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PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE.
How the Government is Meeting the
Malaria Problem.

Four per cent of the inhabitants OF
certain sections of the south have
malaria. This estimate. based on the
reporting Of 2o4s281 cases during
t1914, has led the United States Pub.
llie Health Service to give increased
attention to the malaria problem, ac-
cording to the annual report Of the
surgeon general. of Is ,526 blood spe-
ciinlens examined by government Of
Iticers during the year, 1797 showed
malaria infection. The infection rate
| smong white persons was above eight
pei, cent, and among eolored persons
twenty per cent. In two counties in
me lazoo valley, 40 out of every 100
inhabitants presented evidence of the
disease.
Striking as the above figures are,
hey are no more remarkable than
those relating to the reduction in the
Incidence of the disease following
surveys of the Public Health Service
at 81 places IN nearly every state Of
the south. In some instances from
an incidence of fifteen per cent,ein
1914, reduction has been accom-
pIished to less than four or five per
cent, in 1915
Gne of the important scientific dis
covertes made during the year was in
regard to the continuance of the dis
ease from season to season. Over
1000 1Anopheline mosquitoes m rnalar-
:ous t1istlicts were dissected, during
the early spring months, without find
Ia
until May Is, 1915. was the first
parasite in the body OF a mosquito
discovered. The Public Health Ser
vice. therefore, concludes that mos
quitoes in the latitude of the south
ern states ordinarily do not carry the
infection through the winter. This
discovery indicates that protection
from malaria may be secured by
treating human carries with quinine
previous to the middle of May, thus
preventing any infection from chro lie
sufferers reaching mosquitoes and be-
ing transmitted by them to other per-
sons.
Although quinifie remains the best
means of treating malaria and is also
of marked benefit in preventing M
fection, the eradication of the disease
as whole rests upon the desttuc-
ton of the breeding places of Anophe-
line mosquitoes. The Public Health
Service, therefore, Is urging definite
campaign of draining standing water,
the filing of low places, and the re-
grading and the draining of streams
where malalial mosquitoes breed.
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in the construction of his own great
steel mills in the quiet valley in which
he roamed as a boy.
His wife becomes a mere social
butterfly and the couple are estrang-
ed. There is a divorce. Alone in his
great mansion, monarch of all he can
survey from his windows outlook,
Truitt at length realizes how hollow
a victory he has gained in life of
power without love.
He seeks out the girl of his days in
the Pittsburg steel mill, finds her love
still steadfast, and makes her his wife.
In the cast supporting Mr.. War
wick will be seen Madeline Traverse,
herself a film star Of prominence,
Alec B. Francis, Robert Cummings,
Ralph Delmore, Adolphe Lestina,
Dorothy Fairchild, Julia Stuart and
Mildred Havens. The picture is the
supreme creative work Of Director
Oscar Eagle,
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BODY ON EXHIBITION
Found at Brownwood, Thought
Victim of Indians.

The petrifed body of boy, proba-
bly, killed in an Indian massacre near
Brownwood, Texas, is being exhibited
by Joe Blake in the Grand Theatre
building.
The body is almost perfect. The
pores of the skin are plain in many
places and the lines in the bottom OF
one foot and several toes can easily
be traced. Even the teeth have been
preserved in their original Whiteness.
An arrow head, which is believed to
have caused death, took away the
right ear and is still sticking in the
head. The scalp was removed.
Doctors have agreed that the body
is that of d boy about II years old.
This conclusion was arrived at after
a study of the features, which are not
greatly distorted, and the develop
ment of the muscles. The general
physique is that of a man not fully
developed.
The body was found by ]. r. Stew
art while he was digging a stump Out
of the ground on his farm last Sep
tember. The soil in which the body
was discovered is Of a limestone COM
position. The arms are folded across
the body, which was about 18 inches
under the surface. Mr.. Stewart
struck the body with his pick several
times but did not break it.
The body weighs 325 pounds. prob,
ably 100 pounds more than it woule
weigh alive. 1t is feet, 2 inches
long. On the left hand there is 8
lead ring with copper setting. It i
the : grr-.~,aaf aafeinjoqk e!j.9 + s7s BOY wa
killed eitheff fvaafiIfg or before ths
Mexican war by Indians. The body
has been exhibited in schools and col
Ieges.
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NEWS OF THE PHOTOPLAYS


"A Yellow Streak" eloquent with
5omanee, thrills and supreme human
interest, will be the offering at the
Grand Theatre tomorrow, with the
distinguished dramatic stars and stare
favofites, Lionel Barrymore and Irene
HioWiey, depicting the principal char
scters. The production IS in five
parts, and tells the following story:
Barry Dale, a Wall street broker,
IS financially ruined by his perfdious
md faithless wife, and her companion,
Richard Marvin, another broker, who
1as posed as Dale's best friend. Dis
1eartened and depressed Dale goes to
rs apartment expecting comfort and
Glance from his wife. Instead he
lnds here there in the embrace of
Marvin. They laugh at him, and Mar
I'm, the stronger of the two men. lit
arally throws Dale out of his own
iome. He gives him pistol and tells
i'm the whole affair can best be set
led, tc everyone's satisfaction, if
Gale will kill himself.
Dale wanders through the streets
With this end IN view Long after
midnight he finds himself on the
Brooklyn bridge, where he observes
girl about to leap into the river. A
shout from Dale causes her to turn
back and flee. They are mere sill
houettes in the dim light, and do not
see each others face The girl is
Mary Austin, child of the tenements,
who has planned suicide to escape
marrying Jack" RAIDER, a gambler,
70 satisfy a debt her father owed to
RAIDER. After the incident on the
bridge Barry indifferently wanders
to a railroad station, and buys a tick
ct for the west.
In the far west Barry" brings up
in a little mining town. There ne
falls in with an outlaw, who is being
sought by a sheriff's posse. A few
days later, in lonely mountain
trail, the posse closes on the out
law. He directs Barry" to safety,
but is killed by the sheriff. A sky
pilot, who had joined them a few
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hours before, is likewise killed by the
posses bullets. Barry buries them
both, and decides to impersonate first
one and then the other.
Tom Austin, Mary's brother, is ad-
dicted to drink, and Mary succeeds in
inducing his employers in New York
to send him west. Subsequently. ar
rangements are made for Mary and
er father to join Tom in the west
Disguised as the outlaw, Barry
holds up the coach that Mary AND he1
father are riding in. Struck by the
girls beauty, and her plea not to rob
them, Barry" lets them pass for q
kiss. Afterward as the sky-pilot,
Barry and Mary become well ac-
auainted in the mining town, where
she and her father have taken over q
small hotel. 'Jack" RAIDER, the
gambler, turns up and compromises
Tom Austin in hold-up. He offers
to clear him if Mary will consent to
marry him. Mary tells the sky-pilot
of her predicament. Barry, dis
guised as the outlaw, saves Tom and
Shoots the gambler in pistol battle,
When the sheriff's posse arrives he is
disguised as the minister.
With renewed strength and ample
funds Barry returns to New York
and seeks out Marvin and his wife
He throws Marvin into the street and
returns the revolver to him, with the
same advice he received a year before
Back west Mary waits for the sky
pilots return, standing every night or
a little bridge that spans mountain
stream. She is about to despair OF
his return, when she hears his voice
She turns and sees the same silhouette
she saw on the Brooklyn bridge, and
for the first time both know they met
that night.
When the Famous Players Film
Company's clever comedy drama, a
Girl Of Yesterday" appears at the
Grand Theatre Monday, Mary Pick
ford's innumerable admirers will have
an opportunity to see the world !
most popular motion picture star II
the thrilling role of companion to the
internationally famous aviator, Glenn
Martin. on one Of his daring aero,
nlane fights. The film. which was
taken in and about San Francisco
also introduces on the screen some q
the Golden Gates best known society
leaders, who appear in the scenes
which depict as no other film pro,
,Iuction has ever done the real life OF
5he society belle amid the Injuries
pomp and ceremonies of the elite Of
Eodav. It is of passing interest to
note that the magnificent floating pa
lace which serves as the setting fo1
Little Mary's" latest histrionic con
quest is the property of no less per
.sonage than John D. speeckles, the
celebrated California multi-mllllon.
aire.
Another unique feature of this pro.
duction is the fact that, for the first
time since they have been playing or
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Alcohol and Pneumonia.

The United States Public Health
Service brands strong drink as she
most efficient ally Of pneumonia. It
declares that alcohol is the handmai-
den of the disease which produces ten
per cent of the deaths in the United
States. This Is no exaggeration. We
have known for a long time that IN
diligence in alcoholic liquors lowers
the individual vitality, and that the
man who drinks is peculiarly suscep-
tible to pneumonia. The United
States Public Health Service is a con-
servatiye body II does not engage
il aIarn1ist propaganda. In following
out the line Of its official duties it has
brought forcefulIy to the general pub.
| lie a fact which will bear endless re.
petition. The liberal and continuous
user Of alcoholic drinks will do vel
to heed this warning, particularly al
this season Of the year when the grue
some death toll from pneumonia j:
being doubled,
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Patrons of the Gem Theatre will
welcome with delight the announce
ment of the appearance there tomor-
row OF Robert Warwick, the matinee
ldol OF the SCREEN" in the new World
Film feature, ''The Fruits of Desire. :"
TINS picture is an adaptation of the
noted American novel, 1.-The Ambition
OF Mark Truitt," and reveals a story
that is enthralling in it's terrific
power
Ifuitt is country lad who con-
celves an overpowering ambition to
become great power in the steel in
dustry. In his day-dreams he often
pictures the peaceful valley in which
ne has been born and reared, filed
With belching chimneys and vast fur
haces under his complete mastery
AS beginning he bids goodbye to
ms iittle country sweetheart and en-
Iefs the employ of a steel mill in
flttsburg. He starts in in the low
est form of manual labor but quickly
IS raised to a position as gang fore
man, and soon afterwards becomes a
skilled worker in the mills. He
boards with the family of shop
foreman. The latter's daughter falls
IN love with Mark, and gives her.
seif TO him unreservedly. The fore
man is laid-off on account of age and
Instability, and Truitt has no scruples
ABOUT taking his friend and benefac-
TORS place in the MILL This estranges
nim ~ from the foreman's family. In
nus upward climb to power Truitt
hheaftlessly turns from the girl who
has been all to him that woman
can be.
lraltt fights his way on relentless
" aepecomes superintendent of the
mn .. and then forms new corpora
.loh with one of the younger partners
u The firm. He returns to his old
nome, marries his first love, and sees
lne realization of his life's ambition
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RIVER GIVES UP BODY
Remains of Gem Pilot Recovered Two
Years After Death.

/ After having been IN the water
/ since February IA, 1914. the body Of
! Capt. William Barry, 65 years old, a
! licensed pilot, who lost his life when
| the steamboat Gem was burned with
the loss of six lives at Hahnville, La,
was found floating in the river at Nine
Mile Point Sunday. Apparently it
had been buried in the sand near
Hahnyllle, twenty-eight miles above
the city, and washed out by the high
water
Identification was made complete
when Mate Landry, who was badly
/ injured the night the Gem burned,
identified the watch as one he had
given Capt. Barry shortly before.
4 cuff button bore the initial B. Capt.
Barry's daughter and SON and Capt.
Il. j. GomeauX, who commanded the
Gem, recognized the outlines Of the
ace and SAID they believed the body
/ to be his. A letter in one Of the
pockets was addressed to the CO.
aeaux-Landry Packet Company and
Nas signed r. A. Birot
Ahout 8o'elock on the night of Feb
fauary IA, 1914, the Gem was coming
iown the Mississippi river opposite
81 .hn.ilte With six passengers, a crew
numbering about thirty-tiye and
miscellaneous cargo, including moss.
| Hardy had the lights Of Hahnville
seen passed when fire was discovered
n the moss slowed under the steps
leading from the cabin deck to the
forward lower deck A gale was
blowing and the fire made rapid
headway. Capt. Barry was at the
wheel ard he headed her toward the
Hanville bank. The first TING the
boat struck, the wind and current
swept her away from land into the
water. Capt. Barry stuck to his post,
although the flames were shooting up
around the pilot house, and again
Isteered the Gem into the bank.
This time she stuck long enough
fer gang plank to be lowered. With
the exception of Capt. Comeaux'S
young son, Capt. Barry, Mate Landry,
a negro woman passenger and three
negro roustabouts. all got ashore with
slight burns. Capt. Comeaux's son
was unable to reach the side of the
boat against the bank and was burned
burned in her cabin and the rousta-
bouts, who jumped into the river,
were drowned,
Capt. Barry never left the wheel.
Nr. Landry jumped into the river,
swan to the stern wheel and held on
IS the boat dlifted down the river.
The hulk burned to the waters edge,
was blown ashore about three miles
below Hahnyille. and partly covered
by water, stuck on d sand bank. Mate
Landry was rescued after she struck
the bank.
or tisly tsis river III III dragged and
dynanlited III the vicinity Of Hahn
lille. but none of the bodies was
found. For time Capt Comeaux
allied Of dynamlting the hulk in the
lope Of recovering his sons body,
5ut never did so.
After receiving first aid treatment
1t Hahnyille the survivors were
srought to New Orleans. and an IN
vestigation was held by the United
States steamboat inspectors. In the
irst hearing Capt Barry was CRITICS
ed, but the case was reopened at the
request of his son and he was ex-
onerated. mes-Pieayune. March I.
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the screen, Mag and Jack Pickford
actually app,e2aagslsan their true relation
ship aaff-=1-zszssseder and sister.

The Song Of Hate, a William Fo,
photoplay OF soul-stirring power, bas
ed on VictorienS SSardou's brilliant so.
ciety drama, La Tosca,o is announc.
ed as the Grand feature attraction fol
Tuesday. Betty Nansen, the .sact.
ress who speaks with her eyes, plays
the leading role, and in the terrific
climax of the story her superb art
and wonderful command of dramatic
emotion are seen at heights to which
even this greatest of all tragediennes
has never before attained. Written
in Sardou's most trenchant style.
aThe Song of Hate bites and
scorches like acid the frailties Of our
modern civilization, and the drama is
one the recollection Of which will
long linger verdant in the minds of
all who see it projected upon the
screen. The prices Of admission for
this notable production will be and
10 cents.
Mile. Gaby Deslys, the world-fa-
nous beauty and dancer, is presented
for the first time to the motion-pic-
ture public in an original comedy
drama of the stage entitled s"Her
Triumph produced in Paris by the
Famous Players Film Company and
released on the Paramount Program.
The photoplay was written especially
for the celebrated star, and is so con-
structed as to display to the utmost
advantage her versatile and astonish-
ing talents. In the course of the pro-
duction Mile. Deslys, assisted by her
dancing partner. Harry Pilcer, pre-
sents the dances which have won such
sensational triumphs on the European
and New York stages. The feature
will be the attraction at the Grand
next Wednesday,.
All who had the pleasure of seeing.
Marie Doro, the captivating stage
star, in her initial screen character
ization in "The Morals of Marcus"
at the Grand Theatre last Wednesday
night, will be delighted to know that
the Famous Players Film Company
has again featured this truly charming
and gifted actress in another Para.
mount Picture, eThe White Pearl,
which will be shown at the Grand
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more jealous, demands that Mai be
married to him at once, but this
aWakens her love for John and she
appeals to him to save her. In a
primitive battle with Kaura, John is
Worsted and cast out of the tribe.
while Mai is placed in her fathers hut.
with guard to watch her. At night
John overpoWers the guard and es-
capes to the priests cave, where they
are married. Pursued by Kaura and
his men, they flee to the rocky coast,
and IN the storm which breaks, Kaura
is killed by lightning.
For months they live in the forest.
Mai growing more proficient at play
ing upon larger harp that John has
made for her. Finally a. yacht is
seen anchored some distance off shore.
and John hurries to erect a sign;ll
but before it is completed night
comes on and they retire into the
forest. Here they find the priest,
who has come with word from Nai's
father that il they will return they
c4a rule over the tribe. John re-
fuses and takes his accustomed place
before Nai's hut to guard her during
the night. He falls asleep and :lil ans
of their rescue. On the ship. is De
Il iess. his former close friend, a
oaehc.or and 4 tairt Joha grows
jealous o. De Viliiers' attention to.
his wife, and the climax is reached at
.lai's first reception. III q terrible.
struggle, he shoots Maj and is about
l. 4 I x Y.s1s xr
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Rank Foolishness.

You occasionally see it stated that
colds do not result from cold weather.
That is rank foolishness. Were It true
colds would be as prevalent IN md
summer as in naidwinter. The MI
crobe that causes colds fourishes IN
damp, cold weather. To get rid OF a
cold take Chamberlain's Cough REM
edy. It is effeetual and is highly rec
commended by people who have used it
for many years as occasion required,
and know its real value. Obtalnable
everywhere Adv
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-03-11

In the district court at Alexandra
Judge James Andrews sustained the
contention Of plaintiffs in the suit to
set aside the result Of the recent
election prohibiting the issuance Of
LIQUOR licenses il Rapides parish after
Jan. {, 1917, on the ground of ille-
galitv and fraud The new police
Jury has wet majority and will
doubtless concur in the courts de-
|cision. but the anti-saloon league has
instructed its counsel to take an ap.
peal in the case.
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Sign of Good Digestion.

When you see a cheerful and happy
old lady you may know that she has
good digestion. If your digestion is
impaired OF if you do not relish your
meals take a dose Of Chamberlain
Tablets. They strengthen the stom.
ach, improve the digestion and cause
a gentle movement Of the bowels. OBJ.
tainable eVerywhere.(Ady.
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next Friday, the 18th inst. 1.-THE
White Pearl" is a fascinating combi-
nation of romance, drama and mys-
terry, which centre about the love of
an American girl and boy, whom
destiny transplants to far-off Japan
under strange and thrilling circum-
stances. The production may be an
ticipated as one of the screen events
of the year.
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p g. Bienyenu has returned to ths

f. Il. bIe1fvEIIU IDS cVt1 S1E a - =. - -
editorial chair of the Houma Times,
having acquired half-interest IN the
Wallis Printing Company from a. Z,
Robichaux. The partners forming the
company are J. j. MELVILLE and P =.
Bienvenu, who promise to conduct the
Times in a spirit of fairness to all,
with a view Of promoting everything
that portends to the good of the COM
munity, and of deserving the good
will and support of the public. II
that pledge be kept in mind and faith
fully observed, the Houma Times can
never be sssadly out of joint what
ever may happen elsewhere.
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If you buy out of town, and we
buy out of town, and all our neigh
bors buy out Of town, what in thun-
der will become Of our town.
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Mai - MARGARITA FISCHER
Chief of the Tribe Joseph E. Singleton
Kaura the sub-chief Robyu Adair
The Tribal Priest st.......... William Carroll
TORY:
John Douglas, bachelor and society
man, is a cynic concerning the wo-
men Of society and has pictured as
his ideal one whom he calls his dream
girl. Often in his musings she has
appeared to him, but he has never
seen her in the flesh. Tired of society
and wishing to avoid the approach
ing social season, he sails on q freigh-
ter for a trip to the Orient, but the
ship is wrecked and he is the sole sur
yigor. Exhausted among the wreck
age a vision of the dream girl APP
pears as il drawing him on to a place
of safety Finally he lands on an
island inhabited only by a strange
race Of white people, who never be-.
fore have seen any one but members
of the tribe.
Mai, daughter, of the chief, Neto,
rescues John from the water, and he
recognizes her as his girl of dreams.
Frightened at his behavior when first
rescued, Mai defends herself and
knocks John unconscious with rock.
Summoning help, she has him carried
to the village. where he is received as
a guest of the tribe.
John learns from the priest of the
tribe that an old legend relates that
their ancestors landed on the island
from shipwreck. Kaura, growing
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When to Take chamberlain's Tablet,

When to Take Chamberlain's Tablets.
When you feel dull and stupid after
eating.
When constipated or bilious.
When you have a sick headache.
When you have sour stomach.
When you belch after eating
When you have Indigestion.
When nervous or respondent.
When you have no relish for your
meals.
When your liver is torpid.
Obtainable everywhere.-(A Adv
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-03-11

The action Of the federal courts in
Louisiana in adjudging that patents
to land in Ascension parish held in
the name of Powhatan E. Causey
should be cancelled for alleged fraud
lin entry, was affirmed Monday by the
supreme court OF the United States,