Dayton tribune., September 10, 1925, Image 3

Leprosy Cure Grows in Florida
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Huge Increase in
Taxes Since 1914
0 Study Weather at
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ó U. S. Flying Schoo!« 9
ó Man FruncUco.—Army service
nt the 1'renldlo of San
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Francisco ami elsewhere have 9
Ò begun to turn weather prophets. o
Ò The military importance of o
subject tins led army men ó
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to a deep study of atmospheric ó
9 conditions. Graduates of the
United States Pay* $7,716,- 0-0»0-03,0-0-0'00-0-0-0*0
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9 Fore*t Fire* Co«t
9 meteorological section of the
000,000 Annually.
signal school are placed on duty è
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$38,000,000 in 1924 9
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numerous War depart­
Washington. — There
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New York.—The Immense financial 0
o ment the
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airways, where weather
burden Imposed upon the principal na­ 0 nearly 02,000 forest fires In 0
Ï forecasts must be supplied to
tions associated during the World r 1924, which swept 29,000.000 i
aviators before they start on ó war against the central powers Is 9 acres of public and private .
flights. Not only temperatures
9 analyzed In a comparative study of 9 lands and did *38,000,000 dam- 9
and storms must be predicted,
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but upper air currents and the
direction and duration of winds. 0
In planning the erection of
new airdromes and flying fields
ths experts are given careful
hearings.
NATIONAL BODY TO
WAR ON CRIMINALS
Score of Influential Men to
Push Fight.
Above la pictured the taruktogenoe kurxil, u tree, with Wilbur A. ration,
superintendent of the United States Government Plant Introduction garden
at Miami, Fla., where the climate has proved favorable to the culture of this
rare tree demanded by leper colonies. It Is the Unit time It has Itevn grown
on the American continent. The tree is the source of the chaulnioogra oil, the
only remedy that has ever i>een regarded as an effective cure for leprosy. The
oil is also known as a palliative for muny akin diseases. Seeds Tor this plant
were sent to the United States for cultivation by Joseph W. Rock, who srotirod
the jungles of Slum. Burma, Assam and Bengal to obtain the best possible
varieties.
Roosevelt Hunters
Plan Trip to China
Quest of Rare Anima!* in
Asia May Extend Tour.
Amritsar, India.—The Roosevelt ex­
pedition In quest of rare animals of
the mountains and jungles of Asia,
had not decided when It passed
through Kashmir on Its way to the
Pamirs, by just what route It would
return or how long Its trip would last.
There was some prospect. It was
said, that the tour might be extended
to January apd that It was possible
the expedition might be continued into
China and not return to India.
The expedition. Including Col. Theo­
dore Roosevelt, Kermit Roosevelt,
George Cberrie and Mr. Cutting, a
cinema operator, made the first part
of Its trip Into India without Inci­
dent. The members traveled over the
well-known route from Srinagar to
I.eh and Eadakh.
There Is abundant gume In that
section of the country, but the expe­
dition was Interested In getting the
ovls poll on the lofty heights of the
Pamirs and the long-haired tiger tn
the Thlunshan mountains of Chinese
Turkestan.
Ovls Poll Hard to Shoot.
The ovls poll, or Pamir sheep, Is not
so rare ns some may think, but ns It
habitates the high part of the Pamir
range, the shooting of It Is made dif­
ficult. This animal Is the largest of
the sheep family and sometimes
weighs 300 pounds. Its hand Is beau­
tified by Its horns, each of which
grows into a spiral form, live or six
feet around the curve. The long­
haired tiger found in the Chinese
Turkestan regions often grows to a
length of 12 feet.
The Roosevelt party went to Ra­
walpindi by train In the blazing hent
of May when the thermometer regis­
tered 115 degrees tn the shade. From
Rawalpindi the party went by auto­
mobile 202 miles up and down the
mountainside.
The travelers, while tn the Knsh1
mlr valley, were guests of Sir nnd
Lady John B. Wood, but they re­
mained only sufficiently long for thelf
transport arrangements to bo made.
Made Haste to Avoid Cholera.
Their haste In getting away was
due to the fact that this year there
Is a cholera epidemic of more than
ordinary proportions.
Deaths have
been occurring nt the rate of 1,500
to 1,700 a week since.
In the preparation of their equip­
ment Colonel Roosevelt and his ns-
■octntee were nbly assisted while In
Kashmir by Maj. A. J. Hinde, assist­
ant resident of Kashmir and British
joint commissioner of Ladakh. In the
transportation of their equipment nnd
supplies coolies and yaks were used
during the first stages of the jour­
ney throughout the Leh regions.
Coolies are hired for 24 cents n day
nnd pontes for 80 cents n day ns fnr
ns Leh.
During the flrst 100 mites to I.eh
the expedition met Reverend nnd
Mrs. Heber of the Moravian mission;
Mr. and Mrs. Owen Jones of Chicago,
and Maj. George Van B. Gillan, consul-
general nt Kashgar, who represents
the American ns well ns British inter­
ests.
Obtain Passport» From P»klng.
In order to go into Chinese Turke­
stan the Roosevelt expedition wns
obliged to obtain permits from the Pe­
king government, which enabled them to
BEST OF DRESSERS
New York.—War has been declared
against the growing cohorts of crime.
A score of influential men pledged
themselves at a meeting In the office
of Elbert H. Gary to do their utmost
to stem the Ude of lawlessness now
sweeping the country. Their efforts
will be exerted through the national
crime commission, which. Instead of
a temporary body ns at first planned,
la to be organized permanently with na­
tion-wide affiliations.
Headquarters will be opened in New
York and crimes of violence will be
the first to come under attack. Mr.
Gary promised assistance, financial
and otherwise. He has been asked
to head the commission, but his de­
cision Is not yet known.
An executive committee of five or
six members, representative of the en­
tire country, is planned. The work of
drawing up the nominating slate is In
the hands of a committee beaded by
George W. Wickersham, former attor­
ney general of the United States.
Others taking part in the prelimi­
nary work include Itlchnrd Washburn
Child, former ambassador to Italy;
former Gov. Charles S. Whitman.
Gov. George S. Sllzer of New Jersey.
George Gordon Battle and John W.
Davis.
enter territory which Is truly n sports­
man's paradise and very little traveled
by white people.
Only 12 passes a year are given to
travelers to visit Leh and Ladakh, six
for the flrst half and six for the lat­
ter half, this being necessary because
of food problems, much of the food
having to be taken from Srinagar.
New Railroad Connect*
In addition to their Interest In the
South American Countrie*
hunting for rare nntmnls members of
Washington.—Itecent completion of
the expedition always were confront­
ed with food problems nnd some of a 124-mile railroad line connecting
them, especially Kermit Roosevelt, Bolivia and Argentina was hailed in
took every opportunity to help solve n statement by the National Geo­
those. He always had ready his fish­ graphic society as bringing “the long-
ing rods and used them to good ad­ cherished dream of uniting the repub­
vantage for the entire party in the lics of North and South America with
bonds of steel another step nearer
liras and Tarkand rivers.
realization."
News Comes Slowly.
In addition to providing a new out­
The progress nnd success of the
Roosevelt expedition Is being watched let for Bolivia, which has no sea­
with considerable interest by English coast, the new Une connects with the
sportsmen now In India, nithough the railway systems of Argentina at its
news that filters through Is very southern terminal and through them,
with the Unes of Uruguay and Bra­
monger.
It In much the same ns It wns on the zil, while at Atocha It Is possible to
last Everest expedition when the news make connections with Pacific coast
India received of the mountain climb­ ports and to continue ns far north as
ing was dated lamdon. Most of the Cuzco, Peru.
"More than half of the 10,211 miles
dispatches thut have come through up
to this time merely snld: "AH's well separating Washington and Buenos
with the Roosevelts," or words to that Aires have already been 'paved with
steel,' " the statement said.
effect
SIX BIG RESERVOIRS HAVE
BEEN UNEARTHED IN WEST
50,000-Year-Old Tanks Are
Found in Spring Valley.
Gold Hill, Utah.—A scries of six
Immense reservoirs believed to have
been constructed about 50,000 years
ngo have been discovered In Spring
valley, Nevada, by members of the
Cosmographlc society.
The reservoirs are triangular nnd
range from a few Inches to CO
feet In depth. The retaining walls
arc about 800 yards long and are
feathered back into the hillside. The
walls nre from six to twenty-five feet
thick nnd are believed to be composed
of granite, covered with debris.
The huge tanks overlook a once
fertile valley, where coal deposits
have since been found. It Is thought
by members of the society flint the
reservoirs were tim'd for Irrigation
purposes.
Claims that the mervolrs resulted
from glacial action have been denied
by the Cosmographlc society, which
points out that no trick of a glacier
could construct six perfectly sym­
metrical masonry formations.
In n limestone cave In the moun­
tainside above the reservoirs members
of the Smithsonian Institution found
several crude Implements nnd weapons,
nmong which were several "arrow
springs,” a little wooden rod with one
end bent Into a hook. The arrow wns
placed Into the crook nnd the
rod sprung after the fashion of the
catapult. The "arrow spring” is con­
sidered to have preceded the bow by
several hundred years.
taxation In the allied countries made j
by the national industrial conference
board.
Taxation in the United States nomi­
nally has more than trebled since pre­
war days. The total amount of local,
state and federal taxes levied In the
fiscal year 1023-24 amounted to *7,-
718,000,000, as compared with *2,104,-
000,000 in 1013-14.
Taking into ac­
count the decrease of purchasing pow­
er of the dollar during the war decade,
this represents an actual Increase tn
the tax burden of two and a quarter
times that of the last prewar year.
Per Capita Tax Doubled.
Per capita taxation more than dou­
bled in both the United States and
Great Britain. But Great Britain
1024, six years after the signing of
the armistice, led all allied countri-a
both In amount of taxes levied per
head of population and In the propor­
tion of total national Income diverted
into channels of governmental expend­
itures.
France. Italy, Belgium and
the United States follow in order, ac­
cording to the burdensomeness which
their respective tax systems Imposed
upon their people as measured by the
relation of taxes to national Income.
British per capita taxes, amounting
to *27.11 In the fiscal year 1913-14,
had risen to *58.40 In 1923-24, In terms
of 1913 purchasing power; per capita
taxes In the United States, figured on
the same basis, Increased from *22.73
in 1013-14 to *45.27 In 11)23-24; In
France, from *24.70 to *29.53; In Bel­
gium, from $11.39 to *17.7(5; In Italy
the per capita tax remained the same,
*14.28, taking Into account the lower
purchasing power of the 1924 currency.
Comparative figures for Germany are
not available.
Increased Relative to Income.
In both the United States and Great
Britain taxation in proportion to na-
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age exclusive of injury to young
growth, watershed protection,
wild life and recreation faclll-
ties.
The figures, gathered by for-
estry officials, are said to he cc-
curate and to Indicate how crim-
Inal Is the carelessness of those
responsible for much of the loss.
Many of the worst fires, it
was reported, occurred In sev-
eral of the soutuern states and
in California.
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Mrs. Joseph Moran, wife of a
wealthy Brooklyn ship builder who
baa been called the “best-dressed wom­
9oo-o-oo<x-o-o-o‘ooo!9 an In the world” by newspapers in
Paris and London. But Mrs. Moran,
tlonal Income approximately doubled. who returned to New York a few days
In Belgium more than doubled since ago, disclaimed the honor. She believes
In American-made clothes for Ameri­
prewar days.
While taxation In the United States can women, and her extensive ward­
and Great Britain Increased In about robe was acquired not in Paris, but in
the same proportion, and these two New York. She says she dresses only
countries levy the highest per capita to please her husband, and succeed­
taxes among the allied nations, the ing in that, she pleases herself.
greater material wealth and produc­
tivity of the American nation make its
tax burden comparatively lighter than been received from British capitalists
that borne by any of the European al­ for the construction of a sanatorium
lieti countries.
Net revenues In the above the snow line of the mountain
United States, moreover, are spent to be nsed by tubercular patients.
The plan includes the building of an
largely for universal education, good
roads, public buildings, parks and oth­ extraordinarily complicated aerial rail­
er reinvestment of the taxpayers’ mon­ way for the ascent of the mountain.
ey, the conference board analysts In­ Part of this line Is to be an ordinary
dicates, while the proceed» of taxation funicular or cog incline railway. This
In Europe are to a great extent ab­ Is to reach as high as the grades up
sorbed In paying the cost of past wars. the mountain’» side will permit.
From there on an aerial Une, cars to
run on a cable, much like elevators
PLAN SANITARIUM ON be
dropped Into mine shafts, will make
MOUNT POPOCATEPETL the further ascent possible.
The Investment is to reach *500,000.
The Popocatepetl crater will not In­
Will Be Erected at Altitude of terfere with the plans, it is said, as
17,843 Feet.
Lt is proposed to build the road and
terminal on the side of the volcano
Mexico City.—At an altitude of 17.- facing Mexico City, while the sul­
843 feet, near the snow-covered peak phuric eruptions and smoke clouds
of the volcano Mount Popocatepetl, that the mountain emits continually
BO»OsOtOsO?OjOsO:O*OjOj O*O practical use is to be made of the make their exit from its internal cald­
romantic lure of the “mountain that ron from an opening on the east side
? Lack of Tourist*
smokes," as Popocatepetl Is referred of the mountain facing the city
of Puebla, although the smoke spread
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Arouse* the Iri»h 9 to frequently.
The ministry of public works makes above the peak Is visible from Mexi­
J Dublin.—At the Rotary club 0
the announcement that an offer has co City.
r in Dublin complaint was made
• that the tourist traffic, partlcu- -
$ larly from America, had not 9
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? mlllated there by the questions -
& asked regarding Ireland,* by the 9
j doubts expressed as to whether 0
a the country was safe for travel- X
K ers, and by the Impression that £
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9 Ireland was In a backward state 9
D of civilization, “with pigs in the 9
for procuring all Important official
Collection Endowed by Sec­ documents of every nation throughout
0 drawing room."
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P. J. O’Brien, secretary of the J.
the war and during the reconstruction
retary of Commerce.
* Irish Tourist Development asso- .
period. Three-fourths of this mate­
0 elation, answering these state- 9
Stanford University.—The Hoover rial already has reached the library.
0 ments, said that, while there 0 war library, endowed by Secretary of
The manuscript collection Includes
J. bad not been anything tn the 0 Commerce Herbert Hoover at Stanford 65,000 reports and communication«
9 nature of an American invasion, •• university, has received 44,500 books bearing on conditions In Europe during
9 the arrivals at Cobh totaled 9 and pamphlets, In nearly all languages. and after the war. This file is sup­
0 more than 1,000 a week, and the 9 Every one bears in some way on thè plemented by copies of private papers
0 traffic between Ireland and Eng- q World war.
of men who were active in world af­
£ land pn one of the most Import- x
The largest number, 12,000, are fairs of the time.
K ant services was practically 9 printed In Russian ; 10,000 tn French,
Fils« of Newspaper« Gathered.
9 double what It was last year.
9 9,000 In English. The rest are divided
The library has collected from each
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The transportation companies Q among Hungarian, Italian and other country Involved a file of newspapers
In sympathy with the government, to­
0 concerned were satisfied with 0 languages.
9 both results and prospects.
Many of the Items, printed or out gether with those of two opposition
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In Ulster, the tourist traffic 9 of print, are irreplaceable. It offers papers, representing the left and the
5 is reported in excess of previous 9 students facilities duplicated nowhere right
Mr. Hoover graduated from Stan­
0 years and in several districts 0 and paralleled only by the Musee de la
9 has reached the pre-war stand- 1 Guerre at Paris.
ford In 1895. He is a memter of the
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Document« of All Nations.
board of trustees.
The program of the institution calls
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World War History
in Hoover’s Library
Boss Vetoes Pay Boost
Voted Him by Employees
In Memory of Maine Log-Drivers
Olivet, Mich.—Methods of putting
into business the principles of allow­
ing workers to dictate the salary of
officials, handling executive busines» of
the company through a council of
workers and making the same rules
for workers ns executives were out­
lines by William P. Hapgood, presi­
dent of the Columbia Conserve com­
pany of Indianapolis before the con­
ference of the Fellowship for a Chris­
tian Social Order.
Hapgood declared he allowed his
workers to decide what his salary
should be, had repeatedly refused In­
creases of salary and had protested
that his salary was already too high.
At present, the speaker said, profits
are being used to buy out the stock­
holders, The goal of the workers is
complete ownership of the business.
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EDITOR FOR 33 YEARS
War on Suggestive Movie
Titles Bringing Results
Open Church on Height*
of Shenandoah Mountains
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Orkney Springs, Va.—Consecration
ceremonies for the Shrine of the
Transfiguration, an edifice of native,
unhewn stone erected on the heights
of the Shenandoah mountains to the
memory of prominent clergymen nnd
laymen of the Episcopal church In Vir­
ginia, drew a large assembly of
church representatives here.
Bishop William Cabell Brown of
Virginia wns the presiding dignitary
for the ceremony.
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Mrs. Chattie Coleman Westeniu» bn«
successfully managed the newspaper
Headlight of Stromsburg, Neb., for
33 years. The Headlight was founded
In 1885 as an organ of the old Anti*
Monopoly party, but when Mrs.
Westenlus took control she adopted
an Independent policy.
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This statue Is to be erected in Bangor, Maine, as a monument to the .
old-time Penobscot river log-drivers, now almost extinct. It is known as the
Pierce memorial In honor of the donor, Colonel Pierce, who bequeathed *30,000
for It
Hollywood, Cal.—The fight against
suggestive titles to motion picture« has
made definite progress during the last
six months, Will H. Hays, director
general of the Industry, declared on
his semi-annual trip to the Hollywood
film plants.
"The press books for the coming re­
leases of pictures contain only three
objectionable titles,” Mr. Hays stated.
"The open-door policy of the produc-
ers and distributors has met with
gratifying response all over the coun*
try In the shape of letters of sug­
gestion as to the Improvement of mo­
tion pictures.
Further suggestion»
from the public are solicited.”