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1 I TEST FINDS FEWER ILL IN FLYLESS Uses Whip on Widow As She Leaves Movie Wife and Her Sister Trail Husband and Companion and All Four Arrested. Experiment in ‘Little Italy’ Points the Way to Saving Babies’ Lives in Crowded Sections of Cities Where Filth Abounds. Only One-third as Many Cases of Infantile Illness in Screened as in Unscreened Areas, Which Otherwise Are Just Alike. NEW YORK, Dec. 6.—The results rf the relationship between house the relationship between house- fi.s and disease ever made in a Northern city have just been tabu- luted by the bureau of public health mid hygiene of the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor. Last summer the bureau, under the direction of its superintendent, Dr. Donald B. Armstrong began an m- \ stigation having for its object tii3 determination of the responsibility j «,f the house fly for diseases, especial- j 1> those of infants. For the pur- | poses of the investigation two citv i blocks in the Little Italy of the Bronx [ wore s lected, in one of which all the approved methods of preventive san ction were employed, while in tne oiTu i the forces of nature—including the human variety—were allowed to take their course. The results, while admittedly not conclusive, are sufficiently suggestive. In character to determine the bureau 10 pursue its investigations another season. It was shown, for instance, that in the protected area the num ber of cases of infantile summer complaint was only one-third til* number in the unprotected area. Experiment in Little Italy. The unprotected block was in the e-nne« general neighborhood^ and the character of the population and tf normal conditions in the two blocks was the same. The total population was practically the same, as was the infant population. A census was made according *o age groups, a careful record kept of the amount of sickness in the two blocks at the beginning of the in spection period, and a thorough m^l- ical inspection given to the two area® weekly for a series of fifteen weeks, during which a record was kept of all deaths and cases of disease, with the facts relating to them. At the expense of the association screens were placed in every window and door of the block—about 1.700 openings in all. The people were in structed concerning the desirability of keeping the screens in place mikI of protecting them from injury. With the aid of the local Roy Scout organ ization large traps were construct- ii and placed in the countyards and stables in or adjacent to the district. 1,106,017 Bacteria Per Fly. At the same time numbers of living flb-s were caught in the houses, and with the co-operation of the Health Department laboratories were exam ined to make bacterial counts. Some of these flies were caught in houses of the protected area and others in unprotected houses. The average number of bacteria found on flies— or in the cultures made from the sur face washings of the insects—taken in the “protected” houses was 13,980, of which 4,489 were intestinal organ isms. The average count of the flies from ‘ irty” houses, i. e.. in the unprotecr- « ! area, was 1.106.017 per flv. of which 292.117 were intestinal. Of course, flics in a filthy section have a better or worse—opportunity for bacterial contamination than those in a clean area. '"leanliness was enforced in the protected area in relation to the ftreets and courtyards as well as the ini^rior of the tenements; .and par- 1: ular attention was paid to the sta- bb s as constituting the chief breed ing places of the flies. PITTSBURG, Dec. 6.—While horse back riding this morning Mrs. •Ger trude Miller, a prominent young w om an of the North Side, espied her hus band, Charles Miller, walking through West Park with Mrs. Irene Caflish, a young widow. Dismounting, Mrs. Miller gave her horse to a policeman and began trail ing the couple. While close behind them she was joined by her sister, Mrs. Clara Magnani. Mr. Miller and his companion then left the park and entered a moving picture show. Mrs. Miller and her sister patiently waited outside, and when her husband and Mrs. Caflisn appeared proceeded to lash the lattei with her riding crop. Mrs. Caflish attempted to fight back, but without success, and Mr. Miller, who attempted to interfere, was pre vented by Mrs. Magnani. All four were arrested, and after a hearing were discharged by Magis trate Goettman, who said that he be lieved sufficient punishment had been meted out. Supposed ‘Dead’ Boy On Father’s Farm EATON, COLO., Dec. 6.—Mourne.1 i as dead for ten years. Arthur Me- Broom, son of T. A. McBroom, was found working on his father's farm as a beet topper. He was afraid to make himself known, as he and his father had quarreled just before he ran away. However, like the prod igal son, he received a warm welcome. McBroom and his father had differ ences of opinion which caused him to run away when he was 16. He sent one letter home from St. Louis say- TTE.VRST'S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA. OA., SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7. ‘Poor Little Rich Girl' Happy Now CONGREGATION RamonaBordenHas HomeatLast CHEERS PUSTOE! She Pours Out Her Soul in Song ECU KISSING Miss Ramona Borden, daughter of multi-millionaire milkman, whose earl\ life was saddened by the separation of her parents. the Pulpit Missouri MiniS— j and who disappeared from a saniiarium early 1 his year, has found te| . Te || s How He Q ame t „ Sa _ a nome and happiness among Inends m California. lute Girl Suing for $5,000. 5 D r PLAN EXCITES Earth Is Swallowing DIPl^l CH CP PC Tree Century Old rluMLlJ Lubd v •; ~ ; •- ■ Mm fc .<vA.; ■ ';t "W / * i :$> ✓ r * How to Cure Rheumatism Prominent Doctor’s Best Prescrip tion Easily Mixes at Home. This simple and harmless formula has worked wonders for all who have tried it. quickly relieving chronic and acute rheumatism and backache. “From your druggist get one ounce of Toris com pound (in original sealed package) and ore ounce of syrup of Sarsaparilla com pound. Take these two ingredients home and put them in a half pint of good whiskey. Shake the bottle and lake a tablespoonful before each meal and at bed time.” Good results coine i*|ter the first few doses. If your drug gist does not have Toris compound in stock he will get it for you In a few 1 ours from his wholesale house. Don’t h p influenced to take a patent medicine instead of this. Insist on having the genuine Toris compound in the original, ore-ounce, sealed, yellow package. This was published liepo last winter and hun dreds of the worst cases were cured by h in a short time. Published by tire ‘•lobe Pharmaceutical Laboratories of ‘ hicago. ing that he intended to go on to Chi cago. The train on which he said he intended to depart was wrecked and his relatives thought he was killed. ‘Use Better English,’ Order of Professor OXFORD, OHIO, Dec. 6.—Ray mond Mollyneaux Hughes president of Miami University, is determined the students shall use better English In an address to the members of the faculty, he said recently: •There has been much criticism throughout the country on the char acter of English used by college grad uates, and our experience in Miami has entirely justified that criticism. T trust that emphasis on the ability to use at least passable English will be greater in the future than ever before, and to this end I strongly urge the importance of declining to accept poorly written and ungram matical papers in any of the depart* ments of the university.” Man Dies Poor as Riches Draw Near % V.; * fl <Y BROOKFIELD. MO.. Dec. 6. The Rev. W. C. Atwood. f»f*. pastor of the | First Presbyterian Church here, eon- I f eased from the pulpit to a s La riding- J room-only congregation that he had | kissed Harriet L. Myers, 20. who is suing him for $5.OOF and was air- solved by his congregation. I The tears came first. During the j pastor’s opening prayer several ^oung | gfrls of the choir and many women in the congregation wept. The Rev. Mr. Atwood is married and has two sons, one 22, the other 15. The story of the kissing as con fessed by the minister differed some what in details and altogether in motive from the story as first made public 1>\ M s Myers' Father in his paper, The Linn County Budget. G.rl’s Version. Miss Myers' version printed by her father, is that Atwood, in her fathers’ office, asked her if she would not like to go to St. Louis, and said; “If you would go with me you wouldn’t need to worry." With this “he grabbed her. kissed her before she real.zed it. and hastened out of the room." Atwood’s version, as told to his congregation, \va*. “Harriet was sil ting in her chirr at the desk. She held out her arm and said: What do you think of that arm?’ In reply l said: I don't know. What do you mean?’ She replied laughingly: ‘Don't you see how smooth it is?' I told her 1 could not see distinctly without my glasses. Displays Her Arm. “She held out her right arm and rubbed it with her left hand, and saich ‘You can feel it if you can’t see it.’ At her suggestion I rubbed my hand over her arm. She asked me for news, and in a jesting manner I said: ‘Oh, yes, I forgot! I have some important news to tell you. I am going to St. Louis next week. You had better come along. “By way of pleasantry we bantered words back and forth. She had just ansverred the phone and was leaning over the desk and writing something, and just as I arose to go she said something elite in answer to what I had said, and impulsively, without a moment’s thought. I stepped up quickly from behind on tiptoes and kissed the side of her head above the ear and said: ‘Now 1 am even with you,’ and as I passed to the door she laughed and said: ‘Well, 1 think you are.’ ” Pastor Resigns. His resignation was tendered No vember 9. The reasons were not made known, and only a few of the members knew what they were. The following Sunday the congregation voted 197 to 5 not to accept the res ignation. After Miss Myers filed her suit her father printed the “story” of the kissing episode under the head ing. “Story of a Long-Kept Secret.” The first outbreak of applause waa when Atwood said: “That girl is doing exactly what her father is coaching her to do.” Pointing his finger at Myers, who sat in his customary pew, the fifth from the pulpit, Atwood cried: “You haven’t a spark of manhood in your breast. You have published ] your little story and brought yourself into the limelight for a brief hour end your daughter with you.” Turning to his congregation he i cried: } “I have told my story from my heart. Whose story are you going to believe?’’ There were cries of “Yours, yours,” ! and prolonged clapping of hands and stamping of feet. Ashantee Chief Sam of the Guinea Coast Says He’s Coming With Colonization Plan. OUT H It IK, Old. A., 1)p.. 6. Ne- groes of Oklahoma. Kansas and Mis souri are excited over the prospect of a visit from Chief Alfred c. Sam, of the Akim tribe, Ashantee, on the Guinea coast of Africa, who sends word that he carries an invitation from all the tribal chiefs of Ashantee for the negroes of America to be come colonists in that country. The chief is expected in Boley, Okla., a^irictly negro town, in a few day'*. According to .1 Boley newspaper, <M acres of land have been set aside by each of the ten tribes of Ashantee on which American negroes are asked to build modern tow ns. Free Land Offered. The land is promised without price and with no taxes to pay—as much as a man can cultivate—-with free transportation to Africa thrown in to each American negro who pays $25 for a share in the Akim Trading Company, Ltd. W. H. Lewis appears to b£ Chief Sam’s chief sponsor in this State. Signing himself "Professor W. H. Ia vis,” lie has a long article in his newspaper about the plans of “our own dear Chief Sam.” He says that Dr. P. .J Dorman and Professor J. P. I iddell, listed as contributors to The African Pioneer, asked the Akim Trading Company about the chances ‘or American negroes in Africa, and Chief Sam and his fellow chiefs de cided to permit colonization to share holders in the trading company, which, according to Editor Lewis, is organized under the laws of South Dukota. Tells of Chartered Boat. Mr. Lewis says that in order to car ry the prod note of Ashantee to this country and to take American colo nists back to the Guinea coast Chief Sam “has secured a ship 318 feet long by 40 feet wide. 2,400 tons ca pacity. which will make regular trips between the Gold Coast and America, beginning December 13, 1913.” Among the riches of Ashantee to which Lewis calls attention are “ma hogany trees ten feet In diameter and over 150 feet high,” needing only ;• sawmill two crops of c0ton a year; cocoa beans selling at f$13 a hundred pounds, and “gold in paying quantities.” Quicksands Are Believed to Account for Disappearance of Elm Near Railroad Depot. ITHACA, Dec. 6.—A huge elm tree near the Lehigh Valley statioQ at West Dauby is slowly sinking. For several weeks the tree has been grad- I ually disappearing, until at prepent, its lower branches are in the ground. The disappearance of the tree is at tracting considerable attention. It is the belief of persons living in the vicinity that the elm is located over a bed of quicksand. It has stood there , for m**re than a century, and It is onjy recently that it has started to sink. Many Suitors Woo Girl Who Can Sew NORTH YAKIMA, WASH., Dec. 6. The ability to bake the best loaf of bread and the best cake, to make the best shirtwaist and the best plain dress has brought to Miss Helen Townsend more than the prizes she has won at the Washington Sta:e Fair. She is getting hundreds of pro posals by letter, and all of them de scribe in detail the worldly wealth and physical attributes of the bach elors who make them. ARE BLOW AT American Girl Weds By Customs of India MADISON, WIS.. Dec. 6.—Cus toms of the Far East were invoked at the marriage in Balguam, India. >f Miss Eva Thellen to Wendell Kum- lien, of Appleton, Wig., according to announcements received by friends of the couple. y Miss Thellen traveled more thin I three-fourths of the distance around I the world to meet her fiance at Buni- I bay, Whence they traveled on the back of an elepliani overland to Balguam. Treatment Is Advocated by Pro fessor D. J. Lingle of the University of Chicago. CHICAGO, Dec. 6.—Professor Da vid J. Lingle. departmental examiner in physiology at the University of Chicago, has struck a blow at the “high cost of living.” He advocates “pickling’’ fresh eggs when they are cheap and eating the pickled eggs months later when the hens have gone on a strike. “The pickled eggs are not quite so palatable,” declared Professor Lingle “but they retain all the nourishing properties. "Pickled eggs In nearly every other particular are as satisfactory as freshly laid. They will fry, scramble and hard boil. “The only way in which they are not easily prepared is soft boiled. “The question of reducing the coat Of living is not one of any special article of diet being replaced, but rather an adjustable and carefully balanced diet. “There, are numerous foods which may be made use of. Nuts, a prod uct of California, are a staple of diet. 1 understand, not a luxury. Peanuts supply more protein than any other article of food except dried beans. If more peanuts and dried beans were Used by fruitarians their diet would be enriched and the cost of rtving decreased.” Good Cheer Aids Digestion of Food SALEM. GREG., Dec. 6.—Half owner of a gold mine worth probably $1,000,000, and so poor that he barely knew how he was going to exist one week hence, James McGuire. 65 years old. dropped dead here as he was starting to a hospital. He was an ex-convict. McGuire killed his partner In a mining claim. He was sentenced to serve ten years. While McGuire was in prison and after his release his mining claim was operated by persons who had, purchased an interest in it. It now is worth $1,000,000. Child Found in Boston Hotel After 1 Strange Disappearance Now Enjoys California Sunshine. sage to girls in a similar position who plan to run away: “If I could say anything to other girls because of my experience I would advise them not to leave home. I could never be so unhappy without riches as I was without a home.” LOS ANGELES, Dec. 6. -Life nothing but song and sunshine Boy Sobs for Week; His Mother Freed KENOSHA, WIS., Dee. 6.—Here is a real “sob" story- the story of how a three-year-old boy sobbed his mother out of jail and reunited a family. Little .Joe Kovicli was the hero, and hr established a record for sobbing when he kept it up for a solid week. Five months ago Joe’s mother eloped from Argo with a man and took the lit tle boy. The father finally found Joe and his mother in Kenosha, and the woman and the man were arrested and sentenced to serve six months in the county jail. Then Joe began sobbing. Finally the hoy was taken into the court to show Judge C. E. Randall what real grief was. “Mother.” he said. “I will reduce your line to $50 and costs with this under standing that you return to your hus band." She went back to her husband. L Dyspeptics Can Make the Rest of the Family Happy by Using a Laxative Tonic. The temper of the family and the good cheer around the table depend, so much on the good digestion of each individual present that the experi ences of some former dyspeptics who overcame their trouble should be of interest to those now suffering in this way. The best advice one can give—but it is advice that is seldom heeded—is to eat slowly and masticate each mouthful carefully. However, if slow eating and careful mastication fail the next aid is one close to nature, Dr. ('aidwell’s Syrup T’epsin. This rem edy is an excellent digestant. and in addition to helping in the digestion of the food, acts gently on the liver and bowels, ridding them of the accumu lation of waste that snould long ago have been pasesd off. It is safe, re liable. pleasant-tasting and results are guaranteed. Major S Martin, of Joplin, Mo., now 77. thinks Dr. Caldell's Syrup Pepsin has helped him to a longer and hap pier life. Up has not feTt so good in rears as he has since taking this ex cellent medicine, and in spite of his 77 years he <*av« he feels like a boy. It is the Weal'remedy for indiges tion. no matter how severe; constipa tion. no matter how chronic, bilious ness. headaches, gas on the stomach, drowsiness after eating and similar annoyances. • You can obtain Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin at any drug store for 60 cents pH e '<4 • -» '-t'c ; 7-V MAJ. S. MARTIN or $1, the latter size being bought by heads of families already familiar with its merits. Results are always guaranteed or money will be refunded. When you use Syrup Pepsin you will see the fallacy of chewing mints and tablets or of taking cathartics, salts, pills and similar drastic medi cines. Unlike these. Syrup Pepsin does not lose Its good effect, and by automatically training the stomach and bowel muscles to do their work, soon restores these organs to normal. Families wishing to irr a free sam- ; pie bottle can obtain it postpaid by addressing I>r. W. B. Caldwell, 419 Washington Ht., Monticello, Ill. A postal card with your name and ad- , dress on it will do. for Governor’s Wife to Buy New Leg for Dog GRAND ISLAND. NEBR.. Dec. 1 — Through the thoughtfulness of Mrs. Hiram Johnnaon, wife of the Govern or of California. Honk, a railroad dog of Grand Island, is to have a new wooden leg. Mrs. Johnson passed through Grand Island. As she looked through the Pullman window Honk limped up with a conductor. Mrs. Johnson, calling the conductor. 6aid: “Please get me the address of the owner of that dog. When 1 get back home I’ll send him a wooden leg.” Stop Foot Torture Corns. Callouses. Bun ions. Frost-bites, Aching and Sweaty Feet. A spoonful of CALOCIDE ini a warm footbath gives in- j stant relief. If used fre- , auently brings permanent cure. Get a 25c box at any 1 drug store. j In Prison 21 Years, Wants to Stay There JEFFERSON CITY, MO., Dec. 8 — Felix Begby met for the first time in 22 years* bis brother. Simon Beg by. who has been in tiie prison 21 years. Both are vict did n >< Begby h> parole and 10 sixties. The con- gnize his- brother. . i». e been offered t ach time declined, say- KODAKERS. Special Enlargement Offer 5x7 Art Mount ... 25c 8x10 Art Mount . . - 30c By Mail Sc Extra Select 'our favorite negatives and bsv enlargements made - handsomely mounted -a desirable Xmas gift. FONT’S Two Slores—AUania, G*. g be desired to end bis life in the prison. Gets Property After Slaying His Parents QUINCY, ILL., Dec. 6. -Judge Al bert Akers, of the Circuit Court, de cided to-d<| f<>r the first time in the history of Illino’s that a defendant convicted of murdering his parents or relatives to secure real estate does < 1,>t forfeit the property. The decision was on a cenuirter :<• , partition suit b\ at tore . s for Rn n«* , bm5fTi. who *fn •< death foi '' • |*a 1 ni s. | Rcnnona Borden, the “Door little rich ; j girl," whose wisli for love and a home i | has been gratified. I Miss Borden is the daughter of Gail 1 Borden, the multi-millionaire »f con- ] riensed milk fame, whose sensational | disappearance in New York last April | was the talk of the country for I weeks. “The poor little rich girl.Y as her j friends used to call her, after an ab- j sence of ten days, was found in the | Hotel Yendome in Boston, in com pany with Mrs. William J. \\ hite. wife of the millionaire chewing gum man ufacturer. and Mrs. Marian A. Backe, , of Brooklyn. The women explained at the time that they had felt sorry for Ramona because of the dull life she had led. and, interesting themselves in her welfare, had planned to make her life a happier one. Her father and mother had sepa rated some months before the girl’s disappearance, and she was.placed in a private sanitarium in Compton Lake. N. J. She disappeared from there in an automobile with two women, who were later found to be Mrs. White and Mi - Backe. Private detectives, engaged by the father, traced them to the Boston hotel, where Mrs. White turned the daugh ter over to her father. Some weeks later she left New York j quietly for Los Angeles and remained there for some time with her mother. A month or two ago she went to live with friends, and it was on a visit Ut i Los Angeles that she announced her self as the “happiest girl in the world.” “What 1 wanted most of all.” she 1 old her friend, "wa a home. Now l have one and I am happy. 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