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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-04

Mrs. Joe Saddler, SO years of age, died
last night at 10 o'clock at her home at
Saddlers Settlement after a long illness.
The deceased is survived by husband,
one child, a mother two sisters, two
brothers and a number of other relatives.
The funeral took place this afternoon at
3 o'clock from the residence. Interment
was made at the Saddler cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-04

There will be a meeting of the Con-
federate veterans Saturday morning at II
o'clock at the city hall. All veterans
are especially urged to be present at this
meeting as delegates will be selected to
attend the reunion in Chattanooga, which
will be held in May.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-04

Mrs. Vernon Long and vernon Long
Jr., have returned from Visit 10 Ius-
caloosa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-04

On Tuesday evening the board of edu
cation will hold it's regular monthly meet
ing at which time the annual election OF
officers will take place, new president
to succeed DIR. r. w. Waldrop, whose
term as president and as a member o1
the board has expired Matters pertain
ing TO the closing of the school term il
May will come before the body.
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necessary to know more about the evo.
luton Of the virus. DIR. John r. Moh-
Ter. chief Of the pathological division Of
the United States Bureau of Animal In
dustry. has this to say about this feature
Of the malady: This contagion can he
propagated only in the body of an ami
NAL. and despite numerous attempts to
ture media only negative results have
followed The disease Is transmitted
from one animal to another through
"A long series. which indicates the
presence of n living organism capable Of
multiplication. rather than a mere toxin
which would naturally become greatly
diluted and innoCuous by passage
through such a series. In addition. the
behavior Of the disease makes us GER
tain that II is caused by a specific micro
the body undcrgocs a period Of incuha-
tion, during which it multiplios and sub
sequently produces certain definite
symptoms and LESSONS which terminate
in death"
When the virus in the saliva Of the
rahid dog is deposited in the wound it
u mains latent for a widely variable
period 1t has been proved by expert
mcnts that the virus follows the path
of the nerves to the spinal cord and
then along the latter to the brain before
the symptoms Of hydr"phoba appear.
Gcrlach has gathered stathtics from a
great number OF cases and the period
between the bite and the first symptoms
Of the malady has been found to vary
from II to 2S5 days In the ma jority
of cases signs Of the disease appear in
from three weeks to three months after
the bite has been inflicted.
Again dogs bite may prove infec-
tious at least three days before the dog
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Nucleated bodies in culture.

to the extent Of the uniform presence
Of these bodies in the cases Of all vic.
tins Of hydrophobia. Further, in ex-
amining the vitality Of these Negri
bodies 1t If found that they strikingly
resemble the vitality OF an emulsion
made from the virulcnt nerve tissue.
Another fact of great Importance in
emphasizing the difficulties yet to be
overcome in fighting the malady when
once developed is the resistance To- the
attack Of external agencies which Necrl
bodies manifest, They stand out against
putrcfaction, drying. SC, and ii IL said
they are virtually the last portion Of
the nerve cell To survive thu advance
Of decomposition. Such then is their
obstinacy when they have reached the
brain, and there II l. that science must
battle with tn" disease in its ultimate
stage. Keep these facts NiNidly in mind
because this is the cruN Of the prob
lem involved in "a possible cure. not pre-
vcntion, of the dicasc.
Probably no one in New York to-day
is better qualified TO speak Of preventive
measures than DR. George G. Rambaud
head of the Pastour Institute M this
city. DR.. Rambaud has gone to some
pains to explain the possible value of
Dr. Nosuchi's discovery, and it will be
best to quote him. as he sought To put
the facts in language comprehensive to
the layman:
"Quite true he said. I'VE have not
been certain as to the identity Of the
rabic germ, and this fact will show YOU
what an exceedingly clever thing Pas
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1t is too late at that time to fight the
enemy by the present method of treat
mcnt
Rabies is Il specific infectious dis
ease involving the nervous system and
characterized 10y extreme cxcitability
and other disorders. we'll nigh always
terminating in death. The germ Of the
disease had no, been definitely isolated
prior To Noguchis discovery, but ample
evidences have been found in the ncr-
vous system Of hydrophobia victims
that the malady is caused 10y a specific
organism The way of discovering this
is of interest because it helps laymen
to understand how the scientific investi-
gator pursucs some of his lines of re-
| search
When an emulsion made from the
brain OF rabid anima! is passed rap
idly through fine filter the iiltfate is
| found to be harmless. That is. none Of
| the Viruent germs get through. ON
| the other hand. il the emulsion is
| strained through more porous fabric
| Gates that the infectious principle OF
| the malady is not In solution hut is "A
definite organism Of such size as to be
excluded from the Nitrate when a very
fine filter is employed.
| Again, in order to make certain tha,
the virus is Of an organic nature, the
experimenter subjects the emulsion and
the filtrate each to a heat Of 80 degrees
centigrade for one hour, and at the end
Of that time the virulent substance be-
comes inert so far as disease producing
is concerned. Exposure to light for IA
period OF fourteen hours. the attack Of
antiseptic solutions and other tests SINH
larly kill the organism.
In order to grasp the meaning OF No
guchis discovery Of the germ It is
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Announcement by Scientist That He
Has Isolated Germs of Hydrophobia
May Be Followed by Radical De.
parture From Present Procedure of
Fighting Deadly Disease

have studied and which YOU will see are
very much like my sketches here.
However, DR.. Noguchl has undoubt-
cdly been able to make a much better
comparison than we can do now by
means OF his reproduced photographs
and my drawings. DR.. Noguchi seems
not only to have definitely identified the
rabc germ hut to have actually culti-
waited it. which has hitherto been unac-
complshed. This is unquestionably a
prerequisite to the finding out of
specific anttoxin or remedy for hydro
phohia when once developed. And in
all likelihood this may hc Dr. Noeuchis
next disclosure.
Remember Mt present we are deal
ing with a treatment for the prevention
Of hydrophobia which cmbodics the It's"
of the causativc agent in its host. the
affected nerve tissue. and the toxin so
generated within the brain. Now it Is
highly probable that if the isolated
parasite can hc cultivated and studied
deliberately without its present environ
ment. as we know ii. then perhaps
~" may find ways L. fight ii or TO neu-
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DR.. NOGUCHTS DISCOVERY MAY
CHANGE TREATMENT OF RABIES

manifests symptoms OF rabies and the
saliva Of one dog examined by the Pas
teur Institute in Athens. Greece, was
virulent eight days before the dog
showed signs Of the disease. These are
facts that emphasize how important It
is that the wound should he treated with
the least delay and that the dog. though
apparently not rabid, should he held
under surveillance for sufficient
period.
So far So good. hut what If the spc-
cihc germ? Despite Iasteurs hcn"f-
cent work. until Noguchi's discovery the
specific germ of rabies eluded c"nclu-
sive detection. Numhcrlcss attempts
had been made to isolate the causative
agent. and investigators have announced
varlously from time to time the finding
Of many of the lower forms of animal
and vegetable life. protozoa and bac-
terra. which they separately declared
to be responsible for the malady. lust
the same they were not certain which
particular one was the cause of the dis
ease.
Ten years ago Neeri found in the
nerve cells certain protozoan or animal
like bodies now commonly called Negri
bodies. which he believed were not only
peculiar to rabies but actually caused
the malady. Broadly, his conclusions
have been substantiatcd by many other
workers in the scientific world. nj least
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/, established This is known as fixed
virus.
THE remarkable par about this virus
is that while sinrularly harmful to the
rabbit II is innocuous to man and dog.
in these encctually combating the inCu.
baton and the spread Of tho germs fol.
lowing Infection from the hit of n rabid
animal.
Normally the period Of incubation Of
the germs after they enter the wound Is
about five weeks. hut treatment with
the emulsion gives immunity generally
inside Of fifteen days because Of the
comhatINe energy of the fixed virus OF
course YOU don't want me to go into the
whole subject Of fighting disease in this
fashion. that is "A lit too complex for
popular discussion offhand.
Yes, We do use n rahic serum hut
strange to say this is absolutely with
out avail when tried alone for the pre-
vention Of hydrophohia. Just why we
have not Vet discovered hut nevcrthe-
less this serum has its value. when
used in combination with the three part
| emulsion the serum Is found To hasten
the arrival of the period of immunity
and apparently it helps the emulsion to
bring the germs of rabies to quicker
| terms and surrender.
You ask mo whether OF not ! think
Noguchi's discovery will have any ulti-
mate effect upon the treatment of per-
sons bitten by rab!d animals and my
answer must of necessity be a qualified
one We are living in an age Of rapid
and astonishing developments, and in
| dealing with the mysteries of bactcr-
| ology We are cropping our way toward
the light. | have not Yet been able to
discuss with DIR. Noguchi the discovery
he has made and it is not yct ,!,ar to
me that his rahic parasite Is absolutely
distinct from the Ncgri bodies which
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teur did in providing his preventive
treatment. Keep in mind. however. that
We do not us" a virus as such. hut a
three part emulsion. consisting Of a bit
Of the affected brain tissue. the germ Of
the disease and n saline solution which
makes it possible to keep the substance
in a state of readiness for a considerable
period. We use the disease tissue simply
because We are thus certain of getting
the organsin which produces the
malady.
Now, even with this uncertainty just
see what Iasteur did. From the virus
of an infected dog. taken from the
street. he got what is termed street
virus, and this he passed or transferred
to other animals tn" rabbit for in
stance. in which he rcdevcoped the
malady. The virus from the rabbit was
known as passage virus and by sue
ccssive passages to other rabbits he
gradually increased the Nirulonce of this
passage virus until its power To induce
the disease in the rabbit was So great
that a fixed period of incubation was
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T s that dire maladv rabies. or hydro
phubia. as it is commonly called,
to lie mastered? Has Hideyo No
guchis brilliant work hlazed the
,,ath to a new way Of battling with this
disease when once developed? The inn
portance OF these questions is indicated
~ the fact that the statistics Of only two
years back show no fewer than 1885
persons bitten in the United States by
rabid dogs. The number Of persons So
wounded who developed hydrorhohia is
put AT probably not more than 20 per
cent. Of the total.
Or. Noguchi Of the Rockefeller In
stitute for Medical Research in New
York announces that he has isolated
the germ of rabies, and assuming the
scientist to have actually accomplished
this there is possibly to follow a radical
change in the treatment Of the malady.
This does not mean that the present
procedure is defective within its scope
If application, but, paradoNical as ii may
seem, the medical world hitherto has not
really been fighting hydrophobia, but
rather the germs which, if unchecked,
would induce the disorder.
The Pasteur treatment. which has
saved thousands Of lives, aims to neu-
tralize the poison Of the rahic virus
carried into the system at the time OF
wOunding and thus to prevent the in
cubation Of the germs within the human
body. In other words it seeks to meas
IRE forces with the invaders at the first
breach in the defenCes, and in this
fashion TO stop their assault further
along upon the citadel of the nerve
Of rabies are not so checked before the
period Of incubation at the wound they
steal on until they reach their goal
when symptoms Of hydrophoba develop.
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know, has been made to- yic,d .,..,
ment and persons so suffering ha. ..,a,
saved This has made founda' . a.
the belief that hydrophob.a cu..I 4
hattled with along the sam. nr
when the Infection of luckiaN
ried into wound the calsai.y. .,.
generates a toxin at the point of .i .i.,
tho germ does not move further .,., ~
body. The virus follows th..c.l .,.,,,
Of the blood and reaches il. n.,.
where it sets up its Irritation Tru. I'm.
as in hydrophobia, the afflir'ur Lo
not betray itself until the Yr.,
reached. hut there is this vt.. dr..
cncc. In the case Of rabies ..,. ,.-,
itself travels hrainward a.i. -
nerves. while in tetanus W. ....
deal only with the toxin s"nt ,.f.....
the germs in the more or l... r......
wound. We have found a W., '. .s,
tralizc the toxin. and that i'm 50 p..
the secret Of what success ha- '.. O.,
the fight against lockiaw.
"pcrhaps YOU may have road ' .s
cent case out West in which d ...-,
attacked with hydrophohia W. ira
through the use of uuininc -t ~,
Now uuinlnc is the one spcC''i. ~.
capable of combating the g.. .r
malaria. and the germ of this f.... Is,
protozoan. This Is the first iu- ..
which I have knowledge wh,r =.
protozoan Of rabies has bee. M
treated. In fact We did not KIN, '.a
the germ WIS definitely of th.- u
nature until Noguchi discoN'H. o
means Of his microscope thai g.. %.
cleated bodies which he has 'u' o.
exhibit the appcaranc" not Of P. r
hut of protoZoa.
Why. then, If "A specific .a. ..
found for malaria should not a.
cure he discovered for rln''." %
Noguchi has given us .
Stoppngstonc toward such au
mcnt. and the remedy may be 20.
hand Int not vet Identified as
"Of course YOU realize that 49,
covery of this sort need not diSp
present preventive troatm"u'
We owe to the brilliantly ORIG % ,r
Of rastcur. it will probably Sap,.
our present practice hy giv.u- g
cilitios for fighting the diS"ls. H
has reached the brain and WI' ..
the presence of the rail-. 90
through tho symptoms uf Whl' N o.
pleased commonly To call hydro.
At present we lose only about
on. and half eases IN 4 '.t 70
that are inoculated with tha I.
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emulsion. hat thor. arc man,
that ar, not so s,f.ru,ri..i
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traiize il as has been done in the cases
of other diseases.
In some ways tetanus and hydro
phobia are related. Both diseases at
tack the brain and the central nervous
system, but their ways of doing il are
quite u-similar Tctanus, as You
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-16

instant whatever is necessary to avert
an accident.
you must figure out in advance
just what you'll do if a pedestrian
or a vehicle does a certain thing, and
you must be able to think quick
enough to change your plan if he
does something else. Sometimes you
catch a glimpse of man up
in the next block, and something tells
you he's going to get in front of your
machine. Then you've got to have
your brain find way to avoid him,
no matter what he may do.
1--WE had a lot of narrow escapes,
but my luck is still with me, and
I've never had an accident. | re-
member once when we were running
to a big fire on PeaChtree street /
came so near running down an old
woman that I'm scared every time
| think of it. We were going about
40 miles an hour, and everybody was
trying to get out of the way at the
same time. This woman came out of
a store and started across the street.
saw her on the sidewalk and she
looked right at us. Then she stepped
deliberately into the street and start
ed to cross. There was no time TO
stop, so | made a big sWerve to the
right and would have cleared her all
right if she hadn't stopped suddenly,
turned around and started running
back to the sidewalk she had just
left. We were so close to her then
/ could have reached out and touch
ed her. Something had to be done
right away Stopping the car was
tout of the question, so | gave the
steering wheel a twist and we skid
ded across the street and narrowly
missed crashing into the opposite
sidewalk The fender of the car grazed
the old womans dress"
Pedestrians Are Foolish.
To fireman the eighth wonder of
the world is the way people act
when they hear a fire gong.
'If everybody would run to the
sidewalk" says Gilbert, land if all
the traffic would draw up to the
curbing. there would be little dan
ger Of accidents. But people seem to
lose their heads when they hear the
bells and see the apparatus. Every
body wants to run out into the street
and see what is going on, and when
one wagon has passed they all look
after it without thinking of the
wagon that is coming behind. And it
seems that everybody wants to cross
the street just as the fire apparatus
is coming along. People will stand on
corner for hours at a time, and
then, as soon as they hear the fire
wagons coming, will dash madly
across the street, and nine times out
of ten they get in front of the appa-
ratus. Then If they get hurt, they
blame the drivers for what is their
own fault"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-16
Retired West Point
Business Man Dead
Atlanta Daughter Survives Former
Mayor, Confederate Veteran and
Wholesale Merchant.

WEST POINT, Nov 15.-Captain
J. S. Baker, a Confederate veteran
and one of the wealthiest and most
prominent men of West Point, died
at his home here this afternoon. He
was 20 years old and had been a resi-
dent of Georgia for more than half
a century. He served in the Fourth
Georgia Regiment during the war
between the States. He recently re-
tired from the head of the Eady-
Baker Wholesale Grocery Company
Of this city.
Captain Baker was Mayor of West
Point several times. He is survived
by one son, Arthur Baker; two sis
tiers, Mrs. T. J. Eady, of Atlanta, and
Miss Lizzie Baker of West Point.
Funeral services will take place
Sunday afternoon from the home.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-16
Hurrah! Hot
Springs Liver
Buttons Are Here
money Back, if You Don't Feel
Younger and Brighterin
Three Days.

,o. n.h II worry and don't take Gallo
..1sit. your sluggish liver into fine
.ss."iN'iiuon and get rid of constipation,
...,. headache, biliousness and pimply
'".u IN few days.
spTrsLl, q box Of the famous Hot
Nlr'.iINGS LIVER BUTTONS of any
--.St to-day, 25 cents.
. .Njle' blissful wonder workers
..f surely are; take one Tonight
9 1'u lfee the bowels from poisonous
."'le ana gas. You'll feel bright and
'EpN tomorrow.
pc hs sure and get some. for besides
"a ,. -s II wonderful laxative they are
,gao system tonic. They give you
,l,M Zen appetite, subdue your rebel
NJ stomach and clean and rid the
r1,r,, 81 impurities They are simply
he , ", for malaria, and to clear
Fr sNlh of sallowness and botchas
go sample of little chocola ne
T T5Ssg HOT SPRINGS LIVER BUT
Co a. rom Hot Springs Chemical
presr tr9I Springs, Ark, where doctors
F'escrioe them.-Ady.
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Indications Point to Slight De-
crease in Cost of Living
Before the Holiday,
TURKEYS TO Be PLENTIFUL
Trimmings" With Exception of
Nuts and Raisins, Are Quoted
at Reasonable Figures.

Mr. High Cost of Living may be
r.utchng at the throat of Atlanta, as
the Government statistics say he is,
but he is going to let down the bars
a little along about Thanksgiving
one of the city's leading dealers said
Saturday night that unless prices
took a jump that is entirely unexpect-
ed the Thanksgiving feast for At
lantans will cost less this year than
it did in 1912.
He estimates that between 5000
and 10000 turkeys will be shipped
into Atlanta before Thanksgiving,
exclusive Of those that go through the
city to the smaller Georgia towns.
Shipments are being received every
day and local dealers have been SELL
ing them for more than a week,
though the demand has not yet
become great
Turkeys at g Cents.
The price of turkeys this year will
range from q and IS cents for a
young gobbler 70 80 and 33 cents for
selected hens Most people prefer the
latter but the experts declare that
The young gobblers are even better
eating than the hens. Those who can
not afford turkey can buy fine dressed
poultry from % to 30 cents
a POUND.
The trimmings" of the Thanksgiv-
ing feast, with the exception of nuts
and raisins, will also cost a trifle less
han last year, 1t is said. Cranber-
ries Of the finest quality are selling
now for 10 cents quart, and excel
lent celery can be purchased at three
for a quarter. No advance is ex-
pected on these prices before Thanks
giving as the available quantity of
both appears to be unusually large.
Nuts and raisins will be higher be
cause Of the heavy rains of last fall
in Europe, especially in France, from
which America imports a great sup
ply of raisins. The raisins are ex-
pected to retail by Thanksgiving at
from 10 to 40 cents, depending on
the quality. Nuts will sell at vary
ing prices, and ~robably will fiuctuate
considerably within the next month.
Will Import Birds.
Practically all of the turkeys eaten
IN Atlanta will come from Texas,
Tennessee and the Middle West, with
only few Georgia turkeys appear
ns on the market. Texas is ship
ping turkeys to Atlanta this year for
the first time. The birds will be
fairly fat. the experts say, but hardly
as plump as in some previous years.
While other parts of the country, es-
peeially seaport cities, will benefit by
The new tariff law, which will per-
nt the free entrance of turkeys
IRON China, Russia and Siberia, At
antans, in the opinion of local deal
"rs, Will not get a glimpse of the for
eign birds. All the birds eaten here
VIII be fresh birds, as no cold storage
turkeys are expected to appear on the
local market.
Lower prices for turkeys appear to
prevail all over the country. Owing
to the dry mild summer the crop
is the biggest in the last dozen
Years. In New York dealers are talk
ing Of selling plump Western birds
Tor % cents pound, with thinner
specimens bringing from IS to 90
cents. Maryland, West Virginia and
Virginia turkeys are quoted in the
New York market at from % to 80
cents
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as a great deal of uncertainty, as to.
The new administration, after striving
10 fill the office for a month"; has been
ever, officials have until December II in
which to make their appointment. as
Chief w. E. Chapman's term does not
expire until then.
The applicants are George Riley Sr.,
a liveryman: Cliff Vigal, United States
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-16

Deputy Revenue Collector; William l.
starr, a broker; William Burt, mill
superintendent; AL Smith, an engineer,
and Martin Thompson, a policeman. 1t
is believed the choice lies between Smith
and Thompson. Smith is Endorsed by
the Law Enforcement League and is an
active church worker.
The office now pays $3.50 per month,
but the salary will be raised to $4,000
year.