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VAIKHtS TOPICS ME MIED HT THE CONGRESS Questions of Health and Disease Are Discussed at Congress of Hygiene and Demography. Washington, Sept. 24.—Dr. Caroline G. Hedger of Chicago, at the Fif teenth International Congress of Hy giene and Demography today spoke on "the school children of the stock yards district.'' "It is a gray neighborhood—the Chi cago stock yards," said Dr. Hedger, She presented the substance of an In vestigation carried on under the direc tion of the board of the University of Chicago, and showing that almost 50 per cent of the children of the stock yards district showed material retard ation In the two schools in the dis trict from which the 200 pupils were studied. "In the region in which they live," she said, "the smoke comes down In clouds and w ith it comes the smell of the fertilizer plants. This is not con ducive to deep breathing or sound sleep, and the children Impress one as lacking oxygen, round-shouldered, thin and rather pale. But the pliysl- j cal findings, while alarming while|ing; viewing the group as a whole, are dis- j tributed in such a way as to make one to suspect that all other causes have more connection with the school re tardation." Dr. Hedger presented statistics to show that children were bad physical ly in almost the direct proportion as they received insufficient food, had little room to live, were forced to sleep in crowded beds, and had the reflected r*orry from taxes and mortgages nervous balance to make their grad she said. "If the child grows inactive, discontented, becomes idle and a crim inal. is the child to blame?" the speak er asked, "or is the smug citizen who lives on the fat returns of stocks, whose money is made by the sweat and blood and depravation « »f the industrial neighborhoods like this?" Danger of Fatigue. With the assertion that "Fatigue was a danger of occupation as truly as any of the industrial poisons and must be recognized as such if it is to be combatted." Miss Josephine Goldmark of the National Consumers* league, New York City, addressed the congress un "Tile Study of Fatigue and Its Ap plication to Industrial Workers." "The essential injury of overtime is due to what has been graphical!)* proved in the laboratory with the erg »graph," said Miss "because effort increases tigues; because work continue fatigue has set in requires s< more subsequent time for re They have'not the spirit and the ioldmark, tion, but during a rusli or overt! season such time for recuperation necessarily larking. "The clerk who is kept in the gr< department store until 11, 12 or o'clock at night during one or t frenzied weeks before Christmas, the girl who works at fever heat stitching women's waists in January for the spring trade is not relieved of the ne cessity of reporting for work the next morning. She comes to w ork un rested and with each day of overtime accu mulated fatigue necessarily grows. "It is precisely here that the aid of science is so urgently needed and has hitherto boon almost wholly lacking." Dental Hygiene. C. Adolphus Knopf, speaking on the topic "Dental Hygiene for th«' Pupils of Publie Schools." declared bad and decayed teeth were a disease of the mass«?s as much as tuberculosis, and as such must be combatted particularly in children of school age. fter making an estimate that at per cent of all the children chool age of the United States tuberculous, and calling atten du to the last report of the commis sioner of education that there were CO,000,000 children attending public Schools in the country. Dr. Kr.opf Ae r la red there must be at least 600.000 tubeivulous children in urgent need of open air Instruction. He quoted an estimate that the average life of the 50.000 children who die annually from tuberculosis in the United States was about 7 1 ? years. Figuring the cost to the parents ami community at only 1250.000 per annum, he said the finan cial loss thus represented was $75, 000,000 and children have died before they have been able to give any re turn to their parents or the commu nity. Um of Comprossod Air. T. Kennard Thomson, vice president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers of New York, advanced the conclusion that many cases of what is called Caisson disease were due not so much to work in compressed air as they were to work in foul atmospheres. Mr. Thomson said that foul atmos phere, even at a very low pressure, was often more dangerous to men than much higher pressure where the air was not contaminated. To support his contention he cited a number of cases in the work for the Lenox ave nue bridge in the Harlem river tun nel, New' York City. Considerable trouble was caused by men complain ing of the "bends" when passing through the foul mud in the bottom of the river. Mr. Thomson directed attention what he termed "The criminal folly of depositing sewerage In the Harlem river/* He declared that several tests have provided that the tides did not carry away all the sewerage emptied into the Harlem, the Hudson and the East rivers, because any excavation will disclose a black putrid mud of very offensive smell on the bottoms of the rivers. He called attention what he termed the "Great risk New r»rk is run-*- -** an epidemic through having the mud In rivers and bays In euch condition. "It would even be dangerous to pump the water to put out Ores," he said, "as so much foul mud would thus be scattered over the city to dry and spread as dust." Dr. Joseph Goldberger and Dr. John F. Anderson, of the Hygiene Labora tory, United States public health service, told the delegates they had traced typhus fever to the louse, as a carrier, and that their Investigations had disclosed. nearly SO cases of the disease In New York as well as a number In Chicago, Philadelphia, Bal timore and Washington, although It was thought that typhus had not vis ited America for many years. The disease, however, was found to be In a mild form, but they said mild forms of disease become malignant. Typhus fever Is one of the six diseases the United States considers so dan gerous that special quarantine regula tions have been Issued against it. The malady usually visits those who live in j ——— — Norman Annett. Jerome; Henry j Carpenter, Gooding; B. B. McCament, crowded and insanitary habitations, | and Is a poor man's disease. Why the louse should be the only insect that carries typhus they have been unable to determine. One of the insects which bites a patient during the fever period will be able in about four days afterwards to give the dis ease to any unfortunate victim he may chance to fasten upon. Experiments have shown also that monkeys may contract the disease through the bites of lice. WEAVER ON TRIAL (Contlnuml from First Page.) Jerome; I,. Lemunyen, Shoshone; Joe Krivanek. Wendell: K. Garrison, Wen dell; Ralph E. Evans, Gooding, and Krank G. Freeman, Jerome. The de fendant was represented by Attorney Guy Bissell of Gooding and the state by the prosecuting attorney, James H. Both weil. Among those in the court room when the case was called were Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Weaver, the parents of the de ^ant; Edna Weaver, a Bister and ope of the witnesses for the state; Claire Weaver,a brother, and William Heyl and wife of Buhl. Friends of the dead girl present were Dr. J. L. Benson and wife of Asequlta, Dr. Charles F. 54. Her of this rity, Dr. Dill of the Dill hospital, and others. The most important witness for the day was Miss Edna Weaver, a sister of the defendant. She testified that she sent the box of candy after her brother had fled for Oregon. That she recalled it from the mails and exam ined it and found the candy and the deadly drug. She was quite overcome with emotion as she delivered her tes timony. and this was shared by her brother, who could not lift his eyes to look at his sister while on the witness stand. Miss Pauline Maples was another strong witness for the state. She tes tified that on the evening before the rto fondant disappeared she had walked' with him at Buhl and he told her lie! was going away because he was in ; trouble with a girl. The case lias attracted a great deal of attention and the court room was! comfortably filled when the first wit- ■ ness was called. The case will likely go to the Jury Wednesday or Thursday. Michigan Republicans Meet. Detroit. Mich, Sept. 24.—The Repub lican state convention was called to rd«r in the Light Guard Armory hortly before noon today. The con vention will sele«'t candidates for all state officers to be voted for in No vember, excepting governor. The can didate for g«)\ernor, Arno« S. Mussel tan, was named in the primaries last mnth. FASHIONABLE WOMEN OF NEWPORT START NEW FAD: TAKE LONG HIKES ACROSS COUNTRY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THEIR HEALTH àr* y ..... ;'i il >•* Si  s: IV V . • V ' m v? V- yj At IM loft, Mrs. Comsllus Vanderbilt and Anna 8anda; at the right, Mlee Willard and Vincent Aetor out for a stroll. Tho "Walking Health Fad" ha* boon taken up with enthusiasm by many of the fashionable of Newport Mru. Vanderbilt, mother of Reginald, Alfred and Cornelius* enjoys a stroll of mu mile* on une m ° rn others*who W are* ^quenUy^aeon Indulging in long Jaunts afoot are Mrs. Norman Whltehouse, Mrs. John R. DrexeL Misa Anna Sands, Misa Maude K. Wetmore. Mrs. Elisha Dyer. M™. Oeorge P. Messervey. JDs. J Fred Pierson, Jr., Mrs. Clarence W. Dolan. Miss Roberta Willard t 1 nd Mrs. David King, usually carrying a heavy waHrimv-attok and *e com Dan led by a oet dog. CONFERENCE OF BUSINESSMEN AT BOSTON OPENED Session of International fSonirrASH rtf fthamhors nf I uongress oi unampers oi i Commerce and Industrial Organizations. Boston, Sept. 24.—When the opening session of the Fifth International Con gress of Chambers of Commerce and industrial and commercial organlza ; ■ tions was called to order here this morning by Charles S. Smith, the ex ecutive head of the congress, the big ball room of the Copley-Plaza hotel was filled to its utmost capacity by more than 600 delegates representing commercial bodies in all parts of the civilized world. M. Louis Canon-Le grand of Brussels was introduced as the presiding officer of the congress by Mr. Smith, whereupon Charles S. Na gel, secretary of commerce and labor of the United States, welcomed the deleagtes from other countries on be half of the United States. Several of the foreign delegates responded. The congress will remain in session three days, with meetings every morn ing and afternoon and will close on Thursday with a monster banquet at the Copley-Plaza. hotel, with President Taft as tile principal speaker of tin* I evening. It is expected that nearly | lima delegates and other invited guests ; will take part in the banquet. The llstj, of speakers includes, ,n addition tn ! President 'I aft, Governor boss of Massachusetts, Mayor Fitzgerald Boston; M. l.ouis Canon - Legrand, j president of the permanent committee of the International congress; Angelo Salmolraghl, president of the Milai congress, and F. Faithful! Begg. on be half of Charles Charleton, vice presi dent of the London Chamber of Com merce. President Joueph B. Russell of tile Boston Chamber of Commerce, will preside at the banquet. First in America. Tills is the first time that the Inter national Congress of Chambers of Commerce Is held upon American soil. Tho former sessions were Held at' Liege, Milan, Prague and London. Thel attendance at the congress opened to day Is greater than at any previous congress and it is expected that the j present gathering «ill also surpass its ' predecessors in the Importance oi thej results of its deliberations. j Many subjects of great, importance to tin' commercial int« rests of all nations j will be taken lip for consideration and J thorough discussion. M. fanon -Le- | grand will speak on the subjects of os-! tablishing a fix« -ci date for Fader, re- ; forming tlie calendar and regulating I International expositions. Professor* dis Max Apt «>f Berlin will open th cussion of tlu- proposition to establish an International court of arbitral us ti<:«' for suits between individuals and foreign states. The unification of l«*g islation relating tu «-hecks will la* dis cussed by Dr. Hans Trir.ipler of Frank for-on- Ma in and Professor Dr. Max Apt of Berlin. Dr. Alfred Georg, vice president of the Chamber of <'om inercc of Geneva, Switzerland, will be the principal speaker on the subject of international postal reform in view <*t the next conferem-c of the Universal Postal union in 11)13. The subj«»«-t i*f «■«nnmercial statistics and 1 he immediate institution of ternatiuna 1 «.ffi« e will be intrudu Eugene Allard, president of the Belgian j Chamber of Commerce in Paris. Charles S. Haight of New York City I 1 il,_ I 1 b.V will deliver the principal address on the j subject of the desirability of an Inter- j national conference upon the validation of through-order-notlfy bills of lading, and of legislation and other means for making the system more effective. Wilbur J. Carr, director of the Amer ican consular service, Is scheduled to speak on the subject of the desirability of International uniformity of action in the niHtter of consular Invoices and Professor Irving Fisher of Yale uni versity will open the discussion of the desirability of an International confer ence on prices and the cost of living. During the three days following the close of tIle congress the foreign dele Kat08 wlll b0 tbe BUe8l8 of ,i„. Boston Chamber of Commerce and en elabo rate program for the entertainment of the visitors has been arranged. On the following Monday the delegates will board special trains and start on an extensive tour with stops at Wor cester, BufTalo. Niagara Falls, Detroit, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dayton, O., Pitts burg, Washington, Philadelphia and New York, where the tour is expected to end about Oct. 20. At the various cities mentioned the delegates will be entertained by the commercial bodies of these cities and the Itizens In gen eral. Most of the foreign delegates In at tendance are leaders In the commercial life of their home cities and countries, many of them having national and even international reputations. Half of their number have served In national legis lative bodies and are thoroughly versed in commercial matters aa well as In the methods of legislative de liberations and actions In their respec tive countries. Deep Waterway Meet. Little Rock, Ark., Sept. 24.—The seventh annual convention of the Na tional Deep Waterways association, or ganized to promote tlie building of an j n i an j ship waterway from 1 lie Great Lakes through the Mississippi river to be c* u i f ( >f Mexico, opened in this city today for a three days' session. Dele gates Including governors, members of ;congrt ss, mayors of cities, engineers an( j prominent men from all sections ut > the.....untry arc' present. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt lias accepted an invitation to address the convention tomorrow. On Thursday the delegates will he entertained at a monster south cm barbecue. Lawyer Gibson to the Bar. Middleton, N. Y., Sept. 24.—The pre liminary examination of Burton W c}lbsotl> the New Y ork lawyer arrested a ohargp of numlerln g h | s cUent , Mrg Roaa Men schik Szabo, in Green vood , al<0 IaHt Ju | y , wns commenced folJnv , n t „ e 0range county court . Tbe results of the hearing, together with L U( , h other evidence as may be brought j tf) liaht b tho a.u t ho r ltie-s. will be ' p , a ,. e( , before the grand Jury when that bo{) convenes m , xt month. j _____ # t j J | ; I j labor bodies - I Dentist, Pr. Iowa Municipal League. Sioux City, la., Sept. 24.— Many of th«* principal cities of the state were re]»resented by their mayors or other officials at the opening here today of the annual meeting of the Iowa League of Municipalities. Mayor Smith of Sioux City delivered an address of weleomc. Response fur the visitors was incorporated in the annual address of the president. Alfred C. Mueller, mayor of Davenport. The meeting will conclude Thursday. Indiana Labor Federation. Richmond, lnd.. Sept. 24 —With an attendance of nearly 500 delegates from all parts of the stale, the twenty-eighth annual meeting of the Indiana Federa tion of Lahor began a three days' ses sion her«» today. President Edgar A. Perkins of Indianapolis called the con vention to order this morning and Mayor Zimmerman delivered an address I of welcome. This afternoon there was in parade of the delegates and local irp« liter, Idaho bldg, tf TOR THAT StPiaiEfR CWJOI There is no other cough or cold so hard to cure as the early Fall one. Each day an added exposure lays one liable to extra in crement of cough. We have just one remedy that we know and recommend for this: Whitehead's Certain Remedy It's guaranteed to do the work. From our experience with this remedy we know what it will do and can make the foregoing assertion. Phone for a bottle to day. You will have the cold going by tomorrow. Prepared only at WHITEHEAD'S DRUG STORE Main Street, Between Eighth and Ninth. BOWLING SEASON FORMALLY OPENS Pirates Beat the All-Stars in the First Game of the Schedule. • •••••••••••G Standings of Clubs. Won I^ost Pirates ..........1 0 All-Stars .........0 1 Idaho Traction... .0 0 State Seals.......0 0 Barbers ..........0 0 Bankers ..........0 0 Falks Specials. .. .0 0 Engineers ........0 0 Tonight's games—Idaho ♦ ion versus State Seals, of game, 8 o'clock. Pet. 1000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 Trac Time o o o # The Pirates won the first game of the Boise Bowling association tourna ment which opened last night at Rec reation alleys, located on Idaho street, taking three straight games from the All-Stars and setting a pace the other clubs entered in the tournament will have to travel to keep up with. Dr. Titus struck an average of over 200 for the three games, taking the high score of 222, and the second high score of 202. The Pirates kept in the 800 class and left tho All-Stars In the 700 for each game. The team average of the Pirates was 848 and that of the All-Stars .757. The seeoond game of the tourna ment will be played off tonight be tween the Idaho Traction and the State Seals. It will open at 8 o'clock. The following are the scores of last night's games: Pirates. 1st 2nd 3rd ; Players. Game. lame Game Hamilton . .........158 170 161 : Greenlee • • 160 159 Regers .... 179 134 Titus ..... 184 222 Whyman .. 175 170 Totals .. 868 846 j Team average ........ All-Star*. 1st 2nd 3rdi Players. Game. Game Game 1 Gove ..... .........144 106 ml Gleason ... ..........131 161 1 S 1 I Allsop .... .........152 159 171 i Harvey ... .........160 178 164 Dower .... .........146 163 132| Totals .. ..........733 767 707! Team average ......... •" 757 j To Put Up State Tiokot. Milwaukee. Sept. Ji4.—The failure of Governor McGovern, Republican, lo state hts preference aa to presidential electors as between Taft and Roose velt. will probably result today at the state committee meeting, in Wiscon sin Progressives putting a state ticket in the field. Now President of Peru. Lima, Peru, Sept. 24.—Guillermo Bil Unghurst, mayor of Lima and former vice president of the republic, assumed office as president of Peru today, suc ceeding President Augusto Legula. whose term expired by limitation. Digestion and Assimilation. It Is not the quantity of food taken but the amount digested and assimi lated that gives strength and vitality to the system Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets invigorate th • stom ach and liver and mahle them to per form their functions naturally For sale by all Dealers T Th S Hs Knaw. (From Judge) "Do you know where the bail ground is'."' asked a stranger In the neighbor hood. "Say, mister." returned the kid. "1 know every knothole on the four sides of It." All our watch work absolutely guar antood. CON W. HESSE; Jeweler. HENDERSON TAKES ON A NEW NAHE Wants to Be Known as "Fighting Dick Laure" in the Future. "Fighting Lick Laure'* will bo the name and title under which Earl Hen derson, who meets Jack Carpenter in this city, will box in the future. He lias been fighting under bis own name but has authorized the announcement that he prefers the title named to mark his roped arena career in the future and hereafter he will be so known by boxing fans both here and at oth«*r points where he appears. Tommy Driscoll, the fast lightweight who is to go on here with Montana Ki«l, arrived last night, and today is busy training with "Fighting Dick Laure.' These two boxers will appear at the Natatorlum every afternoon at 2:00 o'clock and fans arc invited to look them over. Driscoll is in excellent condition hut will improve bis boxing ability with in the next few weeks, training hard for ills go with the Montana Kid. This morning "Fighting Dick" took to the road and knocked off a half dozen miles with the greatest ease. Yesterday af ternoon he sparred for 10 rounds with his manager and trained and showed to advantage. He will be able to take off the desired number of pounds within the next week in order to make the weight without difficulty. Carpenter is not losing time getting into proper condition. He will be in j ■ ! i ! j ] : I I ! ' i I ; The Man Who Buys His Clothes 1F w J With proper appreciation of the import a nee of combined style, fabric and wearing worth might to be interested in the clothes we sell. We're representatives of The House of Kuppenheimer And feature their clothes for one season only. They measure up flush to our established ideals of how well clothes should be made to be good enough to recommend to our trade. Not Only that But Kuppenheimer Clothes Have, under our watchful eye, made lifelong friends for this store. $20.00 to $30.00 Harward Clothing Co. 220 North Eighth, Idaho Bldg. BORDER TOWN IS THREATENED BY MEXICO REBELS Washingon, Sept 24.—General Steev er notified the war department today that the American side of the border was threatened by attack from rebels on Bou«iuillas, Mex. The town has been sacked. General Orozco continues to elude his pursuers and is reported in the vicinity of General Trevina's posi tion. 110 miles southwest of Del Rb., with looo men. C< lierai Steever re ports that lie has a continuous patrol jat the southwest corner of New Mexico to a point 30 miles below Ojinaga and has other troops at Del Rio and Eagle Pass. j. tlif best possible form on the night of I he go and should be in shape to make th«. welterweight class look tame. Mieltey Morton is working overtime arranging the preliminaries. He lias scheduled two of the most promising mills billed for Boise for some time and proposes to have them put oil in proper style. Montana Kid should arrive within a short time and all four boxers will he in training here during tlio present week and at the same time if all the plans of Promoter Morton go through. Baggafr Transfer Car. us tf In a hurry. Peasley Transfer & Storage Co. Phones No. TS.