Newspaper Page Text
For
Woman’s
Eye
** J-18
A NEW SOCIAL ORDER
For the Farmers Backed By the
U. S. Government.
TO BE ON IRRIGATED LANDS
Farmer* of the Future to Live in Towns
and to Use Autos, Trolleys and
Horses to Reach Farms,
Chicago, 111. —a new social order
tor farmers is pictured by George E.
Barstow of Barstow, Texas, president j
of the International Irrigation Con
gress, who is in Chicago on business
connected with the big gathering to
be held in Seattle next summer.
Great tracts of land where the
farmers will not live on the land, but
in towns, from which they will hasten
by the aid of fast horses or in auto
mobiles, or interurban cars, to culti
vate the soil, was the "new thing"
which the irrigation expert declared
would soon become a fact.
Mr. Barstow is known as the “fa
ther of irrigation in the southwest."
He has been a prime mover in in
ducing the federal government to
build the systems which will make
fertile over 3,000,000 acres of land
once a desert.
It Is on these government tracts
that the old isolated farm house is
to become a thing of the past.
"The ' government is laying out
towns every live miles,” he said.
“Thus no farm will be much more
than two and one-half miles from a
town. The farms will be small, 10
to 40 acres, and the 'farming inten
sive. Under these circumstances the
farmers will live in towns of 1,500 to
2,000 people, enjoying all the bene
fits of unban life —schools, churches
and social life. At the same time
they wiii be within as easy reach of
their farms as is the average Chica
goan of his business.
"A tide from the city to the coun
try iias already set in. Many college
graduates have chosen farming on ir
rigated tracts for their life work.”
. YANKEE FLEET AT (iIBRALTER.
First Division of Battleships at Fam
ous Rock.
Gibraltar. —The first division of the
United States Atlantic fleet, composed
of the Connecticut, Vermont, Kansas
and Minnesota, under command of
Rear Admiral Sperry, arrived here.
From the moment the glistening
white hulls of the American ships
were mere specks upon the blue wa
ter of the Mediterranean, every coign
of vantage on the rock, of Gibraltar
was occupied, and by the time they
were ready to round majestically into
the harbor, the entire population
semed to be massed on the water
front.
Two British battleships and the
four ships of the second cruiser
squadron, just returned from South
American waters; two Russian bat
tleships and two protected cruisers,
a French gunboat and a Dutch gun
boat, lying inside the breakwater
with sides manned, flags dipping and
bands playing, greeted the Americans
as each in turn entered and berthed.
The American ships responded with
flags and music, the band on board
the Connecticut playing the national
anthem of each country represented.
SIO,OOO A WEEK.
Offered President Roosevelt to Appear
With Circus.
Washington, D. C. —An offer of $lO,-
000 per week for an engagement of
thirty weeks with an organization to
be known as “Roosevelt’s Congress of
Rough Riders,” has been formally
made to President Roosevelt by a
former circus man acting for a Bridge
port, Conn., syndicate. In his letter
the circus man asked for an appoint
ment. He considers SIO,OOO a week
S °The Syndicate is ready to furnish
a private car or two. All the presi
ded is asked to do is to make one
anenarance in the show. His part
wUI be to lead a charge of San Juan
Hill, followed by a Buffalo Bill out
flt Washington, D. C.— Secretary Loeb
•a That the offer of a circus man at
Bridgeport. Conn., of $300,000 to Pres
ident Roosevelt to appear in a R oug
Rider exhbition in connection with
the circus was “too absurd to merit
notice.” -
debts owed trusts
Are void According to Decision of U.
S. Supreme Court.
Washington, 11. C—The case of the
£ewis ne t SoSf o C f°Ci P nc n innlti
The suit was brought by the com-
T nn a debt of $57,000, the pay-
of which was resisted on the
meD a that the paper company is a
ground at e^ct the decision holds
trUi>t ' Admitted trust organized con
that an«dnntted tr anti . trust law
Sc' courc to collect'debt*.
Women’s troubles very often occur regularly at a certain time every month. Be
cause this may have been so all your life, is no reason why it should continue.
Many thousands of women, who had previously suffered from troubles similar to yours,
due to disorder of the womanly organs, have found welcome relief or cure in that
wonderfully successful medicine for women,
Wine of Cardui
Mrs, Leota Forte, of Toledo, 111, writes: ‘‘l am well pleased with the results of using Cardui. I have
taken three bottles and am now perfectly well, free from pain and have gained 25 pounds in weight”
(WHITE lIC A I ETTE H Write today for a free copy of valuable 64-paie Illustrated Book (or Women. If you need Medical Ad-
Mjße I y|\ A I r*i E rtf vice, describe your symptoms, stating age, and reply will be sent in plain sealed envelope. Address:
Ii I*l ■ - ■ l - - 4 ■ ■ Ladies Advisory Dept.. Tne Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Tenn.
DIVORCES IN THE SOUTH
Are One-Third Le»* Than in the North
ern and Western States.
Washington, D. C. —The bulletin on
marriage and divorce, just compiled
by the bureau of t’ne census, contains
some astounding detailed information
with regard to divorces, tabulated by
states, causes of divorce and the par
ties to which granted.
The investigation covers a period
of twenty years—from 1887 to 1906,
inclusive. The divorce statistics were
compiled from the records of the!
courts granting divorces. During the
twenty year period, a total number
of marriages recorded was 12,832,044. |
in the same period the number of ai- j
vorces was 945,525. In other words,
one marriage out of every thirteen
contracted during this period term!- j
nated in the divorce court.
In the state of Georgia, during the
twenty-year period covered by the in
vestigation, there were recorded 401,-
266 marriages. The total number of
divorces was 10,401. The rate in
Georgia, therefore, was only one-third
of that for the country at large.
A most significant fact brought out
by this report is the effect upon the
marriage rate of changes in economic
conditions, the rate increasing in pe
riods of prosperity and declining with*
an industrial decline and in a brief
period following a panic. TtiuS, after
the panic of 1893, the normal was
halted and for the following year an
actual decrease was recorded. But in
1895, there was an exceptionally large
increase.
vA noteworthy fact is that marriage
rates are higher in the south than
in the> north. Next to^the south, the
west shows the highest marriage rate.
Ten states and territories had a mar
riage rate in excess of 40 per 1,000
adult unmarried population, as fol
lows:
Tennessee, 40.4; J Gdprgia; * 45},2;
Utah, 43; Alabama, 43,7;; Mississippi,
45.9; Oklahoma, 46; Florida, 46.8:
Texas, 47.5; Arkansas, 54.4, and In
dian Territory, 55.5.
RE-UNION SCOTTISH RITE MASONS
To Be Held in Atlanta’s New Temple
In April.
Atlanta Ga. —The dedication of At
lanta’s new Masonic Temple, now
abort completed, will mark a general
revival among that branch of the Ma
sonic fraternity known as the Scot
tish Rite.
Plans are under way for a spring
reunion of the Scottish Rite to he
held <n Atlatna next April, which will
bring to the city many of the distin
guished and prominent citizens of the
country, including Hon. James D. Rich
ardson of Tennessee, the grand com
mander of the southern jurisdiction,
and the full official divan of the su
preme council, the chief governing
body of the rite, whose headquarters
are at Washington, D. C.
During the reunion the degrees of
the rite, fourth to thirty-second, inclu
sive, will be conferred with full cer
emonials for the first time in Atlanta,
on a dedicatory class of more than
two hundred, representing every sec
tion of Georgia, and the handsome
and perfectly appointed apartments
of the rite on the upper floor of the
Temple will be dedicated and formal
ly opened. The apartments include
the largest stage of modern construc
tion vet erected in the southeast. Con
tracts for the scenery, more than one
hundred pieces, necessary to properly
exemplify the work, together with a
mammoth lighting plant, to cost ap
proximately 12,000, have been closed,
and will be Installed as quickly as the
artists can complete the work
It is safe to assume that nothing
so ambitious as this reunion has ever
been undertaken by Scottish Rite Ma
sons of the southern jurisdiction, and
the indications are that Masonic stu
dents from all America will gather at
Atlanta to witness the ceremonies
and enjoy the work.
EXPERTS TOJiRADE CBTTON.
Official Standard To Be Fixed by Gov
ernment.
Washington, D. C.—The personnel
of the committee of expert cotton
classifiers, which will meet here on
February 1 to establish an official
standard for the various grades of
cotton, in conformity with an act of
congress, was announced by Secre
tary of Agriculture Wilson, as fol
lows:
James A. Airey, New Orleans, La,;
J. S. Akers, Atlanta, Ga,; Clinton B.
Baker, Lowell, Mass.; F. M. Crump,
Memphis, Tenn,; John Martin, Paris,
Tex.- George W. Neville, New York;
Lewis W. Parker, Greenville, S. C.;
Nathaniel N. Thayer, Boston, Mass.;
and Charles A. Vedder, Galveston,
Tex.
Money Given for Airships.
Washington, D. C— By voting an
appropriation of $500,000 the house
of representatives made liberal pro
vision for further experiments by the
army, with balloons and airships for
use in w r arfare.
REPORT ON “PELLAGRA”
Malady Is a Grave Menace to
Southern Health.
CAUSED BY SPOILED CORN
Disease Has Proved Veritable Scourge
in the Old World and Has Good
Start in This Country,
Washington, D. C. —Looming up as
a grave menace to health conditions
in the south is the recent appearance
of a deadly disease known to medi-;
cal scientists as “pellagra.” This j
strange malady is a veritable scourge
in the Old World, and the possibil
ity of its becoming endemic in the
southern states is by no means re ,
mote.
For several centuries "pellagra” is
known to have existed in the Old
World, but its presence in the south
has been but recently discovered. It
probably has existed for several years
in that section of the country, but
medical men have failed to recognize
its presence.
Now, however, this peculiar disease
has been diagnosed as true pellagra,
and the credit for its discovery in the
south belongs to Past Assistant Sur
geon C. H. Lavender of the public
health and hospital service. He has
made a thorough iiivestigation of the
disease and has but recently made an
exhaustive report ou his observations
to Surgeon General Weyman.
Pellagra is a malady caused by the
eating of spoiled maize, «uad produces
In nfjpicted with it a sort ut
intoxication. ' The disease generally
occurs arhong the poorer classes pf
the rural population, who subsist very
largely or exclusively on corn most
usually prepared by boiling corn meal
in salt water called “polentia” in It
aly., Dr. Lavinder states that in pel-
Yagrbps countries the cdlnv is dften
•of a 1 poor quality, gathered before
maturity and not properly cured and
stored, so that parasites more easily
develop' upon it.
In the preface of his report, Dr.
Lavinder declares that there is rea
son to believe that perhaps pellagra
may be quite prevalent in the south
ern states, but is unrecognized. With
in the past two or three years, for
some reason or reasons unknown, this
disease has rapidly increased in num
bers and extent of territory affected.
Pellagra bears a close resemblance
to the accepted description of pellagra
as it occurs in the Old World, al
though differently in some particu
lars, and the acute cases greatly pre
ponderate and the mortality is high.
"Since it is of a serious character,
and epidemic in nature,” declares Dr.
Lavinder, “knowledge concerning it
is becoming of much importance to
the American physician, and especial
ly to the practitioner in the southern
states.”
CUBAN OFFICIALS CLASH.
President and Vice President Lock
Horns.
Havana, Cuba. —The first serious
clash between President Gomez and
Vice President Zayao, which occurred
when the proposal was made to ap
point Ricardo Arnauto chief of the
secret police in place of Jose Jerez,
who resigned upon the demand of
Secretary of Government Alberdi, has
resulted in a victory for Senor Zay
as, who, it is believed, presented an
ultimatum that he would immediately
resign if the obnoxious appointment
was made.
Yielding to the urgent remonstran
ces and threats of the vice president,
and a storm of protest from all quar
ters, President Gomez announced he
would appoint Jose Ugarte chief.
Much relief is expressed that the
threatened trouble between General
Gomez and Senor Zayas has been
averted.
TOCSIN UF WAK.
Bulgaria Delivers Belligerent Not to
the Powers.
Sofia, Bulgaria. The Bulgarian
government delivered a note to the
representatives of toe powers, com
plaining of the irreconcilable and un
compromising attitude of Turkey and
declaring that the porte must be re
sponsible for the consequences.
The note does not solicit the inter
vention of the powers, but draws their
attention to the tension of the situa
tion.
fiARFIEUTwiIU HtTIRE.
Secretary of Interior to Return to
Practice of Law in Cleveland.
Wshington, D. C.—James R. Gar
field, secretary of the interior, will
not be in the Taft cabinet, and he
will not be an ambassador of the
country abroad.
Secretary Garfield, in the course of
departmental business, admitted that
he would not be an advisor of the
next administration and stated that
ho had made all preparations to go
back to Cleveland, Ohio, and resume
the practice of law.
GREAT SAVING IN COAL
Wa»te Coal Prove* Vcluable When It I*
Made Into Briquets.
Washington, 1). C. —Millions of tons
of coal may be saved to the country
through the investigations of the
technologic branch of the United
States Geological survey into the
briquetting of coal. For several years
this branch of the government has
been conducting a series of experi
ments in the hope of stopping the
'tremendous waste in the use of fuels,
| and one of these was the making of
briquets out of slack or waste coal.
| This fine coal, which has not nearly
the value of the lump coal, because
of the difficulty in burning it, is mix
;ed with five or six per cent of water
gas pitch and pressed into cakes or
bricks by powerful machinery.
| Several hundred tons of these bri;
quets were made at the fuel-testing
| plant at St. Louis, Mo., and later at
Norfolk, Va. This prepared fuel was
j used in a number of tests by different
railroad companies, and In every in
stance the briquets furnished more
power with less weight of fuel than
the run-of-mine coal from the same
mineß. They further showed less
smoke than the coal and indicated
that their proper use at terminals
might do away with a large part of
the smoke nuisance from the railroads
in the big cities of the country,
j In co-operation with the navy de
partment. a series of tests were
made on the torpedo boat Biddle off
Hampton Roads and the briquets
| weight for weight with the coal, suc
ceeded in generating much more pow
er, hut There was very little differ
ence in the amount of smoke.
To the navy these tests ar& of the
greatest imporiance.. The fact that
the briquets give more power than
the coal means that, a vessel carrying
two thousand tons of briquets will be
.capable of steaming a farther disT
, tance than one with two thousand
thus'of raw'ftoal. jfi time of war this
would be very desirable, especially if
the fleet were In foreign waters, far
from coaling statiens.
A report on the results of these
tests has just been made to the Ge
ological ‘puryey by Professor W. F.
M. Gpss, consulting engineer in
charge of locomotive tests. He sees
many advantages to the railroads in
the uke of briquets.
The tests as a whole Indicate that
many low grade coals, now consider
ed useless may make an admirable
fuel and thus add to the supply of
the country which Is being used at a
rapid rate.
(ILIIISI MAN IN COUNTRY
Dies in West Virginia Aged One Hun
dred and Fifteen years.
Wheeling, W. Va. —Henderson Cre
means, Known to be the oldest man
in West Virginia, and probably the
oldest man In the United States, died
at the home or his grandson, Clark
[Cremeatis, near Point Pleasant, Ma
! son county, aged 115 years. He was
[Strong and hearty to the time of his
falling by the roadside on his
way home from the grocery store. He
was removed home and died a few
minutes later. His father and moth
er are said to have been the first
couple married west of the Blue Ridge
Mountains, in Virginia. His mother
died at 120; his wife at 101. He was
one ot the first settlers of the Ohio
valley, coming here from Virginia at
the age of 18. He has' 70 grandchil
dren, 131 great-grandchildren, and l 9
great-great-grandchildren. He never
tasted liouor or tobacco in his life.
TAFT IN PANAMA.
President-Elect and Party Arrive in
Canal Zone Safely.
Colon, Panama. President-elect
Taft made his eighth trip across the
isthmus, and everywhere was greet
ed with marked demonstrations of
good will. With his party Mr. Taft
landed at Colon and proceeded by
special train to Culebra, where he
is quartered at the residence of Colo
nel Goethals, chairman of the Pan
ama canal commission. His reception
by the Panaman officials, both at Co
lon and Culebra, was most cordial.
The United States cruiser North
Carolina, on which Mr. Taft sailed
from Charleston and the convoy
cruiser Montana arrived at Colon,
after a voyage that was marked by
splendid weather conditions. All
members of the party weer in good
health.
WIRELESS TELEGRAPH SAVES SHIP.
Air Message Calls Tugs to Aid of
Liner.
Norfolk, Va. —The inestimable val
ue of wireless telegraphy was again
demonstrated in Hampton Roads,
when a message flashed through the
air, telling of the collision of the Old
Dominion liner Hamilton with a car
barge of the New York, Philadelphia
and Norfolk railroad, and calling for
assistance. Within five minutes tugs
were en route to the scene, and the
Hamilton, badly battered, but afloat,
was towed to her pier.
TRAGEDY DF THE SEA
No Clue to Identity of the Ship
That Foundered.
MAY BE A DERELICT VESSEL
Secret Hidden Beneath Wave* That
Roll Wilcly Over Diamond Shoals,
14 Mke* Off Cape Hattera*.
Norfolk, Va.—Hidden beneath the
turbulent waves that rcll wildly over
. lUkiomi Shoals, fourteen times off
Cape llatteras, N. C., the secret of
the identity of the mysterious steam
er, which went down there, prooaoly
with all hands on board, remains un
told.
The daylight of another day gave
no evidence, furnished no clue tp cor
ichorale the testimony of those few
aboard the Diamond bhoals lightship,
who witnessed, helpless to aid, tins
latest tragedy of tne well named
"Graveyard of the Atlantic.”
Neither the government weather
station nor the local commercial wire
less station, received any additional
news relative to the ill-fated vessel.
No definite news has come to the
Norfolk navy yard from the revenue
cutter Onondaga, which is at the
scene of the reported disaster.
The Savannah Line Steamer City
of Savannah, which arrived at Sa
vannah from New York, brought no
news that might aid in clearing up
the mystery, although her wireless
operator caught the message from the
lightship, and was positive that the
ship was described as a single-fun
neled vessel.
The wind, which blew off shore at
a velocity of 45 miles an hour Sat
urday has moderated to some extent.
A moderate northwest wind blowed
off Hatteras. As long as the wind re
mains in that quarter any wreckage
or flotsam from the ship probably will
he driven far out to sea.
The reporting of the Carolina Steam
ship Company's steamer Theodore
Weems, which passed in Cape Henry,
ibound from Georgetown and Charles
ton for Baltimore, removes that ves
sel from consideration as possibly be
ing the ill-fated freighter.
NO EARTHQUAKES IN SPAIN. >
Stories of Seismic Shocks and Tidal
Wave Are Denied.
Madrid,, Spain.—A message was re- v
ceived from Barcelona denylpg the
reports of a disastrous earthquake
and tidal wave.
No further news has ben received
here regarding the reported destruc
tion of the village of Honiara, in Mo-*
rocco. Natives coming in to Tetuan,
declared . that, this village had # been ,
buried under an avalanche of dearth*
and docks, and that the dead 1 and
jured numbered one hundred. g
Further reports from the provinces*
confirm the previous statements lhai
there have hen no serious earth
quakes in Spain. There were slight
shocks at and Oljas only. The
reports of a tidal wave probably are
based on dispatches that have been
received from the Catalonian coast
during the; past fortnight or so to
the effect that little by little the sea
was encroaching on the land.
Up to the present time the advance
from this cause has been insignifi
cant.
JEROME WILL SUE THE WORLD.
Douglas Robinson Has Signed the
Necessary Affidavit.
New York City.—Uncertainty as to
what action will be taken on the re
cent suggestion made by District At
torney Jerome in the case of the gov
ernment, suit against The New York
World for libel, that the federal au
thorities suspend their activities and
permit him to proceed in their stead,
was in a measure removed by the
signing of an affldavite by Douglas
Robinson, brother-in-law of the presi
dent.
It is believed that Mr. Robinson’s
signing of the affidavit in question
means that he has accepted Mr. Jer
ome’s proposition to appear as a com
plaining witness against The World,
and that the grand jury of the coun
ty of New ork is preparing to* take
the matter in hand-
ADVICE TO POLICEMEN.
‘‘Don’t Arrest a Drunkard; Take
Him to His Home.”
New York City.—Police chaperon
age of drunken men to their homes
instead of under arrest to station
houses, was one of the subjects in
cisively, if briefly, discussed by Po
lice Commissioner Bingham in testi
mony before the legislative commit
tee investigating courts.
"1 think Chief of Police Koehler of
Cleveland has the right idea,” said
the commissioner. "If a Cleveland
policeman meets a drunken man or
even a disorderly person on the
street, he takes him home. A man
coming home from a dinner should
not be arrested.”
LEFT THIS LIFE QUICK.
Dave Edwaras, Notorious Tennessee
Murderer, Hanged.
Chattanooga, Tenn. —Dave Edwards
was hanged in the county jail here,
for the murder of J. W. Davis. His
neck was broken by the fall. A large
crowd surged about the prison, but
few were permitted to witness the
execution. On the scaffold Edwards
spoke of the man he had murdered,
saying:
"If Davis is in that part of eterni
ty where the sinful go, I have no
doubt but that I will be with him in
a few minutes. Davis went out of
this life much as I am going. He had
little time to prepare himself for the
future world.”
