THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL PORTLAND. MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 21.
1908.
NATIONS UNITE TO
STAMP OUT DISEASE
International Tuberculosis Consrrcss Now Meeting in
Washington, D, ft, Expects to Accomplish Much
in Eradicating the Dreaded White Plague.;
YACHT. WHICH COLLIDED WITJI STEAMER.
" Bj FREDERIC J. IIASKJtf. u
' 'Copyright. 1 90S. br rrederic J.'Hasktn.)
Washington. Sent. 21. A new
i Declaration oljndependenea will too
i written la , Washington. this week.
The great world'a congress on tuber
culosis will declare-that mankind Is
entitled to be free from the thrall
dom of tubercular, disease, and will
open wide the door of hope to the
millions of people who, for coun
less - generations, . have known no
freedom from Its galling, yoke. The
great war against the white plague
will, gather new momentum, and the
Washington , congress - it destined to
prove a turning point In the crusade
' This crusade started whenKoch, tha
eminent German solentlst, proclaimed to
the nations that he had discovered the
elusive little baeet luS which has been
responsible for -so-much " woe and mis
ery in .the world, and It has been gath
ering, as it' roes, reaping results : which
abundantly , Insplra the hope of - those-
who brought it about. England nescui
In half her death rate from, tuberculo
sis, and the United States, baa done al
moit as well. Thousands of cases that
once' were ' regarded . as hopeless have
yielded to treatment, and the medical
fraternity Is ready to back, up Us as-
aertlons that If mankind will follow the
rules it lays down there will not only
; do cures ctieciea i in a growing; -tawu.
nut inai tha disease will be prevented.
';..-People Aroused. '-.-
Well might the people of the world
become aroused and thoroughly in earn
est. Who of thera has not had dear
ones taken by the ravages of the dls-
' eaeeT Who has not been exposed to
the danger of contamination from It T
Let a case of yellow fever break out
Buui.wiior. miu mo wnui. wunu lear.
' lit. Let a case of leprosy come among
- the people and they are excited to a
high degree. Smallpox, typhoid fever
. and a dozen other maladies hold us In
, terror. Yet tuberculosis lays low Its
thousands where the others take - off
hundreds.
' Tuberculosis Is the most widespread
of all diseases, knowing no geography,
no - race, and no condition. It- carries
off one person out Of every seven that
dies, more by far than any other human
ailment; more than war itself. During
the nineteenth century 14,000,000 lives
were offered up on the altar of Mars.
But during the same time 30,000,000
people died from, tuberculosis In the
countries which suDDorted these wars.
According to the best statisticians
there are 6.000,000 deaths a year from
. tuberculosis. In the United States one
' adult out of every four who die meetd
nia end rrom tuoercuiOBts, malting a
' total of 160 000 victims of that disease
In . this country every year. The eco
nomic loss which results from Its rav
ages, to say nothing of the distress and
sorrow It entails, amount to the enor
mous total of $330,000,000 a year, or
more than 18,000,000,000 every decade.
Did we but spend ten per cent of this
amount for the stamping out of con
sumntlon. :. it is figured that It would
be taken from the list of diseases
showing a high death rate.
England's Discovery.
England has found that one-eleventh
f all her povert:
nearly 170,000,000
of all her
poverty, costing the nation
100.000 a year, la directly
traceable to consumption, and that
one-fourth of all her people between the
ages Of 15 and 66, die of this disease.
With such an array of figures Is it any
wonaer mat pniiantnropists, statesmen,
economists, and medical men In England
are bending every energy to the task of
curtailing Its ravages? But with a de
creasing death rate from year to year,
they are heartened and encouraged, and
confidently look forward to the final
eradication of the write plague.
Man has long looked upon himself as
the lord of creation, on his people as
the world-mastering and universe-compelling
race. But for countless genera
tions he has had to acknowledge the
thraldom of infectious -disease, most eg.
pecially tuberculosis. This affliction
waged a relentless warfare. It was as
an invisible army armed with noiseless
guns and smokeless powder. Man knew
not , whence it came nor the point of
attack. Then Dr. Koch reasoned that It
was In the blood. With an exquisitely
high power microscope he went to
searching out this, man's ancient and
most dapgerous enemy. At last he
'found It. It was only a ten-thousandth
of an Inch In length and a fifty-thous
andth of an Inch In diameter, yet the
rompemg power or vast numbers maae
it lord over mankind. When Koch pro
claimed bis message to the waiting
world It was the most far-reaching: hu
man pronouncement ever made. It
opened a. new horlaon of medical
thought. -and gave the scientific world
hope that, having at last discovered the
insidious roe. they could some . aay
bring it to Us ultimate defeat. And
thla. In spite of the fact that the av
erage consumptive coughs up several
billion bacilli every 14 hours. ,
. . Grams aad Xgnoraao. ' , . :s
Since that day the warfare has been
on.;, The germ army relics on Ignor
ance, the lack of. nu re sir and of sun
light. Lurking amid the dark ruins of
fioverty, us members make constant
orays as - buah-whackera and guerril
las,, never attacking the organised ooay
of men, but the Individual. But man's
crusade , has never been seriously
cneuaed. uatnenng strength with the
passing. "years, enlisting new. and loyal
soldiers under Its , banners from - all
parts of . the world, It has been going
steadily rorward, increalng Its efforts,
expanding Its activities, multiplying its
energies, and spreading the infecton of
tis seat. ' , - .. .- -
- Nations, states.' churches! associations.
societies and individuals have been giv
ing time and money, tqward helping the
cruaaae along. - - Money, has been freely
expended to relieve those who are af
flicted and ao prevent the spread of the
disease to others.. New England has
led in the work. There it has been
found that' it is cheaper to "stamp out
luoercuiosis man to allow it to I run its
course. Mew York baa followfd suit.
Two million dollars was raise! for a
magnificent hospital on Staten island
for; combatting' the disease.- , Profltlna-
uy tne example or tne tnrirty xanitees,
other states have Joined In the effort to
stamp it out . Tons of educational mat
ter-are being sent out to the oeonle.
Little by little public sentiment is being
aroused. The masses are being enlight
ened, and are learning that. it Ilea with
them to put a atop tot. the disease.
' Crusade of Experiment.
Heretofore the crusade has been
largely one of experiment. Theories
had to be proven and conclusions demon
strated. But in the future It will be;
one of education. Experience has dem
onstrated the correctness of the theo
ries and proved the verity of the conclu
sions. In fact the work has reached
that stage where so eminent an author
ity as Dr. Osier has found It proper to
say that we now know enouarh to ac
complish the stamping out of the dis
ease, all that remain to be done being
the putting Into practice what is kn6wn.
There are now two national associa
tions In the country, fighting tuberculo?
sis, 14 state associations, and aome 40
smaller ones. All of these are working
along the line of reaching the people
themselves. , Tuberculosis expositions
ara new, educative exhibits are carried
out, visiting nurses are sent out to
teach thu transmission of ther affliction
to others, and also to teach the well
how to avoid .infection. Literature is
distributed showlnnr what has been ac
complished and telling how It has been
accomplished. School children have
been Instructed in these things, the pul
pit bas in many cases cooperated in
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OilDE SAVAGE l
HUrJLBER'S PAIIGS
aBssssawsssisaaBjBBaMsBmaa :
Million and a Half of British
Unemployed Clamor
, . . ' for Belief. .
spreading the gospel of Physical health
along with, that of soul health, and ev
ery known method of spreading the doc
trine of prevention has been resorted
to. in New England, where the cru
sade has been most active, the death
rate shows the hiehest Dercentas-a nf
decline.
Warriors Against Disease.
The Tuberculosis coneress will srlv
fresh impetus to the work. . The best
warriors against the disease from everv
civinzea country win oe nere to tell
what they have accomplished and how
they have accomplished it. The meeting
of the congress in Washington will be
the first that has ever been held In
the new world, and It will not meet in
this country again for many years to
come. It will be divided into seven sec
tions, and there will be clinics and dem
onstrations throughout the whole three
weeks it is In session. The newspa
pers of the country will loin ,in h
movement to give wide publicity to its
proceedings, and the American people
roup incaicuiBDio ouneni irom it,
iiw expenses are going to ' be very
heavy. The receipts from membership
apiiuauuii. .wiu um.r auurces Wilt not
nearly defray the expenses of the con-
?ress. xnese expenses- will be provided
or, however, by the patriotic National
Society for the Study and Prevention
of Tuberculosis. Seven of the nine de
partments of the. federal government
wiu participate in tne congress; Thirty-
J. P. Morgan's Yacht, the Corsair,
Which Recently Was In Collision
With the Sound Steamer, New
Hampshire. The Corsair Scraped
Its Sharp Steel Bowsprit Along the
Starboard Side of the New Bedford
Liner, as the. Latter Drifted i?n
Upon Her Off the fc'ooi of East
Twenty-second Street, New York
City. The Picture Above, to the Left
Shows the Hole Stove In. the Side
of the New Hampshire.
PATRIARCH OF
KAJSAS. DEAD
Chancellor Snow, Father of
University of Kansas,
Mourned.
V rjBtt4 Pros Leased Wire.)
London, Sept. II. Maddened by
suffering,, over 1.600,000 of Great
Britain's unemployed have become little
better than savages during the past
few days and the authorities of the
kingdom are at a loss for means with
which to cope with a situation that
dally becomes more menacing.
KlOtS Occur dailv in all Il. Iarr
cities. Public buildings have been
stormed In several nlaees bv crowd
of men and womeir demanding that the
authorities furnish them With work or
wnii sneuer ana iooa.
Hervloes were broken un v,,t.Mv
In cyclones of disorder at the cathedrals
at canterbury. Manchester. Norwinh
and Glasgow by denunciations from the
starving woraingmen or the wealthy
uungrcsaiiuiis- inauxcrence to tile des
titution about them.
From -Manchester Llvernonl Rnndei
land, Glasglow, Newcastle, Bradford
Hhcffleld, Hull and Urlmaby, 26,000
nunger marcners are on. their way
now to iNortnainpipn, wnere they ex
beet to unite and throw themselvBM
upon tne authorities' hands and demand
relief.
Admitting that they are unable to
ope with the situation, the police
lotens of manufacturing centers have
called for military assistance to du
down the riots which have already oc
curred and have given warning that
the winter win so aggravate the sltua
tlon that the presence of troops may
be continually Weeded to prevent gen
eral uprisings or tne poor.
All over tne country oodles or soldiers
sre being stationed at strategic points
to oe reaoy tor puiDreaxs.
President John Burns of the locnl
government board will ask for SI. COO.
000 and heavy, loans for public Improve
ments when parliament assembles later
in tne autumn, to relieve tne wide
spread distress and provide employment
for the Idle.
The board of trade today estimates
England's pauper class at 928.671. This
Is one pauper for every 38 of the popu
lation of tne entire country. The per
centage of paupers in London is even
larger, Demg one in ji.i, or more man
three per cent.
Tne board of trade's statistics do not
Include the hundreds of thousands who
are usually employed dui wno nave
had little or no work In the last year
and are now almost on the verge cf
starvation.
These people are not considered
paupers, as they have not yet appealed
for aid.
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A poorly nourished boy
y aoesn i iikc scnooi ne lacKS r I
the mental vim and physical I
d vigor uiai give an appeuce ror
study. The ideal ; food for
0 school or workshop is '
S SIiFCddcd Wflieafi
D because it combines all the ele-
ments needed for making brain U
g and muscle. A Breakfast for g.
D Buster ' Boys Shredded Wheat n
Biscuit with hot milk or cream (
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seven of the state committees on tuber
culoma are at work, and practically
e ery forelcn nation is taking a hand
The prizes that are offered will bring
out the best ideas of the world on car
ryug forward the crusade. One of
these will be a 11,000 prise ' for the
best evidence of effective work in the
prevention or relief of tuberculosis by
any voluntary association since the last
meeting or tne congress in rans in
1905. This evidence will show all forms
of printed matter and educational leal
lets used. Increases In membership, plan
of organization, classes reached, and. In
short, every activity looking-to the re
lief or prevention of the disease..
Another Big Prise.
Another blr prise of 11,000 will go
to the sanatorium showing the best
work In the treatmenfof curable cases,
and another similar prise for the best
workingman's home designed In the in
terest of the tuberculosis crusade. An
other similar prise will go to the , best j
txhlbit of a dlsDensarv or similar In
stitution designed for the treatment of
tuberculosis In the poor. .
On thu whole, the conarress will bring
together everything that is-new tn the
treatment and tne prevention ox tne dis
ease. It will kindle-tne nres or enxnus
lasm In the Crusaders,' so that., armed
with the troth of science, they will
never stop until the citadel of disease
has been taken and the millions released
from its bondage. " .
AUTO PARTY BUMPS
TELEGRAPH POLE
(United Press tailed Wire.
Lawrence, Kan,, Sept 21. There Is
universal mourning among the students
and faculty today as the result of the
death ,of Francis Huntington Snow, one
of the founders of the university, who
passed away at a sanitarium at Delfield,
Wis., yesterday. The university was
closed out of respect to the memory of
the dead professor, who was beloved by
professors and students-alike, i
Dr. Snow had ben suffering for 1 8
months from a -nervous breakdown
caused by overwork. He was taken to
a sanitarium at Bonner Springs in
April of last ver, and early this sum
mer was removed to Delfield to escaDe
the heat.
Dr. Snow was born - at Fitchbursr.
Mass., June 29, 1X40, and graduated from
Williams colege in 1862. He took post-
;raduate work at the Andover Theolog
cal seminary and at Princeton college.
and In 1866 was made' a member of the
first, faculty of the University of Kan
sas. He had ocupied the chairs, of nat
ural history, mathematics, natural sci
ence, .entomology and others, and was
famous for his work In Insect .destruc
tion. ,, He was the colector of the famous
Kansas university collection of 20.000
species of Insects, one of , the largest In
the United States. . ,
IS A HALF-CHINE -
L - - A WHOLE CHINK ?
(United Press Leased Wlre.t
New - Orleans, Sept. 81. Attorney
General Gulon faces a difficult, problem
In deciding whether or not th child of
a Chinese who married a white, woman
has the right to attend the - nubile
schools of this state. The. matter came
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(United Press Leased Wire.)
Watsonville. Cal., Sept il.- Bruised
and badly shaken up. but not seriously
Injured. Mrs. C. K. Bradley, wife of the
general manager-of the Pacific States
Telephone & Telegraph company, and
Mrs. William H. Avery! wife of the as
sistant aeneral 'manager of the Toyo
Klsen Kaisha Steamshio-company; Mrs.
John T. Harmes, A. J. Harwood nd
Harry Hawkes, left this. city for San
Francisco today, following an automo-
hlla accident or yesterday, wnicn came
very nearly costing the lives of the en
tire party.
Ai one of the closln incidents of the
automobile oartv of, Mrs. F, C Porter,
mother of Lieutenant Governor Porter,
the five guests, with toward pnnrst.
grandfather of Mrs. Porter, and Wilbur
Warneckf chauffeur, started on an auto
mobile trip yesterday. As the heavily
loaded car waa going down Werner's
hill the brakes gave way, and It dashed
down the steep incline, striking a tele
graph pole at the bottom. The occu
pants of the car were thrown out, and
for a time several members of the
party wera thought to have been fa
tally hurt The chauffeur escaped Ult
ra j urea.
WORKED PROSPECTIVE
HUBBIES FOR COIN
to the attention, of the local school
board a .few days ago when the child
attempted to enter the public school of
St Landry parish. The matter was
turned over to State Superintendent f
Education Harris. Later, in order to
determine definitely the proper course
STUDENTS IN LINE
ALL NIGHT LONG
(United Prns Leased Wire.)
Los Angeles, Ca!., Sept. 21. After 100
ambitious students had stood tn line
all night more than 608. boys and girls
today besieged the polytechnic high
school with applications for entrance.
Rut S2K vacancies in the lower classes
existed and more than half of the ap
plicants were doomed to disappoint
ment. ...
At 3 clock yesterday arternoon
sooners" began to assemble in front of
the High school. Seeing there was go
ing to be a line of applicants waiting at
the doors all night. Principal J. R.
Francis stretched ropes to prevent dis
putes as to place and upper class stu
dents acted as patrols. , M
-Miss Julia AUDie, oaugmer oi i
late Police uaptain audib, wno w
shot by Carl Sutherland, was among
the successful applicants who . took
nia,,,. In hn linn earlv last nlerht.
The unsuccessful applicants have; the
alternative of waiting until next year
to enter the polytechnic acnooi or enmr
Ing Los Angoles high school, where they
will not have the advantage of technical
courses. -
10 Cents to Stock Show.
The race meeting and livestock show
at the Country club, September 21 to
26 will be reached by special trains on
the O. K. & N. Trains will leave Union
rtennt at 12:30 and 1:30 p. m.i return
ing, leave Country club at 6 p. m. and
6 n. m. Fare. 10 cents one way; 20
cents round trip. Tickets at Third and
Washington streets and Union depot
First Annual Pacific National Llye-"'
stock Show and races, Sept. 21. 22. 23.
24, 25. 28, at the Portland Country Club
grounds. '- - - . ;
University 800 Years Old.
(SpecUt Dispatch tn Tbe Journal.)
Madrid, Sept. 21- Under the auspices
of King Alfonso and the prince of the
Asturias, there was opened today ft
mnat in tres tlner celebration to mark
the three hundredth anniversary of the
founding of the .famous University of
Ovledo. Representatives of universi
ties ' and learned societies throughout
Europe are attending the celebration,
which will extend over a period of aev
rni riavH. One of the Interesting feat
ures of the program will be the unveil
ing of A statue of the founder of the
university, Fernando Valdes y Salas,
archbishop of Seville.
a hvbouui nr towtt
.n "".":, ln Price 5Sc. SOo and $1.00 per bottle.
his name is "bad cough." He doesn't
care for sold or silver, but be will
steal your health away. If he appears
In your house arrest him at once with
Ballard's Horehound Syrup, It may
mean consumption If you don t A rure
bles.
CARTERS
ITTLE
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PILLS.
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Fresno, CaL, Sept 21. Mrs. Marga
ret Waldec a blonde, if years of age.
Is la Jail bar today facing a charge ef
misusing tne United States malls la op
erating s matrimonial bureau ah con
ducted all br herself. The officer de
clare she baa done a big business for
the past few years and ah will be
called upon to explain her system
The arrest of Mrs. Wslder ram a about
tnroua-n a deal wltn B. r. Johnana Jr.
f Outhrla. Ok la. Johnson claims be
mad an agreemeat to marrr the- woman
and gave hr aa Ils.tM ranch. Ha
wrote a check for that amount and eg
lected to write "Jr" after his name.
The cbwk was retarwd and th einwr
of the ranch eliMd tha affair la tKm
hands ef a local constable. johnaVtn waa
eawr) and the wosnan arrested.
The effievrs rlalaa ha has bn wrft
lg t pmanvcllv kustMUds' and suit
ing tr railway far aa4 Laea kmpiag
the tnoaty.
Brk HMdaeaa and nllm all tba troablae
drat to a biliooa statoof tba ayatata. asak as
rjlrrlpsas.' Xaoaaa, Piwslasaa, Dlali afUv
aatlof . Pais la tba Btda, ka. Walls tkatr saos
saeeaas aaa beaa Bbewa U
Saadaeba, ya Carter's UtQm Liver K!e ar
enmlly ralaabla ta OaaStlaaUua. emrtag aaa pea
vaattag ahleaaaoynit plalstwBUa thmj alsa
camset ali Jianritw j t haatosaar a awalato Ike
braraadiagiikaitaesiiBsla. MrmU tfceyeaiy
Aebethey woaM be ahaaat prlml to Otarn wa
an BW trot Una tlatiaalB aoiplalaa b raraa.
aatalytaatrt asai4oaa haM.Htm
vaaaaaakry taaaa will Sb4 taaaa trala piUsvaha.
Mass aasaaar srwra tha tfcay vtfl ao be tW
JtaglaaawMaoattkaaa, Bat aftaraUatok aaa4
btkasaaeaf aaamay bVaa taat karttl
OaxBilia rsat
Sold by Skldmere Drug company.
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THE BEST S3.00 HAT
SELLING'S?:
BEN
COL. R. L. HARRIMAN,
Auctioneer. ..
COLLEGE
MAID
TOR SALE
Guidcless Pacer, World's Champion, one of
the offerings at the big Combination Breeders'
AUCTION
THURSDAY, SEPT. 24. HORSE SALE
FRIDAY, SEPT. 25. CATTLE SALE
With 'her goes a galaxy of high-bred harness horses
from Kuster-Erwln Horse Co. (Estabelle, p., 2:16U : Johnny
K., 2:16 M, etc.); also from I.-D. Chappelle his Bramford
Boy, 2:22, gentleman's: roadster; Kitty Grace, etc.; also
from Dr. A. DeFoe, Pleasanton, Cal., his three stallions,
trotters; rvlso W. T. McBrlde'a trotters; K C. Keyt's con
signment and other splendid consignments too numerous to
name.
GORDON CLYDLSD AL1LS
Gleri Gordon Farm, "Home of the Clydes
dales," offers a consignment of Pure-Bred Stal
lions and mares big top-notchers.
WITHOUT RESERVE
FAMOUS HERDS OF PURE BRED CATTLE
MINOR'S SHORTHORNS, ASHBURN
ER SHORTHORNS, GEER'S HERE:
FORDS, ABERDEEN ANGUS-GALLOWAYS,
ALL PLACED ON SALE
.AFTER THEY ARE JUDGED.
SALE THURSDAY ANfD FRIDAY
PACIFIC NATIONAL SHOW
AT PORTLAND COUNTRY CLUB ,
SALE BEGINS 9A.M; " " !
Catalogue of combination auction
upon request at Pavilion.
sala . nay , bo obtained
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rraxftaUK Oaa at waa Xlla n i a 4aaa.
Tarr n HftoUr HftMSa m1 a aia grtse as
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Seemingly Marvelous Cures of Rheumatism, Scir
atica, Etc., have often been' accomplished by the
liberal use of Table Rock Mineral Water (Formerly
taowats UotTett's Sprint Water, fasioaj tacsl Use Isdliss andpicsstrj)
sad fag Sate y Waea, Owrto ft 0
This rparkllpg Water ta tS ramrite Tabl TVInk
At VmAl Hetala. Reataarasts an4 Urlafc f-artor.
Bottled at tae yrre r Taala B nral a, Taala ,
httau Agascy, to Cfta-aiM e( Cwsmaieree. . -
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