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6 TTTT: ATLANTA CEORGTAN AND NEWS. SCIENTISTS Ft it foocsociooaoo 5www (woOTroox^ooo^oooooooooooc>c^o0c«woowr>0000omcfi»x«fO0a Despite Two Years' Research by Learned Commission Disease Remains Mystery. SPARTANBUHO, S. C.. S-pt. 4.— After two years of research by a corps of twenty scientists, the Thompson-McFadden Pellagra Com mission still is ignorant of the cause of the disease. This was announced by Dr. Ward J. McNeal, of the New York Post-Graduate Hospital, at a conference here of Southern physi cians. Nearly two hundred physicians, students of the disease, w r ere here for the conference. They came from nearly every Southern State. Dr. McNeal summarized the com mission’s findings thus: "First, the supposition that the in gestion of good or spoiled maize is the essential cause of pellagra is not supported by our study. "Second, pellagra is In all proba bility a specific infectious disease communicable by means at present unknown. "Third, we have discovered nd evi dence incriminating buffalo gnats in the causation of pellagra. If it is dis tributed by a blood-sucking insect, the stable fly would appear to be the most probable carrier. No Specific Cause Found. "Fourth, we are inclined to regard intimate association in the household and the contamination of food with the excretions of pellagrins as possi ble modes of distribution of the dis ease. "Fifth, no specific cause of pellagra has been recognized.” Although none of the assembled physicians was able to suggest a spe cific remedy for the disease. Dr. C. H. Lavinder, of the public health serv ice, Savannah, Ga., declared: "If you remove a pellagrin in the early stages of tho disease from the endemic locality of the disease, put him in better surroundings and give him plenty of good, nourishing food, regardless of treatment he will get well and stay well. In view of the high mortality of pellagra and the pessimistic feel.ng in regard to It this should be a comforting thought to us It should also be comforting that pel lagra is not directly transmissible from one person to another." Sambon Suspects Gnat. Dr. Louis W. Sambon, head of the School of Tropical Medicine, London, also spoke. Dr. Sambon. chief exponent of the insect theory of dissemination, de clared pellagra rapidly is becoming a subject of world-wide concern. Fif ty-three cases, he said, had been dis covered in the British Isles. Hun dreds of others, he added, probably existed, but had been unidentified be cause of the ignorance of physicians in regard to the disease. Although extensive research work had convinced him. Dr. Sambon said, that pellagra is transmitted by an in sect, he had reached no definite con clusion as to the identity of the trans mitting agent. He suggested that the buffalo gnat seemed a likely suspect, drawing his inference from the fact that the disease spreads most rapidly along flowing streams. Macon Doctor Lays Blame on Bedbug. MACON, Sept. 4.—The lowly bed bug has now been accused of another crime, Pellagra is the latest offense charged to it. Dr. J. M. Sigman. a prominent Ma con specialist, left to-day for Spar tanburg. where he will read a paper before the conference of Southern physicians now in session there on the cause of pellagra. He will assert that the malady is caused by the bite of the bedbug, sometimes known as the "chinch." Dr. Sigman claims to have traced two local cases directly to the bug. At the conference in Spartanburg yesterday the Thompson-McFadden Pellagra Commission reported that it was possible that the disease "was distributed by a blood-sucking In sect.” Are You Sick, Diseased, Nervous, Run Down? Have You Blood Poison, Kidney, Bladder and Urinary Troubles? IF 80. CONSULT (FREE) Or. Huth»*. 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The Chief states that heretofore tho department has been content with a simple warning to women who have violated the ordinances, but that hereafter the officer* have instruc tions to make cases against them, and that they will be brought before tho Recorder in the same manner as men who violate the traffic ordinance. HOSPITAL COMMISSION. COLUMBUS, Sept. 4.—Columbus City Council has decided to establish a commission to have charge of the new city hospital to be erected by the city. There will be several members of the commission, three of whom will be physicians, while the other four will be selected from among the busi ness men of the town. Old Guard to Meet Warden Refuses to And Plan Reception Hang a Boy Slayer The Old Ouard of the Gate City Guard will meet at the University Club Friday evening at 8 o’clock to consider the executive committee’s plans for the annual reception and a proposition to hold regular meetings every 60 days. The Friday evening meeting will be a sort of "get-together” gathering, in which 134 members will have an op portunity to learn to know each other better. It will be a strictly informal stag affair, with light refreshments and lots of cigars. SALEM, ORE., Sept. 4.—A report that Colonel Lawson, warden of the penitentiary, will resign if he is or dered to hang Robert Morgan. 18- year-old slayer of Vlrgla Hart, of Condon, was confirmed by Governor West. "I don’t mind hanging hardened criminals, but I don’t believe the Si te should begin the execution of chil dren.” Lawson is said to have told the Governor. MellenGets $150,000 For Loss of His Job NEW HAVEN. Sept. 4.—The posi tion of advisor to the New* Haven Railroad was created for President Mellen only after he had pointed out to the directors that a drop in New Haven stock had cost him a large part of his fortune. He was voted a sal ary of $30,000 annually for five years. $1,000,000 Levee at Cario, Ill., Is Started CAIRO, ILL., Sept. 4.—Work has been begun on the new* 60-foot levees for Cairo for which more than $1,- 000,000 has been appropriated. Chair man Arthur W. Charles, of Illinois Rivers and Lake Commission and Chief Engineer Walter A. Shaw are in charge. "Nothing could have given me more heart for my fight in behalf of the birds here in the South than the dis patch telling of the gloriuos victory in Washington,” declared James Hen ry Rice Thursday, discussing the res toration by the Senate finance F»ub- commlttee of the House proviso in the tariff bill, which forbids the im portation of plumage other than that of the ostrich and domestic poultry. Mr. Rice is field agent for the Au dubon Society. Practically all of the South Is In his territory. There is a reason for his baing in Atlanta. The head officers of the Audubon Society read in The Georgian some time ago that Atlanta was the center of th° millinery business in the South and that about $2,000,000 Worth of busi ness was done every year. ‘Atlanta Is the strategic point for the base of our operations,” was the decision. So Mr. Rice was digpatchc-.i here at once, and it was announced Thurnday that Atlanta is to be tha headquarters for the Audubon Socie ty in the South. Astounded at Enthusiasm. "I have been astounded by the in tense enthusiasm of the women of Atlanta," wild Mr. Rice. "In the last few* days I have held numerous con ferences and have received scores of telephone calls. The women May that they are going to have a bigger so ciety for the protection of the birds than New* York, and, to tell the truth. I wouldn’t be surprised If they did." A meeting of the City Federation of Women’s Clubs will be held Friday night to launch the project. Mr. Rice will be the principal speaker. "There is more sentiment In Atlanta In favor of bird protection than In any other city south of Boston.” declared the ornithologist. "I have found also the business men and many State of ficials heart and soul in the w*ork. They appreciate the practical value of the crusade. "The South has been the home In the past of many of the bright-plumed birds that have been offered up as a sacrifice to milady’s vanity. Many »f them now practically are extinct. There are the herons, the flaming flamingoes which found a home in Georgia, South Carolina and Florida, the roseate «»>oonbills. Slayina Birds Fine for Insects. "All were on the verge of extinc tion when the crusade for their pres ervation w*as started. "It is probable that Georgia loses $40,000,000 annuallv through the pes tiferous insects. Practically the only check Is the flocks of birds. Yet thes** flocks have been killed off until they number only a fraction of what they once were. “The Chinese killed off their herons and then the grasshoppers proceeded calmly to eat everything up. Then the famine came and America assist ed in paying for the calamity. Tills Is bound to be the history in every case where a great country allows birds to be destroyed. "I am glad to say the House pro viso ' was restored. The prevention of the Importation of plumage is a greater protection to American birds than it is to birds of otfior oonntri^s CHURC HCALLS OLD PASTOR. Meldrim Loses by One Vote to Taft in Bar Presidency Race MONTREAL, Hept. 4.—General P. W. Meldrim, of Savannah, Ga., gave former President W. H. Taft a merry run for the presidency of the Ameri can Par Association in the election which closed the annual meet of the lawyers of the United States here yesterday. It had been generally understood that General Meldrim would be chosen president, but the nomination of for mer President Taft complicated mat ters. On the first ballot, which was by States, Taft and Meldrim tied. On the second ballot one vote clanged lo Mr. Taft and General Meldrim was defeated. The general feeling among mem bers of the bar association is that General Meldrim w*ill be unanimously chosen to head the association next year. Planning Reform in Personnel of Navy WASHINGTON. Sept. 4.—The House naval affairs committee will hold hearings soon, with a view to drafting legislation reorganizing the naval personnel. The reform prob ably will be ready for presentation to Congress when it convenes in Decem ber. Rear Admiral T. B. Howard, presi dent of the naval examining board and Captain Fechtler. president of the board of inspection for ships, will be the first witnesses. The proposed legislation would provide for a stead* flow of promotions. Bloomer Girls Defeat Preachers in Skirts PHILADELPHIA, Sept 4.—Nine ministers. dre. c »sed in skirts, and nine pretty girls, in bloomers, furnished most of the excitement for 2,500 mem bers of the Anthony J. Drexel Biddle Bible Class at ‘he outing of that or ganization on the grounds of Bible Class Home at Lansdowne. It was not much of a ball game, but the contest, which was for a box of candy, proved of great interest. Mr. Biddle announced that Miss Anna Zang had twirled the Bloomerites to victory by a score of 16 to 5. COLUMBUS, Sept. 4.—The Rev. Lamar Jones has been called to the pastorate of the West Side Baptist Church, of Phenix City. Mr. Jones is a former pastor of the church. BUTTS TAX RATE. JACKSON, Sept. 3.—The tax rate for Butts County for the year 1913 has been fixed by County Commissioner J. O. 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