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The Washington times., 1915-04-23
Has Set of False Teeth
Removed From Stomach

DENVER, Col, April c3-Nature
never intended mans teeth to be in
his stomach So Clint e. Houston, labor
leader-editor, had the gold bridge and
five attached teeth in his stomach re-
moved by a delicate operation, and
again wears them where nature and the
dentist intended them to be-
Houston swallowed the bridge during
a meal 1t took an X-ray to locate
them
The Washington times., 1915-04-23
Capital Punishment
In Alaska Abolished

JUNEAU, Alaska, April 23.-Thc lower
house Of the territorial legislature
passed bill ahclshing capital punish
ment in Alaska.
The nill has already passed the SEN
ate and awaits only Governor Strong |
signature to become effective.
The Washington times., 1915-04-23

The foregoing Generaizations of tho
situation are baseu on some special re-
ports which the crop-reporting authori-
ties of the Department of Agriculture
have Just submitted to Assistant Secre-
tary Nrooman. 1t is not beyond reason
to say that by 1916 a normal crop of
cotton will be produced once more. that
1t VIII sell at good prices, and that in
ADDITION the South will produce an ut
terly unprecedented outturn of other
crops, Particularly meat and the food
cereals
In other words the cotton crisis has
brought the South to the verge of that
agricultural rehabilitation that has been
the dream of academic agriculturists for
twenty years, and for which the De-
partment of Agriculture has labored in
ccssantly.
The immcnsty of the agricultural re-
source that is being tapped this year is
suggested by the statement that in re-
cent years the exportable surplus OF
wheat has been but little over 100000,
600 bushels. and that II has sold for less
than a dollar bushel; while the 1914
crop provides 5000 900 bushels for sale
abroad. at nearly $3.50 per bushel. The
velvet figures out at about 1850, 600, -,
600 for the season. and the outlook is
that for the coming crop there will be
n
The Washington times., 1915-04-23
AmuSementS.

Nstional-"Diplumacy." 8 p. m
BelasCo-"The Lilac Domino" S D. m
Coiumbia-"The Tenderfoot." 2:I5 and Sis
p. IN.
Polis-'The Misleading Lady, 2I5 and sis
m.
b. F. Keith s-Nsudevlle. els and Sis D. m.
Casino-NaudeVile. continuous
Cosmos-NaudeNil lille. continuous
Observation-Disclosures. 2.l5 and sis n m.
Crandall s-PhotoplaNs IL a. m 10 II n m
Garden-Photoplays, II a. m to II p. m
Strand-Photonlays II a. M TO II D. m
Arcade-DanCing. p. IN.
The Washington times., 1915-04-23
High Prices Prevailed.

so recently as last December a Valu-
alton of all crop production indicated
that 1914 was slightly under 1919 in
actual value. The year 1913 had been n
year of relatively short crops. but high
prices; and ii is the experience Of agri-
cultural economists that the increase of
prices in n year of short crops is utter
ly disproportionate to the justification
for II. On the other side, the depreS-
sion in prices following year of big
Yields is equally disproportionate. The
world has been resolved into a mere
neighborhood in this matter of feeding
itself. and very small variations in
production are reflected in huge re-
adjustments in market values.
This is one of the aspects to which
the attention Of economists has been
directed lately with constantly in
creasing insstence. The studies of the
cotton situation which were made las
that the farmers of the world. if they
could and would agree on policy.
could very shortly renrich themselves
by the simple process of half starving
the rest of the world
One of the greatest Qualifications for
optimism in the present agricultural
situation is that after "A series of years
of diminishing supplies of live stock,
there has suddenly been noted an in
crease in this direction. The numbers
OF the various classes of live stock
have been increasing; and the incentive
to further increase Is marked, because
the hog cholera that for several years
was Immensely destructive seems to
have been in considerable part brought
under control.
Not only has the cholera epidemic en-
tailed losses of from sJO.oO0,0O0 to slUo.-
cocoon a year. but il has frightened
great numbers of farmers out OF rails
ing hogs. Now they are conling back.
with the result that at time when
the foreign need OF foodstufts is un-
prec ecadented. this country promises in
another year TO have a meat crop on
hand that will break records. just as
cotton and wheat have recently done
and as wheat may possibly do once
more this year.
The Washington times., 1915-04-23
Diaz of Nicaragua Said
To Have Yielded to Rebels

NEW ORLEANS, April 23.-The Mica
raguan consul here received "A Cahle-
gram late today stating that President
Adulfo DiaZ had ahdiratod iu favor Of
Prime Minister Chamurro who. IL il un-
deTStoOd, win turn over the presidency
To a man agrccahl, to the revolutionary
party. This, 1t Is believed. will end the
NiCaraguan revolt.
The Washington times., 1915-04-23

Since the war started the shrieks
of silence from Andy Carnegie's di-
rection have been earsplitting.
The Washington times., 1915-04-23

Uncle Sans right has been vio-
lated so often that you'd think he
would swing his left once in while.
The Washington times., 1915-04-23

King George would awfully like
to enter few boats in the Kiel re-
gatta this summer.
The Washington times., 1915-04-23

Terra Haute's recent unpleasant
ness complicates the ancient riddle
why a crooked politician always
votes the straight ticket.
The Washington times., 1915-04-23

The d. A. R. tempests wrecked
the usual number of teapots.
The Washington times., 1915-04-23
Will Urge Legislation.

has 1t ever occurred to you that you
are the only body of public servants
who receive no compensation from your
country for remaining ready for serv-
ice? | believe you should be paid, and
intend to exert every effort to have
legislation passed at the next session Of
congress providing for pay for our rR
tional guard
we appear to be at peace with the
world, but history has shown-and We
Know from the present struggle-that
war comes when least expected. We
should. therefore, be ready to do what
is best for America-fiirst. last, and al
ways
Senator Chamberlain also referred to
The need for new armory in the Dis
trict, and stated that he would en-
deaNor to have an appropriation made
for this purDoSe
The Washington times., 1915-04-23
Greater Farm Area
Is Due to Depression
Normal Crop of Cotton Will Be Produced By 1916
And Meat and Food Cereals Will Be
Abundant in South.
BY JUDSON C. WELLIVER.

The Kansas farmer received, on an
average, 81 per acre for his crops raised
In 1919.
For the crop raised in 1914 he received
sl5.66, an increase of 123 per cent.
IL Is true that the Kansas farmer
largely raised wheat, and wheat got
the big. striking benefit of the increase
In prices following the war. The aver
age Southern farmer, with cotton as
his staple. did not show a big advance.
out rather loss in his crop values.
But that. again, is only stating the
hrst part of the proposition. The 1914
crop Is now ancient history in the
main. What about the values of the
1915 crop?
Cotton has come back in price, and
the Southern farmer will have not only
a l9l5 crop, but also a large share OF
the 1914 crop left over and on his hands
respite the assurance that n large
traction of the old crop will go over
cotton advances In price. and is now
at most reassuring figure. The con-
sequence is that today indica tions point
TO prospective cotton income for the
next year that will be among the larg-
est on record.
Record Forecast.
If cotton shall thus re-establish Itself,
as everything indicates 1t will do, and
If other farm products shall make the
advances in both yield and market val
ues that are now indicated. the 1915
agricultural output of the nation will
make record likely to stand for many
years to come. This is exactly what is
!precast by the present conditions in
the fields and in the markets.
me rehabilitation OF the cotton situ-
,lyaI 10,
industrial phenomena Of the period since
the war began. From August / to
January l past. the exports of cotton
that period. But from August i last last. 70 70
april OF the present year the exports
nave been So per cent of normal. AS a
consequence, prices have advanced from
the Improbable level Of 6lb and : cents
which prevailed in December to the
iairly prohtahle price considering the
per pound
It is always to be kept in mind that
in 1914 crop of cotton was Considera bly
over 100000 bales compared to an
average. for the five preceding years,
about 20coooO bales less II will be
a long time before the aggregate yield
OF crops in 1914 will he equaled in this
country. That year will stand out as
the year in which the bounties Of ma
ture were distributed with a lavishness
which seemed providential. as an insur-
- aS"l'''' hD'v'Hte btpflNaIlon 10 4
warning world. Both cotton and wheat
all records to unrecogniza BILE
South Diversifying.
One of the most important results of
the dcprC in the cotton market dur
Ing the later months of last year is
that great areas of new lands have been
cleared for the cultivation of other
crops. The South is diversifying; but
ii Is getting ready to do it, not by means
Of a permanent reduction of the amount
OF cotton. but through an increase OF
the cultivated area Of the cotton States,
with the newly cleared land devoted to
the new crops.
The Washington times., 1915-04-23
Efficiency In Marksm anship.

Brig. Gen. George II. Harries also
addressed the men. He emphasized the
necessity for maintaining a high de-
gree Of efficiency in Workmanship,
pointing to recent developments in the
European conflict as an example
Ihere are manI of you here to-
niGht, said he. who have won honors
for skllful craftsmanship, but the day
ls passed when the skillful few and
the unskilled many will be regarded as
efficient. Those of you who have fol-
lowed events in %Europe must realize
the need for general efficiency in
craftsmanship. must realize that not
only must we be able to march to the
scene or tn" conflict. but be able to hit
the mark when We get there
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-08-27
Brains and Colds.

It is believed that by the discovery OF
causes of catching cold" which has
just been made by Dr. c. M. Richter,
1t has been determined that the quick
witted and those who use their brains
a good deal catch cold much more
easily than those who do little brain
work and are mentally slow. Wher-
ever a case was found of someone
who was extremely susceptible to in
fiuenza or even simple cold, either
that person was engaged in some pro-
fessional work. or there was consider
able tax upon him in factory or in Of
flee, or else his work required some
especially keen exercise of the mind.
The mentally heavy, slow-going kind
of person very rarely has cold. In
working out this problem 1t was
found that resistance to cold is not
80 much a matter of what one wears
as of what one Is. It Is those people
who suffer most keenly when 1t is
very cold or very. hot, who have a
headache when they face high wind.
whose hair crackles with electricity
when they comb tin a word, it is
those who are nervous and highly or
ganized who most readily fall victimf
to the insidious colds in the head"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-08-27
IMPROVED BY MORE SLEEP
london sehoolchiIdren Recently Made
the Subject Of Some interest
ing Experiments.

There are some interesting conciu-
sions in the first report of the re-
Gently appointed official psychologist
to the London county council-a post
which is, believe, unique In this
country. Mr.. Cyril Burts chief work
is In applying tests to backward chill
dren In the schools to ascertain wheth-
er or not they are suitable for tuition
in the special classes for the mentally
defective. Mr. Burt has examined over
1000 children-400 subnormal chill
dren, 200 certified mental detectives
and about 1,400 normal children. The
great majority of the 400 children who
were presented by the teachers on the
ground of mental insufficiency were
found to suffer from mere dullness,
backwardness or special and limited
defects rather than from mental de-
ticiency. Only "a passed the medical
examination for admission to a men,
tally defective school, Mr.. Burt says
there is striking disagreement as to
where the line between the defective
and the ordinary child is to be drawn
and remarks that school progress is
only a very indirect measure of men
tai ability or defect. His conclusion
is that there is no one definite or con-
slant mental characteristic In which
children classed as mentally defective
resemble one another and differ from
ordinary children. In intelligence, as
In every other quality, they overlap
enormously with ordinary children and
are not separate class or species,
but largely simply the inefficient tall
end of more comprehensive normal
group. Mr.. Burt's report suggests the
need of more delicate discrimination
in the selection of children to be
classed as mentally defective. He car
ried out an interesting investigation
to show the influence of loss Of sleep
upon school work. In one school the
children were divided into two groups.
One group were allowed to sleep for
two hours daily in school, the other
group worked in the ordinary way. It
was found that among the children
who were allowed to sleep those
who suffered most from lack of sleep
at home gained greatly in general abil-
ity. In the worst cases the gain more
than made up for the loss of time.
Experiments of the same kind are
going on, which Mr.. Burt says may
show that lack of sleep may be as
damaging to school work as lack OF
food.-London Mail.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-08-27
The Ultimate Condition.

A soldier OF the allies was lodging
German shells; It couldn't have been
hotter along the 0ardanelles. The gun
which did the BUSINESS was somewhere
on the Rhine. but every time it thun-
dered it hit the allies line.
The soldier burrowed deeper within
his little trench: he watched the coun-
ter missiles responding from the
French. The range was something
awful for shooting on the fly. and
shells as big as barrels were arching
through the sky. @
The soldier thought Of Caesar, who
once divided Gaul; he thought of Aga
memnon before the Trojan wall. He
bought about the progress in military
craft. and in the din of battle he ac-
tually laughed.
1T won't be long," he reasoned, "un-
til we shoot It all; the Briton on mis-
island. the Frenchman in his Gaul.
Well ell set up our cannon upon our
native loans, and hammer one another
from our respective homes."
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-08-27

writing
about other
Kentuckian
economics and branch which
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-08-27
Killing an Exact Science.

Said man who knows mechanics
as an open book: The acme of pre-.
ciseness and the perfection of all
mechanism known to the human race
is devoted to the art of killing men.
He was talking to me about the ex
IRENE exactness of range-finders fol-
big guns-of which he has been asked
to construct 100. "I know OF no Other
thing In the wide domain of 1echan
les" said he. (" that is worked out
with SO great care as these range
finders"
He told me that with that instru
ment 1t is possible to plant a shot
within one yard of the desired target
ten miles away. When / remarked
that that required unusual delicacy
this scientist replied: mo, not deli.
cate, because one OF these finders
weighs one hundred pounds. but they
must be mechanically exact and per-
feet"
One might almost be tempted to
say that killing men in war has be
come an exact science.-Phiiadelph
Ledger.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-08-27
HE HAS SPENT $5O,OOO,OOO

Herbert c. Hoover is the Ameri-
can who, of all the Americans, has
played the most important part in the
great tragedy being enacted in Eu-
rope" said cabinet member recent
ly, and yet comparatively few persons
know who Herbert c. Hoover is.
To put is briefly, Hoover is the
man who, at the head Of the Belgian
relief work, has directed the ex-
penditure OF $50,000,00O in recent
months. Among the few men who
really run things in the civilized ma
tions-and a few of the uncivilized-
he is regarded as Americas foremost
citizen of the world. Princes and po-
tentates - financial and political -
know him on terms of intimacy.
Only few years ago he was a
farmer boy in Iowa. He worked hfs'
way through Stanford university, be-
came mining engineer and, after
much experience in this country and
Australia. gained great fame by open
ing highly productive mines in the
forocfa IN MANY 1oudo uud hos haon
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-08-27

Being Kentuckian, born in the

Being Kentuckian, born In the
blue grass, and later resident of Vir-
ginia, mere money-making never in.
terested Robert Wickliffe Woolley
overmuch. But now, in his mature
life he has become one of the fore
most money-makers of the world.
He is director of the mint of the
United States. in charge OF making
the metal money of the country, and.
also, the metal money of various 9th
er countries. So, while he counts his
makings in terms of millions, they arc
not for him. He is no money grubber.
Literature and horses really are
the things to which he always has
been most devoted, and they are d.
rectly responsible for his becoming
a money-maker Of first Importance
in the world. Here is the chain OF
connecting circumstances that brought
him to his present occupation: He
SO loved horses that he could not re-
frain from writing about them; so
we'll did he write about them that
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-08-27
WOMAN AEROPLANE BUILDER

Mrs. Maurice Hewlett, wife of the
famous novelist, has a large aero
plane factory working day and night
on the production of military air.
craft. She is the only woman in
Britain, and probably the sole repre-
sentative of the fair sex the world
over. who occupies the unusual role
of aeroplane builder. Few outside
those connected with aviation know
Of the valuable work this lady has of
recent years carried out for the adj
vancement' of British aeronautics.
During the last three years she has
quietly studied aeroplane constru-
ton, and has spent small fortune
on equipment for her factory, so con-
fdent was she in the aeroplane as q
military machine.
She was the first woman to take
flying certificate in Britain, and she
learned the art of pilotiEs IN the early
days Of aviation when going aloft in
an aeroplane was about as hazardous
task as one could hope to find.
In the aviation world Mrs. Hewlett
regarded as q mascot where flying is
scores of aeroplane flights, both as q
With the slightest mishap.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-08-27
tanner OF STRIKERS

GuSeu6 II. hlukcdu, bueTlH Vi
Hudson county, New Jersey. has
doomed large in the public esteem re-
Gently. He is the man who showed
Bayonne how he could tame strikers
until they clanored to eat out of his
hand, and could then send them back
to their jobs with assurances of high
er pay and better hours.
Seldom in time of peace has an
American community faced a more
menacing situation than that in Bay
onne. Still more seldom has a situa-
ton so fraught with peril been so sue
cessfully met by the courage, skill
and diplomacy of civic peace officer,
without the aid of state troops That
is why Eugene F. Kinkead is the
man of the hour in New Jersey and
why many of his admirers are boom
ing him for the next governor.
Kinkead has been a man by no
means unknown even before he pulled
the teeth of the most dangerous strike
of the year. During six years of an
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-08-27

active member hidden under
bushel
Congressional Record
his City
Gene mas ardent
ne was the captain OF the Democratic
captaned
and head of the National league pitcher
could position the
political
witness the mmages
depended
also lot of with
formal
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-10

several signs OF death were Observed
by q trained eye there could be NO
mistake. However, he told his hear
ers that in England ut least such care
full observation was rare.
The heart may stop beating. but this
does not necessarily mean that the pa
tent Ia dead. The writer recalls . case
in his personal observation when .
woman's heart stopped beating -
times In II hours and each time was
started up again by injection Of brandy
and Of nitro-glycerine. That 10 moro
than six years ago and the woman il
alive and strong today.
It is often very diflcult to tell the
precise moment Of death. but when the
heart refuses to respond to stimulA-
ton, when the body becomes rigid,
when the blood coagulatss and the
eyeballs become flaccid and lose their
tensina, then there b no doubt that
death has come. Tho greatest safe.
guard against premature burial u the
length Of time that In this country
elapses before the body h consigned
to the ground.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-10
NO DANGER OF BURIAL ALIVE
Fearful Fate May BE Chased a. an
lmposslbllity In This Day OF
Scientific knowledge.

There is a widespread belief among
educated persons that burial while
still alive is. though not probable, at
least possible. As evidence of this be-
lief one has but to notice how many
persons leave instructions in their
Wills for the taking of special precau-
tons to guard against this most dread
full Of catastrophies.
When embalming takes place, Of
course, there is no possibility of being
buried alive; yet being killed by en-
balming fluid. instead Of being allowed
to revive and spend many more years
on earth, is not the fate one would Sc
lect.
Although there is but one infallible
sign of death. namely, putrefaction,
yet there are many other signs, no
one of which is incontrovertible, yet
that when taken together. even in the
absence Of putrefaction, make the d.
agnosis absolutely sure.
At recent meeting Of the Brighton
and Sussex MedicO- Chirurgical society
DR.. L. A. Parry discussed the various
conditions that might be mistaken for
death and pointed out. that when the
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-10
Somnolent Egyptians.

Egyptians can lie down and go to
sleep anywhere. They look around
until they find particularly busy
place in the street where there is a
patch Of shade. wrap a dusty cloth
around their faces. curl up and peace
fully glide off into a dreamless sleep.
In walking along the street one has
to be careful Of every splotch of shad-
ow that he comes to for fear Of STEP
ping on a natives face. Even when
you do step on this usually sensitive
part of the anatomy. they merely sit
up, yawn thankfully that you are
medium.sized man and lazily turn over
on the other side. But these are the
people that the papers are quoting as
being in bloody revolt. The only dan
ger of revolt would be II some coun.
try should come along and pass a law
prohibiting the use of all shady spots
from one till three. Then there would
be trouble-the amount Of bloodshed
makes even the most uninterested
shudder.-Homer Croy in Leslie's
Weekly.