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4 If 0 MILLION BABIES g COSTTOGBBIANY -.ft RflHiinii nAniro hi ' " - 1 " - - - . . i . , . QiJ Man Mars Does More to Deplete Hun Man-Power Than Allies ' London, June 1 (By Mail). Old Man Mars, witt his Flammenwerfer and tjjer weapons of civilization, has done more to deplete German manpower than the combined armies and navies 0l the allies. He has, in a negative gense, slaughtered more than two million German babies. That is to .ay, there were that many fewer births in Germany the first three years 0f the war than there should have been according to the pre-war birth rate. Statistically speaking, there were 40 per cent fewer births in Germany in miS than in 1913. These figures, with a mass A other data regarding the effect of the war on infant mortality and child welfare, jjave been obtained from official and semi-official German publications. They plainly show the destructive ef fect of ar on coming generations. The death rate among babies and children has not been seriously in creased, although for a short time ar t?r the outbreak of the war it rose to alarming proportions. This was due, principally, to the partial abandon ment of child welfare work. Babies' hospitals and numerous other build ings devoted to the care of children srere seized by the military tuahorities and most of the doctors, nurses and rained workers were called into irmy service. In the grand old duchy of Hesse, for example, one-fourth of all the child welfare centers were closed, and an infants' home in Darmstadt was turn ed into a military hospital. In Cologne lve of the 14 centers were closed, one sf the buildings being used as an irmy hospital ever since. The others s-ere reopened after intervals of from two to six months. In Kiel the medi cal superintendents were mobilized, while the larger of the two infants' homes was closed and was not opened until the end of September. Many of ihe centers which "remained open jrere obliged to cut down the number of consultations with mothers for want of doctors and nursing staffs. Another cause for the sharp in crease of infant mortality during the opening days of the war was the men tal strain of mothers. Fathers, broth ers and sons were called up, and there was a general feverish excitement which distracted the mothers' -attention from care of children. Visiting workers from welfare centers reported they rarely found mothers at home taring the first few weeks. They were ;enerally wandering about, watching ind waiting for military events. For a time mobilization of fighting frees absorbed all the attention of Khorities and welfare of mothers d children left behind was almost Ibrgotten. In a letter addressed to the imperial association for the care of Wants, August 12, 1914, the kaiserin pointed out it would be fatal to allow infant welfare work to lapse? or its In stitutions to be crippled, even for mil itary considerations. The alarm caused by increase of infant mortality led to efforts being made to revive and extend welfare work. Leading welfare workers protested against the with drawal for army service of nurses skilled in infant care, and as a result nurses were gradually released by military authorities. After a time most infant welfare associations were able to resume their principal work of carng for babes, although they had to abandon for some time such activities as traveling courses for instruction, exhibitions and traininf of nurses. A controversy has : been waged for some time in Germany as to whether war has produced a new kind of In fant. A Charlottenburg doctor first claimed to have observed so-called "war infants," both in Irelfare centers and private practice. He described them as not actually 111, but small, backward in growth, delicate and thin, with wrinkled skin suggestive of old age rather than of infancy. A. con stant restlessness, accompanied by automatic grasping movements, is a marked characteristic of this type of baby. The condition of these children is attributed to the anxiety and ner vous strain endured by mothers as well as to insufficient and unsuitable ood. The majority of doctors con clude that the war has produced an increase in the number of excitable in fants, below normal weight, who de velop slowly and are reared with diffi culty. A number of measures, both finan cial and institutional, have been un dertaken bv t.hp. OpiTtnan erovernment. state and municipal authorities and Y Private neranriR for decreasinK In font mortality and to make easier the Rising of children. In addition to sep aration allowances, wives of soldiers also now get imperial maternity Brants durine the first few months after their children's birth. A separa tion allowance has been granted to unmarried mothers of soldiers' chil dren. One private relief measure was or ganized by the German Red Cross and js known as "war sponsorship." Under this scheme persons volunteer to sup. Port children, and if necessary their toothers. In some cases both mothers n,i children have been received into the sponsors' homes and in others eir board is paid in suitable institu tions. The scheme started in Berlin and its suburbs but has spread to many other owns. in Dresden three hundred pnsors volunteered almost imme diately. in Silesia more than a thou sand children were being, supported by Ja sponsors at the end of 1915. In annheim, during 1915, 60 persons be- pme war sponsors, raring for 119 rnilies with about 300 children, 50 of t 5? were infants- Both mothers and L3;Iaren are. aaii in Vinv-a hanol Jjnder this arrangement, in some yiac into ylaCCS tho mni.nryii T J 1 J a scheme for looking after the LIVE SPORTING NEWS NATIONAL LEAGUE New York 2, -Brooklyn 5. .' Boston 8, Philadelphia 4. Chicago 5, Pittsburgh 2. Cincinnati -2, St Louis 3 (first game). Cincinnati 9, St. Louis 7 (second game). ..... is ' wu iviucn. ' Pittsburgh, June 22. Jim Vaughn beat the Pirates today with the aid of sparkling fielding by his matear Scores: R. H E Chicago 130 10-0 0005 9 6 Pittsburgh ... 100 000 001 2 8 2 Batteries: Vaughn and Killifer; Cooper and Schmidt. Bradley Hogg Easy. Philadelphia, June 22. The Braves found Bradley Hogg easy and defeated the Phillies 8 to 4. Scores R.H.E. Boston . . : 220 040 00ft R s n Philadelphia 001 003 -000 4 9 2 5auer;es: Flllingim and Wilson; Hogg, Davis and Burns. Dodgers Pound Perritt. Brooklyn. N. Y.. June 22 Th Dodgers pounded Perritt arid the uiant relief hurlers, winning 5 to 2. score: R.H.E New Yok 1.200 000 0002 4 1 Brooklyn 000 410 OOx 5 10 3 Batteries: Perritt. Offden . Ander son and Rariden; Grimes and Miller. Cards and Reds Split. St. Louis, June 23. Baird tripled in the eighth with one on, and the Car dinals beat Cincinnati 3 to 2. They lost the second, 9 to 7.' Score First game: R. H. E Cincinnati 000 001 0002 7 2 St. Louis ...... .100 000 02x 3 8 2 Batteries: Schneider, Eller and Al len; Ames and Gonzales. Score Second game: R. H. E. Cincinnati 330 100 010 9 15 2 St. Louis 000 310 0117 12 1 Batteries: Eller, Regan and Allen; Packard, May, Sherdel and Gonzales, Brock. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. Clubs. Won. Lost. Pet Chicago 36 17 .679 New York 35 18, .660 Boston 29 28 .508 Cincinnati .25 29 .463 Philadelphia 24 29 .453 Brooklyn 23 31 .425 St. Louis.. ......21 31 .404 Pittsburgh r. . . .21 31 .404 Southern League Little Rock, 6; Birmingham, 8 (first game). Little Rock, 3; Birmingham, 5 (sec ond game). Atlanta, 0; Memphis, 2 (first game). Atlanta, 4; Memphis, 4 (second game). Nashville, 0; New Orleans, 2. Mobile-Chattanooga, postponed; off day. WONDERFUL CUDGEL WAS UNLIKELY COLT New York, June 22 When Cadgel, the famous stake horse of Commander J. K. L. Ross' stable, was born his doom as a race horse was sounded throughout the eastern race tracks. That this son of Broomstick would ever reach the heights he has attained was considered impossible. The colt was too broad, his barrel was too long, the wise ones believed. In addition he had an affliction of the throat which made it very hard for him to breathe. As a four and a half furlong sprinter he might do in a race of platers, it was admitted, but to start him in a race for any distance waa regarded as something of a joke. And so the horse was sold. New hands found and cared for him. His days as a two-year-old were not filled with any joy for his owner, and even his three-year-old performances could have been better. It was only at the fag end of last year's eastern meet ing that ,the big fellow found himself and began to step the pace that has made him the most feared race horse in the country. His feat in winning the t Kentucky handicap with 132 pounds on his back was nothing less than marvelous, for the distance was long and he was pitted against sme of the fastest horses in the world. Always a slow breaker and a slow starter, Cudgel, however, withdrew from the . field when the time came and distanced the speedy Pif, Jr., by almost a length at the final stage of the battle. It is hard to pick the greatest race horse just as it is hard to pick the greatest anything, but Cudgel's name certainly belongs with the greatest if not at the top. children throughout their school life, and funds have been collected and in vested which will be used to appren tice the children in various trades. Many municipalities have under taken collection and distribution of milk and other special foods for in fants and young mothers. There has been in the last two years a consid erable increase in the number of chil dren's and infants' nurseries, homes and welfare centers. The ' latter at tempt to cover both city and country districts. FREE DENTAL WORK' WANTED 100 white patients for dental clinics. Teeth extracted or filled by leading dentists of the state. For further information phone 1634 or call at 201 Murchison building, beginning Saturday morning, June 22, and lasting through next Thursday. All work -painless and positively without 2b88ges. THE WILMINGTON AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington, 3; New York, 5. Cleveland, 4;. Chicago, 3. St. Louis, 1; Detroit, 2 (first game). St. Louis. 3;' Detroit, 6 (second game). Philadelphia at Boston, postponed, wet grounds. Nick Altrock Lost New York. June 22. For the first time in 10 years Nick Altrock pitched a complete ball srame today. Althoush he held the Yanks to seven hits while the Senators accumulated 11, he lost. 5 to 3. Score: R. H. E. Washington .....100 000 0023 1 1 New York 110 000 30 5 7 1 Btteries: Altrock and Ainsmith: Caldwell and Hannah. v Sox Lost Listless Game Chicago, June 22. Cleveland de feated the White Sox today in a list less game. Score: R. H. E Cleveland 000 400 0t0 4 8 1 Chicago ..001 000 002 3 8 1 Batteries: Coveleskie and O'Neil; Shellenbach, Benz, Danforth and Schalk. Detroit Wins Both Detroit, June 22. Taking both games from St. Louis, Detroit made it five straight. A double by Cobb in the ninth and an error by Johnson in the tenth decided the first. Extra bases by Cobb, Vitt and Cunningham won the second. Score (first game): R. H. E St. Louis ... 100 000 000 0 1 5 2 Detroit . 000 000 001 1 2 3 0 Batteries v Shocker and Nunamak- er; Dauss, Boland and Yelle. Score (second game): R. H. E. St. Louis 210 000 000; 3 7 3 Detroit 202 010 10 6 6 0 Batteries: . Loudermilk and Sever- eid; Kallio and Yelle. Standing of the Clubs Clubs Won Lost Pet. Boston 35 24 .593 New York 32 24 .571 Cleveland . 34 27 .557 Chicago 27 26 .509 Washington .... 30 31 .491 St. Louis 25 31 .448 Detroit .. 22 30 .423 Philadlenhia 21 34 .382 DOES PLANE TESTER'S JOB LOOK TOO EASY? London, June 22. Flying over pleasant fields and hedge-rows with never an "archie" to push them up on a sudden flight of enemy machines to push them down the men who test Britain's fighting planes are doing their hazardous bit In the war wthout much notice from anyone. The tester is noticed usually only when he crashed a new $15,000 expert mental machine against someone's barn. As long as he goes ahead with hls job successfully with no crashes he is hardly ever heard of outside his own circle. Agreed that the pilot in a chaser plane at the front has the excitingest job of all, the strain on his nerves and resourcefulness is hardly greater than the strain on the man who takes up new planes and new types of planes "anything with an engine and wings." In an untried craft of new design, differing radically perhaps from any thing ever flown before the aeroplane test pilot never knows but that the next instant may bring out a defect of design or construction and send' him plummeting to earth, despite every precaution he can take. The test pilot is always cautious; he never takes the chances that a fighting pilot may take In a machine of proven stability and strength. Propellor blades have been known to whirl off in midair and struts to come out of their sockets while testers were flying new designs for the first time By extremely cautious flying the pi lots came safe to land. The test pilot is the first man to take the risk. Giant bombers, small fast scouts, seaplanes and landcraft are handed to him for thorough trials bef6re the new types, are manufactur ed in numbers to be turned over to the air forces. Twilight baseball didn't get any thing for some of the Pacific Coast In ternational leagues, so the late after noon games were given the gate. Big league scouts are having their troubles this year. Nearly every promising youngster spotted is found to be subject to Uncle Sam's draft. Bridgeport must want to wind up the Eastern league in short order by the way it has run up its string of victories since the season opened. LUMBERTON Lumberton, June 22. Miss Maggie McNair, of Maxton spent, two days here this week, visiting her aunt, Mrs. J. D. McMillian. This is Miss Mc Nair old home. Miss L. C. Townsend is in the hos pital this week for treatment. Her friends hope she will soon return home restored to health. Mrs. W. F. Fuller has received , a card telling her of her husband's safe arrival "over there." She will spend the time here and in Bessemer City. Mrs. Emma Pope Higley, widow of the late T..N. Higley, register of deeds of Robeson, died Friday at her home on Cedar street. She was about 60 years old, and was the daughter of H. T. and Harret Pope. She leaves three daughters, Mvs. Mv N. Folger, Mrs. M. G. Lee and Missilna Higley; also four brothers, Mr. John M. Pope, of Durham; Rev. W. B., of Washing ton, Oregon, and W. G. and Doctor H. T.., of this place. Dr. C. L. Greaves, assisted. by Dr. McDaniels, of Richmond, will peach the. funeral and the interment will be In Meadow Brook. .DISPATCH.. SUNDAY, JUNE 23. 1918. A NEW CAR FOR YOUIt OLD ONE- mis the FINISH that" makes the machine as tar aB. appearance goes.. What about let ting usirepaintyour automobile? Jflfe; agree toJglVe'you a : quick 7 handsome dur- able job, at the low est possible price. m We agr$e to: use throughout VaJtentinev & Company's varnishes. colors ana other mat- erials which are THE MOST EXPENSIVE i in t it st dost but stand ard for 'excellence the orld. over. Valentine & Company guarantee quality. J. E. LEWIS & SON Corner Fourth and Princess ' Phone 898-J c BJ EGINS Also see the Automati c Base Shelf Extender an other Sellers convenience! And the Guaranteed Porcel iron Table Top ! And the Patented Antproof Casters and a dozen other features never before combined in a single cabinet. Every woman knows about the Sellers "Special.' Thousands of dollars have been spent by the manufac turers to announce this cabinet. No other kitchen cab- I 1 o THE 0 tioes for the Masses W. L. Douglas Shoes - Emerson Shoes Sterling in Quality Shoes For Work, Play Shoes, Sport Shoes Seashore Shoes, Oxfords and Pumps For Walking Evening Dress The Dance i Sellers' "Special" "The Best Servant in Your Home" Y Tf Wi 7ft ITu ! fu ( 1) r !L I 11 a1 y iLS ij, THE HOME OF DEPENDABLE FURNITURE 15 South Front Street OUSE R W ITZ Mo Lo Oorwitz 603 North Fourth Street OMORROW COME IN ! Don't Miss the Grand Bargain Sale and Demonstration of Seller's "SPECIAL" Kitchen Cabinets Beginning tomorrow, we will conduct one of the biggest and grandest sales ever held on Kitchen Cabinets. Attend the sale and see the demonstration of the Wonderful Automatic Lowering Flour Bin See how this feature eliminates all hard work of lifting, etc. An easy pull brtngs the bin down to the table level. You fill it with effort less ease. (50 full pounds it holds!) Then a little push with your finger swings it noise lessly back into place. Nothing like it ever offered in a Kitchen Cabinet. We invite you all to come and see for yourself. TO inet can match its beauty. None has ever been burlt stronger. And noy you an get it at Very Attractive Prices By all means visit our store. During thtis Special Sale we will place one of these wonder cabinets in your home for a sum that will come within the reach of the most modest income. Come in tomorrow sure! OF 3 2 24 to 0 .!.! t f Si ' 1 f ; f : ; l! ... v!l I I1 1 i ' 't 4, I i i- ! f f i i f- - 4' 1
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