Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 308, Hammond, Lake County, 17 June 1907 — Page 2

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The dance and reception given by the members of the University club of Hammond Saturday evening was a splendid success. Dancing began at Long's hall at 9 o'clock and continued until 12 o'clock. The music was furnished by Christiansen and was pronounced excellent. There were about twenty "couple on the floor. After the fiance the members of the University club accompanied the ladies to the club rooms In the Hammond building. The rooms had been decorated with pictures and dozens of pennants and there were pillows and cushions in all of the chairs. Here refreshments were served and later the members of the club gathered around the piano and sanjr college songs. The social session In the club rooms did not come to an end until a late hour. The noval and original manner in which the guests were entertained made the affair one of the most successful of the season. Miss Alice Cole spent Sunday with friends- in Valparaiso. Mi3 Sadie Mclntyre visited friends in Chicago yesterday. Abe Ottenheimer of East Chicago is here today on business. Miss Louise Stevens ppent Sunday with friends in Elgin, 111. Mias Mary Gardner was tho guest of friends at Dyer yesterday. T. J. Thompson visited the White City In Chicago yesterday. Mrs. Ed Stolley visited relatives in Toleston Saturday afternoon. John Sountag visited his parents in 1'lalnfleld, 111., over Sunday. Mrs. Henry Heiser Is visiting relatives In Lowell for a few days. Mrs. Martha Bonney spent Sunday with friends in South Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. J. Cameron visited with relatives in Chicago yesterday. Miss Millie O'Malley visited relatives, in South Chicago over Sunday. Miss Lizzie Jonas visited at the Lake Front park yesterday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. William Dysart visited friends in Woodlawn yesterday. Messrs. Robert Ilislop and William Kruse spent Sunday in Chicago. Mrs. Kumpke of Toleston was among tho shoppers in Ilammon dtoday. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Conkey spent yesterday with friends in Woodlawn. Miss Daisy Hall spent Sunday with relatives and friends in Shelby, Ind. Mis3 Alta Adklns has gone to her home in LaPorte for the summer vacation. Dr. Eleanor Scull spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. Scheddell in Crown Point. Mis3 Irens.Be.il has gone to Harrlsburg, 111., to visit relatives for a few weeks. o Mr. and Mrs. Sam Mindlin visited Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wells at Roseland yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Eurhans of Edgewater spent Sunday with Mrs. Edith Griflln. Mrs. Wallace Iloldeu of Uurnham, was tho guest of friends in Hammond, Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Lavene motored to Cedar Lake yesterday where they visited for tho day. - o Miss Louise Kunert was the guest of friends at the White City in Chicago yesterday. Miss Margaret Haverty of Clinton, la., is the guest of Mrs. J. J. Haverty for several weeks. Miss Hazel Webb entertained a few friends at dinner last evening at her home in Caroll street. Mrs. M. Gerlaeh has returned to her home In St. Johns after a short visit with Hammond relatives. Miss Liesonfelt of St. guest of Mr. and Mrs. Hammond for a few days. Johns, is the Llesenfelt in . Mrs. Carl Kaufman and Miss Wolf of San Antonio were the guests of friends in East Chicago, Saturday. Miss Rumpke of Toleston spent Saturday with Miss Grace Stolley at her home in Morton court. o- - Misse.s Jessie and Carrie Compton of East Chicago visited friends in Hammond yesterday afternoon. Miss Lulu Symmes returned from Crown Point tills morning after spending Sunday with Miss Houk. Mrs. Charles Cormany was the guest of her sisters, Mrs. O. A. Krinbill and Mrs. Carrie Parsons yesterday. Miss Leah Graves will entertain a few friends at cards this evening at her home In Michigan avenue. Mrs. Wells of Kouts, Ind., is visiting her daughter. Mrs. A. W. Sprague in Carroll street for a few days. Why send your work to the Chinaman? Try Dick's laundry for first class work. Telephone, 134. Branch offico at S3 State street. 6-17-3t We sell from factory only. Call and see our fine line of pianos at our factory warerooms. Sold on easy payi mcnts at factory prices. Take South ilohrnan street car. 6-15-2w STHAUBE PIAXO CO.

Alfred Sewall has returned to his home in Kankakee after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Blackburn over Sunday. o Mr. Barrett of Chicago was the guest of Miss Perkins yesterday at her home in South Hohman street. Mr. Edmond of Vincennes, Ind.. is

visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Murphy in State street. Misses Emma and Linda Kunert, Messrs. Henderson and Burnett spent yesterday afternoon in Chicago. William Herkner will leave tomorrow for a two month's visit with relatives In Germany and Austria. Miss Elizabeth Webber went to her home in Cedar Iake this morning where she will visit relatives. o Mr. and Mrs. II. O. Ball of Hobart spent Sunday witlx Mrs. Margaret Smith at her home in Russell street. Mrs. Estelle Dieues and daughter, Mrs. Thomas McKee, will leave soon for their former home in 1'ittsburg, Pa. Miss Cora Fuller of Lowell is the guest of Miss Alta Kennedy for a few days at her home in Michigan avenue. Miss Weyand, teacher at the Riverside school, has gone to her home in Kirksvllle, Mo., for the summer months. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Eldon of Harvey, III., spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Fischer at their homo in State street. Miss Mable King has returned home toflay from a two months visit with relatives and friends in Marshall, Minn. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Humpher and daughter Lenore, attended the christening service of a relative in Chicago yesterday. Misses Mae and Edith Burhans have returned to their home in Lowell after visiting Mrs. Edith Griffin at her home in Ogden street. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh F. Meikle have returned from Louisville, Ky., where they were called by the illness of Mr. Meikle's mother. o Fred Mott, who is attending Purdue, has returned home to be the guest of his parents. Mr. and. Mrs. F. R. Mott for tho summer. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Herald of Clyde, 111., was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Robinson yesterday at their home in Douglas street. Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Pugh entertained Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cronk of Chicago, and Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Sack of South Chicago, yesterday Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Wartena and Robert Wartena returned today from Michigan City, where they spent Sunday with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Peck of Huntington are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hoffman at their home in Sohl street for a few days. Mrs. Walter Brown is visiting relatives and friends in Chicago today and will leave this evening for an extended visit in Grant, Okla. Mrs. W. W. Merrill and her daughter Miss Ethel Merrill of Chicago, were the guests of Mrs. M. Louise Woods of 4 2 Carroll street yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Timmons of Cincinnati, formerly of Hammond, are visiting their daughter, Mrs. Cecil Hamacher, of SOI Summer street. o Misses Frances Hamacher and Maud Shea and Messrs. Eilston Elliott and Julius Meyn saw "The Tatooed Man" at the Grand in Chicago Saturday. o Miss Nevada Eddy has returned to her home in Michigan City after a pleasant visit with Miss Helen Miller at her home in Sheffield avenue. Misses Carol Bodegraven and Rilla Summers of the '07 class left for. Valparaiso yesterday where they will take a summer course at the university. Mrs. J. B. Fleming returned to her homo in Chicago Heights yesterday after a few days visit with Mr. and Mrs. J. S. F.iaekmun at their home in Carroll street. There will be an important meeting of the High School Alumni association this evening in the Central school kindergarten. All members are urged to be present. James Vedder has gone to South Bend to visit Ernest Whitebill for a few days after which both young men will travel for an advertising company during school vacation. Miss Mary Holm of Houston, Tex., is expected in Hammond soon to be the guest of friends before going to Lna, O., where she will make an extended visit with relatives. Among the out-of-town guests at the university club dance Saturday evening were Misses Mary Wilder of Valparaiso, Alta Green of Chicago, Rae Rockwell of Crown Point and Mae Lewis of Indiana Harbor. Misses Mary Geib and Caroline Homoich entertained a few friends at the home of the latter, 176 Clinton street. Their guests were: Misses Mathilda Homrieh, Rose Boos, Florence Zuron, Caroline Nickols, Forlda Shaadt. The regular meeting of the Tribe of Ben-Hur will be held Wednesday evening in Weis halL The regular lodge session will be held, after which a social hour will be spent and refreshments served. All members are invited to be present. Biek's laundry is deserving of a trial bundle. All work guaranteed. fi-17-?"

William C Mee entertained many friends at a "stag" Saturday evening at Chopin hall. The affair was attended by probably one hundred and twenty-five guests, all of whom report it one of the pleasantest social affairs of the season. Music furnished by Chicago talent was given during the evening. Miss Alice Williams was hostess at a very delightful house party given at her home in Crown Point last week. The occasion called together the corps of the McKinley school of East Chicago. The guests were: Mrs. Jessie Folcanburg, Misses Margaret Donaldson, Lucy Jones, Carrie Gosch, Generva Daugherty and Minnie Barrow. Children's Day exercises were held last evening at the First Baptist church and one of the best programs ever given by the children in years, was rendered. The services were well attended and the program was as follows: Piano Solo Miss Mae Hanson Prayer Rev. W. II. Jones Song Sunday school choir Recitation Beulah Dock Song Infant class Recitation Pearl Laatsch Song Seven small girls

Recitation Marion Warner Song Four small girls Recitation Naoma Ortt Duett Hazel and Grace Gabier Recitation Mabie Shear Exercise Seven small girls Vocal Solo Manvis James Recitation Ruth Webster Exercises Mrs. Haliburton's class Song Sunday school choir "ILL ID, BOYS" Hi THEN H SANK Walter Brown Drowns in Sight of His Friends in World's Fair Lake. "I am about all in fellows." With these words Walter Brown, aged eighteen, sank beneath the waves of the Fair Grounds lake Saturday afternoon and was drowned before the eyes of his companions who were in bathing with him at the time. Tho young man, who is the only son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Brown had gone to the lake with four or five companions for a swim and had been there but a fewminutes when they decided to swim out to a raft about a hundred feet from shore. After playing about the raft for a few minutes they started back, the Atleer boys in the lead. John Ward v heeler, son of Clerk Wheeler was but a few feet away when Brown gasped that he was becoming exhausted and Wheeler turned to assist him, but the boy sank before he could be given aid, and never returned to the surface. The boys watched for a few minutes to see if he would appear but finally found it necessary to give the alarm. Word was telephoned to town for help. Mr. Brown was at his farm near Shelby, But Mrs. Brown and' the three sisters of the drowned boy were soon at the lake. In a short time one hundred citizens hurried out to the lake and gathered at the water's edge. F. E. Farley donned a bathing suit and made several attempts to recover the body, but without avail. The water where he went down was nearly forty feet deep and Mr. Farley found it impossible to get down over fifteen or twenty feet. The water at this depth is intensely cold and the strongest swimmer can not stand it for any length of time. Hooks and ropes were quickly secured and a systematic dragging of the lake for the body was begun. The drowning occurred about three o'clock but not until six-thirty was the search rewarded by the finding of the body. Body Recovered. William Stoltz finally succeeded in catching the body with a grappling hook, but owing to the depth of the water could not raise the body. Another hook was let down carefully and caught fast after which they were enabled to draw the body to the surface of the water. It was found that a hook had chanced to catch under each arm. Immediately after recovering the body an effort was made to start respiration, but life was extinct. Walter was one of tho best known and most popular boys of Crown Point. He was a member of the Crown Point high school and was quite prominent in athletics. He was known to be a good swimmer and perfectly at home in the water. It is supposed that the accident was due to cramps. His parents are grief stricken over the sad affair, and the entire community is veiled in sorrow. MUZZLE ALL DOGS. Prevalence of Rabbles Calls Forth "Warning, from Health Commissioner Evan. Owing to the prevalence of the rabbies throughout the city. Health Com missioner Evans of Chicago, issued a warning last evening to the owners of dogs throughout South Chicago. He stated that for the safety of both the owners and the canines themselves who are liable to become infected. It is best that the dogs should be muzzled. Positive diagnoses of robbies was made by the city chemists last week in several Instances and with the warm weather at hand the danger increases. There were a number of cases of mad dogs during the past week in South Chicago and many other animals were bitten by the dogs affected who did not hesitate to attack children and even grown people. The dog catcher was extremely busy last week rounding up the stray canines and many were found to be affected with the dread disease. We sell from factory only. Call and see our fine line of pianos at our factory warerooms. Sold on easy payments at factory prices. Take South Hohman street car. 6-15-2w TRAUBK PIANO CO

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IN RIVER Corpse Picked up at Foot of Ninety-second Street. LOOKS Lffij MURDER Gash on Heal Gives Foul Play Theory No Harks cf Identification. South Chicago, June IT. The police of South Chicago may have a murder mystery on . their l ands as the body of a neatly dressed man was found lioating in the Calumet river near what is known as the Island at the foot of Xinety-seeeond street last night. It is the general opinion that the man did not meet death accidentally or by sui cide, as a gash was found in the top of his head three inches in length, that gives strength to the murder or assault theory. The man was apparently about 40 years of age, sandy complexion and wore a sandy moustache. He is about feet S inches in height and wore a block suit. His pockets were found to contain but 30 cents in money, a union card with no name attached and a railroad ticket between the Park How and Kensington stations. Kallroad Ticket itvea Clue. Tho ticket bore tho date June 12, so that the body could not have been in the water before that time. The gash on the top of the head was fully three inches in length and probably caused a fracture of the skull. The body was found floating near the shore and it is the supposition that the man was first assaulted and later thrown into tho water. Prom the fact that no money was found in the pockets gives rise to the theory that the man was either murdered in a robbery or was tho victim of a fight and was then robbed and the body thrown into the water to hide the crime. From the position of the wound it is hardly possible that the man met death by drowning or from falling into the water and striking some obstacle. Victim of Disreputables i The body of the unfortunate man was taken to the morgue on Ninety-second street and Buffalo avenue and an inquest will be held this afternoon to determine the cause of tho man's death if possible. Nothing about the body of the clothing gave any clew as to the man's identity and the police will endeavor to locate him. From the close proximity of tho spot where the body was found it is thou&ht that the man might have come to his death in some one of the notorious dives along the Strand or the Harbor and that after tho death blow was given the body was thrown into the water to hide evidence of the crime. The man was evidently of the better class of workmen to be found in the mills hereabouts, but he was not known in South Chicago so far as could be ascertained. The police of the 15th precinct are working hard on the case. GIBSON TO BE POLICED. Beginning last Saturday night the local police started patrolling Gibson and the territory around the Standard Steel Car works and today Chief Uimbach said that from now on these beats would be patrolled regularly. Covering this territory Is not the result of kicks by those living in these districts but the desire to give all residents police protection. TRADE WAS GOOD; PETER TOOK CHANCE. Peter Misevich was arrested this morning for violating the liquor law, having his saloon open from 11 p. m. to 5 a. m. When his case came up this morning before Judge McMahon he pleaded guilty and was fined S10 and costs, amounting to $20. B. G. M. N00TBAAR LOSES SON. Edward Xootbaar, the four years old son of M. G. M. Xootbaar, secretary to Chief Shippy of the Chicago police, died yesterday at the home of his parents, 46 Seventy-sixth street, South Chicago. The child has been ill for several weeks from diptheria, and the end came suddenly yesterday. The funeral was held privately this morning, and there were many large floral tributes from the family and from friends of the parents including a large standing piece from Chief Shippy. HEAL ESTATE AND INDUSTRIAL. Goslin, Meyn & Co., are purchasing a large quantity of land in the Messenger addition near the intersection of the Nickel Plate tracks and Calumet avenue. As far as can be learned their purpose is merely a matter of investment. STEXOGRAPffER, 2VOTICE! Wanted a bteoographer, (female) recent graduate of any Huumiouil business college preferred. Salary to begin with $tf per week.. Answer X Y Z Lake County Time. Eat Regularly. Time is the essence of all contracts; every meal is a new contract with one's stomach; therefore, be in time. In other worcis, eat regularly. There are many important diettlc rules none more important than this. The man. who eat3 one meal to-day and four to-morrow, or who dines at any convenient honr, all the way from five p. m. to midnight, is on tbe direct road to digestive rmratorr.

THOUSANDS JOIN ill IMOBBLHEBCISES Joint Tribute Paid by Fraternal Orders to Departed Brothers and Sisters.

It is estimated that fully 1D00 members of different fraternal orders turned out yesterday afternoon to participate in the largest joint fraternal memorial exercises ever held in Hammond or Lake county. The parade was headed by Parnio Young and his band and was joined in by the Eagles. Woodmen, K. O. T. M., IUbekahs and the English and German man Odd Fellows. The parade was nearly a mil" long. After leaving Weis hall the parade turned east in State to llohman then south to Fayette, countered north to Sibley going east to Oakley, north on Oakley to State then west to Hohman street and on south to the cemetery. At the cemetery tin members went in open rank and each order proceeded with its customary memorial rites. The ceremonies lasted for over an hour, af ter which those participating in the events of the day came back to Cecity some marching in line although the majority waited for street cars or carriages. On the way to the cemetery large crowds of citizens joined in the march and by the time the parade had reached the cemetery over 20uo people were on the grounds. DESGENDENTS OF PATRIOTS GATHER Sons and Daughters of the Signers cf Declaration Going to Jamestown. Norfolk, Va., June 17. A dispatch from Princeton, N. J., is as follows: Former President G rover Cleveland received a call today from "William S. McKean, secretary of the Thomas Jefferson memorial association. Mr. IlcKean came here to talk with the former president about the exercises which have been planned to take place at the Jamestown exposition on July 4. On that day the lineal descendants of the signers of the Declaration of Independence will get together and hold appropriate exercises on the exposl tion grounds. A little while ago the former presi dent wrote a letter to Mr McICcan and this was given out to the press. In the letter Mr. Cleveland waxed enthusiastic about the plan and said it wiuid act as a great stimulus to national, patriotic feeling. At his home tonight Mr. Cleveland Issjied this statement: I cannot conceive of an enterprise more appropriate to the purpose and sentiment which should characterize the Jamestown exposition than the congregation of those who descended from the patriotic and noble men who pledged to each other their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor lor the establishment of our free and inde pendent nation. It has seemed to me from the first that the mission of this exposition should be more to arouse the patriotism of our people and to stimulate their belief in the supremo value of our institutions. It must be confessed that these ideas are in need of stimulation and renewal against the all engrossing materialism which threatens them in these days and I should certainly esteem a success the meeting to be held and the other efforts of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial association if it will keep before our people the sentiment which after all is the only sure foundation upon which our nation can rest as one of the best and loftiest achievements of the James town exposition. The Screen of Rejections. Belmont Purdy, the gentleman jockey and sometime writer for magazines, has a uniaue screen in his studio. It is composed of rejection slips from every magazine and news paper in the world. Mr. Purdy prides himself upon the fact that no existing magazine or newspaper has been slighted in the making up of his very original screen. A Good Record. P.efore the British and Foreign Bible society was 13 years old it had issued nearly 2,000,000 copies of Bibles, Testaments and portions, in 18 tongues, ranging from Manx and Gaelic to Eskimo, Syriac and Ethiopia The Sunday Strand. vied Flag of Distress. An incapacity to blush is considered a sign of hardened wickedness or of absolute innocence; but when one hangs out the red fiag of distress for nothing, one is in the painful position of looking guilty without the satisfac tion of being so. Black and "White. Rosea as Place Cards. Vv'hen the guests at a recent entertainment in Paris went to dinner each one found at his plate a beautiful fresh rose spray with his name inscribed on a petal, in white, to take the place of the usual dinner card. The writing on the rose was done by electricity. Got His Deserts. For calling a telephone girl a "forward minx" over the wire, a Viennese subscriber has been sentenced to 4S hours' Imprisonment and one day'3 fast.

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on Conkey Avenue Take Trolley on Write W. Gordon Smith T S v' HAMMOND AUTO Creditable Citizens Will Swear They Saw Apparation at Highlands Bridge A grhost was seen In the vicinity ot tho bridge that crosses the Calumet river at tho Highland road and four or five creditable citizens In Hammond are ready to swear to it. "What is more, this particular phost seems to have an aversion to automobiles. It is what miKht be termed an automobile, a "hank honk" ghost. The automobile party which will swear they saw a ghost was composed of Edward Karl, Joe AYorlen, Dave Worlen and two Chicago men whoso names are unknown. To forstall all attempts to prove that the party was "piped" they are all also willing to swear that they had not taken a drink during the evening. The story as told by one of the par ty and substantiated by the rest Is as follows: The party was bowling along at a good rate of speed when they approached the bridge on the Highland road. The machine was slowed down, to take the bridge when one of tho party happened to look out over the river and uttered an exclamation of astonishment for there hovering ten feet above the water was the outline of a man as plain as could be. There could be no mistaking it. He was close enough so that all of the members of the party could describe him accurately. And what Is more to hear their description separately they all tally. The man was standing on air over the river and remained there motionless until the machine had crossed the bridge. The men were not frightened. There were too many in the rarty. But they were curious and had about decided to go back and take another look at the mysterious fellow when they looked off to the side of the road and noticed him moving along with the machine and still maintaining his position at a height of about ten feet from the ground. There are willows along the road at this place and there Is also some open country and the occupants of the automobile will ew-ear that they saw the man moving at the side of the machine. The story would not be worth repeating If it was not for the fact that to this day all the members of the party will stand by their statement that they positively saw an apparatlon following the automobile. Scotland Outstrips England. Scotland during the last ten years has grown wealthy in business more rapidly than has England, the rates of increase beirig 50 per cent in Scotland and only 41 per cent, in England. Honest in Face of Temptation. Little Ethel had just returned from church and whispered to her mother In great confidence: "Deacon BrewEter passed the money, but I didn't take any." "Chapped" Hand Caused Death. An inquest wa3 held recently in London on a woman who died from blood poisoning caused by the infection of a "rhaono4" ban''

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illinoi Matlneea Wednesday and Saturday Every Night, Sundays Too The Man of the Hour By Georce Uroadhurtt Summer Prices: 50c, 75c," $lv$1.50 near Conkey Plant. Hohman Street for Book 321 Conkey Avenue HAMMOND Il'JO ARE HURT WHEN NRJHB RAIL Accident on Calumet Street Car at Ninety-sixth Street. South Chicago, June 17. A bad street car accident was narrowly everted yesterday afternoon on a crowded Calumet electric street car company's line nt tha corner of Ninety-sixth street and Michigan avenue. A trailer attached to the rear end of a car left the rails at thl point while tho car was moving at a good speed and a panic amongst tha passengers resulted. The cars were packed with the overflow traffic on the surburban lines, many people on their way to lakes and rivers for a Sunday outing. As the trailor was passing. It suddenly left tho rails and went bumping along the pavements giving the passengers a severe shaking up and severely Injuring two of the number. The Injured persons were A. Larsen, 2Z years of age, '031 Chauncey avenue and Mrs. S. Combes of C37 One Hundred uud third ttref-t. I-'irsen received a sprained knee and Mrs. Coombs an injury to her back. Th-y were at once removed to the o fP.ce ot a physicians and afterwards taken to their homes in carriages. The car leaving the rails threw tho passengers Into a panic and many leaped to the ground while other were restrained by cooler heads. Science at School The education of our young la science at school is another hope of the fuure cf our race, for the seed Is more readily sown, and has a better chance of bringing forth mnch goodly intellectual fruit when it falls on the fertile mental field of youth than when it finds before it an older soil, already much occupied with "worldly affairs. London News. Wild Rabbits' in Chimney. An Atherton (England) sweep named Joshua Folland was sweeping the chimney of a home which had been unoccupied for some time at High Beckington, when, to bi3 great surprise, he swept down seven fullgrown live wild rabbits, which k bagged. English Method Most Popular. In England, most of the work of resetting jewel3 is put into the hands of English jewelers, because the Eng lish jewel setter's method of having all the metal work at the back of the stones, instead of round the Elde-s, as la France, is most popular. Causa of Death in Mines. The air pressure produced by explosions often renders a miner unconscious so that the afterdamp catches and kills even when the victim waa neither burned nor Eear the ioitW explosion. Low French Birth Rate. The lowest birth rate is possessed by France, the births only averaging 21 a 1,000 of the population, and when the fact that its death rate la as high as 19. a 1.000 ia considered, the small increase in the total population shown above Is explaire

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