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The Washington times., 1915-07-23
WE'D EARLY ORLATE?
SCIENTISTS DISAGREE
Marry Young, Says Alexander
Graham Bell; Marry Late As.
serts Casper /. RedfieId.

Marry young. and the younger you
marry the longer your children Will
live." is the pronouncement OF Alexan-
der Graham Bell, inventor and sc'entist
Marry late in your life and your
children will stand a much better
chance OF being superior types is the
verdict Of Casper l.. Rcdfeld. eugenist
and biologist. Of Chicago.
You can take your choice. Mean
while the eugenists. through the pages
Of HeredIty. magazine published
here by the American Genetic Associa-
tion. are waging a battle royal on this
point.
Redfield Caused Storm.
Paul Popenoe. editor of Heredity. ex-
planned today that the newspaper at.
tention turned to this topic following
an address made by Mr.. Redfeld before
the International Purity Congress. at
San Francisco. In which he said that
early marriages were conducive to
immortality" was by no means tho first
gun In this war Of the eugenists.
Chief among the proponents Of late
marriage" Mr. Popenoe explained. lis
Mr.. Redfeld. and his chief opponent has
been Prof. Roswell Johnson, Of the Uni.
versity of Pittsburgh. who explained his
contentious before the Washington Y
NJ. c. A. during the eugenics course
there last winter
Mr.. Bell Interested.
Alexander Graham Bell. a director oi
the genet!c association. also has beer
deeply interested in this subject. II,
mas conducted series Of experiment.
tending to show that children Of younl
parents 1.-Two longer. and that among al
early marrying stocks the children nv,
to good old age As soon as thes,
long lived stocks begin marrying late
in life. his statistics show, the Offspring
begin to die younger.
"Of course" Mr.. Popenoe explained
ut is possible both Of these contention
may be correct. Mental and physica
superiority do not necessarily go hant
in hand. long life is simply test o
a mans physical fitness and does no
shed any light upon his mentality
In a recent pamphlet Mr.. Redfiel,
points to many OF the great men o
the world who were children OF parent
well along In years when they wer
born.
There was Confucius. born when hi
father was seventy-one years old
Solomon. born when David was fifty
two years old. and David, the son o
Jcsses old age.
Mr.. Redfield has genius reduced to
diagram. II you were born when you
father was twenty-four. your chance O
being great Is but one per cent II tn
father is between twenty-five an,
twenty mine the chances are increase,
to 2:25 per cent and this ratio grow
larger with the age OF the father until
II the father is sixty or more II Ia NOR
than a half and half chance that tn
child will be eminent. This table wa
made up from a study Of the ages a
which parents gave birth to severa
hundred Of the worlds most dis
Itinguished men.
The Washington times., 1915-07-23
CHAIRMAN FITZGERALD

John j. Fitzgerald, Congressman
from Brooklyn, is a type of the pub
lie man who sacrifices the chance
for remunerative professional
career in order to enjoy a public
one. He came to the House a very
young man, has served a long time,
and is considering retirement while
still young, because he needs to earn
more money. He has found no op-
portunities for that sort of thing in
public life. r.
Mr.. Fitzgerald has been for sew
eral years chairman Of the House
Committee on Appropriations; the
great business committee in which
the national budget originates. He
has wonderfully complete grasp of
national affairs from the business
side, and broad understanding of
the hard-sense aspects of things. He
has held tight grip on the purse
strings, to the disgust of a good
many of his associates; but on the
other hand he has had a sympa-
thetic grip on the big facts involved
in making appropriations. He has
helped many time to get legisla-
ton for the District of Columbia
through the proceeding of riders on
appropriation bills, when an unin-
telligent District Committee would
not permit needed measures to be-
come law. He has been a persistent
and fearless watchdog of public
funds; and the place he will vacate
if he retires from the House, will be
difficult one to fill.
The Washington times., 1915-07-23
MORE POPULAR LECTURus s

Why can't Washington have free
evening lectures for the public in it's
school buildings?
A report of the New York lectures
for the past year shows a gratifying
interest and attendance at the lee
lures there. All manner of topics
are touched, but the courses are es-
pecially arranged to impart infor-
nation in civics, hygiene, current
history, and similar topics of a vital
nature.
The dearth of lectures in general
in Washington surprises anyone who
comes here after living in any wide
awake city. In the smaller cities of
New England and the Middle West
men of national note in literature,
science, art, municipal government,
and other fields are frequently heard
In lecture courses. In Washington,
which boasts the most cosmopolitan
sssemblage Of talent, such lectures
are held only in connection with so.
cieties, church organizations, or
clubs, their appeal limited to re-
stricted groups.
Now that the schools are to be
thrown open as social centers there
is no reason why lecture courses
for the public should not be planned
At first the speakers could be OBJ
tanned at home, at "a small expense
A brief experiment in this direction
several years ago, met with entire
success, and the plan is worth con.
siderinp.
The Washington times., 1915-07-23
GOVERNMENT WORKERS
WAGES

The Government clerk who wrote
to The Times demanding larger SAL
aries or more moderately priced
rooms and apartments for the un-
married Government employe, is on
the right track. Only there is no
reason. why the unmarried man is
especially to be pitied. The married
Government employe has just as
hard pulling under the present sal
ary scale.
The Government is taking a deep
er interest each year in the welfare
and wages Of the employe of the
great industrial plants, but only in
the last few years has the Govern
ment paid any great attention to
improving the working conditions
for Government employees, and for
the last fifty years no appreciable
change has been made in wages.
The writer to The Times points
to the large proportion of unmar-
ried men in the Government service
The reason why nearly half these
employees are unmarried is because
the married man often cannot af-
ford to remain in the Government
service. To the single man, viewing
the situation from Kansas or Ore.
gon, $50 or $40 month looks like
a good starting wage.
The young man may have ambi-
tions to work and study, too. But he
comes here to find the cost of liv.
ing much more than he expected
and that he must practice the most
rigid economy to come out even
Moreover he is likely to find he has
landed in a position where there is
little hope for advancement.
Each year the Government is de.
manding more of it's workers. Eff.
cheney boards and commissions are
putting the Government on a busi.
ness basis. The civil service tests
are constantly made more rigorous
All the while the salary paid tht
Government clerks remains thu
same. It would be little wonder i,
the standards of character amone
men who take Government position!
should depreciate soon if this is t
continue. The Government shows
poor economy whenever it pays it,
employees less than a comfortable
living wage.
The Washington times., 1915-07-23
OUR LOANS TO CANADA

Through arrangements with our
banks we are now lending s4O,OOO,-
600 to Canada. This will make be-
tween $75,0O0,0OO and 100000, 900
which we have lent in Canada since
the outbreak of the war. We might
lend there hundred million more
or two hundred million or half a
billion, and we should have sure
knowledge that there is nowhere
outside of this country that we could
place such money to greater .advan-
tage to our export trade. There is
no place outside of this country
where there would be better security
Of payment under present world
conditions, and where it would come
to US in the things which we could
use and which would guarantee a
continuation of our sales across the
line.
Canada had become, in normal
times, a buyer of nearly 100000, 900
a year more from US than we sold
to her. In those days-as late as
1913-Canada was paying through
London for nearly rs per cent of
what she bought from us. Since the
war Canada has not been able to
use British credits as freely as be-
fore to make her trade settlements
in this country. Great Britain has
been financing European wars in.
stead of colonial commercial and
industrial expansion. So, deprived
OF this London credit, Canada has
had to do two things-she has hat
to pay us with more of her owr
products and she has had to Gu,
down very materially her purchases
of our products.
For the ten months ending with
April, Canada took some $4,000, ,OO(
less of merchandise from US thar
in the corresponding period of 1918
but in the ten months ending will
April this year we took some $35,
100000 more of Canada's than il
the corresponding period of 1913.
Thus in very short period of in
ternational trading with our larges
and best customer in all the world
except only the United Kingdom, i
has come to pass that instead of tn
balance of trade in our favor O
some $500, 100000 which we ha,
for the whole fiscal year of 1913, w
bad for the ten months ending las
The Washington times., 1915-07-23
"War Order" Exports
Show Increase in Nav

a heavy increase in all exports of
war order" materials is shown in a
summary Of the foreign commerce Of
the United States for May. Iron and
steel manufactures lead the list.
The other principal increases were
In refined sugar. packing house prod
ucts. leather goods, automobiles. cot
ton goods woolen goods, chemicals,
cotton seed oil cake and meal and
nearly all classes OF metal goods ex-
cent copper.
Pig copper fell or in exports about
Is per cent. and decreases were
shown in boards and plarks, naval
stores. agricultural implements and
electrical apparatus
The Washington times., 1915-07-23
MANY EVENTS LISTED
FOR CAPITAL TODAY
Meetings and Entertainments to
Be Held in Every Section Of
City by Various Societies.
Today.

Outing, Washington Camp, No. 114s4. Modern
woodmen of America, Chesapeake Beach.
Masonic-st. Johns. No. II; Eureka, No. !.
Odd Fellows-Metropolis, No. l6; Phoenix.
No. 2s: Central. No. /; Dorcas. No .. Re
bekahs.
Knights Of Columbus-Joint initiation. Keans.
Spalding and Potomac Councils.
National Union-General Deputies Associs-
ton.
Independent Order of Rechabites-Eaeie Tent
No. 2.
Modern Woodmen OF America-washington
Camp No. 11464; Central Camp, No 160l5;
Lincoln Camp. No 12455.
Meeting to organize to take care Of Seventh
Corps q. A. r.. during encampment. @. A.
r.. headquarters. s p. m.
Meeting. Georgia Society. Raleigh, 8 D. m.
concert, United States Soldiers Home Band.
at home. $40 p. m.
Meeting. Non commissioned offcers' Associa-
t1on Or District National Guard. Oyster
Address. Ernest P. Bicknell. Cosmos Club.
Concert, Fifth Cavalry Band, Iowa Circle.
1850 p. p.
Concert Engineer Band Mcmillan Park. 7:so
p. m.
Concert Naval Gun Factory Band Navy
Yard. p. m.
The Washington times., 1915-07-23
England May Revive
Tariff and Income Tax

LONDON. July 23.-''Under the pres
ent exceptional circumstances the
question Of further taxation on i'm
ports needs serious consideration, and
the government and the chancellor of
the exchequer will give the matter
early attention." said Premier AsQuith
to deputation OF bankers and mer-
chants which interviewed him for the
purpose of urging greater national
economy and increased taxation on i'm
ported goods. as we'll as on smaller in
comes.
The Washington times., 1915-07-23
Says Organized Labor Asks Nothing
Except An Equitable Share of
What 1t Produces.

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
AS union man and a delegate to
the Central Labor Union of this city
! wish to voice my sentiments against
two editorials recently appearing in
your paper. one on July IL. under the
caption: Eight Cents a Day" the other
on July q. relative to the strike at
Bridgeport. in which you express the
fear that organized labor would lose
the friendship Of those who have stood
by it in the past. l beg to inform you
that your fears are unfounded. Organ
table share of what 1t produces. In this
we have the moral support Of all except.
perhaps. the non-producer, the parasite
and those few whose opinions on eco
nomic questions are formed by the edi-
torials Of a capitalistic press
c. X. KRIECHBAUM.
Washington, July %
The Washington times., 1915-07-23
Declares Prohibition
Law Is Being Enforced

MOBILE, July 2s-1ts provisions being
more stringent probably than those OF
any similar statute in the United States,
the Merritt-Denson prohibition law Ia
being enforced in Alabama. according
to all evidence. Opponents are hoping
its very rigor may cause a reaction.
while friends Of the measure say 1t is
proving that prohibition can actually be
made to prohibit.
The Washington times., 1915-07-23
Cardinal Gibbons Is
Celebrating Birthday

BALTIMORE. Md. July 2s.-Catholic
societies today celebrated the eighty
first birthday anniversary of James
Cardinal Gibbons. born July %. 1884.
Fellow members Of the Cardinal IN
the Sacred College at Rome today were
expected to observe the event. Cardina!
Gibbons was showered with birthday
CONGRATULATIONS from the Pontin ana
prelates all over the world.
The Washington times., 1915-07-23
MAIL BAG
(From The Times Redders.)

Communications to the Mail Bag must
be written on one side OF the paper
only: must not exceed 200 words in
length. and must be signed with name
and address OF sender. The publication
OF letters in The Times Mail Bag does
not mean the indorsement by The Times
OF the opinions OF the writer. The Mail
Bag Is an open forum. where the citi-
xens OF Warrington can argue most
questions
The Washington times., 1915-07-23
McReVnOldS Is So.

Supreme Justice McReynolds today
celebrated his tifty-third birthday ami
versary.
Today is also the birthday OF many
men prominent in public life. including
Dr. Albert Shaw. former Gov. Simeson
sentative Alfred G. Allied Of Ohio.
The Washington times., 1915-07-23
Objects to the Noise Made by Milk
Dealers Wagons in the Early
MOrninI

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
/ read letter in Wednesdays Times.
and believe me. every word expresses
my sentiments, for I'm disgusted with
the inconsiderateness Of the mlkman on
Belmont street before daybreak. and l..
too. hope every one will join in. until
the extreme noise ceases
MRS. e. GRANGER
Washington, July o.
The Washington times., 1915-07-23
Here's Historic Truth
On Arms En1bargoes
Correspondent to The Times Cites Some Msinforma-
ton and His Attention Is Called to the Actual
Redistribution in 1894, 1907, 1870, and
1898 Made Clear.
BY JUDSON c. WELLIvER.

The msnformaon OF absolute misstatemen Of
positive unu disseminated by propagandsts in this
country with regard American sales Of supplies and munitions
warning countries simply astounding Even remarkable is
the which seemingly intelligent people have accepted these
unrus has seemed only necessary that positive asehood no
how easily dprovd should coincide with the preudces of
auditor in order to get perfect unquesong
The Washington times., 1915-07-23
Six Americans Aboard
Orduna, Liverpool-Bound

NEW YORK. July 23.-Six Americans
were among the eighteen cabin passen-
gers on the Cunard liner Orduna, which
sailed from here for Liverpool.
the passengers will be drilled In the
use of life preservers before the ship
reaches the submarine zone around
the coast of Ireland.
The Washington times., 1915-07-23
Urges Y.M.C.A. Work in
SlaV Prison Camps

BERLIN (via The Hague), July %.
A. c. Harte. who established the
first Y. NJ. c. A. in German prison
camps. has returned from a trip Of
inspection through Russian prison
camps In Siberia. through arrange
ment with neutral countries. He Is
sending a report to John o. Mott in
New York. favoring the establish
ment OF Y. NJ. c. AS in the Russian
camps.
The Washington times., 1915-07-23

In spite of the thesis of the June
graduate, Wilhelm, George, Nick,
and Franz Josef still refuse to eat
out of the same bowl of chowder.
The Washington times., 1915-07-23

Put Doc Osler on that naval board
and allow him to anasthetize some
of our forty-year- battleships.
The Washington times., 1915-07-23
AmuAemenfa.

Polfs-"The Miracle Man" 2:2o and $40 n m
Columbia-Motion pictures. 2 and 1oS D. m.
B. F.. Keith's-Vaudeville. 2l5 and s:I5 n m
Cosmos-Vaudevile. continuous - '
Garden-Photoplays II a m. to Ii D. m.
CrandAll's-Fhotoplays, II a. m. to II o. m.
Glen Echo Park-Open-air amusements, ali
day and evening.
Marshall Hali-outdoors attractions. ali o.
and evening.
The Washington times., 1915-07-23

Wall Streets interest in the Eu-
ropean war is purely neutral and 6
per cent.
The Washington times., 1915-07-23

Mexico's fire eaters have no cause
to complain of shortage of food.
The Washington times., 1915-07-23

Peace hath her victories as we'll
as war, but the war isn't very we'll.
The Washington times., 1915-07-23
Tomorrow.

Meeting, District Suffrage League Peoples
Forum. Market Square and Eighth street,
p. m.
Odd Fellows-Dr1ll and social, ,Patr,archs
Militant.
The Washington times., 1915-07-23
Feelings of Humanity.

We allow the shipment of arms in
this hideous business OF killing, yet
some of US boast of our feelings of "hu
manity." Ex-President Taft comes
forward with the claim that we
would inture ourselves in the event
that our nation Is dragged into a fu-
ture war. II we should now place an
embargo on arms. He speaks of our
danger should foreign nations refuse
to sell us arms in such an event.
How silly this assertion stands out
when we see our country turning out
at short notice enough war supplies
to thoroughly swamp the Atlantic
ship lines. We produce more arms
than France, England. and Russia
combined. We fully equip the armies
Of the allies. 1t u stated that with
The Washington times., 1915-07-23

out our arms the allies could not
expect to win! Does this show how
helpless we are in the matter OF
arms? Former President Taft Is
famous as joker: Is his assertion
quoted above merely another little
bit of fun? In view of the facts
given II seems so.
CHARLES A. GEHR1E.
South Orange. N. ].
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-11-02
GO TO SCHOOL DAY.

Last year Polk county inaugurated
the unique scheme of having $50
to School day." in which all OF the
parents in each district were urged
to attend school on this particular
day. The regular class work was
carried out on this day and no spec
ial programs were prepared for their
entertainment. The result of this was
that 1908 parents visited the schools
of the county on that day.
This year, Friday, November Il
has been designated as $50 to Schoo
Day" and we are again asking thai
every parent in the county, who car
possibly reach school on this day, dc
so, even if for few moments only
Al least long enough to show YOU
children that you are interested IL
their work, and stay longer is pos
sible.
The report of this $50 to Sehoo
Day" will be published in all of th'
papers the following week. The teach
ers of the county are striving 10
25OO on this day.
= H. c. SEYMOUR,
County School Superintendent
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-11-02
HOW LIVESTOCK PAYS.
Make More Grains and Grasses Into
Products Useful to Man.

The animals of the farm should be
regarded as living factories that are
continuously converting their feed IN
to products useful to man, says an
exchange. A fact of a great econom-
ie Importance is that large part OF
the food they consume is of such
character that humans cannot direct
ly utilize it themselves. Among the
products yielded by the farm animals
are not only articles of human diet,
such as meat, milk and eggs, but also
such materials as wool, mohair and
hides, which are needed for clothing
and other purposes. Another product
of greater aggregate money value
than any one of these is the wo.k
performed by horses and other draft
animals. Altogether, the farm ami
mails of the United States yield each
wear products worth over $5,OOO,OO0,
900. a sum nearly as great as the
value of all the crops annually har-
vested on our farms.
As the population of our country
becomes more dense. most naturally
and properly a small portion of the
crops raised will be fed to animal:
and a larger part consumed directly
BY humans. This change must come
with the increased demand for human
food. since even high-producing ami
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-11-02
sUMMoNs-CAsE NO. 472O.

In the Circuit Court OF the state
of Oregon for the County of Polk.
Harrison B. Riley and William c.
Niblack, Plaintiffs, VS.. Mary Augi,
Frank Laundry, and the unknown
heirs of Joseph Augi, deceased, and
each Of them; and also all persons or
parties unknown claiming any right,
title, estate, lien or interest IN the
real property described in the COM
plant herein, Defendants.
To Mary Augi, Frank Laundry, the
unknown heirs of Joseph Augi, de-
ceased, and also to all persons or
parties unknown claiming any right,
title, estate, lien or interest in and
to Lot 6, and Northwest quarter OF
the Southeast quarter and North
half of the Southwest quarter, Sec
ton four, Township seven South OF
Range eight West, Willamette Me-
ridian, Oregon.
In the name of the State of Oregon,
you are hereby required to appear and
answer the complaint filedl against
you in the above entitled suit within
six weeks from the date of the first
publication of this summons, to-wit,
on or before the 18th day of Novem-
ber, 1915.
And if you fail to appear and an
swer for want thereof, the plaintiffs
will apply to the above entitled court
for the relief prayed for in the com
plant herein, to-wit:
A decree adjudging that plaintiffs
are the owners in fee simple OF Lot
6. the Northwest quarter of the South
east quarter and the North half OF the
Southwest quarter of Section 4, Up. z,
S., R. s W., W. NJ, Oregon; that the
claims Of the defendants, or either
of them, of any right, title or interest
in or to said lands are void and OF
no effect, and that plaintiffs title
to said lands, and every part thereof
be forever quieted against the CLAIMS
of the defendants and all persons
claiming by, through or under them,
or either of them, and that defend
ants and all persons claiming by,
through or under them, and each OF
them. be forever barred, enjoined and
restrained from claiming or setting
up any right, title or interest to all
or any part of said land.
This summons is published by order
of the Honorable ]. B. Teal, County
Judge of the above-named County OF
Polk, duly made and entered the 4th
day of October, 1915. 80
Dated at Dallas, Oregon, this 4th
day of October, 1915.
A. c. SHAW,
Attorney for Plaintiffs, Sl9 Yeor
building, Portland, Oregon.
i First publication, October 9TH.
Last publication, November 10TH