davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-18
WHAT NEW YORK DOCTORS SAY
Those Interviewed Relieve II An-
other Ericdmann Cure"

New York physicians of standing are
openly sceptical about Dr. Mehnsrtos con-
tratoxin No. Most of them appear never
TO have hear1 uf II. and this Is true of
leaders In the medical profession in this
city.
For example, pr. John Allan Wyeth,
vino has been president Of the New York
Academy of Medicine, the New York State
Medical Association and the American
Medical Association DIR. William Hallock
Park, director of the research laboratories
of the Department Of Health. and Dr.
Theodore Caldwell Janeway, eminent in
medicine and charitable work. had none
Of them ever heard of DIR. Mehnarto or his
"ontratoXin, and after short study Of
THE SUNS despatch from London and the
collected reports on the new remedy each
Of these three men Expressed a profound
dstrust OF the claims made In behalf Of IT,
ITS impossible to pronounce anything
like Judgment" said Or. Park az he looked
over the reports. II don't believe It's a
cure, I really have no right 10 say that
and certainly | have no reason ON which
to base disbelief. but ! don't believe in il
al all, and that's all can say about my
own attitude.
"These things need long and patient in
NestlRation, You cannot settle the value
NJ new substance of this sort in a few
months As for your despatch from Lon-
don. the claims in II are 30 sweeping as to
excite the greatest suspicion In the mind
OF any reputable medical man.
1.-THE whole thing savors OF Or. Fried
mann, who has com" and gone and con-
rotuiug the value or whose remedy We do
not yet know exactly. II liz to he regretted
that 40 much publicity should he given to
the matter at this stHge--that is 1t Ia
rcgrettabc from the point OF view of try
ing to find ont the real facts about the
substance, From "A money making point
Iof view the publicity Is admirable OF
course.
Il not" that DIR, Mehnarto has offered
the United States Government contratoxn
to test The fact that the United States
Was testing II would In itself have an i'm
mcnse advertising and money value. do
not impeach Dr. Mehnarto's good faith
nor do ] attempt to pronounce upon a
remedy Of which 7 have never heard and
which we have never tested. But the cir
cunstances OF the announcement Of his
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-18
ONLY LIVING TO WIFE
TO FOIL SHARPERS
Bankers Will Limits Her to
ST. 200 q Year $50 She
Won't BE Tempted"

An unusual will filed for probate in the
Surrogates office yesterday was executed
by Richard T. Colburn, who was "a war
correspondent FOR New York newspapers
IN the civil war and later a banker and
a director In several OF the pioneer rail-
roads lie died suddenly on December
Q last at the age of so years at 24i West
Ninety-n street
Mr.. Colburn left an annuity OF $1,000
to his wife, Mrs, Ida Pope Colhurn. and
explained the bequest az follows: "In
order not to encourage or tempt her to
unsnund investments, speculations or
lures Of promoters. fortune hunters.
charlatans or parasites this allowance is
strictly limited for good and sufficient
reasons, A modest scale OF expenditure
is my injunction"
The testator also left 81 .o00 to his wife
in case she consented to release her dow err
interest In his real estate and in case
there was no ostranr"ment or refusal by
Mrs. Co'buru to live with her husband.
lie made requests of $4,000 to an un
named sister, $500 each to six nieces and
$500 30 a nephew and then gave the
resduary estate 10 the Carnegie Re.
| search Fund OF Washington, y. G, "of
| which my friend Prof Woodward was
the initial president" md the American
Association for the Advancement of SCI
| ence. Massachusetts corporation. Each
institution Ia To get half the residuary es-
| tate for the purpose Of research In "physl-
cal or phSsc demonstrable sciences.
While the petition for the probate OF
the will fixed the value at more thai,
S25. 400, II is understood that each of the
! resdunry legatees win receive more than
| this sum. One unusual clause in the will
provided that a reputable trust COMPANY
| should take care of the estate and dis
tribute same, provided always that the
benehcaries named herein shall he IN nc
way culpable or responsible for hasten
| ing or causing my demise"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-18
.SPRAGUE OPPOSES
WIDOWS PENSIONS
Law school Professor Does Not
Beneyc In Endowed
MOtherh God.
FANORS PARENT SALARY
Would Have state Pay for Rear
ing the Child. the
states Ward.

pr. George g. Sprague INSTRUCTOR In the
New York University Law School and reg
istrar OF the university. spoke on The
Widow Pension AZ the annual meeting
of the alumni Of the, women~ law class
Of the university yesterday afternoon.
THE term widows pension is mis-
homer, he said, and the widow is not en-
titled AS a matter OF right TO have relief
from the state. do not believe in An
endowed motherhood. \ povertystricken
widow who Is physically. morally and
properly the custodian of her child should
De granted relief by the State. This should
come not as "A matter Of right but as "A
salary for the rearing and cduca ton of he
enid, the ward of the state. This IL justi-
He'd because the STATE, from a social, Do.
litical and economic standpoint. Is vitality
interested in seeing that its citizens shall
nave the advantages OF careful home train.
ing the home grown child Is superior IL
the lnstitutionalizsd product"
After summarizing the widows pension
acts now IN force IN several States IN til.
United states Dr. Sprasu- said
What is the theory of this legislation
mat has swept over nearly half these
United states in The last FIVE years? Is
u IN" beginning of mass of social legis-
ian"n. modelled after the acts of pat.rual
governments that j. to oVerturn our IDEAS
ot tht functions of government and estal-
liSh u series of pensioners To- be- f.d and
clothed out Of the public treasury VIII
'nls legislation open the door 10 old age
pensions, invalid pensions and other class
legislation" This u seems To- M. f. +,
very important question.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-18
SERUM SEIEPELY TESTED.
Many London rbys,rinns Indorse
NrhnartO's So-caIicd Cure.

u WAS early In MAY. 1918. that Tn.
SUNS London correspondent frs made
public the news that tireless and brill
liant young German hactcriologist. Fred
erick Mehnarto. VI. -. ph. D., had come
To- London 70 convince the British medical
world that while working with Koch In
the Belgian Congo. Africa. IN l9ii-i2 on a
cure for sleeping sickness he had dis
covered the serum that since has re-
ccived serious attention from r"dca
pra ctitionsrs.
Later In May and again at intervals
during the early summer came word from
London that At least IN. first results of
early experiments with the Mehnarto con-
tratoNlu were amazing And Or. Meh-
nartos British critics. who had shown
amusement or pity or hostility upon
come To- learn from first hand knuwl-
edge that the YOUNG German ~ any rate
is sincere scientist with tremendous
capacity for work. an almost lifelong de-
votion Ia the study ~ tuberculosis in all
It's forms in the hope of discovering a
cure and who seemingly has no desire to
acquire money.
Copies now TO I've seen here ~ -hc col
lected Reports on ContratoNin No 4
tMchnartn,' give evidence that medical
men OF Great Britain and the Continent
think enough Of the new serum to put II
TO severe tests. The papers contributed
nv several English and Scottish medical
men and by one German. ~. otto tiunzel,
TO the COLLECTED Reports" show tina: so
far AS they have gone the writer's are i'm
pressed with the merits OF the new serum.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-18

we discovered that we could cut down the
number or Injections and now we find
that from fifteen to twenty at intervals
OF one week are quite sufficient In ad.
vanced cases"
"There Are No After E6ects."
With regard to injurious after effects
Dr. Mehnarto says there are none. The
dangers attendant upon the use OF sal
varsan do not exist and 1t has been
found impossible to produce Assesses
such ~ sometimes occur when Fried
rnann's serum Is employed
The administration Of cuntratoNiu.' -
said the physician. sis the simplest thing
In the world. Take an ordinary hypo-
dermlc syringe. MI 1t with the serum
raise the skin and inject. That Is all
there is to II. Usually the injection is
made near the shoulder blades where the
skin liz loose, but It can be made with
ease and safety in any part Of the body
Noticing that the contratoxins bore
different numbers. such as -Four for
tuberculosis. Eight" for pernicious ane-
mia, and NO forth, THE SUNS correspon-
dent asked Dr. Mehnarto. whether these
different numbers implied any essential
differences IN composition. They all
have the same base he replied. but
the other ingredients differ in substance
and quantity. In some, for instance, I
use Sleeps blood AZ constituent. in
others horses blood and In others a
combination Of the two In other words,
IN making contratoAin reptilian serum
is combinpi with serum from warm
blooded animals, and the warm blooded
animal used In the preparation of each
group of contrntoXin IL an animal that
Is naturally refractory that is to say
moro or less immune to the disease for
which the serum liz Intended"
The doctor then showed the snake from
which he is getting his poison. II is
an Indian species and its bite II fatal IN
fifteen minutes. lts virus is used in the
proportion of u ou"-mllionth part to one
injection ~ the coutratoxin.
~ have recently been to trankfor, and
HARLEM the doctor proceeded 40
demonstrate the efficacy Of my serum.
Orders are coming In for II from South
Africa and Australia and IT can be
purchased AZ the leading wholesale drug
gists in many 81 tho larger cities Of the
United states and Canada, such Hs New
York. BROOKLYN. Philadelph,e. Botson
Chicago, Oakland and Montreal"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-18
NEW EDITOR OF GOLFERS"
Marx Sullivan Appointed to Place
Norman Hapgood Left.

Mark sullivan has been appointed edi-
tor of Golfers. Mr.. sullivan has been
with the magazine since 1905 as "A politi-
cal writer. conducting the Comments on
Congress department.
Robert J. Collier. head OF the Collier
corporation. has been editor since the
resignation OF Norman Hapgood in 1912
Mr.. Collier with his wife sailed for Eu-
rope Thursday TO be gone six months or
more.
Gilmore c. Patterson, acting president
or the company. said yesterday that Mr..
SulliNa appointment meant no change
In the policy Of Golfers and that Mr..
sullivan would stlll write the Comments
on Congress
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-18

coming up from the cellar and the t
FIRE was eating rs way rapidly g. o..
upper stories. Al the eight u.u "a
they got out and We're revived hs -..
said that Tdnmany had saved u-i-
The cafe was dreJch"d with Waf.. ..
an Interesting collection of old ur.~f.
of guns. swords. pistols bayuu,r-.
Department aud civl war relies
some other valued tIrios suffered .t-.--
or ruin
Tammany and the ferret distrr.,..
in the excitement.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-18
CULLEN JOINS SUBWAY FIGHT
Enters Brooklyn Heights Csmprigu
for % station.

Former chief Judge Edgar " '..
has taken mp the cudErls ~ hon.f
Brooklyn Heights, which T. trying o..
vince the Public Service Commission
the Heights must have subway -'.-
at Hicks street uu the ucv VI -..s
street line. His views are set foft. .'
letter to Chairman Mccall.
Nelson q. Carmdn says that the fs''..
OF OF property values ON the ", GIN,
80 per cent. Is largely due 10 III, tra.
portation isolation IN witch iNe sa,t..
now stands. lie SAWS that .o.u"n .,r.
arc affected
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-18

we discovered that we could cut down the
number Of injections. and now we md
that from fifteen to twenty at intervals
OF one week are quite sufficient In adj
vanced cases"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-18

At meeting of the law couu.ti..
III. STOCK Exchange Rudolph k,.'
was elected chairman and Henry Il i'..
roy Nlcc-chairman Charles ". t.
conbe was elected a member Of fl, .,r".
committee To MI the vacancy caused O.
the resignation OF T.. X Sturss
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-18

The Collected Reports include "a pre-
liminary note" on the principles ~ "nn-
fra;oxn by the d!scov-rer. Note. an IN.
Treatment OF Sixty-ulne Cases of Tubcr-
culosis" with the serum. the notes being
by Dr. T. Campbell Mcclure OF the French
and Margaret Street hospitals. Lon
don, and by Drs. u. NJ Bancroft and c.
Crewdson Thomas physicians 10 the Mar
gsr-t Street Hospital Tor Consumption.
the Sputum and Hood Changes" in
cases wher. ContruoNiu 40. was
used, is the subject ot a paper in the
COLLECTED Reports" hv lr a. White
Robertson pr. otto Gurzel's contrihu-
| ton Is "CuntratoXu Bchandlung der
Tuberculosis pr. X Tanner Hewlett.
professor of hacterioloRy in The t'ni,cr-
atv ~ London aud Director Of tho
Public Health Department. Kings cob
legc. London. and br. Louis Rajchmdi
supply list OF tables following their
experiments TO lcarY the Influence ~
injections Of contratoxin ION the con-
tent Of complement and opsouns Of the
blood serum"
There are papers also 10y br. J. Horne
Wilson. specialist in tuberculosis. by Dr.
" r. Stallard, medical superintendent at
Fairlight Sanitarun, Hastings, and two
other papers by DR.. Bancroft. all these
having to do with experiments with the
contratoxin in cases Of pulmonary and
glands.
In tho early dispatches from London
last spring II was announced that the
first physician to give serious considera-
ton to Or. Mehnarto's serum was DR.
Horne Wilson, who has made special
study Of tuberculosis and who frankly
declared himself u hostile critic"
Dr, Horne Wilson now in his "pre-
liminary note on the treatment % adj
yanced pulmonary tuberculosis by iniec-
ton Of cuntrstoxin No. I in the "Col-
lerted Records" just received. gives the
results Of twenty-five such cases Dr
Wilson begins hy quoting the discoverer
of the serum ON the composition and
action ~ contratoNin as follows:
"ContratoNin is a mixture OF the blood
plasma ~ various animals, mixed in pro-
portions calculated TO produce "A lytic
action on various microorganisms with
out producing lysis Of the human red
corpusces. In the production OF contra
toxin advantage is taken Of the fact
that some reptilian pasmas act AS hPmo-
lytic agents. while others act AS coagu.
liant agents. The practical value Of this
fact is that when horses or shcop's blood
is senstized by IA combination OF both
types OF reptilian plasma the red cor
puscles are no longer capable of being
dissolved by distilled water. and at the
same time the blood becomes powerfully
bacteriolytic."
"In placing before the medica, pro-
fscsion the record Of these twenty five
cases" writes DIR. Wilson In his pre-
l'mnary note" To his experiments with
the new serum. II may say that all were
advanced third stage tTurbam, many
with all Ave lobes involved One is jus
tined In considering twenty zone absolutely
hopeless from any other point Of view"
DIR. Wilson then submits those Stats
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-18
Term Pension . Nisnom-r.

Ihe term pension implies - grant
made for s'rNic. already rendered The
soldier Is entitled to his pension because
u u IN the nature of a recomlrnse to him
Tor IA" small amount cc.ivcd by him
from the State for his service on the bat.
tlet"ld, II - deferred payment for
service already rendered. II YOU ar. To
CIV" similar relief to the mother as a mat
Ter OF right then you AZ. endowing moth
erhood and starting upon a line of class
legislation that will he subyersive of our
established views OF governmental pow
ers.
There are at present $4,000 children
maintained In institutions IN New York
city. The city pays the institutions $3.50
per week or $3.50 per year each for de-
pendents and 50 per week or $50 per
year for delinquents.
Accepting the view that relief is to
be not IA pension to the widow hut salary
10 he paid to her for maintaining and cdu-
eating her child, the ward OF the State.
what should he the PROV isions of such an
act FOR New York city? In nv opiuIou
II should specify parents or uarent in
stead of widows II the neither is de-
serted or her husband ia prison sh. =
not widow, and Stll the welfare of
the child may require that the family
be- Kept intact. l. the father L. seriously
sick the same condition WIN b. found
The parent must IN every case Dee phvs.
icslly and morally u proper custodian for
the child"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1914-05-01
Leadless Glaze.

EngIishmen demand "leadless glaze"
when they buy pottery, for leadless
glaze does not poison the pottery work.
ers. We in America do not ask for it
in the. china shops. Most Of us have
never heard of it Yet DR.. Alice Ham,
ilton's study for the federal bureau of
labor shows how serious a form of lead
poisoning is the disease contracted by
workers in American potteries.
All table and toilet ware. including
bathtubs and sinks, is lead glazed the
glaze containing from to 20 per cent
of unchanged and therefore poisonous
white lead. In decorated ware the per
cent is as high as 10 or 80 The dan
gers that follow from dust filled at
mOspheres, dusty floors, hands care
lessly washed if washed at all, at
lunch hour, are conditions that should
call for immediate remedy.-Survey.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1914-05-01
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS!
TRADE UNION NOTES.

Painters at Toronto Canada, will de-
mand 40 cents an hour next May.
San Francisco union mattresses have
received an increase Of 81 a week.
Up to last May the international
Typographical union had spent 81 $780,
9O1 on the home it maintains at Colo
RADIO Springs.
Twelve hundred telegraphers on the
Southern Pacific have secured 10 per
cent Increase in pay and a reduction
Of one hour a day.
Plans are under consideration by the
members OF the Northwestern Cooks
association for the establishment Of a
model kitchen in which the culinary
arts viii be taught
The Federation Of Pullman Conduc-
tors and Porters of America plans to
bring into the new labor organization
the 10000 sleeping car conductors and
DOrtera In the United StKfpa
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1914-05-01
Street Railway Workers.

Secretary r. L. Reeves of the Anal
gamated Association of Street and
Electric Railway Employees reports
as follows: During the year preceding
June, 1913, the Amalgamated associa-
ton had issued charters for the insti-
tuition Of forty-six locals, the last be-
ing located at Phoenix, Ariz Eight
thousand four hundred members were
added to the organization through the
effectual organizing of locals during
the year. The feature of the Amalga-
mated association is its death and dis
ability benefit provision. The associa-
ton pays death benefits of from 500
to $500, in accordance with the period
Of membership. During the year end
ing June, 1913, there were paid 278
benefits from this fund. The pay
ments aggregated $134,25O. the approx
innate average payment being $3.50.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1914-05-01
Swltchmen,s Union Grows.

The switchmen's union in the last
two years between the St. Paul and
Houston conventions has paid out In
death and total disability claims $407,-
01S In addition to this, there was do
mated in benevolent claims $4,000,
covering injuries that did not come I'M
der the legal provision of the constitu-
ton. These amounts do not include
the large sums paid out by the local
unions in weekly benefits on account
of sickness and injury. The gain In
membership in the last year has been
Is per cent, the greatest increase being
in the large switching centers.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1914-05-01
LABOR LAWS WANTED.
Legislative Program of the Massachu
setts Federation of Labor.


sets Federation of Labor.
The 1914 legislative program Of the
Massac husetts state branch, A. f. of
L., as announced in leaflet sent to all
trade unions in the state, is in part us
follows:
A law to forbid injunctions in labor dis
putes
Bill to facilitate the settlement of trades
disputes and decrease the number of
strikes.
Submit to the voters the question of
public ownership and operation Of street
railways.
Half time schooling. Not over five hours
of labor for any child between fourteen
and sixteen years. Attendance at school
balance of the day compulsory. An eight
hour day for women in manufacturing and
mechanical establishments.
Legislation to enable workers to secure
suburban homes and instruction in their
most profitable use, with a tax exemption
Of $1,000 to each taxpayer on his home
stead.
A free state university.
Three tours of eight hours each for pa
per mill operatives.
License laws for BARRIERS and moving
picture operators and amendments to the
license laws for stationary firemen and
elevator operators.
Amendments to the pension act relating
to laborers outside of Boston to make it
falrer to the workers.
An increase to at least fifty in the num-
Der of inspectors of the state board of la
Dor and industries
Saturday half holiday and pensions for
laborers and mechanics working for the
state or commissions thereof, all work by
commissions to be done on the day work
basis when possible.
An amendment to the Boston pension act
to include draw tenders in its provisions.
Legislation removing the administration
of the law providing for aid of mothers
with dependent children from the poor
authorities.
Legislation to forbid the transportation
of children alleged to be neglected in pa
troll wagons.
The passage of a resolution urging con-
gress to authorize loaning of deposits in
postal savings banks directly to borrow
ers.
Legislation to forbid construction or re-
pair work on institution buildings by in
mates thereof.
Organized labor will oppose: Compulsory
arbitration of labor disputes; biennial cleo
tons; public officials should not be fur
Their removed from the people; the intro
duction into the state of the products Of
prison labor.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1914-05-01
ONE DAY OF REST.
New Works Labor Law Defined by At
torrey General CT the State.


Much confusion having arisen in all
parts of New York state over the ap-
plication of the amendments to the la
Dor laws that went into effect on Oct.
l, Attorney General Carmody was call
ed upon to explain their provisions.
One of the first which he explained
was the one days rest in seven. Mr..
Carmody says the law exempts JAM
tors, watchmen, superintendent and
foremen in charge and employees
whose duties require not more than
three hours work on Sundays. This In
cludes bakers, those caring for ami
mails, maintaining fires and making
necessary repairs to boilers or mach1n-
cry. Mr.. Carmody also holds that the
law does not apply to employees Of
water pumping stations; telegraph and
telephone companies, except those Ia
boring in shops; cold storage plants;
steam railroad and street railways, ex
cept those working in shops, restaur
ants, lunch rooms and dining rooms;
chauffeurs and farm hands; electric
light and gas plant employees.
One provision of the new law speci-
fes that before an employer may OPP
crate on Sunday he must post list OF
employees, designating the day Of rest
for each and file copy thereof with
the state commissioner of labor Each
employee also must keep a time book,
showing among other things the hours
he works each day.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1914-05-01
Welfare of EMPLOYEES.

A vital change in the attitude of
transportation companies toward en-
ployees was reflected the other day at
Atlantic City in the report of the COM
mittee on employees welfare, present
ed to the annual convention of the
American Electric Railway association
by j Burleigh, second vice president
of the Public Service corporation of
New Jersey. The report advocated
provision for the sick, death benefits
and insurance, service annulties or pen
sions, accident benefits profit sharing
and saving and loan funds.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1914-05-01

Sometimes it does seem that it pays
better to proclaim yourself great than
to be born great.