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•*•&£."£& '* i-Mo *"?' !.*j>#J fj ':t^"'- ^'-"•'; ' --i1-<£*^V •:*•, '. ' Spill'r- 4 |nppf^P|^ Is - *a-L <x*y*» • x- %" ,v-2? w- j' "7 / ' - • t 7 , i*Li / **' 7*& h/' * - v < • - < " > " i- tvv ' * \ <• , * ' j IffWWf^m THE Me HENRY PLAHTDEALEB, MeBHTRf, KVT „ |/*^v omen Fast Losing the Advantage They Formerly Had, Statistics Show. i Washington,--Women are fait losing fte advantage which they have possessed In the past of a lower rate of Inortality than men, It Is Indicated by life Insurance statistics. The excess Mortality of men over women. It Is .fetid, has been one of the supposed ' |b:ed relationships In vital statistics. »' In the United States the death rate 4f males has always been found to be higher than that of females At •very age period from birth till Ifeatn and this condition has profiled quite generally throughout the tfvilized world. In recent years, howfrer, the mortality of females has Actually been higher than that of fliaies among the Industrial policyholders cf the Insurance companies in <9ie United States and Canada. In 1911 (|ie mortality of white males insured to one company was more than 13 per cent higher than among females. While the actual excess in male mortality varied somewhat from year to ftear, the condition continued up to •ad including 1018. xfphanfls Also Noted Hi Negro Race. 1 j The year 1919 was marked by a •Udden drop to about 5 per cent, and % 1920 a reversal In the relationship nad become a fact, with the female Mortality 2.0 per cent above that of , Sales. In 1921, It was 1.2 per cent ttfgber. In 1022 the condition was •Rain changed to an excess of 1.2 per . Cent in male mortality over that of f females. >Jin the negro race the difference Between the death rate of the two Sfexes was never so strikingly marked, blit, nevertheless, between 1912 and lt>18 the excess of male mortality was Continuous, varying from 2 to about 10 per cent. The year 1919 was the ftrst year In which the mortality of females actually exceeded that for males, and this condition bas continued since, including the year 1922. The fact thav reversal appears l&nong both white and negro lives Is considered significant. Very similar #iationship8 In the mortality rates of Males and females are apparently in- ^cated, It Is pointed out, in the figures for the registration area during Lower the corresponding years, and light Is thrown on the possible factors by consideration of the age periods of life where these changes were most pronounced. Greatest at" Child-Beariaf Age. It Is shown that among white persons the excess of female mortality was entirely limited to the ages of twenty to thirty-four in 1921 and to fifteen to thirty-four in 1920. Among the negroes it occurred between the ages of ten and thirty-four in 1921, ten and twenty-four in 1919 and one and thirty-tour In 1920. After age of thirty-five the male mortality has continued to be higher than the female throughout the rest of life. The ages, says the report, are definitely those of child-bearing. They I i are also the ages at which the tafl* ensa epidemic made its gi'tptset Inroads and in which tnberctdosls showed the most pronounced decreases during the last decade. It Is entirely conceivable, comments the statistician, that each one of these three items played an Important part In the phenomenon under consideration. Attention has been repeatedly called in recent years to the excessive mortality among women from causes Incidental to pregnancy and child-bearing, these excessive maternal death rates having shown. It is said, the greatest reluctance toward improvement.. The Influence epidemic, beginning with 1913, it Is thought, may have been the exciting cause for much of this Increased maternal mortality. It having been noted early In the lnflnensa outbreaks that women at the child-bearing ages suffered excessively from the disease! This con-lit Ion has been marked with earn new outbreak of Influenza. It is further brought forward that there is no question as to the greater reduction of tuberculosis mortality among males than among females and this Is strikingly marked in the ages under consideration. WrllUse Gas3- r ~ ••M Entire Armies wm te Put to Sleep and Made Prisoner, Says U. S. Chemist. New York.--Whole armies pit' to sleep and taken prisoner In gas warfare Is by no mean^ an Impossibility 25 years hence. Col. Raymond F. Bacon, chief of the technical division of the chemical warfare service, A. E. F., says in a description of the possibilities of the future art of war made public by the American Chemical society. The $2,000,000 spent on the lesearch organization did more toward winning the war. Colonel Bacon asserts, than any $200,000,000 spent in other ways. Great Lesson of the War. One of the greatest lessens of the war has so far gone almost unheeded, according to Colonel Bacon, who continues.: "To say the nse of gas In warfare must be abolished Is almost the same as saying that no progress* must be made in the art of warfare toward making It more efficient or more humane. "If one reads of the great battles of Wars # Campers Bust for Garment Workers t. Moses W. Dykaar, who has made bu^ts of the late Champ Clark, Alexander Bell and ex-Vice President Thomas R. Marshall, completing a Dust of Jfamuei Gompers in his office at the headquarters of the American Federation Labor. The bast was made for the lady garment workers of New Tors. history, one will find that th« victorious gcueral conquered ills enetny usually because of the fact that he so chose his position as to have his protected by river, mountain range or some naturally strong barrier. "Much of the strategy of these battles consisted in maneuvering so as to obtain the advantage of position. With the use of gas It Is possible to saturate a piece of ground so that no troops can cross It, and thus make an artificial barrier for the flank or protect the lines of communication. Moreover, these artificial barriers can be kept barriers for Just as short a time as the strategy of the particular battle demands. "These are but hints, bat show the tremendous unexploited possibilities of gas In warfare. "One can easily Imagine the situation at the time the fighting was hand to hand with the spear or the sword, and gunpowder was first introduced, which in those day, perhaps, permitted the antagonists to fight at a range of 100 or 200 yards. There must have been a great outcry as to prohibiting the horrible new mode of warfare, and It must have been felt that it was very unfair to stand off 200 yards rather than to meet in combat man to man. "But no one looking back on that period would attempt to say It was possible to have stayed the hand of progress and to have prevented by any legislation or agreement the ass of gunpowder in warfare. "Moreover, the consensus of opinion today would be that the hand-to-hand fighting with spear and sword was more cruel and tnhumane than the fighting with the gun and the ballet. Similarly, at the present time we cannot effectually stay the progress of science, and to attempt to do so Is not only unwise but Is also preventing the possibilities of a really more humane type of war." Woman Judge In Washington. Washington.--Miss Mary O'Toole, one of the five Judges of the municipal court here, first became Interested In the law while employed as ji court reporter In New York city. Represent 29 NationaHttaft." Vnnronvjer. -- Twenty-nine different nationalities are represented among the pOpils attending one public school In Vancouver, British Columbia. If a man Is wedded to art he Is apt to find the dowry unsatisfactory. WELL DUG BY WASHINGTON IN USE AFTER 167 YEARS fiir Water Still Being Taken From Hole He Drilled in 1756. Winchester, Va.--Washington's well In the four-month drought that threatened such serious consequences to the 8benandoah valley did not fall in the mission Intended for it by the then <Jol. George Washington; constructor •nd commandant of Fort Louden, Winchester. In 1756, with the French gfeid Indians moving slowly from the West, "Winchester, then an outpost of Bngllsh civilization, was threatened, and Colonel Washington, afterward general and President of the new republic. was ordered by General Louden.' eommander-ln-chief of the English troops of America, to construct a 4bn • A portion of the embankment thrown up by Washington Is still Intact. and the line of die forf Is traceable. Within the boundaries are situated the Fort Louden seminary and a number of private homes. In the yard of a home next to the seminary Is the Washington well. No greater monument to that American hero can be found. \ The well Is 188 fleet deep, drilled through solid rock. It Is about Sft to 4 feet In diameter and every Inch done by hand; not even an explosive was used. So much trouble did the engineer heve In obtaining the right temper for the steel that he brought from his old home at Mount Vernon his private blacksmith. There Is no fecord of how long it required to dig the well--not more than three or four months at the most. The history of Winchester records that for 167 years the old well has continually functioned and has never been polluted. A short time ago. In placing a concrete cover over the top of the well during the excavation, there warf dug out a four-Inch solid cannon hall of charcoal Iron. As the Prlnclplo Furnace at 1'rfncipio. ,Md„ was the only furnace making this class of metal prior to the Revolution. It Is reasonable to suppose that Washington obtained his armament from this place, owned hy his two uncles, where, ss a young man. he hsd studied the manufacture of Iron. Mind Man Hat Read Bible Through 15 "times Mlddletown, Conn.--The rest of reading the Bible through 15 times In raised print has been completed b> Urban L. Penney, a blind mau of Winsted. it has taken him almost fifty years to complete the task. He uaa now started out to read the Bible through for the sixteenth time, although some of the volumes are in tatters in places from much handling, Mr. Penney learned the raisiS* type at Perkins Institution In Boston In the early 70s txpw the late Or. Samuel Q. Howe. ~ ."T~T7 I Once More the Mormons Arrive at Salt Lake I 'fotoowu 1 I The Mormons celebrated their arrival La Utah In 1847, under Britain *ounK. by re-enacting their arrival recently. All the vehicles were those used by the original pioneers, and the celebrants, for the most part, were descendants of the 1847 settlers. The Brigham Young trail was followed through the valley to the site of the present city of Salt I#ke. :f v"'." • -fMSij --uwwwwiii iiiimM»ii»»»i»t Valuable Napoleon Letter Found m if-: Anne Soniuivrviiiv, daughter ot u. A. Soiuiuerviile, living In tlie old towu Jff West port. Conn., in cleaning an old print of Napoleon and Empress ^ot> phine found an original letter of Napoleon which members of Franco-Amer- •aa society at New-Haven wise highly aa feavtag' ImfnnmM hearing -e* «fee fettle of Waterloo, -.'. ..y- j.' • / :.i • . X Humpbacked Salmon Rim Breaks Records Belllngham, Wash.--Humpback salmon have become so abundant here that the canners are refusing to buy them of Independent seiners. The price has dA-IIned to 10 cents apiece, from 24 cents. Not anticipating such a large run as has appeared, most of the canneries did not put all of their machinery Into working order, and did not provide nearly so many cans as would be required take cars of the tlsli offered. Officer ill the Bald Knobber Country in Missouri Hail Lively Career. Forsyth, Ma--The death of James Polk McHaffle, seventy-seven yearn old, former sheriff of Taney county. In a hospital in Springfield, has removed one of the real pioneers of the Osarks, around whose life some of the most exciting events of this hill country were associated. He helped blaze a trail of civilization and had exciting experience with the Bald Knobbers, the terrors of southwest Missouri In the early days. The life story of McHaffle. a picturesque character, Is closely Interwoven with the White river country. McHaffle was born In Christian county, near Sparta, la 1846, when the line of that county extended to the Missouri-Arkansas boundary. In 1884 McHaffle was elected sheriff of Taney ounty. At that time the Bald Knobbers were a power In the hill country and were one of the many problems which were presented to Sheriff McHaffle for solution. He had been elected because he was known to be fast on the draw and fearless. Both of these qualities were put to severe tests before McHaffle completed his period of office. Adventure With Bald Knobbers. Shortly before his death he told for the last time the story of an adventure with the Bald Knobbers. The sheriff said the Knobbers were originally organised for a good purpose but Man Hurt by Needle Files Suit for $5,000 Akron. O.--A common, ordinary, everyday steel needle may cost Otis Turney $5,000. William Angel filed suit for that amount In Common Pleas court against Turnpy. In his petition, he states that Turney Is proprietor of the Colonial hotel, and that he rented a room in that hotel. When he went to bed his leg encountered a needle In the mattress, the needle, tunning Into his left leg below the knee to a distance of about one inch and breaking, leaving nr. inch of the steel In his leg. Angel charges. He states that the wound since has become painful and has necessitated an operation and doctor bill, as well as Incapacitating him fo| work. German Pilot Makes Record Trip in Day Berlin.--Berlin to London and back in one day was the record trip made recently by the German pilot, Pieper, engaged In the regular aerial service for mall and passengers. pieper arrived at Bremen via Hamburg on the outward flight at 11 o'clock In the morning, and an hour and a half later resumed the journey to Amsterdam and the English capital. By « :20 In the afternoon, he was back in Bremen by the same route, and ten minutes later set out for Berlin. later became dominated by men who encouraged outlawry. It was during the administration of Sheriff McHaffle that Frank and Tubler Taylor were taken from the Forsyth Jail and hanged by Bald Knobbers. The Taylors were known throughout the Ozark section for their escapades. One night they entered the store of John T. Plckerson at Forsyth and shot up the place. Dlckerson was shot through the mouth and his wife wss seriously wounded. The offenders were apprehended and placed In the Taney couny JalL .That night the Bald Knobbers made their appearance. Sheriff McHaffle said there were approximately 150 men in the band. Several of the Knob* bens leveled their weapons at the officer and ordered him to deliver the Taylor boys to them. McHaffle was forced to comply. with this request, since the night riders had the drop on him. The sheriff followed the trail of the Bald Knobbers after they left Forsyth and the next day found the bodies of the Taylor boys dangling from a tree. McHaffle said he had often been critl* elzed for surrendering the prisoners, but stated that any other action would have been foolhardy. The John Bright lynching occurred at Forsyth In the early 80s, after the Bald Knobbers had disbanded. Srtght was charged with hffvtttg murdered his wife and wss placed In the Forsyth Jail, under the care of Sheriff McHaffle. One night a mob surrounded the Jail. Sheriff McHaffle hid out with the keys. The fury of the mob increased when Its members learned that McHaffle had gone away with the keys and then proceeded to force an entrance Into the Jail. Deputy Sheriff George Williams attempted to prevent the mob from breaking Into the Jail and was klllef. Bright was taken out and hanged. Indignation swept over this section because of the killing of Deputy Williams. Lster a memorial public library was established here In honor of Deputy Williams, but now It Is practically abandoned. Offered $8,500 for Home Made of Boxes Los Angeles, Cal.--The high prlcfe of living quartos in Los Anj^les means nothing to ^George S. Lennox. Three years ago he started out with only $400 in cash but today he Is the owner of La Casa Contentos, in Hillhurst avenue, Hollywood, for which he recently refused an offer of $8,500. Surrounded by an old-fashioned New England garden, the pride of his heart, Lennox has built himself a home of piano packing boxes. The exterior Is relieved by the blossoming beauty of the flowers and vines which cover It. "For years," Lennox said, "landlords considered me a good - patron. But three years ago, with only $400 cash, I rebelled against the landlords and their prices. First I contracted for a $1,000 lot by making a small cash payment. "Then I secured 18 piano boxes at $1.50 each; went in debt for $250 worth of plumbing, $50 worth of electric fixtures, and $210 worth of finishing lumber. A carpenter and a boy helped me at a total cost of about $200 and I had my home. "Recently I was offered $8,500 for the place, but money can't buy happiness, and this is La Casa' Contentos-- the house of contentedness." Barber's Talk Saves Cash and Register Bastlngs-on-Hudson, N T.-- "Hey, come back! You feliows need shaves," shouted Jacob Hoffman when he caught two husky men carrying the cash register out of his barber shop. The men accepted the invitation, and Hoi?taan shaved both, talking meanwhile, on the chances men will take to get a few dollars. The bandits seemed to have a change of heart, for they left without the cash register, which contained more than $100, warning Hoffman to keep quiet. BOY KILLED BY DOG IS ' HELPLESS CROWD LOOKS OR Great Dane Grabs Youngster by the throat and Shakes Him to Death. North Bergen, N. J.--Their -anas filled with cat-tails which they had picked in the meadows here, Joseph Genatt. nine years old; his brother, Albert, ten, and John Simoneoni, ten,' started for home in West Hoboken. Passing Floral park picnic grounds, Joseph espied a cherry tree within the gates. He dropped his cat-tails and swung open the gate. His companions followed. Two Great Dane dogs leaped from ' behind bushes. Albert and John pelted them with stones. One sprang at Joseph, knocked him down, and sank its teeth in his throat. The other drove Albert and John from the park. Joseph's screams brought scores of*' passersby, but the dog that had routed John and Albert stood guard at the gate and prevented anyone from going to the youngster's aid. A dozen men stoned the other dog, hut in vain. Nearly 100 persons watched the dog sink itft teeth in Joseph's throat and shake the little body as though It were a bundle of rags. Women hid the sight from Albert and John by clasping them to their breasts as the boys struggled to go to • Joseph's aid. Several women fainted. The dogs finally were driven off, but Joseph died of a ruptured Jugular vein. U ' J U. S. Has 178 Womtn Pastors, Chicago.--There are 178 women ministers in the United States, according to figures from the International Association of Women Preachers. Illinois leads all other states with 83 women pastors, of whom 17 are In Chicago. There are six preachers in foreign lands. 3 %, -Twelve Women for Each Man. *- London.--In Russia there are estimated to be 1,229 women to every 100 men. Germany comes next with 1*100 and Austria 1,060. BASEBALL PITCHER GIVEN > BULK OF FRIEND'S ESTATE YootMot Wayer Gets Most ot $75,000 Left by a Neighbor. New London. Conn.-- - neighbor's boy who had gained his admiration, largely because of ability hs a basehall pitcher, will receive the bulk of the $75,000 estste of Robert W. Hsllan. retired Merlden Cutlery company •uperlntendent, whose will was lied here recently. The Instrument leaves $10,000 In trust to a sister, who ha* died, and $1,000 each to four nieces. $6,000 each to Rev. B. G. Reynolds, a retired minister of Glastonbury, and Floyd Robinson, who were friends of the deceased. To two neighbors Is left $>V)0 each and to another. Mrs. Alice Powers, $5,000 In trust The residue goes to Elmer F. Hader, aged eighteen, son of Mr. snd Mrs. George Rader. with the provision tfiat he go to college. In the event of aim death without Issue It is stipulated, that the. money be divided among Ail Saints' church, Y. M. C. A~. Boys' dub. etc. Toung Rader was graduated from Merlden high school last June, where he pitched on the baseball team. Mr. Hallan toek a liking to the boy and cheered him frequently for his pitching, while Rader'a little sets of thoughtfulness msde s deep Impression on Mr. Hallan and his wife. The latter died about a year ago. ne children being born to the couple. Toung Rader's share of the estate will total nearly $75,000 and will Include the $10,000 bequeathed to the sister who has died since the writing of the will. He receives one-hslf of the legacy now snd the remainder in five years. His father Is a X%c»M7 employee. A Bohemian Inventor Is said to have produced a glass that Is unbreakable. Australia Will Have Capital Like the U. S. Melbourne.--The next session of the Australian parliament will be In Canberra, the new federal capital which, like Washington. D. C„ Is a city located and planned for the special purpose of being a national capital. The Australian capital was laid out by an American architect, Walter Burley Griffin of Chicago. Canberra is situated on a splendid undulating plateau about 1,000 ffeei above sea level.' a little to the north of the highest peaks of the Australian Alps. The city site 1^* divided hy three large sheets of water, supplied by the sluggish Molonglo river, and adorned Main thoroughfares will radiate from the parliament building, hy parks and boulevards. The parliament house and government buildings will face a central lake, with streets laid out In octagonal form around them. On arte side will be a fan-shaped residential quarter; on the other the university, municipal and Industrial centers. Aged Man Brooding Over Cat's Doath Ends Life New York.--Many children uiourn for "Old Man" Smith, as they called Charles Schmidt, seventy-three years old, for nine years day watchman at the Hippodreme's warehouse. For a long time he had bought them candy and told them wonderful stories based f Jjpl on the old Hippodrome scenery. " Schmidt had no friends, so far as t Vv known, except the children in the," ' neighborhood of the warehouse. Formerly he had a pet. cat. Rusty, that *• M wandered In a year ago. He shared >v? his lunches with the cat, which made _ ^ his rounds with him. • The aged watchman had met with 1| ! many disappointments in life, and ^ when a couple of weeks ago Rusty chased a mouse to the bottom of the > / ^ ^levator shaft and was killed by a descending freight elevator, "Old Man" Schmidt became despondent. Brooding over his physical and financial misfortunes, and grieving for Rusty, he brought on himself a fate similar to that of the cat. He had k: opened the door of the same elevator, sent it up, and then crouching beneath ^ ^ It reversed the cable and allowed It fe crush him to death. MILLIONS IN GOLD TAKEN / FROM TORPEDOED STE4MER 'Crawls From Crib te Death. ' .Buffalo, N. Y.--Crawling out of his pHb at his home in this city, twoyear- old Patrick Sallsburg climbed to the railroad tracks and aat down on a rail. He was run over by s train. Both legs were cut oS. * few minutes later Divers Recover Nearly $35,000,- 000 From the Laurentie. % London.--All except a few hare of the $30,000,000 worth of gold hutlton which dropped to the ncenn bed when a German submarine mink the Laurentic off Donegal. Ireland, have been recovered by divers who ulncp 1P1S have been carrying on their labor* 00 feet tolnw the anrfsee of rhe «e*. The HO bars remaining. It is expected, will be brought up wlttlo a fortnight. In addition to the gold which wae consigned to Amerlran hunker*, the Lanrentlc wss laden with nlinoet $!\,- 000,000 In silver sperte. mostly In 2- shilling pieces, all of which has hwi Salvaged by the divers. The men have Seen using a divining spear with a dial attached that shows whether the spear point Is toochlaf jaM fjf m, base metai The clocklike dial Is kept aboard the salvag^pg ship and Is connected with a spear which Is In the hands of a^lver working 90 feet below' the surface. The hand moves to the feft of the sero mark when the spear Is prodded against a piece of Iron, copper or other such metal; but when It touches gold the dial swings to the right. It veered further when It came In contact with an 18-carat bar than when It touched, one of nine csrafs. The apparatus was brought to the attention of the admiralty In 1920 by a college professor. Previous ro that time the divers In three years of labor had recovered 008 bars, but since the galvanometer was brought Into use more than 2.100 have been brought to the top, each bar being worth from $5,000 to $10,000, depending upon the standsrd of the gold and the else of the bar. In the first yean ef th e treuures found thee -SVi. # %. ' . ,« '< ft-' 'A bi .J. L ' boxes In which they fouhd them, but later these wooden chests rotted and the bars have since been salvaged separately. The work of the Avers, never very easy or safe, has been made harder by the sctlvitles of the hungry dor fish which seem to think thst thsy are watchdogs of the wreck. Bach diver carries with when he 7oes below s large knife as s protection against any fish that gets toe bold. Each man receivee a *K'"ty see and part of the treasure be recovers, , % ' > V Snakes Spoiled Hia Flatting. Sacramento, Cal.--James Remtck, local auto accessory merchant, haa Just returned from a fishing trip la the wilds of Slerrs county. Remick sayai with much Impreaslvenesa. that In the stream where be angled for the elusive trout large snd apparently hungry snakes grabbed the fish as fast ss be booked them. When Remick discovered what was happening, be idmpty wound up hie lk% dedarim tSe petition was toe leak Baby Falls Into River; Kicks Its Way to Safety Chippewa Falls, Wis.--Plunging from a railroad bridge here to the Chippewa river, 25 feet below, Marylin Jean Anderson, three and a half months old, kept herself afloat by employing bath tub kicking tactic* and gurgled with delight when finally she was rescued uninjured. Mrs. Earl Anderson, her mother, became faint as she was carrying Marylin across the bridge and the baby slipped from her arms, dropping Inta the river 100 feet from shore. Apparently Marylin thought it was her dally bath, for lying on her back, she kicked vigorously, keeping afloat and by chance heading toward shorn. The baby made good progress, and when she reached shallow water. Leonard Glrard, fifteen years old. waded In and carried her to safety. She had swallowed but little water. .str *5 •' • Qrocar Killed by Thief in Store. Pittsburgh, Ps.--A burglar whom he found In his store shot and killed Charles W. Riley ef this city and escaped. Riley had been sleeping behind the coQnter to catch thieves who visited his store several t'mes In a few weeks. ':W Grandfsthsr Has Whooping Css#>. Greenwood. Del.--M. B. BettS la eighty-eight years old, but he has the whooping cough, and is seriously ill at his home here. He caught the "whoops" while telling bedtlnte stories to his seven-year-old grandchild, he 8«7| Thief Chaee Was Coetty. South Bend, Ind.--Willis Preston gave a hobo $20 to have changed for him. The hobo took the money and leaped on board a freight train. Preston followed. He slipped from the train and lost a leg under the wheels. The hobo continued on Ms way. -H, to V flat Bltse Fetal -- Man. ,,r . Allentown, Pa.--FxlMng aslwj^a^ x^; stable. John McCall of this city was so badly bitten by rats thst he died a s ^ few days later. The rat bites caused a fatal infection, according to dofctecs who examined the man's body. Gets Year in Jsll for Each WifSw Turkey Creek. Fla.--Found guilty et .. having a wife In Kansas, another fefe/I®* Georgia and a third in Florida, Georfe A. Bendure of this city was sent te prison for three yeere. All tfcree vers tn the cemtiss^