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The Washington herald., 1915-10-31

latus and B. Tetani and generally asso-
cisted with them are the two mysterious
organisms labeled Professionally bacilh
X and Y. Both are very powerful putre-
factfve agents. but otherwise haven't
been caught In dangerous practices, out
side being responsible for intense putrid
odors.
Bacillus x Is a broad, straight germ,
which spores freely at the end. Bacillus
Is also straight, but longer and more
slender than X. 1t also spores at the
end. X has not the power OF motion.
but moves feebly. Little else Is known
of these discovered organisms.
The streptococcus germ is peculiar In
that it is found in chains, some long and
some short. The chains perform rapid
lnvolutions, the germ being motile to a
high degree. The streptococcus is con-
sidered by surgeons one of the most dan
gerous germs found in infected wounds,
as 1t is present in almost every wound up
to late stage.
The staphylococcus is another germ
that appears early and remains until a
wound Is nearly healed. II is considered
a great aid to the growth of B. Aerogenes
Capsulatus, which will be remembered as
the direct cause of gas gangrene
Other germs well known to the surgi-
cal practitioner and often encountered in
treatment of the trench victims are Coli
form Bacilli. B. pyocaneus. and the
elusive "wisp" bacilli. All are met with
In civil surgery and are therefore fairly
we'll known to every surgeon. But never
before have they been met with in such
quantities or in such complications as
occur in the military hospitals of France
For instance, a B. coliform may be an
easily disposed of belligerent when met by
himself on the person Of the unfortunate
victim OF Fourth of July wound. but
when he hobs up ably assisted and
strongly backed by few million B. aero
genes capsulatus and a trifing score mill
lion of streptococci. he is a foe to be
feared and respected.
The same with his constant comrades,
B. pyocyaneus and the quantity named
"wisp" bacillus. Quite amenable to
treatment by themselves, they prove alb
solutely intractable and uncomfortable
when encountered supported by their
numerous allies gathered from the fer
tile fields of northern France.
But as the war has dragged on its
weary and blood-stained way for some
fifteen or more months. and army sur
geons have become more and more &C
customed to their new and more exacting
duties, they have found a helpful and
The Washington herald., 1915-10-31
SzH1CtOYNS RI6It>zY Ealz<
NzOON 5HzS


fulfllment of two ends which
seem at first sight Incompatible
On the one hand chemistry, metallurgy
and engineering are working day and
night to provide, improve and, If pos
sible, perfect munitions OF war. to feed.
olothe and transport troops and to place
them in the most favorable conditions for
waging war-that is. to enable them to
kill or disable their enemy fellowman at
the least possible risk to themselves.
On the other hand, medicine. surgery
and hygiene are toiling. and in a great
measure successfully. to prevent or min
imize sickness, to build up shattered
bodies and minds, and to render men
who have become unfit ready to go on
with the business of killing and dis
sbling.
As being the most spectacular, nat
. urally a great deal more has been said
and written OF the various drives" bat
ties and sieges than of the no less no.
table battles fought in the trenches
themselves. behind the firing lines and in
the base hospitals between the medical
profession and the hosts of bacteria that,
like death and destruction, follow in the
path of war. But no less notable have
been the victories of constructive science
in the guise of medicine than of destruc-
tive science in the form of gas bombs.
torpedoes. hand grenades and high ex-
plosive shells.
The surgeon and the physician were
handicapped from the first. AS with
everyone else concerned, they were
caught totally unprepared. And then.
like everyone else. they found this war
unlike any that had preceded it. Not
only were the wounds more severe and
more numerous, thanks to high explo-
sives, shrapnel and machine guns, but
the conditions brought about by trench
fighting uncovered a host of little known
and even unheard of bacilli. Wounds
swarmed with bacteria which had never
been classified. Germs never before as
ISOLATED with war appeared to harass the
already perplexed surgeons. Before the
war was a month old the surgeons real
lied they would have to revolutionize
their methods of practice.
And despite the fact that the tempo
rary hospitals were already overcrowded
and that long lines of terribly wounded
men had to remain for hours untreated,
due to the lack Of nurses. surgeons and
accommodations, the medical men pitched
in, rearranged their ideas of bacteriology
and pathology, hunted down, classified
and then looked for means to rout the
newly discovered germs.
The physicians did their share, too, in
making the trenches as hygienic as con-
ditions would permit, in keeping the
soldiers and their clothes as free from
dirt as possible and in bringing up the
troops to the highest physical standard.
hat they might the more readily throw
Of the germs of gangrene. tetanus and
sepsis should they be wounded.
"Zeppelins" and Bombs are new
Corners in the medical encyclopedia. And
they are lusty newcomers. They are not
exactly war Brides" but near relations
to the war victims. For "Zeppelins"
and Bombs" are the names medical
science has conferred on certain forms
The Washington herald., 1915-10-31

produced in the German capital that
year, which had TO do with Germany's
conduct of an undersea and in-the-air war
fare.
The>name of the comedy was THE
Editors Secretary" and the dialogue is
between him and Wimmelfeld, an inventor
who is regarded as mentally unbalanced.
1t caused a great deal of amusement and
much derision because of what was
termed its insane prophecies. The play
was by Erik Bogh. Danish dramatist,
and the most significant part is the fol-
lowing dialogue.
'wimmelfeld-My visit is of great i'm
portance. 1t relates to Germany's sea
power and her domination of the cir
The Washington herald., 1915-10-31

HE fantastic vagaries of a weak
mentality. That was how
Berlin in 1868 regarded the
prophecies contained in a play
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-24
SCHMUTz DOES
WELL: FRISK'S
ERROR. COSTLY

A small-sized group of baseball
fans yesterday witnessed Charlie
Schmutz, former Tiger twirler, in
the role of star Seattle pitcher.
They also saw one of the best
games played at Athletic park
this seaon. the Tigers winning, )
to 2.
Schmutz has improved greatly
by his advent to the big leagues.
He pitched a splendid game Of
ball yesterday, and should not
have lost. Frisk's boot on an
easy grounder in the sixth was re-
sponsible for the score. The
game went 2 and up to the last
half of the ninth, when Growers
single, with two out and two on.
brought in the winning tdlly.
Three games of the post-season
series have now been played, Ia
coma having taken one. There
will be another game at Athletic
park this afternoon. Yesterdays
score: r II Il
Seattle ....O00OOO20O-2 ) 2
Tacoma ...00O0020O1-3 10 1
Batteries: Schmutz and Cad
man; Hendrix and Hoffman.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-24
FOR IL Ard PASS
TO GET TRIAL
rms SEASON

tation, came East to meet Uncle
Sans Army aggregation at " est
Point. What happened is history
now. The Hoosiers simply buried
the Soldiers under an avalanche
of skillful passing, executed by
little Gus Dorias and his mates.
The Army was squelched, 80 to
10. The East gasped.
There still seems to be a wide
diversity of opinion about the
merits of the spiral tossing. Its
opponents say that 1t is too dan
gerous. that under present rules
loss more often results than gain.
The younger school of players
that has come up since 1912 and
1913 are better drilled In PASS
ing the ball and getting away
with 1t after the catch than tue
boys of the old school. So, IL the
forward pass isn't already here
its coming strong, and in the
opinion of most coaches 1t won t
be long until 1t will be the big
gest feature of teams offense.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-24

NEW YORK, Sept. 24.-Keen
students of football believe that
the much maligned forward pass
will come into its own this season,
and that more of the open style
game will be exhibited than in
years. II they are right, II marks
the capitulation of a raft of
Eastern critics and particularly
Eastern coaches, who heretofore
have gazed down with rather lvfty
disdain on that play.
The East for years has looked
askance at the forward pass. It
has been regarded as a last ditch
resort--to be used only in the
last half or quarter in a final des-
perate attempt to pull a game ont
of the fire. 1t was too dangerous.
they contended. and 1t never
would work against a really FORM
liable defense.
The first big intersectional
combat in 1913 gave 'em a jolt.
Little Notre Dame, with rafting
good football team and no repu-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-24

Fruits-Bananas, 4 kc Id. Or
ange, 81 $50; Cali. grape fruit,
$3.50; pineapples. &C lb; currants
$1.25; apricots, 75c; cantaloupeS.
1925; plums, $1.35 q $50;
Jonathan apples, $3.50; harvest
apples, $3.50 full box; Yellow
Transparent apples, $1.75; Yaki-
ma pears, 90c@$1; grapes, black,
81 basket; Malagar.,$1.20 basket;
Concords. % 25c bskt; Tokays,
1920; Huckleberries. sc lib;
prunes, soc box; crabapples, 20 %
soc box; lemons, $4,000; Bart
lett pears, 50@75c box; Grave
stein apples, 75c box; peaches. As
q soc; crabapples, 40c; Italian
prunes, S5c crate.
Vegetables - Onions, Walla
Walla, 65 q 75c; lettuce, 81; ruta-
bagas, s1.85 sack; carrots. 31.7b:
cabbages, 1 Nc lb; Ore. cauliflow-
err, $2.35 crate; Chilli peppers,
$2.35; green corn, 15c doz.; to-
matoes, 35 q Acc box; egg plant,
81 box; beets, 81; sweet pota-
toes, $1.75 cwt; squash, &c Id;
pumpkins, NC; Hubbard squash,
&c.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-24
WOMENCOLFERS
DIVIDE HONORS

The Country club and Loch-
burn club women played in. the
first match of the tri-club cham
pionship golf tourney yesterday
afternoon, each club winning
three points. Mrs. Howard Wright
Cd won from Mrs. w. Il. Nc
Cormick. Mrs. J. T. Craig %
won from Miss Anita Thorne.
Mrs. c. M. Cavanaugh Cd won
from Mrs. E. r.. Wheeler. Mrs.
N. H. White Co won from Mrs.
G. e. Reynolds. Mrs. Edward
Fogg Co won from Mrs. Howard
Wilson, Miss Fransioli Co won
from Mrs. Ralph Teats.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-24
COULD We SUPPORT
REAL BASEBALL

PORTLAND, Ore. Sept. "a
There IL considerable talk among
baseball fans here today over the
idea Of taking Tacoma and Seattle
into the Pacific Coast league.
Portland fans are in favor o.
the idea. They believe 1t will
give them more baseball in Port
land, and increase local interest
In the game. The expense to the
Portland club of the long JUMP
home would not be so great, eth
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-24
FEDERALS

PITTSBURG, Sept. 24..-Chief
Bender, who played this season
with the Baltimore Federals, yes
terday afternoon filed suit against
the Federal league for $1,0S5.
He claims that he signed a con-
tract at $500 a year, but that
recently he was Internationally
released.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-24
BOXINCTOURNEY

: SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 24.--
Amateur toxers from all parts of
the country are expected here for
the national amateur boxing tour
nament, to be held in connection
with the exposition by the A. a
u, October 20 and 80.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-24
NATIONAL LEA0Vu
ISeS~s<e~~~<s~b

Games Yesterday.
Philadelphia 5-3, Chicago IL.
New York Z. st. Louis 3.
Brooklyn 3. Cincinnati q.
Pittsburg 8, Boston 4.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-24
EACH WON. they
BOTH DECLARE

NEW YORK. Sept. 24.-Once
more Johnny Dundee and Joe
Mandot have boxed to a draw.
And once more each boxer claims
that he won. The New Yorker
and the lad from New Orleans
fought 10 rounds at Ebbetts field
last night, each fighting like mad.
Dundee weighed 129 and Man.
dot 131 IA.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-24
Little Runner After
q New Mile Record

Joie Ray. the little Illinois A.
c., runner who won the A. A. ".
mile championship at the big San
Francisco meet, is going after the
unprecedented mark OF minutes,
10 seconds in speed trial at
Chicago.
The mark Ray is after is two
seconds faster than the worlds
record set by Norman Habor in
Boston early in the summer and
had stood for Is years.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-24
WIN DOUBLES

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 24.-Maurice
Mclaughlin and Irwin Wright
were defeated here yesterday aft
ernoon by William M. Johnston
and Clarence Griffin in a fast ex-
hibition match.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-24

er. Baseball critics declare their
belief that an eight-club league
on the Pacific coast would be a
better playing proposition than
the present six-club affair. 1t is
a certainty that Seattle could sup
port a Coast team. The question
is whether or not Tacoma could.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-24
Wholesale Hay and Grain
Prices

Glover, $16017: alfalfa. s14
q Is; corn, $3S q 20; wheat, $23
@34; whole barley, $29@ 80;
rolled oats, $50; bran, $2S; mid
dlings, $27.
Hops. 1915 crop, 12c ID; fug-
giles, 13c.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-24
AMERICAN LEAOUB
Cameo Yesterday.

Games Yesterday.
Boston 5-S, Cleveland Az.
New York Us, st. Louis OIL.
Chicago 2, Washington 1.
Detroit 6, Philadelphia 5.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-24
WHOLESALE
QUOTATIONS
Prices Paid Producers Fos
Meats, butter. Eggs, Poultry

Livestock - Cows, 4@6hc;
hogs. 6h % Sc; lambs. &c; dress
ed hogs, 12c; steers, 7@7Hc:
heifers, 61a @7hc; dressed veal.
80 lie.
Butter and Eggs-Ranch but
ter, 80 a gle; strictly fresh ranch,
eggs. 35@36c.
Poultry - Chrc.;ens. dressed
11@15c; ducks, 12c; squads,
16 a 1Sc; ducks, ~ q 18c; squads,
$262.25; springs, 15c.
Selling Prices 70 Retailers
For Butter. Eggs and Cheese
Cheese-W&shirgto 100; I'll
lamook. 15c.
Eggs-Fresh ranch, 81 @ 38c.
Butter-wasninEton creamery.
80 @33c.
WnOiesase meat s'rlces.
Fresh Meats - Steers, mo
i1c; cows. 11011hc: heifers.
11hc; hogs. trimmed sides. 15c:
mutton, wethers, 13c; lamb,
10 Nc; ewes, 10 Nc.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-24
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE

Games Yesterday.
Salt Lake 10. Vernon 8.
Oakland 10, Los Angeles 1.
San Francisco 3, Portland 2.
Missouri faces prohibition cam
paign.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-24
WOMAN JOCKEY

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Sept. "a.
"A woman jockey performed
here yesterday. Mrs. William
Dauss of East st. Louis rode Bud
c., a brown gelding, and won
second place with him.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-24

State labor commissioner re-
ports epidemic of eight-hour law
violations.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-04-04

perhaps; for his misery would be the sooner over
 So he began now to look in crowds fer face. He had watched the bank and discovered that the other man was no longer there He said to him. self that when he found the face he would follow it. It should not hide idea. There were no walls thick enough, no doors strong enough, to keep him from his enemy when once he had found him.
 It was the end of Holy week, and the florists windows were a glory. Roses, Annunciation lilies, violets, jon quils-a mass of beauty and perfume tempted the eyes of all passers-by, Even the man-the Ishmaelite, the jailbird-paused and looked in at the banks of bloom in the window of a Shop His sornber eyes roamed over the Haunting tulips, the stately roses, and rested on a cluster of tiny white flowers, modestly hiding under their waxen leaves. Yes, there they were his mothers flowers-the flowers his young wife had loved.
 "O.o-oh!" sighed a childish voice by him.
 Bowlby, the jailbird, looked down. A little slip of girl stood there look ing in the window at the elaborate floral display. She was tidy little girl, although her clothing was worn and thin. She had solemn eyes and a quaintly demure air. One poor, scrawny little finger was pointing at the flowers. That's mine," she was murmuring, "an' that's mine," the finger shifted, "an' that-oh! an that!" She drew a long breath as if the cup of her joy was overflowing and pressed her solemn little face closer Q the window.
 The man looked sharply at her. He
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-04-04

before him.
 The sick man put out an imploring hand. "Tom," he pleaded, T didn't treat you square. And I've had my pay. It was who ruined you, who sent you up, and I perjured-"
 The intensity of her fathers speech, the pallor of his face, alarmed the child, who ran to him and throwing her arms about him, cried: Papa, papa! Don't you look like that!"
 The jailbird looked at the trembling little creature clinging to ner battered wreck of father And as she looked. suddenly the stone was rolled away from the sepulcher of his soul and an angel sat there. Reaching out his hard he took that of the sick man. It's all right, Bill" he said huskily. Don't say another word"-a smile transfigured his masklike face-"before the child"
 Glory to God!" cried the Salvation Army girl in an ecstasy. He's got tho victory"
 An hour later as he reached the street door Captain Grace was wait ing for him. She touched him gently on the arm. Come down to the bar racks with me, brother" she said. "The commander will be glad to see you"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-04-04

bonnet, who had just begun to sing in h wonderful contralto voice: @ I've found a friend in Jesus; "a He's everything to me,
 Niles the fairest of ten thousand to my SG soul.
 "a The Lily of the Valley, k In Him alone I see &All I need to cleanse and make me fully
 whole.
 | The martial swing of the music folled up like battle-cry. Many beat he measured rhythm upon the stones pf the street with their feet. The hymn was plainly favorite. $ The man with the haggerd. blanched lace and the eyes that avoided other Ives felt something roll down his heek He put up his hand and to his reat surprise brushed away a tear. He immediately walked away, won- ering at himself. He had not wept b years.
 He walked aimlessly on, coming at est to public square where benches Eere placed. Here he sat down.
 Next day he went up and down the ordid streets looking for work. There Fas none for him. By some mysteri- nus power, everyone to whom he ap 1klied was aware that he had just ome from prison. He had often heard 2 is fellow convicts talk of the hound { bg' of the police" He realized that 1ke was now experiencing that ordeal. fe grew more and more bitter as he het each fresh rebuff. Its just as they pld me-" he said savagely to him. Elf; mo place in the world for lilbird."
 As day by day went by without any Fospect of better fortunes, his scared eart grew like granite. He came to hte everything and everybody; to
 alize in the depths of his soul that
 was not only an outcast, but an
 hmaelite, his hand against every an. He began to wonder how soon
 would be before he would go back
 least, there he could have shelter
 i'd food. He consoled himself with
 e thought that if society refused him
 living the state would not.
 He often thought of the other man;
 one who so glibly swore him into
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-04-04
M Didn't Treat You Square"

CT, until it paused at the lilies of the valley. 'Id choose them," she said.
 The man gave little start. "Why?" he questioned, not unkindly.
 "Oh," said the child, because they are such weeny little things-fairy flowers, I think; but she added, primly and with strangely old air, flowers do not become me-"
 Why not?"
 Because" replied the child, turning her eyes resolutely away from the window, we are too poor"
 The man slowly drew his hand out of the pocket of his rough frieze coat and glanced at the silver in his palm. You stay here minute, little girl" he said. ?
 He went into the florists. How much for a bunch of lilies of the val ley?" he asked the pert, buxom young woman behind the counter -
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-04-04

you own them all, do you, little girl"' he asked, and was amazed at the sound of his own voice.
 The child looked up. q was just making believe" she said shyly.
 Would you like to own them all?" he asked, still wondering why he should speak to anyone.
 "I love flowers" she hesitated.
 "Tell me-" said the man, If you had to choose, which would you take?"
 She looked earnestly in the window again, and once more the little claw like finger came into play. It wan- dered meditatively from flower to flow-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-04-04

was still hattening her iace against the window. Here child" he said take these"
 She did not speak at first; but her thin hands trembled with excitement as he bent 10 give the flowers to her She took them and for moment held them close against her face. How good you are' she said
 Now. I'd better walk a'ong with i Nou, he saiI gently or some other thiet may nlotest you.
 They came to a tenement, before which the child paused This is where l live, she said. Please sir, she murmured timidly. will you go up 10 our door with me? There is d 1 dreadful boy on the floor below us, and l aln afraid he might take my flowers.
 Together they mounted the dark stairway On the third floor there was sudden rush and Whoop: but he man soon settled the dreadful boy, who returned to his lair, nurs ing g sore head and bursting with wrath.
 AS the two were mounting the last flight of stairs. the sound of a glorious voice was heard singing: He'll never. never leave me, | Nor Yet fQrsake me here;
 He's the Lily of the Valley.
 "Its Captain Grace." the child cried joyously, from the Salvation Army. She comes every week and tidies us up" she explained, and she l sings, oh, so beautifully.' She rushed through 8 half-open door, calling ex- citedly: Papa, Captain Grace, look!' The man caught q glimpse of 8 l young woman in q blue gown, on her knees scrubbing the floor. Then he 1 heard a mans voice say: Back again, ] dear?' And at that voice the heart 1 of the jailbird trembled ill it's rock heWn tomb.
 l Never the walls so thick, never the doors so strong as to keep him from 1 his enemy when once he had found him, We'll, he had unwittingly trailed him. There he was, in there, alone, with helpless woman and child. Why
 did he hesitate?
 Where did you get your aowers?"
 the voice went on.
 "A man bought them for me-" the
 child answered--"a kind man, who
 fetched me home. Come in!" she
 called, running back to the door, and
 seizing the tailbird's hand-"coIne in
 and see my papa" She pulled him
 across the threshold. The two men
 looked at each other.
 The jailbird's first thought was,
 You can't kill dying man." for the
 man in the room, who sat bolstered
 up in bed, and who looked at him
 with startled eyes, was manifestly
 ill.
 Why, Tom," he stammered. "So you're out? We'll I'm mighty glad.
 And you found my little girl? She's all I've got, Tom. My money, home,
 wife, health-all gone. I've only her
 left"
 The Salvation Army girl had stopped
 scrubbing. She was still on her knees 1 watching the two men. She had wit
 messed too many tragedies of the
 slums not to realize that she was
 face to face with crisis. The vis- itor's silence was ominous. His heavy eyes were fixed intently on his enemy as a vision of all his suffering passed
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-04-04

Dollar q dozen during Easter" she responded
 Oh, Easter, that was it! He had for gotten there was such an institution. Well, do the best you can for 50 cents," he answered, laying the money on the counter.
 When he came out with the lilies in his hand. his quaint little friend
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-04-04

prison who had worked next his desk ln the bank; who knew where the money went. There had been hours in his cell when he had said coldly to himself, When I get out
 The sinister thought began now to haunt him again. If he was to go back he said it might as we'll be for murder as for anything else; better,