New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-17

a corner on monkeys had been obtained
An official of the institute said as a
matter of fact it did not have enough
monkeys for its own use, but would
gladly share the animals if there was
surplus.
practically every laboratory in the
country has a limited number of NOR
KEYS" he said, "but no institution hes
all it could use The best monkeys
come from the Orient. and because OF
the war and also because of the re
strictons imposed by the United States
government upon their shipment they
are hard to obtain"
No Complaints Received.
Neither the Department OF Health
nor the United States Public Health
Service has received any complaints
that the Rockefeller Institute IS with
holding monkeys from other instltu-
tions. 1t was said yesterday that tn
institute will receive shipment OF 100
animals from the Philippines mex
week. and that within three weeks
shipment of 500 will reach New York
from India. The latter will be for gem
eral distribution. Since the beginning
of the war the price of monkeys hac
advanced from IS TO S15; some have
brought as high as S25.
One disturbing feature Of yesterdays
reports was the death of several adults
from the disease. -,
One, a man twenty-seven years old,
died at Willard Parker Hospital, where
ne was listed as Herman kurlchaws,
no home" Kurchaws was found I'M
conscious at Grand Street and the
Bowery Tuesday night He died SIX
hours later. An autopsy showed that
infantile paralysis had caused his
death. Stanley A. Aikens, twenty-five
years old, died in Worcester, Mass
and Mrs. c. =. Chaplin, twenty-four
vears old. in Greensboro, n. c., where
She had returned after visiting rela-
tives in New York and NV Jersey.
Neither had been i'll more than a few
days.
Composer a Plague Victim.
Ernest Collier Austin, a composer,
known in the world of music as Ernest
Yer Devne. died at Minturn Hospital,
Sixteenth Street and East River, yes
terday from infantile paralysis. lie
was twenty-four years old.
Mr.. Austin, whose father is Albert
Austin. of Sussex County, England, a
collector of antiques, had been IN this
country about a year He had written
music for the Winter Garden and other
musical shows on Broadway. He was
on his way to the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles s. Ludlam at Garden City
last Wednesday when taken I'll.
On his arrival, Mr.. Ludlam called Tor
a physician, who diagnosed the case as
infantile paralysis. The body VIII De
cremated to-day. Mr.. Austin's father
has been notified by cable. The dead
man has a brother in Vancouver, b. e.
and another serving with the British
army at Malta.
1858 Received for Fund.
Contributions totalling 1858 were re-
ceived by Commissioner Emerson yes
terday for the Fund for the After Care
of Crippled Children, bringing the fund
TO s8.S43.79. Yesterdays contributors
included: Bernhard Meyer, 500; VIII.
lam G.. Wilcox, president Of the Board
of Education, 500; Mrs. Robert II.
Turtle. $500; Frederick Strauss, SlOO'
and Deborah |. Elton. SlOO.
Deputy Commissioner Billings yes
terday forwarded to DR.. Thomas Wiley,
chairman of the General Committee on
After Care. letter from the East side
Settlement House, of Seventy sixth
Street and the East River. This letter
offers to the Department OF Health
ffty beds in the settlements country
sanatorium, ct Stepney, near Bridge
port, Conn. and also agrees TO PROVIDE
nurses, special medical care and braces