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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-09-12
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GAMES TODAY.

Indianapolis Al Baltimore.
81. Louis at Brooklyn
Chicago ~ Buffalo.
Kansas City al Pittsburgh
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COMPLETE STATISTICS OF THE MAJOR LEAGUES.
HESTERDAY'S RESULTS.
American.

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BELMONT PARK.

Apprentice allowance claimed.
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MONTREAL,

'AppTentice allowance claimed.
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'A5pr1tiss allowances sl.szsa
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-One out when winning run scored.
iBatted for Whaling in eighth.
FR.ffaN Tor naVVa O., af~htb
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'Batted for I.athrop in fifth.
sPafted for Faher in seVenth
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-18

Today the Cubs oponsin ST. Louis
and the team must chirk up in order
to get an even break Higgins has,
not wonderful team, but it is in bet:
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-18

ter fighting shape right now than the
Cubs.
In defeat Tinker's team looked bet
ter yesterday than in the opening
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-09

This is an age of specialism. Some
doctors limit their practice to babies,
some to old persons, some to single
class of disease. Only recently has
any doctor attempted to specialize on
the disease of mummies. In a recent
Issue OF the Journal of the American
Medical Association appears an inter
esting account of the work of DR. Ruffer
in the examination of a large number
OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT mummies in
Egypt. The conditions of custom and
climate which have preserved the
mummies of old Egypt make it posi-
BILE to compare the defects produced
by disease with the manifestations
of disease of the present day. Such
Investigations have already unfolded
many facts of interest in respect to
the existence of disease in bygone
times. and have contributed important
facts to the history of medicine.
The perfect preservation of many of
the bodies which have become availa-
BILE in Egypt is remarkable. The pc
culiarities of real mummies are widely
known. Coptic bodies which have re-
Gently been examined by Ruffer be-
'ng to a somewhat different class.
They came from Antinoe in upper
Egypt; and dated from the fifth to
sixth century. They We're therefore
from about 1,40O to 1900 years old.
They had undergone no artificial pro-
cess except that, at one time, they had
been covered with salt. The real pre-
servation had been the dry Egyptian
sand in which they had originally been
buried enclosed in wooden collins. New
er having been disturbed by the en-
balmer, the organs We're all in posi-
ton, and the bodies contained no resin.
gum or any materials such as mud.
sand, rags, etc, generally used in old
Egypt for packing the body after re-
moval OF the organs. In our environ
ment. where special precautions are
necessary to preserve the body from
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-09
PREVENTING FIRE LOSS

The annual fire loss due 10 lnceh
diarism olne I'm New York exceeds
the total fire loss of London. and al
though New York has three fire fight
ers to London's one and they are bet
ter paid and equipped than the Eng
I fish firemen, the English city had but
4.4U3 fires last year. with total loss
of S3.945.O0O as compared with the
American metropolis 1865 fires and
total loss of Sl2.470.O0O. Lest these
figures be insufficient for comparison.
the aggregate loss by flames in this
country is S2.6S per capita, while in
London it is only 80 cents per inhab-
liant Germany's loss is even less
20 cents per capita or less than one
tenth OF our own loss. No account is
taken in these figures of the greater
loss OF life in the United States.
The red peril costs the average
American family (taking the usual
standard OF five to a family S134O
every year. The prevalence Of sky
scrapers. the survival of many an
cient wooden structures and the pres
ence OF a large uneducated foreign
population in the cities may be ad-
vanced as causes for our American
predominance in this very undesir-
able leadership over nations. On the
other hand. our fiTemen are more nu-
merous, better trained and better
equipped, while our streets are broad
or and building conditions would seem
10 be superior here over European
cities. So we must look elsewhere
for the secret of our pre-eminence as
a nation Of the red peril.
One of the real underlying causes
Of Americas large fire loss is reck-
lessness - recklessness in building.
recklessness in inspection, reckless
ness in regulation and Enforcement
all due TO what our foreign contem-
poraries call our natural wasteful-
ness. growing out of the plenty with
which resources have always been
thrown about us. But the chief rea-
son for our great fire loss must be
admitted TO be the failure of our
American people TO realize the full
import of fire prevention.
Only lately have we awakened to
this idea of prevention. The move
ment has been launched as national
propaganda. II is moving slowly. far
too slowly. Instead of being indolent,
we ought 10 and we must arise quickly
TO our duty TO prevent the red peril.
We need a more general observance
of fire prevention rules which include
OF waste. careful building,
efficient inspection. safety guarding
and determined enforcement of the
proper regulations.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-09

| coachman and footman in plum color
ed livery came TO attention as the
! three men crossed the pavement.
Home, Jacob" ordered Mr.. Boyce
as the footman slammed the door.
Ten minutes later they were stand
ing in the elegantly furnished draw
ing room of an old fashioned man
sion.
IF you will come into my library"
suggested their host as he led the way
into an adjoining room. where the
walls were lined with books to the
very ceiling and where the furniture
was of the same massive style as that
in the drawing room. Here" he said
quietly. lis where the ghost of Alvin
walks"
The ghost OF Aivin?" repeated
Rogers amaZedly.
WHO was Alvin, sir?" asked Harley
practically.
ALVIN Boyce was my only brother,
who lived with me here for fifteen
happy years after our parents died.
Then we quarreled because we both
loved the same girl. and Alvin went
away and left me alone" His head
But may | ask If you married, Mr.
Boyce:" inquired Harley gently
No. Our quarrel was in vain. The
girl did not care for either OF us and
married another man. The bitter
words that Alvin and L hurled at each
other still ring in my ears. L said
things to him that I am sure he never
forgave. for he did not have time TO
cool down before the ship on which he
sailed to Japan was lost with all
hands. That was twenty-five years
ago.
II have lived here alone with my
servants ever since then. My only
pleasures have been in travel and in
my books. l am rich. and am lonely,
and 1 have sometimes feared that Al
wins ghost is merely n Pigment OF my
own fancy. conjured up by my con-
slant thoughts about him.
The young lawyers exchanged a
quick glance OF sympathy. Then Har-
ley. the more practical member OF the
firm, asked their client for detailed
account OF the mysterious appearance
which he called the ghost of Alvin"
II first noticed IL three months ago"
bt-uh ioONte WIS
in this chair facing the portrait of my
brother. and | was thinking abont him.
regretting the estransenent that re-
suited IN his death. telling myself how
happy and contented we could be now.
even old men, IL we Were together.
II was thinking thus and gazing into
the glowing masses of the coal fire
which illumined the room In n dull
red glow. l had extinguished the
lamps. for l am fond of the firelight |
As 1 sat there l heard the great clock |
IN the hall slowly chime the hour OF |
midnight.
II closed nny eyes YEARLY and open
ed them again 10 see the form of my |
brother Alvin standing In the corner |
Wonder. there In the angle by the lire |
place recognized him at once. al |
noush his hair was as white as my
'wh' lie was gazing at me with such
,etnorse IL his eyes that involuntarily
=
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-09
FAIR ROAD PLAN,

> The state supreme court Of Missouri
has sustained what IS known as the
special benefit assessment road law.
This law, which is claimed to provide
the fairest and easiest way of paying
for roads. spreads the cost out over the
territory benefited by a road improve
ment and distributes payments over a
term OF years so that the burden is so
light il is scarcely felt. II also leaves
il with the district itself TO say wheth-
er IL wants the improved road or roads.
The Kansas City Times mentioned that
more than 80 of these special benefit
districts were formed before the legal
ity Of the statute was questioned and
in a number bonds for the read work
were authorized.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-09
The Daily Story
The Ghost of Alvin--By olarissa Mackie.
Copyrighted. 1915 by Associated Literary Rurea.

The two members comprising the
law firm of Harley Sc Rogers glanced
quickly at each other when their
strange client repeated his question.
DO you believe in ghosts?" he ask
ed insistently.
Bob Harley twisted his dark mus
tache and frowned. ITO tell you the
truth. SIR" he admitted. "all the
ghosts I ever met turned out not to
be spirits at ALL"
And you. sirf' said the old man,
turning to Jack Rogers.
II. too, am skeptieal," he confessed
pleasantly.
The old man was thoughtful, his
thin white hand stroking his cleaniy
shaven cheek. Suddenly he lifted his
snowy head and said with decision.
Perhaps 1t is best that you do not be-
lieve my story-that you do not be
lieye in ghosts-for my experience ap-
pears absurd In the face of common
sense.
MY carriage IS below. and il you
can accompany me to my house in
Washington square can better tell
my story on the very scene where the
ghost has walked. Can you spare the
time now, gentlemen"
A glance at their engagement books
assured the young lawyers, who min
gled a little detective work with their
law practice. that they might spare
couple of hours on this bright May
morning: so, leaving the Office in
charge of their one clerk, they donned
their hats and followed old Donald
Boyce to the elevator.
A handsome closed carriage stood
before the door of the building, and a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-09
DIAGNOSING DISEASE IN PATIENTS
1900 YEARS OLD

| decay, it is surprising to hear OF mic
roscopic sections from these bodies
made fifteen hundred years after death
show the minute structures of the
glands in a remarkably fine state of
preservation, or to learn that the lobes
of the brain and some of the convolu-
tons were recognizable and that the
ibers and valves of the heart could
be made out. Ruffer points out the &C.
currence of tubercular disease of the
spine among ancient Copts as one
more proof that the disease has exist
ed from the remotest times and is in
dependent of Climate. 1t has been
found in bodies buried close to the
Mediterranean shores, in bodies from
upper Egypt and Nubia. and even in a
skeleton buried in the tropics at Mer-
avn. one of the hottest and dryest
places in the world. Judging from two
cases of enlarged spleen which were
found in Coptic bodies. Ruffer ventures
the suggestion that these people suf-
fered from malaria.
Pyorrhea appears to be as old as the
human race. Evidence of such disease
has been found in prehistoric skulls
and in the specimens from almost al,
nationalities. Ruffer has found moth
ing to suggest that the. Copts knew
anything about dentistry. The long
recognized bad state of the teeth of
ancient Egyptians is again emphasized
in the Coptic bodies. Almost every
skull has some serious dental defect.
1t is suggested that this may perhaps
be accounted for by the fact that very
little care of the teeth appears to have
been taken. The thick incrustations
of tartar are sufficient evidence that
the Copts did not clean their teeth at
all. In many peoples and animals the
absence of the tooth brush is compen-
stated for by the fact that the food is
hard, fibrous and raw, requiring a
good deal of chewing. which mechani-
cally cleans the teeth.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-09
Capital Comment
BY CLYDE H. TAvENNER
Congressman from the Fourteenth q District.

nues has been greater, resulting IN
constantly increasing net revenue
Last year their net revenues were
greater than for any other year In
their history with only one exception,
1910 Their net revenues have in
creased as much during the last 10
years as they did during the preceding
40 years"
Mr. Thorne went into particulars.
He showed the railroads increasing
their apparent expenses by charging
off large sums to renewals and depre-
citation"
1.-The Pennsylvania increased its al
lowances for renewals and deprecia-
ton of freight cars last year 81 per
cent over the previous year" he said
He declared the allowance for loco
motives was increased ITO per cent
last year. This one item accounted for
an operating expense of $2,000,OOO.
Il am not able to explain and / do
not claim to say whether the allow
ance of 1914 was too large or the al
lowance of 1912 was too small, but
one of these two propositions must
be true: Either they were exagger-
ating their maintenance in 1913 or
ance in 1912 and prior years"
The railroads in the rate hearings
have claimed that the average annual
upkeep of a locomotive costs s3,S32.
A few efficient roads were able to
reduce this cost to s2,709. At the
Panama Canal. where wages are
high and where men are worked the
day. the average locomo-
tive upkeep cost is $4,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-09
1Dedgirrle Ialean ;
sssazssza:sAA,44 1clara h1sraraygdee2 IS
THE FALL FESTIVAL FAIRIES.
ME- upon a time, two fairies
lived just under the caves of
a i,ftr bttitdiucr m Main Strar+

~ ME- upon a time, two fairies
lived just under the caves of
a big building on Main Street
Just BY the corner where the
street car crosses.
Perhaps you have never seen them
don't think that proves they were
not there, for they are-it simply
proves you didn't notice them.
All their brother and sister fairies
lived in the flowers or in the moon,
or some regular fairy place. But
these two fairies had lived on Main
Street ever since a big snow storm,
one winter. had left them stranded
on the letters that spelled the name
of the building.
After the storm went away some
sunbeams climbed up to them and of
fered 10 make a ladder and take
them safely down to earth so they
could fly away to the country.
oh, let's stay here" said the big
ger fairy. its such fun to sit up
here on the letters and watch the
people go by"
AN right" agreed the hitler
fairy. Tets stay here till fall, then
before the winter storms set in we
can find some way TO get to the
ground and out TO the country"
So they made themselves comfort
able and had very happy time.
They watched the people stroll by
and the horses trot by and they won
dered az the queer automobiles that
rolled past. fast or slow.
And of all the hundreds of people
who passed by every week. never one
looked up TO the top of the build
ing where the fairies were perched.
do you know I'm getting tired
just watching people" said the hitler
fairy one day in the early fall. Il
wish we could get out 10 our woods"
so do J." confessed the bigger
fairy, "but | don't know how to go"
Lets just wait and watch, may
be something will happen" sug-
gested the hitler fairy.
(CopyrIght--Clara
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-09
WARN AGAINST MEDICAL
CAREER

/ A most unusual action was taken
recently by the medical faculty of the
Vienna university to stop the con
stantly increasing influx OF students 10
the medical curriculum. This term
$40 new students have taken up the
study Of medicine in Vienna only. the
figure beating the record. The senate
OF the medical faculty has now issued
an official warning. addressed to the
parents, the teachers and the directors
of schools of children DerA eSn the
ages of 10 and 20 years, in which it is
pointed out that the medical schools
of the seven Austrian universities are
overcrowded with students, and that
the medical profession is already no
more than sufficiently supplied w.-n
new doctors for the next six years.
when those entering the career this
year will get their diploma of NJ. ID.
The financial outlook of the doctors
is becoming constantly worse, as a
large part OF the population are at
present Obliged to enter the sick
clubs. and still larger numbers will be
removed from the field of the private
practitioner when the new national
sickness insurance bill becomes 4 law
At the same time the number of doc
tors increase propoTtionately faster
than the population rs per cent
against Is per cent? and the univers-
ity facilities-dissecting lee
ture halls and internships in hospitals
are absolutely inadequate to suffice
for the numbers applying TO work
there. The addition last year OF two
new dissecting halls at the Vienna An
atomical institute has already become
inadequate owing to the sudden in
crease of first-year students, so that
the old complaints are again raised,
and in the physiologic and chemical
institutes the students have to wait
for days or weeks before they get
their turn to work for half day or
50, apart from the difficulties of OBJ
tanning a working place in outpatient
departments or wards. The warning
goes on to say that IL nevertheless
the increase of students should con-
tinue, the medical faculty would be
obliged TO consider the institution
OF ruling by which only
those students who come from Vienna
and lower Austria would be eligible
in the first line. and those coming
from other districts and from foreign
countries would run the risk OF nom
admission. or course. this does not
apply 20 postgrade work. although
such a step would be a distinct de-
psrture from the idea of liberty OF
teaching and learning" and necessar-
lily would be stronger than academic
Of breach of custom.
This action. says the Vienna cores
pendent OF The Journal OF the Ameri-
can Medical association. has caused
excitement among the
circle affected. and fl is seconded by
he profession as well as by the teach
ng staff OF our universities. as II at
acks the evil at fits root and gives n
yay to remedy g. The warning Is
on also I'm the lay press |
nd in the papers devoted to the in
erests OF schools and teachers. where
4 fits importance is duly pointed ont /
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-09

Results OF the township elections
show that the women really have no
serious quarrel with the men. but will
probably get along with them about
as we'll in political as they do in do
nestle affairs. Apparently the same
arguments which appeal 10 the one sex
appeal TO the other, and IL anything
the women will stick closer to party
lines than the men will. Furthermore,
sthe woman candidate cannot place
much dependence upon voters OF her
own sex 10 elect her.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-09

order to come be
fore the inter
state commerce
commission and
claim that an in
crease of five per
cent in their
freight rates is a
business necessity
with them, was
the charge made
before the COM
mission by Cliff
ford Thorne, chair
man of the Iowa
state railway COM
mission and one
of the greatest
American authori-
ties on railroad
economies.
THE carriers
he said, have
given the impress
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-09
LoVe's Labor.

LOVES Labor.
He heard her. when she did not SEQ
That he was near confcssing
That just to gaze upon him she
He saw her blushing modestIy--
Regarded as a blessing
He heard her say-his heart Ieaped
high
"Oh. that I might GO stealing
To where he slept and kneeling by
His couch, my lips to his apply
Without myself revealing"
He followed when tbs sun was low,
His love confess!ng ia her;
She coyly drew beck from him though,
And for an anxious month or so
He had to sweetlF WOO her
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-09

sion to the country that the increase
in the cost of labor and supplies with
out any general advance in freight
rates being permitted during recent
years, has caused a constantly declin-
ing net revenue or margin between
earnings and expenses.
1.-The exhibits which I offer in evil
dence, compiled from the sworn state
ments OF these very carriers, demon
strate that while their expenses have
increased, the increase in their reve-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-09
AS A
LITTLECHILD

Oft through the
dark my little
one
c o IN es stealing
softly to my bed.
To Chamber in and
cuddle down
And on my bosom
lay his head:
I hear him whisper
coaXingiy:
Please let mo
sleep with you
tonight"
And as he nestles
close to me
His childish fears
are put 10 uiS HI
All. IL he knew how
weak. how frail
Am / in whom ne
puts his trust,
How tUndly and
how oft / fail.
How oft my face
IL In the dust,
He would not rush
to me when fear
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-09

Well. the state OF Kansas has
caused 20 be printed 100000 OF such
cards, and they are being sent to club
women all over the state who have Of
fered their services in the fiy-swat-
ting campaign.
The club women have promised. not
only TO use these cards. but to notify
the state board and the local health
Ulcers whenever they send or leave
= card in any store handling food
stuffs OF any kind. The pure food in
spectors and health officials are then
expected 70 call on the store keeper
and compel him 20 clean up and pro-
tect his goods against flies.
Also a fiy catechism has been pre-
pare. and IS being sent 20 the teach
ers OF every school district in the
state. a copy IS % be given 20 every
pupil to be taken home. Once each
week until the close OF schools. the
teachers are 70 give the children 2
quiz. Here are some OF the questions
of the catechism:
Where is the houseiy borB2 In fifth.
chiefly in horse manure and out
houses.
How long IS the life cycle OF Ifs
birth? About 10 days from the time
the eggs are laid until the mature hy
Is born.
what are the steps IN the transfor-
nation from the egg 10 the fly The
egg. the magOt, the vUpa. the H..
Where does the fy 90 after leaving
he manure pile, the vault. and the
spittoon2 Into the kitchen, dining
Dom and bed room.
What does he do in the kitchen. |
lining room and bed room? lie wipes I
iis feet On the food. bathes IN the /
milk. and annoys the sleeper.
Does the 81 visit thoss sick with /
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-09
IhorouohIY Mastered

The Sunday school teacher had re-
cited the Parable Of the Sewer, and
then asked:
Now can any member Of the class
make up a sentence containing the
word 'tares'?"
After patient effort little Albert held
up his hand and said:
They was some children what slid
down the plank with splinters In it
and some OF them brought forth rips
and some OF them brought forth
tares"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-09

typhoid fever. consumption, smallpox
and cholera intantum? He certainly
does. and may call on YOU next.
Frequently. as the Burlington Gaz-
cite points out. Kansas has way OF
doing unusual things In very eff
cient way. The intelligent way in
which this campaign against the NY
T.. TO be waged in that state gives prom
ise OF its being entirely practical and
effective