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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-13
Biqgest City In World Where Baby
Dies Every Hour, May Be Cut From
Universe to Prevent Disease Spread!

NEW YORK. July Ills the big.
gest city In the world 10 be com.
pletely cut on from the rest OF the
universe?
Absolute quarantine OF New York
has actually been suggested in med
ical circles.
With babies dying al the rate of
one an hour from infantile paralysis,
the most mysterious and most
dreaded maiady In the list OF child
disease, and with new cases spring.
ing up SO rapidly they can't oven
be recorded, much less given full
attention. New York is facing one OF
the most serious problems In the
history Of the great city.
II is said absolute quarantine OF
the city may be the only means Of
preventing a spread Of the epidemic
10 other communities
Cases numbering from one 70 10,
which may be traced back to New
York, have developed In each OF IL
cities-Chicago Boston. Cleveland,
Trenton, Paterson and Newark. N.
j.; Newport and Bristol. Pa;
Kingston. Binghamton. Hudson. AL
bany. n. Y.
DR.. Harvey ". Wiley's prediction
that the malady may spread to 9th
er cities rapidly has enforced the
national menace OF the situation;
There Ia not q mother In the city
who has not been on tenter hooks
all week and now the possibilities
OF the plague are bringing just as
great concern 10 big business men
who fear a strict quarantine may
be enforced.
in 1907 infantile paralysis be-
came epidemic in New York and
spread to Massachusetts,, where II
lasted three years" said Or. Chas.
an especially prominent authority
F. Bolduan OF the health department
on infantile paralysis.
The present epidemic" he con-
tinued. appears to have high
degree OF virulence, as we'll as OF
infectivity. The percentage OF
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-13
Russian Tension Converts
CoWs Slain By Enemy Guns
Into Shoes for Fighting Men

full and can not take on any more
business. The Zemstvo steps In
and, because II reaches out into
the far places OF the empire. because
1t knows by name every workman
and every little shop in the land
delivers the articles short off. II di.
vides the order hundreds OF times.
farms II out in little patches. to
small shops and even private cot.
tages, and the miracle ia performed.
In Moscow alone 10000 poor wom-
en-widows and wives OF soldiers
principally-are permanently on the
unions payroll. Together with the
Cooperative Society. 5000 WON
en- of Moscow are thus regularly
employed.
But the members Of the Zemstvo
receive no pay. II is all for Russia.
Their time and their labor are vol
unfairly contributions. prompted by
patriotic motives.
Prince Lvov, of Moscow, and a
member OF the douma. is the Fem
styo unions president; NJ. Alexe-
yev, also OF Moscow. Is secretary.
while Peter Struhve, we'll known TO
American university men, IL the
Petrograd man.
over $4,000 specialists and organ.
izers are in the field and back in
the interior. There is nothing they
are not doing for the army and the
volume of work taken upon their
shoulders seems ever 70 increase
Some $500 separate and distinct
Zemstvo union institutions are now
In operation. on one front alone
including 100 hospital, 40 ambulance
corps, nine dental parlors. l21 med
ical and feeding stations combined,
225 single feeding stations. Is laun.
dries, 20 disinfecting plants, IL dis
injecting brigades, 81 advance hos
pital brigades, nine innoculating
groups. 10 barber shops. 80 machine
shops. Is homes for refugees, 80
sanitary trains, innumerable store
houses, barracks, refugees. tea and
coffee lines, dormitories, baths and
what not.
On one front II Is feeding $4,000
refugees; on another 100000, while
on the southwestern sector alone
there are 20 free food stations
where no hungry person is turned
away empty OF stomach.
The Zemstvo has outgrown what
IL began by doing. II has taken on
infinitely greater shops. II start
ed humbly in village and country
and now doing work OF empire-v de
importance. II did not need this
distinction. Its bigness has been
thrust upon Il.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-13

deaths in all cases reported Is much
higher than in 1907.
''Infantile paralysis is not q new
disease. II was known even 10 the
ancients, yet very little progress
has been made in fighting It.
"A perfectly healthy child OF
adult may carry the disease and
communicate 1t to others. We can
not identity the carriers. so you
see what we are up against"
Experiments In injecting solu.
tions OF sweepings from rooms
where there have been cases into
healthy monkeys have convinced
authorities that dust carries the
germs.
For this reason orders have been
issued by the health department
to prevent raising OF dust in homes.
In the epidemic neighborhoods the
streets are sprinkled before being
swept.
There Is no shortage OF physi-
clans to handle the epidemic. but
efficient nurses are scarce.
The only known method OF re-
pressing the disease is 10 isolate
each case as soon a. It develops.
Not even close relatives are per.
mitted to visit children who are be
Ing treated In hospitals.
Ten thousand policemen have
been assigned 10 do nothing ex-
cept enforce the quarantine OF cases
under treatment.
Fifteen medical inspectors, 80 In
ternes and at least $50 nurses are
still needed to bring the health de-
partment's force UP to an effective
staff.
Children are being barred from
movie theaters and there is talk Of
closing the churches.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-13
LITTLE STORIES FOR BEDTIM f


had one handful already. so 10
speak, but why not Gil the other?
Now, IL Redtail hadn't yielded 10
temptation in the first place he
probably wouldn't have the second
time. But IL had been 40 easy
catching that poor little chicken he
was carrying home that he thought
II would be- just as easy TO catch
another
There is no danger" thought he,
This is a very small chicken for
such Il hungry family as | have get
waiting for me Besides, | am half
starved myself. I may "a we'll have
two as one" lie dropped nearer
ard nearer 10 the earth. all the
tir1e watching sharply for danger.
There was none that he could see.
We'll, here goes for both hands
full" he chuckled, and closing his
wings, shot down with the claws
OF the foot spread to seize one Of
the chickens.
But Redtail didn't know Mrs. Fea.
therlegs. II be had known her then
as he does now he would have
thought twice before trying 10 catch
one OF her chickens. Instead Of
acting afraid. as hens usually do
when Redtail appears. Ms. Feather.
legs threw herself at Redtail just
as was about 10 seize chicken,
and II seemed as II Mrs. Feather.
legs was all pecking bill and
scratching claws and beating wings.
II was 80 unexpected. this attack,
that Redtail was very much con.
fused. Those wings Mapping In his
face confused him. The sharp bill
OF Mrs. FeatIlerlegs was pulling
feathers from his head and neck.
He suddenly forgot all about want
ing another chicken. In fact, ne
forgot about the one he had al
ready caught. and In his hurry to
get away from that angIy hen he
let 20. That was no place for him
and he knew II. SO he beat fran
tically with his broad wings and
was glad enough TO get away from
Mrs. Featherlegs.
But as he few he thought sadly
Of the trick which Greed had played
him. IL had promised hin, more ana
then had cheated him OF that which
he did have. And down In Farmer
Browns dooryard very frightened
little chicken was answering to the
oluck Of Mrs. Featherlegs quite as
IL she had been his own mother
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-13
~ THORNTON w. BURGESS.


OF course, my dear. there is no need
This being true, / must infer
To skip this story you'll prefer.
, / can't help II IL you do OF
course you don't have to read Il un.
less you want 10. But whether you
read II or not have TO tell It. be.
cause II explains a lot CT things
that seem to need explaining.
among other things how Redtail the
Hawk was cured Of sreediness. You
remember that Redtajl had yielded
TO temptation and had caught a lit
tie chicken for his breakfast very
early on a certain morning. Now.
the place where he had caught that
chicken was long way from the
Green Forest and the home of
Farmer Browns Boy At first he
planned TO ny to the nearest safe
place and eat that chicken. Then
he remembered that In a certain
big nest In a certain tall tree In the
Green Forest he had three hungry
babies and that before he ate they
should be fed.
He looked down at the little
chicken clutched In tho claws of
one foot. II was very little chick.
en- for three such hungry youngsters
as the three young Rcdtails. In
fact, II was so little that his claws
closed almost around II without
tearing It's tender flesh at all
He hadn't killed the chicken. More
than this. he hadn't seriously hurt
it, II VAS suffering, to be sure.
but Its suffering was almost wholly
from fright. II certainly was a
frightened chicken. Yes, sir. II GER
tainly was q frightened chicken. I
don't wonder. do you? How do you
suppose IL felt as II was carried
higher and higher up in the blue,
blue sky until down below all the
things which always had looked so
Danny Meadow Mouse knows. He
was carried that way once by Hooty
the Owl, and since then Danny has
been quite content with the ground.
He no longer envies the birds.
On his way 10 his home Ia the
Green Forest Redtail flew over the
home Of Farmer Browns boy. II was
just after Farmer Browns Boy had
gone into the barn 20 milk the cows.
Redtsii. looking down with those
wonderful eyes OF his. saw Mrs.
Featherless and her big family Of
chickens. He saw that those were
bigger chickens than the one he al
ready had. yet not 20 big but that
he could hold one with one foot. He
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-13
What Is Infantile Paralysis?

Poliomyelitis is the technical
name for the epidemic that Is
sweeping New York and menac-
Ing the rest OF the nation!
All that Is known of the way
the disease is spread is that
there is virus present In the
membrane OF the nose which Is
spread by nasal discharges. Files
and dust may carry IL.
II affects the gray matter at
the base Of the brain. and even
IL the child RECEIVERS, he is usu-
ally paralyzed for life.
Though commonest among ba-
bies. adults are often victims.
and people OF so and 10 are
known to have died Of the dis
ease.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-13
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In the Garrick next week. Jessie
Bonstelle and her stock company
will produce a new play without a
name. written by owen Davis. Miss
Bonstelle will give the Detroit play
going public an opportunity TO Sc
lect the title. and win prize OF SIS.
Anyone attending the Garrick next
week will have the privilege OF send
ing In suggestion for title. pro
viding the suggestion Is accompanied
by a seat check. and the senders
full name and address. The play Is
said 10 be happy combination OF
romance, melodrama and comedy. In
the regular winter season, the play.
Detroit named. will be given pro-
duction by the Garrick Producing
company, In which several Detroit
ers are interested. and OF which COM
pany Miss Bonstelle is managing d.
rector.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-13
Health Officer Gives
Hot Weather Advice
to Mothers
DON'T OVERFEED,
HE CAUTIONS
No Alarm Here Over
Infantile Par
alysis
SUGGESTIONS FOR CARE or
eADtEo DURING THE
HOT MONTHS.
Dy Or. w. n. Price, Health

~ Or. w. n. Price, Health
Ofioes.
Keeping milk clean and cold
% cheaper than medicine.
Keep nursing bottles clean.
A cross baby is often a thirsty
baby. Give It plenty Of boiled
water.
A dirty baby II an uncomfort-
able baby. Don't be afraid OF
bathing.
Keep babies cool day and
night. Use as little clothing as
possible.
Keep dies out. Files carry dis.
ease.
xeap, baby out of doors as
mp&k A. possible. Use the
pafln and ferry boats.
keep the home cool. well ven
tilatsd and clean.
U&nt use patent medicines or
foddS ASK yonr doctor.
Dat forget that II Is easier.
better and cheaper to prevent
sickness than to cure disease.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-13
BY WILLIAM PHILLIP SINKs.

| DV Wilt EHiLLAE
(Staf Correspondent Cnited Press.
PETROGRAD, June 14.-(By Mail }
This is the tale or COW. Beliey-
ers in the transmigration OF souls
would do well 10 read IL because Il
relates how Bessie. good and gen
tie, lost her life on the Russian bat
tlefield and came back TO il again
as pair OF boots.
Likewise the story explains one
OF the thousand and One activities
of the Zemstvo Union. a Russian
citizen organization composed of
plain people and gentry and how 1t
is backing up the country.
Bessie. among a large number OF
cattle grazing along the Russian
battlefront. met her death one fine
morning by being too close 10 an
Austrian shell when it exploded.
There were so many dead cattle
that the General STAFF felt IL a pity
to let all the hides go to waste. SO
the attention OF the Zemstvo Union
was called 10 the matter.
And the union went into the hide
SHINING business
Hides make leather and leather
makes boots, boots being one Of the
articles with which the Zemstvo Is
helping equip the army. So the
Zemstvo decided TO open tannery
OF its own.
But tannin was scare and hard
to get. Russia had depended upon
Germany for practically all her
chemicals and the war had cut OF
tannin along with most everything
else OF that nature.
About this time the government
called the Zemtsvo's attention 70
tannin factory down near Kiev, Idle
since hostilities began. Among the
specialists modified by the Union
are the Russian chemists. so some
OF these were sent down to open up
the tannin works. They did. In
stead OF an output Of 10000 10 H.
900 pools "a pood Is 80 pounds) per
month as turned out by this factory
in peace times. the Zemstvo work
ers made II yield Il 900 pools or
a 30 per cent increase.
The tannery took care OF the
hides collected by the union and
bossie's skin soon became The best
quality leather To a union boot
and shoe factory II now went. there
TO be transformed into as solid a
pair OF boots as soldier ever trod
In.
Thus II happened--or might very
well have hAppened--that a young
trooper, splendid in bis new boots,
stood by a certain old shell hole
near the Russian front few
months later. II they pinched him
a bit he blamed Il on their new
ness: he never guessed It was hos
sic adjusting herself to her new con
ditions.
From dead COW on the battlefield
10 new boots on the same field. the
cycle was complete. So works ths
Zemstvo.
Up TO the end OF last year the
Zemstvo union had provided the
army with 100000 articles which
IL had made OF collected. plus ter
million articles for its own use. such
az linen for hospitals. shirts for pa
TENTS, etc. Among the articles
were $4,000 fur coats; $4,000 felt
boots; 10000 pairs OF gloves; 1872,
600 pairs OF socks-articles made by
poor workers on union orders, OF
workers connected with the Coop
erative societies modified through
these organizations.
Several hundred thousand articles
are needed, at once, say, at the
front. The regular industries max
Ing these articles have their hands
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-13
CAST OF CHARACTERS.

SENATOR MASON. political ana
financial autoerat Of Mason
burg.
STEPHEN FLETCHER. editor,
who disputes Msson's>rule.
MRS. FLETCHER, wife OF the
editor.
ROSE MASON, student at SEM
mary, In love with Tom.
TOM FLETCHER, captain OF
cadets at a military academy,
In love with Rose.
ATTORNEY DAVENPORT, who
conducts Toms defense.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-13

Thus far Detroit has been fortu-
nate In escaping the epidemic Of
infant paralysis which is terroriz-
ing New York and there "a nothing
over which to become alarmed as
ut. according to Health offcer
william H. Price.
While there are but two cases Of
the disease In the city. according to
hsalth board reports, extreme eau
ton In caring for the baby is ad-
visable. because the weather
weakens a childs health and rend-
sexn 4 susceptible to disease.
sIhe origin Of infantile paralysis
III more or less mysterious. accord
Ning 70 physicians. but 1t has been
definitely learned that IT is com
nnnnic1bie. In . recent laboratory
tGst II was discovered that a mon
|. ~ oontracted the disease from
gugms taken from the nose and
throat Of a child known to have
hem afflicted.
The board OF health. through It's
staff Of nurses and baby clinics
provides nursing care and medical
counsel for all who desire to avail
themselves of the privileges offered
md solicits the cooperation of ply
stc1ans. organizations and individu
aIo endeavoring to promote the
health and prevent disease In the
city.
In Z circular issued by the health
bard It 10 stated that the most FIRE.
Quent diseases. such as pneumonia,
tuberculosis and bad colds. are due
a. breathing impure air and that
fIUsh air and sunshine are as nee
eoeary 70 babies as they are to
plnnta.
- certain amount of crying daily
\ y necessary to the baby's health.
ascending to the doctor. and acts as
- exercise to the lungs. A baby
Should not be fed merely because
~, erios.
b y also advised not to fondle
~ baby too much during the sum-
mee - the heat Of the exertion Is
liable to. make the baby too warm.
However. It Is suggested to allow
~ child to kick and stretch as
nuch ~ possible with freedom.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-13

The fact that their fathers. Senator
Mason and Editor stephen Fletcher.
are enemies. does not prevent Rose
Mason and Tom Fletcher from fall
ing in love with each other. IL the
truth were known this adds a certain
zest to the affair between the girl of
II and the youth OF 40. Senator Ma
son IL hned for assauIting the editor
yhen the latter prints deroEas9ry
deals he has effecteds Tom. captain
OF cadets at a military academy. re-
ceives a note from Rose. who attends
a seminary near the academy. saying
that the principal at her school has
discovered some OF Toms letters and
intends to cause trouble for both.
Tom meets her and proposes an
elopement. but Rose points out the
fact that she Is only IL and the Law
requires "A girl to be 10 before she
can get married without her parents
consent.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-13

The Plum Fiends." said 10 be a
new departure In vaudeville, will
headline the Orpheum bill next
week. James Grady and company
In a humorous. quaint character
playlet. will be the added feature on
the bill. other acts will include
William Morrow. assisted by Esther
Joy. Detroit girl, in a musical skit
called "On a Country Road" the
Vespo Duo. Italian street singers
and accordlonists. and the Palo sis
tiers. wonderful aerialists. There
will be feature films before and az
ter the vaudeville each day. the
matinees being continuous from 1 10
o'clock.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-13
YmszsEas1sU sSUSUSElsIS

But am. dad" Rose insisted,
very pale but with a resolve TO stand
her ground. And won't you forgive
us please? We love each other. so,
Please. dad. dear, Please"
(To Be Continued)
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-13

Him" he unused unhappily. that's
so. Id forgotten. But" he went on
Frightening. that needn't bother US.
All you need TO do is to write down
your age as eighteen on the mar
rage blank. No one will know. You
look eighteen. all right"
But Is that-honest?" che quav-
cred.
why not? II isn't your fault you
aren't eighteen. And you will be in
three months. And you're in your
eighteenth year. aren't you! Besides
it's Just a Formally"
Yes. / suppose SO"
"Oh. darling" he pleaded Won't
you marry me-please? Think how
glorious II will be not TO wait till
we're years and years older, as We
were afraid we'd have to. but to
marry right away and be together al.
ways"
Yes" she surrendered. signing in
frightened rapture.
He kissed her. and she chung TO
him. weeping little. Presently he
said:
"rve thought out the arrangement,
too. I'm not going back TO the acad-
cry at all. I'll sleep somewhere out
doors tonight. You'd better. spend
the night In some part OF the semi
nary where they won't be apt TO
| iocl To- vn,, ard -horo vnu ran xat
out at daylight. before they're up.
III meet you hero at half past Ave in
the morning. Well catch the 6:4s
milk train to Masonburs and go
straight to the city hall. there. for a
license. Then well &c. that new
Presbyterian minister up on Avon
Place to marry us. He doesn't know
us and he's been in Nasont urg only
a month or two. After that wen
go to your father and mother and
tell them all about It,"
"Oh. Tom" she declared, you're
wonderful! You're a regular Napo-
Leon You think OF everything"
NO he contradicted gsily. IF
don't thing OF anything except YOU,
darling"
And so they parted for the night.
| Senator Mason sat In the library
OF the big house on Mssonburg's
widest resident street. He bad Just
finished reading The Appeals
trenchant account OF the preceding
days fight In the newspaper once.
and q three-column report OF certain
recent franchise deals wherein tho
senator was alleged 10 have played a
somewhat doubtful role.
Mason wsxed apoplectic with In
dIgnation az he read. Nor WIS his
wrath lessened ty a front-page car
toon Of himself, In guise OF boldup
man, shouting Your Franchise or
Your Life" to q group Of trembling
city father.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-13

Philip Kearney. grandson OF the
famous Gen. Phil Kearny. who lost
an arm in the Mexican war and
later met death In the Civil war bat
tie OF Chantilly, was among those
who recently offered 10 serve In
New Jersey volunteer regiment in
the event OF war with Mexico.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-13

German army surgeons have 70
have gold for many Jobs of Jaw
patching. Among the articles being
melted down for the material are
old wedding rigs.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-13

A Kentucky feud story, The
Apostle of Vengeance" with VIII
liam s. Hart. will be seen on the
Majestic screen next week. Mr..
Hart. stalwart hero OF many western
plays. has new environments and
settings in this story OF people
with primitive hates and fears. The
drama contains a number OF strik-
Ing scenes and a fierce rainstorm
that 10 as accurate and realistic as
any heretofore shown on the screen.
Billie Burke will appear in "Gloria's
Romance" the motion picture novel,
and Henry Santrey will sing a va
riety OF new songs. other features
on the program include Mutt and
Jer comedy. travelogue, the topi.
cal review OF local and national news
events. and the usual musical selec.
tons. Saturday afternoon, starting
at o'clock, fun films for the chill.
dren will precede the regular per-
formance.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-13

Next Story-Blackey the Crow
Discovers Eggs.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-13

William Christy Cabanne, who dl.
rected Lillian Gish in AN Innocent
Magdalene.' now TO be seen on the
Majestic screen. found a new prob.
lem set for him when a new kind OF
actor came under his sway. This
was John" the peacock. owned by
Miss Gish, and kept as a pet about
her beautiful home at Los Angeles.
John turned out to be the most TEN.
peramental actor Cabanne had ever
seen. Cabanne was grieved 20 dis.
cover the peacock resented his exis.
itence from the very FIRST, and
wouldn't act while he was around.
He knew nothing whatever about
peacock eccentricities, save perhaps
q vague notion that II In a bird. that
II spreads it's tail. and is proud. Not
only would this peacock not spread
his tail, but he went for Cabanne
every time he hove in sight. Miss
Gish sensed the trouble at once.
you did something 10 his feet"
she declared. Cabanne thought a
moment. II believe I did" he con.
fessed at last. "One OF his pedals
was outside the chalkline and NOV
ed II over. He hasn't tolerated me
since" "Peacocks are very sensi.
tive about their feet" said Miss
Gish. at makes them blush to look
at them"