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REPORT ON “PELLAGRA”
Malady 1s a Grave Menace to
Southern Health.
Disease Has Proved Veritable Scourge
in the Old World and Has Good
Start in This Country,
Washington, D, C.~—lLooming up as
& grave menace to health conditions
in the south is the recent appearance
of a deadly disease known to medi
oal scientists as “pellagra.” This
strange malady is a veritable scourge
in tho Old World, and the possibil
ity of its becoming endemic in the
southern states is by no means re
mote,
For several centuries ‘“pellagra” is
known to have existed in the Old
World? but its presence in the south
has been but recently discovered. It
probably has existed for geveral years
in that section of the country, but
medical men have failed to recognize
its presence.
Now, however, this peculiar disease
has been diagnosed as true pellagra,
and the credit for its discovery in the
south belongs to Past Assistant Sur
geon C. H, Lavender of the public
health and hospital service, He has
meade a thorough investigation of the
disease and has but recently made an
exhaustive report on his observations
to Surgeon General Weyman.
Pellagra is a malady caused by the
eating of spoiled maize, and produces
in persons afflicted with it a sort ot
intoxication. The discase generally
occurs among the poorer classes of
the rural population, who subsist very
largely or exclusively on corn most
usually prepared by boiling corn meal
in salt water called “polentia” in It
aly. Dr. Lavinder states that in pel
lagrous countries the corn is often
of a poor quality, gathered before
maturity and’not properly cured and
stored, so that parasites more easily
develop upon it.
In the preface of his report, Dr.
Lavinder declares that there is rea
son to believe that perhaps pellagra
may be quite prevalent in the south
ern states, but is unrecognized. With
in the past two or three years, lor
gome reason or reasons unknown, this
disease has rapidly increased in num
bers and extent of territory affected.
Pellagra bears a close resemblance
to the accepted descripticn of pellagra
as it occurs in the Old World, al
though differently in some particu
lars, and the acute cases greatly pre
ponderate and the mortality is high.
“Since it is of a serious character,
and epidemic in nature,” declares Dr.
Lavinder, “knowledge concerning it
is becoming of much importance to
the American physician, and especial
ly to the practitioner in the southern
states.”
CUBAN OFFICIALS CLASH.
President =nd Vice President Lock
Horns. |
Havana, Cuba.—The first serious]
clash between President Gomez and
Vice President Zayas, which occurred
when the proposal was made to ap
point Ricardo Arnauto chief of the
secret police in place of Jose Jerez,
who resigned upon the demand of
Secretary of Government Alberdi, has
resulted in a victory for Senor Zay
as, who, it is believed, presented an
ultimatum that he would immediately,
;%,ign if the obnoxious appointment
was made,
Yielding to the urgent remonstran
ces-and threats of the vice president,
and a storm of protest from all quar
ters, President Gomez announced he
would appoint Jose Ugarte chief,
Much relief is expressed that the
threatened trouble between General
Gomez and Senor Zayas has been
averted.
WIRELESS TELEGRAPH SAVES SHIP.
Air Message Calls Tugs to Aid of
Liner.
Norfolk, Va.—The inestimable val
ue of wireless telegraphy was again
demonstrated in Hampton Roads,
when a message flashed through the
alr, telling of the collision of the Old
Dominion liner Hamilton with a car
barge of the New York, Philadelphia
and Norfolk railroad, and calling for
assistance. Within five minutes tugs
were en route to the scene, and the
Hamilton, badly battered, but afloat,
was towed to her pier.
GARFIELD WILL RETIRE.
Secretary of Interior to Return to
Practice of Law in Cleveland.
‘Wshington, D. C.—James R. Gar
field, secretary of the interior, will
not be in the Taft cabinet, and he
will not be an ambassador of the
country abroad. }
Secretary Garfield, in the course of
departmental business, admitted that
he would not be an advisor of the
next administration and stated that
he had made all preparations to go
back to Cleveland, Ohio, and resume
thé practice of law.
GRAFT AT MESSINA.
Officials Diverting Funds from Bus.
ferers.
London, Eungland.—Convinced that
only American and English relief
committees are honest, Italian corres
pondents of English papers are urg
ing that donations to earthquake suf
ferers be turned over to them.
Charges of graft against officials are
made, Rioting has broken out among
e sufferers at Calabria, who are
are of the fact that they are not
ting the relief intended for them.
mayor and prominent citizens of
2 were prosecuted on graft
The worz of distributing
relief funds is progressing
v e O BT e
PATTERSON SWORN IN
As the Governor of Tennessee for His
Second Term.
Nashville,Tenn,—Malcolm R, Patter
son was inaugurated for his second
term as governor of this state at the
capltol,
In his inaugural address Governor
Patterson referred as follows to the
killing of Senator E. W. Carmack:
“Our state is passing through the
shadows; her people are divided; we
save fallen into the habit of distrust,
“There is nothing proper 1 would
not do to relieve this situation; there
{s nothing I have done to bring it
about, uniess it has been my success
and the henest, open service I have
tried to render in return for the cou
fidence of the people,
“But 1 am conscious that through
out the state men have repeated slan
ders, that some newspapers have cir
culated cruel and false charges and
have even gone so far as to connect
me with a tragedy which I deplored
far more than many who have sought
to make out of it a political asset and
to use it as a motive and incentive
for unwise, undemocratic and des
tructive legislation.
“So far as the injustice of all this
relates to me a 8 an individual, or the
pain it ruthlessly and mercilessly in
flicts, it is of no concern to the pub
lic, but, as governor, the people of
Tennessee have a right to have the
office respected and my service in of
ficial capacity not impaired by ftalse
and repeated accusations.
“If, as an official, I have been guil
ty of conscious delinquency, I am un
worthy of public trust and the people
have given me an office which I
gshould not hold and of which I should
be deprived.
If, in any way, directly or remote
ly, I have sought to encompass the
death of a fellow-man, I am deserving
of every stigma that gentlemen may
place upon me, of any indignity and
punishment which law and society
can inflict, for I am the governor of
the state, clothed with the power of
pardon,, and the charge, therefore,
involves the basest and blackest tur
pitude.
RE-UNION SCOTTISH RITE MASONS
To Be Held in Atlanta’s New Temple
In April,
Atlanta, Ga.—The aedication of At
lanta’s new Masonic Temple, now
abort completed, will mark a general
revival] among that branch of the Ma
sonic fraternity known as the Scot
tish Rite.
Plans are under way for a spring
reunion of the Scottish Rite to be
held in Atlatna next April, which will
bring to the city many of the distin
guished and prominent citizens of the
country, including Hon, James D. Rich
ardson of Tennessee, the grand com
mander of the southern jurisdiction,
and the full official divan of the su
preme council, the chief governing
body of the rite, whose headquarters
are at Washington, D. C.
During the reunion the degrees of
the rite, fourth to thirty-second, inclu
sive, will be conferred with full cer
emonials for the first time in Atlanta,
on a dedicatory class of more than
two hundred, representing everg sec
tion of QGeorgia, and the handsome
and perfectly appointed apartments
of the rite on the upper floor of the
Temple will be dedicated and formal
ly opened. The apariments include
the largest stage of modern construc
tion yet erected in the southeast. Con
tracts for the scenery, more than one
hundred pieces, necessary to properly
exemplify the work, together with a
mammoth lighting plant, to cost ap
proximately 12,000, have been closed,
and will be installed as quickly as the
artists can complete the work
It is safe to assume that nothing
go ambitious as this reunion has ever
been undertaken by Scottish Rite Ma
sons of the southern jurisciction, and
the indications are that Masonic stu
dentg from all America will gather at
Atlanta to witness the ceremonies
and enjoy the work.
ADVICE TO POLICEMEN.
“Don’t Arrest a .Drunkard; Take
Him to His Home.”
New York City.—Police chaperon
age of drunken men to their homes
instead of under arrest to station
houses, was one of the subjects in
cisively, if briefly, discussed by FPo
lice Commissioner Bingham in testi
mony before the legislative commit
tee investigating courts.
“I think Chief of Police Koehler of
Cleveland hus the right idea,” said
the commissioner. “If a Cleveland
policeman meets a drunken man or
even a disorderly person on the
street, he takes him home. A man
coming home from a dinner should
not be arrested.”
Money Given for Alrships.
YVashington, D. C.—By voting an
appropriation of $500,000 the house
of representatives made liberal pro
vieion for further experiments by the
army, with balloons and airships for
use in warfare. }
- $500,000 Deal In Naval Stores.
~ Pensacola, Fla.—The largest deal
in naval stores property to be con
summated in the south in many years
was consummated here, when the
Williams Naval Stores Company of
Pensacola and Savannah, purchased
all of the property of the J. R. Saun
ders Company in this city, the con
gideration being $500,000. :
Cenfral Bank Favored.
Washingfon, D. C.—A central bank
issue for the United States will be
the recommendation of the first na
tional monetary commission, .
The sontall sbadnps Dt bill hhs lit-
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No Clue to Identity of the Ship
That Foundered.
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MAY BE A DERELICT VESSEL
Secret Hidden Beneath Waves That
" Roll Wildly Over Diamond Shoals,
‘ 14 Miles Off Cape Hatteras.
! Norfolk, Va.—Hidden beneath the
turbulent waves that roll wildly over
Diamond Shoals, fourteen miles off
Cape Hatteras, N, C., the secret of
the identity of the mysterious steam
cr, which went down there, probably
wllth all hands on board, remains un
told, |
The daylight of another day gave!
no evidence, turnished no clue to cor- |
rcborate the testimony of those few |
aboard the Diamond Shoals lightship, |
who witnessed, helpless to aid, this |
latest tragedy of the well named
“Graveyard of the Atlantic,”
Neither the government weather
station nor the local commercial wire
less station, received any additional
news relative to the ill-fated vessel.
No definite news has come to the
Norfolk navy yard from the revenue
cutter Onondaga, which is at the
scene of the reported disaster, '
The Savannah Line Steamer City
of Savannah, which arrived at Sa
vannah from New York, brought no
news that raight aid in clearing up
the mystery, although her }vix'elca_ss|
operator caught the message from the
lightship, and was positive that the
ship was described as a single-fun
neled vessel.
The wind, which blew off shore at
a velocity of 45 miles an hour Sat
urday has moderated to some extent.
A moderate northwest wind blowed
off Hatteras, As long as the wind re
mains in that quarter any wreckage
or flotsam from the ship probably will
be driven far out to sea.
The reporting of the Carolina Steam
ship Company's steamer Theodore
Weems, which passed in Cape Henry,
bound from Georgetown and Charles-l
ton for Baltimore, removes that ves
sel from consideration as possibly be
ing the ill-fated freighter,
OLDEST MAN IN COUNTRY
Dies in West Virginia Aged One Hun.
dred and Fifteen Years,
Wheeling, W. Va.—Henderson Cre
means, known to be the oidest man
in West Virginia, and probably the
oldest man in the United States, died
at the home of his grandson, Clark
Cremeans, near Point . Pleasant, Ma
son county, aged 115 years. He was
strong and hearty to the time of his
death, falling by the roadside on his
way home from the grocery store. He
was removed home and died a few
minutes later. His father and moth
er are said to have been the first
couple married west of the Blue Ridge
Mountains, in Virginia, His mother
died at 120; his wife at 101. He was
one ct the first settliers of the Ohiv
valley, coming here from Virginia at
the age of 18. He has 70 grandchil
dren, 131 great-grandchildren, and 19
great-great-grandchildren. He never
tasted liguor or tobacco in his life.
TAFT IN PANAMA,
President-Elect and Party Arrive in
Canal Zocne Safely.
Colon, Panama, — President-elect
Taft made his eighth trip across the
jsthmus, and everywhere was greet
ed with marked demonstrations of
good will, With his party Mr. Taft
landed at Colon and proceeded Dby
special train to Culebra, where he
is quartered at the residence of Colo
nel Goethals, chairman of the Pan
ama canal commission. His reception
by the Panaman officials, both at Co
lon and Culebra, was most cordial.
The United States cruiser North
Carolina, on which Mr. Taft sailed
from Charleston and the convoy
cruiser Montana arrived at Colon,
after a voyage that was marked by
splendid weather conditions. All
members of the party weer in good
health, z
EXPERTS TO GRADE GOTTON.
Official Standard To Be Fixed by Gov
ernment.
Washington, D, C.—The personnel
of the committee of expert cotton
classifiers, which will meet here on
February 1 to establish an official
standard for the various grades of
cotton, in conformity with an act of
congress, was announced by Secre
tary of Agriculture Wwilson, as fol
lows:
James A. Airey, New Orleans, La,;
J. S. Akers, Atlanta, Ga,; Clinton 'B.
Baker, Lowell, Mass.; F. M. Crump,
Memphis, Tenn,; John Martin, Paris,
Tex.; George W. Neville, New York;
Lewis W. Parker, Greenville, S. C.;
Nathaniel N. Thayer, Boston, Mass.;
and Charles A. Vedder, Galveston,
Tex. v :
RTR RS B
CUBA GIVEN TO CUBANS.
Gomez Takes Oath and Americans
Sail Away.
Havana, Cuba.—Major General Jose
Miguel Gomez was inaugurated presi
dent of the restored Cuban republic,
‘and within an hour after he had tax
en the solemn oath of office, admin
jstered by the chief justice of tne
supreme court, the American officials,
who had been in control of affiairs
since the autumn of 1906, had depart
ed from the island.
The American rovisional governor,
Charles E. Maffoon, —who escorted
General Gomezfito the palace aud
there turned offer to him the reins
“fim ‘sailed _on the new
for the Wnited States. .
GREAT SAVING IN COAL.
Waste Coal Proves Voluable When It Is
Made Into Briqu«t .
Washington, D, C.—Millions of tons
of coal may be saved to the country
through the investigations of the
technologic branch of the United
‘States Geological survey into the
briquetting of coal., For several years
this branch of the ¢overmg'ent has
‘been conducting a series ol experi
\ments in the hope of stopping the’
tremendous waste in the use of fuels,
and one of these was the making of
briquets out of slack or waste coal.
This fine coal, which has not nearly
the value of the lump coal, because
of the difficulty in burning it, is mix
ed with five or six per cent of water
ges pitch and pressed into cakes or
bricks by powerful machinery.
~ Several hundred tons of these bri
quets were made at the fuel-testing
plant at St, Louis, Mo, and later at
Norfolk, Va., Thig prepared fuel was
used in a number of tests by different
railroad companies, and in every in
stance the briguets furnished more
power with less weight of fuel than
the run-of-mine coal from the same
mines, They further showed less
smoke than the coal and indicated
that their proper use at terminals
might do away with a large part of
the smoke nuisance from the railroads
in the big cities of the country.
In co-operation with the navy de
partment, a series of tests were
made on the torpedo boat Biddle off
Hampton Roads and the briquets
weight for weight with the coal, suc
ceeded in generating much more pow
er, but there was very little differ
ence in the amount of smoke, 5 l
l To the navy these tests are of the
'greatest importance. The fact that
‘the briquets give more power than
‘the coal means that a vessel carrying
‘two thousand tons of briquets will be
‘capable of steaming a farther dis
'tance than one with two thousand
‘tons of raw coal. In time of war this
iwould be very desirable, especially 1f
'the fleet were in foreign waters, far
‘from coaling stations.
A report on the results of these
tests has just been made to the Ge
ological Survey by Professor W. F.
M. Goss, consulting, engineer in
charge of locomotive tests. He sees
many advantages to the railroads in
the use of briquets.
The tests as a whole indicate that
many low grade coals, now consider
ed useless may make an admirable
fuel and thus add to the supply of
the country which is being used at a
[ra,pid rate,
SOUTH CAROLINA’S VOTE LOST.
Messenger of That State Has Not
Reached Washington.
Washington, D. C.—The electoral
vote of every state has been delivered
to the vice president save that of
South Carolina and Montana. Mon
tana's vote-bearer is reported to be
on the way, but the South Carolina
niessenger is unaccounted for up to
date. Only the indulgence of the vice
president can save the belated mes
sengers from a fine of SI,OOO each.
NEWSY PARAGRAPHS.
Luis T. Navarro, a student in the
national college ¢f mines in the City
of Mexico, Mexico, has applied to the
Mexican government for a patent on
an instrument which he claims will
foretell earthquake shocks with the
same certainty that a barometer
gives warning of a coming storm.
The young inventor refuses to go
into details regarding his invention,
but declares that it will tell with un
erring accuracy, at least six hours
previously, of a pending shock in a
given region. " i
Peter Wambold shot himself dead
in a telephone booth in a Brooklyn
drug store after calling up his wife
and instructing her to listen for the
shot. “I am going to kill myself, as
1 can’t stand things any longer,” he
said over the telephone.
The earth shocks at Mcenteleone,
Italy, average a dozen daily and ap
parently they are increasing in num
ber and intensity, The refugees are
in a constant state of alarm and the
vast majority of them have decided
to emigrate to America as soon as
they can secure transportation.
Chief O’Brien of the Chicago city
detective bureau, has devised a new
scheme for curing automobilists of
the scorching habit. He proposes to
establish a rogues gallery for reckless
chauffeurs. “Reckless driving in Chi
cago is going to stop,” says the cap
tain. “I intend to start a gallery of
these fellows who persistently violate
the law, I shall keep a list of their
names together with an account of
the accidents for which they have
been responsible. Tl'll use it not oniy
to get heavier gsentences for them
when they are brought into court, but
to keep them out of jobs. I figure
‘that no decent citizen wants to hire
a chauffeur who has killed or maim
ed several persons.”
Governor Ansel of South Carolina
will not veto a state-wide prohibition
bill, which appears certain to pass in
the present legislature, although the
prohibitionists are not strong enough
to pass it over his veto. He was
elected on a local option platform,
but he would not say positively what
he would do. It is understood the
‘prohibitionists have been led to feel
sure he will not oppose them.
In an opinion handed down at
Jackson, Mississippi, the supreme
court of that state sustained the va
lidity of the anti-trust statutes, which
had been a subject of attack in the
Hiffds county chancery court, and
holds that the alleged cotton oil mill
; t bas been . guilty of e violating
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HALLS OF CONGRESS.
One session of the Senate was de
voted to memorial addresses upon the
late Senator Proctor. .
Senator Tillman insinuated that
some. Federal Judges were on the
payrolls of corporations..
The House Naval Committee was
defeated in its efforis to replace ma
rines on board warships.
The urgent deficiency Dbill was
passed. and the postal savings hank
bill was considered in the Senate.
A Dbill to pension the widow Bf
Rear-Admiral Coghlan at the rate of
SIOO instead of SSO a month was de
feated.
District of Columbia business be
ing considered, it was voted to allow
the use of the Pension Building for
the inaugural.
Five hundred pension bills were
passed in the House, as was a reso
lution for an inquiry into the investi
gation of frauds against the Govern
ment.
Congress heard that President
Roosevelt is preparing a message at
tacking the lawmaking body, to be
delivered March 3, when it is too late
for retaliation.
The President appointed a national
council of arts, consisting of eminent
architects, painters and sculptors,
under whose direction national
works will be planned and erected in
the future.
After futile efforts to obtain legis
lation for the restoration of marines
aboard ships an amendment was
agreed to prohibiting the purchase
of powder “manufactured and sold
in violation of’’ the Sherman anti
trust law.
A debate on increasing salaries of
Federal Circuit and District Judges
ended with the result that the com
pensation of the twenty-nine Circuit
Judges was increased from S7OOO to
S9OOO, and that of the eighty-four
District Judges from S6OOO to S3OOO.
Unhesitating Obedience.
Peter was the man of impulse, the
nan of action, with a swift-beating
heart and an every-ready hand. To
his forward-stepping mind, decision.
was easy and immediate; and so, al
most before the command was com
pleted, his swift lips had made an-:
swer; “I will let down the nets.”
It was the language of a prompt and
full obedience. It showed that his
nature was responsive and genuine.
He had learned to obey, the first les
son of discipleship; and having
learned to obey, he was therefore fit
to rule, qualified for leadership, and
worthy of being intrusted with the
keyvs of the kingdom. '
And how much is missed in life
thr'ugh feebleness of resolve, a lack'
of resolve! How many are the in
vertebrate souls, lacking in will anfil
void of purpose, who, instead of sur
mounting waves and conquering thb
flow of adverse tides, like the
medusae can only drift, all limp and
languid, in the current of circum
stance! Such men do not make apje
tles; they are but ciphers of fijg
and blood, of no value by themselwys,
sndjouly of any worth da- thay Lire
attashed to the unit ot some Sfing
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