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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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Trac
Time
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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
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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
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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.
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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.