El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-02
HJLLED
RICE GAJSE5
BE3I- BERI
German Surgeon Cures Dis
eases With Liquid From
Rice Hulls.
NEW METAL rs THE
RIVAL OF RADIUM

- ERLN. Germany, Aug. DIR.
Max Moszkowski, of Berlin, who
- has won distinction by his seien-
tific researches in New Guinea, sue
ceeded in giving himself an unmistak-
able case of beri-beri by living for 13S
days upon a diet consisting almost ex-
clusiTely Of hulIed rice He believes
his experiments support the theory for
merly held by him. that beri-bert is a
disease induced by certain foods and
not due to an infection OF any kind
from without. as has been maintained
by many investigators.
DR.. MOszkOWski who in 1911 ad-
vanced his theory in an address before
| the Berlin Medical society, reported at
I the SOciety's last meeting the results
/ of the experiment which he has just
I finished After a few weeks Of hulled
/ rice diet the nervous disturbances ac-
| companying beri-beri appeared and the
/ case was then diagnosed as Der1-Dert'
/ by DR.. SchUffner, the noted authority
/ in this line. The typical drOpsicaI az
lection Of the skin followed, with sore
ness Of certain groups Of muscles,
stomach1c disturbances, and eventually.
: the typical and dangerous Iregulari-
ties of the heart action.
DR.. MOszkoWski then treated himself
! with injections Of an extract prepared
from rice hulls- He recovered rapidly
and is now quite well Injections OF
this extract also cured pigeons and
hens which had become affected with
beri-beri after huIled rice diet
DR.. MOszkOWski believes the hulled
rice contains a poisonous substance
which is neutraliZed when the hulls
-alOs are eaten Furthermore, the fact
that the phosphorus content Of rice lies
entirely In the hull probably is OF i'm
pOrtance. He believes that beri-beri
has a distinct relationship to scUrvy
and ricketts,.
Works same Man Twice.
The local police have put an end to
a means of livelihood employed by an
attractive woman OF Berlin who,
dressed in widows garb, gathered in
considerable sums by a swindling game
which had the merit Of novelty and
was based on keen knowledge OF hu-
man nature
The woman's mode Of operation was
to station herself at a. subway entrance,
or before q postOffice, wait until
likely looking man came in sight, start
hurriedly searching through her purse,
and then cry out, I've been rObbedI'
Gallant males, sympathiZing with Wo-
men in distress, generally started
conversation
In the course Of the talk they learned
that she was a widow and lived IN
.CharIOttenburg a fashionable district
OF the greater city She cOnfided va
riOus troubles to her listener, whereof
the chief one was that her 1S-year-old
daughter was difficult 10 manage ana
too fond of the society OF men, al
though otherwise a dutiful and loving
daughter The widow then suggest
ed that loan Of So or 50 would save
her 1nIerruprlng her shopping tour. II
her new friend lived anywhere in her
neighbOrhoOd, he could take as security
a new and expensive pair Of shoes
which she had just bought and carry
them to her home. where her daughter
would be glad to repay the trifling
gloan made to her mother.
According to the police, a large num-
Der of men, seeing an opportunity to
become acquainted with a charming
young woman who loved mems society
lent the distressed widow the sum de-
manded, took her lou and the box OF
able to find either home Of daughter,
they finally became suspicious and
opened the shoe box It contained half
a brick and some wrapping paper
The widows downfall came when she
inadvertently tried TO play the same
trick on the same man for q second
time
Mesothorium, it appears from re-
port from Essen, runs radium a close
race for value. The city council there
has appropriated $4,000 Tor the pur-
chase Of one-tenth Of a grain Tor the
municipal hospital It is to be used In
experimental treatment Of cancer Pri-
vats subscribers have given a further
$1,000 for another tenth Of a grain
Fun on EmPerOr's Yacht.
That the emperor and his guests on
the Hohenzollern during the yearly
cruises Of his majesty to Norwegian
waters, were in the habit OF abandon
ing themselves to a spirit Of boyish
fun. is evident from some extracts from
the diary of the late baron Won kider-
1en-Waechter that are now being print
ed. The diary Of the baron, who was
at one time secretary OF state for for
eign affairs, gives, among other things
the statutes Of the NOrth1and Travel
ing company" drawn up for one Of the
trips about twenty years ago The
statutes declare that the company
lives partly on recollection and partly
on preserves" At the head OF the COM
pany stands the most iuustrius master
traveller, Kaiser Wilhelm the Second;
the other members are classified as
superior jOurneyman sailors" and
vice jOurneyman sailors" The stat
utes have chiefly to do with the even
ing assemblies on board the 1mpreia1
yacht They provide, for instance. that
Dr. Gussfeldt. one Of the members OF
the company. shall each evening, but
not before II o'clock. mount the rOs-
trum to treat the company with his
recOllectiOns, the latitude and longitude
of which are to be determined by the
navigating officer"
Another paragraph stipulates that
the famous firm OF Hulsen. Kessel'
kiderlen & Co. dealers in irish bulls
shall be responsible for having the
stale jokes replaced with new ones once
month" Various penalties OF an
amusing character are PROVIDED IOEs
but If a jOurneyman sailor, sentenced
to a just punishment, tries by means OF
persistent drinking to get himself into
a state of alternating circumstances
such action shall entail an increase Of
the sentence"
Thinks students Drink Too Much.
The emperor, who is well known to
be very abstemiOus in all things, thinks
that German university students drink
too much. A sentence proving this was
used by him while receiving the stu
dents homage during his jubilee week.
His majesty on this occasion said
expect you to reduce your consumption
OF alcohol to a marked degree
The emperor issued a similar warn
ing 70 the naval cadets of the empire
in speech which he made at MurWlcA
some time ago. and he has severe
times declared that more athletlcs 80
less beer would improve the stuosIl
physique. Showing, however now
tablished beer dringing is an lnciv s.f
Of every student celebration, lne - -
may be mentioned that i've slsSfS for
beer for each student were pa oe
from the funds of the unlEelss5 ,,bilea
Berlin on the occasion OF the
''kommers."