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.t". the male reservation Indian is
,eiueh'iy as assured OF "A livelihood
life ." i''ef IN
me practice of poiygamy still ex
'sts' though to comparatively SLIGHT
extent. among American Indians A.
cofdlng TO the enumeration Of IAN
mere were i?i Indian males living in
polyghmy. and in thirty seven cases
nio't man ,Wo wives were reported
Navajos
Full-bloods Only 5O.5 Per Cent.
VI the total Indian population OF
me United states in 1910. i5O.o5s. or
o'-' per cent, were reported as full
nioods. ana 93.423. or 35.2 per cent. as
r is'S H nioods. OF the mixed hoods.
As,V"p. or over 81 per cent represented
4 mixture Of white and Indian blood
me largest proportion OF FULL blinds
was found in New Mexico where |.
was ~ per cent OF tho total lnd' y
population Other States In which the
proportions were high were Utah.
win so.l per cent; Arizona with a.
per cent: Colorado, with ga ncr rem,
ana Mississippi, with Gle per cent. Tho
lowest percentage OF full-bloods I'm any
state having an Indian population of
nj least 1000 was found In North Caro-
lima. 1911.
An interesting and significant fact
brought out by the statistics is thar
children born Of mixed MARRIAGES nrc
more numerous and more likely TO
survive than are those born Of mar
riages between full blood Indians
For all classes Of marriage for which
oaia on iecundity and vitality were
taohlated the proportion resulting in
no children was Sc per cent; for mar
riaEcs between full -bloods. IO7 ner
cent, and for mixed marriages CT ner
cent. Furthermore. the figures show
that the greater the proportion of
white blood In any class of mixed mar
riagcs the smaller the percentages OF
aterility.
Comparative Vitality.
With reference to vitality OF on
spring the statistics show that for all
classes OF marriages the proportion
which the number OF surviving chill
dren formed of the total number born
was ~ per cent; for marriages he
twScn full-bloods. G9.7 per cent and
for mixed marriages 20 per cent The
greater the amount OF white blood
represented in any class of marriages
The greater the proportion OF surviv-
ing children
The results ot tho studies on stcr
lily, on fecundity And on vitality all
point toward one conclusion, and that
Is that the Increase of the mixed
blood Indians is much greatcr than
that OF the full-blood Indians and
that unless the tendencies now at
work undergo a decided change the
full -bloods are destined to form de-
creasinc proportion OF the total Indian
population and ultimately to disappcar
altogether"
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Discrcdit 10 Their Country

a BOUT as hisreputable as any class OF per-
q SONS who refuse to meet their just obli-
cations are those American citizens who
stranded in Europe at the outbreak of the
war, received help from their home govern
ment, and who now decline to repay the ad-
vances so made.
The public remembers stories of some Of
these men, and women, who rallied and COM
planned last August that the accommodations
provided for them in London and on steam
ships crossing the Atlantic were not of the
sort to which they had been accustomed. If
we should hazard Il guess, il would be that
those who most complained then are those
who are refusing to pay now.
Secretary OF the Treasury McAdoo has an
nounced that the department will enter suit
to recover these advances There ought not
10 be much difficulty in obtaining verdicts and
Judgment and then enforcing collection-for
another curious feature Of this matter is that
the dcinQuents are made up, for the most
part. OF those recipients OF assistance who
were and are best able TO repay it.
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.FULL-BLOOD INDIAN IS DOOMED

WASHINGTON, July 1s-The Indian
population of the United States, OK.
elusive of Aiaska and the Insular ms
sessions in 1910 was 265,6S3. an in
crease of 1890 over the number re-
corded in 1890. The Indian constituted
IN 1910 less than thrcc-tcnths of per
cent OF the entire population.
Study OF the fgurcs by Census Direc-
tor Samuel l.. Rogers shows "A much
lower rate of growth for the Indian
population than for the white: an in.
creasinS admiXturc OF white blood. do
creasng vitality OF full-biood Indians
indicating tendency to disappear alto
gether; increasing attendance Mt scboo,
and decreasing illiteracy: increase In
the percentage OF self supporting; de-
crease in the number OF reservation
Indians
These salient facts arc set forth IN
special report by William G. Hunt
chief statistician for population of the
Census Bureau.
There Arc $50 Tribc..
ot The total Indian population" SAYS
MI Hunt. "7iS25, or 2S pcr cont wcro
found in one state. Oklahoma: IG0,lo7
or q" per cent. in five States Oklahoma
ARIZONA. New Mexico. South Dakota and
california, and 255.iG3, or ac per cor.
IN twenty-five states, live of which
Wisconsin,. North Carolina Michigan
New York and Mississippi--lic east OF
the Mississippi. In density OF Indian
population oklahoma again led. with
loS Indians per 100 square miles. while
Arizona and South Dakota. with TWEEN
ty-siX and TWENTY-FIVE per 100 SQUARE
miles respectively. held second and
third places. The proportion which In
dians formed of the total population
was, however. greatest In Arizona,
where II was li.3 per cent
There arc $50 Indian tribes, com.
prising ffty-two linguistic stocks. The
the Cherokee. with 3I,iS9 members in
1910; the Navajo, with 22455; the Chin
pcwa. with 2o,oli; the Choctaw, with
la.?lT, and the Teton Sioux, with 1921
These five tribes were the only ones
represented by more than 10000 mem
bers each; forty-four tribes had more
than 1000 members each
Tine ratio of males TO females in tho
indian population was 1898 to lc0---a
somewhat lower ratio than the CORE
spending one for the whites. 1866 to
loo.
''Of the S0,3S3 male Indians fifteen
years of age and over In the United
States in 1919. 5T.i per cent were mar
ricd and "A per cent were widowed or
divorced AS compared with whites
and negroes in the United states In
dams marry somewhat earlier in life
This tendency toward early marriage
is due, In part at least. to the fact
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"Conscicncc Iurd" pikcrs

HAT anonymous pentent who turned in
1 $4,000 the other day 10 the "Conscjence
Fund OF the United States government is
unusual in several aspects He is unusual.
first OF all in the amount Of his penitence-
his contribution was the second largest ever
received-and unUsual also because his peni-
tence appears to be cumulative and con-
tinuous
in note accompanying the cash the sender
said he had already paid the government
double the amount he stole. but that con
science still was not rest Hence the
$4,000.
These payments on accoun, of conscience
usually are rather small Whether IL be tina,
the wholesale swindlers OF the government
are discouraged by consideration of the
amount OF cash ii would take TO bring them
peace, or else are able, with their accumulated
spoiis TO find another nepenthe NAV be a
question, but certain 1t is that their apncar
anccs are very ntreQuent. The fund profits
for the most part by the contributions Of
those who can gain surccuse Of sorrow and
heal wounds inflicted by the gna wing of re-
morse by the expenditure OF from cents
TO $40.
Tiers H. OF course yet another theory nv
which some cynics account for the low GEN
eral average OF the sops 10 conscience This
involves the assumption that ladies and gem
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War a Blow to Timing

TIPPING has received volumes OF abuse and
has been formally made illegal in some
States. Nevertheless in those States, as in
all other States and countries, the ancient
evil continues undated. Even modern
faith in law as panacea for all the ills of
humanity cannot prevail against the out
stretched palm.
1t is safe to say that tipping will continue
as long as servilty exists. The way to get
rid of tipping, we'll as Of other evils now
with us, is to democratize all callings This
is democratic age; let us have still more
democracy. Let no calling be deemed un-
worthy.
In many of those employments styled
mental, common sense will ere long force us to
more liberal views. 1t is lack of sense in us
to conidc the preparation of food, one of the
most important functions in life, to ignorant
and ill-pad persons, do at present
The time will come when the cook will be
college-educated chemist, specialist In foods
Cooking will be an honorable profession, in
wiling talent, both male and female.
The world is still medieval. After the
present war, which will unloose great level
ing tendencies, the real characterization will
begin And then tipping will disappear 1t
is the badge of servtude.
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!andschaft question. Now, when A
farmer wishes money, he goes TO the
nearest Office Of the landschaft and
makes his wishes known. a committee
OF three of his neighhors is appointed to
estimate the value Of his land Then
an independent expert checks this esti-
mate, and lastly an official of the land
schalt approves II. The government
bears the expense. The maximum
amount of money which the landschaft
viii lend is SO per cent of the value of
the land The farmer then receives tho
amount of his loan in bonds bearing in
tercst Mt the rate of 1-2 per cent.
These bonds are generally sold for tho
farmer by the landschaft. or he NAV
sell them through n local bank. Tho
FARMER pays per cent on his loan, and
the difference between what he pays
and the interest which the bonds bring.
1-2 per cent, is the profit which tho
government takes for operating the
landschaft Throughout the whole
transaction the farmer is at no EXPENSE
until his interest is due a ready mar
ket Tor landschaft bonds is afforded by
the fact that in Prussia the law saws
that widows and orphans money may
he invested only in government or land
schaft bonds, and this has given the
bonds the stability and advertising
necessary to their sale. They can he
active.
How far this system could be adapted
to the needs OF this country is a ques-
tion dependent on the difference in gov
eminent anu conditions. Under some of
the systems of rural credits proposed
IN This country the government is
urged. to stand back of the bonds, but
the foreign experts say that since farm
mortgages are among the most sub
stantial investments the bonds should
sell on their own merits, and not be as
sociatcd with government reserves. for
then confidence I'm the system will be
gained from the start The system
would also have to be kept free from
the spoilsmen. and it would have to
command the support of men OF un-
usual ability. But Germany has made
1t work with ease. and the German ex-
perts believe that this country could
do the same thing.
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A CORNERED rat excites e. degree Of pity.
a y man restrained of freedom is a sor-
rowful sight. Always there has been and al
ways there will be q quality Of mercy for any
body or anything that is making n fight
for life.
Becker, former lieutenant of the police
force of New York, near The edge of the death
chair in Sing Sing. fights for his life 1t is
natural But Becker had no story to tell no
plea to make until the highest court Of the
State shut the door in his face.
Becker's plea contains much more than
Becker would have told three years ago, or
at the time Of his second conviction, for much
that is III the plea would have been ruled out
by the court had Becker told it. But Becker
could have told after his second conviction
what he now tells. So far as Becker is con-
cerned he knew what part he had played
after the second conviction, as we'll as he
knew it after the Court OF Appeals had put
him in a corner. Unqnestionably there was
good reason, for Becker, for not telling the
story when the first trial was on. Made now,
1T avails nothing even IN the court of public
opinion.
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lions which no mortal can eliminate Yet
within tho circltng year human forcthought and
invention nave happily relieved the stress Of
summer heat and Slgor even OF arctic cold a
rigid puritan, however, was known never to use
an umbrella as neutralizing the order Of Provi-
dence. and so unprotected would get drenched
for conscience sake. noted rural divine of tho
olden time to whose home certain theologs came
stately for tuition was said to have called them
oack TO MS door and kept Thorn standing there
unprotected from n sudden shower till he let
them go with this injunction: when II rains
On you let IT rain" Possibly modern critics
an ana scripes would take the name of -Juptcr
tEpewriters If they realized he was the supreme
uelty IN old Roman mythology and Judged to be
the originator of all atmospheric changes His
iaVorite weapon was said to be the thunderbolt.
50 let profane swcarcrs beware of blurtihg out
-. 1oVe' at ill-tmcd change of weather.
Knoxville Journal and Sribune
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Bathing Suit Lengths

WE see by the papers the New York
w papers, which give special and intimate
attention to such matters-that the minimum
length OF the skirts of the bathing suits worn
by members of the gcntler sex at Atlantic
CITY has been fixed definitely by police ukase
The skirts, according to the regulation must
not be shorter than three inches above the
knee Of the wearcr''
1t must be a great comfort to everybody
who goes to Atlantic City in the good old
summertime that this vexed question of
morals has received so satisfa Glory a solu-
ton. With each member of the beach notice
squad provided with tape measure it ought
10 be possible to protect Anti-Saloon Lea que
conventions and other gatherings against
cruel shocks.
In our own mind but one doubt fingers to
FeX and plague. What is to be done about
those bathing suits, which we are informed
are being worn by fair swimmers at Atlantic
City, that arc built like mans and not
equipped with any skirts whatever? We
pause for reply.
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Thinks Thnw should he Free.

TO the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir read with much interest your editorial
q few days ago commenting upon the Harry X
Thlw case. have misplaced that paper but
as now remember YOU stated that there were
only TWO nlacc! FOR Thaw: at Matteawnn
and the other the electric chair 7 am Quite
sure 90 per cent of your readers do not agree
with YOU - W
Ne matter what the life OF the woman Thaw
lntrricn may have been prior to her marriage
Whtr lhnw married hcr she became his wife
and stanford White had business To inter,
tcrr with that marriage. Had Thaw killed
White in Dixie he would have been n free man
ioTg ago Yes, IN my Judgment Il jury in the
him promptly '
Tt Is serious think to break I'D n home Tho
man who does 1t may expect nothing else hut
to pay the penalty with his life 4 man who
does, not so protect his home loses the respect
OF his own friends and neiGhbors.
Just so. long as homes invaded i'm sucb
manner. just 80 long will such killings 60 nm
law no law w refps:S> III
Ford, Va, July 81. 1915. "
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The Voice Of the People


To tho Editor Of The Times Dispatch:
SW.--Why such an injustice? Is II any the
less unlawful for the city of Richmond to break
4 contract than for an individual? Three months
an. automobile rs a "jitney' in Richmond. At
this time inquired OF each official If had every
1919. and was told that had. Now tho city
passes other ordinances requiring 1000 bond
and an additional license Even were 1t possible
Tor .jtncy' owners TO realize profit after
complying with these unjust requirements. what
assuraic" have they that second contract will
no, he broken and additional unjust measures
taken that will nut them of business?
II is !ruc have had some fatal accidents
in the past few months but not among the 200
odd ""jitneys' If this unjust ordinance is al
low ca TO stand. ii spells the end Of the ''jitncy"
In Richmond for the company in connection
with the Virginia Railway and Power Company
must be orcrating at loss and will withdra W
their buses. The only way it can be made to
pay is by an individual who operates his own
car. and that cannot he done after complying
with tho ordinance just passed
CoMMON-SENSE JUSTICE
Rio vista. Va. Univ u. 1915
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SONGS AND SAWS
Tnlk-nnd Action.

IuIfN--uuu .
some folks declare they do not care
How fate may wound and bruse them;
They're satisfied, though luck derde
And, fatty, will not choose them.
Ihese lofty souls scorn Mammon.s rolls
AT least, they say they do it
III fortune came worldly fame,
They swear they would not WOO It,
But yet note these folks who gloat
Ger their assumed perfection
Wnen real griefs come are sad and glum
And plunged In deep detection.
And when some cash, with pleasant splash
Hits towns that they inhabit,
NO time they waste but with mad haste
They break their nccks to grab it.
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wheodorc, the Prussian

8 i, EN 10; divided in this world by prin-
81 ripie2 W. by brands. We are confused
10y names. ,nd will approve things under one
term whicb have bitterly condemned un-
d>- another Changing the label changes the
goods. 70! us too often.
'i,.;:. OF the newspa pers which are bitterly
dcnouncing Germany's miitarism are just as
warmly UNFOLDING MIR. Roosevelt's attacks on
pacinsm Such papers. Of course, are anxious
10 find an opportunity to assal the admins
iraton but they do not where their as
saults lead them. For instance, they quote
this saying of Mr. Roosevelt's with approval:
The success of the German policy OF
blood -and-iron largely depends upon
their possible rivals and opponents
adopting policy of milk and -water.
The blood Land iron statesman Of one
nation finds in the milk and water states
man OF another nation the man pre-
destined through the ages to be his
ally and his tool.
This is NictZsche pure and simple. The
great apostle OF force would have welcomed
such n tribute to his feeling from his promi-
nent disciple. Theodore Roosevelt. In this
innate tone of admiration for and con-
tempt for peace MIR Roosevelt unconsciously
reveals his Prussiansm. Why should the for
mer President who has always gorifed brute
force and the Big Stick. blame the Prussians
for applying his teaching? They are militar-
lists just as he is miitarist.
Ii the world is ever 10 he free from the
curse of war, it will not be through advo-
Gates of like Mr. Roosevelt. 1t will be
through the efforts Of men like Woodrow Will
son. who have the courage and strength to
hold fast to moral ideas in world that in
great part has gone morally mad.
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tlemen who have despoled the government
OF large sums of money not troubled by
scruples OF any sort. but feel rather a glow of
comfortable satisfaction In the success by
whic,s ,o~s: enterprises have been attended.
~t ra..',.>:' suspect that this last theory is
Sns CprrS 81 -,se
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Old Printer.

Would 1t be possible for YOU to find on. for
me the first name of Grantland. who was tho
owner OF n printing establishment In Richmond
about 100 years ago? r. H. @
His name was Seaton. He had n printinp
place from 1902 to 1914, when he seems to have
gone into partnership with O'Lynch Grant
lands imprint may be found two or three
books, all now very scarce.
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Queries and Answers
Herring Straits.

Please tell me how Bering Straits got tho
name. HIGH SCIJOOT,
Vitns Behrng, Danish navigator, served long
in the Russian navy and. intrustcd with an OK.
plorinG exposition in l7il. was wrecked and
lost the island and in the straits to which
his name has been given. The discovery of
this island led to the locating of others and to
the Russian claim to that part of North America.
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Chats With Virginia Editors

The Newport News Times Herald uses heavy
type to say: over S70000,00o worth of exports
from Newport News in the past year! 1t is
Uncomfortable, but the figures tell the tale. And,
after ALL 1t is only what the optimists have
been predicting all these years The wonder
is that the boom did not come The
War Between the States did not make Robert
r. Lee great II merely revealed his greatness
in giving the man an opportunity to show what
was In him. 1t is with Newport News The
war in Europe has merely given the port an
opportunity to show that it is the greatest port
on the Atlantic coast. The demands are great
but the port Is greater and is able to meet every
emergency. This section of Virginia has re-
ceived valuable publicity, and the opportunities
which have so long lain dormant will now be
capitalized"
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United States and Gtrn,ony

Would the United States, IN your opinion have
good chance In war with C;ermany? How
does the army of the United States compare with
that of Germany in numbers? READER
We do not express Opinions" The numerical
strength OF the German army is now ostu,a I cd
Mt about $4,000 That of the United States
Army at about 10000.
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what of the Money Market.

revolution has taken place in the
discount market, in consequence of the
sudden issue of the great war loan
and OF tile discovery that government
credit is now on 1-2 per cent basis,
for tho first time since the Napoleonic
wars,
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Times are dull up in the Fredericksburg
neiGhborhood. politically speaking. The Star
complains somewhat ds follows: There Is an
apparent lack of interest in the Democratic
primary next month, which is rather SURPRISING
though explained in part. so far this mmcdi-
ate section is concerned, by the fact that in
many instances only candidate is in the
field for this or that office. This is particularly
true of candidates for the General Assembly
MI swift IN this House district, Mr.. Peyton in
the Stafford and King George district and Mr.
Goolick in this senatorial district, having
already been declared the Democratic nominees
no one having opposed any of them for the
nomination"
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The Radford Record talks plainly to the
school authorities OF Its balliwick about their
parsimoniousness when ii employing
teachers. The Record concludes an ESSAY along
this line follows: MANY of our citizens we
regret to say, fail to realize the worths OF the
teacher in the community; fail to see the diff
culties incident TO teaching school; fail to en-
courage the teacher by speaking words OF
cheer and by advocating salaries commensurate
with the character of work she does
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Another Indiana Mayor faces impea chrnent
LOOKS as II there wouldn't be enough in Indi-
ana 10 get up fishing party for the Wabash
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UP in Bridgeport manufacturers Of NUM-
tons and their employees seem determined
to have little war Of their own.