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Evening star., 1912-07-20
DON'Ts AND IFS OF TYPHOID.
Minnesota Health Official Gives
Latest Ideas on Fever Infection.

A paper read by DR.. II. w. Hill, epi-
demiologist of the Minnesota state board
of health, before a recent meeting of the
Illinois Water Supply Association, con-
cluded as follows:
"a The idea that typhoid fever is ex-
clusyely water disease is wholly mis-
taken. In Minnesota not more than one
third OF the cases SO originate. Two
thirds are due to carriage of infection
directly from patients and their dis
charges by hands, flies. etc, which infect
eating utensils, food, milk, etc.
(2) The idea that any great percentage
even of the water typhoid is due. to in
fected wells is also a great mistake-at
least in Minnesota. Drilled and driven
wells are. practically speaking. not capa-
bic of Infection, through the soil, ana
seldom from the surface. Dug wells in
send or clay soils receive pollution chiefly
from surface wash. Water typhoid US
ual1y Gn Minnesotar is the result or
drinking infected surface waters,
go No well should be continued in use
if unfiltered human discharges have ac-
cess to It: not because typhoid fever will
necessarily develop therefrom. but be-
cause If unfiltered human discharges
chance that infected human discharges
containing typhoid bacilli will one day
take the same route and infect the same
water.
q, When a case Of typhoid fever oc-
ours, study the history of the patient
to discover where he was and what he
ate and drank and with whom he came
in contact during the second and third
weeks preceding his date of earliest
symp toms. These will be the third and
fourth. weeks preceding the date OF his
going to bed. as a rule.
t0 Don't make the illogical mistake
of. attrihuting a single case OF typhoid
TO the use of a well, which many other
persons were using at the date OF his
Infection without i'll effects. which is not
subject to surface contamination and is
sunk In clay or sand.
Evening star., 1912-07-20
Railway Employees Reap Benefit.

Railway employees and not railway
stockholders benefited by the increased
earnings OF railway companies in 1911.
Statistics celiated by the bureau Of rail-
way economics from the reports to the
Interstate commerce commission show
that the total amount paid to railway en-
ployes during the year ending June 30.
1911. was in round numbers $4,000, 900
greater than in the year previous. OF
this 50.o00g COO, 81, SOC. 600 was provided
by an increase In the railways gross
earnings and % 800 900 came out of rail-
way profits, or. in other words, was de-
Quoted from the amount available to pay
dividends to stockholders. That this in
crease in wages was due to an increase
in the average amount paid per man and
not to an increase in the number en-
ployed Is shown by the fact that there
were $1,000 fewer railway employees in
1911 than In 1910.
Evening star., 1912-07-20
BUSINESS PROPERTY SOLD.
Leopold Reichold Buys Store at 804
9TH Street.

One of the important realty transfers Of
the week involved the property at s04 7th
street northwest, which was sold for the
HodsEin estate to Leopold Reichold The
sale was made by the s. Goldberg Realty
Company. and the consideration announc-
ed was $4,000. This property is located
on the west side OF 7th street near IL
street northwest. and il is In use as
store. Mr.. Reicnold will hold the proper
ty as an ipvestment
The same firm also reported the sale 10
Meyer GoIdstein OF the residence at se4
Ii street northeast, the price OF the prop
erty being $500. Mr.. Goidstein will re-
model the building and use the ground
floor as a store.
The Goldberg company sold the dwell
ing No. 2Sll Dumbarton avenue TO
Thornton E. Rhodes. Mr.. Rhodes viii
remodel the house and occupy IL.
Evening star., 1912-07-20
EFFECT Of WAVE FORCE
ON FACE OF bREAKWATER
English investigator Gives Re-
suits of Unique Investiga-
tion of Water Pressures.

A new feature of wave impact has been
investigated theoretically and experiment
tally by Prof. A. II. Gibson. who presents
his results in paper before the lnstitu-
ton of Civil Engineers (England). When
waves strike the seaward face Of a sea
wall or breakwater. stones In this face
are sometimes lifted outward toward the
advancing wave, evidently by a pressure
beneath. 1t has heretofore been recogniz-
ed that the energy of the advancing
water would have an action which might
explain this phenomenon:
The pressure of the moving water
against the water lying in the joints Of
the masonry would produce a pressure
similar to the pressure of jet, and this
being transmitted directly to the back Of
the stone when the joints in the masonry
are entirely filled with water, or trans
mitted by air compression If the joints
are not completely filled. would produce
a pressure at the back of the stone equal
to that which the moving wave produces
at the front. Since the two pressures
might not be exactly simultaneous, or the
pressure might be transmitted to the
back of a stone which was not at that
moment being struck by the wave. lift
ing out of stones could occur.
Water-Hammer Impact.
Prof. Gibson, however. believes that
much greater pressure must occur under
the phenomena as observed. He is able
TO account for such greater pressures by
assuming that water hamper impact oc-
ours in the joints Of the masonry. He
reports a number of experiments on pipe
and other aggregations arranged to simu-
late the conditions which may exist in
the masonry joints when filed or partly
filled with water, showing that great rise
Of pressure actually Is noted. He con-
cludes: 9fst ~.
'The effective internal pressure due to
wave impact on the assumption of simple
hydrostatic. transmission of pressure can
not exceed that exerted by wave impact
on the sea face.
IF the energy of the wave is devoted to
compression of air in the open joints, the
pressure produced may amount to ap-
proximately twice the face pressure.
IF, however, conditions are favorable to
the production of water hammer, consid-
erably greater internal pressure (up to
some fifteen times the face pressure
with very high velocities Of impact are
to be regarded as possible.
."The results suggest the desirability of
providing free outlet for such water as
may circulate through the interior OF
sea wall or breakwater.
Evening star., 1912-07-20
May Adopt Commission Government,

The plan of commission form OF gov
ernment which will be submitted to
the people of Savannah, Ga. has now
been finally determined upon and II il
awaiting the action 6f the legislature to
authorize the election. Ii was finally de-
c,ded to nx the salary of the mayor at
S6,OOO per annum. with 81 ,O0o less for the
four aldermen. The initiative and refer
endum and recall has been adopted. The
eight-hour working law was rejected
after a fight, and the departments VIII
be conducted upon the civil service plan.
with open meetings of council every two
weeks The legislature will also he re-
ouested TO pass a bin establishing the
Australian ballot law in Savannah. IN
the plan goes through the change will be
made January i.
Evening star., 1912-07-20

4 hre-horse famine Is slowly but sure
y forcing the Cleveland fire department
into motorization. according TO Secretary
Stillman OF the fire departemnt. II the
department is not motorized il faces the
alternative OF making use OF de-
erepit horses that will respond to
eaiis willingly but inefacientiy. 1--WE
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simply can't xe. the horses.

simply can't get the horses said
Stillman. The horses that we are
now using have been in the service ten
or twelve years, when horse for good
service should not be used longer than
FIVE years. Not long ago the depart
ment bought horses for $.o0 Now VIC
can't get the same kind of horse for $3.50
From all appearances We simply will be
forced into motorizins the Department."
Evening star., 1912-07-20
By Frederic ]. .Haskin.

Andrew Carnegie's gift Of ten million
dollars for the establishment of the Car
negie endowment for international peace
came after years of interest in the move
ment for the abolition of wars among
civilized nations. In the latter part of
1910 he concluded the best way to bring
about that desirable result was to finance
worldwide movement in favor of arbi-
tration as substitute for the sword as
a method of ending international disputes.
He therefore gathered together a group
of strong men. in whom he had great
confidence. and made them trustees of a
fund of ten million dollars, the income
to be spent in promotion of world peace.
Coming on top of his great gift OF the
Peace Palace at The Hague his gift to
the Pan-American Union and his gift
for the construction of the building of
the Central American court Of justice, at
Cartago. Costa Rica, Mr.. Carnegie's gift
for this foundation was a most munificent
one.
The Laird of Skibo has evolved a pro-
gram which he hopes to live to see the
nations of the earth carry out-a purpose
which probably he best expressed in his
talk year ago at the National Press
Club in Washington. He said that all
civilized nations have established courts
for the settlement Of difficulties between
individuals. and have denied to all their
citizens the right to settle them by brute
force. He feels that no individual is At
to sit in judgment in his own case. and
that nations are nothing more than COL
lections of individuals, each no more f1t
to determine the righteousness of a cause
in which it is interested than is an in
dividual when bitter disputes arise.
Therefore, he concludes. if citizen may
be hailed into a national court and there
made to do justice by his fellow-man why
should not a nation be made to come into
an international court and there COM
PEELED to do justice by it's fellow-nation
world peace may be made possible. He
would bring into actual being the fed
Grafton of the world and the parliament
OF man.
Evening star., 1912-07-20

II you want work read the want COL
umns Of The Star.
Evening star., 1912-07-20

for Cooperation. he's, eI can na,n au" naa rney y
in his glorious ascent onward and up
ward, and use the fund accordingly.
When his trustees organized the founda-
tion one of the first things they agreed upon
was that there should be no duplication
Of effort, but cooperation with existing
agencies. 1t was early decided to get a
federal charter for the foundation, and
one was drafted under the direction Of
Senator Elihu Root the president of the
foundation.
This charter announces that 1t is the
purpose of the foundation to advance the
cause of peace among nations. to hasten
the abolition of international wars and
to encourage the peaceful settlement of
international differences. The methods by
which 1t is proposed to achieve these ends
are numerous. The first is by scientific
investigation into the causes of wars and
practical methods of preventing and
avoiding them. 1t proposes to aid in the
development of International law: to try
to secure a worldwide agreement there
on: to educate the people Of the world
concerning the causes nature and effects
OF war: to establish better understand
ing of international rights and duties and
more perfect sense of international jus
tfce. 1t also purposes TO direct its ener-
gies toward a better understanding be-
tween the different nations of the earth
and in the promotion of a friendly feeling
between their inha bitants.
In the carrying out of the objects of the
foundation three divisions have been es-
tablished. The division of intercourse and
education is presided over by President
Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia Uni
versity. This division has charge of the
propaganda of the foundation. Its head
quarters is in New York, but il MAIN
tains a European branch in Paris which
directs the propaganda for peace in
Europe. There is also an advisory coun-
ell made up OF thirty-nine prominent
european statesmen. Aid is given to all
the peace agencies of Europe, including
both organizations and periodicals.
Evening star., 1912-07-20

The direct way In which Director
Butler works for peace is illustrated by
the course he pur-
Works for Peace sued last year when
in Direct Way. En.,,.n m sm nrs.s usre ame
urging their respective peoples to go to
war. Viscount Haldane delivered an ad-
dress at Oxford on England and Ger
many: A Study Of National Character
istics." The yiscount was secretary Of
state for war and his address was an
authoritative utterance. While it did not
directly discuss the pending problems that
threatened open war, it was an utteranee
which Director Butler thought would
tend to lead the Germans to better
feeling toward their English kinsmen. He
directed the issuance Of a quarter Of q
Evening star., 1912-07-20

The direct way in which Director
Butler works for peace is illustrated. by
Evening star., 1912-07-20

Senator Root has proposed the making
Of an abstract of the provisions contain
Evening star., 1912-07-20

When Mr.. Carnegie announced his gif
he declared that the trustees should, from
The Parker post., 1912-12-07
SQUATTERS
KIDNAPPED
MEN WHO KEPT CONTESTANTS
OFF CLAIMS ARE ARRESTED
AND TAKEN TO LOS ANGELES
ON CONSPIRACY CHARGE.
(PalO Verde Valley Herald }


Seven of the squatters on the con-
tested homeSteadS near Neighbours
were arrested by U. S. marshals and
hurried to Los Angeles last Wednes-
day on a charge of conspiring to pre-
vent settlement on the claims by
settlers holding Land office filings
The men taken in custody were
W. B. Edwards, Benjiman White,
William Wells, G.. S. Wells, Oscar
Wells, R. l.. Culpepper and John Nc
Laren.
Accusations against these men
were filed by Rev. p. H. Bodkin and
Rev ]. NJ Ochletree, who claim they
were prevented from going upon the
homesteads for which they held
homestead rights by these men.
After being held i'll Jail in Los An
geles for two days the squatters
were turned loose without bond Their
preliminary examination was set for
December IL Land office commits
sioner Robinson before whom they
appeared at first demanded $1,000
bail from the men but this demand
was finally withdrawn and they were
turned loose pending trial
The charges against the men were
filed upon the complaint Of Bodkin
and Ochletree and others who secur-
ed preference rights to the land upon
which the defendants have been liv-
ing for several years. 1t is claim
ed that in some instances the squat
terS used force to eject the cOnteS-
tantS from entering land. After some
contention at the time Bodkin and
Ochletree attempted to make settle
ment, the local justice court declared
that the Squatters should have tenn
porary possession of the claims until
the question of title was settled. The
matter is pending in the court at
Riverside at the present time.
The charge of conspiracy brought
by the U. S. Land office has nothing
to do with the ultimate ownership of
the land.
The history of this case dates back
to 1905 when the land under question
was withdrawn from entry by the
United States land office pending a
decision as to whether it belonged to
the state under the Swamp and Over
The Parker post., 1912-12-07

H. A. Morse, who took charge of the
place Wednesday morning. Messrs.
Morgan & Bradley will devote their
time to the development of their min
ing properties in the Riverside noun
tains.
A. w. Bryant visited Vidal Tues
day to inspect the new Sauer truck
that Floyd Brown recently purchased,
and which he is at present using in
hauling ore from the American Eagle
mine. The truck is proving a great
success, and Mr. Bryant believes that
it is only matter of a short time
when more trucks of this kind are
brought into the country for ore haul
ing purposes.
c. Clerc, vice-president and gen
eral manager, W. Schultz, director,
and w. A. Seamon, smelter supern-
tendent of the Swansea CONSOLIDATE
ed Gold Ond Copper Mining company.
will arrive in Parker Monday to eX-
anime the Arizona Empire property
They will remain at the camp until
Tuesday afternoon Swansea is after
custom ores and the visit to the
Empire is for the purpose of esti-
mating what tonnage it is possible
to secure for immediate daily ship
ment.
located thirty miles below Parker on
the California side of the river,
yesterday Wiley fell into little
sum of money pretty easy around
Thanksgiving. He was under con
tract to go to Palmer, Idaho,
where he was to throw a steer at
wildwest affair scheduled to take
place on Thanksgiving day The
show fell through and the promoters
wired him not to come, but they
also sent along $500 in settlement of
the $500 which he was to have re-
ceived for the job.
Mark Dunbar of the Arizona Demo
crat was visitor here Monday in
the interest of his paper. While here
he made arrangements to give Parker
considerable space in the Democrat
every week, and this publicity is
bound to result in much good to
this section of the country. The
Democrat. Is one of the best little
dailies in the southwest and it is the
earliest paper to reach Parker with
the latest news of the world in gen
eral In consideration of the Demo-
Gratis liberal offer to publish Parker
news the people here should see
that their names are put on the Demo
Gratis subscription list. The price
of the paper is only 25 cents per
month, and it is worth double the
sum.
The Parker post., 1912-12-07

flow act or not. At the time it was
withdrawn several entrymen had
filings on the land but had not filled
the requirements of the homestead
law by living on the homesteads.
Later, and while the land was still
withdrawn, P. H. Bodkin and others
filed contests upon number of the
homesteads, basing their claims on
the fact that former homesteaders
had not lived on the land. Still later
the present squatters took up resi-
dence on the land and have been liv-
ing there and improving the claims
for two or three years.
Last May the land was again open
ed to entry and both squatters and
those holding contest claims filed up
on the land. The United States land
office declared against the squatters
and in favor Of the contestants.
These were required to take up resi-
dence on the land last month.
In the meantime the squatters had
appealed the case. The final decision
has not. been received yet and the
squatters assert that until it is re-
ceived they have sole right to live
on the land 1t was for this reason
that they repulsed the contestants
efforts to settle on the land last
month
AS there was no serious disorder
at the time of attempted settlement
those acquainted with the facts of
the case, feel certain that the squat
ters will be finally freed from the
charges against them.
The Parker post., 1912-12-07

Bronson-So you claim to have in.
vented flying machine?
WOodson-Yes.
BrOnSOn-DoeS it fiy?
Woodson-Yes All I've got to do
now is to devise some means Of
finding out where it is going to light.
Good meals every day at Robert S
dining rooms.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-11-08
MARVELS OF LONDON LIFE

The immensely of the worlds great
est city is strikingly illustrated by the
facts and figures published recently in
a report on London life issued by the
London council. 1t is estimated, for
instance, that s1,400,0o0 is paid every
week in rent. and e420,00O in rates.
while for the privileges Of keeping
about 100000 dogs Londoners pay
s61,000 a year in carriage and motor
licenses, while altogether no less
than $1,000, 100000 worth of property
belonging to Londoners is insured.
1t is remarkable that while so years
ago only half the people living in
London were born in the capital. to-
day we are approaching the time
when three-quarters of the population
of London are natives, the figures be-
ing 66S per 1000. Most people are
under the impression as they notice
the new streets of houses springing
up in all directions in the metropolis,
that London is growing bigger every
day, but, as a matter of fact, last year
100000 less was spent on house
building than in 1902.
There are 1850 weddings in London
every week, while the weekly average
number of inquests is 100. No fewer
| than SO, 1000 drunkards are convicted In
IL months, while postmen deliver
every day 100000 letters, postcards
| circulars and newspapers.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-11-08
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prayer did she move her lips and say,
Jesus, have mercy on me"
Some three or four times did the
invalid leave for a moment her bed,
on which all the rest of the time she
lay In a crouching posture with the
bedclothes drawn up over her head
1t Is said that her whole nourishment
consisted of two cups of milk day.
When her mother died Caroline must
have been conscious to some extent
of the fact, for she burst into tears,
though otherwise no change was no
ticeable in her condition. After the
mothers death a brother undertook
the charge of the sleeping girl and
her food, but after two years he was
drowned, and this sad event occa.
stoned a second violent fit of weeping
The care of her then devolved upon
housekeeper and Caroline seems to
have shown more intelligence and
sharpness in noticing her presence. 1t
began to be noticed that her hair was
always kept tidy and that her nails
did not exceed the usual length. As
the result of an experiment in leaving
her alone for some hours of the day a
suspicion arose that her trance could
not have been so complete and I'M
broken as formerly. At last there was
no doubt about 1t. Food disappeared
mysteriously.
A few months later Caroline sud
denly asked for her mother, and when
her brothers hurried to her side she
waved them away, saying, You
aren't my brothers; they were quite
small" From that moment she was
different being. The trance had
ceased and left her quite well and
hearty. The most careful examina
ton failed to reveal to the doctor the
slightest trace of weakness or Of
mental defect She remembered ev
cry detail of her early life, but showed
a great reluctance to speak about hel
illness.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-11-08
SPENT 80 YEARS IN TRANCE

There have been several cases of
long sleep quite apart from the cele-
brated sons of Ephesus and Rip Van
Wrinkle. One of the most remarkable
was the long sleep of German gov
eminent official named Arnheim, who
had an accident In which his head
was injured in 1904, and falling asleep
was still unconscious four years after
ward and may be sleeping still
But the most interesting example
was that of a woman, Caroline OILS.
son, living in the little island of Okuo,
off the coast of Sweden. who fell
asleep in 1875 and did not wake up
till 1907 DR.. Froderstrom of the
Salpetriere asylum in Paris has made
detailed examination of her expert
ence and now publishes the result OF
his inquiries in the asylum journal.
1t seems that "the sleeper of Okuo'
was born in 1861. The first fourteen
years of her life was passed in per
feet health, although extraneous diff
f1culties prevented her from attending
school. 1t was not till just before her
fourteenth birthday that she received
! any schooling. At the following
Christmas she fell i'll.
On the all-eventful day she came
home from the school. which was
three miles off, and complained Of
toothache and indisposition and was
put to bed. A very few hours Later
she fell into a trance, uttered ne
word, seemed to hear nothing anC
showed no trace of feeling anything
when needles and such like things
were run into her arms. For thirt!
years and more, according to he
mothers evidence, Caroline remained
in this condition without sign o
change. Only once in reply to thu
despairing cry of her mother for |
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-11-08
CHICKEN EATS LIVE SNAKE

Grown chickens and young pullets
have been known to eat almost any
thing that crossed their path, when
hungry, but it was supposed that
snakes were not included in their
dainties, until few days ago when
a pullet at Clay City, Ind, topped off
a hearty breakfast by swallowing a
long garter snake while it was alive
The snake appeared in the chicken
yard while the fowls were being fed
Several chickens pecked the snake
and it started back to the bushes
when the pullet left it's meal of corn
and chased it. The reptile attempted
to fight the pullet but the pullet soor
put stop to the fight by swallowing
the snake.