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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-26
SCHOOLS WILL FURNISH
IMPRESSIVE I.NIIIHII

The resolution MAS debated by sew
cral members of the senate. and Mas
agreed 10. Senator Martin has since
wired 10 Giles y. Jackson that tho
confcrees had agreed 10 the item, which
il. therefore. assured OF passage.
The exposition Is expected to be
ready To open ~ September, 1918. Cites
Jackson vas 1t the hend of tho negro
building 1t the jamestown Exposition.
which WAS visited by thousands az poo
pic from all sections OF the country.
He said last might that thor. would be
no difficulty in securing appropriate
exhibits; that such schools a. tho
HAMPTON Normal. tho TuskcEce school
OF Booker r. Washington, and many
suIh Institutions would supply evil
dencoS Of progress OF the race which
would make the local exposition far
exceed what the negroes OF the south
were able TO show At lamcstOw "a
Jackson said that hc conhdontly .N-
peGted that tn" exposition would be
visited b% many thousands Of white
people as well a. W the moro prog res
sive element Of the negro race.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-26
WARBURG DECLINES TO TALK
Leaves White Sulphur Springs After a
Visit OF Week.
Especial to The Times-Dispatch.I

Especial to The Times Dispatch
White Sulphur Springs. W Va, July
i5.-Paul NJ WarburR left the springs
this morning, after weeks visit at
the New Grecnbrier Hotel. in 4 private
that was attached TO tho east
bound train Mr.. Warburg, who reg
istcrcd at the Greenbrier Golf Club
upon his arrival on Monday last. played
golf every morning and afternoon dur
ing his stay.
Before his departure, Mr.. warburs
said he had nothing 20 say in regard
to his nomination, and that he had
merely come here for rest and recrca-
tion lie returns here later in the sea-
son with his family.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-26
GAIN IN STEEL EARNINGS

Especial to The Times Dispatch.l
New York, July 2J.-F.arnings of tn
three mouths ended June 80 are ex-
pected to approximate $4,000. 900, or
about sl,o00,000 over those for the
first quarter of the current year.
Earnings OF s19.O00.oo0 would show
l deficit OF about 100000 for the
three months after payment of the
common dividend and of about Sill
100000 for the first half of the year.
The third quarter, however. is OK
pc :ted to make n better showing, ow-
ing to the better prices now ruling for
steel products
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-26
KILLS WIFE; ENDS OWN LIFE
Double Tragedy Results from 2unrrcl
Over POsSessInm of Child

Atlanta, July 25.-W. j. Ncill late to-
day shot and killed his divorced wife.
ana then shot himself, dying Two hours
later. The shooting occurred AT the
woman's apartment. and i said to have
resulted from quarrel over the pos
session of the Ncilrs child, awarded
10 The motheiN lay the court when the
divorce decree was granted Letters
iound IN Neills pockets indicated that
he had been employed as a railroad
brakeman
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-26
DELAY DEPARTURE TO BRAZIL
Kermit Roosevelt mud Bride VIII Saii
in Two Weeks.

ISpccial TO The Times Dispatch
New York. July 25-kermit Roose-
volt and his bride. who were to have
sailed to-day for Erazl on the liner
Naubanc. of the Holt Line. have post
p"ncd the trip for two weeks. Ar
Roosevelt, is to have charge of a big
engineering project in Brazil
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-26
BOTH MAY RECOVER
Eleven Thousand Volts of Electricity
Pnss Through Mems bodies.

Especial 10 The Times Dispntch.
New York, July 25.--iIlevcn thous-
and volts of electricity passed through
the bodies of William Mccullough, Of
Boston, and Robert Bridges. of New
York. to-day, when they struck their
heads against the trolley power wire
in stealing a ride atop Il New Haven
freight car. The police took them. un-
conscious. to Lincoln Hospital. Both
may recover.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-26
PRESIDENT PLAYS GOLF
HcsuInes Saturday Custom for First
Time i'm Several Weeks.

Washington. July 25.--Prosidcnt
Wilson resumed his custom Of play
ing golf on Saturdays to-day for The
first time in several weeks lie had
given up his golf recently because
Of the extreme heat.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-26
TO he Brought Up Next Week.

washington, July 25.-The confer
ence measure TO regulate cotton fu-
lures transactions Will not be brought
up In tho House until next week. Rep
resentntive Leaver. of South Carolina,
II up to- day, but debate on the Adam
son general dam bill prevented.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-26
Gets 81. Year. on Roads.

AshViIle, =. c. July 2o.-Alcxander
II. Brooks. prominent business man.
was sentenced this morning to serve
six years on the county roads for kill
ing Frank B. Hugill In West Ashevillc.
a suburb, last May. The defendant is
the father of eleven children. the old
est OF which Is aged seventeen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-16
NEW TYPE OF TRUANT OF
FICER.

The old idea OF the truant officer
as kid cop is passing away. accord
ing to w. S. Deffenbaugh, of the Unit
ed States bureau of education, who
has recently been in conference with
attendance officials from all parts OF
the United States. The new truant
officer, according to Mr.. Deffenbaugh
is man of entirely different type
quite frequently, in fact, woman. In
several cities a large percentage OF
truant officers are college graduates
in other cities they are men and WON
en- with experience as social workers
but whether college graduates or not
they are required 20 know and under.
stand the home conditions of school
children.
Attendance officers of the new type
are interested in removing fundament-
al causes of truancy rather than in
merely catching the offenders. The
chief cause of the failure to obey at
tendance laws, according to the ma
tional league of compulsory education
officials, is inadequate family life.
Resolutions adopted at the recent
meeting. of this organization, there
marriage and divorce laws for the
protection OF childhood; enactment
and enforcement of laws pertaining to
the issuance of marriage licenses that
will prevent child marriages and pro-
hibit the marriage of persons physic-
ally. morally. and mentally unfit to
we'd" They urge that the Juvenile
courts be given definite authority to
place parents. as we'll as children on
probation for truancy and delinquency:
they ask better state supervision of
dependent children; civil service for
all truant officers; and the mainten-
ance of parental schools, special rooms
for truants and incorrigibles, and
health inspection of schools as mater
ial factors in child welfare.
The attendance officer of the new
type is to be a far better trained man
or woman and is to receive better pay.
superintendent OF some of the larg-
est school systems in the United
States Joined in advocating a minimum
salary OF 500 per month. with serv-
ices for u months in the year. in order
that the officers may be in constant
touch with the home conditions OF the
boys and girls.
The United States bureau of educa-
tioE has agreed TO cooperate with the
league OF compulsory school attend
ance officials in the collection OF
statistics bearing on attendance prob
lens. AS part of the movement for
better attendance. it has been urged
that a permanent census bureau be
and maintained in every
city in the United States.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-16

panies are very glad to get rid of this
waste material. which is loaded on the
cars by the railroads of the district
at a cost OF about 6 or s cents a ton.
IL makes more than ordinarily good
raods and is widely distributed all
through the middle west. II sells in
most places at prices ranging from 80
cents to 81 a ton, but in the neighbor-
hood of the mines II can be had for
about Is cents a ton. II is used for
railroad ballast as well as road max
ing. The annual output, according to
the United States Geological Survey,
amounts to about 1900, 900 tons.
In Tensessee and Alabama a guam
tity OF ebert is used for road metal.
and in many states crushed Stag from
blast furnaces also furnishes a val
liable road material. In Alabama, one
OF the large iron-producing states, over
100000 short tons of furnace Stag.
the average value of which was about
% cents a ton, was crushed and put
on the roads last year. Crushed Stag
is also used as railroad ballast and for
concrete and roofing material.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-16
SUGAR EXPORTS SET
RECORD.

Nearly a quarter billion pounds of
domestic refined sugar have been ex-
ported from continental United States
during the three months ended Oct.
81, 1914, or more than 100 million in
excess of the entire exports in 1910,
the high-record year OF the last quar-
ter century. Sugar exports in August
amounted to 3s.956.3 pounds; in Sep
TENDER, 52,29O.773; and in October.
1892, $50, a total for the three
months of 229.619.764 pounds. against
100000 in the fiscal year 1913, 1885,
900. 600 in 1910. and 10000. 900. in 1903.
During the fiscal year 1913 and 1914
practically all the exports of sugar
we're refined from imported raw sugar
and received a drawback equal to the
duties paid on the raw sugar. less one
per cent.
The unusually large exports OF sugar
in recent months lend interest to a
compilation regarding sugar consump-
ton in the United States made by the
bureau of foreign and domestic COM
merce of the department of commerce
and published in the Statistical Rec
ord of the Progress of the United
States. 1S00-1914" recently issued. In
% years the sugar consumption of the
country has almost trebled and has in
creased from 50.44 pounds per capita
in 1889 to S6.S5 pounds in 1914. In
that period Cuba has increased its con-
tributions to the domestic market
from 1882. 100000 to 1927. 900. 900
pounds; and the noncontiguous terri
tories of Hawaii. the Philippines, and
Porto Rico have increased their ship
ments of sugar into continental United
States from 511 100000 to 1878, 100000
pounds; while Europe, the Dutch East
Indies. and other foreign countries
have decreased their sales to this coun-
try from 1.219, 900, 900 pounds of sugar
in 1889 to 234.OOO.0OO in 1914. Mean
while the domestic product has grown
from 349.OOO,0OO to 1,s41 900. 900 pounds
and the exports of sugar from 10000
900 pounds in 1889 to $1,000, 900 pounds
in the year ended June 80, 1914, with a
growth to 100000 900 pounds in
the three months ended with October.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-16
Postoffice Now Self-Sustaining

The significant feature of the report
OF Postmaster General BurleGon re-
Gently made public is the statement
that the department is now beyond
doubt on a permanently self sustain
ing basis and has a balance on the
right side of the ledger. Never since
the government went into the bust
ness of carrying mail has it been able
to make the venture pay its own
way.
Mr.. Burleson estimates that a sur
plus OF s3,569.545. the second of his
administration. will be shown for the
fiscal year of 1914 when all claims
and charges have been me-. On that
showing he bases his declaration that
the department has been securely
placed on 4 selfsustaining basis"
1T is safe to say" the report adds,
"trat unless unusual conditions should
arise. resulting in abnormal depress-
ion of business. there is no danger Oh
recurring deficiencies"
Rapid growth of the parcel post
vastly increased postal business dur
ing the year. says the report. Not
withstanding the decreases of parcel
post rates authorized Jan. 1. 1914,
economies of administration have
kept expenses within the revenues.
The postal revenues for 1914
amounted 20 1921, 1874 .565.67, an in
crease over the preceding year OF
slightly less than per cent, compared
with a corresponding increase OF
slightly more than per cent for 1913.
The audited expenditures for the year
amounted to s2s3, 543,7 1876, and the
adjusted losses due to fire. burglary,
etc, 10 E14,333.46.
TIE excess of audited revenues
over audited expenses and losses is,
therefore. s4,376,463.O5.
This audited surplus does not,
however. represent the actual finan-
cial results for the year. 1t does not
include obligations which were in
CURED. but not pcid within the year.
while it does include some payments
on account of obligations incurred in
prior years"
After estimating that the surplus
for the fiscal year 1914 will be in eX-
cess OF $685. 45, Mr.. Burleson says:
The surplus for the year Gust clos
ed, though substantial in amount, nee
essarily represents an approximate
adjustment of revenues and idisburse-
ments made possible by economies in
administration compared with the vol
ume of transactions; it lis believed,
therefore, that a recommendation for
reduction of postage rates or fees is
not warranted at this time"
Reviewing the recommendations-fo
government ownership of telegraph
and telephone lines, Mr.. Burleson re-
news the recommendation in his last
annual report and explains:
In that report reference was made
to the anomalous condition in this
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-16
HEALTHTALK
Stop Passing That Coryza Around.
W
William Brady,M.D.

Typhoid fever. meningitis, infantile
paralysis. influenza, tuberculosis, mea-
sles, diphtheria, tonsilitis, pneuomnia
and plain coryza c'cold in the head'O
are all very much alike in two impor-
tant respects. They are infectious
diseases. due to germs; and, in many
instances. they commence with symp-
toms Of cold" That is to say, the
onset is characterized by sneezing,
chilliness, coughing or sore throat.
But this is no reason for attributing
them to bad weather or exposure or
drafts. Even if weather conditions
worry or depress the patient. and so
render him more susceptible to i'll
ness, the prime and all-important fac
tor in every diseas mentioned is bao
terial infection. Without infection
there can be no such illnesses.
Now. for some inexplicable reason
the average man or woman is willing
to believe that diphtheria is not a re-
suit OF damp weather or drafts or ex-
posture, but result of infection with
diphtheria germs. The lay mind will
ingly accepts the teaching that you
have to catch diphtheria from another
case or a carrier of the bacillus The
same is true as regards typhoid fever
meningitis. influenza and all the rest
OF the list OF mucous membrane infec-
housekeeping coryza. or, as it is
unfortunately called, common cold"
in the head When it comes to colds"
the lay mind rejects all the convinc-
ing evidence put before it. and obstin-
ately adheres TO the ancient delusion
that this one infectious disease is not
Of draft or weather.
Yes. to be sure" says the victim
of a cold" at is going round the
store. We've all got it at home"
And then he libels the weather even
IL the weather is perfect. Sudden
change accounts for it. l suppose"
Says the Health News of the New
York state health department March,
1910:
Every cold in the head or other com
disease comes from a trans
fer of excreta from one person 10 an
other
Not a word about drafts or damp
ness or bad weather. Just a transfer
Of excreta from one person 90 another
"a transaction which can take place
most readily indoors in warm room
where there are no drafts.
There is really no need OF having
the much too common cold" No.
more need OF catching a cold" than
there is of catching diphtheria You
can avoid colds" altogether by seeing
TO II that no one with a cold" passes
his excreta over TO you.
II a barrier of cleanliness and com |
mon sense were erected around every !
fresh "cold'-if every known case no |
matter how mild. were reasonably well !
ISOLATED so far as personal contact |
With non-immunes is commemorative |
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-16

dangerous disease, coryza, would soon
be as rare as a pleasant day in June.
And the weather wouldn't matter in
! the least
Questions and Answers.
E. Nj. writes: l. Has every person
tuberculosis germs in the system? .
My physician said l had gallstones /
took 'fruitola and ''fraxo." which re-
moved some Jumps which | thought
were gallstones. Now, is there a diff
ference between these Jumps and real
gallstones?
Reply. A majority of US. at least,
barber latent or inactive foci of living
tuberculosis germs in the lymph
glands of the neck or deep in, the
thoTaX, as noted in autopsies on indi-
viduals dying from all causes. .. The
small greenish Jumps passed a few
hours after a dose of any bland oil
like the olive oil in fake gladstone
remedies are not gallstones, but
merely solidifisd or soapified Jumps of
the oil, which any healthy person
would pass after a similar dose of oil.
Some of these Jumps are as large as
hickory nuts-and if true gallstones of
that size came away in that quantity,
you would never live 10 tell the tale.
\ curious thing about these near-gall-
stones is that they melt away again
If they stand for few days-and the
real gladstone resists all efforts made
TO melt it away. You've been bun
coed, madam. If you had gallstones
in the first place you've got them yet
G. \. w. will receive an answer if
he complies with printed instructions.
r. c. writes: | have a pain in my
left shoulder which prevents me from
playing piano. | also have pain in left
side when | run, so l have to stop.
Would a brace do any good? What
foods should | eat so as not to harm
me?
Reply-Don't wear a brace-have a
thorough physical examination. We
haven't the slightest idea what causes
your trouble. Eat fresh. well cooked |;
food, and stop eating before you lose |
your appetite. If you are 16. eat four /
times day and between meals. If |
you are 60, eat twice day and occa-
sionally skip a meal.
a. o. II. asks: Is hay fever contagi- I
Gus? Would one be likely to take it /
from an Office partner who sneezes
and has stopped-up nose?
catch cold very easily.
Reply-Hay fever is not contagious
but it is probable that you do catch
cold from your partner Make him
have cultures taken from his nose, and.
II the cultures show the presence of
certain specific germs. make him un-
iergo a course of vaccine treatment
accordingly, for his own good as well
as for your safety.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-16

Major General Leonard Woods dia-
gTaIs showing the relative strength or
the field artillery OF the leading pow
ers OF the world and revealing 50 Wv
idly the insignifcance OF the equip
mem Of the United States is calculat-
ed 70 disturb the complacency OK
Americans. and especially OF Rock Is
landers. Until now We had supposed
that Rock Island arsenal rEas alone
mounting enough guns 10 keep this
country near the head OF the class.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-16
Dec. Is in Americn
History.
IIISIUIy y

lSsl4-End or tie battle OF Nnsh,".s
and final defeat or the Confedera.'
Army OF the West: the Confede,,
afeS lost 4Wo killed ana "V "I'o
aud the Federal army about -
1907 The hrttleSh!p heet saiieu ~.
Hampton i;oads on It's
cruise
lT1S-"Boston Tea Party" when r
ish ships were invaded aud ca'sV ~
of len thrown overheard by gov
nists In Boston. who res.S''p ~
odius stamp tax; a preiin'ih"''
the revolution.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-16
MILL TA1LINes FOR ROADS.

In Missouri a considerable amount
OF road material is obtained from the
taiiings OF the concentrating mills AZ
the zinc mines. This material. which
Is put on the market as chats" con.
sists Of small angular fragments Of
ebert and limestone. The zinc com
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-16

Little Rock. Ark. citizens, shocked
1t the prospect OF having nine execu-
tons IN the city, have started q move
70 secure a state referendum on abOl-
ishing capital punishment. Appar-
emily they have an idea that the peo-
pie OF Arkansas are cast in a less
severe mold than the people Of Ari-
IONA. who recently voted negatively
on q proposition OF the soma kind.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-16
Joe Lelter - Ia enough 10 adm

Joe Letter was glad enough to admit
that his attempt TO corner wheat back
81 IN '9S was an unlawful conspiracy
ss when his creditors came around to
= collect On hlis NOES given at that time.
And the jury. apparently. was touched
by Joe's apparent re:ribution and
found in his favor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-16

1t viii cost Holland $4,000 600 -
keep cut Of the war. which figure do5s
not seem go exorbitant wen it IS
reflected that Belgium Inc been forced
TO pay more than this for the privileg
of fighting
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-16

country under which the telegraph
and telephone utilities, being vehicles
for the public transmission of intelii-
gence infringe on a function reserved
by the constitution of the national
government. They inherently. as well
as constitutionally, belong to the pos
tai service.
The firm conviction of the depart
ment is reiterated that telegraph ana
telephone service is inevitably mon
opolis,ic. and, when operated under
private control. does no. render the
maximum of public service at the
minimum cost to the whole people.
TT is an interesting fact that,
whereas policies of government have
been advocated and soma adopted. the
constitutionality of which have been
seriously questioned. the principles of
government ownership and control of
the telegraph and telephone finds it's
greatest strength in the constitu-
ton"
Defining the general policy he has
pursued, Mr.. Burleson bays:
THE service has been administered
for the convenience of the public, not
for profit; to promot efficiency by
standardizing and simplifying proceed
ure; to recognize merit and eliminate
craftsmanship; to extend service wher-
ever present or prospective returns
justify; to reduce rates in so far as
proves consistent with general fiscal
necessity, and to provide all 'commu'
mites and all sections of the country,
as far as practicable, with uniform
service.
The fact that the government exer-
cises "A monopoly over the receipt,
transmission and delivery of mail car
ries IAN obligation to perform this
function for all its citizens; hence the
postal service may not be operated
wholly on the lines of private enter
prise.
whether service shall be granted
or extension authorized are questions
which, as they arise in a particular
case, should not be determined entire
ly with respect to revenue considra-
tions. Yet it is equally the duty OF
the department to apply the mechani-
cal and administrative economies
which private business enterprise de-
velops and which inventive genius
offers.
The maximum of service a the
minimum OF expense is the proper rate
to govern public business"
\ Canadian soldier in camp at
Salisbury, Eng, married last week
a pretty Belgian refugee, to whom
he was introduced only few weeks
ago. \ cynic was evidently present
at the wedding breakfast, for the
press accounts tell us that this advice
was offered to the bride and bride
groom: IF you don't learn each 9TH
er's language you will be the happiest
man and wife in tho world
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-16

There have been 1OI vessels, with
Gross tonnage of 361, OTs added no the
American merchant marine since
Sept. 3. The answer 10 the question
whether America Is to have an ade-
quate merchant fleet now depends
UpoE the duration OF the war.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-16

The st. Louis Symphony orchestra.
with an eminent conductor, will give
q free Christmas concert. Seats will
be free in all parts OF the Coliseum
Dec. % TO any person who desires
20 hear the music. II is expected that
fully 5000 people viii show their
appreciation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-16

The name of the latest presidential
possibility in Mexico. General Felipe
Angeles. sounds as If he might be a
radical pacifist. Even so. he will
have to tight for his principals, or lack
OF them, just as the others have done.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-16

The war is entering upon Z new
phase in which the national publicity
agents vie with each other in tales of
great supplies of Christmas gifts being
sent by the people; at home TO the sol
diers at the front