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Evening star., 1936-08-16
SURVEY PREDICTS
INCREASE IN AGED.
Grave Economic and Social
Consequences Are
F0reSeen
BE- tht Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August i5.-The num-
Der OF persons In the United States
over IS years old may be trebled with
In SO years, Robert E. Chaddock, pro-
fessor of statistics at Columbia Uni
versity. reported today in a population
survey.
Prof. Chaddock estimated there are
$500, 900 persons IS years and older
in the United States today.
He also reported that the number
Of white children under years old
was declining, and that "for the 7rscc
time at the census Of 1880 the white
children at each of the first S years
of age were less in number than in
1920"
Grave Consequences Foreseen.
Foreseeing grave economic and
social consequence" of the increasing
number of older people. Prof Chad
dock said that wide differences occur
among individual cities in the pro-
portions at the older productive age,
54-64. and at the age of IS and over.
For instance. he reported, Los
Angeles has moro than twice as large
a proportion over 65 years as has
Detroit"
Discussing the problems raised by
the large number of older people, Prof.
Chaddock said:
THE period Of youth in our in
dustrial organization is passing, and
our economic structure must be
adapted to age changes. Institutions
and agencies for the care Of the aged.
the burden Of old-age pensions and
the costs Of dependency will increase
rapidly.
Need Not Be Unfavorable.
During the next half century age
changes need not be unfavorable to an
even higher standard of living, but
only on condition that expanding
wants. on the part of a population
approaching a stationary condition as
to numbers. create jobs to employ the
workers; and on condition that our
industrial structure can be adapted to
employ the increasing number Of
older workers, 1854 Yeas of age. thus
utilizing their productive capacity.
Otherwise, an increasing proper
ton of those older workers may be-
come semi-dependent. ana thus in
crease the total burden of support
resting upon the productive workers"
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nourishment, or eating the chicks
which hatch out first.
Most of the ostriches on display in
the United States have been raised
on farms in Florida or California.
The domesticated ostrich Is usually
plucked as fast as his plumes mature.
He has made many contributions to
the art Of fan dancing. although his
feathers seem to have vanished from
women's hats.
The ostrich is native to Africa and
Arabia. He inhabits open country
and can run so miles an hour. Natives
Of Arabia sometimes hunt ostriches
on their splendid horses. With his
long legs, the big bird is able to wind
whole relay of horses.
The ostrich in the wild state Is
timid, wary and alert. He relies upon
his speed to save him from his enc
mics, but is capable of putting up a
terrific battle by kicking with his feet.
One Of his two toes is armed with
hoof-like nail capable OF doing much
damage.
Tomorrow: The fdrdntuld.
Evening star., 1936-08-16

GETS SIX YEARS
BarthoImey Is Last But One
Of 0nCe.PoWerfuI Mob
to Be Sentenced.
b. the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ST. PAUL, August 15.-Only one
of the once numerous and powerful
Barker -Karpis mob remained to be
disposed of by the Federal Government
today following a six-year sentence
imposed on Edmund Bartholmey for
his part in one major kidnapping by
the gang.
Byron Bolton. sole remaining out
law, watched for the fifteenth time
today one of his erstwhile partners in
crime go from jail TO court when Bar
tholmey went before Federal Judge
M. M. Joyce.
Lengthy questioning by the court
preceded sentencing of Bartholmey,
former Bensenville, Ill. postmaster,
az whose house William Hamm,
wealthy st. Paul brewer, was held
prisoner four days until 100000 ram
som was paid in 1888.
IT think there is much good in you
that still can be saved" observed
Judge Joyce as he sentenced Barthol-
mey. He rejected pleas by Lloyd G.
Moody. Chicago counsel, for proba-
ton. Moody submitted letters from
clergymen, judges and prominent busI-
ness men urging leniency for BarthoI-
mey.
"I cannot fnd anything that sug-
gests to me that you are Of vicious
or inherently bad nature, Your back
ground is entirely different from that
of any Of these other defendants whom
7 have had contact WITH" concluded
Judge Joyce.
Bolton. who pleaded guilty TO both
the Hamm kidnapping and the 100000
abduction of Edward G. Brewer in
1884, turned States evidence In all
trials Of the gang members.
Government officials indicated SEN
tence probably would be deferred un-
til after the hearing of Thomas Brown.
dismissed city police officer and for
mer chief
Brown has demanded hearing be-
fore a statutory board Of appeals on
charges he supplied the Barker-Karpis
gang with information about police
activity during the crime and In re-
turn, received S25,000.
Evening star., 1936-08-16
MARYLAND REJECTS
FUC|T|VE'SA APPEAL
Man Who Fled Reformatory
23 Years Ago Is Facing
Return to Oklahoma.
by the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
FORT SILL, Okla, August 15.-
Carlton B. Chiffon, who walked away
from Granite. Okla, Reformatory %
years ago while serving a 2-year
sentence for bank theft, tonight faced
return from Cleveland. Ohio, after
Gov. E. w. Marland refused his plea
for clemency.
Marland announced he would sign
reouisition papers asking Chilton's
return September /.
Chiffon, now Al years old and a
respected Ohio citizen, had served
nine months of his sentence when he
escaped.
Tracked down after Nationwide
search. the modern Jean Vatican
waged q fight to prevent being torn
from his wife and two children, who
had been ignorant Of his youthful
escapade.
His case drew sympathy from public
officials and others in Oklahoma and
Ohio. Ever since Chiffon was found
in Cleveland several weeks ago, mes
sages have streamed to Oklahoma s
Chief Executive seking clemency.
Decides to Uphold Discipline.
But Gov. Marland, after spending
more than two hours and half going
over a report from Col. Charles w.
Daley, State Crime Bureau chief, on
Chilton's life since his escape, decided
to uphold prison discipline.
One of the leaders in the fight for
clemency was Perry A. Frey, Cleve-
land police prosecutor. Marland had
psroled Chiffon to Frey for 80 days
while he considered the prosecutors S
plea that Chiffon be allowed to re-
main in Cleveland.
Even Col Daley urged the Governor
to let Chiffon stay in Ohio.
On the other side were Fred Hunt,
cowboy-warden of Granite Reforma-
tory, whose efforts led to Chiltons
aWest. and Fred Cunningham, State
pardon and parole officer.
Marland issued statement which
read in part:
Carl Chiffon robbed a bank in
Oklahoma many years ago. On ac-
count of his extreme youth he received
very light sentence. two years, at
the State Reformatory at Granite.
He was made trusty and as such
was permitted great deal of freedom
He worked outside the prison walls
He broke his trust and ran away. He
and his partner in the bank burglary
had stolen over $4,000 and hidden the
money.
Official Duty Is Clear.
"I have a great deal of sympathy
for the man but my official duty ir
the matter is clear. We have a very
humane trusty system at our penal
institutions. At this time we have
about 800 young men and boys OF
whom $50 have been made TRUSTEES, al
Granite.
The trusty system is necessary to
the health, the training and morals
of these men and boys. As Chief Ex-
ecutive. I had to decide the Chiffon
case as I did because the welfare OF
some 800 boys at Granite and nearly
1000 at McAlester Penitentiary was
involved in my decision"
Chiffon was sentenced in 1918. After
his escape he worked in Texas. the
West Indies and on the Pacific Coast.
He spent IS months in the Army.
Last March he obtained a job as
statistician for the Bureau Of Stats
tics, United States Department OF
Labor.
Evening star., 1936-08-16

per cent. tame hay to SIS per cent.
wild hay to 52.8 per cent. clover and
timothy Except sweet-clover and
lespedeza) to 81 per cent, alfalfa To
52.8 per cent and pasture to 4l.6 per
cent.
In accordance with a simple formula
Of cause and effect. such a decline in
feed crops means a rise in the cost
of feeding. lessening of the number
of animals that can be fed. and
eventually. Burmeister pointed out.
less table food at higher cost.
AS far as destruction Of crops is con-
cerned, the drought of 1886 is reckoned
among the worst in our history But
according to Burmeister, despite the
certainty of a rise in the cost Of living,
its economic effect will not approach
that of the dry spells of 1894, which
gave populism its greatest impetus, and
of 1901.
The answer to this paradox lies in
the horse and the mule. of which the
fifteenth census. 1880, has this to say:
The number of horses per 1000
acres on farms fell from % IN 1910
to IA in 1880"
1880 Horse Population.
The agricultural horse population
in 1880 was 13.5lo,339 and mules
numbered 5375,0l7. Working oxen
Of which there were a93,841 in 1890
were not even listed in 1880. The
decline in the number Of horses re-
ferred to BY the 1880 census taker as
employed in trade or transportation
or owned by men of leisure. profess
sional men or livery stable keepers
is incompatible
Fewer horses and mules, Of course
makes possible more feed for hogs
cattle and chickens. This is well
come fact in a drought year, but Bur-
meister recalls that the mechanical
displacement of the horse was one OF
the chief contributors to the agricul-
tural crisis of the late l920s.
The tremendous reduction in the
amount of corn used in feeding work
ing stock brought an oversupply OF
the cereal." Burmeister said. Farm
ers sought an outlet for it without
attempting to curtail the supply The
result was a vast increase in the pro-
duction of hogs"
Eventually this brought an over
supply, glutted market, with a price
collapse and finally agricultural ad-
iIlStment aS an attemnt tn Stanilize
hog production.
Already farmers are getting rid of
pigs that should come to market next
Spring. The growers are afraid OF
the feed shortage, and the result will
be what Burmeister calls ''liquida-
ton" of stocks Immediately as a
prelude to later shortage. Pork
chops were rich mems food in 1885,
after the 1884 drought, and Burmeis-
ter thinks they are going to repeat
next year.
Evening star., 1936-08-16
CONTINUED FIGHT PLEDGED.
Cleveland Police Prosecutor Pushes
Chiffon Plea.

CLEVELAND, August IS CP).-
Chief Police Prosecutor Perry A. Frey
when informed Gov. E. w. Marland OF
Oklahoma had demanded the return
of Carlton B. Chiffon of Cleveland to
prison to complete a two-year sem
tence. said tonight that this fight
isn't over yet"
We're going to do everything in
our power to change Gov. Marlands
mind We will ask reconsideration, "
Frey asserted. Il shall confer with
the Governor OF Ohio as soon as pos
sible."
Frey declared that I'VE don't want
to interfere with prison discipline, but
this man for % years has been a re-
spectacle law-abiding citizen. That
fact certainly takes the case out of
the general routine"
Chiffon conferred briefly with
Prosecutor Frey and said he was
surprised" at Gov. Marland's deci-
eion. Calm, but under severe strain.
Chiffon was cheered by Frey's deci-
sion to fight to the limit"
Evening star., 1936-08-16
Fidelity

Continued From First Page)
which in the Judgment of the con-
troller rendered the association in
solvent"
No complete estimate of the liza
bilities was made by the controller
in his statement, apparently for the
reason he considers the present rec
ords inadequate. He says that to
ascertain the liabilities. it is neces-
sary to call for proofs of claim.
Last Report Out Of Date.
The last prior public report of lia-
bilities as of June 80. 1885, Is known
to be far out of date. Since June
80, 1885, the association Is known to
have had a substantial growth in
deposits from shareholders" or
members" How much these extra
deposits have been since that time
has not been disclosed. The report
which was to have been filed with
the controller. as Of June 80, 1886,
was not made public. Oficers of the
association said it was not completed.
The old report of 1885 shows that
''installment dues paid" by members
totaled 81, 1858 ,655. Also listed as liabili-
ties were SAT- bills payable, s2,933
profits, s27,181 surplus and $497,521
"other liabilities" making the grand
total liabilities $2,390,747.
The report for 1885 shows the in
stitution's assets included loans on
real estate amounting to $2.127,000:
loans on stock pledged, $8,816; real
estate, office building and other.
$13s, 900; furniture, $l3,692; cash on
hand and in banks, $96,767; other as
sets, $6,472; making total assets Of
$2,390,747.
Disclosure of the estimated losses
''in excess of 100000" follows the
only other previous disclosure Of
figure of $4,000 described as larceny
charged against Fred B. Rhodes, so.
former president Of the institution.
who is at liberty on $4,000 bond:
Rhodes case in Police Court has been
continued to September 8, pending
presentation of the matter to the
grand Jury. He denies the charge, say
Ing he has never taken dollar from
the assoctstaoo."
Evening star., 1936-08-16
VOLUNTEERS REJECTED

TAMPA. Fla. August Is H1.-Lat-
IN American soldiers of fortune in
tampa. who visualized themselves
flghtlng side by side with women war
riors in the ranks of the Spanish 10y
allsts, got soaking of cold water on
their romantic dreams today.
The Spanish government doesn't
want their services, Paul Ubarri. Span
ish consul here, told them. He made
public an official communication, in
structing him to turn down with thanks
any volunteers for the Loyalist gov
ernment. Copies of the notice, printed
in Spanish, were posted today in con-
spicuous places in Ybor City, Tampa's
Latin quarter, where accounts of
Spain's civil war are watched eagerly.
Evening star., 1936-08-16
ANOTHER COURT FRAUD
REPORTED IN CHICAGO
DisbaTred Attorney Confesses Part
in $2,10O swindle, Inves-
tigator Says.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
CHICAGO. August IS Eugene
OConnor, investigator for the States
attorney, said tonight an investiga-
ton of a series of alleged swindleS in
the clerk Of the Circuit Courts Office
had uncovered a s2,1oO fraud in the
Superior Court.
O'Connor said James Tilton, "a.
disbarred attorney who confessed his
part in five Circuit Court frauds, also
confessed the s2,10o swindle.
The six cases uncovered to date in
volve $l7.115, O'Connor said.
The investigator said Tilton i'm
plicated Benjamin Smear, a worker
who has confessed in four other cases,
and that Shear readily admitted he
had been the collector in the Superior
Court case.
A third man was being sought as
the inquiry developed. Six other per-
sons, besides Tilton and Shear. were
being held.
Evening star., 1936-08-16
Fined in Martial Law Case.

OROFTNO. Idaho. August Is (P).-
Five striking lumberjacks were con-
victed yesterday Of battery in a bloody
clash with workers August 2. which
resulted in martial law for Clearwater
County. Probate Judge A. B. Steele
imposed fines of 5000 each and costs.
Five other strikers were acquitted
and released
Evening star., 1936-08-16
|. B. M'KITTERICK DIES

Head Of Philip Morris & Co.
Expires at 65.
NEW YORK, August Is fP.-
Leonard B. McKitterick. president OF
Philip Morris & Co., cigarette manu-
facturers, died today at Long Beach
Long Island hospital, of heart disease.
He was S..
McKitterick had been spending the
Summer on Long Island. His home
vas in Manhattan. His widow sur
wives.
Evening star., 1936-08-16
BY w. ii. SHIPPEN, JR.

BY w. HI. SHIPPEN, JR.
S AN aid to his digestion
n (Which isn't all it's cracked
~ up to be-, the ostrich goes
4 n about boiling pebbles and
broken bottles, if he can find any.
An ostrich swallows crushed rock
and other flinty whatnots with as
much enthusiasm as a dyspeptic de-
vouring soda mint tablets. He is a
sort Of feathered hypochondriac. and
his keepers are careful to see that his
favorite remedies are beyond the reach
of his long neck.
Gravel in judiclous doses, however,
is quite contribution to his we'll
being Like the chicken, he uses
gravel to grind his food. In addition
to his eccentric diet, the ostrich has
q peculiar home life.
He is a polygamist whose several
wives deposit so or 60 eggs in a rude
earthen nest. He incubates the eggs
at night and his wives share the day
shift.
The male ostrich is not above crack
ing an egg now and then for his own
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Tonsorroap: The tarentula.
Evening star., 1936-07-08
at the lowest price of the year
THURSDAY
ONLY

Better get here
early for this SEN
sation. We most
certainly expect a
sell out!
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-05-12

wisely or economically There is not man here who does not know he would not spend his own money in foolish boondoggling and extravagant and waseful projects such the present administration is now fostering in every community throughout the land
 Representative Claude A. Fuller Democrat, Ar kansas-I would that could relieve the heartaches ot this little band of battle veterans (Repub- Old Guard), that could remove the scales from their tearstained and swollen eyes that they might see the birth of a New Deal condition in America
 Postmaster General James A. Farley-There is not single cloud the Democratic horizon Every that blows points to the reelection of Presi dent Roosevelt by majority that will march in step with his election in 1892 and with the vote of ap- pause and ratification that swelled membership in the Senate and House of Representatives in 1884
 Philip J. Fay, Vice President, Chamber of Con- merce of the UniCed States-Today the individual is longer free to he peases in the field of his lawful affairs. He must wait to get the Go" sign from Washington-to do any of dozen of simple and ordinary things in which a few years ago the Federal Government had no concern whatsoever
 Representative Robert L. Doughton, Democrat North Carolina-f it takes 52 college professors brain trusters to tell the Republican party how to select candidate and write platform, how many would it take to conduct a Republican admins traton?
 Representative Allen T. Treadway, Republican Massachusetts-We have been told that this (pend ing) tax bill is not sufficient that will have another measure next year Thank God it will be under Republican guidance
 Representative Robert F. Rich, Republican, Penn sylvania-When the Democrats took hold of the gov ernment in 1882 there were c1 major departments the taxpayers supporting Since that time 41 new major operations of government have been added notwithstanding their promise to cut them down in number and consolidate departments. It is like a snowfall rolling down the mountain, it gets larger and larger the farther it goes
 Like the tmid but honest last speaker at the banquet we can't think of thing that hasn't already been said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-05-12
HOSPITAL DAY

Observance of Hospital Day today throughout the land has as its main objective the dissemination of information to the public what the hospitals doing and have done to promote the welfare of the human race. And a laudable thought it is
 Most of us go week a1;er week. year after vancement which gains publicity, but actually paying little attention to the strides that being made in disqualification and sanitation Every and then read that the average life span for most of has been increased and think little of it. But the fact remains that improved methods in caring for the sick coupled with promotion of good health habits and the general advancement in medicine in combat ting the common diseases is largely responsible for making a vrie and longer-living In such work the hospital plays a major role.
 Most of us can remember back few years to the time that small pox, dptheria and similar dis took heavy toll annually. People became panic stricken when such epdemics entered community because it always meant death to a certain number. Today, through the advancement of medical knowl- edge, imptoved hospital facilities and sanitation death from such diseases is rather than com- mon, except perhaps in isolated communities where modern facilities are not available
 While most of wait until sick to go there, the hospital is of the most important small, and if familiarized ourselves with it much of the old bugaboo about going to hospital would be dissipated.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-05-12
Horoscope "The stars incline
 but do not cOmpel'
WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1886

WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1886
 Mingled good and iii are foreseen in theplanetary aspects of this day, according to astrology. It is time for extreme caution, which should not hamper activity.
 There may be much bad judg- ment manifested under this config- uration. Wrong points of view re- garding business and politics will be widely prevalent. The seers rec ommend study of the philosophy of history.
 Women are under an unfortunate rule today which presages much difficulty in maintaining import ant positions in business. Competi- ton with men will be devoid of ancient chivalry.
 While equal suffrage will con tinue to prevail there will be dis elimination in the national cam paign which may tend to subor- dinate the women voters. Few will receive honors or favors and many will be dissatisfied.
 This is a lucky day for newspa- pers and those who contribute to them. Sensational reports from foreign countries will bring success to correspondents.
 This evening is suspicious for en- tertaining and should be helpful tc hostesses young and old College students may benefit under this rule of the stars.
 Speeches that attack the records of public men may be of peculiar interest this evening, for there is a configuration presaging startling revolutions. It may be disclosed ir many centers of population that money has long been deflected from proper channels.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of year of pleasure and gain in many ways There may be for the young much romance
 Children born on this day proh- ably will be exceedingly active ir mind and body Subjects of this sign think analytically and are or iginal in their ideas. These Tau rus subjects are fine companonS and usually very popular.
 Dr. Percy Stckney Grant, clergy man, was born on this day 1860. Oth- CTS who have celebrated it as 2 birthday include John Sullivan Dwight, music critic, 1913; Kar von Limo Ginnaeus), botanist HOT.
 Copyright, 1936)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-05-12
JUST WARMING UP

In the event that since the Douglas convention of may have acquired the idea that the poli- tcal pot is cooling off it might prove interesting to note what the boys back around Washington are calling each other in the of the good, ole game of politics Here few choice morsels which would indicate that the lads just warming up for the Cleveland and Philadelphia conventons
 Senator L. J. Dickinson, Republican, Iowa-Sec- retary Wallace finds himself impaed the horns of new dlemma-or should I say new deal emma ?-even serious than he faced three years ago. For him, in the popular song, the problem keeps going round and around"
 Senator James F. Bynes, Democrat South Carolina-I do not object to MT. Fletcher Chairman Republican National Committed going to Harvard and getting of the pupils of Dr. Frankfurter to down here and establish brain trust The Good Lord knows that if there people the face of the earth who in need of brains of some kind it was the Republican National Com mittee.
 Representative Bertrand H. Shell Republican New York-There is not man in this House but knows in his mind that the present administra- tion is not spending the taxpayers money either