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VOL. XLVI.-NO. 14,416.
PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1907.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
SHEDS LIGHT ON
i'S LIFE
Jerome Gets Important
Ruling in Court.
GROSS-EXAMINES YOUNG WIFE
She Tells More of White's
Deeds of Infamy.
SAD FATE OF THE PIE GIRL
Thaw Became Enraged at Very Sight
of White Asked Comstock to
Kald Houses Where He
Lured Young Women.
NEW YORK, Feb. 19. Mrs. Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw today entered on
the ordeal of her' cross-examination
and before District At
torney Jerome bad had the" wit
ness In charge half an hour, he had
secured from the court a ruling which
apparently opens the way for bringing
into the trial of Harry K. Thaw all
manner of evidence which may tend
to discredit the defendant's wife. Here
tofore it has been held that the rules
of evidence protected young Mrs.
Thaw, and that, regardless of whether
her story was true or false, the fact
that she had told It to her husband
was the only essential point. Mrs.
Thaw has been allowed to repeat the
story so that the Jury might judge as
to Its effect In unbalancing the mind of
the man on trial for the murder of
Stanford White.
Mr. Jerome by a simple question
opened the way for the Introduction of
testimony tending to show the truth
or falsity of Mrs. Thaw's story. He
asked the witness:
"Was the story you told Mr. Thaw
true?"
"It was." she replied firmly.
Opens Way to Mrs. Thaw" Fast.
Mr. ttelinas. Thaw's leading counsel,
objected strongly to the question, but
Justice Fitzgerald held It to be compe
tent as tending to show the credibil
ity of the witness. Whether Mr. Je
rome intends to take advantage of the
ruling In an attempt to throw doubt
on the truth of the story or whether
Justice Fitzgerald intended his ruling
to cover the whole subject of Mrs.
Thaw's evidence, the future conduct of
the case alone can determine. Mr. Del
mas will continue to fight with con
stant objections the Introduction of
any testimony as to any events In the
young woman's life, but the subject of
the credibility of the witness Is a wide
one and Justice Fitzgerald early today
Indicated that he would be liberal in
his Interpretation of the rules.
He allowed Mr. Jerome to secure
from Mrs. J. J. Caine, of Boston, a
friend of Mrs. Thaw, who took the
witness stand during the morning ses
sion, many material points as to the
movements of Harry Thaw and Evelyn
Nesblt. following their return from
Kurope in 1904, Including the published
Incident of their being ejected from
the Hotel Cumberland In this city, the
proprietor Insisting that they should
register as man and wife or leave their
suites, which adjoined. In bringing
out these facts, Mr. Jerome denied that
he was attacking Mrs. Thaw, and said
he was simply testing the credibility
of Mrs. Caine.
Iteluctant to Cross-Examine.
The District Attorney seemed reluc
tant to begin the cross-examination of
Mrs. Tuaw today, desiring to have the
matter postponed until Thursday
morning, in order that he might deter
mine whether or not a further exam
ination of the witness was necessary
on the Issues Involved In the case.
"After I have looked further Into the
case I may decide to cross-examine
Mrs. Thaw," Mr. Jerome stated to the
court, "or I may waive my right. When
all the testimony as to the Insanity of
this defendant Is In, if I shall be hon
estly of the opinion that he was in
sane at the time this act was commit
ted, I do not propose to take up the
time of this court and this jury , In
contending "
Mr. Delmas here Interrupted. He
wanted to know If the District Attor
ney meant that, if he was honestly
convinced that Thaw was Insane when
he shot Stanford White, he would
abandon the prosecution,
"I promise nothing," retorted the
prosecutor. .
A wordy conflict ensued, during
which Mr. Jerome hinted at broken
confidences and evasion of stipulations.
He declared he did not wish to humil
iate the witness with a cross-examination
which he might deem unnecessary.
"However, if I am forced to do so,
I will," said Mr. Jerome with some
thing of a menace in his tone.
"You may. proceed," replied Mr. Del
mas. (iains Confidence as She Proceeds.
Mrs. Thaw moved nervously and
awaited Mr. Jerome's opening ques
tions, they having to do with her
signing some papers, some of which
the prosecutor declared were receipts
for money. Mrs. Thaw had drawn
from the Mercantile Trust Company in
1902, $25 a week. Mr. Delmas protested
MRS
THI
against these statements and noted an
exception. Mrs. Thaw said she was
not sure that all the signatures were
her own they looked very much like
her writing, she added. Who provided
the money at the Mercantile Trust
Company was not developed.
G-TaS la.. 1-5- :stNei-l
Mrs. Thaw's confidence grew as the
cross-examination went on and she was
always ready with answers. Mr. Jerome,
under the plea of testing her credibility,
was allowed to ask many pertinent ques
tions. He wanted to know when she first
heard that she had been named as a. co
respondent In the George W. Lederer di
vorce case.
Scores One on Jerome.
Mr. Delmas quickly objected. Mrs. Thaw
whispered something in his ear and the
attorney withdrew his objection.
"I read of It in the newspapers," said
the witness cheerily, when Mr. . Jerome
repeated the question.
The prosecutor .Bought to show that
Mrs. Thaw had gone to Abraham Hum
mel for advice with regard to the divorce
proceedings, but was halted by an oh-,
jection from Mr. Delmas, which the court
sustained. Justice Fitzgerald said the
question had nothing to do with Mrs.
Thaw's story to her husband and did not
affect her credibility.
Mr. Jerome brought out that Mrs.
Thaw had written to Stanford White
from Boulogne after Thaw had proposed
to her In Paris.
"Did you also cable Mr. White?" he
asked.
The witness could not remember.
The cross-examination was barely got
Into full swing when adjournment for
the day was ordered. Mrs. Thaw will
resume the stand tomorrow and the In
dications are that she may be kept there
throughout the day.
The District Attorney's reluctance to
subject Mrs. Thaw to a cross-examination
again lent color to the rumors that
Mr. Jerome contemplates moving for the
appointment of a commission In lunacy
to test Thaw's present state of mind.
Now that he has entered the cross-examination,
he seems determined 'to make
a thorough one.
Boomerang Hits Jerome.
There were evidences during the after
noon of ill feeling existing between Mr.
Jerome and Mr. Delmas. The latter In
tends to protect Mrs. Thaw In every pos
sible way. He moved from his accus-'
tomed place at Thaw's counsel table to
a chair within the rail where the Dis
trict Attorney sits and directly In front
of Justice Fitzgerald. ,
Mr. Jerome Informed Mr. Delmas that
it was not courtesy in New York to in
terrupt an attorney when he was stating
an objection. Mr. Delmas was later ob
jecting to a question put by the prose
cutor when Mr. Jerome interrupted. Mr.
Delmas turned and with great sarcasm
remarked:
"I have been told It is not courtesy
In New York to interrupt when an ob
jection is being stated." Mr. Jerome sat
flown. .,-t- . v-"-.
Mrs. Thaw's cross-examination prom
ises a duel between the two attorneys as
well as between Mr. Jerome and the wife
of the defendant.
Digging Into Mrs. Thaw's Past.
Thaw seemed in a very cheeful frame
of mind today, especially when Mr. Del
mas was insisting that the cross-examination
of his wife should proceed. The
young man grew more sober-faced after
Mr. Jerome had begun to ply his ques
tions In a way that indicated a relent
less search Into Mrs. Thaw's past. Mr.
Jerome did not even forget the incident
of the cat and the conductor who wanted
to put it off the train. Mrs. Thaw had
testified that she told her husband of
this incident in her early life. Mr. Jerome
also remembered that Mrs. Thaw had
told of eating chocolate eclaires at her
first dinner with Stanford White.
, "It wasn't dinner," pouted the witness,
"it was supper."
In completing her direct testimony, Mrs.
Thaw had told of the conversations she
and her husband had regarding the fate
of young women at the hands of Stan
ford White. One of . these girls was
known as the "pie girl." She was 15
years old and' wore only a gauze dress
when she sprang from a big pie at a
stag dinner. The witness declared that
May Mackenzie had told her that Stan
ford White, when told she and Harry
were very happy together, had remarked:
"Pooh, It won't last. I will get her
back."
White's Mirrored Den.
Harry Thaw's letter to Anthony Com
stock describing three houses or studios
where, he declared, Stanford White and
"other scoundrels'" were luring girls was
read. Among the places described was
the house in West Twenty-fourth street,
where the velvet swing and mirrored bed
room were located. Mrs. Thaw identified
42 letters, which she said were in the
handwriting of, Stanford White. They
were not offered In evidence, but Mr.
Delmas later will try to get theni Into
the case.
ORGIES OF WHITE'S COTERIE
Mrs, Thaw Tells of Girls Ruined and
Unspeakable Acts.
NEW YORK. Feb. 19. After Mrs.
Evelyn Thaw had sat In the witness
chair for nearly five minutes, at the
opening of the Thaw trial today, Mr.
DClmas began his examination.
"You have already testified that you
are familiar with the handwriting of
Stanford White," said the attorney. "I
now hand you a paper and ask if it is
the handwriting of Mr. White?"
Mrs. Thaw gazed at the paper, evi
dently a letter,' and said: "It is his
handwriting."
Mr. Delmas handed the witness six
other letters, and they also were Iden
tified aa having come from Stanford
White.
After a moment's delay, still other
letters were identified. Letter after
letter Mr. Delmas handed the witness,
and she identified each one of them.
She took the letters In her hand one
at a time and only glanced at each
before she returned It to the attorney.
When Mrs. Thaw had identified 30 let
ters Mr. Delmas returned to the coun
sel table and brought forth a new
package, and the work of identifica
tion continued.
In all Mrs. Thaw identified 42 let-
( Concluded on Page 4.)
MILLION
PASSENGER DEPOT
Interurban Lines Are to
Have Union Station.
WILL OCCUPY A CITY BLOCK
Portland Railway, Light &
Power Company Buyer.
THE SITE COSTS $350,000
Five or Six-Story Building Will Be
Erected on Block Bounded by,
First, Pine, Ash and
Second Streets.
PACTS ABOUT POBTLAXB'S NEW
TERMINAL STATION.
LOCATION First' and Pine streets.
COST Sl.OOO.OOO.
SIZE 200x200 feet, five or six sto
ries, brick and steel. '
BUILDER Portland Railway,
I.ight & Power Company.
PURPOSE Centralization of In
terurban and suburban trolley lines
adding greatly to the convenience of
the public.
General office and headquarters of
company will be located there.
Other trolley roads will be given
facilities In the terminal.
Structure will cover entire block
nd will be made headquarters for
electrical and railway Interests.
Expenditures announced during the
past week by the company: Union
trolley terminal. $1,000,000: second
power plant on Clackamas. $7X0,000;
new cars, nearly $500,000.
Portland is to have a $1,000,000 union
passenger station for Interurban and sub
urban electric cars.
The Portland Railway. IJght & Power
Company has purchased the block bound
ed by First. Second,. Pine and Ash streets
and will Immediately draw up plans and
specifications for a building covering the
entire block. Tracks will run through the
building on the ground floor, and inter
urban cars will loop through the struc
ture. ' The depot will be a union one,
where all- interurban trolley lines may
have terminal facilities.
The station will be a fireproof building
of brick and steel and will be a huge,
glass-domed structure of five or six
stories. Waiting-rooms, passenger plat
forms, union ticket office and other con
veniences for the public will largely oc
cupy the ground floor.
The purchase of the block was con
cluded yesterday through the agency of
Brooke & Klernan. The price paid by the
Portland Railway, Light & Power Com
pany for the property was $350,000. When
completed, the terminal station will cost
THE BIG ONE:
about $1,000.00. This includes the block
just purchased.
The building will be the headquarters
for the company and will Include offices"
and display rooms, as well as the sub
station, now located at Seventh and Alder
streets, and the supply department, which
will be moved from Its present location
on Seventh street between Alder and
Morrison, upon the completion of the
terminal building.
It is the plan of the company to make
the structure a home for electrical and
railway interests and what space is not
needed for their own use will be rented
by the owners. The space on the ground
floor facing the streets will probably be
rented for store purposes.
General Offices to Be Moved.
The general offices of the Portland
Railway, Light & Power Company at
First and Alder streets will be moved
to the terminal station upon its com
pletion and It is expected that about
two upper floors will be needed for
office purposes. The space not re
quired for the company's uses will be
rented for offices, preferably to ten
ants whp represent electrical or rail
way interests.
On the Ash-street side of the build
ing on the second floor, the Alder
street sub station will be located. The
display room of the electrical supply
department will be located on the
ground floor, together with the cash
ier's office, where customers of the
lif;ht and power departments of the
company may pay their bills.
Four tracks will be laid through the
entire station, permitting the looping
of cars between the First and Second
street lines. The interurban cars. In
cluding the Oregon City, Cazadero,
Vancouver, 6t. Johns and other long
distance trains will be run direct from
the central station. A number of other
suburban lines will loop through the
terminal, although it Is not the present
intention to bring all the city cars
through.
Terminal for Interurban Line.
All other Interurban lines which may
be constructed by other companies will
be given terminal facilities In the new
station, such as the Salem and Forest
Grove lines of the Oregon Railway
Company, the first of which is now
under construction and will be com
pleted by the time the trolley terminal
depot is finished. The projected Mount
Hood line and all other lines which
may be built will also be given accom
modations. The company's engineers will im
mediately begin the work of drawing
plans for the station, and the buildings
now standing on the block will be torn
down. Construction will be commenced
as soon as the plans are completed and
it is expected to have( cars running
through the depot within a year. It
will probably take a somewhat longer
period to complete the building.
The building will be the headquar
ters for 2000 employes of the-Portland
Railway. Light & Power Company.
The construction and operating de
partments will be housed there In at
tractive surroundings. The office force
of the First and Alder streets build
ing numbers 250 people, and the pres
ent quarters are far too small for the
space needed. The station will be
brilliantly illuminated and surrounded
with artistic electroliers.
Location Is Convenient.
The location chosen is thought to be
a happy one, affording a maximum of
convenience to the public, by whom the
new station will be much appreciated.
Considerable time and thought ' have
been given to the choice of a site by
the officials of the company. The
First and Pine streets location was
(Concluded on Paee 10.)
"IF YOU DON'T LET ME ALONE, I'LL
CONGRESS AFTER YOU"
LIMITS POWER OF
CHIEF FORESTER
Senate Also Reduces
Fund Allowed Him.
CLARK MAKES FIERCE ATTACK
Says He Rounded Up Cattle
men's Conventions.
GOVERNMENT - PAID BILLS
Appropriation Is Reduced One-Half
and Forest Reserve Receipts Are
Taken .From Pinchot Forbid
den to Charge for Water.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. The Senate
today ado-n-ted several amendments to
the agricultural appropriation bill, se
riously reducing the sum allowed the
Forestry Bureau and restricting its
powers. Chief Forester Pinchot coining
in for much Incidental criticism.
Clark made a successful war on a
Senate amendment, which, he declared,
would permit officials o-f the Forestry
Bureau to travel from the North Pole
to the Southern cross at the expense
of the Government. He gave Instances
where the Chief Forester had gone to
the Far West and "rounded up" the
two conventions of cattlemen with li
of his forest rangers, whose traveling
expenses and hotel bills the Govern
ment paid. He also charged them with
attending political conventions and
State Legislatures and with general ac
tivity of that character at Government
expense.
Money Might Be Misused.
He asserted that, while his confidence
in the Chief Forester and the Secretary
of Agriculture was unbounded, he be
lieved under the terms of the amend
ment that the $2,000,000 proposed to
be appropriated for this bureau might
be used, to pay traveling expenses. The
proposed amendment, which was voted
out of the bill, authorised the Forester
"to conduct investigations and expe
riments in the City of Washington or
elsewhere."
The Senate committee Increased from
$50),00d to $1.0DO,000 the amount of a
fund to be used to build roads, fences,
telephones and other improvements in
forest reserves in the discretion of the
Secretary of Agriculture. The Senate
reduced the amount to $500,000 and
made $125,000 Immediately available.
Special Fund Abolished.
Provisions were adopted which here
after will require detailed estimates
for expenditures of the Forestry Bu
reau and detailed reports regarding all
such expenditures. Another provision
adopted abolishes the special fund
which has been accumulated by the
Forestry Bureau from the sale of tim-
GET MY BIG BROTHER
ber, grazing leases, etc.. after July 1
next, by providing that all such reve
nue shall be turned into the treasury.
It was pointed out by Warren, Flint
and Newlands that by cutting off this
special revenue the resources of the
Forestry Bureau, which had been
counted on for Its support, had been
practically cut In half.
An amendment was adopted at the
suggestion of Gallinger prohibiting any
charge for the conservation or use of
water from or contiguous to forest
reserves.
Large Appropriation.
Lodge concluded the debate by say
ing while he had a high regard for
the work of the Forestry Bureau he
at the same time agreed with the
amendment which had been made pro
viding that all expenditures must first
be directly appropriated by Congress.
Aldrich In opening the debate said
he had been informed that 1656 em
ployes had been taken into the Gov
ernment service by the Department of
Agriculture since the present session
of Congress began.
Proctor admitted that very many em
ployes had been- admitted to the force
of the department, but the additions
had been necessary to enforce the pure
food and meat. Inspection laws.
JAPANESE SHIPS ARRIVE
Welcomed to Honolulu by American
Fleet and Japanese Crowd.
HONOLULU. Feb. 10. The Japanese
training squadron, consisting of the
cruisers Matsushlma. Hashidate and
Itsukushima, arrived here today. At 10
o'clock this morning Admiral Tomloka
from the flagship Mataushlma communi
cated his approach by means of wireless
telegraph. Rear Admiral Very replied
welcoming him.
Hundreds of sampans went outside the
harbor to greet the squadron. As the
Japanese warships entered the harbor a
national salute was fired. The admirals
then exchanged salutes and the Japanese
vessels docked at the naval wharf. At
1 o'clock this afternoon official visits
were exchanged. All the shipping In the
harbor is decorated and American and
Japanese flags are floating everywhere.
Five thousand Japanese in holiday attire
were on the harbor front awaiting the ar
rival of the squadron. While their wel
come was not demonstrative. It was none
the less enthusiastic and. hearty.
Calls between the officers of the squad
ron and Governor Carter will be ex
changed tomorrow. Much entertainment
for officers and men has been provided by
both Americans and Japanese.
The cruisers have been painted a lead
color. After remaining here a week the
cruisers will proceed to Australia.
Both Sides Are Confident.
BOISE, Idaho, Feb. IS. (Special.) The
test-oath debate shut out the Clearwater
County bill today, but it Is expected it
will come up tomorrow. Opponents of
the measure claim they now have enough
votes to defeat it. The other side main
tains it will carry the bill.
Rockefeller Gives Bond in Ohio.
FINDLAY, O.. Feb. 19. The per
sonal bond of John D. Rockefeller for
$1000, Insuring his appearance at the next
term of court In the Standard Oil cases,
was filed today.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, f2 de
grees; minimum, 44.
TODAY'S Fair, northwest winds.
Foreljrn.
Brland wind victory on French church ques
tion. Pane 8.
Kaiser opens Reichstag and explains colonial
policy. Page 3.
National.
Senate reduces appropriation and powers of
Forestry Bureau, and Clark denounce;,
Pinchot. Page 1
House, to consider ahip subsidy bit! nnxt
week. Pa Re 2.
Advance in salaries of postal clerk and
carriers knocked out. Pase 2.
Comment on Japanese aureement. Page .
Dietrich in lead for Idaho Judgeship. Page
8.
Smoot defends right to his seat. Page 3.
Politics.
Senator Bailey denies charges and explains
GIbbs ranch deal. Page 2.
Reformers lose Philadelphia election. Page
2. .
Domestic.
Mrs. Kvelyn Thaw tells more about White's
orgies and their effect In driving Thaw
insane. Page 1.
iH&skin on consumption and Its cure. Page
i-
Great Northern Railroad Indicted for re
bating. Page 3.
Sickness of juror caunes Hermann trial to
begin again. Page 2.
Pacific ( oaal.
Melting snows again blockade the O. R.
& N. Page 5.
Olympia 1-eglslature slays local option bill.
Page 5.
Work of secret society to kill claim-Jumpers
exposed at Steve Adams' trlai. Page 5.
Mormons vote for test oath In Idaho Legis
lature. - Page 5. f
Oregon Legislature.
Eastern Oregon lrrigatlonlsts may get leg
islation after all. Page 5.
Governor's veto of university appropriation
bill overridden. Page 6.
Normal achool veto sustained by narrow
margin. Page 6.
Members of Railroad Commission all un
tested men. Page 5.
Port of Columbia bill aure to pass Senate
today. Page 6.
Corporation lobbyists fighting taxation bill.
Page 5.
Coos Bay land barons likely to defeat Chase
bill. Page 5-
Whealdon's Portage Railway bill in Jeopar
dy, page 7.
Commercial and Marine.
Siberia and England buy Coast dried fruits.
. Page 15.
Slump In Chicago wheat market. Page Jo.
Heavy selling of stocks caused by rumors.
Page 15.
Portland and Vicinity.
Portland Railway. Light & Power Company
will erect $1,000,000 union passenger de
pot for Interurban lines. Page 1.
J. A. Fisher, ex-Treasurer of Skamania
County. Washington, Is arrested on em
bezzlement charge. Page 10.
Dr. J. C. Zan Is elected president of Port
land Kennel Club. Page 10.
Madame Norelli, famous prima donna, sings
at popular concert. Page 9.
Anti-Saloon League exonerates Rev. Paul
Rader. Page 15.
Knights of Pythias dedicate new temple at
Eleventh and Alder streets. Page 11.
Court sends Incorrigible youth to sea to re
form him. Page 10.
San Jose fans apply to Judge McCredle for
Seattle baseball franchise. Page 10.
T
E
Nation Awakes to Con
sumption's Ravages.
CAUSES ONE DEATH IN NINE
Germs Which Spread It Attack
Poor Oftenest.
NATURE PROVIDES CURE
Not Medicine, but Pure Air, Water,
Sunshine, Abundant Food, Gentle
Eserclie Work Millionaire
Rejects Eagerly Taken Up. '
MR
UPON
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P.T FREDERIC J. HAPKIK.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 14. (Special Cor
respondence.) Tuberculosis may well be
called the "great white plague." More
people have died from it than were killed
In all the wars that men have fought.
It Is appalling to think that one out of
every nine persons in the. "United States
dies from this dread disease. In fact
one death In every four that occurs be
tween the ages of twenty and fifty Is due
to tuberculosis. The number of people
who die from this cause in the United
States Is equal to the combined mortality
from peritonitis, appendicitis. scarlet
fever, typhoid fever, diphtheria, grippe,
cancer and smallpox. What an awful
state of affairs, now that we learn that
consumption is In reality the most cur
able of all chronic diseases.
After studying the subject for many
years, the scientists announce that, while
tuberculosis Is extremely contagious, it
Is both preventable and curable. Dr. Jo
seph McDowell Matthews, of Louisville,
goes even farther and states:
"There are two reasons why people
die from consumption Ignorance and
laziness."
tircat War on Disease.
Bearing; all this in mind, America has
begun or.e of the greatest wars that
her people witl ever know. It Is the
war between science, hygiene and com
mon sense on the one side, and Ignorance,
Indifference and unsanitary- conditions
on the other. It was long: believed that
consumption was hereditary and, when
a parent had the disease, the cry went
forth that some or all of the children,
must have It. Modern science and re
search have proved that thi3 theory la
all fudge. It Is true that a child may
Inherit a parent's physique to a certain
extent and that It may have less pow
ers of resistance, but, It Is certain that
the disease cannot be inherited. When
a child follows a parent to the grave
with consumption, it Is only because of
carelessness with the sputum from the
diseased lungs of the older person.
The average consumptive coughs out
millions of bacilli a day and, while sun
shine kills many of these germs, the
careless person may know that through
his own indifference he Is Infecting the
air about him and wilfully inoculating
thousands of others with the disease that
is ravaging him. These germs, when
dry, float out on ,the air and In
fect other persons In various ways. Some
times they go through the skin, produc
ing a local disease; again, they are swal
lowed with food and produce an intes
tinal trouble; and Anally through the
air, which, when Inhaled, la likely to
produce consumption.
I'oor More Subject to Disease
The people of the poorer classes are.
more liable to infection, because they
have less sunshine and fresh air in their
homes, have less nourishing food and so
have less resisting power when the dis
ease germs come their way. There are.
10.000 cases among the poorer classes In
New York City. One authority says:
"Consumption Is more frequent among
the poor, the badly housed, the under
fed, the Intemperate and Individuals de
bilitated by excesses or certain occupa
tions. Without better housing for the
poor, the tuberculosis problem cannot
be solved."
Negroes are more susceptible to the
ravages of consumption than white peo
ple, the mortality among them being
three times as great. More married men
die of this disease than those who are
single. One of the greatest aids to con
sumption nowadays Is found In adulte
rated foods, which offer bulk and not
substance to the consumer.
Can't Be Cured by Nostrums.
The one great thing about consump
tion that the world has not yet realized
is that It cannot be cured by nostrums,
by patent medicines, by quack doctors
nor by widely advertised remedies with
attractive-sounding titles. It Is cured
solely and entirely by wise and Judicious
use of fresh air, water, sunshine and
an abundance of wholesome food, all
abetted by determination to rid the mind
of worry and to get well. Occa
sionally simple medical remedies are
necessary, when the hygiene, or
dietetic means have not proved suf
ficient to combat the disease; but those
Instances where medicine Is needed are
few and should not be magnified. Climate
Is a great factor, and one should general
ly be chosen that goes to excess of
neither heat nor cold.
Those who have made the prevention of
tuberculosis a study say that people who
are afflicted with the disease should
sleep alone in a room with no hangings.
(Continued on Page 3.)
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