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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-15
"She Was That Queenlike She Had
Me Going" Said the Detective.

''I1 have you dismissed from the force you dread.
full personi Take your fingers on my gown Your very
touch Will soil IT, The detective aftervard said. she
that queenlike she had me going. almost begged
her pardon and said there must be some mistake"
He might we'll have done 80. for when che
AIKEN into court she denied 80 Indignantly the theft
that the magistrate discharged her Miss "DOWnes"
flashing, left tho courtroom, moved from the
boarding house where she had been subjected such
unwaTantabe ahrOnt and resumed her reign the
novelty OF Broadway.
She was seen In the smart Broadway restaurants. in
the company OF admirng new friends some 81 them
octors. managers. some angels Of amusement
enterprises Always they treated her with the utmost
respect Always they we're enchanted by her stories
Of life Brazilian coffee plantation and % the
neyngs of rich planters and their families San Fran
cisco and % Paris. True. she made some remarkable
statements about those cities but her admlring and
trusful audiences always ascribed these singuaritcs
her lack OF knowledge Of the English language
They merely smiled at her fascinating broken speech
always accompanied by her dazzling smile
Then again interruption. Once more was Ruth
DoWnes arrested. This because dress SUIT case con
tainng OF the articles Of clothing she was said 70
have stolen found in her room.
"9Omc one placed o. there while ] was out never
% before" che said. her utter dsdain OF those
people" who brought the charge shoHn In her
air and speech and her scornful black eyes.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-15
Why Your Best Brain Work Is Done When You're m

~ PHILIP OsTERMAN. ND.
II you want 10 DO your very best
brain work don't keep yourself
too hL But remember. too. that
the longer you work when you are
really iIl the greater viii be- the
breakdown which must follow.
u "a generally considered that n
man Who o. physically 90 necessarily
does better hraln worn than a man
who o. slightly OF color This is by
no means the case. for under certain
circumstancns man who Dr. not
physically 90 IS capable Of better
work Than a man In the best Of
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-15
The Cross-Continental Journey
Really a Ride Cross-Town

When Maria's mother. the East Side shoemakers
Wife made her appearance in court she wore shawl
over her head Ruefully the Witnesses who had been
listening to Maras stories gazed that threadbare
gray shawl When the crosscontnent journey resolved
itself into a ride Fourteenth street crosstown
car with a transfer up Madison avenue the wise men
and OF Broadway could have wept In sheer
chagrin.
aBut she knew Spanish" they protested So she did.
She learned a little red pocket dictionary she
always carried The dictionary cost fifteen cents.
Spanish is know Italian It Is SO like IT.
explained Maria, with her mschievous laugh.
81 have plenty of money. l work for occupation not
for mere salary" said Maria when she visited the
offices OF theatrical managers. One after another
engaged her pose naughty beauty. she will be
stunning the pictures-at last have found rival
Of Anita Stewart, said the screen magnates TO their
office stahs.
The protector OF a musical comedy engaged her for
a production.
She was to play the part OF Brazilian beauty, and
In a yellow satin frock, and with many diamonds.
dance the is danced its native soil. the
pampas OF Argentina
Then came the news that bowled Broad
way that gaspng the street that is proud OF its
sepossession. that boasts that IL never be sur
prsed-'Ruth Downes." she of the swinging Spanish
walk. O the stories OF romance that held mingled
flavor OF the old and new. arrested common
place officer her lodgings broke in upon tale
OF alnght BAH at the hacienda OF Millionaire cousin
OF hers In Argentina Millionaire who aspired for her
hand, but whom she repulsed because she loved him
The rude, ordinary policeman answered her rich
toned Come IN" and laying hand upon her graceful
olive shoulder. said, Come onl"
"What fOr7" Ruth Downes lowered above him as an
offended queen, resentng the afront OF barbarian.
ats emissary OF your mothers come TO take you
home" suggested fellow boafder
mot your life! I'm pinching her because want
them clothes end iewery she took from woman at
No 2Is Fortyfourth street" said the rude com
detective.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-15
.olD Poor But hgenio,
rnonini, Tired of Wol
Day IL, a SOentshop, l
Street in the World, -

~ ROADWAY. the wise, has been fooiet by an East
X Side girl the daughter Of poor shoelnaker The
- Great White Way. that boasts that q can never
be taken In held to rdieuls BY nineteen
year-old sveatshop worker
The highway OF amusement. known throughout this
country and the wise guy of Streets
been duped. outwitted laughed 70 seorn by prod
uct of the tenement distrcts
Maria Desmonini. whose fathers shoemaking shop
in a basement of OF the FIRE escapedr.,7ed dwell
ng places OF the many at No $40 East Fourteenth
street been Toasted and toasted and been thougn
Tor a brief time, belle OF broadway
The wise ones" OF the wise street wandering
how IL ever happened Maria Desmonni. aioeh In the
Tombs. laughs. She thinks Broadway Is as euIole as
any other part OF Manhattan More guIlible. indeed
than her earnesteyed East Side
Il got tired WORKING ten hours day ana - yms al
hem believe a rich woman. the owner OF oonee
plantation in Brazil. And they believed II Tor Two
pretty girl. with deepset. shrewd black eyes itte
too close together. engaging smile and ennaole
m ability to wear clothes we'll" She has lthe
swinging grace. exotic earnestness OF manner,
herself. she was something new In IT'S never tnuins
quest OF a novelty Broadway discovered her
For two months she lived at hne hotels or exclusive
boarding She had the best rooms and the best
places at table. Every who met her was charmed
by Her stories OF life in Brazil were vastly inter
estng-to who had visited the south Amer
lean country. Her romance sad and greatly
10 her credit She told Il we'll, with alternate signs
and smiles the tale of how her proud tyrannical
mother mad tried TO marry her a California multi
millionaire whom the daughter did not love- ana now
her pure proud SOUL revolving at sueh slavery sne nsa
In the fastest train that runs between san iran
cisco and New York. o..
would not let marry a mere millionaire There are
several OF them whom might have loved lie must
have many millions. Dear mamma, know she Is weep
ing her out. She is such pcture-aiTays wears
rustng black silks and high gold COMB blazing WIN
woman but proud OF her blue blood and our great
fortune"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-15

"And Night After
Night She Dipped
Into Luxury and
Not One Even Sus-
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-01-01

with man. 1t frequents the great highways OF the
world travels long distances In ships ana occa-
sionally on trains. The ground squirrel does not
live in human habtations and it makes only snort
migratons AS Doctor Rucker puts It, IL Is al
most negligible factor in the direct transfer OF
the disease to man. The ground squirrels great
function in the plague scheme is that of a rural
reservoir from which from time to time the dis
flows over to the suburban rat, thence TO his
city cousin and thence to man.
In parts of the West the public health service
is conducting crusade against the ground squir-
rel This animal looks not unlike the common
gray squirrel, and the help of the scientists OF
the biological survey of the department of agricul
ture in Washington has been given to the work
of the determination of this animal over large
tracts of land.
The public health service has given in its re-
taken to prevent the spread OF the disease with
which the rodents affected Instructions are
given in rattrapping, ratproofng, in methods Of
destroying rat habtations and to these added
chapters on the natural enemy OF rats. owls,
hawks, weasels. cats. dogs, ferrets and the other
creatures which either consider the repulsive rat
delicacy or like TO prey upon it from sheer love
OF killing.
The country probably has little knowledge Of
the constant work which is being done by the
public health service of the United States govern
ment to safeguard the people from disease and
death. The plague preventive work which has
been done Is to scientists one OF the most inter
esting works in the whole field of their study and
endeavor.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-01-01
DEIHQISA,YG Il %sAT R06XEey~

having served in San Francisco, where he was
executive officer when the crusade against the
plague was instituted in that city.
The rat ship Neptune does it's work on the
waterfront of cities, but it must not be supposed
that vessels alone are the habitaton of rats which
may carry with them the germs of a dread dis
ease. In any city which may be suspected of har-
boring rats afflicted with the plague parasite, the
crusade against the rodents is carried in all
sections Of the town where the rodents abound.
Thousands upon thousands of the rats are caught
In traps and every rat caught is tagged, so that
the place where 1t was taken can be known def
nitey. The bodies of the animals taken to
the public health laboratory and there they are
examined, the examinations sometimes reaching
the number Of 1000 day.
Each of the dead rats is examined thoroughly
and an experienced man can tell instantly those
which appear to be affected. In the case of a
pect, or where it is definitely determined that the
rat actually has the disease the tag is consulted
and the place of capture OF the animal is learned.
Then the work OF determination and of fumigation
and perhaps demolition of buildings begins in the
neighborhood from which the infected rat came.
Here is what Assistant SurgeonGeneral VIII
liam G. Rucker has said in brief paragraph
concerning the eradication and prevention of bu-
bonic plague:
plague is primarily disease OF rodents, and
secondly aud accidentally disease'of man. Mans
safety from the disease lies in the exclusion OF
the rodent and it's parasites. This is the basis
Of all preventive and eradicative work. II man
live In rodent-free surroundings he need have
no fear OF plague, because II there be no rodents
there can be no rodent parasites. and for all prac-
tical purposes the flea may be considered as the
common vector OF the disease from rodent TO
rodent and from rodent to man. The eradication
of bubonic plague. therefore, means the eradica-
tion OF rodents"
Now. In layman's language, the path OF the
bubonic plague from rodent to is something
like this: rat has the plague. Where Il got II
we will say nobody knows, for the origin OF the
thing Is as much OF question which came
first, the hen the egg. Every rat has neas
The rat which has the plague is bitten by a flea,
which absorbs the plague poison. The rat dies,
We will say the flea leaves II and in some way
gets on TO a man; the parasite is charged with
the disease and II the poison is transmitted ba-
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-01-01

which occasionally wounds only, allowing it's VIC
tim to live out his natural days and to die in bed.
There are no wounded to be picked up after a
battery of monoxide OF carbon has been at its
work. The casualty list is one of the dead only
Rats as has been said carry the parasite, which
is flea, from which It is possible for man to
become infected with the disease, bubonic plague
The public health service has classified all the
commercial ports of the world as follows
Clean" Suspected" Infected" When a ship
bound for New Orleans, reaches quarantine, which
is good ways down the river from the Crescent
City Il is boarded. There, II an unusual number
OF rats are found on board, IL other conditions
seem to require it, there is sulphur fumigaton.
Then the ship proceeds on it's way to New Or
leans 1t is then that the public health officers
take UP watch on the vessel,
There have been plague rats in New Orleans.
There are certain places where rats are more
likely to succeed in getting onto vessel
than they at Others There is greater de-
sire that rats which possibly may be infected
shall get on to a ship than that rats in the same
possible condition shall leave Ii for the shore. 1t
is possible for precautions to be taken which will
prevent the rodents either from leaving enter
ing the vessel Their ordinary way of egress
ingress is along cables or ropes which lead from
the vessel to the shore. To prevent entrance and
exit guards are attached to the ropes and no rat
Is able to pass them.
When the public health officials find that It is
necessary TO turn tner mOnoXlde or carbon Dat-
terry loose on a ship the matches battened
down. every window Of every cabin is sealed. and
all the cracks of the doors closed with paper
attached by means OF -four paste. Then the Nep-
tune steams up alongside, the coke In the closed
furnace is started burning and the generated
monoxde OF carbon passes through hose into
the hold OF the ship until II is filled with the dead
ly gas. Then attention is turned to the cabins
and staterooms, each Of which is given its full
charge OF the overpowering fumes
The vessel is left alone for six hours and then
the matches, doors, windows and port holes are
opened and the gas escapes. All that remains to
be done is to go in and gather up the dead rats.
The fumigating process kills not only the rats.
but everything else living that is on board and
this meaps everything living down to the minutest
form of animal life.
Danger is passing quickly from New Orleans
and IL is passing because not only the health
thorities OF the state and city, but those of the
government took hold OF the situation at once
and saved IT, II II really needed saving, and there
are those who believe that IL unchecked the bu-
sonic plague might have obtained a firm foothold.
Dr. William G. Rucker, who has been in charge at
yew Orleans. is experianced in antipague work.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-01-01
Edward BCIark Sy75ssEsssazEzhxt@yy SasaSsE5ssNaEh @ynE

LONG the levees guarding the cres-
cent-shaped banks of the Missis-
sippi river at New Orleans, the
good rat ship. Neptune, Is at its
deadly work. Deadly work which
is life-saving work, done under
the direction of Uncle Sans pub
lie health service. Rats carry the
parasite which transmits the fright
ful disease, bubonic plague, to
man. The Neptune's work is to
Kill the rat and to save man. It
Ia doing ito Warlr rnaat off inianfl.r
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-01-01
A SAD FAREWELL.

so you are going to make another tourl"
"Yes," replied the actor.
But you advertised your previous engagement
a farewell occasion"
1T was one. We said good-by to nearly Q
fhorsa nd aotpara"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-01-01
\ AIEDzZiXE" CO/n>YG AOHG:SlDE VESSEL "a
A <IlnnlGHZE roe ar lk5ZeUcZION

meath the skin of a human
being the plague results.
In the week ending Sep
tember 26, 1914, Assistant
Surgeon-General Fuckers
report shows that 70 ves-
sells we're fumigated with
sulphur and 13 with car
bon monoxide and there
were 12S,S53 packages OF
freight inspected. In this
week more than eight
thousand rats were trapped
and examined. Hundreds
of premises were fumigat-
ed or disinfected and
many more places were
inspected. During the one
week 1919 buildings were
made rat-proof. Altogeth-
er the number Of buildings
thus guarded against the
entry of rodents was i,3O0.
Assistant Surgeon-Gener-
al Rucker follows his word
that the eradication of bu-
bonic plague means the
eradication OF rodents by
saying that in America we
have two rodents which
are comprehended in the
problem, the rat and the
ground squirrel, and appar-
emily each plays a very
distinct role in the propa-
CATION and perpetuation Of
the disease.
The rat is distinctly do
mestic in It's habits, and
therefore comes In more
or less intimate contact
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-01-01
OUT OF COMMISSION.

Nervous Wife-oh Harry. dear do order
mouse-trap TO be sent home today.
Harry-But you bought last week.
Nervous Wife-Yes. dear, but there's mouse
In that-Pearson's Weekly
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-01-01

The Neptune is in charge OF Past Assistant Sur
geon Norman Roberts, while Assistant Surgeon-Gen-
era William G. Rucker is in charge of the general
crusade being conducted by the public health service
against the rat plague and parasite. Dr. Claude C.
Pierce Is also of the determined workers in the
antipague crusade This ratkilling ship is worth
Thousand ferrets, thousand cats and thousand
terriers In its work of rodent determination With
one breath 1t can kill 10000 rats It can kill the
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-01-01

iV'voV, Dut let IL be said that
only occasionally is it called
upon to breathe out death upon
more than 500 OF the pests at
one exhalation, for seldom is a
larger number found on one
ship.
Why It is done, and how Il is
done, 1t is here the purpose of
layman to set down, trusting
that the doctors OF the public
health service will approve the
spirit, even If the strict lam
guage OF science, in which the
profession usually communi-,
Gates its views, is here notoriousl
by its absence. Let it be told
first how IL is done.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-01-01

Tne Neptune Is little
more than a big tub, but
1t is well fitted up with
quarters for the medical
officers and the crew who
navigate 1t and direct its
beneficent work, When
there were rumors Of the
appearance Of the dread
plague In the Crescent
City, the Neptune put to
sea from Philadelphia
and made the trip in
quick time to New Or
leans. It's deadly pro.
Jectile is monoxide of
carbon; its weapon of
offense is the hose and
nozzle; and its powder is
coke which burns in n
closed furnace. Monox-
ide of carbon is more
daa div thon chron,,aJ
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-04-29
II sw. Postum Trot.

j. J. and uncle George Smith were
calling at Frank Worden's Monday.
Mrs. Eliza Worden was calling at
Newman Worden's Monday after
noon.
Charley Meacham and John Men
denhall were calling on Frank WOr
den Monday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Delk and son
George, Mrs. Kate Tansey and daugh-
her Mary of Weldon and Master Mar
3uH Tansey of Charlton were calling
at Frank Wordens Monday after
noon.
Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham of We'll
don spent Tuesday at the John Nc
CLAIM home.
Mrs. Alta Kimberlain and Miss
Hazel Moore spent Tuesday night
with Mrs. Ida Meacham.
Mrs. Arthur Arnold was bust
ness caller at Tom Quayle's Tuesday
afternoon.
ira Worden was a Weldon caller
Wednesday evening.
Lloyd Hensley is doing some paint
ing for J. ]. Smith.
Mrs. John Mendenhall and Max
spent Wednesday afternoon with
Mrs Earl Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. D. Arnold spent
Thursday with their son Arthur and
wife
Mrs. Alta Kimberlain spent We'd
nesday night at the Everett Walker
home.
s!ohn Mendenhall and family were
Van Vert callers Thursday evening.
Mrs. Alta Kimberlain was a guest
at the Arthur Arnold home Thurs
day night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Coffee were Wei
don callers Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Victor Hull was calling on
Mrs. John Mendenhall Friday after
noon
There were quite few attended
the last day of school at Center Sat
Nrday.
Mrs. Gus Haskell and daughter
Zsne were Weldon callers Saturday
afternoon.
Lester Thompson was calling at
Frank Worden's Saturday.
Mr and Mrs. Arthur Worden and
children of near Leroy spent Sunday
at Newman Wordens.
Nr. and Mrs. Chas. Meacham were
calling at Will Woods Sunday after
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mendenhall
and children spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs Frank Worden.
Miss Cora Arnold was Sunday af-
ternoon guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Ar
thur Arnold.
Mrs. Elizabeth Worden and Miss
Clita spent Sunday afternoon al
Newman Worden's.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-04-29
Leroy.

Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Wells visited
with her brother at Weldon Tuesday.
Mrs. West of Corydon came We'd
nesday to visit at the w. G. owen
home near Garden Grove.
Mrs. Ray Scott and children, Mrs.
Chas. Boor, Mrs. John Moorehead,
Mrs. John Wylie and granddaughter,
Mabel Wylie were Humeston visitors
Wednesday.
Mrs. Tapscott of Lamont came to
visit her daughter, Mrs. Jack Sulll-
van Saturday.
Mrs. Rinard of Cambria visited
Saturday at the Ole Moon home.
Mr.. Mclvor and mother OF Okla
homa came to visit at the Alonzo
May home Saturday.
Paul Jordan, of Ames, visited Sat
urday and Sunday with home folks.
Howard Miller of Humeston visit
ed with his cousin Floyd Richards
Saturday.
o, NJ. Jordan and family attended
the funeral of his father, John Jor-
dan at Indianola, the last OF the
week.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-04-29
The Grade Percheron Stallion
GreyPrinCe

Is a beautiful gray, weighs 1880
pounds, and has a splendid reputa-
tion as breeder.
Will make the season of 1915 at
the Bechtel farm, " mile north of
Decatur City
State Certificate No. 2967.
The stallion Grey Prince, owned
by w. II. Axes, Leon, Decatur coun-
ty, Iowa, described as follows: color
gray; foaled in the year 1904, is not
of pure breeding, and is, therefore.
not eligible to registry in any stud
book recognized by the Iowa De-
partlnent of Agriculture, but has
been certified to by DR.. F. G. Hume.
veterinarian, as being free from her
editary, Infectious, contagious or
transmissible disease or unsoundness
specified in the stallion law
Dated at Des Moines, this 18th
day of February, 1915.
Secretary Iowa State Department OF
Agriculture.
Terms: $1,000 to insure colt to
stand and suck. Care will be taken
to prevent accidents, but will not be
responsible should any occur. Par
ties disposing Of mares or taking
them from the county, forfeit the
insurance and the fee becomes due
and payable at once.
w. III. AXES, Keeper.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-04-29
Welcome Ridge.

Tom Maynard and family visited
at the home, Of B. G. Maynard Sun
day.
Aldus Payton, wife and little
! dau ghter visited at the l.. N. Ste
Ephens home Sunday.
! Mrs. John Woodland visited at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Jim Phipps
Sunday.
/ Miss Pearl Stephens returned
home Sunday after spending fe"
days with her sister, Mrs. Aldus
Payton of near Kellerton.
Ida Gravatt and daughter Ellen
had business in Decatur Monday.
Jim Stephens and wife and two
daughters, Misses Carrie and Nora
visited at the Lewis Stephens home
Sunday.
Those who visited at the Hill
school last week were Elva Rauch,
ollie Gravatt and Juanita Phipps.
Frank Smith, John Wion, Mllt
Williams and Nelson Smith were in
this vicinity Thursday.
Renan Andrew called at the Lewis
Stephens home Sunday.
Ern Jones was seen in this local
ity Thursday.
B. G. Maynard called at the j. w,
Stephens home Friday.
Jim Phipps and family were Deca-
tur callers Saturday.
Isaac Bedell had business in Deca-
tur Saturday.
Emma Adkins visited home folks
Saturday and Sunday.
Fred Tenny, wife and little BABY
daughter were Decatur callers sat