The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-07-02
A SAFER FOURTH
THAN LAST YEAR
Greater Precautions Due TO In
crease In Accidents.
BIG CITIES BAR FIREWORKS

ties, Which In 1918 Numbered $40.
Chicago to Avoid Danger of a Big
Central Celebration - Patriotism
Without Pyrotechnics New Ideal.
The campaign to keep Americans,
young and old. from killing themselves
or other people in celebrating the dawn
OF American independence on July A is
being waged with renewed energy this
year because last year showed an in
crease of serious accidents over the
year before. The movement IL nation
wide, and the aim Is to make every
community adopt the safe and sane
slogan for Independence day.
A compilation of statistics indicates
that In the last eleven years fireworks
burned on the Fourth have cost the
United States 1.702 deaths and 39.4SS
injuries.
Philadelphia last year was the only
large city In the United States having
more than 100 injuries due to mis-
guided patriotism. and official action
looking to the prevention of a repeti-
ton of such a casualty record has been
taken. Last year Philadelphia report
ed $40 casualties. a marked Increase
over 1912. when 127 occurred.
Safe and sane celebrations are to be
the rule In Philadelphia the coming
holiday.
Moving pictures will be used general
iy as a substitute for fireworks. which
are officially banned, and there will be
the free distribution OF ice cream, dane
ing on the streets, balloon ascensions
out of mischief.
Warns OF Tetanus.
III we are unsuccessful" says the
Pennsylvania Society For the Protec-
ton of Research, I'm applying the logic
of common sense to individuals who
persist In their folly of using danger
Gus fireworks we can at least make ev-
cry effort TO saw them from the nor
rors of lockjaw. In every case OF
| blink cartridge, cannon cracker or any
lection is threatened we advise the
prompt injection of tetanus antitoxin.
"Lockjaw or tetanus Is a bacterial
disease chiefly of horses and man The
bacillus, Identical I'm both. develops III
a wound into which 1t has entered with
dirt and produces an intense poison.
The death rate from these Fourth OF
July wounds continues to be appalling
despite the efforts for a safe and sane
observance of the day. The poison en-
gendered by the tetanus bacillus passes
into the blood and attacks certain cells
of the nervous system, through which
the commissions and contracted muscles
characteristic of the disease are pro,
duced.
The study of the tetanus through
experiments on animals has been fruit
ful I'm establishing the source of the
bacilli In nature and the precise means
TO be employed In eliminating then
by sterilization. etc. from the common
articles OF daily use in which they may
be concerned and in yielding an anti
toxin which has been successfully EN-
ployed as a preventive OF tetanus and
even I'm curing certain cases Of that
disease"
Fourth In New York and Chicago.
The use OF fireworks In any form Il
to be opposed In New York city this
year by Mayor Mitchels rational
Fourth of July committee Each veal
the committee has been gradually
crowding out the fireworks. and las
year displays were allowed only II
scattered districts. There will be I
patriotic rally. with Governor Glynn
Speaker Champ Clark and others IA
speakers: separate celebrations in tn
different boroughs, local celebration
In which school children will take
prominent part and aviation features
Plans for community celebrations n
various sections of Chicago have beer
announced. II Is the aim to avoid
big central celebration with its crowds
and attending perils.
Chicago's sane Fourth" campaign
was started In 1900. The result hal
been q diminution of the annual toll
Of deaths and disasters to the poin
where the figures show Chicago
Fourth to be practically stripped OF 1t
terrors. In 1907 Chicago suffered six
teen killed and 151 injured. The Fourtl
OF July OF 1913 cost only one killee
and twelve injured.