The Washington herald., 1913-12-10

know that these experiments lead to the
like on human subjects. Furthermore, It
Is their belief that the practice will re-
suit in the wholesale poisoning ana de-
generation OF the human race"
within two miles OF Boston, there ex :.
ist conditions In slaughter houses that
would wiring the heart OF any animal
lover" declared Francis Z. Rowley. OF
Boston. president OF the Massachusetts,
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty TO
Animals" and the 10,ooo slaughter pens
OF American methods Of Staying cattle
are In use that belong to an earlier. less
enlightened age. We are far behind Eng
land in this regard "Mr. Rowley sug-
gssted that more humane methods would
be used in the slaughter houses IL the
women customers insisted that their
butchers get their meats from houses
where better methods are In vogue"
No Orphan ChiIdren Used.
Surgeon Pettus, OF the Public Health
and Marine Hospital Service. partly
the charge that human be-
ings as well as animals are used as sub
jects of viyisection In the laboratories
OF the service OF which he is connected
He denied, however, that orphan children
were used in experiment In the govern
ment laboratories or In any hospital where
public health surgeons are experimenting
He declared that ne had never heard Of
orphans being used by doctors such as Is
charged by anti-viviseetionists now In
convention here.
ton, DIR. Pettus said. only animals such
as monkeys and guinea pigs are used for
experiment purposes in other hospitals.
/ have heard" said DR.. Pettus. that
human beings are used In experiment
work. The practice OF medicine" he
said, depends upon this experiment
work"
"A score OF children between the ages
of thirteen and eighteen years had
diphtheria, scarlet fever, smallpox, and
germs sprayed into their nos
trils and throats recently when they be-
lieved they were being treated for catarrh
OF the throat" declared Frederick p.
Bellamy, OF Brooklyn. counsel for the
Society for Prevention of Ause in AMI
NAL Experimentation.
The doctor guilty Of these crimes
confessed them a few days ago in an
article in a leading medical Journal, and
took pride in the fact that he had de-
ceived his innocent patients continued
Bellamy. 1T is a fact that cannot be
denied that insane patients are inoculated
in their sleep while In asylums."
DIR. Hamilton Fisk Bigger. Of Cleveland,
private physician TO John d. Rockefeller,
offered no defense of Rockefeller or the
Institute when he addressed
the congress. Bigger heard denuncia-
tions of the institute earlier in the day
and the assertion II should be wiped out
OF existence"
Ernest Thomson Seton. author and
called attention to the fact
that the majority Of women delegates
were wearing furs when he delivered an
address on Cruel Methods OF Trapping"
He said that one OF the objects Of the
is to prevent animals from
cruelty, and asked the women delegates
wearing furs IL their consciences were
clear.
Mr.. Seton's remarks created a futter
among the women, but the excitement
when Seton launched into one
Of his animal lectures.
Bryan Welcomes Delegates.
Secretary Of State Bryan addressed
he congress, saying he welcomed the
delegates as the representative of Presi-
lent Wilson and the Federal government
He explained that h could not discuss the
and other subjects under
because his duties as Sec
-etary of State has given him no time to
Eform himself upon the many themes
hat the people are discussing.
Letters were read from Senators CALM
ter and Myers. in which they expressed
themselves as advocates OF the object OF
he congress Rev. c. Ernest Smith,
chairman of arrangement committee, an
lounced that President Wilson is in
ympathy with the anti-vivisection move
nent, and would have addressed the con-
Iress personally IL he had not decided
o deliver no addresses during the first
'ear of his administration except in the
performance of executive duties.
Mrs. Caroline Earle White, of Phila-
lelphis, introduced as ''the pioneer Of the
nti-vivisection movement in this coun-
ry," delivered an address relating to the
history of the movement from its begin