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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-01

@ANCER is one Of the most mysteri-
ons diseases. as it is one Of the
most dreadful that anict life. 1t
is not confined to humanity but attacks
the lesser form Of animal life ana vege-
table growth as we'll Man. mice, fishes
and trees all have cancer And 50 have
scores OF other forms Of organisms that
exist on earth. 1t is a well nigh univer-
sal disease.
Cancer is increasing in the United
States and especially in the cities It's
increase. indeed, seems TO 20 hand in
hand with civilization. Societies through
out the world have been formed 10 inves-
tigate the causes OF IT, and the most
eminent of surgeons and men OF medicine
are spending their lives in ~ effort to
discover the source Of tho scourgc.
I, The newest most important progress
In this direction. has just been announced
by DR.. ]. Jackson Clarke, ~ g.. r. r.
c. S., Senior Surgeon OF the Hampstead
4 and Northwest London Hospital Dem.
onstrator of Anatomy and Bactcro!ogy.
and eminentiy one OF the most distin.
4 guished OF English surgeons. Ii DR..
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-01

the border, where some sun falls in
The afternoon. The Winter had been one
OF tho wettcst, as soldiers in the trenches
In Belgium found to their cost.
Last year noted that some Of the de-
tached rounded portions were very like
some of the larger phases Of protoZoa
nave described in cancer, sarcoma, small
poX, ETC.. hut it was not until this present
year on examining teased-out portion
o. one OF the dcnser yellow knobs. which
VIII be called nodules' in the following
account OF them, under 1-12th-inch lens
mat | bcheld masses Of bodies identical
IN form, Internal structure and optical
properties with the larger OF those bodies
which | first described as protoZoa in
cancer in 1893 As in cancer, so in this
mycetozoon these bodies exist in ponder.
able masses"
This parasite on the first tree is known
10 natural history as "didymium diff
formc." It's offspring. or spores, behave
liko the cells Of the human tumor
called "Molluscum contagiosum."
In addition 10 the dancing notion
says the doctor. "the swarmcells when
they come 10 rest exhibit movements OF
y. Great Britain Rights Reserved
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Animal Life---Grouv Like Cancer Cells and
Are the Cause of Our Worst Disease

Clarke has not discovered the cause Of
all cancers it would appear at least that
he has discovered a cause of some can.
GERS
Overturning the ideas Of one school
of research, ne declares that cancer is
brought about by germ. This germ
assumes various forms, yet each form
is only variation Of a little cell ami
NAL, with what look like feet. These
members are not only used for locomo-
ton, however, but also for the taking
up OF food. Because Of this attribute
the germ is called "rhiZopod proto-
zoon." a protozoon is the lowest form
OF animal, consisting Of a single cell.
The germ apparently has It's source
in the earth. like the tetanus germ and
probably the virus of infantle paralysis.
1t moves first through plant forms and
in this way finds its entrance into the
bodies Of animals and of men.
The germ once found, il will only be
matter of experimentation to find out
what kills it, Although the hope that
all cancer can be done away with by this
discovery is not held out, ii is true that
all forms OF them caused by this organ
ism Will now eventually be susceptible
to intelligent treatment and cure
The Importance OF Dr. Clarke's an
nouncement will be understood when it
Is considered that the received opinions
upon the cause Of cancer, as held by the
larger part of the medical profession.
have been that the disease is not due to
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-01

any germ whatever. Their opinion has
been that it Is caused by some metamor-
phoss OF the body cclls-or, as it has
been put. "to cells running wild"
The various theories as TO these wild
cells" have been summed UP under six
different heads.
|. That cancers are made up Of cpl.
thclial or skin-cels, which grow SO enor.
mously because the connective tissue has
lost the capacity Of checking them.
.. That cancers are caused by en-
bryonic cells accidentally shut off.
3. That they are caused by epithelial
cells. with unlimited power Of prolifera.
ton. or spreading, having been dislo.
Gated from their proper place on the
surface of the body.
s. That the cells arc stimulated to
this great increase by a parasite.
.. That the cancer is really made up
OF fragments OF reproductive tissues.
6. That the cells in the cancer have
lost their spccial character, and gone
back to elementary forms and properties.
DR.. Clarke claims that the cancer or
ganism has the power that some animals,
birds, fishes and insects have Of "adap-
tive" protection. We all know that GER
tain birds change color with the seasons,
oarmonizing their plumage with the color
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-01

tne following days fresh patches of the
sLoS. III we're found towards the more
aiaueu eastern part Of the border.
put portion Of one Of the patches WITH
me earth it covered into a tlowerno,
saucer and took it into the house. hayinr
covered &C, 1T with glass to keep it moist
me sample taken at a. m. had cbanred
ITS color by midday to IL yellow shade
,oohlhg IKE rich cream. and at points II
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ilCapCd
up into shining
X n o b s, some as
large as peas, some
larger. The larger
ones had secondary
knobs smaller than
pins heads project
ing from III e m.
Meanwhile the sur
face Of the patch,
which was unbrokcn
AT first, had changed
in such q way that
$ M all are as of
the subjacent soil
had been left UNI
covered. When next
examined about 6
p. IN. the color Of
the patch, except
the yellow knobs,
had changed to
mauve. Next morn
ing it was divided
up into roundish
purple segments,
from one to two
millimetres in dia-
meter. Of n color
so dark that at a
little distance they
could hardly be dis
iinguished from the
soil. The purple
color turned white
when the growth
was allowed to be-
come quite dry.
Where a drop OF
rain remained in
contact with the
edge OF a still grow
ing patch after a
shower of milky
mixture formed. The
different forms as
sumed by the growth
are represented as
if occurring on the
same privct leaf.
During May and
June fresh patches
oil growth continued
To appear. When de-
tachcd from the
leaf on which it
grow the under sur
face showed three
layers IN i Il d ! G
purple, an outer thin
white layer, and n
central part, also
white. After June
no fresh growth was
found throughout the
year. It was not
until May |, 1918,
that | next observed
a small rpaDpcar-
ance at the edges
of the mound of
leaves which had
remained all Winter
at tbc ca ST ond of
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asserted by the new investigations of Drs.
Clarke and McDonagh is that cells around
cancers are gradually transformed into
parts Of the cancer, or, in other words,
that the cancer parasites attack the
healthy cells near them and gradually or
rapidly transform them into part Of the
cancerous growth. McDonagh found
that near the blood vessels Of a round
cclled cancer (sarcoma) the lymph Of the
cells Qymphocytes) are converted into
cells OF the cancer itself.
Still farther away he found the pro.
tozoa, which are the real cause of the
cancer, in their earliest form, where they
resembed well-known. almost invisible
protozoon known to cause clubfoot in
the cabbage.
He has found living parasites In every
kind Of cancer, cultivated these little
protocol and by transplanting them
produced cancer in other animals.
He has tested them by the approved
methods Of staining and cultivation, so
that he has now given to the world the
unqualified announcement that this
terrible disease is due to these parasites
and to nothing else.
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~
~ of
Cancers dSrcoma
A0" A'a"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-15
ADVOCATES A CHANGE
IN MONROE DOCTRINE
Senator Lewis Urges Modification
by Which United States Would
Act Only on Request.

CHICAGO. February ia suggestion
that the Monroe doctrine ought to be
modified was made in an address before
the Chicago Law Association last night
by United States Senator James Hamil-
ton Lewis.
Let US declare the Monroe doctrine to
be modified to mean that only when
South America asks our interference with
any European people as to grievances
shall We intrude; that only when a coun-
try of kingly rule attempts 10 place its
royal government in power in South or
Central America will the Monroe doc
trine be asserted he said.
LET this doctrine be known as the
American doctrine Let us add to this
a new policy of making alliances with
Central American countries of recip-
rocal nature that will allow the United
States to participate in the enjoyment of
naval bases and coaling stations in each
of these countries where the Same is open
to water attack
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-15
Agony Of Leg Sore
Stopped byD.D.D.
Woman Tells Pitiful Story

II am the mother of IL children. I
took varicose ulcer on my leg at the
birth Of last child five years ago. used
every ointment that is made. was laid
up for nearly five weeks with doctor at
tending me who did nothing but treat
those kind of things.
Doctors told me to lie in bed but where
there is big family one cannot do that:
to tear my leg at night until it was 4
bleeding mass. I determined to try bottle.
l can't tell you the ease 1t gave me. I
never used to sleep for the pain. Many
a time. y nearly fell with the dizziness
in my head from want of sleep.
Now ny leg is healed up. thanks to the
blessed D.D.D. ! never expected 1T to cure.
! only got 1t to take away the terrible itch.
smaller" MRS. STfTT.
292 N. Weston Rd.. West Toronto. Ont
Come to us and we will tell you more
about this remarkable remedy, 25c. SOC
and S1.00. Your money back unless the
first bottle relieves you.
O'DonnelPs Drug Stores. =
Advertisement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-15
OBJECT TO THE SPIRIT"
Legion of Loyal Women Condemns
Pledge Against Enlistments. \

The campaign being waged to secure
pledges never to enlist for war was
passed at a meeting of the Legion of
Loyal Women. In the resolution the
legion expressed itself as opposed to
war, but more opposed to the spirit
which would bind a young man from
fighting to protect his country from in
vasion.
The legion Endorsed Col. John McEl-
roy's stand against certain dramas of
the civil war, as keeping alive the ami
mostly between the sections. 4 resolu-
ton asking that the school histories
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-15
Appeal for Those in Need

The joint finance committee of the Associated Charities
and Citizens Relief Association finds necessary
this third appeal in behalf OF those in Sickness neglect and
impoverishment i'll the District OF Columbia.
These local phianhropies daily reaching families
whom prosperity yet relieved from and suffer
ing Ten thousand dollars (Soooo needed continue
this work without abatement Receipts to date per
cent in of last this time while relief dsburse
ments for January exceeded those for January 1916
by 80 per cent.
Contributions in any amount will be welcome.
Associated Charities: Citizens Relief Association:
CUNO H. RUDOLPH, WILLIAM C. RIVES,
President. President
John Joy EDISON, WILLIAM ]. FLATHER,
Treasurer. treasurer.
Joint Finance Committee:
MILTON E. AILES HOWARD S. RESIDE,
Chairman Treasurer.
Social Service House, o25 H street northwest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-15
Star Editorial Commended.

President Tucker commended The
Stars editorial treatment of the ques-
ton of pensions for firemen and po-
licemen. When such persons are pen
stoned, he said. they should receive
their money and not be deprived of
part of it from month to month.
+ DR.. Parsons. chairman of the commit
tee on schools, said he would report on
the question of pensioning teachers at
a future meeting.
Mr.. Branson reported a resolution in
opposition to the proposition OF max
ing annual assessments of real estate
in the District. Favorable action was
taken.
On motion of Mr.. Matthews. the asso-
citation voted to continue its fight for
additional school facilities for the
northeast section. 1t was stated that
the section needs a building in which
the pupils can have an assembly hall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-15

not found the bottle. although the psi
son was of a nature so deadly that
before she could throw 1t away. A
grain of the stun is sufficient to cause
instant death. Orpet has confessed that
he stood beside her and saw her die.
On these facts we are ready to go to
trial"
Mr.. Dady said he was ready to pre-
sent his evidence to the coroners jury.
Orpet continues to reiterate his inno-
cence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-15
Garrison Rally and Muster.

military and naval rally and mus
ter of Admiral David D. Porter Garri-
son. Army and Navy Union, is to be
held at 1880 o'clock tomorrow evening
in the bandroom of the marine bar
racks. Sth street southeast. Features
will be an illustrated lecture. History
of the Flag by Charles w. Stewart,
librarian of the Navy Department.; ad-
dresses by A. Vitan. Interpreter of the
Pan-American Congress. and National
Commander H. Oden Lake of the Army
and Navy Union. Garrison Commander
Thacker E. Lee will preside, and the
Georgeanna Porter Auxiliary will CO.
operate with the garrison. There will
be musical numbers. and all former and
present soldiers, sailors and marines
are invited to attend.
OF Ceylon's 16.3O7,840 acres Of land
only about 2,s75,000 are cultivated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-15
POISON CRYSTALS
IN 0RPET'S HOME
Located in Ash Heap in Cellar.
Prosecution Ready
for Trial.

CHICAGO. February 15.-Search for
the bottle in which was carried the
poison that caused the death of Marian
Frances Lambert, Lake Forest high
school girl. was continued today by de-
tectives who are endeavoring to esta b.
lish connection between the girls
death last Wednesday and the mys-
FERROUS absence from Madison of Will
liam H. Orpet, University of Wisconsin
student. The assertion by the police
that drug clerk in Madison had adj
mitted he sold Orpet an empty bottle.
and the finding of poison crystals in an
ash heap in the cellar of the Orpet
home. are the principal developments
of the past forty-eight hours in the
Lake Forest mystery.
A gardener on the Mccormick estate,
Of which Orpet's father is caretaker, is
said to have admitted putting the poi
son in the ash heap. This was ex-
planned by the elder Orpet by the state
ment that the poison had been used to
inferior quality had rendered it use
less.
Sold Bottle to orpet.
Charles W. Hassinger, a clerk en-
ployed in the Tiedman pharmacy, at
Madison, said that he sold an empty
two-ounce bottle to Orpet at noon
Tuesday. 1t was on this day that the
collegian came to Lake Forest The
next day he had his tryst with his
former sweetheart.
Search of the ash pile resulted from
information received by States Attor-
ney Dady. The gardener admitted that
he buried the poison under orders from
the senior Orpet.
Ready to Go to Trial.
ION today's developments we are
ready to go to trial." said Mr.. Dady. 81
am convinced that the bottle purchased
by young Orpet is the one in which
the deadly poison was contained.
Young Orpet slept Tuesday night in a
garage on the Mccormick estate. The
poison used for spraying plants was
accessible. The cabinet in which it
was kept was broken open. We have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-15

extension now is in operation. There
seem to be no definite points where the
cars stop. some stopping at one place
and some at another.
T. d. Gill and J. A. Marceron were
elected to membership in the associa-
ton. J. S. Lyon, vice president. pre-
sided in the absence Of President W.
W. Price.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-15
Police Make Statement.

According to the police, Jones said
Branam got into the taxicab and forced
him with a pistol to run the machine
at high speed. and as they passed the
young woman Branam opened fire. The
young woman was shot through the
heart and died before she could be
taken to a hospital Branam was ar
rested shortly afterward. at his home.
4 Deputy Sheriff Birdsong later stated
that Branam recently had been released
from the state insane asylum.
At the home of II. H. Eubanks, ia
ther of the slain girl, it was said no
cause was known foe the shooting. AS
far as could be learned Miss Eubanks
was not acquainted with Branam.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-15
ire stops along the lines of the street

fire stops along the lines of the street
car companies.
People have become accustomed to
the location of such. stops" he said.
land they look upon them as being
such stops would be- more beneficial
than reduction"
Roscoe Jenkins, chairman of the pub
lie utilities committee, reported that
the Capital Traction Company. respond
ing to request of the association, had
increased the service on F street north
east
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-15

Struck by an engine. James c. Bar
ger, freight conductor on the Baltimore
and Ohio, and resident of Brunswick,
Md, was killed in Martinsburg, w. va.
while shifting his train.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-15
YOUNG WOMAN is KILLED
BY MAN PASSING IN AUTO
Is Shot to Death While ON Street in
Macon, Ga.-Alleged Assail-
ant Arrested.

- MACON, Ca, February 15.-Miss Rosa
Lee Eubanks, twenty-year- cashier
for local manufacturing company.
was shot to death on a downtown
street here last night. two pistol shots
being fired from an automobile, which
is said to have passed her at high
speed J. A. Brana:n. a young man
we'll known about town, was arrested
on the charge of having shot the young
woman. and later Marvin Jones. a tax
icab driver, was place. under arrest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-15
New Sidewalk to Be Sought.

Child Welfare Association, to attend
meeting of that body to be held Fri
day evening next in the school. The in
vitation was accepted. In connection
with the school matters an effort will
be made to obtain granolithic side
walk in front of the building, also to
have the pools of water now standing
in the yard properly drained to the
sewer.
The railroad company will be asked
to create definite stopping points for
it's cars on the extension along Nichols
avenue beyond Alabama avenue, which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-15

ducing the authorities at the Govern
ment Hospital for the Insane to reopen
the gate in the east wall near the south
wall of the institution, known as the
nurses gate. letter was read from
DR.. William A. White. superintendent.
in which he stated that the gate was
only closed after the matter had been
given thorough consideration, and for
several administrative reasons it had
become imperative that the gate be
closed. The committee appointed to
look into this matter. consisting of
f. ]. Stebbins, L. D. Weeks and c. J..
James, will consider the matter further
after the next meeting of the associa-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-15
PoSLAM'S WORK !
FELT and seen {
Improvement Daily as Skin Heals.

A Pimple to dispose Of l..
A Rash to Danish
A Complexion to clear
Eczema to heal.
Trust Poslam, with its intense. ever
active healing power. to do the work quickly
and we'll.
II 1t is but slight irregulari,y Of ;hr
skin. a single application may be sufficient
II q more stubborn trouble, daily improve
ment may be seen.
Poslam must produce visible. progressive
results severe test. but how well met by
this efficient remedy its many users know.
Poslam Soap. indicated with Poslam-
the tonic soap for the SKIN.
For samples, send 4c stamps to Elmer
gency Laboratories, 80 West c5th St. New
York City. Sold by all Druggists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-15

devoted to the civil war be required toll
furnish accounts of the war based "a
War Department records. instead or
the present system. was adopted. Ms.
Ada II. Weiss presided.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-15
BETTER POSTAL SERVICE
IS WANTED BY SUBURB
Public Improvement Association of
Congress Heights Would I'm
prove Facilities.
Sewer Extensions Soon to Be Made.
Constant Police Protection
Now Afforded.

Better postal facilities are desired
and needed in Congress Heights. ac-
cording to arguments presented at the
February meeting of the Public I'M
provement Association of that suburb
held last night in the town hall on Ala
bama avenue southeast. A resolution
was adopted whereby Postmaster Mil
Ter. in charge of the substation at the
heights, will be asked to improve con-
dltions so far as possible. Several
months ago the branch Office which had
been maintained at Congress Heights
was withdrawn as a measure of econ
omy. Since that time numerous COM
plants have been registered concern
ing the present service. L. D. Weeks
pointed out that the delivery was far
below a desired standard. Edward j.
Newcomb reported that on several &C.
casions it had been impossible to OBJ
tain one-cent postage stamps at the
substation. The citizens desire the re-
establishment of the branch Office and
a special committee will call on the
city postmaster with this in view.
L. ID. Weeks. chairman of the COM
mittee on sewers, read a letter from
Engineer Commissioner Kutz concern
ing future extensions in the suburb.
1t indicated that sewer would be
extended in Milwaukee place as soon
as the necessary right of way was Sc
cured: that the desired extension in
Nichols avenue could not be undertake
en- at this time because of an expendi-
ture estimated at $4,000 to serve only
few houses; that an extension would
be made in the Waller subdivision,
where fifty houses would be immedi-
ately connected; that the extension to
Horner's subdivision could not be made
at this time. as this would have to be
done after the main sewer was placed
in Oxon run. This letter was received
with qualification, as the association
has been endeavoring for two years to
obtain some of these extensions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-15
Constant Police Protection.

Edward Blain, chairman of the po-
lice and fire committee, reported that
through the efforts Of his committee a
patrolman always was on duty in Con-
gress Heights. Heretofore, when the
eleventh precinct was required to de-
tail men for special duty in the city, it
usually resulted in leaving no one at
the Heights.
The complained-of condition of the
roadway at sth street and Alabama
avenue will be corrected by installation
of proper drainage facilities, according
to letter read last night. Seventh
street between Portland and Alabama
avenues will be improved as soon as
the weather will permit.
A letter was read from Morris Hack
er. inspector of buildings, concerning
the proper numbering of the houses in
the suburb, in which he stated that il
the association would designate a spe-
cial location. giving the number of the
square on which the property stood
the proper number would be assigned.
In reference to the question of in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-15

OF Ceylon's 16.3O7,840 acres of land
only about 2,S75,000 are cultivated.