Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-09
TELEGRAPH NEWS IN BRIEF

| Sermons" Health Commissioner Evans
has been preaching for two years.
eve built the draininge canal at
enormous expense" says DR.. Hirsch,
"but at a real saving to Chicago.
Typhoid fever has become almost a
curiosity in this city except as it
comes in through the milk supply. II
that is properly supervised and
watched typhoid will almost complete
ly disappear.
Consumption is largely caused by
greed, and the state should curb such
| greed"
Tests Invention DIR. Alex
ander Chessin of Washington univer-
sity, st. Louis, has given a demon
stration of the principle of the Bren-
nan monorail car in the physical Ia
boratory at Columbia university. The
model car has all the essential features
of the large car, to perfect which the
British government has appropriated
| $500, 900. The two opposed horoscopes
which give the car it's remarkable pow
ers of balance are four inches in di-
ameter and are made of solid steel.
To Battle Plague - Chicago
may soon have an opportunity to
construct municipal tuberculosis san
itarium. The enabling act is scheduled
for enactment by the general assembly
Wednesday. A spectacular fight has
been made and a whirlwind finish Is
to be made to secure the formal adop-
ton of the proposition to submit it to
the voters at the coming city election.
The bill permits municipalities of the
state to take a vote on the PROPOSE
ton of levying one mill tax, the pro-
ceeds of which shall be used for the
construction and maintenance of tu-
berculosiS sanitarium.
To Sail Over Ocean-In this
day of prophecy and experiment con-
corning airships and the many pre-
dictionS as to when and how we will all
be flying, Joseph Buckner, formerly
commissioner to Germany for the st.
Louis worlds fair. leads the list of
prophets and enthusiasts by an an
nouncement that he has under consid-
Grafton plan to send the first steer
able airship across the Atlantic ocean,
Mr. Buckner says he has discussed
the matter with the foremost aero
nauts and scientists of Europe, and he
firmly believes his project is feasible.
Slayer Gives Reason - Frank
Serino was shot and killed in Chicago
late Sunday because, according to his
slayer he held a revolver to the head
of Mrs. Josie Fresso, Is years old,
bride of ten days, and forced her to
slayer was the brother of Mrs. Fresso-
Michael Pessalano, aged 20. He has
traced the couple to New York and
had forced Serino to accompany him
back to Chicago with the girl. Here.
according to Pessalano, Serino refused
to consent to marry the girl in the
event of a divorce, and the shooting
followed.
Lamp to Kill Germs - Patho-
genie microbes that may Turk in Chi
Cages milk supply may be driven out
by the newly discovered violet lamp.
The instrument, guaranteed to steril-
ize any milk in which it may be placed,
is a recent French invention, and it's
tests by the Paris Academy of Sci
ence have interested the health de-
partment. Commissioner Evans says
he has the utmost confidence in Prof.
Guignard, who proclaimed the success
of the ultraviolet emitted by Kro-
mayors mercury vapor electric lamp,
and added that investigation proves
the lamp sure enough germ killer.
He will introduce in the city labora-
tory