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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02

The Balkan Slavs have learned their
strength. Even Servia through the
mouth of her premier, Pashitsch. talks
of our brothers in Austria in whose fate
We are interested This refers to the
4Gno,W1 Serbs and Croats in Austria
who outnumbcr considerably the :.H0o.coo
Serbs i'm Servia proper and in Montenegro.
The majority of the 4.ota.nD live in Hun
gary. where their language is prosecuted,
and their pro-Servian feelings We're mark
eddy shown when he dispute over the
fate of Albania was at its height
More dangerous than the gravitation to
the Balkan Slavs is the sravitation to
Russia The Austrian Poles alone do not
share in this The present intense Rus
sian persecution of their compatriots has
Just driven them to demonstrate in favor
of Austria in the Austro-Russian dIner-
ence But elsewhere among Austrian
Slavs is a strong pro- Russian feeling. At
is marked among he bohemian CZechs.
and is shown by the persistent attacks OF
the Czech leader, kramarZ. upon the
triple alliance and the AuStro-German
connection With her Serbo- Croats hold
ing out their hands to Servia and her
CZechs holding out their hands to RYs-
STA. Austria is endangered both in south
and north. and the huml; alton of Russia
as pretender to the leadership of the
Slars would be welcome to AustrlanS and
still more to Ilungarians, to whom Rus
STA is anathena ever since she in,ervened
against them in bloody ISIS.
:: x
Conrad Won Hoetzendorf's intmates say
that his view is in favor of provoking
Russia into war Immediately. If Russia,
even formally. first attacks. Russia is Sc
cure of the support of the German empire.
But the daring Conrad holds that Aus
tria alone is strong enough for Russia.
The disparity in the peace strength of
the two armies is much greater than the
disparity in time of war. In peace Rus
STA has 1,50t,o0o men under arms. and
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Tu1ES G0VZAWZ7V6 VcKS
MEeZED WITH J1ooZZZD
HZE1e

Thus The possibilities of death may be
avCHit d.
There is the d phtheria patch in this
crm garden which requires somewhat
different sort o. cultivation and fertiliz;i-
Ion The dphtheria germ is very
lu.ck grower. Its favorite food is blood
Wheneve a pat ent is suspected of hav-
- diphtheria the test is to plant some
OF the germs from the sick child in
cot of blood. IF it is really d.phtheria
the little germ. VII stick up their heads
within twentN-four hours, ard before any
other ge rms in the same culture sprout
They are recognized on sight. and the
fact of The disease is established. These
germs require oxygen where the tetanus
germs VIII no. live in its presence. Dph-
liberia. however. does not hike sugar. In
an ord rary test tube filled with broth
Il flourishes freely. 1t also is grown that
dphther:a antitoXinS may be tested.
The infantiic paralysis germ is a more
difficult crop. Nobody has ever seen the
nfantlc paralysis germ. 1t has never
been isolated. Yet its size is perfectly
known. These scientists know its size be-
cause they find that it will so through
filter which VIII catch another germ OF
known size. and it will not go through a
filter which another known germ that is
smaller will pass through.
So the infantile paralysis germ Is not
grown in the ordinary way. The MONKEY
here comes to the aid of science. Wltmn
the last two or three years unprecedented
advance has been made with lnfantile
paralysis measles and typhus fever
through the aid of the monkey. Neither
rabbits nor guinea pigs VIII become al
fected with these disc asses. The medical
men had therefore been unable to expert
ment with these diseases as they had
with those that might be observed while
running their course in the body of some
cause it is neart link to man. con-
tracts these diseases.
So. infantilc paralysis is studied By
means of monkeys having the disease.
Whenever one OF these monkeys dies it's
spinal cord is removed and placed in
gIycerin. Under those conditions the
germ OF the disease keeps alive for
months. \ new case of the disease may
he started by injecting a monkey with
piece of this spinal cord.
This ter. iblc disease is at times main
tanned ana transmitted lit the laboratory
in a different way. The biting stable
fly. that little member of the fly family
which most of us have felt and which
may be recognized by the peculiar man
ner in which iSstands almost on its head
while DONG the hitingg is the 7bearer of
infantiIe paralysis. These flies have been
placed in the cage with an affected mon
key. They have hittenthat monkey. The
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@laYin8 With DEATH
] &EUNCE @AMS
GERM FARM

THE Most Deadly Dis
eases That the World
Has known Are Grown Like
Vegetables in a Garden-The
Pent up Destruction That
Lies Dormant in These Germ
Patches Makes a Dynamite
Factory Look Safe-Growing
Germs of the Deadly Lock
law-Men Who Gave Their
Lives in Order That Others
May Be Saved-Monkeys as
Life Savers.
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Austria only ;2JG0b: whereas in war the
nominal strengths are 9c0tsb3 and 2.;ND,-
0@. But Russia could not put o,.U0.G'D
men i'm the field. Her proba BILE maximum
strength. after allowing for the inevitable
internal troubles, would be seventeen
army corps. AS result of the trial
mobilization of last summer Russia has
already all these seventeen corps mObiliz-
ed along the Austrian frontier. Austria is
at present trying to concentrate an equal
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brilliant. ambitious young men who had
assmilated the Conrad doctrine To
foster the new spirit in the army Con-
rad in 1909 insisted on celebrating with
exaggerated pomp the battle of Aspern.
AuStria'S one great victory over Napo-
leon the first. Within a few years of
his appointment new. dangerous but
soldierly spirit spread through Austria $
once tame army. and now with Europe
in crisis it is that spirit which is driving
Austria into war.
Conrad's original hope was a resen-
Grating war" with Italy. Now he and the
must be with Russia The Balkan strug-
gle has changed the political situation.
and Austria today finds herself compelled
to challenge Russia for the Slav leader
ship or to face such Russian predOm-
nance that she will no longer he master
in her own house. The cruX is that Aus
tria is, after Russia. the greatest Slav
state Twenty-seven million Slavs inhahit
her territories as against 1l,0j0.Go0 Ger
mans and 9COo.No Hungarians. Since
the failure of Palacky's great plan for
sSlav autonomy the Slavicization of Aus
tria has rapidly gone on, and today even
in German Vienna the Slavs have their
own political parties and demand their
own schools. This SlaviciZation is a good
thing for Austria, the former foreign min
lister. Count Goluchowskie, said that it
was the sole alternative to dissolution.
Even the German statesmen of Vienna
recognize the fact. and therefore have for
two decades past pursued secretly or
openly a pro-Slav policy. Austrias OBJ
stacle here is the external Slav influence
i'm the Balkans and in Russia. and the
tendency of her own Slavs to 2ravitate
toward their brethren outside. The Bal
kan war result has increased that danger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02

HE government OPP
crates "A disease
farm. There il has
well regulated lit
tie y a 1 e n Q 5 of
plague and cholera
and typhus fever
and infantilc pa
IalySis and hy dro-
phobia and lock-
jaw and all the
rest of the deadly
germs. 1t grows
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vi SSADORS AMI
peace negotiatOrs
II % { w!:thstandhg
Austria IS march
in II q war.
Those to- whom
this IS no: evident
4 = g X IN without
that brilliant i'm
y Z { u o Us soldier,
the famous Con-
rad Vor HoetZen-
dorf. chief of the
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Aehrenthal he was dismissed from the
post OF chief of staff. which he mad held
since 1896. and was given the far less
influential post of inspector of the army.
Conrad had offended the peace-loving
Aehrenthal by his too bold preparations
and too costly expenditure on the expect
ed with Italy. The army was furi-
Gus. Conrad will return" was the pr0ph-
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MarshaIl's First Success I'm Law.

kin handed him out a ponc of cprnbread
and a hunk of bacon. and then demanded
a quarter for the rcpast.
i amt Cot no quarter. replied IN"
youth: Thought folks'd give a feller
little snack like that
Not much. growled uaskin: what
yol, 90; in that there bag there
Muffin bat a month-Old shote. 70
sponded the youth SAY h" added. 81
you'll gimme a quarter Yourself IN CIV"
you tho pig and wei call ii squar''
II reckon Nol. stole that pig. COM
mcnted Haskin, looking into the bag. els
You VOL ldnt sell it cheap. Well, here :
yo4Ir quarter. Gimme the pig.
The youth disappeared with the quar-
ter and iaskin. With the satisfaction Of
one who has driven a hard bargain. car
Ied the shote over to tho barnyard and
spilled !; into the pen beside the .Garean-
tuan porller. Coincidentally with this.
there rose from the alder bushes ada
cent the form OF young Marshall and an
other man: the other man was consta
bile. In his hand he held a writ of levy
lie climbed solemnlN over the pissty
and. pointing to the fat hog said:
- levy on that hog in tile suit of Coin
versus Haskin.' and he waved his hand
to man who was waiting with AN empty
wagon a piece down the road.
But that Pig IS exempt" roared nh
irate Haskin. recovering from his aston
shment at the p-oce edinas. The law a.
lows me one pig
You've got him there. replied the
constable. pointing To the shote. as he
trussed up the hig pig and called 10 the
man in the wagon to lend hand
But | can claim one pig. INFLOW in
sisted He skin. and claim the big one
You can't make your selection from
exemption after the constable has made
his levy put in Young Marshall. You
ought To know that much law. Mr.. Has
kin
But the fellow that sold me that
burned shote stole. him. urged Haskjn
growing desperate they hois;ed the
big pig into the wagon, i can't own a
stolen hog.
".Au right. replied young Marshall
wholly unperturoed. Mr.. Constable. lust
put that pig back-and arrest Mr. Haskin
at once for receiving stolen goods.
But Haskin had fled to the security az
his back porch seeing which the con-
stable Marshall and the men in the
wagon drove off with the complaining
porker aboard, leaving the bewildereJ
of the law which permits a man To keep
even his religion in his wife's name. bur
ravishes away his choicest pig from un-
der his very nose,
And concluding this idyl OF the Chief
Justice. this story teller delights 10 re-
late how that pig was sold for SIa 10
enough TO pay not only the ancient debt
but to satisfy the demands of tile court
and constable FOR costs. leaving not a
penny for the grief-stricken and wicked
Haskin.
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them as the farmer chltivates vegeta blcs
for the family. Any Gay one of tine
scicEt.fc workers shat operate this farm
might go forth and pick enough plague
or yellow fever to wipe out the garrison
of Adr.anople or depopulate the city o.
New York
Each day these tra.nel farm hands
jugslc with these products of the disease
farm as man moves warily in lighting
his pipe in a powder mill. Occasionally
a germ that may not be seen with mi
croscoae roniards a strong man and he
dies. But this is a part of the risk of the
business. for these farmers have a great
and glorious purpose back OF their work
that they regard as worth the chance.
=
For this death farm is operated that all
the world may be prepared to battle the
germs here imprisoned if they ever get
into the open and require the lighting
II grows these germs that il may prove
the power of the antitoXins of the nation
to Kill them. 1t puts them upon exhibit
tion that the Young surgeons of the public
health service, whose duty il is to keep
out contacion, may learn to know them
upon sight one would recognize a goat
a COW if one met one in lane
This germ farm is more properly known
the hygienic laboratory of the public
health service. II is tucked away in an
obscure corner OF Washington. The gen.
eral public is unaware of the fact that it
is repository for all those diseases that
kill with most facility. 1t goes about it's
purpose quietly. 1t keeps it's thunder
@'bolts under perfect control.
The public health service throws it's
arm about the nation and guards il from
Those diseases that may he transmitted.
1T must be intimately familiar with all
these diseases. j. therefore keeps them
IN stock and the hySienic laboratory not
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-\ustrIan staff. He wants war and not all
IN" peace-iovinS emperors. foreign min
listers and ambassadors can say him nay.
Conrad believes that arm-es exist 10
make war; that, given too much rest.
they detcrior.ate. and that. in the clash
OF arms and the roll of cannon the glory
OF generals and chiefs of staff is to he
found.
Furthermore. the war is coming because
Austria wants it: because she cannot get
along with Russia; because she believes
u Is aH-important that she dispute with
her eastern neighbor the headship of the
S-av people and finally. because she
views with alarm Russia's rapid recovery
from the crushing blow dealt her by
Japan
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02
G0NSMxZNr GERNE4eN,
ZKE KYGIENZc Lao O4ATOJcv
M NASXLVGT0N

this laboratory, The Pasieur treatment
i regularly given here. Not only this.
hut the virus for this treatment is shin
ped from this laboratory {" the health
officials OF every state in the tnion- :"
i becomes possible that this treatment.
which decade ago could he received in
only two or three places. can now be adj
ministered in any state This comes
about hecause IN" government = NSienic
la horaiory carries ON such extensive stud
les of hvdrophobia that a great deal %
the. material from which tins virus -
made * obtained as a bN-pruduct. II IS
obtained from the spinal cords Of raj
hits mat have been infected With hYdr
phnbia When tho animal dies thcs"
cords are withdrawn and IN" disease NAV
hc kept alive in them almost indefinitely
There are always rabbits with hNdr'-
phohia i'm this laboratory. however. ana
whenever tn. disease is needed IL may be
obtained directly.
These are hut a fcN of tho active DIS
eases that are regularly in stock. cholera
fer instance. is always growing in THIS
germ garden and mas always hc "hserv-
cd Ielrosy is kept in stock A. the
laboratory has a cl"s, link with Moiokai.
the leprosy colony in Hawaii. Or. Cl"ge.
a man i'm the same service being station
ed there.
Deadly Mediterranean fever has reoeni-
" been found in tn" goats at Texas ANA
a match of !; has been st out at the la -
cratory. Plague cultures grow profGseir
and may always be seen beneath the
mapnifying glasses of these scientists
Yellow fever is one of the diseases an
understanding of which has come about
very largely through the efforts o: the
men of the public health service. Tn"
following is the honor roll of the men
of rho service who have fallen victims
to the disease and died IN tie Inc OF
duty:
Surgeon Robert Murray
Assistant surgeon lsratt"n-
Assistant Surgeon Brai nam
Assistant Surgeon McAdam>
Assistant Sirgroa Gr"enFN"it-
Assistant Surgeon Waldo
Assistant Surgeon Glazier
Passed Assistant Surgeon Nrightnah-
IT need hardly be said that these mate
rials. a thousand times deddller thah
dynamite, are guarded with the nth"s'
VIGILANCE by these government surgeons
So deaaIv diseases are their specialtles
aud their lives are given up to Keeping
them away from the :moe.Vn There IS
constantly every assurance that none OF
these will ever be allowed to escape ironl
its carefully guarded prison to spread Us
deadly infection through tn" city 81
washington or the nation outside. onlN
highly trusted men are allowed TO hahale
the cultures and their natur" may nor D.
ascertained by the casual observer. fa'fi
is known simply by number and even
- tho laboratory were accessible to an
individual who wished to spread harm he
wnuld be unable to locate specimens 81
any given germ. Yet this living death in
lis many forms is always present IN the
very heart of the capital
copyright. 1913 10y ". \. Du PuyD
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Specia! Correspondence 81 The Star.
VIENNA. January
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one Of the best judges of foreign
politics In Europe-the only man who long
foresaw the Balkan war-predcted that
an Austro-Russian war would follow
The late Austrian writer. Alexander Won
PeeZ wrote snC"tly before his death that
bulgaria. SeIvia ard Montenegro Che
omitted Greece would make war on
Turkey before the end of 1913. and that
the Turks would lie beaten. This re-
marEa BILE proof Of foresight gives value
To the rest OF PEGS prophecies. Within
year after the Balkan war, he predicted
Austria-iiungarH would go to war with
Russia in order TO settle once and for all
the dividing question of the Slavs. He
gave his reasons "A Slav victory over
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02

Thus The possibilities of death may b.
avCnitd
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only is the commissary hut the producer
of these Diseases The manner in which
this diffictlI task is gone about may best
be understood by telling the story of some
of the crops grown.
New-York tribune., 1913-12-31
BOND MARKET SALES.

1905 T. : & coup ll.is 3ooJ Louis 4 Al
1000 Argentine gyt & { diF Is %
6s ........... 30. 1850 10 ..........:,: d: 80
NJ. Ia
New-York tribune., 1913-12-31
do Mobile <

- dlN........ ~
5000 do ........... NJ
1000 Tenn Coal II
a r Il Ss... o.
10000 do rs Bi"m
div ITO
New-York tribune., 1913-12-31
MEXICAN RAILWAY
INTEREST in NOTES
Rondholders Must Accept
This Method of Meeting
January Maturities.
plan TO PAY CASH
WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL
Now Notes Are Redeemable at the
Option of the Company on
Thirty Days Notice.

r.t. interest maturing tomorrow on the
.-io,. lion bonds of the National RailWaNs
- Mexico and its subsidiaries, the Ma
.t.,.l Railroad Company OF Mexico and
,,.,i.,, Central Railway Company. VIII
No maid i'm cash. but the holders Of
-. securities will he forced 10 accept
instead thrce-year 6 per cent notes This
announcement was made Yesterday by b.
y Brown. president OF the National Rail
80 following a series Of conferences
hotucau the officers Of the road. Speyer
& 90 and IadenburG, Thalmann & Co.
The bonds on which payment is de-
ferreJ consist OF $Si,ooo0ro of National
RAILWAYS a. per cent prior liens. 5000
on NJ National Railroad Az per cent prior
liens and sl.S74O00 Of Mexican Central
Railway . per cent priority bonds. Semi
.rouaI interest on these issues aggre
Gates approximately s2.J00o00. Until a
few davs aco il was thought that the
coupons would he paid in cash
Mr. Brown said that this course was
made necessary because Of the dislocation
Of the service on the lines OF the Ma
tionaI Railways resulting from the dis
turbed conditions in Mexico. which have
resulted in interruptions TO traffic. loss
of earnings and increased expenses, MAX
ing il impossible to meet the maturing
obligations.
The new notes. which are To be redeem
able in whole or in part at the option of
the company on thirty days notice, will
he issued in amounts of "a each. and the
EQUIVALENTS i'm foreign countries at the
rate OF exchange specified in the trust
deed. In order to assist the road and TO
protect its own Interests in the National
Railways the Mexican government has
advanced f595 SO OF its per cent ten-year
treasury bonds OF 1913, which will be de-
posted under a trust deed between the
company and the Guaranty Trust Com
pany as collateral for the notes.
Holders of the three classes Of securi-
ties upon which the interest is due to-
morrow who wish TO accept the new
notes must deposit their coupons not
later than February ] with the Guaranty
Trust COMPANY at the New York or
the London office This plan is 10 become
effective upon condition that not less than
n, per cent Of the bonds assent. If the
plan is not accepted the deposited coupons
will he returned 10 the owners.
As the National Railways has no funds
10 meet its January obligations, and as
the bankers apparently havN refused 10
lend further assistance. there is hardly
any doubt that the bondholders will &C
cept the new notes IN lieu OF the regular
cash payment on the bonds. II is recos-
uized that receivership for the road
T,E... 10
some situate As the proceedings would
have 70 be brought in the Mexican courts.
The National Railways i'm it, November
statement Mexican currency showed
gross earnings Of $Zscos46, as compared
with s5is-.09G for the same period OF 1872.
Net earnings were S6eG23, against S2,jS7-
qgi For the five months ended November
go net earnings were only $S32.2l6. com
pared with G06s5 ,53j for the similar pc
iiod OF 1872
New-York tribune., 1913-12-31
TRADING ON THE
CONSOLIDATED
Early Rise In Prices Checked by
Announced Failure of
Mercantile House.

An early advancing tendency IN the
market on the Consolidated Stock En-
change was checked by the announce
ment Of receivership for large de-
partment store combination The news
had the more effect upon prices because
il had been preceded By trouble rumors,
which had been generally discredted oy
Wall Street. For time there was hcsi-
tation and then quotations gradually gave
way, with decided weakness developing IN
the later trading. Activity increased on
the decline. with the sales totalling S,fW
shares.
In the early aealings for time tue
market was very strong. Reading was Il
leader on the upward movement. ana
bearing upon its advance there was tsis
of a proba tie settlement with the govern
ment of the suit against the compan!
The stock failed to sell on the Consol-
dated higher than liO@s, against l'o,2 OH
the New York Stock Excnanee. 1heie
was special strength in missouri Paclllc'
accompanied by reports tnat progress was
making IN relation 10 needed financing
Canadian Paclnc was active and started
the day with an overnight advance OF 3
OF point on the $3.50 clock call. Dear
lngs on the call were Oh a good scale
more than 200 shares changing hands
with twenty-One issues represented.
New-York tribune., 1913-12-31
GRAIN LOWER IN CHICAGO
Mondays Gains Lost in Yester
day's Reaction.

Chicago Dec. 90. Renewed assertions
that the Canadian Parliament would like
ly abolish within a month the duty
against wheat had dscouraging effect
to-day on efforts 10 lift prices here. The
market closed easy isc to &c under last
night. Other net losses were: Corn. &c
10 lc: oats. i,c TO sc, and provisions. &c
10 7i2c. Canadian tariff reports seemed
10 have more authority than heretofore,
being youched for by one o. the leading
concerns i'm the Chicago wheat trade.
simultaneously it was denied that the
Canadian rail rates for shipments to the
scaboard had been reduced. setback in
final quotations from Liverpool counted
also against the bulls. not much heed be-
ing given to dispatches saying the break
was due to the acceptance OF cargoes
which it had been generally thought
would be rejected. Range OF prices: