The Detroit times., 1911-05-02
IMPETUS GIVEN
TO PLAGUE FIGHT
tuberculosis Day Observed LOCAL.,
BY Sermons in Churches and Mass
Meeting in Garrick Theater.

In 80 Detroit churches and 10000
others, scattered throughout thl
United States, Sunday was observed
as tuberculosis Day, with approprl
ate sermons and addresses In De
troll the day was marked also by I
large mass meeting in the Carrie
theater, in the afternoon, which wa
INTERNATIONAL character, two OF tn
speakers being DR.. James Samson an
Mayor j. w. Hanna, OF Windsor.
City Controller David +. Heinema
presided at the mass meeting. n
introduced, as the Sfirst speaks
Mayor Thompson. who spoke
terms OF high praise OF the mob
Detroit, in the fight against the viii
plague.
Mayor Hanna, who followed, sa
that no boundary lines ae recogni
ed IN this campaign. tits war
which there will be no ruce and
cessation OF hostilities, h said.
DR.. Samsons talk wal one of Il
best OF the Afternoon. He said
part:
The slaughter OF lay from {
berculosis is worth milDns OF dollas
TO this great nation. n man can g.
innate the value OF ie grief an
agony IL has caused. III were TO give
YOU the number OF petle that hae
died in this state dung the pat
year OF the disease an,tell you that
10 out OF every 20 cod have been
saved II this country hi been awake
to the awful situation pa might not
want TO believe me, II true. III ey.
cry person afflicted wit tuberculosis
we're taken out of Mhigan today.
before many years theI wouldn't be
case.
There are about 81 persons in
this audience this afrnoon, and
there are great manpf you who
will die of tuberculosis, There are
people in this audience Is afternoon
whose whole family W be swept
away by this disease.
Expectorating on the bile streets
is one OF the worst causeof the con-
tagion. Every time nh who has
consumption expectoratehe exposes
the public 20 100000 tuberculosis
germs. II any man or woan in the
second stage of consumptn were 10
sneeZe In this audience his after
noon, five hours after he she had
sneezed there would be illions or
germs flying in the air aht five or
six feet above your head. They go
in swarms,
"One-half of the people at die in
this world die of tuberculis. Dur
ing the short time this meing has
been in progress more thai 90 peo-
pie have died in the United tates or
this disease"
DR.. Herbert NJ. Rich gave n illus
trated talk, showing in vivsdnanner
the ravages OF tuberculosis al trac-
ing the progress OF the disea from
the earliest to the most ayanced
stages.
rhe meeting marked the d,ut of
Detroit's new Italian band, un,r the
direction of Sig Vale. Its wot was
received with much favor.
One OF tine notable pulpit adhsses
OF the day was that OF the r. T.
w Young, of the North htist
church. on THE Master Healer, He
characterized the efforts being ,ade
to exterminate the plague as Girls
tan work, declaring that those en-
gagged in II are helping to advancahe
kingdom of God.
Tne Rev. Eugene r. Shipper. Of
the North Woodward NJ. E. chuth,
introduced DR. A. w. Ives, who SPIKE
for Is minutes
Other noteworthy addresses wee
given by the Rev Henri Blanchot, q
st. Joachims church, and Rabbi LS
NJ Franklin, in Temple Beth E.
Tracey McGregor spoke before NOR.
than 200 men in McGregor mission
Sunday evening, on the white plague