Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-10

Paris, Feb. 1o-Grrenchmen have been
watching with interest the experiment.
Of the retired American army lieuten-
ant. Riley e: 9cott.,.in dropping bombs
from aeroplanes at the aerodron1e of
Villa Coublay. Lieutenant Scott In
vented an apparatus designed to de-
termine the angle for the proper
launching OF bomb. together with the
determination Of the speed OF the aero
plane with reference to q point upon
the ground which 1t ID desired to hit.
The apparatus proved Of great help to
the aviator, who succeeded, at height
Of soc feet, In throwing two elongated
projectiles within a small circle. Lieu
tenant Scott made his experiments
with an American biplane.
The Paris taxi-cab strike ia proving
one of the most successful in the his
tory of labor troubles. Altho the move
ment is now in it's third month, the
strike fund is larger than 1t was when
the strike was declared. This is due
to the fact that. the issuance Of per-
mits by the strikers to chauffeurs who
own their own machines has brought in
a heavy revenue, as each chauffeur
who Is authorized by the union to work
contributes daily 81 to the fund. At
the close of January this fund had
reached $116,00O. 1t is distributed pro-
portionately to the strikers. who say
they intend to continue the fight until
their wages are increased.
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A striking innovation in the direction
Of enforced medical examination Of
women has been suggested by the
Swiss Society Of Public Utility for
Women. The proposition Is that young
Swiss women should undergo a medi-
cal examination on the same system as
their brothers when entering the army;
that the measure should be made COM
pulsory and that a certificate Of health
and fitness for motherhood should be
issued to each young woman who pass
es the examina ton.
In recent report Of the society.
Swiss women were urged to undergo
an examination for the sake Of them
selves and their country. The extrem-
lists in the society wish the test to be
applied to both men and women, ire
spective Of army requirements and
made compulsory by law under condi-
tons that govern the granting of life
insurance pOllcleS. lNcy also seek o.
law making 1t compulsory for clergy
men to demand medical certificate
from applicants before marrying them.
A serum treatment for scarlet fever
was reported by two physicians Of
Frankfort on Main at meeting at a
Frankfort hospital. Twelve cases of
pure scarlet fever which the customary
treatment had failed to relieve We're
selected for the first trials, 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 disap-
peared entirely after fourteen hours,
pulse, respiration and general condition
also improving markedly. In the two
other cases severe complications with
blood poisoning already existed. but
even in these the disease took a less
unfavorable course than in Similar
cases not treated with the serum. No
unfaX9ra ble results 81. of any nature were were
traced to ITS use. a.. -
The serum is produced from the
blood Of Commissioning fever PATIENTS,
taken during the third or fourth weeks
Of convalescence and mixed with
phenol, serums from three different
persons being mingled before injec-
ton to secure uniformity. Injections
of fifty cubic centimeters for children
and 100 cubic centimeters for adults
were made. The experiments are be-
ing continued. . &
conservation OF National Resources