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they were staying developed the disease
TIE healthy children OF this house visited
a school in which the teachers children
lived. and in a few days one OF the teach
ers children had the disease.
Travel between infected and unaffected
places should be avoided. if possible, and
especially should healthy children not be
allowed contact with persons from an In
fected area, whether those persons are
known to have been exposed to infantile
paralysis or not. The disease sometimes
spreads from schools. In Sweden. where
the schools are in session during the sum
mer. when infantile paralysis is most
prevalent as many as forty cases in one
epidemic have developed from school in
lection.
The problem Of controlling the dis
ease is largely one for boards of health to
solve and the public is dependent upon
their activities. BY making the disease
rerortable. by strict quarantine. and by
quick and complete destruction Of the
germs they are excreted from the
body, the spread of infantile paralysis is
lessened. 1t has been made re-
portable from Massachusetts. New York.
New jersey. Pennsylvania. Virginia. the
District OF Columbia, Minnesota. Nebras-
ka and Iowa. and it is hoped that other
states will soon make 1t reportable.
y
General conditions favoring infantile
will continue to he until more definite
knowledge is obtained. A study Of such
influences as rainfall, temperature, near
ness to water, nearness to railroads, age
OF houses. floor of house occupied, SAM
tary conditions, water supply, sewage dis
posal presence of insects and rodents.
paralysis in domestic animals and dust
has been made, but no definite re-
lation between any of these things and
the disease has so far been established.
Children who are allowed to play on
the street or to mingle in public gather
ings are necessarily in greater danger of
contracting the disease than the less eX-
posed. study of $500 children in forty
five institutions. some in the midst of the
infection. revealed only one case. These
children were kept from the street. as is
usual with institutional children, and suf-
Tered but little. Such a circumstance may
he suggestive to parents who would pro-
tect their children during an epidemic
it is not only necessary to keep children
from known cases OF infantile paralysis
at such a time, but from the general
public.
infantile paralysis is most common be-
tween the ages of two and three years.
Seven per cent OF cases occur in the first
year OF life. II per cent in the first five
years and 81 per cent in the first ten
years. The mortality, which is greatest
under one year ana over ten years, A.
from : to ~ per cent. and Is per cent OF
thos, who recover arc permanent Grip
pies. AS rule. more males than fe-
males are attacked an. more whites than
negroes.
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Oh, we'll. you know what happens then.
The music-makers become extremely in
dignant, after stopping completely.
They're so indignant that they can hardly
express il.
They wanta know what the interioper
means by such conduclS. They make
if to do flying wedge with the intern
of hurting the intrusive Non-Funnyful
Blao ked-Up one into the street throusi
the third-story window.
Meantime, of course. there's no music
There's just raucous wranglinS betweea
cuirassiers and a darksome comedian
who never was meant by Providence Ia
comedyize.
After the wrangling ceases. and Noii
begin to feel that presently something
else by way of music is going to happen
the Dingerino while lie tries one instfu-
ment after another picking them up gin
gerly from the tables If they're hot
inquiries why chicken crosses the road
Then YOU give up hope. Well might
you. Nothing more In the music line DC
ours. although there are several people
among the Musical Sketchists who know
how To music. Why is it?
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St. Valentines Last Victim

] will be true
TO strictly you.
Or
You lazy. sloppy. slippery hound.
Why are you always loafng round:
Hon. Hitchcock pause with his breath
full Of sorrow.
What could | do for make this crime
less criminsI?" | require.
Togo" detract Hon. Frank, Il cannot
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ours which is usually between the hTEt
and the sixth days. 1t commonly attacks
the lower limbs, but sometimes the arms
hack and abdomen are paralyZed and oc-
"a s.onall. all the limbs. The form of
paralysis is the simplest. Motion Is al
fected, but not sensation. This is because
the motor cells in the anterior horns. or
front of the spinal cord, are most anec.ed
and the ones actually destroyed In the
most cases. whereas the sensory cells
are not destroyed.
There is often partial recovery OF power
in some of the muscles, but full recovery
is rare. -.fter one year compete reeo'sls
need not be expected. Sufilcient me-
chancal support. however. will often pre-
vent exaggerated deformity. and by prac-
tice with the aid of crutches or spilnts
a child may be able to walk. Some pnS-
sicians insist that massa &c and electric
ity. if persisted in. will restore power
after many years, but such physicians
as DR. Henry TAYLOR and DIR. Bernard
Sachs of New York say the use OF s"cil
inca sures is time wasted.
'Phe disease has been mistaken for
cerel,ro- spinal meningitis. typhoid fever
acute rheumatism. ptomane poisoning
and gastro-enteri.is. but when the paraly-
sis occurs it is easily distinguished from
any of these Pat.lolo9ically. in its. at
tacks upon the nervous system. it is more
like hydrophobia than it is' like other
forms Of paralysis.
The infection is tilterable virus. pass
ing through the 1ileSt DdclcTldl lie
germ is t-a-n,icroscopic. Certain bright
points appear on the microscopic field.
but they present no definite shape and
have never heen isolated. The failure 10
isolate tie germ, however. does not af-
feet the success with which the disease
may be studied and treated. Expert
Inents with monkeys give ample means
for study and the treatment is not de-
pendent upon serum therapy. However.
the blood serum OF monkeys that have re-
Y
anti-toxic properties, ard this leads to the
hope that specific serum may. in time.
be obtained. This would, of course, be OF
great value.
i *
The experiments with monkeys have
been interesting. Two German physi-
clans. I.andsteiner and Pepper. early in
1862 infected two monkeys from the srinal
cords of patients dying from the disease,
and the animals exhibited evidence of in
fantile paralysis under autopsy. Later in
the year Flexner and Lewis Of the Rookie
Teller Institute succeeded in carrying the
disease through six series of monkeys;
that is. from the human to the monkey,
and then from one monkey to another
until six successive NEGOTIATIONS from
monkey to monkey had produced the dis
ease. fully establishing the fact that in
1antlie paralysis is All INFECTIOUS germ us
ease. That II can be transmitted by pa
tents who do not develop the most strik-
ing symptoms has been proven in the
case OF a child who was not paTalyZe1
and died before a diagnosis was made
Its spinal cord was sent to DIR. FleAnef,
who inoculated monkeys with it, and in
every case the monkeys developed infan-
tile paralysis
Anterior poliomyelitis has spread over
wide and scattered area in this cour-
try and 1t will be difficult to eradicate il,
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Gus cpidemics and from 500 TO 1o.oc
known cases.
Increase In this disease has been very
marked and is one of its most alarming
aspects Between 1850 and 1899 there
were nine outbreaks and 1li cases; he
tween 1890 and 1863, - outbreaks anu
4O6 cases; between 1900 and 1910. "A out
breaks and S,+03- cases. and II Is csn-
mated that in 1910 there We're in TINS
country alone outbreaks in ,; states and
3,GGA cases The distribution has been
vide in other lands, but the nlted states
has suffered mos. OF $500 cases In fiVe
Years, 5000 were In this country. ana
tne largest number Of cases ever reported
in one epidemic was 100 in New YORK
in 1907.
The outbreak in New YORK is supposed
TO have started from Swedish lninisra-
ton: TIE severe attack in Massachusetts
iii 1863 to have. come from New DIX.
and also an epidemic III Cuba Is cfeolted
to infection from New York. The ten
Gency TO spread Is very alarming. for In
some cases the incubation leriod OF III
fantiie paralysis is long enough to allow
persons to travel from state to state and
from country to country, carrying the in
lection without their knowledge or the
knowledge of the authorities.
Another important fact In connection
with the spread of tne disease is that
some people never develop the full symp-
Ionla tology, going into crowded assem-
,lies and riding on street cars and on
railroad trains with no iGea that they
arc afflicted with infantile paralysis and
a menace to the public. TEesr abortlve
cases form a very great source of dam
ger and. added To them. are cases OF
have the disease. but convey it on their
clothing o. possibly in their systems AS
carriers
We. another consideration is tie infect
ed house Unless every precaution is
taken 10 destroy the germs the disease
may spread from house in which a
case has occurred.
l, has often been suggested that some
insec, is necessary in the transmission
CT this disease, as Is the case with yell
low fever and malaria. and in the west
the buffalo enat has been under sus-
picion. There are facts that indicate IN
sect carriers and facts that oppose them.
IT,. strongest opposing fact is tina. the
disease may he conveyed from one animal
to another by. direct incubation, prov
ing that no insect is necessary in it's
carriage.
* i
Physicians emphasize the fact that the
disease is contagious and that every pre-
caution should be taken to avoid exposure
TO IL However. infaruie paralysis IS
not as contagious as diphtheTia. scarlet
fever or even typhoid. Infection may
come by getting the germs into the nose
or throat. or into the stomach. A. an
instance of carriage. he following may
be cited as suggestive:
In Germany two healthy women from
an infected village went on a visit TO
a city in which no case Of polomyclitis
had been known for many years Eight
days later child in the house In which
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Asst W e d 3 d a y
r. NJ. a tall-siZe
Letter Carrier of
blond expression
approach up to
my detective Of
flee and say with
voice full Of spe-
cial delivery,
Togo, 1 wish
speak to y 0 u
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W, ,hinl ,or.rc smart
Pint iux. the same
You smar young gen.
When have went.
And then. by heck
80, -. n.rr
or poor old Champ
iHese are iie'eis '"7 s'"" a'''f''
OF nv stock" say Hon. Valentine Il
49,, an mn sf-,.,,,. ,rft,,tos .nci,,li,,
*uch lamES statesmen as WIN. jenny
I,r,ap Iecna raxalieri Tho former las
81 "ei' . anu '''e Ni'iS -
tiredD | have poem from Eat Master
son asking tn moe, ,hc man who trans
Italian and-
Have YOU no sNeethear,ed. love-
broken rbvthms from great personalities
instead az them pecved rebukes:" / re-
cuire for nerves.
~ baye one" snuesest Hon. Val 1T
j. fran rras + Murphv Of Tammany
,Iau n Governor Dix ,f New York
rims lie il
ms ihetical SAINT Nfi'" t'e t'''i'''o
irish lace valentine s"rr""Huep ny ~"
street Supius hil'ihE 'uiisese
labeied Albany. foiio"ihs f'e"i WV
attached tn ITS appendix:
''oh. NJ. Dix.
A.. ,,.n.r ~,
Respect my
Nhh "hsn 20" ia
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To Editor Sunday Star, whose paper al
ways contains several heart-throbs re-
CARELESS OF Valentine celebration,
Dear Sir
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The early symptoms are many and
varied. bua generally OF such character
as marks the approach Of less serious
affections. and it is almost Impossible to
diaenose case until the paralysis &C.
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4. . ,-.,z.- - - =. 81. -. - -.
suppress Christmas. because it is ma
tional holiday. ! cannot remove jan
uary First. because years would not
seem natural without it, But ] can re-
move st. Valentine Day frcm off the al
inanac.''
How could you accomplish THIS brutal
act"" I sna gger baffabiy.
Like Standard Oil, like L. s. Steel,
like all other natural resources. say
Hon. Hitchcock, this Feb II is COM
oletely controlled by one man
And his namen' I gubble.
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The Musical Sketch Team in Vodeveel.

out of human system through the n
tificial medium Of an impossible instru
ment.
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J. =
shall bless you with all the postage in
my soul.
Speaking tnusly Chief Postoficer
Hitchcock back away carrying his head
III his hands.
"Nosi" | say-so TO my dearie Cousin
"nlease enwrap me I'D in a package of
postal appearance. including stamps,
and write on me following address:
To ST. VALENTINE
MANUFACTURE of ART and POETRY
BATTLE CREEK, MICH
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-05
MRS. MADAM. /.

1911, by the Associated Literary Press.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-03

BONDS.
THE CHICAGO R

CHICAGO. April 3.-Heavy rainfall
in Kansas, where most needed, carried
down the price of wheat today with
decided vim. Bearish sentiment had
further cause in a snowfall throughout
the ertire Northwest. Except covering
by shorts, who were in a position to
realize profits, there was practically no
buying support for the market. More
over, cash demand gave no sign of
improvement, and receipts appeared
ample for all requirements. The open
ing was unchanged to A@S lower. May
started at S5Gs5h to S5as, the same
variation from Saturday night as the
option list taken altogether. A drop 70
s4& promptly followed.
Corn weakened under the influence
of wheat, Notwithstanding some COM
mission house buying on accoun of
wet weather. May opened unchanged
to bQA off at 1855 TO 46A G4e5s, rallied
to AZ and fell back TO 46% 646k.
Oats suffered from considerable pres
sure, but proved more stubborn than
other grains. May started at the same
level as Saturday night 10 a shade
lower at 2s&2s7s. touched 2eA and re-
covered to 80.
With the hog run far ahead Of last
year. provisions took something OF a
tumble. First sales were 5 to 10 cheaper,
with May options at 14.95 for pork, sic
for lard and s.5214 to $50 for ribs.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-03
CASTING INTERESTS
REGAIN LOST GROUND.

PITTSBURG. April "A reduction of
furnace stocks Of basic and foundry
irons at Valley furnaces at the close of
March, from the figures al the close Of
February. and a better price average
for the month in basic. were the fea>
lures of the iron market on the opening
day of the new month.
The Bessemer and basic averages on
actual open market sales of 1000 tons
oil over during March were: Bessemer,
SIS furnace, same as for February;
basic, s13.75, Valley furnace. compared
with 1880 for month of February. The
reduction of stocks was not so much
due to heavy buying as to larger speci-
flying on running contracts.
Demand for foundry iron on running
contracts in this district is particu-
larly heavy. Castings and machinery
interests have regained nearly all their
lost ground since January. Three large
castings concerns in Pittsburg. and a
fourth in Wheeling are building
additions to their open hearth steel
capacity.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-03
LACKAWANNA GAINS IN
IMMIGRANT POOL WAR.
Gets an Average of 500 Pas
sengerS Daily.

NEW YORK, April 3-Referring TO
the statement that the steamship lines
manifested conspicuous indifference to
the quarrel among the members OF the
Trunk Line Association over immi-
grant traffic, one of their representa-
tives said:
THE situation suits US 10 a finish.
We wanted the pool broken up. No
disposition to prevent it prevailed in
our circle. We are satisfied now be-
cause the business is handled largely
to our advantage. We have been CIV
Ing the Lackawanaa an averge of 500
passengers since it withdrew from the
immigrant committee of the Trunk
Line Association. Now that the Lee
high Valley is out it will have the
same chance to get in on the distribu-
ton.
THE fight will become hotter as time
advances because there is more OF a
disposition to contest for the traffic on
an independent basis. The conditions
promise to grow ugly before they get
better.
THE railroads handed us the hot end
OF Lne POKER when our COMMISSIONS OH
business routed TO intermediate points
between New York and Chicago were
cut off. We had to take 1t then and
our fingers have been burning ever
since. We insist that these commits
sions shall be restored. otherwise We
will consult our W pleasure and our
own interests in distributing our bust
ness. Until our demand is complied
with, you will not see any change in
the situation. The quarrel will con
tinue and the disruption of the western
immigrant bureau, whose operations
were Endorsed by the Interstate Com
merce Commission. is inevitable. II a
better understanding Is not speedily
reached. We are content to have 1t SO
unless the concession we seek is con
ceded."
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-03
THE D MARKET.

NEW YORK, April 3.-Butter-
steadier; receipts, 5,3s1: creamery
specials, 2Ohz; extras. 21s; frsts. i7@1S;
seconds, 16@16hn; held creamery special,
1S1s@l9; extras. 17@1s; irts, 16@16E:
seconds, 15015h; State dairy, finest,
$685.; good to prime. 17@1S; common
to fair, 14@16; process special, 17la;
extras, II: frsts. IS; seconds. 141s@15;
imitation creamery firsts, l64l61s; fac
tory, current make, f%irsts, Isle; sec
onds, 14h@15.
Cheese-Irregular; receipts. 1855
State. whole milk. special. 1tla@l6;
September quality. fancy cofored. 1917
oil: do. white. l3@13h: summer and
fall made, colored, choice, 1908; do
white. 111a@12Hs; late fall made. col
ored, good to prime. 10&@11%; do
white, 101a@11A; current made. best
1917; do. common to fair, sq10; skins
2@I01s.
Eggs-Steady; receipts, 29.S26. Fresh
gathered selected extras. 171a@1S;
storage packed. firsts. II; fresh gath
cred firsts. 15% G16; seconds. 15@15A
fresh gathered dirties. No. /. 10: No. ?,
14@141a: checks, 13Ls@14: State, Penn
sylvania and nearby hennery. white,
1920; do. gathered white. 17@19; do.
hennery. brown, liz obs; do. brown and
mixed, gathered, l61s@1T; Western
gathered whites. 17@1s; Southern duck
eggs, 25@S3; Western, S0Q32. /
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-03
CONTRACTS FILED.

These contracts were filed in the
county clerks office today:
r. Watson, owner, with William Can
field, contractor, painting work, $465
Cleveland street, Orange.
William Comes, owner, with c.
Schmidt, contractor. painting work,
1929; IA Geneva street.
J. O~laszewski, owner, with e. Click
man, contractor, plumbing and timing
work, $500; 1853 South Fifteenth street.
Same owner with S. Blum & Son. con-
tractors. carpenter work. $2.475; same
premises.
r. Watson, owner, with Milne &
Plat, contractors, plumbing work. 1910:
Cleveland street, Orange.
Mary Bittmann, owner. with r.
Dombrowsky, contractor, plumbing. tin
ming and gas-fitting work, 1923; 6S Gott-
hardt street. Same owner with P. Zusi
& Sons, contractor, house moving, $95;
same premises. Same owner with A,
Shork, contractor, carpenter work, $3.50;
same premises. Same owner with S.
Merz's Sons, contractors, mason work,
$430; same premises.
B. Gross, owner, with A. Lewis &
Son, contractors, mason work, $1,000;
William street, East Orange
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-03
MARKET CLOSES
STEADY SELLING
ORDERS INCREASE
In the Final Dealings Prices
Became a Trifle
Sitter.

NEW YORK, April 3.-Prices were
firm and the market was quiet at the
opening today. The Canadian Pacihc's
gain of tx in London was increased to
? points here at the opening. Reading
and Minneapolis, st. Paul and Sault
Ste. Marie we're up y.
IL a. m.-Trading was, at low ebb
pending the receipt of news from
Washington as to whether decisions III
the antitrust cases We're to be made
today. Reading reacted half a point
on realizing sales, but the market
otherwise held firm. Associated Oil
gained 11s.
Noon-Business virtually came to a
standstill as the hour for the Supreme
Court to assemble drew near. Trader
paid little attention to the market fear
ing to make any stand on either side
until word came from Washington as to
what was to be expected in the way of
decisions. The total of business up TO
noon was no more than is often done in
the first few minutes of an active day.
There was no sign of weakness such as
characterized some decision days,
however, the standard stocks moving
up quite sharply, particularly Union
Pacific, st. Paul, Reading and Leh gh
Valley, which were up a point. Ma
tiona1 Biscuit gained nearly two points
and Associated Oil jumped to so, a gain
kof ] points, with the advance Influenced
by reports of competitive buying in be-
half of new interests seeking control of
the property. Bond market was steady.
l p. IMPENDING news from Wash
ington, traders let the stock market
take care of itself.
2 p. m.--Speculative conditions were
unchanged in the stock in the late
afternoon, the list practically standing
still while awaiting news from Wash
ington.
3 p. m.-The market closed steady.
The announcement that the Supreme
Court would take a recess was greeted
with a volume of selling orders that
sent the important stocks Jack to Sat-
urday'S cleasing or below. In the final
dealings the market stiffened a trife.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-03
THE COTTON MARKET.

NEW YORK, April 3.-The cotton
market opened steady at an advance of
165 points in response to better cables
than looked for. and active positions
sold 5 to Z points net higher during the
early trading on covering by recent sell
ers, who seemed to apprehend a re-
newal of the active bull support noted
here on the late break of Saturday.
Nothing of this sort developed during
the early trading. and prices eased off
| slightly under selling liquidation and
local bear pressure, which was prob
ably encouraged by reports of further
rains in Texas and Oklahoma Offer
ings were not heavy, however. and the
market during the middle of the morn
ing was quiet. with prices holding 2 or
points above the closing figures of Sat-
urday.
Trading remained very quiet during
the late forenoon and prices continued
to fuctuate within a range of 4 or
points, ruling steady at a net advance
of 3 or 4 points at midday. Some trad
ers were inclined to attribute the dull
ness of trade to a disposition on the
part of local operators to await the ex-
pected decision in the Standard Oti
| case.