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Of Nine Patients, One Is En-
tirely Healed and Four
Seem to Be.
DR.. MERCAcO OBTAINING
GOOD RESULTS IN MANILA
Hypodermically Injects Solution.
Better Methods Expected to
Make Recoveries Certain.


Hope for the cure of Ieprcsy is ex-
tended as result of effective trent
n n VI ,,a ,,pe's - at inc san Lazaro hos
of DIR. Elidero Mercado of the public
health service of the Philippine Islands.
Of nine lepers taking an entire course
of treatment and under observation for
two years, one is entirely cured. four
are cured according to results of clint
cal examination although microscopic
examination, shows traces of tho ,v.r,,
&c 1. 80, - -.
0o" 'f'' Nc" '''i
proVemeht. ana there is Improvement,
though slight. in the condition of the
ninth patient.
,,b,r1mooor. ri, IL; a., ror,d,. III,
..! -,
curative properties VI chdui'ioosra Oh
arc not a new discovery, but for the first
time an etficacious method of admins
fcrire tho dose has haeu found
c,s',.,..l---. -, ,,-;.,;.tea., ..o
mourn. IS usua'ly ac.o'lpahlea 10y sun sue.
Nioieht hi'used tiltil l. edtnic!l Wy '. "a. .
metnod seldom can ne continued Iof
1he iens.h vi time necessary ~ ~!
ouce cu.e. ; c,,1
hethoa OF d''iIliiilsIerins ma , "
nooera OH n!peIaerihicaliy Is .ne Jus 9
coNery OF Dr. Mercado anu nus soa-
ii ~. WY "rsu - - i
ing ne S ~ nc -
taken pE the piood anu circuia'eu
through the oodS-
pr;n,e NJo,,,e IF r,,,ra.
oinSS Ne"S VI Soies'
DR. Victor G. Heiser director of
h.,,.h for .ho ph;,;n,i,o Is1,nds is
heai'n ior tne ailippi"e i'ianos' -
now In the united states, ana pfihsS
back accounts of the wonderful work
done nv DR. NIercado With the usual
,r,;on of ,rtboriti.s of the uublic
" ,,
nealth service ne urses ma MAJ -,
ndenGe that denhlte cure mas ueeii
iouho must q" tiie ,. euoo,io,,,
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station. Two special trains carried the
funeral party to Curtea de Argos,
where the cortege again formed and
proceeded to the ancient cathedraL
where the body was cntombed.
Funeral services were held simu,-
taneously in all the churches in the
/, kingdom More than $4,000 persons
viewed the body of King Charles while
il Law in state in the palace here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-16

suit, although he was apparently
healed.
The history of all the cases varies in
details and the positiveness of results
All but one shows decided improve
ment; this one exception was a Filipino
boy of eighteen. whose general health,
at least. was improved under treat
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-16

James G. waddell Brinkman. wh"
fifty wears ago was one of the prom
nent figures in the democratic politics
of New York city. died at his home IN
Brewster. " Y. of a complication OF
diseases. He was seventy eight years
old.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-16
KING CHARLES FUNERAL
is HELD AT BUCHAREST
Services Held simultaneously in All
Churches in Roumania-Body
Placed in Cathedral Crypt.

BUCHAREST. via London. October
1s, $50 a.m.-The funeral of King
Charles of Roumaria Was held here
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-16

George Henry Krug, a salesman for
a New York firm of dealers in firearms.
was held in $3.50 bail on a charge of
selling a revolver to a man without a
license.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-16
Hypodermic Method Succeeds.

Finally the hypodermic method was
tried, and Dr. Mercado, house physician
of the Ieper hospital. experimental with
a combination of chaulmoogra oil. CAM
phor and resorcin.
These three ingredients compose the
leprosy cure as now used successfully
at the San Lazaro Hospital. The pro-
portions are sixty cubic centimeters of
chaulmooS-a oil. sixty cubic centime-
ters of camphorated oil and four grams
of resourcin. The treatment was
irresuIarly used in number of cases
With others, two lepers took it who
had previously been treated without
success with vaccine of bacllll grown
in accordance with the method OF
CIegg.
These two patients recovered early
in 1911, after a few months treatment
and apparently remained completely
cured for a period of two years, when
they were discharged from the hoSpita
on probation.
Later two additional cases recovered
that had no other form of treatment
except the hypodermic injections of the
chaulmoogra oil mixture.
The injections are usually made at
weekly periods in ascending doses The
initial dose is one cubic centimeter, in
creased gradually to the point of toll
erance.
1t has been found 20 be sometimes
better to reduce the amount of the dose
and inject at more frequent intervals
The object sought is to SO regulate
the dose as to prevent reactions of toe
violent d character. Quicker results
are also apparently obtained when it is
possible to inject the mixture into large
leprous deposits or to divide the dose
by injecting it into a number of smaller
.indltrafiODS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-16
Urges Aid 70 Agriculture.

MIR. Harrison also advised legislation
of helpful nature to agriculture, SO
that rice cultivation could be in
creased, and asked for laws against
usury to promote rural credit and to
help co-operateivc societies. He also adj
vised that pensions be established for
the constabulary, asked for insurance
regulation and the supervision of PUB
lie charities.
Confidently with the opening of the
Legislature huge crowd gathered
outside the legislative building and
celebrated the passage of the Jones
Philippine bill by the American House
of Representatives. The speakers in
lauding this action, expressed conf
dence that the Senate would take Sim
liar action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-16
DEMAND FOR ECONOMY
IN THE PHILIPPINES
Gov. Gen. Harrison Refers to Trade
Disturbance Caused
by War.

MANILA, October 16-Francis Bur-
ton Harrison. the governor general
opened the sessions of the legislature
today with a speech in which he re-
ferred to the trade disturbance be-
cause of the great war and said that
the situation required continued econ
omy. He urged new sources OF tax
alton be found for the relief of the
government. Philippine taxation, he
said, was now low. so that the govern
ment could fairly impose an additiona'
levy without injustice and with the
assurance that it would prove a ben
eft.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1914-10-15

tive, there can be little doubt Of
the outcome.
And there is no more doubt as
to Junior Browns election to
Congress, unless by sheer apathy
the voters let things go by de-
fault on the theory that he is safe
anyhow.
There is only one thing to do
and that is to vote and to see that
ones neighbor votes, and that
being done old Jefferson will,
this the first Congressional cleo
tion year of the Wilson admins
tration, retain her supremacy as
the banner Democratic County
ofWest Virginia.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1914-10-15
Are You A Democrat !?

If You are Democrat and believe
in your party and what it stands
for you have a duty to perform
next month, to neglect which
is to put yourself in the category
of those guilty of negligence to
their civic duty.
To vote wrong is bad enough,
but not to vote at all is bad citi-
zenship.
You may read the papers and
discuss the political issues of the
day extensively, and. yet if
through sheer indifference, You
fail to take the few minutes nee
essary to deposit your straight
Democratic ballot on election
day, you are Indirectly at least
In enemy of Woodrow Wilson, to
the extent that you are endanger-
ing his control of the conduct of
the government and impairing his
ability to make effective the re-
forms to which our party is
pledged.
So far as the general ticket is
concerned, County and Legisla-
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1914-10-15
The Moratorium.

Senator Bankhead read last week to
the Senate this letter from one of his
constituents to an Alabama bank:
Gents: / have heerd that ferrein
countries in Europe are issueing mer-
rytoriums. SO that the people can put
off paying there detts while. Now,
have Is bales of cotton and owe detts
amounting to about $500. can't sell
my cotton for enuff to pay out and
leave anything to pay taxes and live
on next year. If they are selling mer-
rytoriums in N. Y, visit you would
see what it will cost to buy me one for
the amount of my detts good for mos.
Yours truly,
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1914-10-15
A Great Speech.

That was a fine speech that
Congressman Nicely delivered last
week in Congress. and worthy OF
Democracy's best traditions.
We wish we had space to give
it all, but the following. extracts
will serve:
The Democratic party is the Oldest
undertaken on this continent. 1t be-
gan to bury political parties hundred
years ago, and it is still doing bust
ness ut the same old stand In the
words of George R. Vending, great
man, the Democratic party buried the
Wing party, the Democratic party
buried the Free Soil party, the Demo-
cratic party buried the Greenback par
ty, and on the Sd day of November the
old Republican party will die, unre-
penting, unforgiven, and unredeemed;
and on account of the peculiar condi-
ton of the corpse we will perform the
funeral ceremony without delay. This
will be funeral without music, with
out mourners, without flowers, and
with no resurrection of the body. We
will carve on the rude slab that marks
your resting place these words, THE
wicked run we'll FOR season, but they
shall be cut off, and that without rem
edy."
On the other hand the voters are in
yited to let their weary eyes repose .on
the old Democratic party the Oldest
party on this continent; the party
that has never sold the truth to save
the hour" the party that has remain
ed true to it's traditions and its ideals,
whether in. the morning of victory or
in the midnight of disaster and defeat.
Since the day of its birth it has guard
ed the rights of the common people as
the shepherd guards his sheep. The
Democratic party is the party of pa
trioIism and principle. the party of
Jefferson and Jackson, the party of
Underwood and Clark, the party of
Wilson and Bryan.
In this awful time of trouble, when
foreign thrones are tottering, when
kingdoms are trembling, and when
monarchies are are being swept away,
let the people say by their votes that
they will stand by the President loyal
Iy, valiantly and faithfully while he
makes this Republic the light Of the
world and brings this Government
more nearly into harmony with all the
precepts Of the Prince Of Peace.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1914-10-15
PROFIT IN GROWING WEEDS
Wisconsin Agricultural Professor
Shows How Hundred Dollars an
Acre Can Be Made.

A profit of 500 an acre from grow
ing weeds which have medicinal prop
critics is possibility for any farmer,
according to experiments which Prof.
E. Kremer of the State Agricultural
college Of Wisconsin has been making
on fouracre tract near Madison.
Catnip, boneset, spearmint, pepper
mint, sage, horehound and tansy are
some Of the drug weeds which Pro
lessor Kremer found could be grown
with profit. For all these there is q
steady market, and they can be grown
with no more care or attention than
ordinary timothy hay. While the lat
ter is high at one cent q pound, the
leaves of the drug weeds, when prop
erly dried and cured, may be sold for
from three to eight cents a pound.
Spearmint is one of the many weeds
ordinarily neglected which Professor
Kremer finds can be grown with profit.
Manufacturers Of chewing gum and
other commodities use large quantities
and it can be grown on wet, soggy
ground which is useless for any other
purpose.
The finest quality of catnip can be
sold for eight cents a pound, while
sage and peppermint present good pos
sibilities OF profit. The boneset is q
wild plant usually growing in marshy
ground. It may be planted broadcast
like timothy and the dried plants are
worth from five to six cents pound.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1914-10-15

We were misquoted, uninten-
tionally, by Washington paper
last week as to our views on the
apple crop situation.
We did say that if apples--which
have more merit than almost any
other food commodity-were adj
verified half as thoroughly as
breakfast foods that there would
never be any question of a good
home market at highly renutnera-
tive prices.
dWhile numerous efforts have
been notably by Grant
Border with the stamp advertis-
ing fund-concert of action by
growers to this end seems far off.
The war has been blamed for
the present unsatisfactory market,
the usual buyers being few and
far between.
Indirectly it is contributary
cause in that. consequent to abnor-
NAL banking conditions, dealers
have been unable to get the usual
advances to finance their opera
tions and on account of the Strin-
gency in the south owing to the
unfortunate cotton situation.
But to give the cutting off of
the export market itself as rea-
son, is absurd.
In point of fact more apples
have been exported to British
markets than usual ocean freights
are normal and the prices ship
pers have so far netted have been
on an average twenty-five to fifty
per cent better then those obtain
able at home.
The desirability of the export
outlet has been so manifest as to
have acknowledgements abroad
to an extent which may tempo
rarily bring recessions in prices
until the movement becomes nor
NAL again.
Owing to impairment of the
usual domestic marketing facili-
ties, a lot of waste is bound to oc-
cur which however will in our
Judgment result in better prices
both at home and abroad when
the pressure to get apples out OF
the orchard is over.
With confidence growers can
look for satisfactory prices both
in the export and domestic mar
kets when this happens, or we
will be greatly mistaken.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1914-10-15
Who Pays !?
8y EDNA Valentine Trapnell.

BY Edna valentine 'Irapnell.
Drum and trumpet and banner, banner
and trumpet and drum!
Tramp. tramp through the city streets,
the new-listed armies come.
Song and laugh on the transports,
steaming under the stars
Wet eyes star blind of those behind
who pay for the nations wars
(The women who pay and have paid,
-. 1907 dear Lord, for immemorial wars
Cheers and shouts greet the headlines
that tell of the battles won,
Who remembers the death-wrecked
bodies motionless under the sun !?
Victory stood to our banners, only a
handful lost"
Only We bore those bodies, and we
know what bodies cost
(Mothers and wives of the soldiers dead
who better can gauge the cost?)
Man is blinded by passion, by glory. or
gold or power,
Shall we not see more clearly when it
comes to the woman's hour ?
Before we loose hell's lightning that
shall prove cause through strife,
Shall we not weigh the price we pay
when the payments in human life?
dear Lord, we know by each birth
throe the value of human life.
Counselors. kings and rulers, we take
what We cannot give.
Can We say to the things in the trenches
BE whole, rise up and live?
Do ye know who have killed your thou
sands by word from death
dipped pen
One little pang of the cost to those who
breed you your fighting menu
(Who pays. dear Lord. for their. bodies
and souls but the mothers and
wives of men0
This poem. appearing. in the last
issue of The Outlook, was written byf
Mrs. Thomas Trapnell, daughter-in-law
of the late Joseph Trapnell. Esq,
this place. Editor.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1914-10-15
w. Va. and the War Tax.

West Virginians have little of which
to complain in connection with the war
tax bill as agreed to by the Democrat
ic caucus of the Senate. Most of the
tax is placed on liquors, wines and
beers, of which, of course West Virgin
ians will have nothing to pay. The
bank tax was cut off, the tax on gaso-
line, made in West Virginia, was wip-
ed out and the people of West Virgin
ia will feel the effects CT the law. if it
passes in its present shape. less than
those of almost any other State. Sena-
tor Chiffon took an active part in hav.
ing the proposed tax on gasoline aban-
doned. because Of the effect it would
have on West Virginia oil and gas pro-
ducers..
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1914-10-15

quantity.
Indications are that inferior grades
will meet with a very poor demand,
and that it will be more profitable to
keep these grades at home, or for de-
livery to by-product plants. Such
grades will not only move slowly, but
under the circumstances Of a large
yield would undoubtedly interfere with
profitable disposition of better grades.
1t has been custom in some States
to ship a large portion of the crop in
bulk. Such fruit as rule is handled
as an orchard rum without respect
to grades. Those who ship in bulk
should exercise especial care this year
to eliminate such stock as is likely to
effect results for really good fruit.
Those exderienced in handling apples
very well remember the ruinous effect
of overripe low grades in years when
the yield is heavy. 1t is to be remem-
bered that under the circumstances
little profit accrues to any one from
such fruit. but that disaster frequently
results by congesting the markets with
stocks that are not sufficiently good
even to justify the expense of handling.
The elimination of inferior grades from
the green-fruit markets is very impera-
tive this year for successful disposition
of the commercial crop. and it is desir-
able that all parties to the deal strictly
adhere to this principle.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1914-10-15
If you DO NOT HAVE TuBERcu.
EOSIS!

Guard zea1ously your general health,
in order that your body may resist at
tacks Of the tuberculosis germ.
See that your living rooms are clean
and we'll ventilated at all times. Sleep
with your windows open the year
round.
See that you have plenty of fresh air
in your work shops.
Eat only plain, wholesome food, but
do not oyer-eat.
Spend as much time as possible, in
body and spirit, in Gods out-of-doors.
Do not take medicine, except on a
doctors advice.
Do not spit, except in paper and
then burn it. Set the consumptive q
good example.
Do not live or work with careless
consumptive.
Battle three or four times each week.
and more often II possible.
Avoid excesses Of all kinds. Vice.
which weakens the strong. kills the
weak.
Do not neglect a cold or cough.
but go to dispensary at once. You
may have consumption and not know
it.
Do not overwork
Always breathe through your nose,
and you viii be in less danger Of in
haling the tuberculosis germ than II
you breathe through your mouth.
Avoid dust and dusty occupations
Do everything In your power to
spread the gospel Of fresh air and the
outdoor life, ana thus lessen the raw.
1rea 81 the Great White Plague.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1914-10-15

For the benefit Of those who may not /
be disposed to exercise especial care IN |
preparing the fruit for market On the |
grounds that it win not be worth while.
1t is suggested that under conditions
prevailing at this time the difference
between proper and improper handling
win probably be the difference between
success and failure.
What will more largely affect the
situation than anything else are open
ing prices in the primary markets. If
the growers and operators hold for ar
bitrarily high prices, the crop will not
pass readily into consumption, and be-
fore conditions could be adjusted con-
gestion would undoubtedly occur
throughout the channels Of trade, with
disastrous results to all concerned.
Both in the primary and secondary
markets the fruit should be offered at
prices that viii assure early trading and
aqulck movement. so as to avoid abb
normal accumulation at shipping point
and in the market. Such accumulation
not only causes depression in values,
but, due to delay, over-ripe condition
frequently arises and the trade finds
itself dealing in partially decayed fruit
at rulnous prices.
Owing to geographical location. some
important apple producing States have
the natural advantage of an early sea-
son. 1t would be folly for such States
not to profit by that advantage 1t is
possible for growers 80 situated to
leave their crop ON the trees until the
period of greatest movement, and FREE
quently in years past they have suffer-
ed great loss by doing so. The SOUTH
ern States of the apple belt should be-
gin early and market the greatest por-
tion possible prior to the period of
greatest movement. and thereby avoid
competition with the producing areas Of
the northern belt. On the other hand,
States that go to market latest should
be in no hurry to rush the markets
during the period of greatest move
ment. In brief, the crop should be dis
tributed throughout the longest time
possible. cold and dry storages being
judiciously utilized for conservation.
Regarding the suggestion that not
only bookkeeping standard-grade var
ieties be placed in cold storage, it is
Explained that prices which are likely
to rule in the early winter will hardly
justify accumulated charges on short
keeping and low-grade varieties. Dry
storage apples from the North and
! Northwest are likely to limit the sale
of cold storage fruit until midwinter.
At no time is it profitable to cold stor-
age inferior grades, and especially, is
this true in times of bountiful produc-
tion
Small towns outside of the apple belt
are often poorly supplied, even in large
crop years, Growers of the Middle
West have taken advantage Of this
condition by going to such towns with
cars of apples and selling on the track.
In order to succeed with this method
the shippers should know conditions Of
4 supply and demand in the town selected,
ascertain the railway and township
regulations controlling track sales, and
precede delivery of the car with judi
cious advertising. The mayor can give
Information as to whether or not II
cense is required. and the railway agent
as to whether or not track sales are
allowed.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1914-10-15
This May Mean You

In compliance with the postal law we
will shortly go over our subscription
list and strike therefrcm the names of
those who are in arrears for a year or
mOre-on subscription to The Free
Press.
OF course we don't like to do this,
but such action is obligatory under the
Federal law. Those in arrears will
please therefore pay up their overdue
subscriptions promptly and spare US
the necessity of striking their names
from our mailing list.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1914-10-15
HERE is YOUR CHANCE TO Es
CAPE TUBERCULOSIS

First
If you keep yourself in good health,
the germs can not hurt you II You are
exposed to them.
They only affect rundown" people,
or those otherwise In poor health.
Second
If every consumptiye were as care
fui as he should be, he would not In
feet you or any one else.
You can not have the disease unless
you get the germs from some one who
is already infected.
Third
See that the County or Local Health
ofRcer disinfects every house where
consumpt.ve haa previously lived
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1914-10-15
HEAVY Annual Loss by Fire

Heavy Annual Loss by Fire.
In the United States, in every bust.
ness day of the year, $1,000. 900 worth
OF property is destroyed. three lives
are lost and II persons seriously in
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-02
LEGAL NOTICES

rs~~>~~~~->~~~>~~s>~~~
amendment as Proposed Amend
ment No. / to the Charter of the
City of Tacoma" for thirty days in
the Tacoma Daily Ledger and the
Tacoma Daily Times.
Feb. %, 1914.
Adopted on roll call.
Yeas 8. Nays 0. Absent 2, Free
W. w. SEYMOUR
Mayor
Attest:
HOMER II. EDWARDS,
City Clerk.
I. Homer H. Edwards, City Clerk
of the City of Tacoma. Pierce Coun-
ty, Washington, hereby certify that
the foregoing Is a full, true and
correct copy of Resolution No. e2s7
adopted by the City Council on the
25th day Of February, 1914, propos-
ing an amendment to the City Char
ter of said City, to be voted upon
at the General Election to be held
April 7th, 1914.
WITNESS my hand and the seal
of the City of Tacoma, this 25th
day of February, 1914.
HOMER H. EDWARDS.
lSeaD City Clerk.