burned belonged to persons
who are especially objects Of attack
by advocates OF violence. Several Of
the Long Island residents who lost
Their homes had boon associated with
ihe late ]. Pierpont Morgan, whose
laiue was o red rag to social discon-
cnt.
One of the first Long islanders to
suffer was Robert Bacon, former Am
hassador to France and partner Of
Mr. Morgan. Tho Bacon mansion at
Wheatley Hills. Westbury. l.. l.,
was burned to the ground two
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-17

FIVE POSSIBILITIES.
An Insane Firebug.
An |. w. w. Anarchist
An Ambitious Architect.
A Greedy Residence Building Contractor.
RevengefuI Servant.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1914-11-05
Big Mountain Fires.

There have been more than the usual
number OF mountain fires in this section
the past week. A fire that began on the
east side of Maryland Heights, a short
distance from Harper's Ferry, climbed
over the top Sunday and spread along
the western slopes. Ii has presented
beautiful sight this week after night.
The fire is one OF the largest seen on this
mountain for many years, and the flames
could be plainly seen from Shepherds
town. A good deal OF timber has been
destroyed. There was also an extensive
fire on both slopes Of the Blue Ridge
mountains south of harper's Ferry this
week, in Jefferson and Loudoun counties,
and we are informed that the loss in
timber and other property is quite heavy.
An area OF between 500 and 1000 acres
was burned over. Three big fires in the
mountains in the Cavetown section OF
Washington county have been raging this
week. and in the mountains above Clear
spring fire eight miles in length has
been doing much damage Other noun
tain fires are reported in Frederick coun-
ty, Md. The leaves and other materials
on the mountains are very dry at present,
and it is hard to stop the fires when once
they get start.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1914-11-05
Get-Together Smoker.

Arrangements are being made for get
together smoker 10 be held in the firemen'S
hall Saturday evening of this week in
Shepherdstown. The meeting is being
planned by the directors OF the Shep-
herdstown district OF the agricultural bu-
reau of the county board oftrade, Messrs.
H. w. Potts, c. D. Wysong and r. c.
Ringgold. The purpose OF the meeting
is to discuss questions OF interest to the
farmers and merchants and other bust
ness men Of the community, and to take
action looking 10 more complete organi-
cation. Mr.. A. S. cambridge will pre-
side at the meeting, and among those
who are announced to participate and dis
cuss the subjects presented areJ D. Null
doom, DR.. S. T. Knott, H. L. Lyme, Ed
mund Lee Goldsborough, Geo. B. Goetz
and A. A. Beckman. The meeting will
be held at 7 o'clock.
We very heartily commend this move
ment, and hope that there will be large
gathering OF our business men and farmers.
Our splendid county, whose agricultural
and business importance is growing so
rapidly, ought 10 be advertised and its
advantages set forth to all the world.
There are few sections in this country
whose natural advantages equal ours and
few communities so desirable for rural
homes. The board OF trade would ad-
vertise these advantages and by efficient
organization bring TO our people the ben
efits 10 which We are entitled. Let us
wake up and come into our own
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1914-11-05
Election Day I'm ShepherdStown.

Tuesday was an ideal election day.
The air was mild and the sun shone with
balmy warmth all day long. In Shep-
herdstown everything was quiet and or
DERBY, and though the workers who make
their fight with the aid OF whiskey had
ample supplies at the usual stations, there
was not much perceptible drunkenness.
The chief fight was that between the par
tisans OF Brown and Bowers for Con-
gress. Four out of the six members OF
the Democratic county executive cori-
mittee openly and bitterly fought the
election OF Congressman Brown, fact
that caused great deal of feeling among
the loyal Democrats OF the community.
The net result OF their opposition was not
so serious as they had anticipated, how
ever. Mr.. Brown carried the town by
plurality OF SO. His total vote was 26S,
az AGAINST $50 at the election in l9l0-a
falling off of IL votes. He received 81
less votes than Thos. E. Hodges, candi-
date for Congressman .at-large. Mr..
Bowers personal popularity here gained
him a number OF votes in addition to the
help given him by the Democratic COM
mitteemen, he receiving PIP votes as
against $50 given 10 Sturgiss IN 1910.
C. D. Wysong, for county commits
s,oner, and c. w. Conrad, for clerk OF
the circuit court, got the largest vote on
the Democratic ticket, receiving 3l2.
E. Rush Turner, for clerk OF the county
court. and c. S. Musser, for the House oil
Delegates, Republicans, ran slightly ahead
of their ticket, the former receiving 1873
votes and the latter 1913, as against 1877
for Sutherland, who headed the ticket.
There were four Progressive votes in
Shepherdstown, Keim, for Congress, re-
ceiving two votes at Chase's and two al
the market-house. One prohibition vote
was cast at Chase'S.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1914-11-05
A Question of Tolls.

The toll between Hagerstown and
ShepherdStoWn is entirely too high, claim
the motorists who are compelled to travel
between these two places both for pleas
ure and business. Ii costs as much 10
drive Car from Hagerstown to SheD-
herdStoWn and return as II does 10 60 by
train. A motoriSt going from this city
via the State road 10 Boonsboro and then
by Keedysville and Sharpsburg is COM
PEELED to pay SO cents before he can land
IN West Virginia. Then again if the
Sharpsburg pike is taken, driver must
lay out $l.l5 for the round trip. The
condition of all the roads one must travel,
with the exception Of the State road, IS
very poor and Indifferent and the motor
lists claim that this is entirely too much
toll 10 travel some Is miles, and an effort
may be started 10 cut down this heavy
charge.-HdgerSt0wn Mail.
From the travellers standpoint, twenty
cents for a round trip over few miles
of more or less Indifferent turnpike seems
extortionate, and il must be conceded
that il IS too stiff charge. Yet the turn
pike companies declare that they cannot
keep up the roads and pay fair dividend
if the rates are reduced-and so far as
we know none OF them are getting
wealthy. Why cannot Washington coun-
ty do as Jefferson county did some years
ago-buy the turnpike, remove the toll
gates and keep the roads up by general
taxation ? Tie experiment worked
splendidly here and everybody is salts
fled with the result. We suggest to
Washington county that she wake up
and join the progressive procession by
abolishing toll-gateS.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1914-11-05
Autumn Weddings.

William T. Bartles, The son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. d. o. Bartles, OF Martinsburg, and
Miss Eliza Order Sigler, daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. n. B. Sigler, OF Shepherdstown,
left this morning for Baltimore, where
they will be married at six o'clock this
evening. Because OF the illness OF the
brides sister-in-law, the wedding was a
very quiet one. The bride was beauti-
fully alfred in plum colored suit and
hat to match, with white kid gloves.
Mr.. William Sylvester Row, OF Shep-
herdstown, and Mrs. Catherine Ems
minger, of Cumberland, Md, were mar
ried in Williamsport, Md, last Monday
by Rev. H. Eugene Richardson. The
groom is well-known farmer living on
the Banks farm, near Uvilla. We extend
congratulations.
Miss Mary Hawk, of Bolivar, and Mr.
Eugene Muse, OF Sandy Hook, were mar
ried on the bridge across the Potomac
river at Harper's Ferry last Wednesday
by Rev. K. Y. Nicholson.
Mr.. Henry McGolerick and Mrs. Helen
Rose, both OF Charles Town, were mar
ried last Saturday night at The Southern
Methodist parsonage in that place by Rev
Frank Tyler.
Miss Annie Chambers, formerly an as
sistant in the postofiice at Harper's Ferry
and Mr.. Fred J. Lauick. OF Baltimore
were married in the latter city recently.
Mr.. Alfred c. King and Mss Nellie 7
Smallwood, 10th OF MariIns6urg, were
married in Hagerstown last week.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1914-11-05
Judge For Yourself.
Which Is Better-Try an Experiment
or Profit by a Shepherdstown
Citizens Experience.

Something new is an experiment.
Must be proved 10 be as represented.
The statement OF manufacturer is not
convincing proof OF merit.
But the endorsement OF friends is.
Now supposing yoI had a bad back,
A lame, weak, or aching one,
Would you experiment on IT?
You will read OF many So-called cures
Endorsed by strangers from far away
places.
It's different when the endorsement
comes from home.
Easy to prove local testimony.
Read this ShepherdStown case:
81 always use Doan's Kidney Pulls when
feelin need OF kidney medicine" says
E. E. Hertle, commission merchant, OF
Princess ST., Shepherdstown. They
never fail 10 give relief My kidneys
were weak and my back was lame
Dosn's Kidney PIllsrsmoved the trouble. "
Mr.. HerIe is only one OF many Shep-
herdstown people who have gratefully
endorsed Doan's Kidney Pills. If your
back aches-if your kidneys bother you,
don't Simply ask for kidney remedy
ask distinctly for Doan's Kidney Pills,
the same that Mr.. Hertle had-the remedy
backed by home testimony. SOC at all
stores. Foster Milburn Co., Props,
Buffalo, NY. "When Your Back is Lame
Remember the Name"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1914-11-05
Notes OF the Churches.


The new West Virginia Synod OF the
Southern Presbyterian Church was or
ganized at Lewisburg last week, when
the following officers were chosen: Mod
orator, Rev. DR.. Ernest Thompson,
Charleston; stated clerk, Rev. M.
Sloan, Anderson; temporary clerks, Rev.
w. A. Reveley, Huttonsville, and Rev.
T. D. Stevenson, ST. Adams. The new
synod is c, imposed OF three presbyteries
-Greenbrier, Kanawha and Tygarts VAL
ley. It begins its existence with 43 miu-
listers, 81 churches and church MEM
bership OF 1914. There are three educa-
tional institutions within the bounds of
the synod-Davis and Elkins College,
Greenbrier Preparatory School and
Lewisburg Female Institute.
The Synod of the Potomac, Reformed
Church. which had been in session in
Altoona, Pa, the past week, concluded
its labors Saturday. A resolution was
adopted fixing the minimum salary OF
every minister in the Synod at $500, in
addition to parsonage rentals. The Syn
cd will meet next year at Greencastle.
Pa. A committee on sustehtation report
ed that nine charges had increased the
salaries OF ministers to or above the mini
mum Of $500.
NJ. E Church South-Service Sunday
in Shepherdstown at II a m. and I p
m, and at Marvin at 3 D m. There will
be special evangellStic services in the
Shepherdstown church next week. Rev
w. o. Taloert, of Winchester, will preach
each night, beginning on Monday.
Reformed Church-Service Sunday al
IL a. m, Sunday school at 9 30. PRAYER
service Wednesday at 7 p. m. Catechet-
icaI class Saturday at the parsonage al 8
p m Kearneysville, Sunday school al
10 a. NJ.
Special services are being held in tht
Presbyterian Church at Kearneysville this
week, and Rev c. Siler, OF Dufhelds,
and Rev. M. E Hansel, of Gerardstown,
have been preaching able sermons.
No services at the Shepherdstowr
Presbyterian c hurchSunday. Keaneys-
vile, services at II a. m and 100 p. m
Rev. J. c. Siler will preach at KearneyS-
vile at 100.
There will be no service Sunday in the
M. E. Church, owing TO the absence Of
the pastor, Rev. William Rogers.
Trinity Episcopal Church - Sunday
school at 9 30 a m Communion service
at II a. m. Duffelds at 3 p. m.
Lutheran-Service at Uvilla at II a. m.
and in Shepherdstown at p. m.