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found or that some method is invented which will
make it possible to extract the gold from its ores
from placer deposits easier and at less expense
the supply of gold may suddenly increase so that
it will exceed the normal demand. The Immediate
effect would be depreciation of gold, and as all
other monetary values measured by the value
of gold their value would shrink in proportion.
But it is clear that a dollar which is worth less
than 100 cents will buy less than dollar OF full
value.
"If today you pay from 25 to 100 per cent
more for your food, your clothing and other COM
modities than YOU had to pay 10 or more years
ago, the overproduction of gold is one OF the
principal causes" explains a writer in Popular
Science Monthly.
"Of course, during the war other causes con.
trbuted to the higher cost of living; but the
upward tendency of the prices Of practically all
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-07-31

\ STRONOMERS of different countries have
~ more than once recorded blue moon. ms
remarkable phenomenon has been twice
observed, both in Italy and Austria, but only once
in England
blue sun has appeared once only and will
nrobablv never be seen again even to the end Of
existence. astronomers say. This occurred in
Aurust. 1888, at the Sunda States. The cause
was the eruption of large volcano. In the ter
ribe shock that followed, great range OF noun
tains was blown completely into the air. The
cavity left on the Sunda States after this eXpo-
sion was 1000 feet deep. Billions OF tons OF rock
d,s+ ard mud we're blown heavenwards for no
less than II miles.
It can be understood what the explosion was
like, when it is said that at Batavia, exactly 100
miles away the street lamps had to be lit al
though the time was not yet noon The sun up
to this time was completely obscured; but toward
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-07-31
How TOO MUCH GOLD Would Make EVERYBODY Very POOt

coined form emphasized the depreciation Of
metal and helped to boost the cost Of living
an the light of these considerations it
comes evident that the invention of a power:
dredge, which can dig up from $4,000 to 15,C
tons of gold bearing aluvia deposits day a
extract practically every ounce of the Yell
metal the gravel contains can scarcely be expect
to lower the high cost OF living. An inventi
of this kind makes it possible and profitable
work over gold-bearing deposits so poor in
that they could not be worked with profit by
other method of mining"
The writer describes such dredge which
built by N. cleveland and is in successful ope,
ton along the Yuba river, near Marysville, @
This dredge, together with the machinery
driving it and the apparatus for extracting
gold from the soil, is carried by barge 165 fl
long, GO feet wide and IL y feet deep. The emit
equipment weighs more than 1000 tons.
hundred manganese steel buckets, each holdi
16 cubic feet of earth gravel, are attached
an endless chain which runs over rollers at
top and bottom of the digging ladder, which
raised and lowered by means of suspension tack
The buckets have sharp cutting edges and
dig to depth of so feet under water. The bucl
chain is driven by electric motors. The dred
is kept at work day and night.
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commodities was strongly marked long before the
an the years Immediately preceding the war
improved methods of mining and the introduction
of the cyanide process of extraction caused an
increase in the production of the yellow metal
which led to its depreciation and the diminution
of its purchasing power, hence to an increase in
the cost of living.
ain 1880 the production of gold in the United
States represented value of S36,O0O,00O; in 1900
the output reached S79,17l,OOO, and IN 1918
s84,456,600.
"The value of the metal absorbed for coinage
nurnoses. which in 1850 was S31 1881 ,739, reaching
sG2'3oS.279 in 1880 and s99,272,943 in 1900,
dropped to $1O,o14,Ooo in 1918. This sudden
drop was due to the contraction Of our national
coinage by reason of war conditions Inc enor-
r,o,s eurnlus that thus remained in other than
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-07-31
By CHARLES LATHROP PACK
President American Forestry Association

A 100000, 900 banquet to alien enemies has
~ been given annually by the American pub
lie. These aliens were not invited here,
have performed no service, and yet have been fed
on the fat of the land, adding to the high cost Of
living. They have tremendous appetites
suming trees entire forests, garden crops and
fields of grain and cotton. These undesirable
citizens that have made America their adopted
home insects and plant diseases which have
been introduced from foreign countries. The re-
cent quarantine issued by the Secretary of Agri-
culture, restricting the importation of nursery
stock, assures that the reasonable activities
of these enemy aliens with appetites de luxe will
be curbed.
There's pest for every plant. It would re-
quire the lifetime Of ordinary man even to
pronounce the names which scientists have given
to the known species and every day sees new dis
coveres added to these lists. Some plants have
more than thousand insects and fungus diseases
which attack some portion of them, causing
death injury.
Comparatively recent experience with import.
ed pests has made it apparent that the bug is
blightier than the sword. The uncontrolled raw
ages of the late blight and rot of potatoes in 1918
responsible for the shortage in the potato
crop which sent prices soaring and brought the
humble spud into prominence hitherto unknown
Powdery scale and scurf are two other potato
diseases which have been brought in from abroad
More recently, the potato wart disease, estab-
lished in Pennsylvania from European importa-
tions, has given cause for alarm. The Hessian
fly introduced from Europe in Revolutionary
times, causes average annual loss to the wheas
crop Of $50,OOO0 600, and in some years the loss
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-07-31
BUGS BLIGHTIER
THAN THE SWORD

from this one insect has exceeded 500, 100000.
The loss of fruit due to the codling moth, to-
gether with the money spent in controlling this
insect costs the United States about $16,OoO0oc
a year. Another imported fruit insect the San
Jose scale, entails loss Of at least s10,000O0o
annually.
The tale of the gypsy moth illustrates what
happens when insect reaches the United
States from another country.
In this case an Investigator was experiment.
ing in Massachusetts, with two gypsy moths i'm
ported in connection with experiment in silk
culture Unfortunately the door of the cage was
accidentally opened and the insects escaped. The
investigator Immediately notified the authorities
of the danger but attention paid to the
warning A few years later the trees on a small
area were defoliated but still no concern was
manifested However, the next year the insects
became so numerous that large territory was
invaded by them and the authorities at last woke
up. A fight begun which has lasted for
years and today it has cost more than $15, 900 900
in cash for applying control measures, beside
many times this amount of property damage
Observe the classic example of the chestnut
blight. This is bark disease which was brought
to this country from the Orient on Japanese
chestnut nursery stock It was first found on
western Long island in 1904 and two years later
it had reached southwark to Philadelphia In 10
years it spread over half Of the chestnut area OF
the United States and at the present time it has
practically cxterminated the chestnut trees within
a 100-mile radius of New York and is rapidly &C.
complishing the complete ruin of our magnificent
chestnut forests of the South The loss caused
by this single imported pest is many million dol
lars and its ultimate end will be the extinction
of one of the most useful and most profitable
American forest trees. Only recently it was
found that similar disease attacking the pop
lars had been imported from the nurseries of
France and had spread over a wide area of the
United States.
Other dangerous pests introduced from abroad
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-07-31
A COMFORTABLE HOUSE for $1,000

built but the great cost of the casting forms
made the houses too expensive for persons OF
moderate means. How well known American
manufacturer worked out a plan to overcome
this difficulty is described in Popular Science
Monthly He selected a type of four-roc0,
house with basement, bathroom, and kitchen
as the most suitable, and had the forms for
casting it made in such way that they could
be used again and again. Even at the present
high cost of labor, these houses can be built
for $1,000 each.
After the ground has been carefully levelled,
side rails are staked the bottom and foot
inps. and the entire floor is then poured in one
piece Next, vertical corner posts extending to
the height of one story are set up on wedge
blocks, and are held true to the plumb by trusses
and bridging On this frame hung the
forms that mold the concrete of the outside and
inside walls the floors and roof construction, the
cornice, ETC. The ventilating and plumbing
pipes, electric conduts, the window-framcs, etc.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-07-31

are the oriental peach moth, the japanese beetle
the European earwig, the Leopard moth, the al
falfa weev, the European eelworm, and the Eu-
ropean corn borer. The latter is pest which
apparently brought to the United States in
a cargo of hemp unloaded at a rope factory near
Boston. 1t is exceedingly destructive to corn,
feeding by boring in the stalk. In its operation
it works upward, eating out chamber from the
pith. The developing also sometimes
followed out. AS high 90 per cent. of the
stalks in a cornfcld may be infested.
White pine blister rust is an instance. This
parasitic fungus is native to the old world, at
lacking the stone pine and other native five-eaved
pines of Europe When extensive interest in
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-07-31

w yHEN concrete came into general use for
M building purposes about twenty-five
w years ago, some speculative minds
thought they the solution Of the housing
problem
In manufacturing centres it is always diff
ficult to keep pace with the rapidly increasing
population by providing adequate housing fac!li-
ties for the workers and their families. IN
some of the older manufacturing towns you
may still find long rows Of small. dilapidated
frame cottages, and equally long rows of ugly,
soualid, and unhygienic tenement5.
Modern civilization however, is demanding
for it's vast army Of workers better, more n.y.
cienic conditions than those offered by misera-
able wooden shanties and Demonstrating ten
ements.
Why not build houses of concrete? The
material is cheap and obtainabe in abundance.
Several inventors, among them Thomas A. Ed
;son devised means for making houses Of
crete by casting them in piece. num-
Der of such monolithic concrete houses were
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-07-31
The LIVING MASK Is the NEWES'.
Style of
PORTRAIT

A NEW and startling de-
~ parturc in the art OF
portrait painting h a
been evolved by Nine. Ivy de
Verley (Mr5. Vosey Daver'
end). one Of London's bes:
known artists Nine. dc Yer
lev calls us new work "a liv-
ING mask and indeed it has
all the startling qualities of n
real mask.
This new method of bring
ing out facial characteristics
has met a great deal of favor
since it was first displayed by
the artist. Even in a studio
where there are any number
nf exceedingly attractive por-
trait paintings this living
mask immediately arrests til,
eve. 1t gives one the impress
sion that n face is peering
through dark curtains.
The mask that is pictured in
the accompanying illustration
was executed by Nine. de Yer.
lev in one sitting of four
hours. 1t is a mask or por-
trait of her husband, Capt.
Daverend, and is said to be one
of the best this artist has sc:
produced.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-07-31

and, therefore, the purchasing power of money.
1t is also easy to see that, just apples are less
valuable when there is an oversupply in the mar
ket, gold is less valuable at times when the
quantity produced is greatly increased
Gold is mined in many parts of the United
States, and the quantity of it available for COIN
age and other purposes is growing steadily. A
certain quantity of the precious metal is normally
absorbed in the arts and industries without caus-
ing marked disturbance of our monetary system,
which expands in harmony with the country's
steadily growing wealth. But supposng that a
new and prolific source of the yellow metal is
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-07-31

THE more gold there is in the country the
poorer all Does this sound startling
and unreasonable? 1t may be startling, but
it is perfectly reasonable when the why's and the
wherefores are known. Gold is the standard, the
yardstick, by which the value of things in the
United States-and in all countries that have
adopted the gold standards measured By it
the monetary value, purchasing power, Of the
dollar is measured.
1t is easy to understand, then, that anything
that lowers the intrinsic value Of the Standard
that shortens the yardstick-dmnishes the value
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-07-31

surgeon serving in the principal military hospi-
tai of Milan, Italy.
"In minor surgical operations" explains DR..
Sores "when special retractors not avail
able, ordinary hairpns may be utilized. Such
retractors are effective and economical and may
be used in many ways. They can be made self
retaining by placing weight on the end Gig. o
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-07-31
HAIRPINS Now Used in SURGERY

\ WOMAN can put hairpin to almost any
~ use, but it has remained for military
surgeon to apply this Bit of bent wire to
surgical operations in cases of emergency. Just
how "hairpin surgery" is accomplished is de.
scribed in the Journal of the American Medical
Association by DR.. Angelo L. Soresi, New York
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-07-31

Fig l-Ordinary Hairpin (a) Bent to Form; CD
a Blunt Retractor, and (c) a Hooked RetractOr:
Cd Hairpin Hold on Artery FOrceps; (e) Hairpin
Having Small Knobs at the End and Forming a
Blunt Pointed Retractor; (f) Points More Sepa-
rated to Form Wider Retractor; CD Self
Retaining Retractor; Oh, ID Hairpns Bent to
Follow Curve of Body
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-07-31
PHENOMENON of BLUE NOON

eunsot-thc sunset that only the tropics know
came the magnificent phenomenon known to as
tronomers as the Blue Sum- This was seen by
everyone within 80 OF 40 degrees OF the equator
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-27
NEWTON'S GRAVTAT|ON
THEORY IS ATTACKED
Italian Declares It Is Only Ap-
proximate Hypothesis and
Advances Reasons Why.

ROME, Sunday, October 2s.-New-
toms theory of gravitation has been
attacked by PEof. Maiorana, who,
speaking before a meeting OF promi-
ncnt scientists here today, declared
the results of experiments he had
performed upset the hitherto accept
ed laws of physics governing the
motions of celestial bodies. Newton's
theory, while hitherto considered alb
solute, is only an approximate -hy-
pothesis, according to Prof. Maiorana,
who supports this assertion by show
ing that a ball of lead floating in
mercury becomes slightly lighter.
. From this the professor deduces
four things:
First. that bodies have both a true
and an apparent mass, the true mass
of the sun being double the apparent
mass.
Second, that the stars attract other
bodies with forces entirely different
from those thus far admitted to exist.
Third, that the solar heat of stars
is generated by the force of gravita-
ton emanating from interior strata
from this he argues the solar sys-
tenn has. had an immensely longer
life than has been believed by scien-
lists up until the present.
tourth, that the evolution of the
world has been closely linked to the
phenomenon which he has discovered.
Prof Maiorana explains by this
means the fact that all stars are
more or less luminous. and claims
that his theory will bring about a
revolution in astro-physical science.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-27


class of 1915 of Yale. and served as
an ensign in the United States Navy
during the period Of the war. Miss
Let's made her debut in Washington
last winter, when her family resided
at 1923 18th street northwest during
the war, Mr.. Let's serving as a di-
rector Of the Red Cross at national
headquarters.
Miss Tyler Cooke Norman, daughter
OF MI. and Mrs. Stanton Norman, who
are at the Cairo. for the winter, has
returned to Washington, after having
been the guest of Miss Ann Pierce in
Christiansburg. Va, where she at
tended the opening hops at the v.
P. 1.
Mrs. S. c. StengeL wife of Lieut..
their young son. .Simson Carl Stengel,
jr., has arrived at Coronado, Calf, to
be near her husband, whose destroyer
is there for several months. While
in Washington she made her home
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. w.
Henderson.
Leaders of the Trinity Community
drive will hold a luncheon at the
New Willard on Thursday afternoon.
Covers will be laid for 100.
Kallipolis Grotto drill corps will
hold drill, to be followed by ball,
at the New Willard Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Lindren have re-
turned to their home in Washington
after spending the summer in Bar
Harbor.
Miss HAITI Robey Of Washington
is the guest of Miss Marie Cheatwood
Of Richmond. Va. Before returning
home. Miss Robey will visit Old Point
Comfort and Norfolk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-27
Deaths Reported.

The following deaths have been reported to
the health department in the last forty-eight
hours:
Mary Dieter, 35, Emergency Hospital.
Alice q. Gosman, rs, 1403 9Th street.
Martha Hayman, 50, 1879 It'll street.
Harry 3. Carter, Al. George Washington Uni
Joseph F. Kelly. 20. 122 Raleigh street
southeast
Manetta White. So. 1922 18th street.
Israel w: Waterman %. United States Sol
Jessie Young, 81, Tuberculosis Hospital.
Lucy Robinson, 10, 423 v street.
Viola Newly. 2, 126 NJ street southwest.
Samuel LAferty, Y. 70 n street.
Katherine q. Bond. 81. 1874 street north
east.
Jacob Z. Devine. go, Garfield Hospital.
+ Lucte Carter. 66. 1855 street southwest.
Bolton A. Cafew, 40, TAT Harvard street.
william Johnson. 81, United States Soldiers
Home Hospital.
pital.
wilton N. Jones, months, 2sfS street,
Alice 9. Payne. So, 1907 3rd street south.
Louis 9. Mccall. 81. 1923 Browning street,
Deanwood.
Richard W. Knight, A.. 1926 18th street
Bstelle Brooks. 33. 624 Delaware, avenue
southwest. :.
Mary webster. 80. Emergency Hospital.
Infant Of William f. and Lucy Scott. 1 day,
914 Blagdcns court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-27
Births Reported.

The following births have been reported to
the health department in the last forty -eighi
hours:
Oliver W. and Bessie Youngblood, boy.
Roger C. and Ruth A. White. girl.
George W. and Mignon Summers, boy.
Samuel f. and Helen Smith. girl.
William w. and Ruth Shumaker, girl.
Thomas F. and Margaret NJ. Peterson. boy
George A. and Margsrst Peter, girl,
sfmsr e. 'a and Esns ssnes sa
George +. and Mable M. Hirchman. girl.
Mark and Edith H; DeGrange, girl.
Joseph N. and Mary y. Follin, girl.
Hugh v. and Carrie NJ. Frances, girl.
Edwin D. and Cora NJ. Brown. boy.
Edward n. and Carrie Jones, boy.
John and Mary Green. girl.
Charles D. and Emily NJ. Anderson. girl.
Lewis NJ. and Gladys NJ. Anderson. boy.
Merrill x. and Pauline Hedding. boy.
Francis q. and Dorothy L. Goodwin, boy.
Frederick G. and Zellah q. Sinclair, boy.
J. ROLAND and Nellie NJ. Sherman. girl.
Norman L. and Elizabeth n. Nichols, girl.
Chester n. and Grace +. Atwood. boy.
Harps and an Msffaef5 boy
Fred P. and Frederick Haas. boy.
Howard W. and Eunice 4. Wade, boy.
Jerry B. and challiss R. Foster. girl.
John 8. and Margaret v. Goodman, boy.
Ernest and Jennie Drummer, boy.
Joel F. and Marie r. Thompson, boy.
Thomas s. and Blanche NJ. Kennedy, girl.
Frederick and Josephine Neam, girl.
Emmett 3. and Emma T. Mccarthy, girl.
Albert F. and Elsie A. Saul, girl.
Harvey o. and Eleanor N. Wilson, boy.
George and Lula Ellerbrook, girl.
William NJ. and Edith L. Darling, boy.
Alya and Beril Snyder, boy.
William q. and Annie ". O'Connor. boy.
James b. and Blanch N. Wilson. boy.
Jerome B. and Euah O. Hartnett, boy.
Richard B. and Annie r. Carver, boy.
Edwin s. and Genevieve B. Billhimer, boy.
Louis and Ellen Kavakos, girl.
Lewis d. and Rhua J. Rose, boy.
william L. and Chlora d. Carricofe, girl.
Pietro and Marie Di Gennaro, boy.
Frank and Rose Rapisardi, boy.
Charles r. and Esther NJ. Drew. girl.
Henry and Marie McJordan, girl.
Joseph and Estelle Crawford girl.
Reuben and. Pauline Scarborough, girl.
Charles L. and Annie W. Jones, girl. ;
Roger G. and Carrie Thurston, boy.
Adolphus and Sadie L. Conner, girl.
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U. S. FLEET ON WAY HOME.
Leaves Lisbon-Will Touch at
Azores and Bermudas.

LISBON, Portugal. October 27.-The
American feet of twenty-four ves-
sells which has been visiting Lisbon
left the Tagus yesterday with the
homeward- bound pennant flying. as
the fleet will touch only at the Azores
and Bedmudas en- route.
Numerous festivities enlivened tire
stay of the fleet here. One of the
functions was dinner and garden
party at the American legation. Min
lister Birch also took a party COM
prising the naval attache at Madrid
and Lisbon, and the commanders of
the vessels in the fleet, on a coach
ing trip about the suburbs.
The jackies enjoyed themselves in
sightseeing-their first holiday in
eighteen months. they said. The
balmy air of this more souther3T
CLINE appealed greatly to them, u
one of the men said, after the NORTH
sea, where we helped to lay the first
mines and swept I'D the last"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-27
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have been issued to the fol-
lowing:
Wesley Lee Mann Of Manistie; Mich, and
Marie G. Mailman Of this city.
John T. Hogan and Garlic ]. Fuqua, both Of
Lynchburg, Va.
Taylor o. Lucas and Esther Ransome. both
of Fredericksburg, Va.
Aubrey NJ. Hawkins and Matte Hudson,
both Of Accotink, Va.
Robert s. Bradford and Mable Bowman.
Vannie Stewart and Katie Thomas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-27
PRESIDENTS PROGRESS
RATED SATISFACTORY

1.-THE Presidents progress continues,
as during the past few days. salts
faotorily," said bulletin today by
his physicians.
The President was expected to
transact some official business to-
day. He had long talk with DR..
Grayson concerning executive mat
tiers. and insisted that he be permitted
to see Secretary Tumulty. DR.. Gray
son said he did not know whether Mr..
Tumulty would place the prohibition
enforcement bill before the President
today