The Hermiston herald., December 22, 1921, Image 4

Shows Progress
Made By Science
Annual Report of Smithsonian
Institution Covers Wide
Range of Subjects.
28 AUTHORITATIVE ARTICLES
Deal W ith Recant Advances of Inter­
esting Phases of Every Branch of
Science— Figures on Army
Supplies.
Washington.—The Smithsonian In­
stitution has Just made public Its an­
nual report, which, among other
things, contains a general appendix of
articles covering recent advances of
Interesting phases of nearly every
branch of science, Including astron­
omy, physics, chemistry, geology, zo­
ology, entomology and anthropology.
The articles have been written as far
as possible In a style Intended to In­
terest the general reader rather than
the scientist, and, as the report states,
“In this way carries out one of Its
principal objects, namely, the diffusion
ot knowledge.”
One article Is by Dr. Arthur D. Lit­
tle and entitled, “Natural Resources
in Their Relation to Military Sup­
plies.” In this article Doctor Little
gives figures as to the number of va­
rious articles used by the American
armies In the World war. Illustrating,
as he points out, the Importance of
the economic factor In modem war­
fare. For Instance, 22,000,000 blankets
were provided for our soldiers, and
100,000,000 yards of cloth was used
In making their uniforms and over­
coats, while the squure yards of cot­
ton textiles used by the United States
during the war totaled 800,000,000. If
this enormous amount of cotton tex­
tiles were laid out In one yard width,
85 globes the size of the earth could
be placed upon It.
The Influence of cold In stimulating
the growth of plants Is the subject of
an article by Dr. Fredrick V. Coville.
Doctor Coville shows that the general
belief as to the causes of dormancy of
plants In the fall and of their new
growth In the spring Is erroneous. He
seeks to prove by numerous experi­
ments that dormancy In trees and
shrubs sets In before cold weather,
and that cold weather Is not necessary
for the establishment of complete dor­
mancy; that after dormancy has be­
gun, the exposure of the plants to an
ordinary growing temperature Is not
sufficient to start them Into growth;
and that these plants will not resume
normal growth In the warm weather
of spring unless they have been sub­
jected previously to a period of chill­
ing.
“Doctor Coville,” says a statement
by the Smithsonian Institution, “Is of
the opinion that a complete under­
standing of the results of the process
of chilling will be of the greatest ben­
efit to agriculture, especially In trans­
ferring plants from one part of the
world to another, In growing various
plants out of season, In grafting and
other processes of modern agricultural
practice.”
Military Board of Allied Supply in Session
Urges Protection of Wild Birds.
Dr. Walter E. Colllnge, In an article
on the necessity of state action for the
protection of wild birds, gives many
reasons why the country should “Jeal­
ously guard these feathered allies,”
which, he adds, are among the great­
est enemies of the Insect pests that
annually destroy millions of dollars’
worth of American farm products.
The report also contains three pa­
pers on the study of Insects, two of
them, “The Division of Insects of the
United States National Museum” and
"The Seven-Year Locust,” containing
muny beautiful color plates, while the
third, by Dr. L. O. Howard, chief of
the bureau of entomology of the De­
partment of Agriculture, reviews the
war-time work of government ento­
mologists In overcoming the Insect
pests that warred on the crops and
animals of the country.
The various branches of the science
of anthropolgy are represented by ar­
ticles by Dr. J. Walker Fewkes, who
describes two types of prehistoric cliff
houses of the southwestern part of the
United States; Dr. W. II. Holmes, who
discusses the race history and racial
characteristics of the American Indi­
ans, while the origin of the Czecho­
slovak people Is treated In a transla­
tion by Dr. Ales Hrdllcka.
The total number of articles Includ­
ed In the report Is 28, nearly all of
them Illustrated with plates and text
figures.
Reverend Visitor From the Orient
The military board of allied supply, created by Brigadier General Dawes In Paris during his service with the
A. E. F. as assistant to Major General Harbord, now In session In Washington. The board composed of representa­
tives from France, Italy, Grent Britain and the United States Is studying the supply service of the respect­
ive armies with a view to standardization. Those In the group, from left to right around the tnble, are: Gen.
Charles Jean Marie Payot, General Dawes. Col. A. A. Cumont, Col. Louts Clemenson, Capt. Ch. de Marenches, Capt
Arturo Kellrer, Col. Luigi Lazzt, Col. C. J. B. Daubeny, Gen. A. A. McHardy and Gen. James G. Harbord. Stand­
ing, left to right: Col. George Van Hom Moseley, MaJ. F. K. Chapin and M. Brunow.
Adult Foreign
Born Counted
Interesting Facts Disclosed in
Report Made by Bureau
of Census.
GIVES CITIZENSHIP STATUS
New York City Has Nearly Million
W hite Men of Alien Birth and
870,140 Women — Chicago
Has 743,803 Total.
W hat Our 8oldlers Used.
During the war period the American
soldiers ate more than 1,000,000,000
pounds of flour, 800,000,000 pounds of
beef and 26,000,000 pounds of Jam and
other substantial foods In proportion.
Miscellaneous Items for the army In­
cluded 46,000.000 safety razor blades,
10,846,000 spoons, 4,000,000 pairs of
rubber boots and 9,250,000 brushes of
various kinds. Doctor Little also dis­
cusses In connection with military op­
erations, coal, metals, explosives and
other resources, concluding by show­
ing that scientific research Is Indis­
Most Rev. Archbishop Sekizen Aral, the abbot of the Sojljl, head mon­
pensable not only In achieving mili­ astery of the Sodo Sect (In robes) from Tsuruml, Jupan, with members of his
tary efficiency but also as an assur­ staff on the steps of the White House after having been received by President
ance of peace-time prosperity.
Harding. The archbishop Is making a tour of the United States.
Age in Winter,
Not in Summer
Winter Exercise Is Im portant
Therefore, for Middle-Aged,
Says Physician.
SWIMMIN6 IS A GOOD ONE
Middle Age Demande Above All Stead-
ineee and Continuity in Ite Recre­
ation— Time ie Chief Difficulty
In the Way.
clogged, symptoms of poisoning show
themselves, and It Is Increasingly diffl
cult to get rid of them. Like a piece
of machinery that has been allowed
to He unattended, the mechanism of
the body deteriorates.
You cannot safely set a piece of
machinery going at Its top speed, says
the physlclun, and then neglect "it for
another week, and rejieut the process,
tn everyday language that method Is
“asking for trouble.”
What then Is the middle-aged man
to do tn the coming months? The
answer depends to some extent on his
temperament.
But more Important
than tempérament is determination.
Some men of the physician's ac­
quaintance solve the difficulty by play­
ing a game of squash three or four
times a week. They simply "take” the
necessary time, and they are fortunate
In belonging to clubs which have the
necessary accommodation. Other men
adopt swimming, and make a point of
going to their baths every, or nearly
every, afternoon for half an hour.
London.—Declaring that we age In
winter and not In summer, the medical
correspondent of the Loudon lim es
urges the uilddle-uged to take some
measures In Uie way of exercise to
correct the deficiency. If they will do
this, he says, and uwHke to a reali­
zation of winter exercise they will
spare themselves many an hour of 111-
health. t
The approach of winter raises once
again the question of winter exercise,
he says. This is a most difficult sub­
Tim e Is the Chief Requisite.
ject. For at the very period when ex­
The
chief Qlfflculty Is time, says the
ercise Is most necessary It becomes
It Is often difficult to get
most difficult to obtain. The difficulty writer.
for the business man Is especially
great. He must leave home at an hour
which makes early morning exercise
practically Impossible. When he re­
turns home again It Is nlready grow­
ing dark or quite dark. Thus his op­
portunities for outdoor recreation are
practically withdrawn altogether, ex­
cept at the week-ends.
On the other hand, says the physi­
cian, winter Is a time of sedentary
life. There la no Inducement to go
out of the office, and people tend to
cut down their excursions from their
own desks to the lowest point. They
alt In warm rooms, which they leave
only to go to their meals.
All this
means a sluggish circulation and slug­
gish removal of waste products. I*eo-
ple, especially middle-aged people, get |
fat In winter.
Young people an* better off, says
the writer.
The majority of them
dance once or twice a week, and man­
age to get in tome vigorous exercise
on Saturday and Sunday.
Washington.—In the city of New
York there are 927,742 white men
twenty-one years of age and over who
were born In foreign lands; in Chica­
go there are 401,965, and In Philadel­
phia 188,025. These Interesting facts
are disclosed In a report Just made
public hy the bureau of census, which
gives the citizenship status of the
adult forelgn-bom white populations
of American cities of more than 100,
000 population.
The number of adult white women
of twenty-one years and over In New
York city Is 870,140; In Chicago there
are 341,838, and In Philadelphia 173,-
623. Of the adult foreign-born men
In New York city 423,541 are in Man­
away, and often. In cold weather, the hattan, 309,815 are residents In Brook­
tendency Is to shirk the exercise. This lyn, 124,230 live In the Bronx, there
is a matter which must be left to the are 33,042 In Queens, and 16,214 In the
Individual. It can be said, however, Borough of Richmond. Of all adult
that an hour spent in this way Is foreign-born women, 403,879 are In
never an hour wasted; on the con­ Manhattan, 283,451 In Brooklyn, 118,-
trary, It may save many an hour of 863 In the Bronx, 51,070 In Queens,
Ill-health In his opinion. Moreover, and 12,877 In Richmond.
Of the total of 1,797,882 foreign-
the healthy glow of the vigorous man
after his exercise Is a better thing than born adults In New York city, 405,000
the artificial warmth of the man who of the men and 403,879 of the women
are naturalized citizens, while of the
refuses to quit his office fire.
A more simple and nlso much less remainder, 159,824 men and 14,838 of
expensive method Is to exercise at the women had taken out their first
home. There Is nothing to be said citizenship papers at the time the re­
against physical exercise of this kind, port was compiled. Those who re­
except that It Is apt to be very mo­ tain their alien citizenship total 772,-
notonous. Generally speaking, monot­ 076, of whom 330,184 are men and
onous exercise Is fnr less beneficial 441,892 are women.
The foreign-born adult population
than that which contains an element o f
Interest, for the reason that man Is of Chicago Is 743.803, and of these
an Intelligent being and not a ma­ 214,854 men and 192,341 women are
Baltimore’s Foreign Population.
chine, the writer asserts. You can naturalized citizens; 93.682 men and
Baltimore has a foreign-born adult
never "whip” all his faculties to activ­ 6,000 women had taken out their first
ity by means of n code of muscular papers when the report was compiled. population of 76,647, In which the men
movements. The thrill of the game Is Those who retain their alien citizen­ number 40,496 and the women 36,151,
ship total 198,817, of whom 76.266 are the naturalized total being 40,637, of
necessary to this purpose.
whom 29,944 are men and 19,693 are
Yet some men are so constituted men and 122.551 women
women. Those of alien citizenship are
Philadelphia’s Figures
that they need Interest In their recre­
In Philadelphia, the city with the 26,617 In number, and of these 11,494
ation far less than others, the phy-
slclnn declares. Xhese do very well third largest foreign-born adult popu­ are men and 15,123 are women.
Newark, N. J., Is In the 100,000
on a short period of training each lation, the naturalized citizens of for­
morning, and often show n remarkable eign birth number 178,683, and of class, as her foreign adult population
these 92,819 nre men and 85,864 are totals 106,950, of whom 56,524 are men
determination In keeping It up.
The point Is that If exercise Is kept women. Those who have taken out and 49,435 are women. The natural­
up during the week, It can safely and first papers number 31,659, of whom ized adult foreigners of Newark are
advantageously be Intensified nt the 29.028 are men and only 2,081 women. 46,045 In number, and of them 24,026
week-end. Thus, a vigorous round of Those who retain alien citizenship are men and 22,019 are women. Those
golf on Saturday or Sunday will yield total 134,210, and of these 59,133 are who remain alien In citizenship ag­
gregate 45,899. and of them 22,102 are
men and 75,077 are women.
not exhaustion, but exhilaration.
The adult allen-bom population of men and 23,797 are women.
Boston Is 221,036, of whom 100,200 are
men and 111,827 are women, and of
the men 53,404 have been naturalized,
while the women, who have completed
their citizenship total 51,418, In each
Instance a little less than 60 per cent
of the total. The total of those who
are still alien In citizenship Is 88.719,
and of these 35,815 are men and 52,964
are women.
In Detroit the adult foreign-born
population Is 257,510, and of these per­
sons 153.144 are men and 104.366 are
women. The naturalised In Detroit |
number 98.441. of whom 52,577 are
men and 45,809 are women, while
thoae who have kept their alien dtl- 1
senshlp number 103.020. and of these j
51.460 nre men and 51.569 are women.
Another mld-Western city with a large
foreign-born adult population la Cleve- I
land, where the total la 217,792, and
of these 122.645 are men and 95.147
women. The naturalized number Is :
96,185. and of these 50.535 are men :
and 46.650 are women, while the alien
total Is 78,534. of whom 32.349 are
men and 44.185 are women.
Leased by Japanese for Arms Meet
Steadiness fo r M iddle Age.
and 52,656 women. The naturalized
citizenship numbers 67,776, and of
them 39,677 are men and 28,099 are
women, while the alien total of those
who retain their foreign citizenship Is
41,220, and of them 22,488 are men
and 18,732 are women.
Los Angeles ranks second on the Pa­
cific coast with a foreign adult popu
lotion of 08,710, of whom the men
number 53,626 and the women 45,084,
the naturalized total being 47,548, and
of these 24,605 are, men and 22,943
women. The number retaining their
alien citizenship Is 38,056, and of
them 19,328 are men and 18,732
women.
In Milwaukee there are 101,684
adult foreign-born, 56,586 being men
and 45,098 women. The naturalized
total Is 62,959, and of them 27,488 are
men and 25,481 women, while those of
alien citizenship number 30,512, or
14,731 men and 15,781 women.
Pittsburgh has a foreign-born adult
population of 111,907, or 61,394 men
and 50,513 women, the naturalized
among them numbering 50.509, of
whom 31,217 are men and 28,382 wom­
en. Those of alien citizenship total
39,155, or 20,072 men and 19,083
women.
The foreign adult population of
Buffalo Is almost exactly that of
Pittsburgh. The Buffalo total Is 111,-
716, or 60,068 men and 51,688 women.
The naturalized citizenship of Buffalo
Is 60,585, of whom 13,966 are men and
17,537 are women.
St. Louis has a foreign adult popu­
lation of less than 100,000, the total
being 95,716, or 62,701 men and 43,-
015 women. Of these 30,562 men and
25,868 women are naturalized, while
those who remain alien In citizenship
total 13,415 women.
In Indianapolis the foreign-born
adults number an even 16,000, and of
them 8,860 nre men and 7,140 are
women. The naturalized total 8,210,
or 4,305 men and 8,005 women, while
those still alien In citizenship are 8,749
in number, or 1,782 men and 1,967
women.
Middle age demands above all stead­
iness and continuity In Its recrea­
tion. he says. There Is so much waste
to be got rid of every day. if this Is
The Jupancse embassy lias leased thia building at Twentieth street and
allowed to accumulate to the week­ Massachusetts avenue, Washington, for the duration of the conference on the
end the tissue« of the body become limitation of armaments.
The second city of New Jersey—
Jersey City—has 70,677 adult foreign­
ers within its limits, and of them
37,665 are men and 33.012 are women,
the naturalized totaling 33,344, of
whom 18,198 are men and 17,146 are
women. The total of those who re­
tain their alien citizenship is 27,167,
or 12,734 men and 14,433 women.
In New York state, excluding New
York city and Buffalo, the cities with
the largest foreign-born adult popula­
tions are Rochester, Syracuse, Albany
and Yonkers.
In Rochester the number of these
adult forelgn-bom persons Is 63,668,
and of them 33,316 are men and 80,-
312 are women, the naturalized total
being 34,516, of whom 17,681 are men
and 16,835 are women.
Those of
alien citizenship number 19,639, of
whom 8,553 are men and 11,081 are
women.
The foreign adults In Syracuse are
29,793, and of them 16,213 are men and
13,580 nre women, the naturalized
total being 15,794, and of these 7,853
are men and 7,921 are women. Those
of alien citizenship are 10,958, 5,899
men and 5,069 women.
i
Cities of Small Foreign Population.
There are 23,962 adult foreign-born
persons In Yonkers, of whom 12,176
are men and 11,786 are women. The
naturalized are 13,162 In number, and
of them 8,640 are men and 6,513 are
women. Those of alien citizenship ag­
gregate 8,008, and of them 3,518 are
men and 4,580 are women.
In Albany there are 16,348 adult
foreign-born persons, or 8,392 men
and 7,956 women. The naturalized
are 10,108 In number, of whom 5,083
are men and 5,025 are women, while
those of alien citizenship total 4,044,
or 2,291 men and 2.653 women.
Of the large cities of the country,
among those with the smallest propor­
tion of adult foreign-born In their
populations are Washington, New Or­
leans and Indianapolis.
Included In the 400,000 people of
New Orleans are only 23,814 adulia
who were born outside the United
States. Of these 14,304 are men and
9,510 are women.
The naturalized
number 9,781, and of them 5,905 are
men and 3,876 are women, while of
those who retain their alien citizen­
ship the total Is 9.021, of whom 5,740
are men and 3,281 nre women.
Washington has In Its foreign-born
adult population only 26,276 persons,
of whom 14,042 are men and 12.234
are women. The naturalized number
14,711, or 7,786 men and 6,925 women,
while those of alien citizenship total
6,323, or'2,842 men and 3,481 women.
It will be noted In the above statis­
tics that the total number of citizens
and non-citizens will not equal the
total alien-born enumerated by the
census bureau. This Is due to the
fRCt that In practically all Instances
there Is a considerable number whose
citizenship status Is yet to be report­
ed, or which was not obtainable by
the enumerators.
With the exception of New York,
Chicago and Philadelphia, the number
of fnrelgn-born adults who have taken
out their first papers have been elim­
inated In this article.
4.
Mighty California on Trial Trip
t
On the Pacific Coast.
On the Padflc coast the d ty with
The snperdreadnought. California, one of Uncle Sam s moat powerful sea
the largest foreign-born adult popula­ monsters, soon to be commissioned flagship of the Psclflc fleet, leaving her an­
tion Is Han Francisco, where the total chorage at Golden Oate. San Francisco, for a flfteen-day trial trip along the
Is 130.867. of whom 78,211 aro men Pacific (-------
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