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HEALTH REPORTS
FALSE, ASSERTS
LOS ANGELES
Stories of Epidemic of Infantile
Paralysis Vigorously Denied.
None Has Existed.
LOS ANGELES, CAL.. Aug. 27.
Through the medium of irresponsible
newspauer correspondents, absolutely
false reports have been sent out from
this city of the existence of an infan
tile paralysis "epidemic. - ’
As a matter of fact this groat na
tional resort has enjoyed a summer of
exceptional beauty, ami the "scare”
has had no justification whatever In
the health conditions of the metropolis.
Furthermore, Los Angeles citizens
were not even aware that such reports
were in existence, and were both sur
prised and startled to find the city
credited with an epidemic of which
they had no knowledge themselves.
Tn this particular the situation is
unique
While papers elsewhere contained
sensational stories of the spread of the
disease, I,os Angeles moved calmly on
its way enjoying a parade of cool,,
cloudless days, the beaches crowded
with merrymakers, its hotels full and
in all particulars blessed with a happy
and prosperous summer season. There
have been isolated and fugitive eases
of infantile paralysis, but not more
than might be expected in any com
munity of this size, these cases furnish
ing a trifling percentage of the whole
population.
Merely as a matter of precaution the
health authorities prohibited children
from attending amusement places and
a few Sunday schools were closed in
congested districts.
Grossly Misinterpreted.
These official safeguards wore in
tended to arrest instantly any spread
of the disease and by no means indi
cated an agitated state of mind over
the few cases under the care of the
health department. But they .were
grossly misinterpreted, and foolish
stories have grown in volume until Los
Angeles is credited in certain sections
with an epidemic that does not exist
and never did exist.
Tho population of Los Angeles by the
latent compilation is The total
of 45 deaths from infantile paralysis
since June 8 was but one death for
9,333 of population. And even this
small aggregation of cases shows a de
cline.
Furthermore, certain doctors and
critics of the health department main
tain that through over-zealousness
mistakes have been made in diagnos
ing, that many cases credited as in
fantile paralysis have been nothing
more than colic and stomach disorders.
As a matter of fact the average of
infantile, paralysis in Los Angeles is no
worse than in any other city and is
much less than in most cities.
MOSQUITOES NEARLY KILL
AN ABANDONED BABY GIRL
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 27.—50 terri
bly bitten by hordes of hungray mos
quitoes that her life hung by a thread,
a six-weeks-old baby girl was found
among some bushes in a lot at River
avenue and State street, Camden, late
last night. The child was sent to the
Homeopathic hospital and the doctors
expect to save her life. They say that
a little longer in the open would have
brought her death.
The child was discovered by Peter
Knowles and Mark Keller, as they
< walked along the lonely street of that
section. Their attention was attract
ed to a low wail, more like the cry of
some small animal in distress than that
of a human being. They were greatly
astonished when their investigation re
vealed the little one.
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WITH PIMPLES
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Spread Until Covered Side of Face.
, Red, Rough and in Circles. Itch
ed and Burned. Cuticura Soap
and Ointment Completely Cured.
Campbell, Va.—"l have been troubled
with ringworm on the right side of my face
for six or eight years. It began with just
very small pimples in spots and continued
to spread more every year until it covered
the right side of my face. It was red,
’ rough and in circles, and itched and burned
very much. It was sore when I scratched
my face and it worried me so much I couldn't
keep from scratching. It looked very bad;
I would hate to go out while it was on my
face. Every one noticed it and some would
ask what It was. I tried some home reme
dies before using Cuticura Soap and Oint
ment, such as , , and .
I could only find temporary relief until I
began to use Cuticura Soap and Ointment.
I put the Cuticura Ointment on my face
and let it stay on for about an hour and then
' I washed my face with Cuticura Soap. I
used the Cuticura Soap and Ointment for
one month and I was cured.” (Signed)
Miss Virginia Woodward, Feb. 21, 1912.
The regular use of Cuticura Soap for toilet
and bath not only tends to preserve, purify
and beautify the skin, scalp, hair and hands,
but assists in preventing inflammation, irri
tation and clogging of the pores, the common
cause of pimples, blackheads, redness and
roughness, yellow, oily, mothy*and other
unwholesome conditions of the skin. Cuti
cura Soap (25c.) and Cuticura Ointment
(50c.) are sold by druggists and dealers
throughout the world. Liberal sample of
each mailed free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Ad
dress post-card 'Cuticura, Dept.T, Boston."
»« •Tender-faced men should use Cuticura
Soap Shaving Stick, 25c. Sample free.
Mrs. Douglas Society's Athletic Star Now
ELEANOR SEARS IS DEPOSED
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NOTED SUFFRAGE
CHIEFSJNPARADE
Women Speak From Soap Box
in Opening Campaign for
Ballot in Ohio.
COLUMBUS. OHIO, Aug. 27.—Head
ed by Dr. Anna Howard Shaw and Jane
Addams and with delegations from
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Baltimore and
other cities in line, the woman’s suf
frage parade here today, held under
the auspices of the Ohio Centennial cel
ebration, was the most imposing dem
onstration of the “Votes For Women"
movement ever seen In the Middle
West.
Twenty or more prominent speakers
from New York, Boston, Chicago, Los
Angeles and Denver took their places
at the head of the procession and
marched the entire length of the pa
rade.
Among the elaborate floats partici
pating were six chariots, sent here from
Baltimore, each representing a wom
an’s suffrage state. “Ohio next,” was
the inscription on many of the banners.
Hundreds of men carrying yellow
pennants and wearing yellow banners
with “Votes For Women” stamped on
them were in the line of march. Thou
sands lined the streets and cheered the
women.
The parade was the beginning of a
whirlwind campaign for woman’s suf
frage which will be waged in Ohio until
the special election September 3, when
the constitutional amendment giving
women of Ohio suffrage will be voted
on. Ohio is now the pivotal state in
the nation-wide fight for suffrage.
“If we can only get Ohio, New York
state will go for suffrage in a hurry,”
said Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blatch, of
New York, one of the paraders.
Miss Fola LaFollette, daughter of
Senator LaFollette. of Wisconsin* and
a well known actress, also was in line.
When the parade ended many suf
fragettes of national prominence
mounted soap boxes and made
speeches.
THREE TOWNS RIVALS FOR
COUNTY SEAT OF MURRAY
DALTON, GA., Aug. 27.—Interest in
the fight to remove the county seat of
Murray from Spring Place to Chats
worth has increased by another town
bidding for it.
At a mass meeting of the citizens of
Eton SIO,OOO was raised. The last gov
ernment census gave Eton 307, Chats
worth 314 and Spring Place 242. Chats,
worth and Eton are railroad towns
near the center of the county. Spring
Place is a rural town. Besides the
SIO,OOO bonus, Eton offers the county
a free site for the new court house and
jail, to the erection of which the SIO,OOO
will go. Eton people are backing their
offer with a certified check for SIO,OOO.
JAIL DELIVERY AT DALTON.
DALTON. GA.. Aug. 27. Furnished
with saws by people on the outside,
three prisoners succeeded in breaking
jail here. The cell bars were sawed
through, and the prisoners tunneled
through the brick wall to freedom. .1.
J. Carroll, charged with forgery, and
two hoboes were the jail-breakers.
THE ATT ANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TUESDAY, AUGUST 27. 1912.
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New York Woman Even Plays
Outfield on Newport’s Fash
ionable Baseball Team.
NEWPORT, R. 1.. Aug. 27.—Miss
Edith Deacon and Miss Eleanor Sears
have been deposed as the athletic lead
ers of the Newport colony. They have
been forced to give way to the beauti
ful Mrs. J. Gordon Douglas, and all be
cause Mrs. Douglas has refused to cop
fine her athletic activities to hunting,
polo, tennis, golf, yachting and riding
and other sports so common among the
fashionables and has gone in for the
grand old American game and has be
come an adept at it.
Mrs. Douglas, in addition to being an
expert in all the above mentioned lines
of sport, has donned the spangles of a
ball player. An outfielder's glove rests
on her shapely hand and she daily ca
vorts about the diamond with all the
enthusiasm and a great deal of the
ability of Mr. Tyrus Cobb.
She plays outfield on an ultra-fash
ionable nine, which plays semi-weekly
battles on a baseball field near the
Casino.
Critics who have attempted to find
some flaw in the playing of society’s
new all-round champion can say noth
ing worse than that she ’ can make
many a "big leaguer” sit up and take
notice. While . batting considerably
under “.300,” nevertheless she has man
aged to hit when hits counted, and on
more than one occasion has batted in
the winning run. At base-running she
outshines by far any of her teammates
and when it comes to pulling the cele
brated “hook” and other slides there
are not many who caVi beat her.
In addition to this, Mrs. Douglas has
won the tennis and swimming honors.
Every morning during the. present sea
son she plays tennis on the Casino
court for two hours at a stretch and
has than upheld her own with
players whose reputations on the
courts are far and wide. Her daily
swim takes place at Bailey’s Beach and
no one up to this time has beaten her
either in speed or fancy diving. And
in addition, she holds Newport’s long
distance dancing record, having out
danced all competitors, displaying but
little evidence of fatigue.
“BLACK HAND” WRITER IS
TRAPPED BY CASH ON ROPE
TRENTON, Aug. 27.—After being a: -
rested today as a "Black Hand” man.
John Lengnan, of Hackensack, declared
to the government inspectors that hr
got his Idea of crime from the moving
pictures. Lengnan was arrested for
sending a “Black Hand" letter to .John
Banta, a wealthy farmer, living near
Hackensack. He demanded SSOO, unde
pain of death.
Banta turned the letter over to the
government authorities and they set a
trap for the writer. Banta was told
to put the money under a specified tree,
in a canvas 'bag to be placed there by
Lengnan, and then the inspectors placed
themselves in hiding to wait for Leng
nan. The latter almost escaped, as he
had cleverly rigged an aerial rope
tramway extending 800 feet from the
tie< to carry the monev to hlfn. Tb«
.Mrs. -I. Gordon Douglas, upon
" lioni tin* title of all-round ath
letic star for 1912 has been con
i ired by Newport's cottage set
tlement. In baseball, swimming,
tennis and dancing and other
sports she has excelled her com
petitors.
T. li. MG MATE
TO SPEAK HERE
Roosevelt’s Atlanta* Address
Must Do for All Georgia.
Johnson Also Coming.
Both Theodore Roosevelt and Gov
ernor Johnson, of California, his run
ning mate on the Bull Moose ticket,
speak in Atlanta, according to present
indications. In a letter to Lester C.
Rusch, secretary of the LaGrange
Chamber <if Commerce, George Emlen
Roosevelt, the colohel’s speaking man
ager, says the T. R. engagement in At
lanta will have to cover Georgia, be
cause he has too many calls to give
more than one date to a state, except,
pernaps, New York and Pennsylvania.
A dispatch received today from La
porte, Ind., where the Progressives have
big headquarters, says the California
executive also is planning to visit this
city.
George Emlen Roosevelt, in his letter
to La Grange, says:
In the tremendous amount of ter
ritory to be covered you can see
that it is impossible to arrange the
•speeches so as to satisfy every one,
and it is most necessary not to work
Colonel Roosevelt beyond his ca
pacity. It is not a physical pos
sibility to .cover the entire country
and make more than one speech in
a state, with the possible exception
of some of the very large states,
such as New York and Pennsylva
nia. and I believe that the speech
in Georgia will be made at Atlanta.
I know that Colonel Roosevelt
would be delighted to stop at La-
Grange if it were possible, but I
hope I have made clear to you the
situation in which he Is placed.
CHURCH PRAYERS STOPPED
BY MAN DOWN IN A WELL
GUTHRIE, OKLA.? Aug. 27.—A
prayer meeting came to a sudden end
last night at the Methodist church in
I Orlando township, near here, when a
man rushed in to announce that all the
men were needed to rescue James
Yates, a farmer, from a well.
Yates was descending by a rope to
rescue a pig that- had fallen into the
well, when the rope broke and he was
precipitated to the bottom and into
water over his head.
Yates was rescued and the party re
turned to the church for the benedic
tion
FROG WEIGHS 1 1-2 LBS.;
SI,OOO SAID TO BE VALUE
NEW YORK. Aug. 27. —Peter .1. Staf
ford has captured a frog weighing I*4
pounds. It is 15 inches long artil 10
inches in girth. Experts at the Bronx
zoo say the frog is worth SI,OOO.
LONDON CALLS NEWPORT
SOCIETY BALLS ‘■VULGAR*’
LONIU’N. Aug. 27. The I’ails Express
here editorially denounces the Stuyvesant
and Vanderbilt balls at Newport at “vul
gar and tawdry.”
REBELS RftlO UN
H. S. SIDE AGAIN
Troops on Guard Capture One
of Band—Stock Driven
From Ranches.
EL PASO, TEXAS, Aug. 27. —Mexi-
can rebels are again raiding on United
States soil. A squadron of the Third
I nited States cavalry, which is guard
ing the international boundary between
Douglas. Aiiz., and Hachita, N. M„ had
a brush with the raiders early today,
capturing one of them.
Twenty horses were stolen by the
Mexicans front the Victoria Cattle
Company's ranch near Hachita and an
other band of raiders cut the fences of
the Culberson ranch and drove off a
lot of cattle.
It is believed here that Pascual Oroz
co. former eotnmander-in-chief of the
northern rebels, has taken command of
Salazar’s band at Nogales ranch, tn
Sonora. The insurgent force there num
bers about 1.000. Orozco was seen at
Colonia Diaz, near the Sonora line,
with a bodyguard of 50 men. At that
time he was heading for Nogales ranch.
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Fred S. Stewart Co.
J. M.High ComxY.
AUGUST FURNITURE SALE
Offers Unmatchable ~
Bargains This Week
Positively the Last Week of the Sale
Within the past few days we have received several car loads of our
New Fall Furniture. We are going to give the trade the benefit of these
recent purchases as well as of our entire stock —not one piece is held out
—everything is included in the August Reductions.
Bona- 1 / F For This
Fide /C IST j Week
Cut /3 Only
Come, see for yourselves. Every piece of Furniture is reduced one
fifth—and you have choice of the best and newest stock in the South.
Ikeniember. the Sale ends positively August 31 —next Saturday at noon.
Regular prices will be resumed after that date. We will store all Furniture
bougiit until you want it delivered.
We Extend Our “Divided Payments’’ in
This Sale
Last Week of the August Blanket Sale
Every Blanket in this stock is new, fresh—not one pair
soiled or mussed. Come this week and take advantage of
our Special Offer. Pay one-fourth down and Blankets will
be stored until needed
SUES HUBBY WHEN HE
INSISTS ON COOKING
HIS OWN BREAKFAST
Mrs. Elliott Rust. 123 East Fair
street, sued C. M. Rust for divorce to
day and got an order tying up the fam
ily household goods, as a result of a
quarrel over who should cook break
fast.
Mrs. Rust asserts Rust had been
treating her badly since March 1, and
that yesterday morning he came into
the kitchen and announced he was go
ing to cook his own breakfast. She
says she remonstrated and said she
would cook for him, but he flatly re
fused to ajlow her to. She declares he'
then ordered his seventeen-year-old
son to strike her. saying he would pay
the fine. The suit was filed through
Attorney Frank Harralson.
MOTHER AND CHILD DIE
AFTER EATING TOADSTOOLS
HOWELL, MICH., Aug. 27.—Mrs.
Fred Hubbard, her two-year-old child
and her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Pittin
ger, ate toadstools here, mistaking them
for mushrooms.
Mrs. Hubbard and child are dead
and Mrs. Pittinger is critically ill.
ALABAMA PLANNING
FOR BIG CENTENNIAL
EXPOSITION IN 1919
MONTGOMERY. ALA.. Aug 27.
Plans are already beginning to assume
definite shape looking to a celebration
1n,1919 of the 100th anniversary of Ala
bama's admission into the Union, in the
form of a big exposition to be held in
Montgomery. Mobile or Birmingham,
the place to be decided later.
Aid of the entire state will be asked
in this project, and the legislature will
be asked to make a large appropria
tion also.
The committee named by Governor
O’Neal on the celebration and proposed
exposition will be called together soon
by the chairman, Dr. Thomas M. Owen,
of the state department of archives and
history.—
307 HOOKWORM CASES.
COLUMBUS, GA.. Aug. 27.—Drs.
Dobbs and Jacobs, hookworm experts,
who have been in Columbus for the past
two months, have rendered a report of
their work since comirlg to Columbus,
which shows that they have examtlned
898 persons and that they have found
307 to be infected with the disease. A
number of those infected
advance stages.
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