Dayton tribune., December 15, 1922, Image 7

War on Disease
Full of Thrills
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Pole-Cats Used to Foil
Still-Hunting Sleuths
I'rohlbltlon officers who search
the WiMxled hills near Parkers
burg, W. Vu., for moonshiners
declare that these liquor makers
are using skunks to defeat the
ends of Justice.
Officers l»ee
I and Kummers reported that they
destroyed one distillery and
bn-ke up a skunk kennel, and
that they found evidences of
oilier distillers who were using
polecats to scent the scenery
and thus prevent "dry" agents
from smelling the -brewing oper­
ations.
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they come to the lymphatic system,
und thence Into the blood.
"Finally, after passing through the
heart and lunge, they reach the throat
and pass thence through Gm stomach,
ultimately landing In the small Intes­
tine, to whose wall they fasten them-
selves, and for as much as seven years,
If not disturbed by treatment, take
their Illi of the victim's blood nnd In­
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Not a Parson In Virginia County Haa testinal tissue.
How They Oo Their Work.
Enough Hookworma In Hla Body
“They develop In their salivary
to Produca Any of the Symp­
“But they go eve i further than that
glands a substance that baa a marked
toms of tha Malady.
By
some method n t well understood,
power of Inhibiting coagulation of the
they cause the blood to undergo u
blood.
Attaching
themselves
to
the
Washington.—"If persist «ff it echoes
change, reducing the amount of hemo
of wars disturb one's pence of mind It surface of the Intestinal wull, rasping globin—the element that makes us
und
sucking
away
the
delicate
Inner
Is a wholesome antidote to turn atten­
red blooded, und which «'onstitutes the
tion occasionally to another sort of cells on which they fee«!, they lay bare Ingredient that tends to render healthy
the
deeper
tissues,
and
the
wound
con
­
world struggle, a benefh'cut wur—the
blood an unfertile soil for the seeds of
war against disease," ways a bulletin tinues to bleed for u long time, even Infection sown there throug'i lack of
from the Washington headquarters of after the worm has 'eserted the spot sanitation.
the Nut Iona I Geographic society bused to wddeh It was attached.
"Yet. owing to ihe fnct that Its
on n communication to the society
every stage la so well known, that the
from William Joseph Showalter.
methods of comba*’ng It are so dra­
"In all the stirring histor* of man's
matically effective, and that those who
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effort to make himself mauler of bls
are cured so quickly begin to experi­
environment, there Is no more thrilling
Four-Leaf Clovers ‘ ence the Joys of living onct more. It
chapter than that wldch tells of the
makes Itself the most readily und suc­
bitter battles be has waged for the
RockLind, Me.—The luckiest
cessfully used of ull discuses with
conquest of contagion.
man In Maine, If luck depends
wddeh to point a community toward a
“Three announcements of almost ’ on four leaf clovers. Is Alfred
goal of b««tter health.”
unprecedented Import to mankind are ♦ Henner of The Meadowy this
expected to be made at no distant date. J city, who has a record this sea-
At Least One of the Causes.
"The first of these, chronologically, | son of 101, besides 45 of the
Every year sees one-time luxuries
nt least, will be thet yellow fever has , five-leaf variety und 33 of the
added to our list of necessities. That
at hist been bknlMhcd from the face of 1 six-leaf, with three of the seven-
Is the main tause of the high cost of
the earth, and that the germ which
leaf for good measure.
living, directly us well us indirectly.—
causes It haa become extinct, along
Exchange.
with the dinosaur, the dodo, the great
auk nnd the passenger pigeon.
"The next in order will p -obnbly be
that hookworm dlseuse, which has
been called a 'handmaiden of poverty,
an associate of crime and degeneracy,
a destroyer of energy nnd vitality, a
menace ami nn obstacle tr all that
nmkes for civilisation,’ nnd which Is
endctslc In a sone that embraces hulf
«------------------------------------------
of the earth's population, can be
driven from uny community which has
Street on Which Washington A committee had been appointed to
the will to get rid of It.
sei et a suitable house for him. Wlmt
"I-ast will come the statement that
Lived in New York Is Now
could be better than the Osgood house
Inrgescnle
demonstrations
have
In Cherry street? So they took It for
Dingy Byway.
proved that malaria cun be eradicated
him, am! Mrs. Osgood and Lady Kitty
from almost any community that has
Duer were charged to put It In order
enough vital force left to push a
for his reception. Everything was in
thorough, though Inexpensive, cam­
readiness for Washington when lie ar­
paign for its extirpation.
rived on April 28 ut the foot of Wull
Virginia Early Campaign Center.
First President Lived There When In­ street.
"Richmond county, Virginia, phere
Picked as White House.
augurated First Time—Mrs. Wash­
the war on the hookworm us a world­
He was escorted from Wull street to
ington Wrote That She hound
wide fight had Its Inception, •funds out
his new home, 3 Cherry street, and
Life There Very Dull.
ns nn example of wlmt mny tn* accom-
there he estrbllshed himself with his
pllsiicd nnd us nn evidence that It can
Frounces, better
be accomplished with much less diffi­
New York.—A walk In Cherry street steward. Sumuel
culty thun was formerly supposed.
recalls that In the Seventeenth century known as Black Sam of Fruunces' tav­
"When the work began there, about when the little Dutch settlement of ern. Besides the steward he had “five
thirteen years ago. 82 per cent of the New Amsterdam passed over Into the white men In livery, five black men,
people had the disease. A few years hands of the English und was called two black maids, a housekeeper, three
Inter a resurvey showed that this had New York, there came one Richard other women servants and his own
been reduce«! to 35 per cent. A more Sackett in 1071 and possessed himself valet." •
When President Washington «•ume to
recent resurvey reduced ft to 2 per of land out In the country, amid green
cent, nnd In 1922 it can he announc«>d lanes und fronting for about 400 feet New York ut the end of April, bis wife
that there Is not a single pe-son In the on the West river. He planted cherry was not with him, but she started
entire county In whose body the trees along the bank, tln-n planned a from Mount Vernon on May 17. She
worms are numerous enough to pro­ pleasure garden, which should have a was ten days in making the Journey to
duce any of the symptoms of the bowling green, like the gardens In old New York. She had to pass through
mnlndy.
Englund. Tables were placed and tea Philadelphia, then a flourishing town
"There are two kinds of hookworma was served, with rum or arrack, or "with n more exclusive «»clety than
that Invade the human body, nn Old even good madelra to drink the health New York," writes a chronicler of the
World species known ns Ancylostoma of King William and Queen Mary. time.
The New York Advertiser of May 27,
duodenale nnd the 'New World' form The owner culled the place Cherry
"We are Informed that
known ns Necator amerlcanus.
Garden. A lane led to It from the remarked:
'The New World specie-! of hook- town. This soon took the name of Mrs. Washington may be expected In
worm Is a sninll pnrnsltlc crenture Cherry lane, and in the springtime, town about four o’clock. His Excel­
■bout ns thick ns nn ordinary pin and under the blossoming trees, young men lency. the President and suite, having
gone over to meet her at Elizabeth­
half ns long. The .dull female worm. und maidens strolled.
As the years went on the lane be­ town in the federal barge. The place of
Inhabiting the smnll Intestine, Inys
thousands of eggs dally. After these came a street and was extended until landing will be Peck's slip." She was
pass out of the body they hatch with­ It ended In what was then St. George’s, welcomed by a large crowd und the
in one or two days. They nre micro­ now Franklin square. Houses were put President escorted her to 3 Cherry
scopic In size when hutched and never up along its length, and In 1770 a fine Street. Two nights afterward she held
grow larger ns long us they remain In one was built of brick by Walter her first reception, anil ull those who
the ground.
Franklin, n rich merchant who trade«! had a claim to elegance and refinement
"Then comes nlon. n f.nlr of bnre with China nnd left his name as n gathere«! In the large square rooms.
Regular receptions were held after
feet or hands, or some other part of legacy to Franklin square, lie left a
(lie body touches the Infected ground, rich widow as well, who married again, this “when Mrs. Washington would
nnd the little villains make the most this time Samuel Osgood, und the big stand by the general in receiving the
of their opportunity. They promptly brick house, three stories high, be­ respects of the visitors."
begin to bore their way through the longed then to them. In 1701 Georg«»
Dull for Mrs. Washington.
skin, causing a severe Irritation known Washington, lately elected President of
Sometimes in the evenings the conch,
nn 'ground itch.' Once under the skin, the newly-formed United States, was with five horses, would tlrlve up to the
they travel through the tissues until to be Inaugurated here.
door of 3 Cherry street, anti the Pres­
ident would hand Mrs. Washingt«>n to
the carriage, then they would go to
the little red frame theater in John
street. On June 5 the Advertiser gn- :
nounce«! that “the President nnd Mrs. ,
Washington saw 'The Clandestine Mar­
riage.' ”
Notwithstanding these ninusements,
Mrs. Washington wrote In October. “I ’
find life very dull here.” Probably
she miss«! the beautiful house nt
Mount Vernon, with Its garden and
green lawn, sloping to the river. Even
the big rooms of the Cherry street
house, with al' their tine furplshlngs,
could not console her. The President ।
continued to live there until February,
1790, then he took n still finer house
on Broadway, near the park of the
Bowling Green. Perhaps he thought
Mrs. Washington might Anil It less
dull. So the house In Cherry street
was ro!>b«i of Its claim to renown, but
It lemalned a fine old place for many
years.
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Things Seem to Be Looking Up in Russia
. ictories Won in Bitter
aides Waged for Conquest
of Contagion.
CAMPAIGN AGAINST HOOKWORM
Recalls First
White House
HOME WAS ONCE SHOW PLACE
Molten Fire Is Burbank’s Latest Plant
Blows Up House by Doorbell.
Berlin.—During the absence of her
husband, n laborer, a housewife In a
Berlin suburb committed suicide by
turning on the gas.
The returning
husband rang the bell and receiving
no answer pushetl It so violently that
l.nther Burbank, the plant wizard, keeps right on devising new plants a short circuit wns cause«! Inside the
and flowers. He is here seen In a bed of his latest, "Molten Fire,” an orna­ gas-filled house. The front door was
mental flower he has perfected. The plant, when the sun shines on it, glows blown off, knocking the husband
s beautiful crimson. The photograph was taken on Mr. Burbank’s farm at down. The Interior of the house was
wrecked.
Banta Rosa, Cal.
Th«»se pictographs, Just received from Russia, indicate tout conditions there are gradually improving und that the
people are better fed and garbed than they have been for some time. Above Is a typical crowd at a railway station.
Below, part of a throng of 75,000 young communists gathered to listen to speeches by soviet officials.
Gives Up Riches
to Welfare Work
Quakeress Devotes Income of
$1,000,000 Inheritance to
Aiding Workers.
HER HUSBAND IS IN POVERTY
Defies Government of Holland Which
Seized Her Furniture for Taxes—
Declares All Government Is
Based Upon Force.
The Hague. — Both Holland and
Englund are speculating on the Tol-
stoyiun ideas of the Quakeress, Beat­
rice Cadbury Boeke, head of the Cad­
bury Cocoa works, who made oved to
the workers of Bournemouth village
the Income of 28.000 of the shares in
the <x>coa corporation which she In­
herited from her father, Richard Cad­
bury.
England Is also speculating with
profound Interest upon Mrs. Boeke s
conflict with the Dutch government
which she has been conducting for
several years In the effort to enforce
her Tolystoyian belief that all gov­
ernment Is based upon force and
should not be obeyed.
Mrs. Boeke has devoted the Income
of her $1,000,000 bequest to help the
workers to rise above the limitations
of organized government, which she
denounces as a tyranny and a bar to
human progress.
Her husband, Cornelius Boeke, a
sturdy Dutchman, believes precisely
as she does. He has no regret at the
action of his wife In donating the in-
rome of her 28,000 shares in the Cad­
bury works to enable the workers to
work out their destinies on the Unes
which she has adopted.
She could not give more than the
Income, for under the terms of her
father's will the fortune of more than
$1,000,000 Is hers only for life. Upon
her death the property descends to
her children.
Workers Don’t Grasp Ideal.
The workers of Bournemouth, how­
ever, do not quite'grasp the ideal of
rising above the limitations of organ­
ize«! government which Mrs. Boeke
cherishes and for which she has suf­
fered and probably will continue to
suffer as long as her conflict with the
Dutch government continues.
A deputation of these workers made
a trip across the channel to the Neth­
erlands to thank their benefactress
for her generosity. In their testi­
monial to her they expressed no scin­
tilla of a desire to follow her in the
thorny path of conflict with organize«!
government in which she is energet­
ically engaged.
The Indications are that the workers
whom she lias endowed for her life­
time will contlnu«» to pay their taxes
like honest, industrious English vil­
lagers ; that they will obey the king
nnd respect the law as their fore­
fathers have done for all past gen
erations.
In her letter to the workers an­
nouncing the gift, Mrs. Boeke thanks
them "for the many privileges the un­
earned income resulting from your
united work has enabled me to en­
joy."
She enjoins them to administer the
shares "for social, industrial and phil­
anthropic purposes.’’
Her renunciation Is n step In her
struggle to bring about a better state
of society. And her conception of the
way in which a better state of society
can be brought about is Indicated by
her long struggle with the Dutch gov­
ernment.
She refuses to recognize the author­
ity of that government when It comes,
for instance, to the Important govern­
mental function of collecting taxes.
She and her husband do not consider
i the Dutch government—or any other
government, for all governments In
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Find Dead Pigs, Frogs, Etc.,
In Kentucky “Breweries”
Prohibition agents, raiding ten
distilleries in Breathitt county,
Ky., found a strange assortment
of animals in the fermenters.
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The stills had been made from
iron gasoline tanks, and this
their conception are "based upon
alone would have made the
force”—has a right to levy upon them
product poisonous, officers said,
their legitimate share In the upkeep
but they fount!, when pouring
of the state.
out the beer, dead frogs, lizards,
So they decline to pay. And the
snakes, a dead pig, and a num­
Dutch government has twice applied
ber of other animals and rep­
to them the proresses designed for
tiles.
The agents destroyed
the coercion of taxpayers who will not
3.500 gallons of still beer in 95
or cannot pay.
fermenters.
Their Home In the Wood.
Their modest home at Boschhuis
(the House in the Wood), near
Utrecht, ha« been made furnitureless
because of Mrs. Boeke's opposition to state from taking away her simple
"government based upon force.” And' furniture once more.
the end is not yet, because Mrs.
But the state has not ended Its
Boeke still persistently refuses to pay struggle with her. Once more a cred­
taxes.
itor, the state has declared her and
Mrs. B«?atrfce Boeke was found by her husband bankrupts. A solicitor
a representative of the New York has been appointed for them by a
World in her small house. “Bosch­ judge. But the Boekes refuse to have
huis,’ at Billhoven. Prepared though anything to do with him because he
the visitor was to meet an unusual too represents a “coercive state.”
personality, he was totally unprepared
The outcome of this unusual duel
to find a devout Quakeress whose between one small family and the en­
conscientious scruples have pitted tire state Is still In doubL but it is
her in an amazing struggle with the attracting wide public attention.
state along uncompromising and ex­
treme Tolstoy-Ian Unes.
RICH
What George Cadbury’s widow said GOATS MAKE WOMAN
of her husband, that his practical "de­
votion to the needs of the world was California Clubwoman Invests $500
■nd Turns Furs Into ■
Inspired by his Interpretation of the
Profit of $20,000.
will of God," might equally be said
of his niece, now the penniless wife
Los Angeles, Cal.—Here’s the finan­
of Cornelius Boeke, who Is working
cial autobiography of Mrs. Grace Coe
as a carpenter at Billhoven.
But whereas Sir George saw the Goucher, prominent clubwoman and
world as a millionaire and a practical divorce seeker, as she told it upon the
man. his niece and her husband have witness stand In the Superior court:
“Sewed in my corset I carried
evolved a code which makes it revolt­
ing and Impossible for them to obey around $500 a year. Then I got an
idea—I started to breed blooded dogs.
the laws of the Netherlands.
Once already her furniture has been I sold out and went into the goat busi­
sold, as she and her husband refused ness.
"The goats went to go Into furs and
to pay taxes to a state "built upon
force."
my fur trade netted me $20,000. After
A second time an unknown friend that I speculated in real estate, and
saved Mrs. Boeke from a similar ca­ today I have $64,000.” She charges
lamity by paying her taxes without her husband with cruelty. The main
her consent, and thus prevented the fight Is over property.
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Discovers Secret of Cold Li<?ht
Cold light, for which scientists have been searching for centuries, has
been produce«! at last by Max A. Rltterrath of Los Angeles. Rltterrath has
Invented a device which Instantly cools light and brings the most Intense rays
of arc lamps nnd other powerful lights down to room temperature. This Is
accompllsl ed by diverting the infra-red rays, which are the "heat rays" of
all white light, into a spiral stream of water which carries them— and the
hent—away. In recent tests seven arc lamps were concentrated upon a piece
of motion-picture film, the light passing through RItterrath’s device. Ordi­
narily any one of the seven would have Ignited the film In two seconds. In
an hour, using the new cold-light device, the whole seven had not succeeded
in warming the film above the temperature of the room.