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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-17

today, but introduced him to Solicitor General Davis at the department of jus tice, where he also chattcd with several old friends.
 Information that Attorney General Gregory hardly would take up the sub ;ect of this appointment for week or 10 days failed to start my movement for the various clements of the Alahana delegation to get together on one candi- date. and so have the seat on the bench for their state, on the contrary. tro friends of the rival asplrants redoubled their efforts in behalf Of their respective favorites and proposed fight 1t out to the end C. F.. z.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-17
Democratic Majority Cut

Portland, Me, September 16-The ap- parent democratic majority of five in the next Maine house of representatives indicated by the preliminary returns Of Mondays state election was reduced to two today with a revision of the tabulation. There will be number of contested seats.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-17
Chiffon Doctor Disappears

Clanton. September 16.--(Special1-Th sudden disappearance of Dr. ]. V. liis- gins. prominent business man of this city for several years, Is an incident wrapped in a mantle of the deepest my tery The man. whose absence f unique, was a well known jewel doctor of optics in this county built up here thriving and business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-17
Alabamians in Washington

Washingt0n September 16.--fSpeciaI) Mir. and Mrs. Thomas B. Connolly of Montgomery spent today in Washing ton on q pleasure trip. Robert M. Col lins. Jr. of Montgomery was in Wash-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-17

-..v constitution ana the federal peonage laws. Reynolds and Broughton were indicted. \ special p in bar in the one case ard a demurrer to the indictment in the other were susl- ts.ined. the court uphosding the constitu- tionality of the Alabama laws.
 The correctness of this decision is now before the supreme court In these eases. which have been set for nearing at the opening of the court on october l2.
 C. r. S
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labor for them under threats of arrest and imprisonment.' Tfe department adds that the latter were in fact subsequently, p pt.rAs.s+a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-17

a considerable falling off in our sale Of cotton it is likely 10 be more than made good by the extraordinarily heavy pur- chases. chiefly by Great Britain. of Amer ican food products and some manufac- tured commodities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-17

Albertville. September 16.-tSpecial) Pursuant to a call Issued by Represen- tative-elect T. l.. Harvey. over o0o farmers, merchants and bankers met at the courthouse here yesterday to discuss the cotton situation and to de- wise means of financing Marshall county's and sand mountains bumper crop. Mir. Harvey was elected chair man of the meeting, and made speech urging the farmers not to sell bale until compelled to do so. and to cur tail the acreage next year. Messrs. W. R. Bradford, A. {, B. Hooper, w. W. Curry and L. o. Cox were appointed a committee to draw up resolutions to present to the senators and represen- tatives, and the following were adopted:
 Whereas, it is the sense of the farm CTS and business men of Marshall county at Albertville in mass meeting assembled there the withholding from the market of the cotton purchased by members of the 'buy-a-bale' move ment, as well as the withholding of cotton from the market by other par ties, will have the effect to lower the price of cotton next season unless the yield is decreased and
 "Whereas, it is the sense of said meetoing that those who purchase cet- ton in the 'buy-a- bale movement can
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ulation of the United States will consume more food than this country produces, whereas under scientific farming and the highest development of the agricultural lands we should be able not only to feed oru own population. but to have an ab- solute surplus for export.
 The Great Object Lesson
 Suddenly there comes a great object les son which many think teaches the sound ness of the utterances of MT. Hill. There is to be a greatly enlarged demand TOT food in other parts of the world next year. This demand will certainly maintain prices. The farmers who harvested the phenomenal crop of wheat this year nave already discovered to their advantage what this great demand means. The cot ton planters of the south are already learning the meaning which is in this object lesson. Food always commands an immediate market This year we are learning that owing to the sudden exi- gencies of the war raw cotton cannot de- mand an immediate market
 It is not unlikely that one of ythe early effects of the war in Europe may restore to the United States that reasonable bal ance between it's industrial and its agrt- cultural activity which Mir. Hill believes Is essential to the prosperity of the coun- try. There is abundance of land still available for cultivation. Approximately 2.o00, GOO, 600 acres of land in the United States are suitable for crops. tiled or untitled, and yet not much more than half of this land is now compelled to yield a harvest There is undoubtedly a strong tendency among tn eleading men of the south to urge upon the cotton planters reduction of cotton planting next year and the cultivation in its place of food products.
The Washington times., 1914-10-28
Bv KENDRICK SCOFIELD

many of the survivors, and none
OF their defects will be inherited
by a progeny.
The great toll that the terrible
modern war is imposing" he said,
falls upon the hundreds OF thou
sands of human beings-in fact, the
millions-who must suffer untold
exposure and privation; and, in ad-
dttion, the frightful shocks of mod
ern explosives, which ruin. il they
do not kill, or main or shatter or
undermine in many cases, the nerv-
GUS system.
Into the war there are being
sent perhaps 100000 Of men. at
least one-half of whom represent
the best in the physical line that
the en,broiled nations have Out of
the war, il it is to last at the pres
ent rate Of violence, even as much
as nine months or year only there
will come back possibly four-fifths
of survivors; but among those four
fifths how many will be wrecked in
their physical and mental powers?
These will be the army of the
chronic invalids, the rheumatics,
Inconsistencies, irritables, and those
suffering with incurable ailments of
the intestinal tract. These men will
constitute alone much greater loss
vital and economical than those
killed.
Suicide of Nation.
''But the injury does not stop there.
These hundreds of thousands of
partial wrecks will marry, in most
instances, and their weakness in one
form or another is bound to tell in
their progeny. This is not looking
at things through any dark glasses,
but those are the actual conditions
that confront the medical man and
the anthropologist interested in the
physical welfare Of humanity.
Wars in olden times had no such
effects, or at least not in any such
proportions. The battles were much
shorter, the exposure and shock far
less, and the medical service was so
imperfect that relatively few Of the
more serious cases recovered. The
mortality in the battle may have
been just as great or even heavier,
but those who were left We're, after
a few days rest, just as sound men
as they were before.
1T seems surely that when the
final account be made after this war
Of the human damage that there
will be no victors among the nations
but only sufferers. And q few such
wars would mean the suicide, physi-
cal, intellectual, and finally, doubt
less also, political and economic, Of
even the militarily strongest nation"
Under the conclusions reached by
The Washington times., 1914-10-28
STYLE SHOW ADDS
RED.CROSS EXHIBIT
Garments for War Sufferers
Made by Children Will Be
Displayed Today.

The style show and dansant for the
benefit of the American Red Cross war
relief fund will ciose tonight in
Rauscher's. where since Monday after
noon the last word in apparel for wom-
ton of scores of Washington society
women and men.
Tho program today includes demon
strations Of several ball room dances ry
Miss Edith Spoffard and Ben Champion.
The Brazilian Polka and the Cantsr
will be executed. Tonight Miss Effie
Baker will give an original classical
dance. and some new steps for the ball
room will be exhibited by Miss Spot
fard and Mr.. Champion. The assembly
dancing In the blue room will be fea-
tured by a special musical program
A new Red Cross exhibit also will
attract today and tonight. 1t is q dis
play of garments for the peasant wom-
en- and children Of Europe made By
Junior helpers Of the Red Cross In the
District. Shawls and plain underclot thes
for women, and flannel garments for
children, with tucks hand-sewn by I'M
steady little fingers, are shown as the
abeth Fechteler, Elmer Wheeler. Flea
nora Johnston, Jane Boyd. and Mary.
HELEN and Kathleen Crawford.
Handsomely gowned models will con-
tinue to demonstrate how the Smartest
frockS of the fall and winter season are
to be worn, and the aisles of the style
salon Will prove pathways OF loveliness
If all the creations listed today are dis
played before. the close Of the show to-
night. How the gowns look with their
wearers sitting. walking. dancing, stair
climbing, and, in fact, in practically
every known action of the ordinary day,
will be shown.
Novelties just received from the
fashionable marts of the world were
received by Washington merchants this
morning and will be displayed tonight
for the first time in the Capital at the
style show, the hours Of which will be
from 2 to this afternoon and from
7:30 to 1920 tonight.
There were no more interested visitors
at the style show yesterday than Mrs
Edward y. Mclean and her party. At
tracted by some rare creations in mill
linery. Mrs. Mclean purchased $50
worth of hats, for delivery after the
completion of the show tonight.
Mrs. Ellis Logan, president of the Dis
trlct Federation Of Womens Clubs. who
has been present at the style show
afternoon and evening, since it's open
ing. had a large party of club women
present last night in her efforts to lerd
the support of the clubwomen to the
benefit.
A display of hand-painted china, con-
sisting of several special pieces by Miss
G.. Breuninger, is attracting much at
tention at the show.
The Washington times., 1914-10-28

StatiSticians have already begun TO
compute the cost of Europes war IN
dollars. day by day. Artillery eX-
perts are ready with their estimates
Of how many human lives are wiped
out with every discharge of turpin-
ite bombs and 42-centimeter shells.
Economists can estimate to the last
decimal just what difference the de-
vastation Of the nations Of Europe
will make in the general scale OF the
worlds supply and demand.
Now, however, come the medical
men, and the anthropologists. In
their calculations the ultimate fate
of the allies or OF Germany, Is of no
moment: for they have found in the
European conflict a cataclysm more
huge than the tottering Of man
made dynasties. the purely vital
question of massed dead upon strick-
en- fields, or the prosaic questions
of supply and demand with which
the economist busies his statistical
brain.
They see but one enemy in the
field. That enemy is the lasting ply
sical injury to progeny, Of the ma
tions at war through seeds Of disease
and debility to be planted in the con-
stitutions of the men fighting today
on the battlefields of Europe.
See Crippled Forms.
So, while the rest of the scientific
world is engaged in tabulating the
immediate effects of the world war
upon the embattled countries, these
medical men and anthropologists are
looking beyond the immediate. They
are peering through the swIrling
columns Of smoke which now OBJ
scure the future Of the Old World.
f,,t- yrh
the thunders of the big guns have
momentariK lulled. They are think
ing not of the devastating death
which rides upon the lance heads
in shock of conflict, but upon another
devastating death more potent, more
awful, more universal than ever
swept over a land from its birth
place in a cannon's NAV.
Instead Of the dead piled thick in
the trenches, they see in the future
q million little children, offsprings CT
unfit parents. starting out poorly
equipped to become the citizens of
first powers. Instead of the thunders
voices Of little boys and girls. as
yet unborn. crying down the years
that the ultimate cost Of Europe's
war Of the centuries will not be paid
in gold Or goods, but in the crippled
forms, the neurasthenic ailments the
weak mentalities of the children
whose fathers We're not killed in the
conflict, but who returned to their
homes to pass on to posterity the
vital weaknesses saddled upon them
by exposure and by the rigors of a
modern campaign.
One of the most interested in
these problems is DR.. Ales Hrdlicka,
the prominent anthropologist, and
curator OF the National Museum.
His interest is purely scientific;
otherwise he is neutral" He sees
not merely the thousands of dead
who in his opinion will really mat
ter the least, for. he says, they have
suffered in most ca seS. far less than
The Washington times., 1914-10-28
ANACOST[A.

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas F. Williamson,
2O5l Nichols avenue, are celebrating the
twenty-ffth anniversary Of the wedding
and tonight will hold a reception to their
relatives and friends Mr.. and Mrs. Will
hanson were married on October 2S,
1889, in the old brick Emmanuel Epls-
copaI Church, which stood on the site
of the present stone structure, by the
Rev. Willard G. Davenport, rector
emeritus of this church, who will be
present at the reception tonight, follow
ing the performing of another wedding
ceremony tonight in the present church.
The ushers for the wedding twenty-five
years ago also will be present, they be
ing Morsell Tolson, William E. Jordon,
Walter Fisher, and Harry Emo. Mrs.
Williamson was Miss Isabel f. Tolson
before her marriage. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Julius w Tolson, of this sub
urb. Both Mr.. and Mrs. Williamson
have lived in this section Of the District
all of their lives. Mr.. Williamson being
connected with the Government HospI-
tai for the Insane.
Past officers of Electa Chapter, No.
2. order of the Eastern Star, were in
charge of the degree work at the meet
ing last evening. Arrangements were
made for the annual visitation OF the Of
ficers OF the grand chapter on NoNem-
ber 10.
Anacostia Council, No. 16, Junior Or
der Of United American Mechanics ac-
complished degree work last night APP
plications for membership also were re-
ceived
John H. Sandford and Miss Hildred
nennison, both of Giesboro, D. c., just
beyond Congress Heights, will be mar
ried tonight at o'clock in the parson-
age Of St. Teresa's Roman Catholic
Church at Thirteenth and V streets, by
the Rev. Father Bart, pastor Of the
church.
Capt. w T. Anderson, commanding
the Eleventh precinct, is on ten days'
leave Lieut.. G. l.. Plemmons Is in
charge of the station. Captain Ander-
son has gone to West Virginia to visit
his brother and enjoy the hunting there.
The Washington times., 1914-10-28
AGED SISTERS CARRY
OUT SUICIDE PACT
PenniIess and Too Proud to Beg,
Women Drink Prussie Acid in
Venice.

NEW YORK, Oct. 8.-Penniless and
too proud to beg. two aged American
women, sisters, have carried out in
Venice a suicide pact made two years
ago. according to dispatches received
here today from the italian city.
The victims of the grim tragedy were
Mrs. Julia r. Mckay and Miss Jennie
Royael, daughters of a once wealthy
ard respected Brooklyn family.
Two years ago the sisters found their
slender resources dwindling rapidly.
Ignorant of any means of earning
livelihood and handicapped by their adj
vanced years, they entered into the
sornbre agreement which was fulfilled
two days ago in their self-imposed
death.
Ir younger and more prosperous days
they had learned to know and love
Venice. They determined to take shell
ter there. live as long as their siir
supply of money lasted, and then enter
together into the great beyond.
Supported by an uncomfortable prids
which forbade them to seek assistance
from their many wealthy friends, the
sisters carried out their agreement.
They took prussic acid. Mingled with
the tale of the sisters suicide Is a weird
Incident related by William A. Schact.
Of New York. former close friend.
when they went away" said Schaet.
"they told me of their intention to end
their lives when their money was ex-
haLsted As a parting gift they gave
me a vase which had been one Of their
most cherished heirlooms.
Two days ago the vase. from no con
ceivable cause. toppled from its shelT
and was smashed to pieces The Incl
dent brought vividly to my mind the
words Of the two ladies when they toll
me that they contemplated suicide. AMI
had an instant premonition that they
were dead. 1t turned out to be true
The Washington times., 1914-10-28
the medical men and anthropoioglsts.

the medical men and anthropoiogists.
the 49,. --. concerning They
that live 1y tnc sword seems in
vested with c new meaning. The
scientists, in discussing the probable
effect which the European war will
have upon posterity.. point to most
of the nations of the world. who
have sunk from military glory to
lands peopled by mediocre men, as
examples of the ruin war works
through enfeebling the coming gen.
erations.
They call attention to the fate of
once-proud Egypt, and of Greece,
and Rome, whose supremacy among
nations ceased before the fifth CEN
tury. Turkey and Persia are sighted
for other examples, and so on down
to the supremacy of France before
the Napoleonic wars. Prior to the
time of Napoleon, the Franks were
a race of giants among men. But, say
the scientists, from the effects of
those wars. they are today under
sized and physically imperfect But
the effects of war upon these coun-
tries arose from q different set OF
causes than those which the medical
men link with the European con-
flict of today. Then posterity was
injured by the extinction of the
physically perfect men of the race.
entists, there need be no fear that
the ranks of the male will be deci-
mated. The list of dead, they de-
clare, will probably not total more
than a million at the very greatest,
and that. considered as against the
many millions Of population In the
embattled countries Is no great num-
ber
Menace of Warfare.
But, they point out, the very
methods of modern warfare itself is
the greatest menace. A man in full
physical health enlists and is sent
to the field. He may ultimately find
himself in one Of the crews who
work the great modern field rifles
of the siege guns. The intense VI
bration of the great weapon racks
his constitution and trays his
have to be carried from their posi-
tons in a state of total collapse.
Or, perhaps. he Is sent to the
trenches. Day after day he remains
in the breastworks, waiting for the
word to advance. Rain pours upon
dampness, falling a victim to no
merciful bullet which would put a
period to his capabilities for racial
harm. but to a strain Of the heart,
chronic rheumatism, or some other
ailment which totally smashes his
constitution.
Perhaps he is sent to other branch
es of the service-in the infantry col
umn, above which the shells shrek
and burst, surrounding him in an
area of explosive vibrations.
The soldiers who escape death IN
the European war will live under
these unnatural, abnormal conditions
until the conflict is over. Every day
in the field weakens him. Each ex-
plosion is a shattering blow upon
his nervous constitution. And it Is
into such physical wrecks, scientists
saw. the war is molding the fathers
of the future.
The Washington times., 1914-10-28
Cayalcade of Eleven
Officers on Long Ride

Headed by Lieut.. Col A L. Farmer
ter, United States infantry, eleven army
officers left Washington this morning
to begin a ninety-mile riding test.
They must complete the distance in
three days. leaving this city today, to-
morrow. and Friday. In the party be-
sides Colonel Parmerter were Lieut..
Coils w w. Harts and Edgar Jadwin.
Of the Engineer Corps: Henry c. Fish
er and c. c. McCulloch. of the Medical
Corps. and AdJt. Gen. James H. McRae
and Majors II. NJ. Lord. of the Quar-
termaster Corps; w. J. l. Lyster. Reu-
ben B. Miller, and Raymond F. Met
calfe. of the Medical Corps. and Leroy
T. Hillnlan, of the Ordnance Depart
ment.
The Washington times., 1914-10-28
TITAN DEBUTANTE'S'
ROMANCE SHATTERED
Engagement Of Miss Margaret
Britton and Carroll Robert
son Suddenly Broken.

Washington friends Of the couple are
today ascribing ''temperamental differ
ences" as the cause of the shattering
of the romance Of Miss Margaret Brit
ton, of this city. whose engagement to
Carroll Robertson, of New York, has
been broken.
Members of the family of Alexander
Britton. prominent Washington attor-
ney. father of the girl. decline to dis
claring that the mere announcement is
all they have to say on the matter.
Miss Rritton, the Titan debutante. -
made her bow TO Capital society last
spring, and since that time has been
much entertained. Mr.. Robertson is a
New York clubman. who has often WIS.,
tied this city for the largest social
events.
The Washington times., 1914-10-28
Foundry Church Has
Meeting of Bishops

Bishops OF the Methodist Episcopal
Church opened a seven-day meeting
in the Foundry Methodist Episcopal
Church, Sixteenth and Church streets
northwest. this morning. Addresses
will be delivered by Bishop w. J..
Mcdowell. District superintendent:
Bishop w. i. Berry. and the Rev. S.
II. Greene, pastor Of Calvary Baptist
Church. tonight.
Bishop Theodore S. Henderson will
conduct "A praise service on Thursday
and on Friday evening Bishop WILL
lam "a QuayIe will deliver an address
on "Shylock and David"
The Washington times., 1914-10-28
P0Sterity Pays the
Price of All War
Thousands of Weak Minded Children of Fathers Un-
fit for Parenthood Will Be Aftermath of Great
Conflict, Say Scientists.

Degenerate poster the price that w demand of all
European nations, say scientists
Those killed in battle do not affect the physical fate OF their
Onehundedth much the Who RETURN
rasten Wecks from the campaign from the thunderous
pbraion of the big guns and from the trenches
The real aftermath of Europes will be in the thousands OF
crippled eakmnded children fathers untitled paehood by
the effects of modern conflict
The Kaiser and King George of England realizing the toll
woud take of their czen have already requested all recruits to
marry before taking the field.
The Washington times., 1914-10-28
Retail Merchants Plan
Get-Together Luncheon

Plans are under way for an elabor-
ate luncheon to be participated in by
the merchants OF Washington during
the second week Of November. The
committee of the Retail Merchants As
sociation, made up Of NJ. A. Leese, r..
G. Graham, Joseph Strasburger. and S.
Herzog. met late yesterday afternoon
and arranged a program.
The date of the luncheon will be de-
cided after the committee hears from
a distinguished speaker. who will be
invited TO address the merchants. The
luncheon hour will be y O'Clock, and il
is contemplated 10 restrict the pro-
gram to one hour This will be the
first of a series Of get-together meet
ings of the Retail Merchants to be held
during the winter.