El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-10
FIND 4 SERUM
CURE FOR
SCARLET
Geman Physicians Discover
Remedy That Relieves the
Disease Quickly.
GERMAN ATHLETES
TO ENTER OLYMPICS

Berlin, Germany, Feb. 1O.-A serum
treatment for scarlet fever was re-
ported BY two physicians OF Frank
1ort-on-Main at a meeting at q Frank
fort hospital. Twelve cases OF pure
scarlet fever which the customary
treatment had failed to relieve. were
selected for the first trials. q decided
Improvement being observed in ten
cases following the injection OF the
serum The fever began to diminish
IN from two TO four hours and dis
appeared entirely after IA hours. pulse
respiration and general condition also
improving markedly.
In the two other cases severe com
pllcations with blood poisoning already
existed, but even in these the disease
TOOK less unfavOrable course than in
similar cases not treated with the
serum No unfaVOra bic results Of any
nature were traced TO its use
me serum Is produced from the
blood OF cOnvalescing fever patients
taken during the third or fourth weeks
of convalescence and mixed with phe-
mol serums from three different per
sons being mingled before Injection to
secure uniformity Injections Of so
cubic centimeters for children and 100
cubic cenumeters for adults were
made The experiments are being con-
tinued.
New NationnIism.
Conservation Of Natural Resources"
and the New Nationalist" Issues still
under discussion in the United States
nave reached far advanced stages OF
settled policy in Germany, as IS shown
Dy the decision OF the Prussian minis
ter Of commerce. TO turn over to the
Rheinisch-W estphalian Coal syndicate,
the great German fuel trust" the
sale Of the coal produced by the gov
eminent mines in Westphalia This is
development scarcely conceivable I'M
der American conceptions Of these
policies, out quite in harmony with
German ideas OF the proper relation OF
the government to great corporations.
Owns Most OF Coal Lands.
Under its settled policy OF public
utilization Of natural resources. the
PrusSl2n state has now becOme the
largest Individual owner OF coal lands
In the country. its recent purchases
under the law Of June is. 1907. having
given 1t total OF 1870 acres al
most three times q 8 much as the IarE-
est private owner, the Observation-Disclosures
Mining company This law of 1907,
which aimed TO prevent the undeVel-
Oped fuel resources OF the country fall
ing into the hands of some monOpO-
nstic organization with power to
throttle industry at any future time
by controlling the fuel supply. author
lied the state to reserve the mineral
rights in $50 -usaEimal fields" OF ap-
prOximately 5+31s acres each. before
the remaining coal lands were thrown
open to general private ownership The
state has now selected and acquired
the fuu area authorized by the law.
some $4,000 acres, partly I'm the new
coal fields on the west bank Of the
lower Rhine, near Cleves and Geldern,
partly east OF the Rhine In the dis
tricts Of Dusseldorf and DOrtmund and
partly in the Silesian coal fields near
the Russian frontier. These coal de
posts VIII probably be held in re-
serve for the present. their exact value
cannot be determined until the mines
are opened. but the government has
been able to take its pick OF the most
desirable prospects
VIII Enter Olympic Contests.
Germany, where interest in track and
field sports, though OF recent origin.
begins TO vie with that in the United
States and Great Britain, is preparing
to make a formidable bid for suprem-
acy at The Olympic games in Stock
holm this year.
At a meeting to the German Imperial
committee for the games, under the
presidency OF Victor Won POdbielsSy,
former minister of agriculture, 1t was
decided to send a team Of about $50
men to the games, paying their trans
pOrtation. board and other expenses
As a lack Of hotel accommodations
is already becoming evident, 1t IS nro-
posed to charter a special steamer Tor
quarters for the athletes
Expenses for the German team are
estimated at about $4,000. Of this
fl is hoped that the German govern
ment, which has already created
precedent by providing funds for the
German hOrsemen competing in the
military and civilian riding cOmpeti-
tiOns. viii pay $4,000. the balance be-
ing met by private subscriptions The
sum, though small, compared with the
100000 raised in the United States,
will be sufficlent, as the fare to stock
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