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The Washington herald., 1922-06-22
Medical Opportunity.

N R. MAURICE c. HALL, Washington man,
- has discovered probable for hook
worm-one of the worst epidemics which afflicts
the human in the United States.
If the remedy proves practical, DR.. Hall has
achieved of lasting benefit to his country than
any general who great battle or any
statesman who ever negotiated great treaty.
The end of the hookworm scourge would be at
noticeable in dollars and cents, better houses
better clothes better food and happier people 1t
would increase the productivity of the United
States.
The Department of Agriculture, in announcing
the discovery, mentions an interesting point. One
of the most important experiments in connection
with the new remedy conducted prisoner
in the death cell of Ceylon Jail few days before
his execution. The given an exceptionally
heavy dose of the chemical and it found, after
his death. that he had been entirely cured Before
the remedy administered nobody was certain
that it would not kill the subject.
Why should not all prisoners condemned to
die be subjected to medical experiments? One of
the chief objections to capital punishment is that
it constitutes economic waste. human life
is wiped out and a human life is of considerable
value to the country. But here is where
something OF practical importance is obtained from
the execution.
few weeks ago prisoner in the death house
at Sing Sing volunteered for operation by which
of the glands transferred from his body
that of another prisoner. The recipient of the
gland, according to newspaper reports became a
changed and negotiations for his pardon
arc under way with every prospect that he will
make a useful citizen. Is not this far better than
to have allowed the condemned man to go to the
electric chair without making any worthwhile pay
ment to society for the crime he had committed.
In most cases prisoners themselves would
sent to any sort of an operation. They might even
be offered chance for life if they recovered after
the doctors through with them. In any case
such operations would constitute a painless and
humane method of execution
Take this Ceylon mountaneer for example
He had taken two human lives But by
offering his body for experimentation he probably
has been instrumental in saving hundreds.
Sentimentalty, perhaps, will stand in the way
of wholesale Of condemned prisoners for med
cal and surgical experiments. But sentimentality
has no place where the welfare of the is
cerned.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-22

OILY little superstitons create concern in
~ high quarters. The latest news is that
European statesmen gathered at The Hague are
the conference committees. Very trivial, it seems.
"In keeping" many Americans will say with the
mentality of the politicians of Europe who have
come wrecking the world with their blum
dering"
just how did the number "a" acquire its un-
lucky significance Ages ago. perhaps, from some
practical joker. Or it may have been one of the
devices of medieval magicians to keep the popu-
lace in their power. Mark Twain wrote more truth
than poetry when he described the activities Of
King Arthur's Merlin. For centuries poor old
Merlin has lived among the good magicians. But
the shadow he cast before him is powerful still
at The Hague and in the best of Washington
society
There seems to be revival of superstition in
the Capital which grows stronger day by day. The
most practical Washingtonian should pause before
he discounts the ability of The Hague conclave
too much because they show themselves so human
to fear 49," Is not he also afraid? Not one
man in fifty stand up in Sunday school and
deny that he is, at the least, bit uneasy when
"I3" comes into his affairs
That is harmless little superstition. Others,
with tendency to be baneful are noticeable in
Washington
For instance, there is the old chain letter prop
osition. A business man gets episte filled with
nonsense and concluding with the statement that
some evil will befa him If he does not make nine
ten copies and send them to his friends with
the instructions. These chain letters have
been received in hundreds of Washington homes
within the past few weeks it is reported. And
comparatively few fail to heed the warning, ridicu-
lous it is. Why not? Ask the postoffce depart
who handle all these letters at additional
expense to the government.
In the best of society crystal gazing again is
popular, close observers of local report
Fortune tellers doing a thriving business-and
their clients not all high school girls who have
yet meet their first lovers and wonder what they
will look like. Reputable business sometimes
consult gypsy montebanks. it reported, and wives
and mothers who should know better, place implicit
confidence in the predictions OF such people.
That nothing ever happens makes differ
ence. When person is superstitious, happenings
will be found to suit the case-and be unto
him who laughs.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-22

AOST FIRST FIND DEBTOR-
b the Friend the People:
WIN you kindly tell me what stems 10 take
70 collect debt OF one years standing. A young
maj. borrowed sias from promising TO pay
nothing from h H ais. ooS es from s ossa
women in my Office and they have suffered the
III and in need Of this money He has position s re
where he rssidss How can learn his address OF
Could a lawyer collect IL for me? 1 wrote 70 his
father in North Carolina. but he has Ignored H.
debts and the other women have %ritten him Sin
knew where he Is employed could. perhaps.
tax tax MS salary he has been seen In hotels spend
could not stay in washinston otherwise. 4 shall
greatly appreciate any Information you can give
me z. D.
OF course there is no way in which we could
Government Department Information Bureau you
could md him he Is in the employ of the govern
may be able to locate him. Civil action against
him would be futile unless the attorney who
the defendants whereabouts. for without this
Information service Of process could be had
y Sp9n should % As to ths ss @
Police Court who will issue a warrant for the
arrest II sufficient showing Is made to satisfy
him that the money was obtained by false-pretense.
POSTAGE TO alaska.
% Of People:
Please tell how to address letter
reach the governor of Alaska. also how much post
age Is required? ID. W.
Scott C Bone. governor OF Alaska, Juneau.
Alaska The postage is two cents
ESPRIT DE CORPS EXPLAINED
To the Friend People:
What is the exact meaning of esprit de corps7
The phrase is French and means the animating
spirit of collective body.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-22
Cheers for Wilson.
To the Editor The Washington Herald:

To the Editor The Washington Herald
While on my way to New York
recently ! read an article in the
Open Court letters criticizing most
bitterly the government employees
for taking part in an ovation to
the man who stood for the same
principles which they believe in and
who rs now broken in health from
the trials and fortunes which the
Republican party subjected him
even while he was unable to lift his
hand. and which originated solely
from jealousy. They were fully
aware that no other President had
ever been obliged to face a similar
situation. But jealousy knows no
compassion.
l believe the gentleman said they
were indebted to Mr.. Harding for
their positions, which proved his
narrow viewpoint. The little JOY
they have in showing their former
leader that they still believe in him
is crude compared with the bit ,r
enmity expressed by men in the
Republican party during our forme
leaders administration. Men who
were so old and decrepit that they
could not walk to and from their
work, and who could not dress
themselves without the assistance
of their families. and who were
obviously retained out of compass
sion.
MARGUERITE DE vALoIS.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-22
EMPLOYEES BONUS
CUT is CONDEMNED

Resolutions condemning the cut in
the proposed bonus for government
employees from s24o to $50 were
unanimously adopted by the LIONS
Club at a luncheon at the Willard
Hotel yesterday.
F. X. wholiey OF the Better Bust
ness Bureau made brief talk in
which he emphasized the necessity
for truthful advertising and urged the
utter elimination OF exAggeration. IN
the advertising OF wares. He also
gave an account Of the work OF the
Better Business Bureau and asked
cooperation of all citizens.
A ladi up" esthepsofcWJZ
A ladies' putting" tournament viii
be given under the clubs auspices at
the Columbia Country Club Saturday.
Roger ]. whiteford, vice president,
presided in the absence OF the presi-
dent, Caleb O'Connor.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-22
BUILDING PERMITS
SET NEW RECORD

Another record was shattered yes
terday when the building inspectors
ONCE OF the District government is
sued seventy three permits for build
ing and repairs. The previous record
was sixty-three.
District officials expressed pleasure
when informed that the request for a
$4,000 deficiency appropriation TO
continue emergency building inspect
ors was favorably received by the
House
Included in the items yesterday is
three-story brick lodge building at
Rhode Island and Mills avenues
northeast to cost $4,000 for East
Gate Lodge. No. 81. +. A. A NJ.
Eleven dwellings to cost $4,000.
three to cost $4,000 and a six-story
apartment house TO cost $4,000 are
also listed.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-22


To the Friend Of Peoples
II "A" owns an automobile and his son. who
Is minor. Is de.ving the car and has an accident
runs down q pedestrian on one Of the streets >of
case a suit for damage 10 brought against which
one. father or son. should the suit be brought
The rule Is that father is not responsible
considered the agent OF the parent in the absence
Of express authority TO act on the parents behalf
Of legal negiisence neither the father or the son
could be held liable In quit at law
SECURE POLICE PERMIT.
To the Friend Of People:
In a trip On foot between Washington and
Gsnsd woud b srS to IN on
in plain view considered concealed weapon?
II It would be against the law to carry a gun
FOR one to get a permit allowing him to carry IT.
The States passed through would be Maryland,
pennsylvania. New Jersey and A New 4 nEsnpp
revolver on ones person fhe police authorities
tiay in their discretion grant a permit
who is able to show good cause for obtaining
such permit.
MEANING OF STATE NAMES.
To the Friend People:
ciated: What is the origin and meaning of these
Z two State names: Missouri and Florida
Missouri is Of Indian origin and means muddy"
Florida named by Ponce de Leon, who dis
covered It in 1912. on Easter Day the Spanish
CHILD LABOR IN BALTIMORE.
To the Friend of the People:
How many eh.ldrsn were s% %Pss n the
total of 2I6o children were employed in
Baltimore in 1919.
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Power of President.
the Editor The Washington Herald:

To the Editor The washington Herald:
Too much president in America
one day is going to be like too
much Saesar in Rome. The Fathers
gave us a constitution as a bylaws
by which the government they es-
tablished was to function. And all
legislation belonged exclusively to
Congress. But the political his
tory of the country shows con-
clusively that the executive is de-
veloping a power far superior to
the legislative power.
The presidency has grown to an
over-mastering influence, which the
legislative has steadily lost its in
tended power, and is subservient to
the will of the executive. The Pres
ident can procure the enactment he
desires and prevent those he does
not want from becoming law. Not
only by veto but by threat of veto
OPPOSITION and influence. The States
are losing their rightful jurisdic-
ton and influence, in the govern
ment of the nation. And unless
the peoples attention is called to
this menacing state OF affairs the
States are going to ind themselves
shorn of representative power and
The Washington herald., 1922-06-22
TEXAS FIRM GETS
NAVAL CONTRACT

The Texas Company. producers OF
TeEaco petroleum products. has Just
been awarded by the Navy Depart
me 1t the contract for furnishing mo-
tor and aviation gasoline to the
United States Navy for all naval ves-
sells and navy yards at all points
along the Atlantic and Gulf Coast
seaboard, from Maine TO Texas. The
contract is such that intricate and
varied deliveries are required. includ-
ing harbor barge. tank car, tank
wagon. drums. cans and cases.
The ports of delivery include Port
land. Boston, Providence, New York,
Charleston, Savannah, Jacksonville.
New Orleans, and many others. The
Texas Company's great facilities for
distribution make it possible for it
TO comply with the navy,s require
ments for delivery.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-22
TESTS OF OLD AMERICANS
DEFINE TRUE AMERICAN TYPE.

To determine whether there is in
this country an approach to an
American type Of man and woman.
the Smithsonian Institution, with
DR.. Ales Hrdlicka, curator of the
Division of Physical Anthropology
in the United States National
Museum, in charge. has been carry
ing on an extensive investigation,
which has covered eight years, of
the physical and physiological fea-
lures of the oldest and most Amer
lean element in the population OF
this country. DR.. Hrdlicka made
the first announcement of this fun
damental study in a paper given
before the Second International
Congress of Eugenics at the Amer
lean Museum of Natural History at
New York.
There is no American type of
either man or woman as yet; yet
there is an approach to such type
In physiognomy, stature, build,
pigmentation and in other direc-
tions," DR.. Hrdlicka said. "Heredity
is still most in evidence. but is no
longer absolute. The old Ameri-
cans are to an important degree
still the English, Scotch, or Dutch
OF their ancestry, but in part they
are already something new, COM
mon, acquired in this land; they are
American. Were it possible for this
stock to breed exclusively among
themselves for several more GEN.
turtles they, according to all indi-
cations, would produce as distinct
a national type as have the various
older European nations. But in
termarriage with more recent ele-
mcnts of the population is so COM
mon that no hope can be enter
tanned for any rapid progress in
this direction. Form of head, that
was supposed once to show rapid
changes. was found, under the new
environment, to be one of the most
persistent of characters.
Another prevalent notion that
finds no support in the results Of
these Investigations, is that of any
Physical difference between the old
Americans of the Northeast. the
Yankees, and those of the South +;
there is no difference of any i'm
portance. The people of the South
are not darker. the Yankees are not
taller. The only regional differences
In the old American stock are such
as are due to different ancestry
English, Scotch, Huguenot. etc.,
But the whole strain shows a plain
tendency towards darkening of
hair and diminution of blondness.
The main characteristics of the
old Americans are. first of all, a
tall stature. They are, IL we dis
regard a few small groups, the
tellest of whites, averaging IT.
in. in the men and IT. 4 in in
the women. This superiority is in
part distinctly American acqui-
sition.'
They are mostly relatively
spare In early adult life, with
rather a tendency to overweight
later on. In this connection there
appears one serious feature-many
Of the younger women are behind
their due standard. Their chest,
their muscles, are relatively not as
we'll developed as are those of tht
men. The men, in the average, ar,
In every way a fine lot. The non
working women, many of them. ar,
physically somewhat neglected
The Washington herald., 1922-06-22
THURSDAY, JUNE ~. 1927.
RADIO ON TRAINS TO
FOLLOW AUTOMATIC CONTROL


FOLLOW AUTOMATIC C0NTRoLs
Will the next step in safety
first" railroading be routine radio
communication between train and
dispatchers? This is the question
that is being asked here by those
who see the future significance of
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion's final orders to forty mine rail-
roads to establish automatic train
control devices on their lines be-
fore January 1. 1925.
The first trains ran wild" with
no other control than that of the
engineman. When two trains used
the same track in opposite direc-
tons, the first control was through
synchronized watches. Watch fall
ure. or an engineers Impotence.
often resulted in a head-on col
lision. Then came the telegraph,
and the red light, and it's resulting
Intermittent communication be-
tween dispatcher and engineer. AS
the air brake was perfected and
speeds and weights increased, the
block signal system, and later the
automatic interlocking signal sys-
tenn. came into being and use, ex-
tending the intercommunication be-
tween dispatcher and train. Now
comes the automatic train control,
to insure that engineers will do
with their trains what the signals
say they must do. Yet, with the
best of signal systems and the most
reliable of automatic control. the
fact remains that fallible human
being Is propelling a many ton
missile at tremendous speed ana
power across country. with only in
termittent communication with
those who might warn him OF
danger or tell him why he should
| stop.
Radio telephones would keep en-:
gineers and conductors in contln-
uous touch with all stations on the
right of way. Its installation by
legal enactment is believed by many
! TO be as inevitable as was that or
the air brake, the block signal and
now the automatic train control.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-22
3I5 ORGANIZATIONS
INTERNATIONAL IN SCOPE.

Religions, lawn-tennis. Chronology.
the weather, medicine. international
language, and many other activities,
movements and sciences are being
furthered by international organiza-
tons of some sort. A handbook of
international organizations has
just been issued by the league OF
nations at Geneva. Some 315 as
sociations. bureaus and commissions
are included. with a short summary
of their objects.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-22

influence with a dictator at the
head of the nation with the army
and navy st his disposal What
better chance would a double Of
Caesar or Napoleon want. every
thing at hand and in order to set
up shop. Man could not be asked.
We are treading on dangerous
ground, and we shall call a halt
and take stock; we cannot allow
any man to absorb any more power
than held today by the national ex-
ecutive. That great power carries
entirely too much power for one
man to be trusted with be he who
he may. and then, with his own
hand-picked Cabinet. confirmed and
Installed by an overwhelmed SEN
ate, makes a rather shay picture.
FOREWORD.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-22

depend upon the much despised bar
barian for her very existence"
The Senator presented statistics,
compiled by the Federal Census Blu
reau. showing there were ll2,03e
divorces granted in the United
States In 1916.
Even pagan Japan has yielded TO
the Christian United States of
America" he asserted. Excluding
from these figures Roman Catholics,
who are not permitted to be d.
vorced. the rate is 136 divorces to
each 100000 population. AS a mat
ter Of fact, II has beer said that the
United States has granted twice as
many divorces during the last thir-
ty-nve years as all the rest of
Christendon comb ned"
Marriage and divorce laws, Sem
ator Ransdeil coItended. are framed
according to the within OF the legis-
iators Of each individual state"
The Washington herald., 1922-06-22

will out, but some of its votaries
have weakened in their search.
Lord Kelvin. who had no peer as
an analytical and construction in
vestigation into almost every branch
Of science during his forty years of
active work, testified. that no fact
established by science discredited the
Bible. II would therefore appear
that. either whatever OF truth is en-
bodied IN the doctrines Of evolution.
does not discredit the Bible. or. that
Lord Kelvin's name stands not in
that. hall of fame where Mr. Stark
finds those countless 90 men and
women who have given their lives
for the benefit OF science that we
might know the truth" Again: Hux-
ley. at the last laments, life is not
explained" and Herbert Spencer de-
clared as his latest opinion that life
Is incomprehensible"
W. B. CLIvES.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-22

which calls for an improvement
Naturally this does not apply to
the farm girl or the athletic girl
or the one whose development has
been supervised and assisted In a
high-class college; but there is
large proportion who do not fall
into these classes. and II is these
who show sub-development.
But the American woman shows
superior head. The size of her
head Is somewhat above what II
usually is in relation to the aver
age head of the male, and II is also
perceptibly above that indicated by
her stature. AS the size of the
head means a corresponding size of
brain. we have here a highly favor
able condition.
The form of the head in the
cid American stock differs widely.
according to parentage.
"A much greater progress In
Anne RIGA animation is Shown by the
face This has lost the prominence
Of the cheek bones and that of the
angles of the lower jaw: and in
the well nourished approaches a
Characteristic straight-sided, rather
high oval
The nose is variable, with ten
dency to convex (aquiline) in
males, and concave-convex in fe-
males. The hands. feet mouth,
ears are not large, but also not
small.
only healthy men and women
between twenty-four and sixty-five
years of life and at least three
generations American born on each
parental side were included in the
study. and the majority of the sub
jects were examined under stan
dardized conditions and with best
Instruments as well as care at the
United States National Museum"
DIR. Hrdlicka explained. They in
Guided unsolicited individuals from
all walks of life and all occupa-
lions. The length of the study was
caused by the unexpected rarity
of those who could fill the require
ments. The total studies extended
t. 100 persons, but to obtain so
many 1t was found necessary to
maks trips to parts of New Eng
land as well as southwark. par
ticularly interesting group was OBJ
tanned among the mountaineers of
Tennessee and neighboring regions"
The temperature, pulse. and res
riration standards of these old
Americans were determined and
will undoubtedly furnish a stan
| dard figure for use of physicians
and anthropologists. The mean
temperature. taken at rest, Sitting
with thermometer under the tongue.
in the males is sS.6, In the females
9S.S: mean pulse, under same con-
| ditions, is in males II. in females
rs per minute: respiration is In
males Ill. In females 1872 per
minute.
Magnesium alleged with alum.
mum and other non-ferrous metals
produces a series of metals whose
extreme lightness and high strength
are inestimab,y valuable to the
builder of airplanes and ships
Properly alleged, these metals are
not fiammable
A University of Washington
student claims to have found in a
fungus new fadeless green dye
which withstands some chemical
tests that no other known dyes can
meet.
Roads built so as to interiors
with proper drainage create breed
ing places for malaria carrying
MOSQUITOES, says U. S. Public Health
Service.
The Bureau OF lines Is testing
he efficacy of dust from Alabama
AXE graphite for preventing the
formation of scale in boilers.
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The Washington herald., 1922-06-22
Truth of Evolution?

To the Editor, The Washington Herald:
Under the heading Truth Of Evolu-
ton" in your issue of June IL. Mr.
Lawrence Stark continues the subject
OF The Bible VS.. Evolution. but
swamps it in a maze OF irrelevant
words from which venture to rescue
this. I'VE talk so much about truth
and at the same time scoff at It."
I'VE" meaning presumably. we evolu-
tionists.
II there is truth In evolution II
The Washington herald., 1922-06-22
Who Is Degman?

To the Editor The Washington Herald:
Am getting much entertainment
from your open Court" page, and
think it a very clever section of the
paper (perhaps because 1 write for
IL sometimes myself. Am es-
pecially interested in the mysterious
Mr.. Degman. of daylight shaving
lame. In what class is he? OF
those who are born great. achieve
greatness. or have greatness thrust
upon them
/ note that he is generally sus-
pected Of being an elderly gentle
man with a preference for evening
slumber. However. I know Of a
young Mr.. Degman who is a base
ball player. Can he be one Of those
who. for purposes Of afternoon
sport, have disarranged the business
Of the entire city?
II. L. BURKE.