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New-York tribune., 1915-12-28
THEORIESBUSTED,
GRIP GERM SAFE
Thawing Weather Idea
Exploded, but Microbes
Deadly Work Goes On.
DO AND DON'T LISTS
CONTINUE TO GROW
Beware of Sneezes and Crowds,
Doctors Say-If You Get 1t,
Just Be Miserable.

Don't blame the weather, blame your
neighbor, il you have the grip.
Don't worry about it; just be wretch
edly miserable, and burn with a fever.
and cough, and turn up your nose at
every alleged tempting dish, and know
that you'll get well-it's like being
seasick-unless something else sets IN.
But have a care IL pneumonia comes
along. Or, if you are aged or an in
FAINT. be wary, for the cowardly grip
germ strikes peculiarly deadly blow
at the very young and the very old.
This is the advice that half dozen
physicians, hospital superintendents
and health authorities gave yesterday.
One and all, they exploded the theory
that 1t is the thawing weather that
spreads the grip.
ut is not the weather." said DR..
Charles F. Bolduan, director Of health
education; "it is the way we dress,
then the people we meet. On warm,
thawing morning We wear the same
heavy clothes, get overheated. then
when struck by gust Of wind, sneeze.
Three good sneeZes are enough to con-
taminate a whole subway car. 1t is the
rapidty of its extension that makes
grip dangerous"
Then he turned to DR.. Osler's defni-
ton of la grippe: "A pandemic dis
ease, appearing at irregular intervals
characterized by extraordinary rapldlty
of extension and the large number Of
people attacked
With reports coming in from West
ern cities of the extent of the grip
within their boundaries, New York
wonders just how much grip 1t has. 1t
doesn't know, but it knows il has It.
Grin is not disease reportable to the
Health Department, and the death GER
tifcates rarely say just grip" Prl-
vate hospitals rarely get case until
the grip is something else, yet each
reports that the grip is all through
the staff. Bellevue says that the only
straight grip cases it gets are lodging
house victims and Bowery derelicts.
The city dispensaries say they are DO
ing a little better than the regular
holiday rush business.
New York's grip is not the high fever
kind. but II is none the less nasty. lts
the kind you have on your day of, ana
makes you feel disagreeable the rest
of the week. 1t is the low-teyer,
stuffed-up-head kind, that feels as
though YOU had been hit on the back
of the head by ball club.
"Stop sneezing," says New York:
"Stop going in crowds" says Phila-
delphia.
"Stop kissing" says Milwaukee.
When the young man heard the lat
ter he went away sorrowful.
New-York tribune., 1915-12-28
LUCKY JOHNNIE!
HE BROKE HIS LEG
Tumulty Consoles Him-White
House Car Brings Smiles.

Washington, Dec. 27.-Ths was a mo-
mentous day for Johnnie Gladinz, who
is three years old and lives in River
dale, Md, near Washington. lie broke
his right leg in three places, was con-
soled by Joseph p. Tumulty, Secretary
to the President, and got a ride to the
Emergency Hospital in one of the big
White House automobiles.
Johnnie was hurt by falling over one
Of his Christmas toys. His father
wrapped him in blanket and brought
him to Washington on an electric car.
The parent became confused in his di-
rections, and when Secretary Tumulty
found him he was wandering along in
front of the White House with Johnnie
In his arms.
Mr.. Tumulty. being the father of six
youngsters himself, soon had police
men, doormen and chauffeurs hurrying
around after motor TO convey the boy
to the hospital. A woman in a hand
some Limousine and cab driver offered
their vehicles, but a White House car
soon appeared and a big policeman put
Johnnie and his father into it.
They boy, happy over his grand ride,
smiled on the way TO the hospital. and
the doctors said later that he did not
even whimper when the broken bone
was set.
New-York tribune., 1915-12-28
ThE NATIONAL WEEKLY

though Il is realized that II Austria
continues her policy another case IN
which Americans are involved may
arise at any moment. II is becoming
increasingly clear that the German
promise in the Arabic case applied only
TO her own ships, and that the subma-
rine campaign will be carried on IN all
waters except those surrounding Eng
land until some way is found Of pledg-
ing Austria.
Berlin Denies Blame.
At the German Embassy to-day II
was stated that so far as is known
there are no German submarines IN the
Mediterranean, those which were at the
Dardanelles having been sent into the
Biack Sea. This was taken to mean
that Germany washes her hands OF the
Mediterranean cases and that the
United States must depend on what she
may herself do with Austria Tor protec-
ton of her citizens.
Meanwhile, although official sources
to-day confirmed reports that thes a
saka Maru had been sunk without warn
ing. a doubt arose as 70 whether W. j.
Leigh, one Of the passengers reported
10 be an American, was really one. The
State Department has been unable 70
find any record of a passport issued TO
him. This would not prevent action by
this government if his citizenship was
proved, but It does mean that no action
will be taken until some such proof Is
furnished.
The State Department to-day in
structed Edward Lyell Bristow, con-
sular agent at Port Said, to interview
Leigh and attempt TO determine whether
he 1s an American citizen. Press dis
matches have indicated that he was
born in China of American parents and
was on his way from England 10 CHINA
aboard the Yasaks Maru. II these re-
ports prove true, State Department OH
cials said, and Leigh has failed 10 an
nounce his citizenship he has lost his
right TO claim protection from the
United States government.
The report of Mr.. Bristow that the
Yasaka Maru was torpedoed without
warning and made no attempt TO es-
cape also stated that nothing was
known as TO the nationality Of the sub
marine. The undersea boat, he said,
was not seen until after the ship was
torpedoed, and then only her perlscope
was visible. This, OF course, would
give no grounds for protest TO any one
power, though officials are convinced
that the vessel must have been aus
trian or German. Until something
definite Is known both as to the nation
ality Of the war boat and the status of
Leigh, no representations are possible
by this government.
The early reports that there were no
Americans on the Vile de la Ciotat
will. If confirmed, make II impossible
for this government to act in that case,
either. The case, however, will be care
fully Investigated by American agents
at Malta.
The incident has served to emphasize
the importance Of an immediate un-
derstanding with Austria as TO the
right Of belligerent warship TO sink
an enemy merchantmen without warn
irg and without providing for the safe
~ of passengers and crew.
New-York tribune., 1915-12-28
0USTED DOCTORS MEET
Fifty-seyen Of Hospital STAFF, Asked TO
Resign, to Take Case TO Mayor.

Most Of the fifty-seven doctors on the
medical board of the Cumberland Street
Hospital, Brooklyn, who were asked 20
resign by Charities Commissioner
Kingsbury attended a meeting last
evening az the home of DR.. Herbert d.
Schenck, IS Halsey Street, Brooklyn.
Following the meeting, which lasted
until after midnight. DR.. Schenck said
that no statement would be given out
immediately, as those who attended
wished the facts to be brought before
Mayor Mitchell first. He added that he
hoped they would be placed before
Commissioner Kingsbury also.
designations Of all but four of the
members Of the medical board had been
received by the commissioner up 10
last night. He denied that he had APP
pointed an ADVISORY committee to dis
cuss the organization Of other stats.
New-York tribune., 1915-12-28
Grip Taking New Hold,
Philadelphia Needs Nurses

Philadelphia, Dec. 27.-Cold, clear
weather, such as followed the snow
early yesterday morning, had it lasted,
would have checked the grip epidemic,
according to DR.. Samuel G. Dixon,
State Health Commissioner. The snow
filtered the air, killing grip and pneu-
monia germs, and the brisk wind
brought lots of ozone in its wake. ozone
being the deadly enemy of the grip mi
crobe.
A return of warm, soggy conditions,
with heavy fogs in the early morning
and rain later, however, gave grip a
Lew lease on life. More than hundred
new cases of grip and sixty-two Of
pneumonia were reported by local hos
ptals in the last twenty-four hours.
The grasp which illness has on the city
IS evident in the heavy death columns.
A serious feature Of the epidemic is
the scarcity of nurses. There is no
doubt, physicians say, that number
of deaths have been due to inability
to obtain qualified nurses.
New-York tribune., 1915-12-28
PEACE" TOOK WRONG BOAT
Hence Wild Tale About Big French
Painting Being Stolen.

"Peace," the q by ls foot painting
which vanished from the French Line
pier, will reappear on the pier to-mor-
row afternoon, according 20 an an
nouncement made last night by Franck-
Ign Paris, of the Museum of French
Art
The "oblong box like three collins
placed end to end which must have
been pushed into the Hudson River
some time last week." il Mr.. Paris's
earlier announcement could have been
believed, is due 10 arrive tomorrow
on the Rochambesu Mr.. Paris simply
got the boats mixed. As Lieutenant
Heumann, of the Second Branch De-
tective Bureau, said last Wednesday
night-the night of Mr.. Paris's dis
tracted announcement - ut looks
phoney."
So, after all the painting may be
New-York tribune., 1915-12-28
WHO'LL BE A $4,000 HEIR ?
John Coyle's sl,576, with Interest, to
Go to City Unless Claimed.

Before John Coyle sailed away to sea
in 1854 he put sl,576 in the Provident
Institution for Savings in Jersey City.
on the voyage he was drowned. No
claimants appeared for the money in
sixty-one years, and it has grown to
$35,000.
George Norris, appointed administra-
tor Of the estate, has begun a suit
in the Supreme Court for the disburse-
ment of this sum, and unless a lawful
heir appears it will go to Jersey City
ANY one who thinks Coyle was his an
cestor is invited to call at the savings
institution. Washington and Grand
streets, and show why he should have
the money. The bank, or Mr.. Norris
or Jersey Citv will esdeavor to show
why he shouldn't.
New-York tribune., 1915-12-28
Court Enjoins Ferry Rate Cut.

Judge Rellstab, of the Federal Court
at Newark, yesterday issued a tempo
rary injunction restraining the Hudson
County Board of Freeholders from en-
forcing an ordinance TO compel the
Port Richmond & Bergen Point Ferry
Company to charge only three cents
for foot passengers and TO sell two
tickets for five cents. The company
has charged five cents fare, and al
legged that the reduction caused an an
tual loss Of $4,000.
New-York tribune., 1915-12-28
BOY-ED SAILS TODAY
WITH COL. HOUSE
Recalled Kultur Advocate Will
Also Have WhitlOck as
Fellow VOyager.

Brand Whitlock, Colonel f. VI. House
and Captain Karl Boyd will sail for
Rotterdam to-day on the Holland
America liner Rotterdam.
II is a curious coincidence which
brings together as fellow passengers
the man who has won universal admira-
tion by his efforts as Minister to Bel
gium to alleviate the effects in that
country of German Kultur; the friend
Of the President who is going over to
see Just how matters stand at present,
and the officer recalled from the Ger
man Embassy because of his alleged
efforts TO propagate that same brand OF
Kultur in this country.
Captain Boyd spent the entire day
at his Office in Room s0e, st IL Broad
way, attending 90 business affairs OF
his government. Shortly before leaving
his Office his staff surrounded him and
bade him farewell. While this leave
taking was in progress in the reception
room several reporters entered and
asked to see the captain.
Boy-Ed, who had his back to the
door, suddenly turned around and con-
fronted his visitors. Asked If the
place was the Office of Captain Boy-Ed,
the former naval attache replied: Yes,
this is my Office. What do you want?'
He was asked if he had decided TO
make any statement previous to his de-
parture, and he replied: 81 am very
pleased to meet you, but have nothing
at all 10 say"
The captains stern manner was not
in keeping with his diplomatic rejoin-
der, and, using the door as a means of
election, he pushed the reporters out
into the hall.
Three minutes later another reporter
was informed in Room S09 that Captain
Boy-Ed was not in; had not been in all
day, and was not expected again at the
New-York tribune., 1915-12-28
B. R. T. FACES FULL-CAR RULE
Emerson Determined TO Have More
Trains Put Into Operation

The "full car" edict will soon be ap-
Piled to every line of the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit, according to Health
Commissioner Emerson yesterday. He
said he had asked Chairman Straus of
the Public Service Commission for
cooperation.
There is no reason why the b. r. T.
shouldn't run more cars on its over
crowed lines" said Commissioner EN-
erson. While congestion on the
Brooklyn Bridge cannot be increased.
the b. h. /. can run more short trains
from the Brooklyn end Of the bridge
for local traffic
Some persons complain that waiting
for cars becase of the full-car rule
causes them to take cold. BROOKLYN
newspapers have taken this up and are
doing just what the p. K. r. want In
keeping this phase before the public.
! he Health Department is determined
TO stop overcrowding on lines where
trains run on an eight-minute head
Way.'\
New-York tribune., 1915-12-28
6 YEARS FOR MODEST THIEF
Stole Pair of Trousers from Boat After
Fleeing Jail on Riker's.

For stealing a pair of trousers from
motor boat, william Carmody, with
enough other names to put him in the
Jimmy Valentine class, was sent to
Sing Sing for six years and six months
by Judge Humphrey in the Queens
County Court yesterday.
Carmody had escaped firm Riker's
Island by swimming across He'll Gate
into Bowery Bay. There he boarded
the Molly Bawn and jumped into a pair
of trousers owned By former Assistant
District Attorney John He.herington,
Of Long Island City. The former pros
ecutor requested the lightest sentence
possible, bt Judge Humphrey said the
court had no discretion in sentencing
second offenders.
New-York tribune., 1915-12-28
BIG GEM MAY TRAP THIEF
12-Carat Diamond in $50, O,OOo Loot from
East Orange Home.

East Orange, N. j., Dec. IA
twelve-carat diamond, the pendant OF
$4,000 lavalliere. may lead TO the ar
rest Of the thief who ransacked the
residence Of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford II.
Eagle on Christmas Night. 1t will be
difficult for him TO dispose Of the stone
because Of its unusual size.
Footprints in the snow are the only
clew to the identity Of the robber, who
escaped from second story window
when alarmed by the return OF Mr.
and Mrs. Eagle from an automobile
ride. "He was about the luckiest rob
Der that ever operated in East
Orange" said Chief Of Police O'Neill
to-day. "He stumbled across the
valuables in an unexpected place, and
the police hadn't been notified that the
house was temporarily empty"
All the jewels taken, valued at
$4,000, were wrapped in an apron,
made with pockets, TO be worn under a
dress. 1t had been rolled up and placed
in a trunk in a clothes closet IN Mrs
Eagles bedroom.
New-York tribune., 1915-12-28
WILSON'S PHYSICIAN COMING
DR.. Grayson, Presidents Friend, to DO
Research Work at Polytechnic.

DR.. Cary T. Grayson, U. S. ~, Presi-
dent Wilson's physician and friend, is
coming to New York this week TO en-
gage in research work at the Polyclinic
Hospital. Il is not known what special
lines his research work will follow.
DR.. Grayson has been an intimate
friend of Mr.. Wilson since the begin
ming Of the present administration. OF
the Chief Executives official family he
is the one most closely in touch with
the personal affairs OF the President.
New-York tribune., 1915-12-28
COOK WOULD GO EXPLORING
This Time It's Germany-But He Can't
Get a United States Passport.

Copenhagen, Dec. 27.-Dr. Frederick
A. Cook, the explorer, and his secre-
tary. Dr.. +. 7. Thompson. called to-day
at the American Legation here. They
expressed much disappointment be-
cause the legation would not give them
passports into Germany.
Dr. Cook and mis- secretary may ap-
peal TO the Washington government
against the decision not to supply them
with the passports desired, but as mel
ther DR.. Cook nor DR.. Thompson has
urgent business in Germany, it is said,
the American Minister is holding to his
decision.
New-York tribune., 1915-12-28
FILM "DRUNKS" STIR UNION
Glassworkers Protest Against Depicting
Mnrkmen in Saloon Scenes.

Sobriety and not drunkenness is the
chief characteristic Of the toiling class
making up the labor unions, the Amerl-
can Flint Glass Workers Union main
tains. 1t has adopted resolutions pro-
testing against depicting workmen IN
motion picture scenes OF drunkenness
and debauchery.
The resolution will be sent to all the
motion picture producers and exhibit
tors. 1t points out that 1t IS unjust
20 picture a mason dropping brick on
the head Of passerby just to get a
laugh. and it is unfair TO show a
drunken engineer causing the explosion
of a boiler TO create d melodramatic
climax.
New-York tribune., 1915-12-28
TH0RNE SOUGHT AS FORGER
Mining Broker Accused of Obtaining
Realty Loan by False Papers.

II was announced at Police head
quarters yesterday that the specifc
charge against Richard Van Wyca
Thorne, missing mortgage broker. IS
forgery. Thorne conducted business at
$50 Broadway, and was reported miss.
ing about tHo weeks ago. \ general
alarm for his arrest has been sent out
The complainant is Gilbert II. Mon
tague, a lawyer, of 10 Wall Street.
Thorne is accused Of obtaining a loan
OF $4,000 on property at 1886 Broadway.
December Is, 1914, by forging papers.
The police description of Thorne
states that he is forty-six years old.
five feet ten inches tall, weighs i45
pounds, is smooth shaved. has dark
brown hair and eye and a mole on his
left cheek near his ear lie speak
with a Southern accent.
New-York tribune., 1915-12-28
Beware OF Kissing,
Greenwich Grip Warning

Greenwich, Conn, Dec. PA public
warning was issued tonight by DR..
Alvin ". Klein, head of the Depart
ment of Public Health, against unnec-
essary OSCILLATION, and sets forth other
rules as precautionary steps to check
the spread of grip and pneumonia in
this vicinity.
One hundred cases of grip and seven
cases of pneumonia have been reported
in Greenwich during the last week.
Preventive measures include warnings
to keep away from air currents, not to
mix in crowds in stores and trolley
cars and to check colds in their first
stages.
New-York tribune., 1915-12-28
100000 Victims in Detroit;
Grips Spread Appals City

Detroit. Dec. 27.-Detroit is suffer
ing the worst siege Of the grip since
the invasion Of the disease, a quarter
of a century ago, physicians say. It
is estimated that 100000 persons in
greater Detroit are i'll with influenza
and allied diseases. sIhe number Of
deaths this month shows great in
crease over December, l9l4-out of all
proportion to the growth in popuia-
ton. Nurses in charge at the main
health centres said that the spread Of
the disease in the last few weeks was
appalling.
New-York tribune., 1915-12-28
Carries His Dead Baby in Street.

Dead" the doctors Of Polytechnic
Hospital said yesterday, when they ex-
amined Frederick Jacobs. eight months
old. whose father had run eleven
blocks to. the hospital to get medical
aid. The father, Fred. found the baby
i'll in his home, $50 West Thirty-ninth
Street, and 20 save time picked him up
and rushed 20 the hospital. lie carried
the baby's dead body home for burial.
New-York tribune., 1915-12-28
Missing Man in Potters Field.

BY means of police photograph
relatives identified yesterday the man
who was found dead in a West Forty
second Street hotel on November ] as
Mark S. Karr. who had lived az l4Ol
Fulton Avenue. The Bronx. The body
which was buried in the Potters Field
under the name Of 81. Powers" when
had been signed to the hotel register.
will be buried in the family plot.
New-York tribune., 1915-12-28
ELKS SANTA FOR 2,OOO
500 More Children than Were Eipe"
ed Made Happy at Lodge Clubhou"

For a time it looked as though SS''
Claus would run short OF p'e'shs,
when the clubhouse Of Lodge No. ! {"
the Elks. at l0S West For'y''DD'
Street. was thrown open for l'4OO enN
dren for a Christmas tree parry -. ~
night. Rabbis, priests and nln'ssrii s'.i
in the lodge received such Iles ,S,t
in selecting the guests that more 'D'
1000 came.
A shortage Of 600 presents sss a
nounced by Frederick +. Golasmi,,.",, l.,:ti,. -,
the committee in charge. "hns, ~
entertainment continued, many q -. ~
Elks slipped out to nearby 10Y ~ ,,t
Half an hour later they were .ls pSJ VA,
the reputation Of old Kre hrins'
saved. Am xst
Of the amount expended soVvg ~,
raised by auctioning Oh snosIt s.ts
from the glittering tree at 30 8 H"A
New-York tribune., 1915-12-28
Woman Leaves l64 Descendants.

Mrs Bridget Mclean, eighty years
old, who died yesterday at her home in
Hunters Point. Queens, leaves l6i de-
scendants-nine children, fifty grand
children. ninety-fve great-grandchil-
dren and ten great-great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Mclean was born in Ireland. She
had lived in Queens sixty-eight years.
Her husband, Patrick AL can. died
eighteen years ago.
New-York tribune., 1915-12-28

A New England
munitions man
ufaCturer sent
to New York
for Detective e
Garth, who left
az once and landed
in a plot of unusual
thrills and mystery.
Through theDark"
is a tale of spies spied
upon, by Charles w.
Camp, in this weeks
Collies1rl'S,; s1l'
ThE NATIONAL WEEKLY
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Announcement

Esther Whitley Burch, who has ha 4
unusual success as a teacher OF, EX-
pressls,l and Physical Culture has
returned to Stamford and will have
classes in these branches here.
The work will prepare pupil. foi
Teachers, Platform Readers, O}stol :
Social and Home Life. All liIie, vi
dramatic work will be takelh up
great attention being paid to c|o.rec-
ton of defective speech and b,cpel
use of the voice.
Pupils will be brought out = pub
he recitals and plays. Classl 4 will
be arranged for teachers ansI chill
dren, and a normal class foi those
wishing to teach expression al credit
given at Emerson College of { lltory,
Boston.
Remember expression is enc Of
the greatest educational factors in
the world and the study of t de-
velops the mind as much as thel study
of mathematics or any of the
sciences.
She will have room bt the
Graded School building beJnring
Monday. 81