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Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-08-01
SOCIETY PAYS HEAVY COST
FOR Defective CHILDREN

New York July 19-"Defective children are the off
spring of overworked mothers 1t is of the accepted
doctrines of modern science that women seldom have the
strength to engage in economic life and at the same time
bear children said Bird S Coer head of the New York
department of public welfare in interview with Ed
ward H. Smith, and published in the New York World.
1.-The stress and speed of modern life is known to
cause good deal of neurasthenia among women" Mr..
Coler said "Neurasthena deranged glands, and
women who suffer from this complaint known to bear
that many detectives born among poor mothers and
especially to newly arrived foreign mothers who are
either upset because of changed environment are
forced go out and their livelihood while they are
carrying children
"A great many criminals Of the defective mentally
now forced to believe that this disturbance in the moth
ers is the of the large numbers of criminals among
first generation foreigners
rhe day nursery situation it exists in of the
foreign quarters gives an index to what is going
These nurseries, either by charitable contributions
matter of private enterprise are numerous Moth
erS leave children in their and go to work while they
are bringing other children into being thus sppng the
energies and giving the onconing generation very poor
heritage"
Commissioner Coler said need not be alarmist
to realize the growing seriousness of this problem. He
called attention the army intelligence tests applied dur
ing the war; which revealed the large number Of young
men with the mentality of 13-year-od children.
''Whe these tests were probably not too carefully
conducted and possibly inaccurate as has been
charged said the commissioner the deviation from fact
is surely not great enough to give lis any reinsurance
Even if careful tests to reduce the percentage
of mental deicents to one-fth, would still have one
man in every 10 under the standard of adoeScent mental
development If child in every 10 showed the more
obvious kind of defects which in the bodily struc
ture the public would not long be blind to the gravity of
the situation"
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-08-01
RRTTER BABY CON
FERENCE AT THE
STATE L A | X

Springfield, III = Babies, LOCO
..r5pe. triplets, twins and in3ivid-
mails. will compete for honofs at the
Illinois state Fair Better Babies Con-
ference to be held at Springfield
Seatember 1920, according to infoi-
nation given out today by the state
psnartment of Public Health. More
than 200 entries, including the three
,ear-old twins of state representative
and Mrs. William G. Thon or Chicago,
bafe already been filed, said DIR.
Isaae d. Rawlings, director of the
Conference, and new applications are
mourning in at the rate Of 200 PEI
week
The capacity of the Conference is
SCI at 1000" DIR. Rawlings stated,
aud indications are that the number
viii be reached long before the open
ing Of the Fair. Interest is unusual
II widespread in the Conference this
year registration for entries having
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-08-01

5oea maGe from a dozen counties in
central ara southern Illinois with a
number from n far north as Chicago
The examinations given at the
Conference are thoroughly scientific
in every respect. They include hotf
mental and physical tests and arc
done By expert physicians and psy
ehiatiists of wide experience. They
are absolutely fee, presenting a
splendid opportunity to mothers
throughout the State who wish te
have the benefit of medical consulta-
ton, in behalf Of their children.
"Some fifty-five awards, ranging In
value from 50 to 800, each, are
offered to the children who rank high.
est in physical excellence. One cash
award of 500 is reserved for the
highest scoring child who has pre-.
viously scored highest at Local
county better baby conference dur
ing the year.
"The entry period will definitely
cloes on Saturday, September 6, I'M
less the capacity Of the conference Is
reached prior to that date. lnfor.
nation is available by application L
the State Department of Public
Health, Springfield"
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-08-01
NAT REISS SHOWS
UNDER AUSPICES
OF BUFFALOS

Here August 4th to 9th, under the
auspices of the Buffalos of Urbana
Ill.
Editorials and sayings from various
newspapers where the shows have
been this season.:
Streator Daily Free Press: The
Nat Reiss Shows are clean and whole
some and are new and entertaining
This paper commends the Nat Reiss
Shows as a travelling city amusement
park.
Belleville, Qnl) News Democrat,
1924: Carnicals like the Nat Reiss
Shows are absolutely unobjeetionable
and might operate all the year around
in any city without doing any harm,
so long as they live up to the pre-
cepts and principles announced by the
Showmen's Legislative Committee OF
America.
Litchfiefd Daily Union. 6-10-24:
Taking it all in all. the Nat Relss
Shows are the very best organization
from beginning to end, that has ever
visited Litchfield and the Firemen
who were responsible for bringing 10
the City such high class aggrega-
ton of amusements deserve credit,
Madison, CID Republic, 7-17-24:
The Nat Reiss Shows, unlike many
other travelling companies that have
preyed upon our citizens, carry no
so-called girl shows, nor other at
fractions, which are Questionable.
The entire personnel of the show are
gentlemen and ladies of the highest
type, and the Republic can recommend
them to any city they visit.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-08-01
Industry Thriyed in 1923.

Published reports of the Ministry
of Industry and Labor show that dur
ing the year 1923, Belgium industries
were, for the most part, operating up
to the limit of their capacity; that the
demand for agricultural labor was
far in excess of the supply; and that
the number of offers of employment
from individuals and firms exceeded
request of labor applicants for place
ment.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-08-01
Building and General
Laborers' InternatiOn-
al Protective Union of
America, No. Fourteen
OFFICERS

President, +. NJ. Smith, Res.
6 Springfield Ave. Champaign
Tel. 1857.
Fin. Sec, l. H. Garman, Res.
sol N. Lincoln Ave., Urbana,
Tel. 1852.
Treasurer. Carl Wallace, Res.
412 +. Church st. Tel. M-1950
Rec. Sec, ]. L. Buckner. Res.
405 +. Eureka ST., Tel Main
2214
Business Agent, 0ryille Brown,
40i w. Bcardsley. Phone.
Main 2942.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-08-01
Scores of satisfied students are telling us TITS easy
with the Breach system"
ESPECIALLY FOR LABOR UNION MEN
A WHOLE LIBRARY

.-. Accompanying it is big Speech and Scrap.
Book for Speakers" 100000 words--fve volumes
in one--of live labor speeches-up-to-the minute
the kind labor men like TO hear
The Washington times., 1924-11-07
HOvERS
ON BRINK Of
DEATH
Physicians to Issue Bulletin
on Senator's Condition
Shortly
! BY International News Service.


BOSTON, Nov. 7.-Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts, was
still lowering between life and
death this morning. At a. m.
his physicians indicated they would
issue a bulletin on his condition
shortly.
The following bulletin was issued
this morning at the Charlesgat e
Hospital by Doctor John H. Gun
ningham:
while still unconscious Senator
Lodges vitality has most percspti
bly, changed during the last twenty
four hours"
Senator Lodge has been without
nourishment nearly forty eight
~ - He has been unconscious fol
almost two days. He was seized
wac. stroke Wednesday moor
which rendered him unconscious.
Relatives are at the bedside
The Washington times., 1924-11-07
TO
PO|S[|NBY
THREAT
Soldier Told Over Phone Wife
Had Been Murdered. Tries
to Take Life

NORFOLK, Va, November -
Heartbroken and desperate, fol.
lowing receipt Of mysterious tele.
phone call while on duty at Langley
Field, saying his young wife had
been murdered and that I'm get
you next" James Gibson, twenty.
three. a soldier In the aviation serv'
Ice. swallowed poison early today in
downtown hotel. His condition
Is not considered serious at the
hospital where he was taken.
Police questioned suspect. after
the soldier had searched the house
for his missing wife. but no clue to
her whereabouts was found.
Gibson's home is said to be in
Roanoke, Va, where he enlisted.
1t may be another day, hospital
attendants say, before 1t can be
determined whether or not Gibson's
poison potion will be fatal. The
tablets he is. said to have swal.
lowed are slow in penetrating the
system, they declared
The Washington times., 1924-11-07
CAVALRY TROOP
To SEARCH
F0RMAN
Lew CalIisher Is Believed to
Be Somewhere in Rock
Creek Park

A detachment of about eighty
men from Troop E, Third Caval.
ry, Fort Myer. has been detailed
to join in the search for Lew
Callisher, retired jeweler. who
disappeared from the Chevy
Chase Sanitarium last Saturday.
The men will spend the en-.
tire day searching the woods
and fields of Rock Creek Park,
which is but a short distance
from the Sanitarium.
The detachment is commanded
by Captain John H. Irving, of the
Third Cavalry. 1t was ordered out
by Colonel Hamilton Hawkins. COM
mandant at Fort Myer.
In spite of the fact that Lieutenant
Giles, of Sub r station, sent a large
force Of policemen over the same
ground yesterday, with no success,
Mrs. Callisher feels sure that her
husband is somewhere in the woods
near the sanitarium, because, he
had no money when he left and for
the past two years has been unable
to walk fer.
Troop 70; OF the Boy Scouts Of
America, including about sixty
boys. also aided in the search yes.
terday for the missing jeweler. The
territory adjacent to the sanitari-
UNI has been thoroughly searched
several times.
Callisher has been in the Chevy
Chase Sanitarium for about two
years. He has wandered away sew
eral times before. but always re.
turned within day. The last
time he returned he suffered for
several weeks from a fever con.
tracted during his absence from
the hospital.
The Washington times., 1924-11-07
BRooKHART IS SAFE
BY 1856 VOTES IN LEAD

DIES MONIES, Iowa, Nov. IA
re.check Of the vote in the Iowa
Senatorial race showed today that
Senator Smith w. Brookhart has
piled up a lead of 1,156 over his
Democratic opponent, Dan f. Steck.
The unofficial court gives Brook.
hart 447 400: Steck, 446,253.
These figures are not final and
the outcome will not be known
definitely until the canvass by the
State executive council on Novem-
Der "a. Following the canvas the
election may be contested by either
side and taken before the United
States Senate.
The Washington times., 1924-11-07
Congress to Consider Tax Refunds
A DAYS
WALK
With JIM RING

Betting on the election was
light. Although we walked up
and down Pennsylvania avenue
for hours, we couldn't find a
single loser pushing a peanut
with his nose in the direction of
the White House.
Election night itself wasn't as
noisy as we might have wished.
The Coolidge influence again.
To sluggards who lie abed un-
til the hour of seven a. m. O1e
Ed. includedJ, Bill GUIDE, our we'll
liked florist and powerless. Rent
Commissioner, sets an admirable
example. Bill still gets to work
at five. ,.---ss. zp,..
One of our estimable fellow
citizens did an involuntary Boy
Scout deed on the homebound
car the other night. He was sit.
ting well up toward the front, so
that any women who might have
to stand would have plenty Of
opportunity to stand far in back.
But one sweet soul found her
way to him. and stood swaying
violently, one hand clutching the
hand-brace on his seat. He
hptViaA HE haad ~ tho MO ~ ode
and read everything diligently, in
the hope that he may have found
a prodigal pup or that he might
have occasion to move to moder-
ate-priced suburban lodgings in
the near future.
Yet the lady was undismayed
and persevering. In her free
hand, she gripped a handbag.
Timing her action accurately.
she released her hold on Sir
Walter Raleigh's seat, bumped
viciously against him and pro-
ceeded to examine the contents
Of hes bag, in the firm belief that
what was needed was not there.
Just then as the lady expected,
the car yodeled it's way around
a curve and she fairly tumbled
upon the ardent reader with a
little squeal of terror.
More dead than alive, the
reader crumpIed his paper and
saying, "Beg " pardon-didn't
see you standing-take my seat,
please"
''Oh, that's all right. I'm get.
ting off pretty soon," said the
lady, as she descended accurately
to the vacancy.
We can imagine the victim ar
irving home and boasting quietly
to his wife: Cos, I'm tired to-
night! There was a poor woman
standing up and l gave her my
seat"
You poor boy" the wife would
stand?"
Oh. you don't know the h. of t.,
dearie!
Give show an odd name, to
take the sense out of an old
proverb, and it won't stick.
Since "Cyrano de Bergerac"
came to the village, there has
seemed to be contest among the
townfolk to supplant the immortal
title with silly parodies, to which
we have absolutely no objection.
We ourself have. contributed
Cyanide of Potassium" and have
heard Isl Ranno de Boorzhwaw,
Citrus T. Bel gamot" and Seer
Scer-you know, that highbrow
thing at Polls.
We have an invite to the pri-
vate opening of G. Harris high
class Photographic parlors (Har-
ris & EWING on the 18th instant,
and note with PLEASURE that the
public opening is on the 14th.
The Washington times., 1924-11-07
MooNsHINERS GET LONG
TERMS IN U. s. PRISON

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 7.-Claud
Nicely and Graf Nicely, convicted of
moonshining in Mercer county, w.
Va, must each serve six years in
the Federal penitentiary at Atlanta
and pay a fine of $1,000, according
10 an opinion Of the Federal Appeal
Court. affirming decision of the dis
trict court at Bluefield.
The Washington times., 1924-11-07
GIRL TRIES
To "GO.T(J"
MUIR
Notes Reveal That She Was
Friend of Boy Hanged
in Canada

Likelihood that pretty Catherine
Morgan, twenty eight year old
New York girl who lies critically
i'll at Emergency Hospital where
she drank five ounces Of poison
Wednesday night, attempted sui
eide that she might join Walter
Muir, twenty-one years old, also
of New York, who was hanged in
Quebec province July IL for the
shooting of Henri LavioIette, a
French Canadian, was evident to-
day. While physicians caid today
that the girl is slightly improved
they declare her recovery is still
in doubt and no one is permitted
to talk to her.
Separated From Husband.
While it was disclosed today for
the first time that the girl is mar
ried 1t was also learned that she is
separated from her husband and
had devoted her time exclusively to
efforts to save the life Of Muir.
Long-distance communication with
Mrs. May Muir, mother of Walter
Muir, gave the hospital authorities
| their first accurate Information
about Mrs. Morgan. They were ad-
vised by the mother that Catherine
met Walter when she had some
dressmaking done by mis- mother
and that she had gone to Quebec on
two occasions with Mrs. Muir to
see the boy.
1t is now thought probable that
the hanging of young Muir to-
gether with her unhappy marriage,
had caused her to become despOn.
dent and decide, as she admitted
when she went to Emergency Hos.
pital that Il am tired OF life
Proof of the young girls strong
| attachment for young Muir was
| found In her possession at the hos
pital. There are letters from him
and about him. his photographs and
black-bordered ticket of admission
to a subscription dance of death"
where Muir's friends grimly danced
that money might be raised to erect
monument to his memory in New
York city.
Defended Cripple.
1t was in a barroom at Valley.
field, Quebec, that the man named
Laviolette is said to have struck
Joseph Plant, crippled friend of
Muir. Muir resented this, fired
two shots at the floor beside
Laviolette's feet. One of the shots
glanced from the floor and struck
Laviolette in the chest, killing him.
Muir was convicted Of murder by
a Canadian jury at Valleyfield and
sentenced to hang. Great interest
was aroused by the case. The
Duchess of Richelieu, formerly
Miss Eleanor Wise, Of Baltimore,
took the lead in trying to free
him. A reprieve was granted by
the Canadian government, but
Muir's appeal was not sustained
and he paid the death penalty at
Valleyfield, June IL.
Muir died bravely. He walked
to the gallows with a firm step.
holding his head high. To the
end ne displayed the same fortitude
that had marked his days in Jail.
He spent his last few living hours
composing a. letter to his mother
that she might read It and be com.
fcrted after the trap had been
sprung.
The Washington times., 1924-11-07
FRANCE TO ABOLISH
EMBASSY AT VATICAN

ROME, Nov. 7.--Commenting on
the French attitude toward main
tenance of an embassy at the
Vatican. the Giornale d'Italia says
the question was not merely one
OF budget. one OF the greatest i'm.
portance, especially for France.
The Washington times., 1924-11-07
BIC TAX BATTLE
LOOMING IN
CONGRESS
Mellon Preparing to Force
Issue-RepubIicans Control
by Slight Margin
By GEORGE Il. HOLMES,
International News Service.

While belated returns continue
to emphasize the magnitude Of the
Coolidge victory at the polls on
Tuesday, and it now appears GER
tain that the Republicans will have
clear majorities in both branches Of
the Sixty.ninth Congress. close
scrutiny of the lineup today dis
closed that these majorities are alb
solutely dependable only in what
might be described as progressive
causes
To this extent at least, Senator
La Toilette and his followers re-
main a potentially powerful factor
in both houses of Congress, even
though they have been shorn OF
the actual control which was theirs
in the Sixty-eighth Congress.
Assuming that Senator Brooknart
has finally won out IN lowa thSt
Senator Magnus johnson has lost in
Minnesota, and that Conservative
Republican successor will fill the
late Senator Brandagse's shoes in
Connecticut. the new Senate will be
composed of SIS Republicans, 40
Demovl ats, and Ta"mer.l .aOor,
allowing a Republican majority over
all Of IA.
What Figures Show.
OF this fourteen, how ever, there
are still five of the so.callcd La Fol.
lette group. La Toilette nimself
Brookhart of Iowa, Norris in Ne
braska, and Frazier and Ladd vi
North Dakota.
There are more than half dozen
others who while not affiliated with
the so.called La Toilette biOc. never
thetess have and probably will con
tinue with it in matters that ale
weighed on progressive scales.
There is Schall who defeated
Magnus Johnson in Minnesota, for
instance. He was known as one OF
the progressive firebrands OF the
House, boiling HE party with i'm
CONTINUED on PaKe 70. Column 81
The Washington times., 1924-11-07
MADDEN At
NN)RKON
PLANS
Program for Session Starting
December I Includes Attempt
to Cut Railroad Rates
BY A. o. HAYWARD,
International News Service.

-
The legislative program for
the closing session Of the present
''lame duck" Congress, which le-
convenes December l and ends on
March 4, is being mapped out
today by leaders of the House,
Major matters for consideration
in the order in which they will be
pressed are:
Appropriation bills for the next
fiscal wears, totaling about S2,75O,-
100000.
Railroad and Tax Bills.
Consideration of the Barley
Howell railroad bill ending the
existence of the Railroad Labor
Board and setting up in it's stead
regional boards of mediation and
arbitration made up of representa-
tives of railroad management and
railroad labor, and a general review
board on which the public is to
have representation.
Tax reduction legislation requir.
ing annual reports, from the Score.
tary of the Treasury to the President
on Treasury SURPRISES and rkposing
authority in the President tp order
refund of the surplus to the tax.
payers
Direction to the Interstate Com.
Imerce Commission to require re.
duction in freight rates to shippers
with special reference to rates on
agricultural products.
Amendments to the, immigration
law to permit admissions under
quotas of selected relatives OF
naturalized aliens or those to be
naturalized. requiring deportation
of undesirable aliens and law
breakers, and providing for some
system of registration and report
from aliens admitted.
Madden Starts Work.
Republican leaders, under the di
rection of Chairman Madden, Of the
House Appropriations Committee
announced today a drive to put
through the money bills for the
fiscal year 1885, beginning July
], 1925.
Madden will get his committee tc
work on these bills early next week
and some of them will be ready
for the House at the opening, OF
Congress.
The Bureau Of the Budget has
completed the initial work of pairing
down estimates received from the
various departments, bureaus and
independent agencies of Govern
ment.
Madden announced today a policy
OF rigorous economy in making
appropriations for the coming year.
He will demand from the Treasury
and all government agencies com
plete reports on funds in hand TO
determine what SURPRISES may be
hidden away.
He stated today he expected to
locate such funds, especially some
$40O,OOO,OOO to $500, 100000 in the
railroad fund.
Would Slash Rates.
wherever possible, these funds
will be converted into the Treas
ury and made available for general
use. In this way Madden hopes to
see built up large Treasury sur.
plus for distribution at the end Of
the fiscal year to the taxpayers as
q refund of taxes paid in excess of
government needs. He win present
legislation making this refund pos.
sible at the order of the President.
Congressman Barkley, Democrat,
Kentucky, has returned to Wash.
ington to perfect plans Tor his
fight to put through the House
the Barley Howell railroad bill. lie
was blocked by adjournment last
Summer In his effort to get a vote
on this in the House. Railroad
Continued on Page 2, Column ST.
The Washington times., 1924-11-07
2 DIE IN FRENCH
TUNNEL TRAIN CRASH

ROUEN, Nov. 1.-Two persons
were killed and ten seriously in.
jured in the wreck of the Paris.
lie Havre express in the mile long
tunnel near Rouen, when II struck
a freight train from lie Wavre.
The Washington times., 1924-11-07
THE WEATHER

Increasing cloudiness and slightly warmer
tonight; tomorrow rain and colder; fresh
southeast winds.
The Washington times., 1924-11-07
BISHOP AND SAILORS
RECEIVED BY POPE

ROME, Nov. bishop Dunno,
Of Peoria, Ill. and a. number of
sailors from the United States war
craft Henderson were received in
audience by Pope Plus XI today.