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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-07-26
Low Birth Rate
Alarms Britain
Control Agitation, Taxes and
Landlords Boycott
Blamed.

Some English newspapers are seri-
ously alarmed over the announcement
Of the birth rate in England and Wales
for 1922, the lowest on record, with the
exception of war years. Only 20.6 babies
were born in every 1000 population.
Birth control excessive taxation and
the boycott of children by landlords
these are some Of the reasons given.
An eminent London physician says the
State must arrest the spread of birth
control if the fate of the Roman empire
is not to overtake Great Britain, adding.
Disaster to the nation" will follow the
indiscriminate advocacy and practice Of
birth control among the professional
and middle classes. 1T is becoming ale
most impossible to the average woman
of the middle class to have children"
he declares. "All the social forces are
against her, heavy taxation and the
servant problem being only two exam
pies"
Some newspapers, however, like the
Westminster Gazette, see in the low
birth rate an antidote for the NAL
thusian law. They advocate control of
the growing population to prevent the
British Islands being overpopulated and
to permit production TO keep pace with
consumption.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-07-26

The tract they sought to develop was
outside of Cleveland. Possible pur-
chasers were loath to travel SO far in
wagons and the like. There was no
railroad to the place. The Van Swer-
ingens built a railroad to it. "
The section of Cleveland which
aroused the interest of the brothers
was originally occupied by members of
the Shaker sect With some little
backing they secured options on some
1000 acres in this district and made
representations to the Cleveland Rail
way Company for the extension of
the company's tracks to this section.
Failing to interest the company in the
possibilities of this section the brothers
on their own initiative laid new track
and entered an agreement to pay the
railroad company until the latter
could operate the extension at profit.
The increased interest in the enter
prise of the brothers enabled them
to form syndicates for the disposal of
the acreage which had been taken
up for development. The continued
growth of the section made necessary
further development of transportation
facilities. The brothers seized upon
the peculiar course of the Nickel Plate
in it's entrance to Cleveland as a
means to this end.
In 1916 they purchased the road
from the New York Central for con-
sideration of $500, 900. Early in 1922
they added to their string control of
the Clover Leaf, followed a few months
later by acquisition of the Lake Erie
and Western.
All this had been accomplished
without recourse to Wall Street, al
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-07-26

At last the situation became serious.
One morning the boss stopped at Bits
desk and, ominously clearing his throat,
asked Bill if it would be more conven-
lent for him if the office opened at 80
instead of 9. He then mumbled some
thing about there being plenty of I'M
employed young men who knew the
value of punctuality but Bill was so
f1ustered he didn't catch it ALL
That night Bill sought out a cure.
The scheme, besides being highly effect
i've, has the additional attraction Of
possessing some of the uncertainties Of
a game of chance.
Just before retiring Bill places his
watch in the bureau drawer and locks
the drawer. He then losses the key
under the bed. Next he winds the clock
and sets the alarm for Z 40. After he
extinguishes the light he picks UP the
clock and gives the hands, a sharp
twist, sending them forward.
When>he muffies the alarm next morn
ing the clock says Z 40. But Bill knows
the clock is fibbing. So under the bed
he crawls. When he has found the key
and learned the correct time, Bills eyes
are wide open and he has no desire to
return to bed.
Moreover he doesn't have to hustle.
The difference between clock time and
watch time, he has found, gives him
from IL to % minutes leeway.
IT, :
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-07-26

with the Nickel Plate or the individual
efforts of the proposed directors%
( More particularly the individual
efforts"
BY way of explanation the Van
Sweringens were making their prelimi-
nary move to the actual absorption Of
the Chesapeake and Ohio system. Al
ready they controlled the New York,
Chicago and ST. Louis (popularly
known as the Nickel Plate), the To-
ledo, Northwestern and Western and
the Lake Erie and Western. Acquisi-
ton of the Chesapeake and Ohio gives
them a road to the coal mines that
feed the three roads mentioned just a
moment ago.
So that, you'll probably agree, is
quite a journey these two brothers,
who are just little more than 40,
have made since the days when they
sold newspapers in Cleveland. Much
has been printed about their launch
ing forth into larger things. They
went into real estate development.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-07-26

Little Queen Ankh-N es-Pa-Aten ''.Vitn
the Mona Lisa SMILE" as the arcnaeolo-
gists say who are grubbing in the Valley
of the Tombs of the Kings Of Egypt
dainty piece of royalty with the curled
ans-Mediterranean lips and the Anna
Held eyes, didn't we see you in the sub
way this morning?
Surely it was Your Majesty's very
self, as graceful and voluptuous, with
just the right touch of arrogance, as
when King Tutankhamen died and left
you a widow of seventeen summers.
You're living in The Bronx now, n'est-ce
pas? Tapping the keys Of a type
writer in = promoters office downtown?
Mar your expression a trifle by chewing
gum? Just as fond of cosmetics as
ever? Hope you're enjoying New York
as much as you did Thebes, Queen.
In an avenue Of the busts of Roman
Emperors in the British Museum
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-07-26
Girlish Beauty Same After 5000 Years

might supply many piquant answer to
the poet Villon's troubled questionings:
Tell me now in what hidden way is
Lady Flora the lovely Roman?
Where's Hipparchia, and where is ThaisS
Neither Of them the fairer woman?
Where is Echo, beheld of no man,
Only heard on river and mere
She whose beauty was more than human
But where are the SHOWS OF yestervyear?
Lady Flora may be chanting Number,
please" and juggling pegs in a switch
board Hipparchia may have box at
the opera, and That's may be perfect
36 in the SWEETEST cloak department on
"the Avenue"
just Like TO-day's Beauties.
According to the Pythagoreans, we
reap from one life to another the conse-
quences of our acts in previous lives,
always progressing, more or less pain
fully, even when we seem to me retro--
crossing, toward perfect balancing Of
wisdom, power and love, which spells
perfection. And so if slender Queen
Anl1h-N es-Pa-At was too naughty for
the health Of her soul, or if she failed in
kindness toward her share of the $4,000
slaves of Thebes, she might be expected
in this life to get a wholesome taste OF
oppression from tryants Of the janitor
and floor walker type.
The gossips thronging the Valley OF
the Tombs of the Kings presume that
the girl queens bust was placed in the
tomb of her husband to delight his soul
on it's journey. Their description Of her
features, with her large and prominent
eyes, her full lips and her rounded
checks, might fit many a girlish face Of
Oriental beauty in cosmopolitan New
York.
Nay never ask this week, fair lord,
Where they are gone nor yet this year,
Except with this for an overword-
But where are the SHOWS of yester-year?
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-07-26
Has a New Thermometer
And an Exact Barometer

dull electric bulb throws down the
that the wonder man has installed the
wireless equipment which does so
much of his early morning domestic
work.
81 rise every morning sharp at
SEVEN" said the doctor, land never
miss because 1 have the best time
piece one could imagine and that time
piece is the Eiffel Tower. Every
morning the tower sends out the time
at seven. BY means of a special con-
trivance all my own and about which
L cannot yet say much L capture"
the wave length as sent out from the
tower at seven and by special con-
nectiOns direct it to my clock, which
Immediately, begins to ring. This
wakes me.
after that experiment had proved
successful I set out to find to what
other purposes / could apply wireless
wave lengths. 1 had to make sure
that the short wave length sent out
at that time in the morning could be
so connected with other apparatus of
mine to be of use. 1 therefore con-
structed a, small circular box with
electrical appliances inside it to hold
the wave length. now have several
of these boxes"
After having proved to the reporter
that the alarm clock effectively
worked without any interference on
his part Franchette then pointed to
the window curtains and remarked
that at a given moment there would
be a "click" while the alarm bell rang.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-07-26
Glow Smart ?"
: Stunps Office
QUESTIONABLE Called Childish
at First Glance, Permits Few
Perfect Scores in Answers.

Mrs. Whit ran across pam
phlet called "How Smart Are Your
in department store and, being al
inquisitive person, she bought it am
showed it to her husband 1t wa,
prepared by Max Watson, whc
styles himself Vocational Adviser
He says that the tests are valuabl
in learning the mental capacity
the person you contemplate marry
ing or hiring or accepting as bus
mess partner.
There are several tests designed {
determine the mental acutehess Of
person and one set of questions g.vini
what the author calls general informa
ton test. These interested Mr.. Whit.
The first question was: What is tn
largest river in the United Staes?
What does he mean, largest?" dc
manded Whit. What is a arge Yive
anyway? Does he mean broadcast, deep
est or longest?"
He looked on down ;he list "Nha
are the sleeping care on raiSvad
called?" he read. "Well, some folk, cal
them what they are. sleeping cars, som
names that can't be printed"
Childish" Questions Stump Him
He found fault with some of the othe
questions. what harbor is called tn,
Golden Gate?" he read. mo harnUr
all. The entrance to the harbor OF Sal
Francisco has that name, bu+ not tn
harbor."
He grunted as he read, what famou
statue has her arms broken Off" The,
he growled, "A statue isn't sne', &ve
If it is a Venus de Milo"
Don't find so much fault with tn
questions" said Mrs Wijjet, lust an
swer them"
''They are childish" said Whit
mot all of them" replied his wife.
How many could you answer?"
Most Of them. l didn't Snow who
whipped Jack Johnson IN Havana and /
don't care, either And i do not know
what baseball player is called the
Georgia Peach"
Jess Willard licked Jack Johnson
and Ty Cobb is the Georgia Peach"
said Whit.
"Of course you can answer those
questions" said Mrs Whit as she
reached for the book. From what
country did the United States buy
Alaskan"
"Why, er-er-lemme see"
Russia" said Mrs. Wilt. what
kind of leaves do silk worms eat?"
Didn't know they ate leaves" said
Whit
Mulberry" said Mrs. Whit. what
did you think they ate? Kippered her.
ring? What language is spoken in
Brazil?"
Spanish" said Whit promptly.
Portuguese" said his wife. From
what tree is turpentine made?''
1.-THE turpentine tree
pine. From what animal is cordo
van leather NADER
"How do you expect me to know that
when I don't know what cordovan
leather is" replied Wilt.
Tries 1t on ONCE Wise Men.
1.-THE questions are not so childish
after ALL" said Mrs. Whit. "Take the
book down to your office and see how
many of the men can answer them"
Whit did and he was surprised at
the result. Not one of dozen of the
office force knew that cordovan leather
is made Of horse hide; eight out of ten
missed the questions that Whit missed
at home. More than half did not know
who led the Israelites across the Red
Sea and not one knew the name of the
ship on which President Wilson went
to France or what American general
was a delegate to the Peace Confer
ence. Several thought It was Pershing,
but no one could remember Tasker H.
Bliss.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-07-26
FRANCHETTE, THE
WONDER MAN OF PARIS

In chest below Franchette has
scores of miniature engines. Some
work by electricity, others by steam,
gas or petrol. Franchette tests them
frequently, and the smallest, barely an
inch high and not an inch wide, al
ready is able to draw a weight of 100
grammes.
Has a New Thermometer
And an Exact Barometer
Next comes a delicately contrived
thermometer designed for scientific re-
search. 1t gives the temperature to a
hundredth of degree. In the hallway
Franchette has installed a barometer
of his own invention with which he is
able to register the various phases of
a storm. To do this he had to know
the exact position of his flat above
sea level. ''As everything do and as
everything any one should do" he said,
should be done properly and methodi-
cally, / went to the seaside and slowly
made my way back to Paris, on the
way checking the different heights
above sea level. returned here to
find my fiat was exactly forty-four
meters above sea level, and I adapted
my barometer to that height"
But certainly the most interesting
part Of Franchettes flat is what he
has called the wireless chamber" To
all appearances the room is a resting
Office. 1t is furnished simply and one
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-07-26
Egyptian Explorers Find Pharaoh's Women
Look About Like Our Modern Bellies.

Sometimes antiquity tricks Just when we're sha
heads odnes and working ourselves bemused
in the
suddenly with irresistible dayness
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-07-26
The Lucky One.

Ted-The small town man is never
heard of until he's written up in popu-
lar novel,
RELATIONSHIPS. For years he's been
winning the big money in the prize con-
tests.
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The Van SweringenS'
Rise in Financial World

do you see the same benefits to be
derived from this arrangement be-
tween the two roads or relation be-
tween the two roads that MIR. Bernet
has described?"
81 think we can be of further bene-
fit than that which he has outlined to
the c, and O., in respect of supplying
it-now I am speaking in behalf of
the so-called Van Sweringen interests
and the applicants in general, all of
whom are parties in the Van Swerin-
gen ipterests-in getting for them
financial assistance that they need in
the expansion of their properties one
way and another and cooperating in
a great many ways in caring for that
property. We have great confidence
in the c. and o. Railroad as pro-
Queer of tonnage; and, on the other
hand, we can undoubtedly reciprocate
in considerable tonnage in their direc-
ton. I am speaking now not only of
the Nickel Plate but of the Lake Erie
and Western and the other railroads
of which we have a part ownership"
Would that financial assistance be
as a consequence Of the relationship
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in the cold. You will hear no COM
plant from Mantis on that score. He,
like Oris, would prefer that he be not
mentioned at all. But one might as
well go into detail of description of the
two bores of a double barreled shotgun
as deal with Oris and Mantis sepa-
rately. AS the writer has said, there
is neither time nor space for repetition.
After Oris left the stand at the hear
ing Mantis was called.
Mr.. Van Sweringen, you have heard
the testimony of Mr.. Oris p. Van Swer-
ingen and of Mr.. j. J. Bernet. Please
state whether or not you concur in
what they have said as to any changes
in divisions eor other operating ar
rangements or other arrangements be-
tween the Chesapeake and Ohio and
the Nickel Plate consequent upon the
granting of these applications"
Calmly Mantis J. received the ques-
tion-a question that answered itself.
Il certainly do"
That is all, thank you"
And while it is of little interest save
to the technical man who knows rail-
roads it does not seem out of place to
set down here the few answers that
Mantis J. heard Oris p. give to the
commissions questions. At least it will
give you some idea of what it was all
about Then, too, it will indicate the
character of the man making the re-
plies. for nothing is 50 enlightening
to him who would know a man as the
words of the man.
ut is not contemplated, then, Mr..
Van Sweringen, that there will be
changes in divisions if interlocking
directorates are authorized, at least
under the present plans?"
I'VE have no such idea, and in our
discussions of the subject have not
seen any advantage in changes of that
kind. We think we line up ideally as
we now are.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-07-26

Copyright. 1928. by The New York Herald.
Evening star., 1923-01-08
WORLD CHAMPION FIVE
WILL VISIT WEDNESDAY

A basket ball team which is rec
ognized as world champion will be
seen here Wednesday night, when
the Original Celtics play the Wash
ington Yankees at the Coliseum.
In two consecutive seasons UP to
last year the Celtics won 205 games.
Thus far this season, with their
schedule only half played, they have
won ninety-seven games. Two losses,
both to Eastern League teams, are
Inc only Dlack spots.
Playing each night and twice on
Sundays the Celtics do their stuff
from early in October TO late in April
each winter. Their record is all the
more remarkable when the long. hard
jumps they are forced to take and
the strong teams they meet ON for
eign floors are taken into considera-
tiLn.
When all-American basket ball
teams are mentioned northern papers
usually name the regular lineup of
the Celtics. They are Johnny Beck
man and Nat Holman, forwards
George Haggerty, center. and Pete
Barry and Dutch Leonard, guards.
Evening star., 1923-01-08
GOLFERS MAKE NO RUSH
TO CLEAR THEIR STATUS
BY LAWRENCE PERRY.

NEW YORK, January S.-Golf en-
thusiasts who have been holding
their ears to the ground to catch the
first sound of hurrying footsteps of
golfers who wish to preserve their
amateur status have. not been re-
warded by so much as a scuffiing
sound.
Maybe this is because those who
are likely TO fall into disfavor with
the executive committee of the United
States Golf Association are unwilling
to sacrifice lucrative jobs in order to
!; retain their amateur status.
Or it may be that the manner in
which the eligibility rule is phrased
| may have created some doubt as to
it's meaning. 1t might be we'll to
overhaul our golfing rules to that
end. At least the clause covering
just what is and what is not an anna
teur is, to say the least, ambiguous.
Read it yourself:
IAN amateur is one who, after at
tanning the age of sixteen, because
of his skill as golfer, shall not have
received after December 81, 1922, a
salary or remuneration, either direct
ly or indirectly, from any firm deal
ing in goods relating to the playing
of the game"
OF course, the commas help. but
suppose the man is receiving salary,
! not because he is a good golfer, but
| because he is a mighty good sales
| man? What then?
Copyright, 1929
Evening star., 1923-01-08
AMERICAN LEGION QU|NT
MAKES BOW TOMORROW

American Legion basketers, who
have been practicing for the past two
weeks, will make their competitive
debut tomorrow night in a game with
the George Washington University
quint In Central Coliseum. Manager
Swan probably will start Taylor and
Degnan in the forward positions,
Macdonald in center and Harris and
Gardner in guards. Harris yester-
day was elected captain of the team
The game will follow one between the
Bliss Electrical School, starting at 8
o'clock.
Manhattan Athletic Clubs five will
tackle Otis Athletic Club tonight in
Eastern High School gymnasium
Play will begin at s o'clock.
ColleEinn basketerS, who are to en-
tertain the Quincys tomorrow night
in the Congress Heights Auditorium.
yesterday took the measure of the
Mohawks in a 25-to-10 engagement.
The Hawks were guarded so closely
that they scored but four times from
scrimmage.
Mackia Athletic Club romped to a
90 TO "a WIN over In6 manhattan
Juniors. Bonner made ten field goals
for the victors.
Quincy quint nosed out the Iroquois,
"a to 20, in Bloomingdale neighbor-
hood argument. Bowers starred for
the winners.
knights of Columbus tossers bowed
to the Manhattafis in a~22-to-19 fray.
The Northeast Indians were helped
considerably by the accurate shooting
of Wingfield and Hutchinson.
Evening star., 1923-01-08
GRID OFFICIALS BAND
TO MAKE GAME BETTER

NEW YORK, January -s.-Fifty
officials of the east have organized
the American Foot Ball Officials' As
sociation and elected Walter r.
Okeson Of Lehigh president, w. r.
Crowell of Swarthmore vice presi-
dent and Ed Thorpe Of De La Sale
secretary-treasurer.
1t was voted to ask officials in
other sections to form group organ
izations and then combine into one
national body similar to the recently
formed American Foot Ball Coaches
Association.
Its aims were expressed in this
resolutions:
ITO promote the welfare of the
American college game Of foot ball,
It's players and officials and encourage
the spirit of fair play and sportsman
ship, and to cooperate with the Ma
tional Collegiate Athletic Associa-
ton"
1t was learned that the association
intends to boycott colleges which
officials allege attempt to threaten or
coerce them in decisions and which
have not the highest standards of
craftsmanship. The officials also will
take action against colleges which do
not support their decisions.
The attempt to influence the foot
ball official with various threats came
to a head in 1921 and was the main
subject of the annual report of z. K.
Hall, chairman of the rules committee
of the National intercollegiate Foot
Ball Association.
Evening star., 1923-01-08
Do,vr, the Alleys

Georgetown A. C. of the Athletic
Bowling League took three games
from the Linworth quint with the
scores 5ss, 529 and 544, for a total
Of 1.611. Money of the winners car
ried off the honors with high set OF
35s and best game of 139.
baltimore and Ohio General once
team of the Railroad Y. M. c. A.
League won all three games from the
Terminals, their scores being 5O4' $50
and 52s. Gallery of the winners had
the high set, 324, while Weeks OF
the losers turned in the best game or
129.
Liberty Club has organized a Junior
bowling team and is looking for
opposition and challenges the Circies,
WaverIys, Park View and any other
eighteen -year-old teams. For games,
write Gregory Weidman, 1884 6th
street northwest
A close race is ON I'm the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing League
between the Machine Division and
Office quints, the former having won
! 27 games and lost Is, while the lat
ter stand Is and IA. Billings of the
Liberty Loans, Henlock and Kessler
of the Engraving Division are tied
in the top percentages with 101.
Two auints, the PIatemakers and
Library, are tied for first place in the
Government Printing Office League,
each having won 23 games and lost
| 16, with the Linotype, Stores and
Press close up. There are ten in the
circuit, and the Job Quint has won
| 13 games and lost 26, for an average
| of 1913, showing that any team in the
| organization can make a good jump
with a little consistent winning.
Evening star., 1923-01-08
Tips on Playing Basket Ball;
Correct Rule INTERPRETATIONS
BY ED THORP

Q. How many substitutes may be
used in a game?
A. I'm ~amateu< bs,ss NO limit. In
professional, --- more than eight
players cam take part I'm a game.
Q. Are amateur and professional
basket ball rules the same?
A. No. Amateur rules govern col
Iegiate. A. A. u. and Y. Nj. C. A.
They differ from the national profess
siOnaI rules.
Q. Are the goals used by amateur
and professional teams the same?
A. No. The amateur rules SPECIFY
goals to extend g inches from back
boards. Professional rules specify q
12-inch extension from blackboard,
@. Who is responsible for behavior
of spectators?
A. The home team.
@. If, by mistake or accident,
a player throws the ball in opponents
goal. does the goal count for the op-
ponents?
A. Yes, I'm both games.
ar there are any points about the
game of basket ball or its rules ,ohtch
puzzle you, aorite Ed TItorp, caro- of the
Sport5p1 Editor, SncIosiag stamped re-
turn enpelopc. He'll gtuc yoa q q4tfck
and correct decision.