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The Washington herald., 1914-08-30
CALLS SUFFRAGE
APOOR PANACEA
Mrs. A. M. Purves Explains
Why Ant" Organiza-
tons Are Growing.
nrrr ia AnHaH nnnAnHHn-
DUE TO CLEAR THOUGHT
Member of Pennsylvania Association
Compares Growth of Advocates of
Votes with Opponents.
By Mrs. AUSTIN VI. PURVEs,

By MRS. AUSTIN VI. PURNES,
Vice Chairman of the Organizing Committee, Penn
sylvania Association OPPOSED to Woman Suffrage.
Why are the anti-suffragist organIza-
tons growing stronger? Well. perhaps
1t is because women have learned to
think" as the suffragists say. A woman
can hardly resist all the pleas and prom
Uses made by the ballot enthusiasts I'M
less she is able to think clearly on the
franchise question from a broad govern
mental and historical viewpoint.
The woman without a highly developed
sense Of proportion and the girl Just out
of college" are often won by the suffrage
slogans like political equality" eco
nomic independence" the rights of
women as human beings because they
are people" etc, because these all ap-
pear to be glorious prophecies Of a
better day for women-until we examine
them. We are all more or less inclined
to believe in panaceas, in government as
well as in medicine.
The patent medicine quack has some
what capitalized our faith in medical
"cure-alls." And the political dema-
gogue, socialist, suffragist, and advocates
Of commission government, single tax,
and other so-called reforms" seek TO
capitalize our faith in political panaceas.
The science Of government, like that of
medicine, is too complex to conform to
any single theory propounded by earnest
but inexperienced enthusiasts. Wher
new methods Of treatment are introduced
in medicine they are calmly tested, and
II they prove unsatisfactory are aban-
doned or discarded Statesmen and pa
triots apply the same scientific method
to political programs.
For sixty-hve years woman suffrage
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burg So far as I know there is no spe-
cial coat OF arms for this branch of the
Scott family. The SCOTS of Virginia,
who trace descent from the Rev. Alex
ander Scott, of Overwharton Parish, STAFF
ford, Virginia, bear the following coat
Of arms: Or on bend azure a star be-
tween two crescents in a bordure argent,
eight stars. Crest, a dove proper. Motto:
Gaudia nuncio magma The ev.Alexander
Scott was born in Scotland in 1856 He
is buried at Dipple, Stafford, Va, and
on his tombstone is engraved the coat
of arms of the family.
To Mrs. n. H. Mop, who asks for in
formation about the Christian family Of
Virginia with explanation of the coat
of arms of the family bearing ''commun-
ion cups"
There long was a tradition in the Chris
tian family OF Virginia to the effect that
they were members originally of the fam
lilly OF Christians of the Isle of Man
This family originally spelled the name
MChristian, and they were for many
years dempsters of judges in the Isle of
Man. The name was first written Chris
tan about the year 1900 The coat Of
arms Of the English family of Manx de-
scent is as follows: Azure a chevron
humettee between three covered cups
or. The crest is a uniforms head erased
argent collared and armed or The motto
is Salue per Christum.
The pregenitor of the Virginian Chris
tan family was known to be a Thomas
Christian, who settled in Charles County
somewhat previously to 1851. but as the
records Of New Kent County and Charles
City County have been so largely de-
stroyed there has been little opportunity
Of establishing the theory Of Manx origin
for this distinguished family. Not long
ago, however, in repairing a room in the
old home Of the Christians in Charles
City a silver teaspoon was found in a
rats nest in the ceiling. The old spoon
showed distinctly a unicorn's head, and
what was more significant the unicorn
had a collar around the neck The sig
nifcance of this fact was that while
several OF the English families OF Chris
tian bear a unicorn for their crest only
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of notes and her gold fund of approx
mately $50. 10000 has remained compare
lively unchanged in amount 1t was not
surprising that under pressure like this,
the New York market should have been
called upon to export about Ss4 000, 900 in
gold before the war cloud burst, during
and that she should have lost another
sum OF about s46,eooOo0 when Europe de-
cided to throw over American securities
at any price In order to convert her
assets into money.
The entire gold production Of the world
during eighteen months ending on June
30, 1914 was approximately 500, 10000. OF
this amount about t900,No0fO is required
for the arts. and 81, lOOO. 900 went to Brit
ish India. This left about 1856, 900 to
be applied to monetary uses, and the
whole OF this amount was absorbed by
the four great central banks OF Germany.
France, Russia, and Austria-Hungary.
Small Notes Substituted for Gold in
Circulation.
What course Germany should pursue
in respect to her monetary system in
case OF European war was the subject
Of considerable discussion in the spe-
cial commission which was appointed in
1908 to consider the revision OF the
charter of the Imperial Bank. II was
generally agreed that two steps were
advisable TO permit the utmost accumu-
lation Of gold in the Imperial Bank and
to protect that gold against abnormal
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exemption from taxation and paying
over promptly their share Of their pri-
vate property holdings.
France retaliated by the less drastic
measure Of imposing an income tax Of
5 per cent. which fell upon the income
OF the foreigner domiciled in France and
upon the income OF foreign securities
held by Frenchmen. as well as upon the
income OF Frenchmen derived from
French enterprises. The government OF
Russia also announced a great addition
to it's military budget. in order to be
able to bring the full forces Of the
country into the field II Russia were
drawn into war. On the very day when
the income tax was voted by the French
Senate, on July Z. the French govern
ment opened the bids for a loan, Yield
ing about S1s0.0o0.OO0 II was shrewdly
given out, and generally believed. that
the accumulation OF gold at the Bank Of
France was due to the necessity OF pro-
viding sufficient funds for bidders for
the loan. In France. and in other Eu-
ropean countries where investors have
more abiding faith in government Sc
curities than in Industrial and foreign
obligations. such loans are usually over
subscribed many times. As q prelirn-
mary installment is required to be paid
in cash with each bid. a large amount
OF money Is locked up temporarily in
these preliminary payments. The new
French loan, bearing interes at 81 per
cent and issued at the price OF 81. was
subscribed some forty times over. which
carried the amount Of the subscriptions
to about s.. 10000 and called for pre-
liminary deposits Of about $500 ooo.O 900 in
gold. bank notes, or checks on the Bank
OF France.
II was anticipated that when the
awards were made, much Of the money
deposited by bidders would be released
and that conditions in the Paris market
would correspondinEly improve. But. in
fact, with the close Of the subscriptions.
little relief was felt. The undistributed
loans to the Balkan states scIll hung
over the market; but more portentious
sun were the unlimited possibilities Of
a European conflict which grew nearer
and more threatening with the assassina-
ton OF the Crown Prince of Austria at
saraJevo and the information which
leaked from the Austrian cabinet TO the
Vienna bourse that drastic measures
were under consideration against Servia.
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time Of the Franco-Prussian war In 1870.
but SO prudently were the affairs Of the
Bank OF France conducted that the pa
per never fell more than 2 1-2 per cent
below its value In gold. A similar pol
Icy OF reserve will probably be pursued
By the banks of France, Germany, and
Russia in the present contest. The gov
eminent Of France has raised the max
Imum limit OF the note circulation Of the
bank by nearly 1900. LOCO. but the in
crease viii not be awaited Of except as
additional currency may be required ow-
ing to the restriction in other forms Of
credit and the special demand for notes
In ths~dIstricts where the armies are
gathered.
The suspension Of special payments
does not convey to the banking com
munity. quite the same doleful warning
Of the unlimited issue of paper and its
steady depreciation in gold which was
conveyed by specie suspension in the
United States in 1851 or by Austria
Hungary and Russia in the desperate
contest of the Napoleonic wars. None
tary science is better understood at the
present time than in those days. Pru-
dent statesmen realize that there Is only
a limited field for the use OF currency
and that to overcrowd the field by large
issues Of irredeemable paper is only to
add to the price OF every commodity
purchased by the government for war
purposes, and ultimately to impoverish
labor and impose an enduring burden
on the national finances.
The German War Levy and the
French Income Tax.
So long as the great resources avail
able for modern governments by taxa
ton and by loans have not been ex-
hausted. the weather. governments Of
Europe will undoubtedly rely on those
means Of carrying on the war. Already
in 1873 the German government prepared
for a great addition to its military
equipment by a levy Of about II per
cent upon the property Of wealthy Ger
mans II was an extreme exercise OF
the power of the state to take what was
practically the third Of a whole year $
income. and the promise was naturally
given that it was a tax which was eN-
ceptionaI and would not be soon renewed.
The Kaiser and the princes Of the small
er German states set an ostentatiouS eN-
ample OF patriotism by waving their
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80 per diem; Curtis w Mitchell. Mis-
souri,. clerk, 8. 200; Harvey Booth. Mon
tana, engineer. s.. go; Percy E. Dolernan.
District Of Columbia. messenger. 1850
The Department Of Commerce yester-
day announced the following changes IN
It's personnel: Office Of the secretary.
Mrs. Mary Bucker. charwoman at 500
transferred TO the Department Of AC-i-
culture; John P. Rose. probationary. as
sistant messenger. 500; Milton F. Bar
rett. temporary clerk. S72o. Coast and
Geodetic Survey: Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce, Frank S Sanford.
clerk. promoted to 800; Lacey P. Zaaf.
transferred from the Bureau OF the Cen
sus, 500: Lighthouse Service. s NJ
Falconer. jr.. transferred from Navy De-
partment TO craftsman. at 8. 90
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THE COBB COAT OF ARMS.

The American Cobbs-The family
of Winfield Scott-The tradition
of the Christian fnmiIy-The de-
batabIe Roane coat of arms
The SomervIIIeS of Maryland
and of VIrEiniR-Their possible
klnEhip-The ReddinE family,
the FlagIers and the TyIers.
ny Frances CowIeH.
Copyright, l1I.)
The Cobb coat Of arms here illustrated
is described as follows: Gules a chevron
wavy between three fishes naiant argent.
on a chief Of the last, two shovellers
sable. beaked and legged or. That is a
shield, on which is a silver chevron wavy,
placed between three swimming fishes. On
a silver chief. the space across the top of
the shield, are two broad-beaked ducks
or shovellers which are black
The Cobbs in this country, who are de-
seconded from Henry Cobb, of Barnstable,
Mass. who came to this country in 1879.
County Kent Henry Cobb was the
=
Court. This coat of arms is thus de-
scribed: Argent, chevron between three
cocks gules, combs and wattles or.
Crest, Out Of a ducal coronet, a demi-
colored rampant proper, with gold beaks
and legs.
To L. W. H, who asks for information
about the family history of Gen. Win
field Copard, whether any of his fam
lily intermarried with the Page family.
and whether the Scott family has a coat
Of arms.
According to the biographies of Gen.
Winfield Scott, his grandfather was
James Scott, Of the clan Buccleuch Of
Scotland. James Scott was a follower
of the pretender to the throne of Eng
land and escaped from CoIloden and came
to Virginia in the year 174S His son VIII
lam married Ann Mason, and Winfield
Scott was their son. He was born in Din
widdie County. Virginia, near Peters
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CHANGES IN DEPARTMENTS.
Appointments, Transfers, Etc, at
Interior and Commerce.

The following changes in the per-
sonnet Of the Department Of the Interior
have been announced by Secretary Lane:
Probationary appointments: Miss Sophia
B. Roehrig, Kansas, copyist, $500: Miss
Sara ]. Davenport, Mo. copyist, $500:
Charles H. Clapp, Arizona. assistant
geologist. S per diem; Donovan S.
Koontz. District of Columbia messenger,
$50. Reinstatement: Milledge B. Lips
comb. Florida. clerk. $500. Promotions:
William r. Pherson, Ohio, copyist to
clerk. 5000; Lewis Fisher, Pennsylvania
copyist to clerk, 5000; James c. Harris,
District of Columbia messenger, $3.50 to
$500: Melvin A Pfeiffer. Maryland. copy
list to clerk, 5000; Frank Buckingham,
California. copyist to clerk. 81, 1000. Trans
fer: Francis r. Wickline. District Of Co.
Iumbia messenger. $40 TO $50 Resigna-
tons: Miss Hattie A Horner, New
Hampshire. copyist. 500; Charles B. F.
McSSTley New York. clerk 81 200: Edgar
c. Balm. Ohio. chemist, $500; Watson
Salkeld, jr., District of Columbia ap-
prentice map engraver. SIS per diem;
Ralph B. Williamson, Oregon, examiner,
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MEMS WHEREABOUTS SECRET.
French wnr OHice Keeps News from
Soldiers Families.

sreciaI Cable to The Washington Herald
Paris, Aug. Gone looking for excite
ment in the Paris streets these days will
not find it. Quiet women are seen going
about, a few foreign men, but seldom a
Frenchman of middle years. Most OF
the shops are closed and the cafes and
restaurants which are open shut early.
The butcher. the barber. all the usual
public servants, are of to the front. II
is useless to inquire II news is received
by those left behind. The ones who have
gone have been swallowed in the enor-
nous zone OF operations. Their families
may write to them in special envelopes
addressed to the war once. But thst is
all the address there is on those envel-
opes. The ones at home will never know
where the soldiers are fighting' unless
they come home again, so secretly and
silently is this war Of wars being waged.
II they never appear, the family will
receive a simple card from the war ONCE:
-" related to you. has fallen
on the field OF honor" That is all.
The Washington herald., 1914-08-30
RAW MILK AND CREAM

are of all single causes the
most prolific fog the produo-
ton Of diseases
III health or lack Of clean
Illness among dairy hands
stable dirt. soiled utensils.
impure rinsing water. togeth-
er with the warmth and dust
of the stable, are the principal
causes Of contamination. and.
as milk is the best-known me-
dunn for breeding germs.
these rapidly multiply into
many millions.
tuberculosis. scarlet fever.
diphtheria. septic sore throat
and notably typhoid and
other intestinal diseases. are
often caused by raw milk and
cream. and no amount OF in
spection can be relied upon to
prevent milk contamination
at all times.
The only reliable means for
preventing milk infections Is
pasteurization. and this sim
pie treatment does not change
the character Of the milk nor
affect Its nutritive value or its
digestibility.
We can home-pasteurizs
milk by bringing 1t to near
boiling. then cool. and keep
cold and covered until used.
Even entirely healthy adults
who would ordinarily not be
affected by impure food IL
they continue drinking i'm
pure milk and cream long
enough will eventually under
mine lnclE natural RESISTANCE
and become subject TO attacks
OF sickness. the underlying
cause of which is usually not
suspected.
But children. sick people.
and all who are in a rundown
condition should in particular
never drink raw milk or raw
cream, nor eat ice cream made
Of them.
The Health omcer Of the
District Of Columbia will fur
uish free information as to
the average grade OF safety
of the milk and cream. raw
or pasteurized. sold by any
milk dealer in this city.
Society for Prevention Of Sickness
G. BERIIHEa. Secretary
The Bulletins Of the Society
for Prevention of Sickness.
signed by Mr.. e Berliner. are
based on much careful study.
and they deserve the attention
OF the public. for whose bens-
fit they are issued.
Gen. GEO. NJ. STERNBERG.
Sturgeon General U. 8
Army. retired).
DR.. GEO. NJ. KOBER.
(Prof. OF Hygiene. George
town University.
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Henry A. Meals, Of York Springs, Pa,
has a pair of brass-rimmed spectacles
that have been handed down through
four generations They served his great
grandfather until his death at the age of
ninety, his grandfather until he was
ninety-two. his father until he was
eighty, and at present, at the age of
seventy-fve, Mr.. Meals is still using
them.
The Washington herald., 1914-08-30

Shanghai recently saw the opening of
the first street car system financed. con-
structed, and operated solely by Chinese.
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The Relentless Accumulation of Gold Without Regard the
& Cost-The German War Chest OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
in the German Monetary Commission of the Best Means
of Outstanding Gold-The Big Tax German Property.
The Income Tax in France-Methods of Financing the
War-Specie Suspension Will Probably Not Result in
Excessive Paper Initiation. @... =:
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The Health Omcer Of the
District Of Columbia will fur
nish free information as to
the average grade OF safety
of the milk and cream. raw
or pasteurized. sold by any
milk dealer in this city.
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on the field OF honor" That is all.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-10-08
HORSES WANTED

Mares and Geldings; will hold in.
spections and buy horses at follow.
ing places:
Belle Fourche, Oct. 18th and 18th.
Rapid City, Oct. I4th.
Philip, October 18th.
Fort Pierre, Oct. 18th.
Pierre, Oct. nth.
All horses to pass inspection must
come up to certain requirements and
will be divided into two classes. Will
not receive light grey or white, all
other solid colors accepted.
All horses must be shown under
saddle. Height IA hands 3 in. to II
hands. Weight 1000 pounds to 1906
pounds, Ages 5 to 9 years old. Posi-.
lively will not receive horses under
5 years old. All horses must be gen.
tie, good flesh and bone. The block
kind preferred. Positively will not
buy an unruly horse.
Get your horses ready and have
them on hand; a few days gentle
handling may make your horses sale
able. A horse that is good manner
ed and gentle to work, but has never
been ridden, will be purchased if
otherwise satisfactory.
! NJ r. CoWELL.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-10-08
no YOU. MR.. i

Having been nominated on the demo-
cratic ticket by the voters of Hughes
county for reelection to the office of
sheriff, your vote at the November ell
ection will be appreciated by me. l
feel that the experience gained in one
term in office, doubly qualities an officer
for reelection for a second term.
promise prompt discharge of all Off
cial business that come into my hands,
extending courtesies to all alike.
E. M. QUINN.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1914-09-03
WINANS CITY

J.P. Scott returned last Sunday from,
Portland where he has been visiting
relatives and friends.
G. d. Roberts was the dinner guest
of J. P. Scott Sunday.
G, 0. Westerberg has been busy with
his peaches for the'past week. He has
a large crop of unusually nice peaches.
The forest fire near Davenport's saw
mill is still raging and causing consid.
erable worry. Paul Winans sent a
crew of men up Saturday to help fight
it.
Many young people of this vicinity
enjoyed the dance given at Dee last
Saturday evening. A good floor, good
music, ice cream and pretty girls were
some of the attractions.
Miss Fiske, of Chicago, Ill.,. who has
been spending the season in c. California
arrived Sunday for an indefinite stav
with her friend, Mrs. G. 0. Wester.
berg. Miss Fiske made many friends
during her last stay here, who are glad
to hear of her return.
James. Roberts, of Portland, is in the
valley looking after business interests
on his ranch.
Miss La Verna Wilson spent the first
of last week with Mrs. E. G. Chairman
in Hood River. Mrs. Chapman re.
turned home with Miss Wilson for a
few days. as-r
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1914-09-03
FRANKTON.

School will start in Frankton next
Monday, Sept. Z.
Roy Smith, the road boss, has at last
got busy on our roads. We hope he
will stay with it, for it has been long
felt want.
Judge Gantenbein and family, of
Portland, who have been spending their
summer vacation on his ranches in the
valley, returned to Portland last week.
Emma Noble came home Tuesday
from The Dalles, where she had been
visiting her chum, Nola Radliff.
J. R. Phillips is having his mill pond
filled with sawlogs, getting ready for
the winter run.
Quite a bunch of the Franktonites
have gone to the hop yards in the Will
annette valley to make a stake to help
stand off the high prices that the war
is making.
Donald Nickelsen will return to Eu,
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1914-09-03
PINE GROVE

There will be no preaching service
next Sunday morning. In the evening
at the close of the Young People s
injecting the pastor will fill the pulpit.
A very interesting talk was giver
last Sunday morning by Prof. VOr
Eschen, of Salem. Subject Christian
Education.
Miss Annie Krussow entertained two
of her friends from Hood River last
week, Miss Jessie Howes and Miss
Dorothy Baker.
The Ladies Aid met at the church
last Friday afternoon.
The Research club will meet with
Mrs. Clara Jarvis next week Tuesday
aeternoon.
Miss Vera Klotz left Thursday for
the Yellowstone park in company with
| Miss Cutler, where she will spend a
few days before returning to her home
over the Columbia highway from Cor
bett to Benson Point just to see how it
looked in the rough.
C. f. Gray and family picknicked
Sunday up in the wilds of Post canyon.
btuuO FTdiL, lne rTdHhtUn BdTueNer,
has more than an acre planted to pep
per.
The top of the Ruthton hill, to be
known hereafter as the Benson Point,
is attracting lots of visitors since it is
known that the Benson arch will be
erected there.
War and what General Sherman said
it was, is illustrated here. George Len
der, who has been working for Tom
Calkins for the last year, is a native
of Germany. He has six brothers. all
married with large families, and all are
now in the army fighting for the Fad
erland. He has five sisters and his
father and mother, who are both living
and past rs years, all dependent on
some body for support. George was
called to he colOrs, went to New York,
but could find no transportation and
returned. The trip to New York and
return and other expenses cost him
more than 5000 and the expects to have
to go yet.
For four foot and l6 inch wood see J.
II. Jeppsen, Phone 2s2 Odell.