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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-25
DOCTORS SAY x-RAY WILL
HELP In FIGHTING CANCER
Roentgen Rays Upheld as Great Hope
Of Surgery

ATLANTIC CITY. N. j., Sept. a.--De-
ciaring that x-ray specialists have dis
covered a method that promises TO put
into the hands Of surgeons cases on early
intestinal cancer whore immediate oper-
ative treatment will insure complete
cures, DR.. George c. johnson. OF Pitts
burg. today urged members OF the Amer
lean Roentgen Ray Society not 60 be
timid about their diagnosis.
There are LESSONS a surgeon may cas-
fly overlook in an operation and we have
an infinite duty 60 our patients TO inves-
tigate every portion OF an affected tract
and to do Il as thoroughly as possible" :"
said DR.. W. G. Manages, OF Philadelphia.
other specialists urged the Roentgen
ray experts TO develop a standardized
practice for determining early symptoms
Of malignancy. II was declared that al
most microscopic evidence Of cancer,
which IN some instances had excited the
contempt OF surgeons, had amply justi-
fed the X-rey men IN procuring surgical
exploration. DR.. James T. Case. OF Battle
Creek. pleaded with X-ray colleagues to
be exceedingly careful about criticisms
OF surgeons.
1--WE need team work." ha said, Ito
advance our work TO the stage Of greater
certainty and this will not be encouraged
by dogmatism upon our part"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-25
FIRST PILLAR FINISHED
FOR FRANKFORT q"
Rushed to Completion to Serve
as Model--Work Proceed
ing Rapidly

The nrst Of the double row Of con-
crete pillars. which will support the steel
superstructure Of the Franlsford ele-
vated, was completed today at Front
street, Just north OF Girard avenue,
Fifty other pillars are under construc-
tion between Girard avenue and oxford
street. but the first was rushed TO COM
pletion in order to serve as a model and
standard for the others.
The work on the Frankford line, which
began little moro than two weeks ago,
Is now proceeding with great rapidity
both north and south from Girard ave-
nue. on Front street. On the section
north OF Girard avenue the concrete pill
lars are being built upon the gravel and
clay foundation, which is found from
10 to 30 feet below the surface. South
from Girard avenue, however. heavy
piles are to be driven IN the ground at
the bottom of eight-foot pits and the
concrete pillars will be constructed on
the top OF these piles.
The base OF the pillar Just completed
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-25

Is Is feet below the street level The
dimensions at the base are nine BY eieht
feet ana these are uniform untii point
five feet below the surface is reached.
From this point 20 the street level the
pillar is built In tho shape OF a pyra-
mid, the top dimensions being four by
three feet.
Four steel bolts, six feet in length ana
1% inches I'm diameter, are eunk In the
concrete to a depth between four ana
five feet. The heavy steel base plat
form, which will support the upright
steel pillars, viii be fastened upon these
bolts where they extend above the con-
crete.
In constructing the concrete pillars
steel forms were FIRST placed In the ex-
cavatlon. At the bottom heavy pieces
of broken rock we're dropped and
steam concrete mixing machine was then
placed above the excavation and the
concrete poured directly into the steel
form from the machine. Heavy rocks
were thrown in the pit at various depths
20 reinforce the concrete. When the
concrete has hardened the steel forms
will be withdrawn.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-25

can move only sideways, bis left hand
resting near the floor and his left foot
moving forward, 70 be followed by tho
right foot in shuffling movement. To
turn he must reach the wall with his
back and turn with a pivoting motion.
Doctor Mills declared that this was
only the second case of the affliction he
had encountered in his long practice.
Apraxia, a disease characterized by ex-
treme lack of coordination between mind
and the nervous and muscular systems,
Ia the cause of the inability OF another
Of the unfortunates studied at the clinic
20 obey commands which he understands
perfectly.
Light .his cigarette with this match"
he was told, and what did tell you
to dor" he was asked by Doctor Mills.
ITO light this cigarette with this
match" came the clear response.
But when he tried TO carry out the
action he struck the matchbox against
tho cigarette, instead of striking the
match against the matchbox. Commands
70 touch various parts OF his body were
responded to with similar Intellectual
efforts.
MAN LEARNING TO WALK.
The rare case OF sane man who is as
helpless as a child TO perform any simple
act in which he has not been drilled
carefully was described as assinergy. 1t
took two years to teach this man TO walk.
The first time he made an attempt TO
do anything but lie In his bed was one
day when he saw a man walking in the
room and suddenly, as a tiny infant
might, crawled laboriously out of the cot
and. on the floor. feebly crept on hands
and knees.
He still must be fed and he has not
learned to speak. These steps are be-
ing taught by physicians and attendants
OF tho institution, where he has been a
patient for two years.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-25
DOCTORS VIEW STRANGE AND VARIED
FORMS, OF NERVOUS AFFLICTION
Remarkable Cases at Clinic in Which Subjects Walk
Like Chimpanzee and Crab - Sane Mind
Unable to Direct Muscles

A man who walks like chimpanzee
ana another who moves like a crab. vic
tins OF rare and grotesque nervous. dis
eases. were studied today by physicians
from various sections Of this state at a
clinic IN Blockeley Hospital.
grown man who has learned TO walk
after two years OF painstaking instruc-
zion. and whose vocabulary Is limited to
fhc "coo'' and ''ugg" OF a baby was an
other study. A fourth was a man who.
told 10 put his hand on his head, puts II
on HIS shoulder or his elbow-anywhere
hut on his head-and cannot do other
wise, though he understands perfectly
the command which has been given TO
him.
And all Of these are sane. And they
are normal in all respects save this-that
their nervous systems are out Of adjust
ment 70 a degree that Is. literally, hor-
ribie.
DIR. Charles X. Mills. one of Philadel-
phia's best-known neurologists and a
member OF the STATS OF Blockley and of
the University Of Pennsylvania. con-
Quoted the study and explained the un-
usual Affections as part OF the program
Of the 65th annual convention Of the
state Medical Society.
One case. that of the man who walks
much as a chimpanzee travels along the
ground in the heart of the Dark Con-
finent, Is the only example in the United
States OF a disease which, stripped OF
its Latin designation, is called Hunting
don's. chorea. Chorea Is "St. Vitus'
dance" In the case at Blockley the vic
tim has Il In an enormously exaggerated
form.
Only In sleep does this man find repose
For years every waking moment his head
has jerked forward to his knees and
then, no less irresistibly. been drawn far
back and then jerl1ed forward. the move
ment being accompanied by a similar
lowering and raising OF his arms. His
food is administered by an attendant.
The uncontrolled movement of head
and arms is unremtting when the pa.
tent walks. He crawls slowly on his
hands and feet. while his head rises
from an attitude in which II touches the
ground TO one in which IL is thrown fal
back. his neck strained in the weirt
posture
No remedy can cure this disease. ONLY
sleep brings even temporary surcease.
'Torticollis" is the diagnosis of tn,
case in which the patient. like a crab
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-25
TWO AMERICANS FIRST
TO REACH GEIKE'S TOP
New Yorker And Minnesotan
Climb 5000 Feet of Sheer
Wall of Ice

NEW YORK, Sept. 25.-First to climb
Mount Geikie, in Alberta, n. c.. are two
Americans, one OF whom, DR.. Andrew J.
Gllmour, OF this city, returned yester-
day. with his story of the conquest OF
the frozen heights. He Is consulting der
matologlst at the Manhattan State Hos
pital on Wards Island. His companion
was Prof. Edward w. d. Holway. Of
the department OF botany Of the Univer-
sity of Minnesota.
Joined by a 6O-foot rope. the two men
dug their way to the summit Of Geikie,
11016 feet high. Five thousand feet OF
that way was up the nearly sheer wall
OF blue, cold ice and compact snow, in
which the explorers had TO cut steps. IL
took several days to work around from
Edmonton to the back of the great crag
in British Columbia and a base camp was
established half way up.
The Anal ascent was on August 5.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-25
Man Held on Complaint Of Mome,

A would-be conversationalist. who is ao-
cused of talking to women to whom he
hadn't been introduced in a moving pic
ture theatre at 1905 Columbia avenue,
was held under $500 bail today for a
further hearing, by Magistrate Morris. of
the 10Th and oxford streets se4tion. He
is william e. Hubbs. 30 years old, S721
North 18th street. He was arrested on
the complaint OF several women. who did
not appear at the hearing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-25
Five Prisoners Whipped at the Post

WILMINGTON. Del. Sept 25.-Five
prisoners were whipped at the New Castle
County worlShouse today. Only n few
spectators were present. None OF the
men appeared to suffer greatly. The men
whipped were Gorge Butler. 20 lashes and
six months; Frank Harrison, 20 lashes and
nine months; Clifford Hughes, 10 lashes
and six months; Lewis Berry. 10 lashes
and six months. and Stephen Kirby, 20
lashes and six months.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-25
Wilmington Boys on Strike

WILMINGTON, Del. Sept 25.-At the
plant Of the Sheet Metal Contracting
Company a number of boys went on a
strike, and the dispute has not yet been
settled. The boys we're getting 16% cents
an hour and demanded 20. Tho concern
manufactures tin boxes for the Du Points.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-25
1s-Year-old Lad to Make Trip West

A 13-year-old Philadelphia boy will sail
alone from New York for San Francisco
via the Panama Canal today on the Fin
land to meet his father and stepmother.
He is Archibald Henderson Hamilton, OF
1904 Fairmount avenue. The lad never
has met his stepmother. He was taken
to New York by his aunt, Mrs Jessie H
Collett.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-25
Man Killed TryinR to Board Train

CARLISLE. Pa, Sept. 25.-Charles Nor
ris. 80 years old of Carlisle was killed ny
a fast freight train on the Philadelphia
and Reading road Just south OF here last
night when he attempted to steal a ride
in order to reach the Lancaster fair. The
body was not found until today.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-25

Ex-Leader in Russian Council Dead
PETRoGRAD. Sept. 25.--The death of
Peter Nikolaievich Durnovo is announced.
He had been Russian Minister OF the In
terror. a member Of the Council of the
Empire and leader OF the party of the
Right IN the Council.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-07
GR0EM GOES AT BANK TASK.
Much Work for state Inquiry
Gets Under Way.

Frederick j. Groehl. appointed by Gov.
Whitman commissioner under the More
LAM act to see II there is any basis
to complaints against the state Banking
Department. spent yesterday in his oifice.
coordinating the assertions made against
the department aud it's superintendent,
Eugene Lamb Richards.
The complaints in their present form
are so vague that t will take Com
missioner Croehl many days to assemble
them into orderly sets OF charges for
investigation. Thu complaints concern
various banks now out of business.
some Of whose depositors feel vhat
they are MOI getting their share of the
banks assets quickly enough n that
the assets are not being liuuidated sat
isfactorily. The chief group OF deposit
tors behind the present inuuir, are
those OF the Union Bank OF Brookl"n,
whose affairs have caused the m
vNtion on criminal charges OF two or
the banks presidents. David A.. Sulli-
van and Edward NJ. Circuit. have caused
scandalous charges and cou~ntercharges
at almost every meeting Of the deposi-
tors and have stirred many public OFF,
GERS into action.
Since Superintendent Richards de-
posed Louis J. Goldstein. Assistant Dis
,rict Attorney of Brooklyn. from mis-
$500 Il year job as counsel to the
bank. a position which Mr.. oioldstein
held while he was acting as Assistant
District Attorney. depos tors meetings
have been aile-i with charges that the
banks assets were not being properly
liquidateI. 1t is these charges that Mr..
Gro-hl will look into to stamp them az
! false. or to prefer charges to the Gov
ernor.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-07
COUNTY JOINS RATE PROTEST.
westche~ter supervisors to Fight
Fare %Incrcases by the y. y. q.

MouNT VERNoS. y. Y. Dec. 6.-Steps
were taken to-day by the Westchester
Board of Supervisors in White Plains
To take up the fight started by the
city OF Sonkers against the incr>sise OF
fares OH the New York Central and
Harlem railroads. Mayor fiske Of
Mount Vernon also that he
has Joined hands with Mayor Lennon
Of Yonkers for the purpose of lodging a
protest with the Public Service torn-
mission against the enforcement of the
new passenger rate tariffs on the two
railroads.
Supervisor Merz OF Yollkers intro
duced the following resolution Mt the
meeting ~ the Supervisors at White
+ Plains. and It was adopted luminous I:
"Resolved. that the Board of Su1,ervi-
sors, through the County Attorney ana
by a special committee appointed for
the purpose, investigate the proposed
| raise In railroad fares about to be made
by the New York Central Railroad Com
pany, and that the Board of Supervisors
dc everything In its power to protect
the rights of the people and to keep down
the fares. because the increase in rail-
road fares will be detrimental to "A resi-
Dental ounty such as Westchester Is.
Therefore in the interest of all the
people the board should act In this
matter and take steps Immediately to
protect the interest of the people of the
county
II Is understood that the diff
ferent Chambers of Commerce In West
chester county will also take up the
fight. and viii appear In "A body before
the Public Service Commission
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-07
VILLA CHIEF and 800
YAQUIS SURRENDER
Oregon Perfecting Plans for
New Campaign Against
Distressed Leader.

NoGALEs, Ariz., Dec. G.-Francisco Ur-
bajo. Yaaui commander. and one of the
leading lieutenants Of villa II. his re-
cent unsuccessful campaign in Sonora.
surrendered with 200 men to-day at To-
nichi, sonora. Col. Trujillo. several
other villa officers and a number OF men
were captured near Hermosillo.
Gen. villa IL reported AZ proceeding
southwest from Hermosillo and he also
is reported az near Casas Grandes, In
Chihuahua. southwest of Juarez.
Gen. Obregou left Aqua Prieta to-
night for this place. He will proceed
south to Hermosillo for "a conference with
Gen. Dieguez relative to the campaign
against villa. II IN said that Dieguez
has ~Teopened the railroad line south to
Hernosiilo from this city. The railroad
Is open and trains are operating from
here to Cananea and between Cananea
and Naco. Ii IL asserted mt Aqua Prieta
tina the railroad from there south e
Nacozari also has been reopened ant
that the forces OF Gen. Rodriguez. former
villa commander. ave fled to the east
presumably returning to the State oi
Chihuahua.
According to advices received TO-DAY
Gen. Resale Hernandez. formerly n Nills
General. who was reported to have aban
doned tho revolution. has reentcred thu
| war area at the head Of "A Carranzs
force. Hernandez, with several thousan'
men. Ia reported at Santa Rosalia.
Carranza officials claim that theii
troops nave routed and pursued into tn,
foothills bands of Mayo Indians VIII
twice raided the town OF Los Mochis. OF
| the Pacific coast, destroying much Amer
lean property me killing several for
eiKners.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-07
JERSEY HOUSEWIVES
HEAR MRS.. HEATH
Protesting Members Of Ma.
tiOnal League Have COnsti-
tuition Explained.
OBJECT TO MEN MEM BERS

New Jersey housewives who recently
declared wal against the National
Housewives League made a sally across
the Hudson yesterday and had u Ave
hours skirmish with Mrs. Julian Heath.
the national president. and other MEM
bers of the executive committee at ma
tional headquarters. 25 West Forty-fifth
street.
There were twenty-five invaders. all
delegates OF the New Jersey Housewives
League. They gathered Mt Mr.. Heath's
invitation to hear her explanation Of the
meaning and workings Of the national
body's constitution. Mrs. Heath told Of
the organization Of the league four years
ago and It's success lin bringing out the
profession Of housekeeping ~ IL has
| never been brought out before
W. have given the housewife her
right economic function as dispenser OF
the wealth of the world she said. IAN
we have become a great force for the
upbuildine of the American home. |
| wish to say that personally ! have de-
voted my own time night and day Ia
| this great work without compensation
Although certified copies of the leagues
constitution were In the hands Of the
delegates Mrs. John Contrell, Jr., OF
| Newark and Mrs. Chauncey III. Marsh
| of Montclair raised the question OF a
| legal certitication and Mrs. Heath sen
| for a notary 80 that Mrs. Thomas y.
Fulton. the SECRETARY. could swear all
over again.
One woman wanted to know why ac-
tive members were described M 'ihouse
wives and others" Mrs. Heath said the
"others'' might mean women who wer'
not wives, and even men. Anothe;
woman objected tn the inclusion Of men
members. whereupun Mrs. Heath asked
How did Chandler W. Riker. u law
yer. become a member Of the Newark
Housewives League"
Mrs. contrcll replied that Mr.. Rike
would make "a valuable member.
Mrs. Heath called q New Jersey stat,
meeting Immediately after the session
at which she said hat the national
executive committee wished to hold tn,
state executive committee responsible
FOR all State work. including publicity
Mrs. John ~. Yocum. the state rresi-
dent. said she wouldn't be held responsl.
BILE. A resolution TO force this re.
sponsibility couldn't he passed because
tho state body didn't have a constitution
and therefore its executive committee
didn't count anyhow, all OF which Mrs
Heath said was news 20 her.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-07
DRUMMERS FIGHT NEW RATES.
Complaint May Delay Decision for
ears.

ALBANY, Dec. 6.-The New York State
Council OF the United Commercial Travel
lers Of America lodged with the Second
District Public Service Commission to-
day "A formal complaint against and "A
request for "A hearing ~ the proposed
inci ease Of passenger fares by the rail-
roads of the STATE. This complaint Is
considered practically to assure the sus-
pension of the proposed rates by the COM
mission until the railroad companie-
have proved their reasonableness.
The bHdcn Of proof imposed OF the
railroads may require them 10 submit
full valuations of their property. Some
authorities here contend that since the
decision OF Justice Hughes IN the Mime
sofa rate case it will be necessary for the
roads to allocate their assets and earn
ings TO their freight and passenger bust
ness respectively in order TO make a case
on a proposed increase Of passengcl
rates. Either or both of these processes
would neces sarily consume IA vast amount
of time and II the ease were carried
through fully it would be a matter Of
months, IL not of years. before the rail
roads could effect the increase they have
asked,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-07
ALL COLORADO MUST BE DRY.
Supreme Court wiII Not Esclude
Commission Cities,

DESvER. Dec. S.-T'he validity OF the
stat wide prohibition law ~ applying To
commissioned governed cities and all
other districts OF Colorado was unani-
motsly upheld by the Supreme court
here to-day, The opinion was written
by Justice W. II. Gabbert.
The court at the request of Gov.
George a. Carlson and Mayor W. II.
Sharpley Of Denver. had taken original
Jurisdiction In a friendly suit to enjvin
the Denver city commission from grant
ing n saloon license extending beyond
January 1. 1916. the date on which the
prohibition law will go into effect. Den
YER is governed under a special charter
and the city adopted an amendment
last May which sought to give tho
municipal officials authority to continue
the sale OF intoxicants.
Thu supreme court ruled that while
the cities under commission government
have certain special rights in purely
municipal matters they are without au-
thority to conduct their affairs in rom
travention of state laws.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-07
HANDICAPPED PRISONER
VANISHES AFTER RAID
Mysterious Escape Of Alleged
COunterfeiter From Secret
Service Men.

Although both OF his wrists were In
handouts Frederick weidlich. superin-
tendent Of the Chalfonte apartments. 81
East Ninety-seventh street. escaped yes
terday afternoon from a group Of secret
service men who had Just arrested him
as a counterfeiter
A little later the secret service agents
heard that a man had been seen running
In Park avenue with a burlap bag over
his wrists.
II Weidlich managed to get the hand
GUNS of when he found "a hiding place
he must have had a hard Job. for the
handouts used by the secret service men
are Of the best steel and built to resist
any except the strongest attempts to
break them.
IL was 1 o'clock In the afternoon when
Capt. Henry and several of his agents
broke. Into the basement OF the hal
fontp. weidlich and his wife were there,
The detectives stood guard over them
| and searched the basement. They found
a full get of dies and presses. including
some plates for making $40 bills, which
the detectives said were very good. II
was said that weidlich had completed
prspa ra tions to make money, but had
not made any.
The counterfeiting apparatus was
seized and the secret service mer
started u with weidlich and Mrs
Weidlich. when they got up to thu
street floor weidiich asked II he could
go TO the cellar and fix the boiler.
at might explode and kill a lot oil
people," he said.
He had handouts on. so Capt. Henry
let him go to the cellar accompanied by
a secret service man. Weidlich spent
some moments working over the boilei
and then he and his guard walked to Tho
ievator entrance.
The secret service man rang the bel
for the elevator. When he turned
around again Weidlich mac disappeared
shortly after midnight last night Ia
trolman C~avanaugh of the East 1O4ti
street polio. station took into custod,
"A man at Ninety-ninth street n Madt
son avenue who answered the descrip
ton Of the alleged counterfeiter Cav
anaugh said that the prisoner wa'
knows to him as Fred schultz and no
as Weidlich. aud that he was janitor %
the Chalfonte apartments. He did no
wear the handouts. but there wer'
scratches on his wrists. He refused I,
say anything regarding himself.