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The Idaho Republican., 1915-09-17
CHIEF CAUSES OF DEATHS
Statistics Gathered After Long lnves-
LEGATIONS Should Have
Distinct Value.

In an attempt to determine the prin-
cipal fatal diseases for different peri
ods Of life, DR.. C. Rahts has made use
of German statistics collected during
about twenty years. or deaths from
known causes in the first year of life,
he finds one-third to be due to cholera
ilfantum-that is, defective nourish-
ment-and one-seventh to congenital
weakness. In the years one to fifteen,
four chief diseases of children-diph-
iberia, measles, scarlet fever and
whooping cough-cause % per cent of
the deaths; pneumonia, or other dis
eases Of the respiratory system, 21.2,
and tuberculosis, and disease of the
digestive tract, including appendicitis,
fully ten per cent each. About one
death in each twenty-five is due to ac-
cident. For the ages of fifteen to thir-
ty, tuberculosis of the lungs causes
462 of every 1000 deaths among wom-
en- and 375 among men, and diseases
Of heart or blood vessels, diseases Of
digestive tract, pneumonia and other
diseases of respiratory system are
each responsible for n to 33 of the
1000 deaths. Accidents and suicides
cause almost one death in five among
males. though only about one in twen-
ty-two among females. From thirty to
sixty, tuberculosis of the lungs is still
the leading fatal disease, with 222
of each 1000 deaths among males and
207 among females, but diseases of
heart and blood vessels cause one
seventh of all deaths, and cerebral
apoplexy and diseases of nervous sys-
tenn one-tenth, while cancer accounts
for three deaths In twenty among wom-
en- and three in thirty-three among
males. Accidents and suicide cause II
per cent of the deaths of males, being
somewhat fewer among females. After
sixty, one-third of the deaths are due
to old age, one-fourth of the others to
disease of arteries or heart, and can
Ger, apoplexy and pneumonia are other
common diseases of advanced age.
The Idaho Republican., 1915-09-17
WATER roYs OF THE EAST
Ingenious In the Extreme Are the Con-
trivanees Devised for the Amuse-
ment OF the Youngsters.

Europe and America turn out Tor
their children many ingenious toys
but they do not compare in ingenuity
with the strange expanding water toys
with which the children Of the far
East have amused themselves for GEN.
turies.
These curious toys are placed In
small wooden boxes, similar to the III
tie paint boxes often seen in our own
country. They have the appearance OF
soiled shavings, broken matches ana
dilapidated toothpicks, but when
thrown into the water the ingenious
playthings at once exhibit properties
that show them to be more than mere
toys or bits of stick.
The wood of these toys have been
kiln dried, and Immediately it touches
the water it begins to absorb the water
and to expand almost indefinitely. AS
it increases in size 1t separates ana
suddenly opens, becoming a very pref
ty toy. One stick will change into q
flower pot, containing a rose bush In
full bloom. Another becomes q tat
mandarin carrying an umbrella. Still
another will take the form Of q sea
serpent, very ferocious in its tiny d.
mensions. Then, too, there are toys
which show as whales, tigers, croco-
diles. etc. The figures are colored, and
present a bewildering variety in de-
sign and treatment. Their manufac.
ture is q trade secret Kept by the
guild that turns them out by the thou
sands.
For older children there are provid.
ed larger and even more artistic hg-,
ures, consisting of historical charac-
ters, rulers, poets and soldiers. and
dwarfed trees and tiny houses, whose
doors and windows are full Of inmates,
are also among this class. The more
ordinary kind cost mere song, but
the finer toys are quite expensive.
The Idaho Republican., 1915-09-17
OTHER THINGS BESIDES DUTY
To Be at Its Best and Highest, Love
Must Mean GIadness az Well as
Just Service.

The austerity Of woman who pets
and panders her own conscience to the
discomfort of her entire household.
who does her whole duty day after day
in an answering rectitude of grace
less virtue, who sheds her girlish
charms and frivolities when she lays
aside her wedding gown, is not always
the commendable virtue that we have
been taught to believe it.
A woman does not share with her
special world due measure of her
sweetness unless she has brought to 1t
blessedness as well as goodness, and a
wife who remembers only duty and
forgets the wonders and the joys Of
life has lost something of the deeper
significance of her marriage vows.
Love means gladness as well as serv-
ice, and its ideal possessor finds the
secret Of heart ease and happiness In
the unconsidered gayety and fresh
ness of life as well as in its rigorous
sacrifices.
Duty never yet has laid an unbreak-
able bond on the heart and fancy. Duty
may hold strong man to his own fire.
side, or, being forgotten, may let a
weak one slip away to forbidden pleas
ures, but never yet has duty alone held
love to the full sweetness that is its
due.
Women are dull beyond words who
believe that mere goodness can make
a mans heart glad or that duty-guard.
ed faith is worth the having. It was
not an impossible fact on Molly Make
Believes part, but most wise and
tender one, that she would have two
wedding rings with separate posy
for each-"For my active right hand,
His Soul to Keep, and for my passive
left, TO Be Sweetness More Desired
Than Spring!' '"-Southern Woman's
Magazine.
The Idaho Republican., 1915-09-17
Dutch Colonies.

Holland, with population number
ing only little more than six million
and with an area only about one-fourth
the size Of the state Of New York.
ranks third among the countries Of
the earth in the number Of its coloni-
ais and fifth among them in the area
Of its colonies. Only Great Britain
and France have greater colonial pop
ulations, and only Great Britain,
France, Germany and Portugal have
greater colonial areas. The Dutch rule
six times as many people -3S, ,O00, ,O0O--
outside Of Holland as there are within
its DounoarIs-.
The Idaho Republican., 1915-09-17
CALLED DEAD FROM THE SEA
Really Seemed to Have the
Effect Desired.

On the rugged coast of Washington
by the Copalis sands Writes friend
Of the Companion) there is a tower
from which the Indians watch for sea
otter. They are very eager after that
game, for the hide of one of those
creatures is worth all the way from
$500 to $4,000. Two young Indians
were watching one day when they saw
q sea otter of in the surf. Two shots
from their rifles killed the otter, and
then they rushed down to their surf
boat. The sea was heavy, and when
they we're out some distance from the
shore their boat broke in two over q
comber and the men were thrown into
the sea. One of the Indians drifted
ashore on piece of wreckage. The
other, although a splendid swimmer,
was drowned. The news soon spread
to the reservation, and the Indians
from far and near came to the beach
and stood on the sands, silently beck.
oning to the sea to give up its dead
1t was solemn, impressive sight
the stalwart, rugged, copper-colored
men and women standing at the verge
of the sea foam asking the sea by the
motion of their hands to send the body
ashore. For three days they waited
and beckoned, and then dark object
was seen drifting into shallow water
Sometimes 1t was buried completely
from the view by the heavy surf; then
1t was seen again little nearer, and
so the body of the dead Indian came
ashore at the call Of his tribesmen.-
Youths Companion.
The Idaho Republican., 1915-09-17
foundations In Holland.

Despite the great dikes of Holland,
holding at bay the eager waters of the
sea, there are records OF terrible in.
undations which have claimed great
numbers of the population. In the lat
ter part Of the thirteenth century the
waters overcame the dikes at the
mouth Of the Ems, causing loss Of
$4,000 lives. Again. in 1927, the over.
flow Of the Meuse buried II villages
and drowned 100000 people; and in
1870 another 100000 lives were swal
lowed up by the North sea, when II
broke through.
The Idaho Republican., 1915-09-17
Your Own Predsstlnator.

The cause OF every condition in
ones life is primarily in his own men
tality. The outer things that seem
to be caused are merely occasions. II
one is looking without, blaming 9TH
ers or circumstances for unpleasant
conditions, he viii fell to find rem
edy. There 10 no more important truth
for the overcomer TO learn about him
self than this. that he is the one who
makes his own body and his environ.
ment. When he knows this he can
work intelligently .-unity.
The Idaho Republican., 1915-09-17
II Miaht Help.

The ga class was having its daily
lesson in hygiene. The subject for
discussion was cleanliness In the
schoolroom.
Now" said the teacher, who can
tell me what each Of you can do to
keep the room oleanf"
Silence followed the question, but
finally small boy raised his hand and
in an earnest tone Of voice said;
1--WE can wash the germs or the
blackboard. indianapolis News.
The Idaho Republican., 1915-09-17
Hard to FIJI.

Queer requests are often received
for prescriptions, which might puzzle
either doctor or chemist, far more
skilled than the proprietor of the ordi-
nary drug store. Here is one recently
reported. It is a note from an excit-
able mother, whose nerves were ap
parently as much in need Of treatment
as the digestion Of her infant:
MY little baby has ct up IT, fa-
theirs parish plaster Please to send
an anecdote BY the inclosed little gifi"
,-Youth's Companies. 81
The Idaho Republican., 1915-09-17
Horse Care.

Don't whip the horse II he is afraid.
Talk gently to him. Don't forget his
salt. Don't put rough, dirty bit In
his mouth, nor q frosty one. Don't
hitch him in the cold unprotected by
blankets. and hitch him 80 the wind
win not be in his face. Notice how
horses in q lot always turn tail to o
cold wind. Give him enough to eat Of
good. wholesome food. and all the good
water he wants.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-07

Mrs. Emma B. Freeman, society
woman Of Eureka, Cal, whose hus-
band in a sensational divorce suit
charged that Richard D. Yates, for
mer governor of Illinois, kissed her
half a dozen times in the course of
a railway journey to San Francisco.
1t was specifically alleged by Ed
ward R. Freeman, art dealer of Eu-
reka, that Ex-Governor Yates kissed
Mrs. Freeman whenever the train
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-07

passed through tunnel. And there
are a good many tunnels on the way,
he asserted.
Former Governor Yates is said to
have first met Mrs. Freeman at her
home, on invitation of the husband,
when the Illinois notable came west
on a Chatauqua tour Mrs. Freeman
admitted making the trip with Yates,
but said she did not come as his guest,
as charged by the irate husband.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-07
CHICAGOGRAMS

NE11NA1ON1NA
So . = . - . .
Everybody in the loop election
night was imbibed with the spirit of
hurrah.
Mercy folks! The whole loop was
red light section after Thompson's
election was assured.
Also we might add, green and blue
lights were sputtering.
The women folks were out with
their feather busters for use on mems
chins. Tickled to death!
Twas the night of election and all
through the house, not a man made
murmur, not even his spouse. Ded-
icated to the Sherman House,
Sweitzer's headquarters.
1t is rumored that the loop bar
tenders pushed many schooner over
the bar. Some feet.
There will be many an oVerenthus-
ed election bug who will do his talk
ing in a whisper for the next few
days.
Both sides claim that the knife was
used freely.
When it comes to excitement Chi
cago had the average good time car
nival faded away.
In Mondays Day Book we printed
the picture of couple of society girls
dressed in scanty gowns, who are
going to dance for the benefit of the
blind.
The blind will get only the financial
benefit.
-O-O-
Boston is celebrating the landing
of the Pilgrims. Don't wake them.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-07

Boston is celebrating the landing
of the Pilgrims. Don't wake them.
The Detroit times., 1915-01-15
SUBURBAN NEWS
NPsII.ANTI.

Miss Beulah Bowens Sunday school
class in the Baptist church viii ban
quet saturday evening Ia the church
dining room
Frank T. be Witt has purchased the
shoe shop formerly owned by Charles
u. OConnor.
Miss Charlotte Clarke OF Moorevllle,
was q recent visitor ia the city,
Ed, Alexander has purchased the oid
Cooper place near Recreation park,
Into which he viii move about April J..
Mr.. and Mrs. Dell Vain VIII BE the
new hostesses to THE Four Hundred
club
MIR and Mrs Lewis. who live in the
Wartz farm. will move in the near rll-
ture 10 their old home la Detroit.
The Michigan Central Railroad Co
is cutting ice at Shanghai pit and a
large force OF men. who have b--n
auNiously waiting for work for months
have been given jobs The ice Is be-
ing conveyed To the Detroit ice houses
and Will be used for both freezer"
and coach uses.
The cherry Hin Aid society was en-
tertained at dinner today by Mr.. and
Mrs. Lew c. Kelley.
The Highland Cemetery association
has elected the following officers TO
serve during the coming year Presi-
dent. Clarke WoItley. treasurer. Dam.
lei l.. Quirk superintendent. Wallace
w. Worden, clerk Fred l. Gallup;
new trustees. + l.. SLOVENIAN. Dar-
win g. Griffin and Ed - Holmes
Mrs Frank Joscelyn has returned
from Battle Creek whore she was i'm
stallins officers Thursday evening for
The Detroit times., 1915-01-15

Tar distant when his holiness will re.
fuse 10 continue the prisoner of the
vatican
Under his direction every available
priest is assisting in the work OF re
lief granting absolution 10 the wound
ed and blessing TO the dead.
Ii is now declared that not less than
100 cities. towns and villages suffered
from the earthquake. The number OF
persons who are in need OF AT least
temporary relief will reach half mil
lion and il will require several months
10 restore the wrecked district
The chief reason for the very large
loss OF life was the construction of the
houses which were of stone, for the
most part piled on each other without
mortar TO hold them together When
the quake came these houses col
lapsed,
Many OF the victims were buried
alive in the ruins of their homes. Re
ports from the stricken section say
the soldiers are taking many persons
out alive, but for the most part Sc
riously hurt. Twenty of the $50 girls
who were penned in the ruins or the
were taken out alive. All OF the 9th
ers persisted. Only one city official
here was unhurt This was Signor
Ottavi, project of police, and IL was
due 10 his efforts that about 900 peo-
pie were rescued in the city.
The mountain springs which sup
piled Avezzano with water were dried
up by the quake, and the soldiers
have been compelled TO install wa
ter system from the lake
All of the foreign diplomatic Off
Gals have rendered their services in
the work of relief The American am
bassador, Thomas Nelson Page. has
thrown open the PalazZo del Frago.
his official residence. for the use OF
refugees. and he and all of the en-
bassy stan are aiding wherever pos
sible
The minister OF public works reach
ed Avezzano today and now Is in COM
plete charge of the relief work in that
section He is keeping in constant
touch with Premier Salandra, who re-
mains In Rome in general charge OF
the relief
Fragmentary stories reaching here
tell Of hundreds OF cases of heroism.
Mothers sacrificed their lives for their
babies. Fathers died that their chill
dren might live. Men dug frantically
into the ruins under tottering walls In
response to groans and appeals for
help from buried victims. So far as
is yet known at no point was there
any cowardice or any brutality of the
strong against the weak.
Many OF the survivors went temper
arily insane as a result OF their ex-
periences. Men who found their en-
tire families crushed to death in the
ruins OF their homes; women who
managed themselves to reach safety
when they found that their loved ones
had persisted tried In turn 70 Kill
themselves and had 70 be restrained
The Detroit times., 1915-01-15
MORELAND SAID TO
HAVE CONFESSED
Detective and Express Company
Official Go To Florida to Bring
Back Swindler

Detective Jacob Golden and W. Il.
Gregory, OF the American Express Co,
LETT Thursday afternoon for Jackson
vile, Fla, TO bring back NJ. VI. More
land. the smooth young swindler who
obtained 40 travellers checks. worth
$4,000, from Mr.. Gregory In exchange
for a cashiers check OF the First Trust
* savings bank of Chicago. raised
from s. TO $4,000 and endorsed with
the forged signature of Frank Ia
Klingensmith, secretary OF the Ford
Motor Co
Moreland was arrested In a fash.
ionable hotel in Jacksonville, after he
had cashed several of the orders in
Jacksonville banks. II Is alleged lie
at first denied his identity, and claim.
ed that he was never in Detroit. but
advices from Jacksonville are TO the
effect that he later made a partial con
fession and limited at a confederate
who helped him in the swinde
News of the arrest came early
Thursday afternoon, in telegram 10
the police from the police chief of
Jacksonville, and a telegram 10 the
American Express Co. from the South
ern Express Co, agency in Jackson.
Vile. The police were asked To wire
copies of the warrant on which More
land could be held as a fugitive
Moreland is charged with forgery in
a warrant sworn TO by Timothy c..
Hives, local superintendent OF the
American Express Co. He is said 10
have waived extradition
The Detroit times., 1915-01-15

the Degree OF Honor lodge
A special meeting OF YpEilanu chap
ter No. 49, O. H.. =, has been called
for Monday. Jan 20, with banquet
at o'clock and an evening session
FOR the purpose OF giving initiatorN
work 10 a class OF candidates.
Washtenaw hive. No. 3, Maccabees
OF the World. Will meet for regular
business session Tuesday evening. az
which time the names OF several can
didates viii be balloted upon.
carl Crosby OF this city, through
his attorney, Mayor Lee y. Brown. has
applied for bill OF divorce from his
wife. Efhe, 10 whom he was married
June 4. 1914, by Rev, l.. A. Barrett. OF
Ann ArbOr.
Or and Mrs. Harold Hodge have re-
turned from short wedding trip.
Mira. Belle Smith ~ ,riously III
Installation OF the officers elected
I'm the local Degree OF Honor will he
held Tuesday evening. Jan 20. with
Past Grand chief Mrs Baxter. Grand
Secretary Mrs Annie Touhey and Mrs
Henry. grand chief OF ceremonies. In
charge of the exercises, banquet
and entertainment viii follow the in
stallation
Mrs Charles Booth of New York
city. Is "A visitor al the home or II. II.
Beall,
The Detroit times., 1915-01-15
Russian Drive
Strengthens, Is Claim

PETROGRAD, Jan. 15.-The Rus
star drive against the German lines
along the northern East Prussian
fror tier is declared TO be increasing
In proportions. The entire Russian
left wing Is now said 10 be engaged
and TO be forcing the Germans back
on their main defense positions. In
order to check il General Won linden
berg is resuming the offensive along
the center at the junction OF the Bzura
and Rawka rivers. He has been bring
ing up new masses OF artillery evil
IDENTIFY depending upon his big guns
TO render the Russian trenches un-
tenable. The Germans have succeed
ed in advancing beyond the villages of
Biz Skupi and Sucha, northeast Of
Bolimow, but despite this admission
the military experts here claim that
II will be impossible for them TO gain
any real advantage at this point.
klthough the German offensive il
admittedly increasing, the Russian
at the front quote the
Russian stan as believing that the
present movement is intended to
cover a general withdrawal of the
German forces TO the westward. They
say that there are plenty of evidences
that Won Hindenberg is at last con
WINGED that the Russian defense OF
Warsaw cannot be broken and that he
Is planning 10 withdraw part OF his
active forced TO send them TO France,
where the Germans are again essaying
an offensive.
The weather has completely check
ed all offensive operations in the
Carpathian region and in the eau
casus.
The Detroit times., 1915-01-15
YOUTH ACCUSED OF
ATTEMPTED ARSON
Police Believe William p. Fraw-
ley Tried To Set Fire To
Grocery

William +. Frawiey. Is years old,
of No. 2O5 Trowbridge-aye,. was ar
rested in his home shortly before 3
O'Clock. Friday morning, by Detectives
Rick and Rode. on the charge or at
tempting 10 set fire 10 the grocery
store al No. 1885 Beaubien.st. o. which
he is the proprietor, according to the
police reports.
Five minutes after Frawley locked
the store, late al night, and left for
his home, citizen noticed a flicker
OF fame in the place. and peering in.
saw a short candle burning on a
desk with some papers scattered near.
He notified the police, and motor
cycle officer was rushed from Bethune
station, shattered a window. and ex-
tinguished the candle He reported
that he found drawer near the candle
saturated with gasoline and bottle
OF gasoline in the drawer
The detectives, after investigation,
and talking with the citizen went 10
Frawley's home and arrested him
He Is charged with attempted arson.
The Detroit times., 1915-01-15
WANT FERRIS TO
DECLARE SELF ON
BOOZE TRADE
CONTINUED from Page OneD

(Ceatinued from Page OneD.
while not entirely conclusive, was a
source OF rejoicing TO the dry mem
bers who contend that they have ac-
CURED an idea OF the probable lineup
on questions OF greater moment,
The vote on the motion to side
track the resolution was as follows:
Senator'S Fitzgibbon, GROCER.
Hanley, McPhilhps, Murtha. Ogg,
Paul, Roberts, Scott Taylor, Williams,
and Wood-i2
Nays Senators Barnes, Corliss,
Covert, Damon, DeLand, IIofma, Kel-
ley. Morford, Odell. Planck. Powell,
Smith. Straight. Trip, Verdier. Wal
ter, Woodwork Foster and Gansser
-lg
Asked why he had taken pains to
end the controversy to put the govern
or on record by moving that the mat.
ter be referred 90 committee.
Senator Damon said that he had done
SO in the interests OF peace and to
allow time for more mature consid-
GRAFTON OF the matter
Il thought il would be well to let
IL remain with the committee few
days SO that when II IL reported out,
everyone will have had time 10 give
the matter careful consideration, said
Senator Damon
Il have my doubts as TO whether
he will comply with the request II il
is made" he continued He may
stand on his official rights and refuse
TO recognize the senate's request. No
body seems TO know just where he
stands now--he was mighty mum
about il during the campaign and he
hadn't made any statement since
and ! don't believe be is very anxious
10 tell u.s.
Gov Ferris, when asked whether he
would outline his position TO the sen
ate If requested TO do SO. failed to
make any definite answer, declaring
that anything of that sort was lab.
surd:' that every body knew his
views on such matters and that he
had campaigned for local option in
Mecosta county 10 protect his boys.
He admitted. however. that he did
not consider the time ripe for state
wide prohibition.
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