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Plaintiff aga.rs: Eight tNPUt!-tSo as. Ely
t"sr;y four Broaa~ay Company Inc, e.: a.
p-fenta"'s.
!" pursJaacs OF tLIgu.r.. 80 tore.
.:osgre All ',... duly u'tiS a.! 'a-orsi !,
- aoove-eHut., "a a''t!V. ava .eir.aS date
'Ea 50 --y g.: Apr. 1914. 7. .Ee Ja1'--
s!<ret, -" referee IT, sa.t Judgment Eamei
VII sNt 4; plfir ,t.o1. - ta" Exchange
SA!esro0Ul nos AIS Nrstt s,--A;, n ths
Borough % Manhattan. ,.ty Q. Nsp Yc-E,
on The IGN dAy % NLy al, - :. o'c.o's
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supreme Cour'--Dv .iustir, f.ehr,nr-
Stewaft - Ayeu-iia. Henri Flugelran
,ioldstcker v Gaskila El.k ). I.udVigh
matter OF Morrison, Morgan J. o Brieu II
BY Justice pavis--Syudaekar vs. Thrss
hold Realty Corp. Edward J. Redington
Lawrence rs hineser, Frank A. Spence
Jr. American Mtg Co. vs. Yorusky Franz
\. spencer, Jr 'A
ny Justice Greenbaum--Prensky va A.
pert, Julius 4, kuck -
BY justice B'Jur-tasksr vs. Block d
Lewis Anderson; Josephson vs. shaoi-o
'rhao X Mccarthy "H"p'Fo'
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PUBLIC UTILITIES.

okla. Corporation hrst Inortgage sinking
fssa S sna sSa e'n y.a fHs Nny r
sntire electric lish: and power business. Of
05i.7O and the Interest on the bonds then
outstanding. which was ':s.Soo.
/ Net earnings Of the Canton Electric Com
pany for tho year ended March 81 last were
s;is.Sos an an insr.s.s % H5ssG, sarp'G;
Light and Heating company for the year
siis. $50, an increase OF ,s.i5O ove> the
year before and surplus after .r shsrse. OF
Electric Light Company earned in the
! twelve months ended March 81 sisA5os net,
an Increase Of sass; over the preyiog;,
tio7,sso an Increase OF ,,ss5:, The Rock.
ford Electric Company showed ret earnings
increase Of s3s.s-s. and surplus after
charges of sl67;tss an increase OF ss3ass.
earnings FOR the year. ended March 81 o,
ssls.s57. an increase OF fl3+.'so and . sur
ings tor. the same year OF si52, s7s, an In
crease OF '.s,S75 and a surplus after charges
OF ss+.liO. an increase Of f.3,ti0.
The American Power and Light Company
has Jus, issued report showing the com
bined gross and net earnings OF the kan
sas Gas and Electric Company. the Port
Power and Lish, company ana the so sShc
western Power ana Light Company's sub
sidiaries Gross earnings for the year ended
March 81. 1914 were sset6,'ia. an Increase
% II per cent. or 's2l.+;5. over 1913. FIX
penses and taxes Increased from. .S.0l5,3.3
10 t3,.o-.21+, or per cent, which gives
AN increase IN net earnings OF Is per cent
or from sei09J 80. IN 1913 10 81 Ts4 46s IN
lslt The cash increase In net Is ss74g
EarniTs, Of tho suh.id!arte. Of the Wis
consin Edison company, the Company OPP
Grating the gas. electric light and power
and street railway properties in wisconsin
controlled BY the North American Company
are showing substantial Increases over 1919.
For the year ended March 81 consolidated
gross earnings increased I'll per cent over
the preceding year. with an Increase In op.
Grating costs OF 7.6t ana gan IN gross In
come OF go per cent. Set income avail
able for the securities Of the Wisconsin Ed.
son Company was ST. 2o9.0J7, an Increase OF
ll35 per cent. For 'hs trst quarter .
heavy charge vas made FOR depreci,tion
amounting 70 S22c. 033, or an Increase OF 3d.
per cent. under this charge.
Tne blizzard had It's effects upon the
earnings OF tho Lehigh valley Transit COM
pany Tor March, bu' the statement OF the
COMPANY for the year ended March al 1911.
SHOWS thai the gross earnings Increased
!lI1 eOl, while operating expenses Increased
ssS.-,o' IeaFing net earnings OF sss7,2sj, an
In Tease OF t7s,yOt "
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Receivers Appointed.

supreme Court-By Justice DAVIS
sophie Reuth vs. Esther kouch, Rich,rJ I,
Murphy. William q. Bowers " i,vs n sSsn y
Irving II TINT "'aher'
by Justice Lehmah--C;reenwlrh sa,,,,n
Bank ~ Morris Levy. Herbert ! jootw;n
R"Ua tsldman Ns sarah 2asrTu, Iarnh
katHi Florence l.. Mabee rs 4ist S,rs.,
RenIfN % nnnrA .....-.. Wv oIENet
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The approyirrst. amount % N. 'ien ~
charge TO satstS which tbs seoy. ~,
properly 10 10 be sod Is sle;0s0. WITH In.
tersst thereon from N. .S,h day oi March
lsli, together With ;he costs srd s.losan '
-. outing TO $3.50 >, with interest from So
day 81 Ap-i. ls44. t0getA,7 ~ the a,
penses o. the ss.e I'll" tpproy!nA's amount
~ the 'aN"> Asa"EsmHuts and UN'eT rates
or o'her tens, which are % no allowed ~
the purchaser out OF tho pgrchts. money. ~
pe.d by the Rets-ee, Is s.e3s53 ami in..r.,
Dated, New York Aprl, - ialA
JOHN y nOEsER Rets~>s
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TRENTON. y. j. April 99--The IAgg,tt
and Myers Tobacco Company filed a Ces
tltcate with the secretary of state to.
day increasing It's capital stock from s36
$50 zoo to s4i.256.300. The increase q
all in the preferred stock
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SALES BN AUCTION


=, ~ VIRTUE u II executions on il.rs !
brThS,e'n' 1uctloneer, sells April 90th Ia
-, ~, a. ; Frst St. Manhattan. pianos
u McGoNIGLE. Marshal
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THE CHICAGO MARKET.

CHICAGO, April 2g--prices ws,s a
little easier, with Union Carbide and cbI-
caeo RAILWAY series . showing "A lIttla
pressure. Chicago Pneumatic Tool held
steady Bonds quiet and firm. The sum.
mary,
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MANHATTAN MITINI. NENtTY COM.
PANY-Morgan j. pHr,.n. Jr, has been
nppointed receiver for the Manhatt,n vn
tuai Realty Company OF go Broadway hy
Judge Davis In proceedings TO wind M
The corporation brought bS Attornev.c,ernp
sraI Carmody because Il was doing hust
nos. Ia violation Of the State h, AZ in,
law The company was incorporat.d -
Auril IS. 1905. with capital stock Of
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I. =. supreme Court Calendar.

WAsHGNGTON. April e2--rhe dav call in
n" Suprem" court for April 30, No4 10
32s. 33s s)e. 305. 34s, 343, 2t4 Sl5 ari sac
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MOUNT VERNON SPECIALITY COMPANY
mas He'd schedules which show liabilities.
'i3,9ss and assets s2j.sss consisting q,
machinery sls oi7. materials and supplies
s-S'' patents 50 t@s, accounts s4s4 claim
for damages s3.665 ami cash s. Arorg
the creditors are the Mount Vernon Trust
tonpdny $3.50 and Mrs NJ ! Levi 81 7gs
BEN AMIN PECTOR, dealer In mems fur.
nlshlng- AZ mount Vernon. has nlAi sche
ules witch snow Liabilities So $50 ani
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receipts from customs Yesterday were s,os .
HeI; from internal revenue ordinary SO, g.s &.
corporation tax ST, 80 and mlscelIaneous
National bank notes received for redemp,ion
The cash statement of tho United s,u..
Treasurer for April = shows ''
GENERAL. FINN
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Court Of Appeals Calendar.
Referees Appointed.

ALBANY. Apri. 90. Court OF App.ai.
calendar fn~ tomorrow Nos. 81, $50 bIt
52U. 52i 52i. $50 and 53l N-'
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Receivers Appointed.

'" J. DAWES co. INC.-Judge Housh
has appointed william + LAWYER recei'sr
t.r W Dawes a Co. Inc, distributors
OF staTch ana clcanser.of 10 West For.
zen s,ref. BOND $4,000 He IS the sales
manager % the corporation and was an
pointed az tho reQu"st Of creditors /,
,ma.nager re sales have INCREASED from
5000 for week OF Apr. II The u,er.
Chandise liabilities ~ the CORPORATION are
$1,000 besides which there are claims for
large amount on contracts. The asset.
consist OF office furniture. which cost
$4,000. but now valued AT $1,000 out.
standing accounts $780, 900 OF which SO
600 are co'lectibe: lease. several thou
sand dollars and cash IN bank. less than
500 u was said that Wilbur ! Dawes
ne president; has not been at the onice
ABRAHAM BERGER Youk.rs - Judge
though has appointed Louis Clarke OF Yon-
kers receiver Tor Abraham Berger. dealer
~ clohks ana suits AZ SonNers with au-
thorlty TO carry on business twenty days
As. Is are estimated at $500
A. LIZ MORE 4 GO. New orlaaus--Judga
HoIsh has appointed r. ". Wai1as!ey ~
New Orleans nnCiilary receiver for he a..
Gets Ia tEis city Of \. L. More & 90 *
porters OF slaves 81 New Orleans hond
$4,000 Liabilities are said TO he more
than 81. 100000 and assets 5000 OOO
LAGCO. INr.--Judgc Hough has appoin,ed
Abramson receiver for LagS6, Inc
MANUFACTURER Of art metal noseI,ies a;
225 West Thir,y-ninth street. bond $500
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BUSINESS TROUBLES.

DELMAN PRos, composed Of Barnet and
solomon pelman. manufacturers or cos
tunes a. i.s sixth avenue. have made
an assignment 70 Isaac pobroczynskl
on January l. lsit claimed 70 have
assets OF S...ss0 and Liabilities OF $3.50.
\ petition In bankruptcy also was hl"d
against them yesterday. They had = Fac
FASHION MANUFACTURING COMPANY
\ petition In bankruptcy has been Ned
agRius, Morris Beck and Herman Br~Ch-r
trading as the Fashion Manufacturing
Broadway. Liabilities are said TO be
g. 900
BOSTON CLOTHING COMPANY. POUCH
KEEPsIE-A petition has been filed
Captain, trading as the Boston Clothing
Company at Poughkeepsie. Judge Hough
appointed J. b Van De Water receiver
bond si;ooS Liabilities are $4,000 and
WILLIAM \. O'NEILL OF 1888 Southern
Boulevard has fled n petition with liabli.
ties $40 600, consisting of two mortgages
on sig Manila street. where he formerly
and lot AZ sl2 Manida street. valued a,
$500 which is 500 less than the
mortgages.
ROZELIA KENNEDY OF Goldhe'd. New.
Who kept boarding house IN this city
Ninety hfth street has n,ed a petition with
liabilities s3,2ij and assets sl.75j. con.
sisting OF cash SO. notes S5iU OF W. W
ln,timer, and accounts $1,000. She owes
SUSIE NJ. JAEGER OF 500 Amsterdam ave.
nue. has filed petition with liabilities
1850. Judgment against her on February
1910. on an excise bond and no assets
ANDREW 7. MCKEE, stationer a. Beacon
y. y. has hlel a petition here with
liabilities t3.206 and assets ssiOi con.
sis1ing ~ stock $500 and cash 81
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DAILY TREASURY STATEMENT.

WASHINGTON April The stateuen, n,
the receipts and pay warrants Of the Tr.asury
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CURB STOCKS CLOSING.

sSeil cents per share.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-05-21
$225,000 Paid to Farmers.

The Cashmere, Wash, Fruit Grow
ers' Union has just paid to the grow
ers $15,50o, making the total payment
on apples in the 1913 pools up to the
immense sum of $225,OO0. Based on
lSl, l,2l7 boxes handled by the union in
its fall pools this amount represents
an average pyament to date of $l.24
per box. This is net figure to the
grower.
The union has recently closed three
of its four unreported pools, leaving
now only the Winesap variety unclosed.
OF this variety the management reports
IL cars are still outstanding, nine being
in cold storage in the East and two
entransit sold already at good prices +.
O. b. Cashmere. From the present indi-
cations it will be about May l when the
final results of the Winesap pool be-
come known.
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Copyright III.
By Gso BAN
Mel CuteheoA.

failed to shattss the lock, whereupon
my cholsz rose 70 heights hitherto un-
known, ! being . very mild-mannered,
placid person and averss to anything
savouring Of the tempestuoua / de-
livered savage and resounding thwack
upon the broad oak panel Of the door,
regardless Of the destructiveness that
might attend the effort. If any one had
told me that l couldn' t splinter an oak
board with sledge-hammer at a single
blow 1 should have laughed in his face.
But as it turned out in this case l
not only failed to split the panel but
broke off the sledge handle near the
head, putting it wholly out of commits
sion for the time being as well as sting
ing my hands SO severely that ! doubled
up with, pain and shouted words that
Dame Schmick could not put into her
prayers. (To be continued.)
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HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE sIoT1oN sER1AI.
A Fool and His Money

The sledge fell upon the paddock and
rebounded with almost equal force. The
sound of the crash must have disturbed
every bird and bat in the towers Of the
grim old pile. But the paddock merely
shed few scabs of rust and ratified
back into its customary repose.
"See!" cried Max, triumphantly. "It
cannot be broken" Rudolph, his broad
face beaming, held the lantern close to
the paddock and showed me that it
hadn t.been dented by the blow.
"lt is very fine old lock-" cried
old Conrad, with note of pride in his
voice.
I began to feel some pride in the
thing myself. "It is indeed" I said.
'"Try once more, Max"
1t seemed to me that he struck with a
great deal more confidence than before,
and again they all uttered CALCULATIONS
Of pleasure. / caught Dame Schmick in
the act Of thanking God with her fin
gers.
; "See here, exclaimed, facing them
angrily, "what does all this meant You
are deceiving me, all Of you. Now, let S
have the truth-every word Of it--or out
you 60 tomorrow, the whole lot of you.
i insist on knowing VIII othat woman is,
why she is here in my hou--my castle,
and-everything, do you understand"
Apparently they didn't understand,
for they looked at me with all the
stupidity they could command
"You try, Mr.. Poopendyke," said,
giving it up in despair. He sought to
improve on my German, but I think he
made it worse. They positively refused
to be intelligent.
"Give me the hammer" I said at
last in desperation. Max surrendered
the clumsp, old-fashioned instrument
with grin and l motioned for them all
to stand back. Three successive blows
with all the might / had in my body
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CONTINUED From Last Week.
HnRE FOUND the four Schmicks in the
~ vast kitchen, watching Britton
while he pressed my trousers on an
oak table so large that the castle must
have been built around it.
Herr Schmick was weighted down
with the keys Of the castle, which never
left his possession day or night.
"Herr Schmick," said I, twill you be
90 good as to inform me who the dickens
that woman is over in the east wing of
the castlei"
"Woman, mein herr'" He almost
dropped his keys His big sons said
something to each other that couldn It
quite catch, but it sounded very much
like "def duyvil."
GA woman in a white dress,-with
. dog"
ga dogi" he cried "But, mein
herr, dogs are not permitted to be in
the CASTLE"
"Who = shef How did she get
therei"
"Heaven defend us, sirl It must
have been the ghost Of -"
"Ghest, your granny!" I cried, re-
lapsing into English. s'Please don t
beat about the bush, Mr.. Schmick. She Is
over there in the unused wing, which I
haven't been allowed to penetrate in
spite of the fact that it belongs to me.
You say you can't find the keys to
that side Of the castle. Will you ex-
plain how it is that it is open to strange
women and-and dogsi"
"You must be mistaken, mein herr, u
he whined abjectly. "She cannot be
there. She - All, have it! It may
have been my wife. Gretel! Have you
been in the east"
"Nonsensel" l cried sharply. "This
won't do, Mr.. Schmick. Give me that
bunch Of keys. Well investigate. !
can't have strange women gallivanting
about the place as if they owned it.
This is no trysting place for Juliets,
Herr Schmick. Wen get to the bottom
Of this at once. Here, you Rudolph,
fetch couple Of lanterns. Max, get
sledge or two from the forge. There
is forge. saw it yesterday out there
back Of the stables. So don t try to tell
me there isn't one. If we can't un-
lock the doors, we'll smash 'em in
They're mine, and I'll knock 'em to
smithereens if l feel like it,"
The four Schmicks wrung their hands
and shook their heads, and, then, re-
pairing to the scullery, growled and
grumbled for fully ten minutes before
deciding to obey my commands In
the meantime, ! related my experience
to Poopendyke and Britton.
"That reminds me, SIR" said Britton
"that I found . rag-doll in the court
yard yesterday, on that side Of the
building sir-I should say castle, sir.
~ am quite sure heard q baby
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SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS
MSTAILMENTS.

p In the opening installments OF .
p ga Fool and His Money" George .
D Barr McCutcheon . charming novel, Q
. serial rights for which have been .
q specially obtained for the Home .
y and Farm Magazine Section, we .
. learn Of John Bellamy Smart, the .
p young man who is telling the story. .
b He has just written his first novel, .
p and at the same time has fallen o
. heir to an immense fortune left .
3 him by his uncle. He is IS years Q
o years Of age. 0
. After a visit to London Smart .
p takes tip on the river Danube. Q
p After finding an old-world town, Q
p he discovers an ancient castle, .
n which he purchases from its owner, .
q the Count. With his secretary, Q
% Poopendyke, he takes possession of .
q the immense structure, which is 9
3 supposed to be tennanted only by .
Q the caretaker and his family, the .
q Schmicks. To Smart s amazement, .
o the first night, he hears the cry .
9 Of baby. Q
o Looking out at balcony one 9
. night Smart sees the white figure .
o of woman silhouetted. He i'm .
o mediately begins hunt for 9
Q Schmick, the caretaker, to solve Q
p the mystery of who the woman 9
o may be. The story continues: 9
O Q
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-12-05
ARROWS FROM AEROPLANEs
MAKE THE WORST WOUNDS

aeroplanists. These arrows have
about the thickness of an ordinary
lead pencil, and when thrown from
height Of about 5000 feet strike
their victim at the velocity of a
bullet Just leaving the muzzle of a
rife. Payr says they produce very
dangerous wounds.
DR.. Payr declares that the small
bullet badly skaters the hollow bones
of arm and leg when striking them
at short distances, but that at greater
distances they tend more to bore a
smooth hole, with little or no fractur-
ing. Bones near the joints are shot
through smoothly, and the wounds
heal with no difficulty. Another ef-
feet of the present type of bullet is
to cut through the blood vessels,
whereas they would often be pushed
aside by the older lead bullet and
escape disruption. This is regarded
by Payr as one dangerous result OF
the small calibre bullet, especially
where veins and arteries are cut
through deep in the flesh.
Wounds in the abdomen, says Payr
are most likely to heal without an
operation than with one: and this
he says, was first proved in the Boel
war. The difficulty in the way of an
operation is that it is almost impos
sible to take the necessary antiseptic
precautions
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-12-05
JUSTICE CONTEST IS
BEGUN TODAY WITH
SOMERSP PRESIDING
DEFENDANTS ATTORNEY IN.
slsTs ON TIME TO FILE AN.
sWER TO COMPLAINT.

The contest over the election for
justice filed by p ], Gallagher, Demo
crat, against Harry Dunseath. Social
list, was called In court this morning
with Judge Somers presiding. owing
to representations that since Judge
Ayerill was interested in the election
he would be unsuited for hearing the
case. The court called up Judge
Somers, of Goldfeld, last night and
secured the consent Of that jurist to
sit In the case.
The first action was the filing of q
motion to make the complaint more
definite and another to strike out
the list filed by Attorney Cook for
the plaintiff. The motions were de
MED and demurrer to the petition
was oyerruled.
Judge Somers, in passing ON the
demurrer. said he deemed the com
plant sufficient.
Attorney Grant Miller then asked
the court to appoint date for hear
ing. explaining that he would file ali
answer. Court said II was not neces
sary. but the attorney said he wanted
TO go on record and thereupon the
hearing was set for December 18th
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-12-05
BUYERS OF CAVALRY
HORSES ARE PARTICULAR

A. A. Watts, of Monte visto, Colo,
who has shipped several carloads OF
wild horses from White Pine county
during the past few months, is again
in the district in search of horses for
shipment, says the Ely Record.
Speaking of the demand for cavalry
horses for the European war, Mr..
Watts says the buyers lot Is not
always happy one. and as for him.
self, he has been fighting shy Of the
business. He cites the case Of one
firm of horse buyers in Pueblo, Colo.
who had 500 horses in their stables
which had been bought for the cav
airy service, and when the inspector
came around he picked out about so
head and left the balance on his
hands.
1t appears that the buyers of army
mules are not so particular. The
Record notes from a Kansas ex-
change that mules are being shipped
to the English government-mules
not of the highest grade--which the
purchasing agents account for by
saying that the average life OF an
animal after it goes into active SER
vice with the European armies is
only about five days.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-12-05
W|FEBEATER FREED
IN DISTRICT COURT
WIFE DECLARES SHE WAS go
DRUNK SHE REcoLLEcTED
NOTHING OF ASSAULT.

The assault case wherein Don Nc
Neill was committed to the county
Jail for ninety days for assaulting
his wife and breaking her jaw, was
heard last evening by Judge Averill
in the district court After the hear
ing McNeill was RELEASED and his
bondsmen exonerated.
When 1t came to a review of the
evidence the woman who caused the
arrest of McNeill testified that she
was so drunk at the time of the as
sault that she did not know what
happened. DR.. Mcleod testified that
the blow in the face which broke the
plaintiffs jaw could not have been
caused by a kick. Other witnesses
testified that the woman was in such
condition at the time OF the as.
sault it was impossible for her to
know anything about what occurred.
When the plaintiff corroborated
this statement the court dismissed
the prisoner.
A spectator In the court room Was
heard to remark as he walked out
that Il was pity that McNeill had
not broken the woman's other jaw.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-12-05


BERLIN, Dec. 5.--The German sur
geons have begun to talk about their
experience in healing the wounded
in this war. Prof. Payr, of Leipsic
University, who is acting as surgeon.
general to the Saxon army, recently
delivered an address at one of the
improyised hospitals on the line of
the German communications, in which
he gave much interesting information
on this subject
Payr pointed out that the balls used
in shrapnel shells produce much more
dangerous wounds than rifle bullets.
They carry into the body fragments
of clothing, corresponding quantity
of dangerous germs; and they are
much more likely to be lodged in the
body. There was suppuration in 70
to rs per cent of cases. The same
danger is still more serious with
wounds from fragments of shells. 1t
was found too, that this war has
been especially marked by the great
number of such wounds. Not only
do shell fragments carry germs into
the body with bits of clothing. but
the dangerous gases from the shrap-
mel explosion often adhere to the
fragments and balls in sufficient
quantities to poison the wound Lock.
jaw is often produced by wounds of
this character; but by vaccinating
patients with tetanus serum the
German surgeons have materially re-
duced the ratio of deaths in such
cases since the first weeks of the
war
Especially dangerous are the
wounds caused by fragments of
bombs thrown by aviators Even
very small fragments often produce
much more dangerous wounds than
much larger pieces of ordinary shells
These small fragments pentrate very
deep into the body, cutting through
all blood vessels and thick masses
of muscle are cut through as with Q
Il sharp knife. Aeroplanc bombs also
frequently cause bad burns.
SO far as simple flesh wounds from
small-calibre rifles are concerned
Payr found that these heal very rap
idly. In most cases the wounded
were able to return to the rank
within week or two. Even in case
of chest wounds. where the ribs ar,
not touched, healing is usually yer.
rapid, even though the lungs be pene
trated
A new kind of wound has bee
: caused by the sharp steel arrow
thrown at great heights by Frenc