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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-11

HERE is barrack room legend that the
Wandering Jew walks through the en-
campmcnts of armies and brings the
n cholera with him. The legend appears
TO be justified in way by the tsc; mat few I'M
portAnt gns are concluded without the APP
pearance Of the Asauc horror IN one or the
other of the contendng armies, following close
" after the hostiltIcs. The rule, OF course, has
only held since cholera was imported from the
Indian peninsula early IN the last century The
American armies have furnished exception
Since It's FIRST appearance, and, barring our brush
with Spain. cholera has beset us not long after
ouI own major wars. 1t moved in the track OF
our colors when Winfield Scott headed
troops in Mexico by killing 5000 New Workers
in 1919. and t slew our soldiers at the close Of
the Rebellion
Although there is now small chance OF the dis
ease gaining a foothod here, Quarantine officers
are looking ahead for trouble. The fear that the
present war may bring about a cholera wave in
Europe is possibly JUSTIFIED by the early appear
ancc OF cholera in the ranks of the Austrian
soldiers When the Quarantine officials learned
of this their only comment was that 1t had com,
even sooner than they had expected. The prob
.em that looms large TO all of them Is to keep II
out Of New York.
The writer visited Quarantine recently to talk
with Dr. Joseph J. O'Connen, Health Officer of
the Port He was taken through tho gittering
new laboratory. where DR.. Oscar league is al
ready making preparations for his corps of chol-
era experts. who are being trained 10 cope with
any emergency that may arise as result of the
present conflict In the laboratory an attendant
was preparing test tubes for the examination OF
cholera germs. In the basement, as a side show,
stretched in row along a board, there were
number Of bodies OF rats who died a violent
death because they had been suspected of car
ryirs bubonic plague, but who were innocent OF
the crime A doctor suggested that q drop Of
cholera germs be prepared that the writer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-11

ricturc very like that Of cholera, with vomiting
diarrhma. subnormal temperatures, loss OF Pulse
otc These symptoms common TO inc acVO"
Of various toxic substances upon the human Or
ganisu. and to attempt a Differentiation oy Gin
ical symptoms alone is, In some cases, quile -"
possbe By the meteorological methods no" III
nee we have certain means OF differentiation
which gives US results within few hours
GERMS LIVED ON A HEALTHY PERSON OVER
TWO MONTHS.
Tho value Of the test in the case Of the
bpcillus carrier is particularly manifest. Some
= ,bo,, prc said to have carried cholera germs
for a month and a half, and one case IS reported
whore the gerns we're alive and hourshing after
sixtv-nine DAYS the individual supporting them
.bowip0 no symptoms Of the disease. In healthy
natives who lived in the cholera districts OF
Manila and It's ncighborhood, Dr. Mclaughlin
found that from six to seven per cent OF them
we're cholera carriers.
An exclamation for the comparative immunity
Of some people, while others in the Immediate
neighborhood are dying from the disease Is 10
be found in the action Of the gastric juice, "hlch
is highly hostile to the cholera oaciIh ms
iuico ,hen in normal condition, is fatal TO the
cboIera germs which are harmless TO man until
thew reach the intestine. To prove how com
plete!y fatal this natural fluid IS to the cnoiers
germ an expermenter named Pettenkofer IS
said to have swallowed a culture OF active chol-
era germs at the risk OF his life what nap
pencd 10 him is doubtful. Some say, however
tbat the scientist suffered from cholera as a
result Of his reckessness
The most frequent source Of cholera IS the
water supply When it is fully realized that the
disease can only be transmitted in one way
-. 81 ~ Infected
coming into direct contact with the mouth OF
another person-some idea is given Of the con-
ditions necessary for cholera epidemic OF the
sort that used to ravage Europe and still ravages
India and other places where the white mans
most strenuous efforts make but little head
way against the widespread dirtiness Of the
Orient.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-11
THE SACRED WELL At MECCA HAS SPREAD
THE DISEASE

Sacred dirt is the worst Of all, and the pill
grmage to Mecca has been fruitful cause OF
cholera throughout the ages In the ceremonies
that take place about the sacred well Of Mecca,
we read in DR.. Doty's book from which some
of this material has indirectly been taken, In
tina, his methods still in force IN Quarantine
and the Health Department has quoted from him
there is cause for cholera that grows to
worldwide proportions. The pilgrims stand
upon a stone which covers the surface OF the
well. Water from the well is poured over them
by the bucketful, and this water finds its way
back to the well beneath. The pilgrims then
drink copously of the well water"
well in the centre OF London, however, was
almost as fatal in its effects in the middle o.
the last century. 1t was situated in crowded
district cnements approached it on all sides, and
so great was the amount Of infected matter
that drained into it that its waters became
loaded with seepage and II contained so many
salts and so large amount OF carbonic acid
gas that it had all the appearance and taste
Of sparkling mineral water and WAS eagerly
demanded and drunk All went well until 4
child in one Of the tenements became suddenly
ILL., few days later people throughout the
ueighborhood were dying like flies from the
cholera II was noticed that those who had
recently drunk OF the we'll water the most
numerous victims, while others who had passed
il by were unframed. The was proved
when examination showed that the drains IN
the tenement in which the first case Of illness
had occurred leaked directly into the well. It
was made conclusive b. the fact that resi-
dent of the neghborhood had sent OF the
well water 70 his mother in the country, and
that she had promptly died Of the cholera
while no other case occurred IN the neighbor-
hood.
The history Of the disease Of cholera has been
closely bound, so far as Europe goes, with the
history of trade and commercial intercourse be
tween Europe and India According TO Macna
mara, a Portuguese encountered it in Goa in l543
in a disease that called by the natives moryxy.
$50 grievous was the throe." the traveller is
quoted "and of so bad a sort that the very
kind of poison seemed there to take effect, "a
proved by vomiting, if the stomach we're
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-11

in the wars of the past. Also, the war is more
extensive and is greatly more destructive. In
the fight TO the finish that IS going on less
attention can be given to sanitary measures
than is usual, for the preservation Of life must
in way interfere with the great and impera-
tive operations against the enemy. As opposed
10 this, as we all know, the sanitary corps of
all the European armies have modern scientific
methods to give them the greatest efficiency.
I'VE have another safeguard that people do
not realize Our work practically commences be-
fore any vessel sails from an infected port. Our
restrictions for suspected ships are so rigorous
that the steamship companies ind it pays them
TO assist by making their own examination
iu many cases and excluding suspects. In the
larger and more important ports in Italy, where
cholera is active, We have also our own repre-
sentatves. Italy has made great strides in SAM
tary procedure. and is NOW In good shape =
handle her own problems and look after the
ombarkation Of her own subjects The present
outbreak which has been reported in Vienna ana
Budapest, is undoubtedly due to the situation
OF last year, when cholera invaded Austria and
Scrvia."
Dr. Haven Emerson. Of the Board Of Health
said that there would be absolutely excuse for
an epidemic of cholera in this city At present,
ne salu' Immigration Is so eIlBhl lhdL the Wal 50
far has worked benefit rather than harm. Immi-
grafton has fallen 50 per cent since the outbreak
Of hostities, and the decrease has been marked
that the Commissioner of migration has con
sdercd the feasibility Of making the physical
tests of newcomers more searching and more thor
ough than they ever have been in the past. The
present small number of immigrants affords an
invaluable opportunity for checking communicable
disease The citv's death rate for the last wear is
lower than ever before, and is likely to become
lower still. Dr. Emerson called attention to this
fact and pointed out that in any future emergency
no other disease than cholera had to be
feared by U.s. While we have been safeguarding
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-11

elsewhere. The Pennsylvania Academy Of Fine
Arts awarded him the gold medal of honor in 1899
When the idea OF statue to motherhood
tribute to the pioneer of California, was
suggested By the woman's board of the Papama-
Pacific international Exposition, Mr.. Crafty was
selected the sculptor.
Among the first to respond we're the school
children of California From end of the
state to the other they sent in their pennies and
their nickels- the latter was the largest contribu-
ton any child was allowed TO make and from
the very first it was made clear that the latest
generation of Cafornians was glad of the chance
TO do homage 70 the women Of the early days.
After the close of the exposition the Pioneer
Mother Monument will be placed permanently at
the civic centre of San Francisco.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-10-22

tricts. They believe that ten Morgan
horses should be placed in New Eng.
land; 80 thoroughbreds, ten standard
breds and ten saddlers to the district
of Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky
and Tennessee; five thoroughbreds,
five standard breds and five saddlers to
the southwest, and ten standard breds
and fifteen thoroughbreds to the north
west.
1t is estimated that about 100000
horses are being employed in the war
in Europe, and that great percentage
of this total must be replaced within
the next two or three years. The
American horse market will be sold
out" to meet the demand, and the
American army will suffer in proper
ton. That is one of the urgent rea-
sons which will probably influence the
committees of the house and senate
next winter to consider the scheme.
The department Of agriculture prom.
Uses that at an expenditure of $250,OOO
at the outset, and about 100000 a
year thereafter, it can produce from
1000 to $500 fine army remounts each
year. The indirect result it is con.
WINGED, would be better breeding of all
horses, and the production Of the $780,
900 transport animals which would be
required annually if the United States
engaged in war.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-10-22
ROYAL DISPATCHES IN ToMOR-
ROWS COURIER.

"Who is to blame for the European
war; is matter that is discussed
possibly more than anything else IN
connection with the dreadful conflict
and there are as many answers and px'
plantations given as there are sides to
the controversies. Emil Fecht, an inten-
sive German student, who has made a
study of the events which led up TO
the struggle now on and who is one OF
Ottumwa's leading and highly respect
ed citizens, feels that it is a mistake
to blame the kaiser for the war. In
this connection Mr.. Fecht has secured
German paper, which gives in full
the kilograms which passed between
the kaiser, the English king and the
Russian czar just before the war and
which Mr.. Fecht feels, shows That the
German ruler was doing his best to
prevent war These dispatches were
translated by Mr.. Fecht. The article
will appear in The Courier tomorrow
(Tuesday.) Be sure you get copy
Of Tuesdays Courier and read this I'M
portant correspondence.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-10-22
CATTLE LANDS IDLE.

James E. Poole of Chicago, an auth
ority on live stock conditions, declares
that large areas on which cattle might
be raised, lie idle; that more and
more farmers are turning their hay
and corn directly into cash instead OF
feeding live stock. He states that one
of the reasons for this is the difficulty
of financing breeding operations, and
suggested that postal savings, on
which the government pays two pei
cent interest, could be loaned to cattle
men at eight per cent and that this
would go far to reviving the waning in.
dustry. The removal of the tariff tax
from cattle in the hope of augmenting
the supply, he says, has proved to be a
joke. The use of postal savings, he
predicted, would re-establish the cattle
industry on a solid basis within ten
years.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-10-22
TAFT AGAINST LAW FADs.

Former President Taft was one OF
the principal speakers at the annual
meeting of the American Bar assocla.
ton in Washington. He advocated
uniform marital laws throughout the
union and condemned the "looseness
which with the marriage tie is looked
upon in many states" He also ex-
pressed himself clearly on the ques-
ton of tinkering with the constitution
of the United States. He said, Il am
not in favor of any amendments to the
constitution, not because it doesn't
need them, but because l am not IN
favor of tinkering with that great gov
ernmental instrument at time when
there are so many cranks and so many
movements looking toward its total
abolition The former president,
while not a hard head" in any sense,
nevertheless looks with little favor on
fads that purport to improve the gov
eminent.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-10-22

Mr.. Cannon ate very heartily Of that
American edible, sweet corn; in fact,
almost his entire dinner consisted of
corn. The westerner looked at him
and said: Say, Mr.. Cannon, what does
it cost you to board here" About IS
a day." said Mr.. Cannon. I'll be durn-
ed drawled his constituent, "ef don't
think it would be cheaper fer you to
board at livery stable
A canvasser stepped briskly up to
Mr.. Meeken's desk and laid small
article close to his right hand. Il
have here a new letter opener" he
said. "A handsome article to be kept
on the table of your library, and"
pardon me-" interrupted Mr.. Meeken.
without turning his head, but l have
already the best letter opener and the
quickest" "How long have you had
it," persisted the canvasser. You
know there are constant improvements
always being introduced Mine
couldn't be improved" responded
Meeken. 1--WE had her for about two
wears now-anniyersary of the we'd
ding next month"
Jones had just run over to see If MI
and Mrs. Blank would 60 to the thea
ter, Blank was out. Probably he was
at the club. Mrs Blank would tele-
nbone. The following conversation
ensued: "Hulloa! Is this the-club? Is
nv husband there? Hulloa! Not there?
We'll. all right then; but hold on. How
do YOU know? l haven't even told
my name?'
"There amt anybody's husband here
never" was the wise attendants
reply.
81 should think that sometimes you
sailors would get dreadfully homesick,
remarked the sweet young thing to the
first officer of the Bright Star boat
Quadratic.
The experienced seaman pondered
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-10-22
WAR NOT CAUSE FOR THE TAX

WAR NOT CAUSE FOR THE TAX.
In the brief time which the demo
cratic gag rule" permitted for the
discussion of the democratic deflclt
tax, republican congressman poured
hot shot into the democratic ranks.
Representative Frank w. Mondell OF
Wyoming, said:
1T is not the war in Europe, it is
your war on prosperity, and your reck-
less extravaganza which has. in the
main, created the situation that has
urged your action. Your revenue bill
failed from the start. Your extrava-
gance accumulated the shortage. The
loss of customs revenue through de-
creased imports, due to war. did not
in the month of August exceed Two
and a half millions and Is not likely
in the future to exceed that amount
per month, or twenty-seven millions
in year, if the war lasts that long.
The reduction in the appropriations
for the current year, below those OF
last year, for pensions and the Pan
anna canal alone amount to almost ex-
actly this sum. If it were not for the
fact that, in spite of these decreases
in expenditure, the total of your ap-
propriations this year is the greatest
in all our history"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-10-22

and shook his head.
well not so much as you'd think, !"
he replied after pause, you see we
are never at home long enough"
THAT was an awful mistake the sur
geon made. The man he operated on
didn't have what he thought he did,"
Didn't have appendicitis at all, chr
ooh, he had appendicitis all right,
but he didn't have any money"
An old Scotch worthy was in the
habit of calling each evening at the
village inn for drop O. the best. ;
When he had gone one night the land
lord discovered, to his horror, that he
had supplied Donald out of the bottle
of ssulphuric acid which he had been
using for cleaning the taps. Every
moment he expected to hear Of Don
AIDS death, and his relief was great
when the old worthy arrived next even
ing.
Donald, what did you think O. the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-10-22
4 HORSES ARE NEEDED.

In order to insure an adequate sup.
ply Of army remounts, and to meet the
demand for army horses which the Eu
ropean war has created, the United
States government is proposing to the
farmers of the country plan by
which it win help them to raise blood
ed stock. If the American farmers
want to improve the breed of horses,
table market, the division Of animal
husbandry in the bureau of animal in.
dustry, department Of agriculture, can
show them how.
The plan has already been in effect
in various sections of the country for
three years. It is simply that govern.
ment-owned stations of good pedigree
are distributed to various districts,
and are bred to mares owned by indi
viduals. The government reserves an
option on the foal for the summer it
Is three years old, at $3.50. The farmer
can cancel this option at any time by
payment of fee Of SIS as service fee
This guarantees to the farmer the cur
rent market price for the colt four
years hence, if it be sound at that time
In the breeding districts thus far es.
tablished, in Vermont, New Hamp
shire, Virginia, Kentucky, West Vir.
ginia and Tennessee, between 900 and
700 colts one year old have been the
result of this system. The government
experts are so we'll pleased at the pros
pect of getting satisfactory army
horses in this way that they will ask
congress to appropriate money for the
purchase of 100 stations, to be as
signed to four or more breedings dis.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-10-22

in the Boer war, and the army IN
France has been kept we'll supplied
with 1t in the present campaign.
The British soldier is the BEST fed
in Europe. A force of 200 900 men is
given four months rations on this
scale: 100000 pounds Of hard bread,
100000 pounds Of beef. 1000 900
pounds of compressed vegetables, 72O.-
900 tins of condensed milk, 100000
pounds of salt, 100000 pounds of coffee
and 100000 pounds Of tea, 10000 gal
Ions of rum. $4,000 bottles of port and
$4,000 bottles of whisky and 2,90O,OOO
tins of jam of one pound each.
Among the miscellaneous stores
used at the front are tons of alum Tor
purifying water, chloride of lime and
carbolic acid powder disenfectants
Hay. oats and bran are also furnished
on generous scale for the horses
and mules.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-10-22

first" movement has reduced one-half
the deaths and injuries resulting from
industrial accidents IN the Oni.eu
States within the last six years. In q,
is a great advance and there are sun
large possibilities in that dlrectlon'
The subject is worthy of the attention
Of the next legislatures OF Iowa ana
Illinois. and all the states ana OF the
inventive genius of our country.
Clinton Herald: Some Roman states
men once thought they were making
ten-strike by using public funds to buy
vast Quantities of corn for distrlpu.
tion among the population. instead
thew created dependent class: lne
purchase proved one OF the prlnclpa.
Fastening agencies in the decay OF
Rome. nj
Certain American statesmen, nail.
inc from southern states, propose 70
have the United States government
purchase five million bales OF cotton
and to issue bonds therefor IN lns
sum Of $3.50, 100000. This Is revel'
sal of the Roman policy, the govern.
ment buys from the home prooucef
instead of buying for the nome con.
s1mer. but the result is the same. II
makes a vast proportion OF the popu'
lation look to the government lot alu
II is hard to realize that sucn a
shor+sishted ruinous policy can Dc
receiving serious attention IN the
worlds greatest deliberative BODY,
the limited States senate.
Davenport Times: President vii.
son IS going to turn loose some OF his
A2-centimeter cabinet big guns on the
second district in the hope Of recaptur-
mo # It is evident the leaders know
+he district is lost to Harry Hull.
clinton Herald: Baseball hasn't
knocked all the culture out OF Boston.
one of the newspapers of that CITY
characterizes the Braves meteorlc
rise as an advance from lnconse-
ouence to primacy'
Burlington Gazette: The vaiorous
hand IF mescal the Mexican troops
imhibed that put them In the mood TO
vine ont the nifty little United States
q INV in Vera Cruz should command a
h;oh price in the European war CEN
tars where there is danger of an cpl
demic of cold feet.
. Burlington Hawk-Eye: Austr1ans
are inoculatfng their soldiers with an
anti-cholera serum and the French
are treating theirs with a lockJaw
anti-toxir. the disease being prevalent
among the soldiers in the trenches.
Now if all the powers at war could
find a serum that would make their
troops immune to bullets, shrapnel
bombs. swords and bayonets, the
bayonets. the pastime of fighting
would be much pleasanter and less
costly.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-10-22

What is the next result of all the
tariff tinkering and other legislation
which the democrats have forced upon
the people? It has not produced SUI.
ficient revenue to equal democratic
expenditures. 1t has thrown hundreds
of thousands of men out of employ.
ment. 1t has torn up business the
country over. The necessities Of life
have steadily gone up Isn't It about
time for the individual voter to de-
eide to put stop to this by his ballot
in November?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-10-22
The kaiser telegraphs the car in reply:

D m.
and join you in the hope for continued
the Australian Infamous Auriaungary has
opinion action be looked merely
lived up sustained declaration the
ao'ep' " 49, (signed)
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-10-22
JAM FOR SOLDIERS.

The call for contributions of jam
which is made by certain British war
relief societies backed by the press
may lead strangers to believe that
Thomas Atkins is the most pampered
of fighting men, But this is not true
since the hard Egyptian campaign OF
1884 proved that jam is not luxury
but necessary preventative OF
scurvy. Millions of pounds of jam
were consumed by the British troops