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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-06
CRITICISES HIGH STEPS
AND HANGING TO STRAPS
Physician Says Conditions in Street
Cars Are Wrecking Anatomy of
American People.

PORTLAND, Ore, August 6.-High
steps on the street cars and strap
hanging are wrecking the anatomy of
the American people. declared DR.. II.
II. Fryette of the faculty of the Chi
cago College of Osteopathy, in an ad
dress to the international osteopathic
convention. DR.. Fryette Is acknowl
edged to be the greatest specialist in
the osteopathic profession upon the
joint. These are two things which are
strain produced in the attempt to
mount street cars which have too high
steps.
Comments on Strap-Hanging.
Strap hanging, particularly by wom
en-, is also denounced by DR.. Fryette
as another of the undue strains not
only upon this point, but on even more
vital parts of the body. These two
would not be so Injurious to athletes.
explained the speaker, but the average
city dweller is not sufficiently devel-
oped muscularly to offset the strain of
the joint in the particular extreme po-
sition required in such circumstances.
Osteopathic physicians have recorded
many thousands of cases of this sort,
a very large percentage of which are
produced in this way. They have dis
covered, also, that all cases of sciatica
are really caused by strain on this
Joint or a partial displacement of the
innominate bone. The cure of sciatica,
therefore. consists merely of the
osteopathic adjustment of the pelvis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-06
RENEW CENSOR NOTICE.
British Insist Cablegrams Must Be
in Plain Words or Authorized Code.

NEW YORK, August 6.-Announce-
ment has been made by the cable COM
panies that the British government has
issued a renewed notice declaring that
cablegrams to or through Great Britain
must be In plain language or in au-
thorized code.
The notice calls attention to the ir-
regular Jennings of words and states
that this cannot be considered plain
language. Messages with such irreg-
ular compounds, 1t is stated, are liable
to detention by the censor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-06
Belgian Children Refugees Arrive.

NEW YORK, August 6.-The Holland
American line steamship Ryndam. ar
irving here from Rotterdam yester-
day. brought as passengers 10s Bel
gian refugees. the majority of them
children who have parents or relatives
in the United States. The party was
in charge of the Rev. Henry Syoen.
pastor of the Belgian parish at De-
troit According to Mr.. Syoen, he was
commissioned in March by his congre-
cation to go to Belgium and return
with relatives left behind when the
heads of families emigrated to this
country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-06
Suffering Exaggerated.

But, so far as known he concludes.
1.-The amount of suffering has not in
any way measured up to the results
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-06

that were predicted by newspaper
writer's and others when the federal
anti-narcotic law was under consid-
Grafton"
Practically all of the opium and coca
used in this country. he asserts. is i'm
ported through legitimate channels:
and because Of the comparatively nigh
import tax considerable care Is exer-
ciscd to insure the reporting and re-
cording of all the product at our dis
rosal. so that We have fairly reliable
data on which to base an estimate o.
the amount Of either drug that is
availah, for all purposes.
Converting the recorded quantities
of the several drugs imported into
average doses, presented in the
Pharma copoeia Of the United states. we
End that for some years the tota
amount of these drugs imported has
been fairly uniform and viii aggregate
an average Of approximately 2.5oo.eoe.
GOO doses of opium, its derivatives and
alI6aI oids and %SJ.0oo,00oo doses OF
coca leaves aud cocaine. he says
These figures serve. to deflnite!y hN
the amount of available material and.
quite regardless of The proportion o.
the several drugs that may be used
legimately or illegitinately, the sum
total of il1egitimatc use cannot well
exceed tho sum total of the ava! liable
crja1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-06
GIRLS HOTEL
ABOARD SHIP TO CLOSE
Fire Department Order Causes Odd
Home to Quit After Four
teen Years Existence.

NEW YORK. August S.--Warning
that the oldest hotel in New York will
be closed August Is, when more than
fifty working girls are to be sent
ashore from the ship Jacob A. Stam1er,
today caused much unhappiness among
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-06
CHILE SENDS ENJOYS TO
STUDY POSSIBLE TRADE
Delegates Will Look Over Prospects
Of Commerce With the
United States.

SANTIAGO, Chile, August 6.-Eduardo
Carrasco of the Chilean foreign office
has been appointed by the government
to head a special mission to the United
States to study possible commercial in
tercourse between Chile and the United
States.
The first work of the mission, which
has just left Santiago, will be to report
on agricultural progress IN California
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-06
Changes in P. o. Inspector Service.

William McHenry, post Office inspect
or in charge at Denver, has been ap-
pointed inspector in charge at Cincin-
natl. succeeding William F. Moore. S.
II. Morse. an inspector in the Spokane
district, has been appointed inspector
in charge. at Boston. Both appoint
ments all vacancies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-06
Tennessee Statistics.


tennessee STATISTICS.
-. =;
~ id'"e' interesting 'o"' - VI "
formation regarding 'he a''"a' "',' y,
able through tho enforcement of the
Tennessee anti-narcotic law of 1918
I,ucius p. Brown. tn estate food and
drugs commissioner of Tennessee, in a
recent report. says that after twelve
months OF operation tnsre were rse,'
,,red IN W. ~ ~ ,,t;'n.rcoti,. IL, y,
. 80 narsons of ali ages. These in.
cIu,lcd 7Si or al rer cent. males, and
/ 5s6 ~. IS nor cent. females
The average consumption per day of
the morphine addicts was SIS grains,
or approXi1nately 1000 doses each
month. or 10000 doses a year. The
state Of Tennessee contains slightly
more than > per cent of the total pop
ulation OF the United states. and on
the supposition that the same ratio OF
addicts end the amount OF mateT's
the country We have total or some
thing more than / $500 drug ns ana noo
consuming approHihia'eiN i'ii'''''''"V
sTsras. ooseS per sean. ;,,,,,roh,,,a
,'ramt'hs NC sol.ieM "a t ny, r';1n,
assertion that w per cen. o. 1,e op' .In
imported Is usec l,lesiI ln'atei!, ~ 'ie
"a. rae .n.I ~ Is sa,o ~ NC a., nnmiH h,,,a
.le stat. ". ~. -, +han 1e7 oo0
a. i e Hihi"r' ~ no .i,,..; nes .nd al
80 =; III ,,t. ~ TIC United
E Eaio,es' ;" a." p"''s Vi WV
cocaine users.
A., e o.,,;,o i,
III s"io ~ III.
recent authority asserts that one ounce
of cocaine is enough to keep fifty hends
thoroughly we'll doped for week. or,
in o+be- u.o,ds mat one ounce of CO.
=. o,,,,, ~ Ieen ono 6end thor
oughly well dored for year.
15o ooo omnces NJ cocaine were used H.
iegitimately, there could be at this
rate total Of 100000 cocaine nends In
the United states: = ,.+ ,iah
,,,a, ma sn t,a from, the renort nv G. q.
Steinmetz, jr., who made a study of
fifteen cases of cocaine habit acquired
by men employed Where the orus was
+aIan vor;ed from twenty to sixtv
grains. the method of taking was sole
ly by snuffing it. Even on the basis
of the lower quantity the consumption
per annum would be In the neighbor-
hood of fifteen ounces and thus reduce
the possible number of cocaine fiends
very materially.
Pharma cists who have been unfor-
tunate enough to meet with patients
addicted to the use of cocaine will APP
preciate that the figures given by
Steinmetz are much more nearly in
accord with actual practice than are
the figures previously quoted. Taking
all the available facts into considera-
ton it would appear that the estimate
made by the committee of the Ameri-
can Pharmaceutical Association some
years ago that the drug addicts in this
country do not exceed 100000 in num-
bers is approximately correct even
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-06
Catholic Foresters Elect Officers.

PROVIDENCE, Il. l.. August g.
Thomas II. Cannon of Chicago was
elected high chief ranger of the Catho-
lie Order of Foresters for three years
at the closing session of the interns
tional convention here yesterday. The
salary of the Office was raised from
$1,000 to $4,000 a year. u WAS voted
to hold the next convention in pu-
luth, Mimi, in 1918.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-06
use Of comparatively small amounts of
a narcotic drug.
Merely a Vice.

Merely a Vice.
practically all authorities are agreed
, that the continued use of cocaine is a
vice rather than disease, and me
federal as we'll as state anti-narcot'c
laws appear to recognize this fact aud
provide special safeguards to prevent
the indiscriminste sale or distribution
of even small amounts of cocaine or
of preparations containing 1t.
with opium. morphine and related
products. on the other hand no suCh
precautions have been taken. despite
the fact that addiction to the use OF
these drugs is generally recognized as
Il condition over which the Individual
patient has little or no control.
Up to the present time altogether too
little authoritative information is avail
able regarding the origin and subse-
auent progress of the condition com
! monty described morri'inism. be-
cause physicians usually see only the
fully developed cases or the at times
spectacular end results.
THE morphine or opium addict. As
rule. is sccrctiNc and generally seek
relief in ways that arc destined to
make him an easy prey for the charia =
tan or advertising uuack. who prom
Uses a positive cure with secrecy.
Due to Prescriptions.
Lambert Towne and others who
havA made study y: drug addiction
gree with Terry that very large
proportion of the persons addicted to
the use of opium and its alkaio'dS
have acquired their habit from the
thoughtless renewal of prescription
containing narcotics or by self -medi
cation with prepare tons containing
comparatively small quantities OF AN
opiate.
'Jn this connection it may be saId
that it is not generally realized that
the taking Of even small doses OF
opium Or morphine ut regular 1nt"r-
walls for n continued length Of TIM"
will be more likely TO develop
opium habit than the occasional m
diligence in large" quantities.
1T has been asserted that the aver
age person will develop an addiction
to opium or ono of it's alkaloidS after
thirty days of daily use, and that after
the continued use of such Il drug for
three months or more it is practically
impossible to discontinue its use with
out medical aid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-06

at pier in the East river as a home
for girls.
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II pays to read the want columns Of
The Star Hundreds Of situations are
nilcd through thew.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-20

We have the most beautiful and complete line of Xmas Candies in town.-Prices from 10 cts. to S10.G0. Guthrie Drug Store.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-20

disregard all protests by an official mandate dated Nov. l5. This read:
 According to the report of the min. ister or foreign affairs. Mir. Obata. the Japanese charge daffaires. has under instructions from his home govern. inent rendered friendly advice to the Chinese government. requesting the latter to postpone the adoption of the monarchy 10 the future on the ground that if the change is brought about too suddenly it may cause some unrest or disturbance in the country which would jeopardize the interests of the various friendly powers, etc. The DOS sibility of some unrest or disturbance which the Japanese government men tions in the advice has already been anticipated by the government. and in quiries have already been made by the headquarters of the commander in chief of the army and navy of the civil and military authorities in the prov inces on different occasions regarding their ability to maintain peace and order in the different loca ities of the provinces in the event of change in the form of state being brought about
 The provincial officials. both civil and military. have all replied express ing full confidence in their ability to maintain peace and order. The anx iety manifested by the Japanese gov. ernment for the peace and order of this country may probably have been caused by it's lack of full information about the real internal conditions in this country. and hence It's friendly advice. The Japanese government. it must be understood. had declared that it's advice to the government of this country should not be interpreted as an interference with the internal af fairs of this country. nor should 1t be considered that the Japanese govern. ment is insisting upon our following its advice The matter should be clearly explained to the press and oth. CT similar organs In this country and warnings given against the publication of any reckless comment on this sub ject which. 1t Is feared. might tend to injure the friendly relations between this country and other powers"
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-20
''WATCH YOUR SNEEZEw IS
 CRY IN NEW YORK SCHOOLS
"Use a Handkerchief" Children Told. "Careless Snsezes Spread Diseases"

Twenty-four cash prizes have been awarded to pupils in elementary schools for poster designs to be used by the bureau of public health and hygiene of the New York Association For lmprov- ing the Condition of the Poor in its watch your sneeze" campaign.
 There were 800 contestants for the prizes, With the slogan, 'Sneezes spread diseases; coughs fill collins; use a handkerchief" the health poster con test was initiated as an opening wedge in a novel educational cam paign against the menace of unguard' ed sneezing in the transmission of res piratory diseases.
 Delicate pastels, strong water col ors, charcoal, crayon, ink and pencil suggest the versatility of the youthful competitors, while in the drawings sur prising originality was shown. It Is in the lettering for the posters that the youthful ingenuity of the school children was most apparent Typical captions to be read were "A Sneeze Behind Ia handkerchie0 Saves Nine" Block That Sneeze! Interference Does 1t. Use a Handkerchief" Smother Your Sneeze In Handkerchief" "A Careless Sneeze Will Spread Disease. Use a Handkerchief if You Please"
 Philip S. Platt, superintendent of the bureau, asserts that in recent years sanitarians have come to place more and more importance upon unguarded sneezing and coughing as serious factor in the transmission of colds, pneumonia, influenza, diphtheria. tu- berculosis and other respiratory dis eases. This is particularly true, he states, fin any crowded city with its extreme congestion of transportation at certain hours, and 1t was very largely the health menace of close con tact of this kind, with its attendant sneezing and coughing, that prompted the health department last winter to undertake the control of overcrowding on certain of the city's transportation lines. If handkerchief were placed in front of every sneeZe in New York city the spread of these diseases would be surprisingly reduced The most ef- fective posters in the contest will be used In the proposed campaign.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-20
PERlSCOPE HALTS WASHERS.
Little Mirror on Hat Makes Flirting
 Dangerous and Difficult.

The newest turn in millinery in Chi cago is the periscope bonnet, by means of which the path of the home town masher has been paved with thistles The novel skypiece has mirror placed at convenient angle in the upper deck. and the wearer can see all that occurs for distance of a block behind her.
 When a masher turns, admires, nd justs his cravat and starts on the big pursuit the wearer of the periscope novelty can begin making ready to bring the old family umbrella down with accuracy and force upon reason ably vacant pate.
 Three young women acting as man. nikins for millinery establishment walked down State street and gave what was for n time an almost uncan- ny exhibition of sensing" As soon as any of the idle and beautiful mashers who are to be found in State street be gan 10 follow the three lasses they turned at signal and stared at the hurIying Lothario in their frostiest manner For time 1t was considered very mysterious. but glint of the sun caught the mirrors and explained all
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-20
RATS IN FRENCH TRENCHES
We Literally March on Top of Them.'
 Says Soldier In Letter.

There Is plague of rats along the British and French lines in Flanders and France. X soldier describes the invasion as worse than the Germans" in letter, which adds
 Trenches. communications, fields woods, houses, cellars and barns are choked with them We have them holding congresses at night In the busiest roads and giving concerts by day in the most crowded villages We literally march on top of them.
 "They are beginning to be tortured by hunger, and the shortage of food makes them capable of anything. The other morning I saw a cyclist whose tires had been half devoured by a platoon of rats.
 Woe to the man who gets to sleep with morsel of chocolate in his trousers! He will wake up to find himself without his chocolate and al. most without his trousers"
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-20
Return to MonarChiCaI Form of Government Most Unusual.
ACTION VAS NOT A SURPRISE
Conditions In That Country Make Che Old Form More Desirable. According to Chna's Leading Men-Japan Had Warned Her Not to Abandon the Re- publican Form.

The action of the Chinese council of state in offering the throne to Presi dent Yuan Shin Kai has aroused keen interest all over the world, as 1t is most unusual for republic to return to the nionarchical form of govern ment once the American method has been given fair trial But it is point cd out that conditions in China make the old form more desirable
 Indications that the republic, which was established on Feb. 12, 1912. after centuries of Manchu rule. would he succeeded by a monarchy. with Yuan Shih Kai as emperor, began to appear in August. 1914. The movement to re- store the monarchy has received great impetus because of the humiliation of China by Japan last spring Although China escaped. for a time at least, the necessity for accepting the most men, acing of the Japanese demands, the weakness of the republic In the face of its powerful neighbor was fully ex- posed. and Chinese patriots looked to the establishment of monarchy as method of increasing the country's strength.
 Many dispatches received recently from China have expressed fear that Japan may take active steps to pre- vent the return to monarchy. The abortive attempt at revolution in China few days ago originated in Shanghai. where the revolutionists were armed and supported by foreign influence. it was said.
 In opposing the return to monarchy Japan has had the support of the oth- CT entente powers. which made repre- sentations before the announcement on Nov that fifteen of the eighteen provinces had voted in favor of mon archy, urging that change was unde sirable as tending 10 lessen the stabill ty of conditions and possibly to lead to internal disturbances which might en danger the peace of the orient.
 The Answer to Japan.
 China's reply was that the govern ment of China was well able to con trol internal conditions and that there would be no such danger as the en- tente powers apprehended It was made clear that China had decided to
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-20
ARMISTICE PLANNED BY POPE
Would Give the Men In the Trenches Q
 Little Relaxation.

Hopes that Pope Benedict XV. will be successful in his efforts 10 win the warning powers over to his plan for n Christmas armistice are increasing daily at the Vatican.
 It became known that the papal sec retary of state is in constant touch with the nmicios in France. Spain, Austria and Bavaria. The pope Is working. to remove the obstacles that blocked his p'an iu l914
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-20
Jack Rabbits Take Town.

Jack rabbits suddenly swooped down on Dublin. Tex, occupied yards. gardens and streets and made friends with ull the cats. So many rabbits the dogs have disappeared and the towns ammunition has given out. .
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-20
WHERE TROOPS WOULD BE
 AND PROPOSED NUMBERS.

Under Secretary Garrison's plan for the increase of the army. the troops would be dis tributed at the following places in this strengths:
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-20
JITNeYS HURT CAR LINES.
Cause Decrease of t1,35o,0oo Fares In
 Year In Washington.

Traction lines in Seattle. Tacoma and Bellingham. in their annual reports to the Washington state public service commission. say that operation of jit- ney buses resulted in a loss during the year of 11,35O,000 fares to the com panies, 9,00O,000 fares having been di- verted in Seattle.
 The jitney competition caused a de- crease of $301, ,000 fin the net railway revenues of the Puget Sound Traction Light and Power company
Omaha daily bee., 1915-11-13
BRIEF CITY NEWS

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Have Ross Print rt-Nov Beacon FresA
To Sell Real Estate list Il with ]. II.
Dumont. state Bank Bids.
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W. n. lndoe. general agent state Mutual
Life Assurance Co. OF Worcester. Mass,
one OF the oldest al years. ANA best com
Tanics on earth.
wyant IL Fined. f. Wyant, man
ager Of the Her Grand cafe. was fined
ti5l I'm police court on charge of as
sault and battery filed against him by
Grace Leisnger. a waitress In his employ.
Arrested for overGraftiag-Josep
Ssyour will be arraigned In police court
charged with issuing check on bank
in which he had not sufficient funds.
This act was recently made a criminal
offense by state law.
The state Rank OF Omaha, corner SIX
i-eCnth ami Harvey, pays FOUR per cent
IN time deposits and THREE per cen;
On savings accounts. All deposits in this
hama are protected by the depositors'
guarantee fI;nd Of the state OF Nebraska
spffs VIII nEoet-The annual meeting
Of all Omaha suffragists viii be held
on Saturday afternoon at o'clock in
tie assembly room of tho Young
Women's Christian association. A new
chairman to succeed Mis-. e. NJ. Far
fed will lie chosen.
Discover Dope-Paul Traske, Twenty
fifth and Poppleton avenue; John Dolal
Of Chicago and Gray Yates. Twenty
irst and Capitol avenue. were arrested
by Detectives Dunn and Kennedy who
found small quantity Of dope on each
one. The trio were each fined S25 and
costs.