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EXPERTS DISCUSS SYMPTOMS AND| OTHER PHASES OF POL|OMYEL|TIS IN SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK

lawyer, of 41 Park Row, who is col- laborating with Lawrence T. Dresser, attorney for the parents, tried to ob- tain the admission from Dr. Emerson that spinal puncture was test of the presence of the disease, which Dr. Emerson explained was an erroneous conclusion-spfnal puncture together with other conditions assisted in de- termining the presence of the infec- ton, he said. Dr. Volk raised the question of communicability of infan- tile paralysis. Dr. Emerson told the court that but two methods of spread ing the disease had been actually proved-the bite of the stable fly and discharges from sick patients.
 "Sixty-six per cent. of the cases of infantile paralysis during the pres ent epidemic have been treated in hospitals" he said. And the death- rate among infantile paralysis pa- tients in the hospitals of the Health Department has been II per cent; in homes. 25 per cent"
 Dr. Linnaeus E.. la Petra, of 113 East 61st street. who has charge of the children's wards of Bellevue and Allied Hospitals, told the court that he had examined the Anderson baby at the hospital yesterday, making his examination entirely without previous knowledge of the medical history of the case.
 F Easing my decision upon my own findings, I am of the opinion that there is no other conclusion possible than that this baby is suffering from an attack of poliomyelitis," he said. Under proper quarantine, I should say that he would not be a menace to the health of the community if he were in his own home"
 Mr. Dresser told the justice that the family physicians, representing the parents, had endeavored to examine the child in the hospital and had been refused. pr. c. H. Lavinder, chief of the research staff, studying the dis ease in New York for the United States Public Health Service took the stand and answered questions re- garding Federal quarantine regula- tions. Dr. Frederick Tilney, of 45 East 63d street, professor of neurology at the College of Physicians and Sur geons, and consulting neurolog1st, was called by the assistant corporation counsel as the next witness.
 After describing his examination of the Anderson baby and stating his belief that it was a victim of the dis ease, he explained the difference in the professional interpretation of "com- municable'' and contagious" Com municable diseases were those that may be transmitted from one person to another by any means, he said, while contagious illnesses must be transmitted by direct personal contact. There being no exact knowledge of the methods of spr1 ading poliomye- litis, he said, the medical profession were obliged to call itl"communica- b1e."
 Mrs. Alfred Emo, of Queens, who has led the fight made by the parents for the return of the baby, was in court. She and other women interested have obtained the passage of reso- lutions by the Woman Citizens League of the Borough of Queens in which
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Canadian company.

CandOldu COIIlpduy.
 The complaint, drawn by Wherry & Mygatt, attorneys for the Robert Dol lar Co.,, recites that negotiations with the Russian government were begun sometime before December, 1914, by Anton A. Knaap, Vastly D. Dumbadze, and Vastly D. Zimdin, and that about thaA month they, together with J. Wesley Allison and H. J. Mackie, ob- tained a contract from the Russian government, called the Alison Com mittee contract, whereby the govern ment agreed to purchase from them 100000 3-inch shrapnell shells at a price of $15.S5 per shell.
 After that time, and before Febru- ary, 1915, according to the complaint, the Canadian Car & Foundry Go. par ticipated in the contract, and agreed to deposit 85 cents per shell in the Bank of Montreal in New Yorkk city, of which 70 cents per shell was to go to Knaap, Dumbadze & Zimdin, and 15 cents to Allison & Mackie.
 Deposit of $7,825, 5,OOO.
 It is also set forth that by the terms of the contract of Feb. 23, 1915, with the Russian government, ratifying this arrangement, the car company agreed to deliver each month during and after May, 1915, 25O,0OO shells, up to and including December, 1915, and that a deposit of $7,925,OO0, or 25 per cent of the contract price, was to be paid by the government into J. P. Morgan, the National City Bunk, and the Bank of Montreal as Repositories, and that, as payments were made against deliveries of the shells, the deposits were to be replenished so that they did not fall below 25 per cent. of the price of the undelivered shells.
 The complaint recites that the car company made a first payment of $150,000 to Knaap, Dumbadze & Zim-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-06

s New York, Oct. 6.-Dr. Haven Elm
 brson, Health Commissioner, testified
 yesterday in the hearing in the case of little Robert Anderson. who was taken
 from his home at 1SO New York ave- nue Jamaica and placed in the infan-
 tile paralysis ward of the Greensboro
 Hospital by the Department of Health,
 because his parents failed to respect khe proper quarantine restriction. The
 Testimony before Justice Garretson, in flthe Supreme Court, Brooklyn turned
 into scientific discourse by eminent
 health authorities and specialists in
 chfldren's diseases as to the communi-
 cability, diagnosis, and quarantine of lfpoliomyelitis
 r According to Justice Garretson, the ,mafn point of the hearing in an effort
 to obtain the release of the child was
 to establish whether or not the child
 has the disease. William T. Kennedy,
 Assistant Corporation Counsel, called 4iDr Emerson as the first witness to- day, Dr. Emerson described infantile jparalysis, and in the course of his testimony said that there was today no single diagnosis symptom or test for it. He said that it was a disease jspolen of in the medical profession -As readily communicable.
 sg "On the goth or 11st of September q received a complete report on this icase,'' said pr. Emerson. Indicating lfhat a pr. Schneider on September g had reported the case as poliomyelitis; Ithat there was a difference of opinion among the diagnosticians, and that }1khere had been violation of the quar- 3antine. directed that the childs be taken to the Queensboro Hospital. At .ifhe hospital I personally made an ex- Illumination of the case to confirm the lprevious departmental diagnosis. I .tobserved the child in the convalescent iDtage of poliomyelitis, free from fever land distress of the acute symptoms" Y Dr. Emerson was asked to tell why 1he did not think the child had pofio-
 1euritis as had been intimated. He
 lid that there was nothing in the his- Rory of the illness or in his examina- Hon to indicate the presence of polio }neurif1s or the presence of malaria. It 'twould be dangerous to the spread of 'sfhe disease if the child wereNremoved i1rom the hospital before the quaran- Itine period of eight weeks were up, ithe commissioner thought. .OOAnUNIOABHITY OF DISEASE :. pr. Lester D. volk. physician and
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-06

Testify at Hearing in the k Anderson Baby Case Only Two Means of Com munication of Disease Known Are the Stable Fly and the Discharge of Patti :! ents Dr. Haven Emerson on Stand = Physicians Testify That Child Taken From Home Was Afflict- < ed With Paralysis.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-06
BRIEF NEWC NOTES.

Julius Baxt, of New York. died h Mount Sinai Hospital of injuries re- ceived when he was struck by an au- tomobile.
 Dominick Gigise, convicted of first degree murder in Schuylkill county. Pa., and sentenced to be electrocuted. has asked the Board of Pardons to commute his sentence to life imprison- ment.
 Two men were killed, an engineer was scalded and many passengers were injured when the Mercantile Ex- press on the Pennsylvania crashed into the rear of stock train in Lewiston, Pa., yards. Departmental commanders were or dered by the War Department to dis patch mil tia organizations still in state mobilization camps to the DOT der as soon as they can arrange trans- portation facilities.
 A man named Rider was killed, his brother, A. J. Rider, was seriously h. Jured and Mrs. Smathers, daughter Of A. J. Rider, was shot. when five men held up their automobile near Atsioh, N. J., and opened fire on the party.
 Professor Jesse Benedict Carter. di- rector of the American Academy in Rome, has been appointed y Lucien Poincare, French Director of Public Instruction. to deliver lectures at F provisional universities in France.
 Hans Edward Thompson and Fred Uffelman were found guilty, in tho United States District Court of con- spring to defraud the government out of customs revenue on jewelry mado in Germany and smuggled in by way of Denmark.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-06

Fire destroyed the main building of Christian Brothers College at St. Louis,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-06

they deplore the Thigh handed methods of the board of health dur ing the present epidemic
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-06

Julius Baxt, of New York, died h Mount Sinai Hospital of injuries re- ceived when he was struck by an au- tomobile.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-06

An imposing collec- tion of bright, smart and tasteful overcoats in leading models and materials = F a n c y Scotch mixtures in new colorings; black top coats with silk fac- ing; cravenettes and plain Oxfords in me- dium weights. The very styles that will be featured among the custom tailors at high prices are offered to vou in this line.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-31
News Of Fifty Years Ago
trrom the Eichmomd Dispatch. AUG 81 1861

There were only Iw" new cases OF cholera in
philadelphia. The Richmond Health Depart
mont reports that there is not even IA suspicion
OF the dread disease now in iichmond.
vnsin;ans: Mark AlcNandcr. Of Neck enhur4
" ssx f SM"r n Of I'f@sS a. Is c s5n II
Johnson. OF AppomattoN: y: Il. Tucker. Of
Isaac it, Watson. OF r,;syivinia. aud Il; t. Wal.
to-, ,%m Of trinIG Edward Th"Sc. parhons are "a
for delivery TO the parties.
DR.; T. W. Smith, OF his city was yesterday
u. ''sr'ne Grn, i'r ns stat Of H
deputies in the various divisions Of The State
hssm ,cii Work. I%" soon f" S snnIinns s'o,
ing N many localities, especially among IN.
which has been idle since 1864, viii resume
operations next week.
upon The IShrn"1d and N%wpGr TSMa ail MS~S
ana II now looks as if this great enterprise viii
,,@hm Minor Eotts. Of cuirep"r: has 'e"n elected
,ns sss%'S to The MeHro krmnbiigSm r"nyemon
Der the exact date Yet to bc
EA -Governor John NJ Morchcad, OF North car
alma" died al I;ockhridse Alum SPRINGS y.sr-
Buckingham County y &, for interm"nt
hey F'orGmcc Mccar,hy made farewell
II IS ia" opinion OF McCarthy's friends MAT IN.
mas Son. crazy.
Al a great meeting held in Memphis dag be-
iUtions of the Philadelphia Conservative Con
caGer and General FS,rs co %%rn %"'n[
aiiyinan. sat side by side the stag"
York aresGen ,ohns%m and rary cached New
y Committee. composed of y r stewart. VII.
and escorted TO III" City iinii whcT" a rrnai
me, ing Was presided oyer hy Mayot Hoffman.
"ral Grant simply bowed his ,clnov inipm men
81 IN" horror done him when he was ir,rod,ced
meeting ' ''
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-31

For President Wilson:
'The world hath noted. and your name Ia great
In mouths of wsest censure"
Othello. ii. s.
For I3cies Fenrose turned refornler:
The big round tears
CourRed one another down his innocent nose,
In pteouS chase
AS You Like II, H. |.
For Justice Hughes:
In xooth, knpw not why am so sad;
II wcaries me: YOU say il wearies YOU:
Eut how caught it. found ii came by il
am to Learn
The Merchant ~ Venice l. /
For Charles Warren Fair banks. '"rhe rest is
iamCt. y. =.
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Mobiiization's Leyeliug Enen

4 PAkf from the military training that viii
a result from the mobilization OF the Ma
tionai Guard, another effect Of great value
will follow the assembling in camp or on the
border OF so many thousands OF Americas
young mcn-the leveliug OF the whole lot
They come from al! walks Of life these
sturdy youngsters. a, nome they are rich
men. poor men and journcymcn ana ihcir
widely different lives do not tend toward the
ideal democracy. In too many Instances
false standards are before them, and these
standards not those % courage aud use
fulness and manIiness. Al! too often The
question. who then is tho better man" is
answered by How much has hc?" OF WHO
is his father"
In the amy, the volunteer part oi il. which
is Ike that great French army OF equals" 50
justly extolled by Will Irwin, these standa rds
those questions. do not exiat, arc not asked.
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The Voice Of the People
rn,"rs nond> for Fairgrounds.

10 the Editor of The Times Dispatch.
80 HIF.--ln TINS mornings pJp.r | so Tim, the
Tuesday club will continue rs liz n, To- secure.
ne ola 'eahrookc WarchoGs. site az play
ground. SO sadly nroHcU for The healthy de-
IeIopinrut or the minds. bodies and souls ~
NE ne chliHien OF citizens living ia thht vicinity.
ms IL heartily approved b! ev,ryNoI.. from
'e cniiuten To the city officials IN. oni,
SUMMING block seems to be lack Of FUNDS \
rev dafs ago you stated that the city coutenl-
piated bond issue "f s5oO.nUo ror street i'm =
pfoNementS. IL these bonds run ion thirty Vaurs
as they have FOR the past. when inc CHI ildrn.
OF to-mny have mntured--thc children who aye
hot a!owed 20 use ihc streets PLAY and
nave ~" adequate backgrounds provided Tor
.hcin-lhey VIII have tho FUN Of paying tn,
p"hus' me business interests, While. !onu
since would have used and worn out The i'm =.
nfovemsntS Would not simple jtistic" to help
icss children let the thirty-ycIr bond issue for
S3ee,o"o which the children pay. he spent on
piaESroundS which the children use while IN.
present business interests which use ~, ~.
street improvements, pay for the nnprove,icnis
which they use? w * ,;Il / ,:I,.rL.
Richmond, August 20
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Freak Mnu Held ,nby Cen.o.

inc war "ens"rs of London are coin
letting Il quantity Of freak mail av-
hipits which rival any dcad-letter-oflice
collection on record. Most OF th.s
hfti'lr' represent attempts To cvade the
pr"hioitory regulations. Sheets Of thin
rubber are utilized as letter paper. ann
near closely written messages On.
package OF ruhhcr is done mn to si,nug
late narciSsus bulbs. Glover limitations
OF sausage rolls contain rice, rubber
Tobacco" and sliced ham. These goods
are all contraband but they have not
bccn confiScatcd by the English govern
ment. They Will be delivered after tho
war is over
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Hindcnbuig to the Fore

= ETlREMEN'r OF General Won Falkcnhnyn.
10y direction of the Kaiser, from the of
flee of chief Of the general star. and the
appointment OF Field Marshal Won ilindenburE
IN his stead combine with the report that :,
score OF German generals are to be relieved
OF their commands TO indicate IL state OF an
easincss in quarters Teutonic That calm
with which Berlin was said 10 have received
italy declaration of ana the entrance OF
Roumania into the conflict must have been a
fictitious aim.
many, and unquestionab!y he is u soldier of
nne qualities. In his campaigns in East
prussia he displayed address and skill that
had many "t The elements Of greatness But
he cannot achieve the impossible and tic
breaking OF The iron ring by which the central
powers now are surrounded is OF that orC,cr
In this war military regulations have grown
and thriven only 10 fade and die. iIindcn-
burg may undergo that experience.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-31

They are not part of an organization Of gov
ornmcnt- made aristocrats and enlisted peas
ants, nor do their positions back home count
They are all men together. and the better man
stands out. Ii one is 4 good soldier Il good
man--Sood ''hombre" they doubtless say
down there now--hc is n better man and
more looked up to than his slack comradc.
though the latter he in a better set" at
home. And the slack" comrade soon learns
that fac, And this will work for the good
Of the country in the end. for they nor their
fellow cuardsmcn will ever forget it-cvcn
when they are home again.
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Tke Wi9C NrirDin

ArraEfu III feStal robes | stand
burning lamp within my hand
sister. without, who Crouchcst thera.
Thy lamp s lighted with despair.
Her maids have dccked the brio.
Withal.
Ana SLOW she comcth down the hall: /
Tier arms arc wound with jacinth rar,
And topaz stars her uight-bIack hair
While softly glow upon her breast
White Orient pearls and AMETHYST II
Tie bridegroom smiles in splenG}
near:
The harry and Lutte and timbrcI souudt
bnt thou who wccpcst on the crour{
without Tie door--thou canst not heaf
rho wine is poured, the feast is snr, !
me music elisabeth overhead: 4
with laughter high the chamber riS
Ana costly fruits the slave 'girls bril-
p"' 'nou' oppressed BY si,:tne a y
Thy bread is dust, thy vintage tcars 8
on foolish virgin unprcparcd, y
I"or mead to scorn and sorrow har,3
hr'eh' mead that now is low I'm rrief)
c"uid nave given thee relief. 4
an unit lamp. thine only sin!
Thy sin? Nay, mine, who stand within
.---Asnes Kendrick Gray, in Boator
Transcript.
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SEEN ON TIE SIDE
awning.

Somehow this weather makes me feel
Like yawning:
Weird inClinations Ger me steal
For yawninS:
Fen when I'm walked by morning light.
.tll day. while business cares fight,
More frequently as falls the night
I'm yawninr.
! start to walk down to my work.
Still yawniuS.
Md have this exercise to shirk
For yawninS;
] ride in rich folks motor cars
o'c! roads that all discretion bars
Yet never feel the jolts and Jars,
While yawninE.
! go TO bed soon AS | can
60 yawuirp;
All extra toll / stcrnly ban.
Just yawninR;
| cannot road, nor play. nor think.
! caunot eat. scarce can drink:
In fact. I've hardly strength 10 wink
I'm yawninI.
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highly Fertile.

DO YOU guarantee This land 10 he productivc"'
inquired the prospective purchaser
'tiheerfully.' replied the gentleman farmer
~ Will produce NOR" weeds bunch grass irrita-
ton. Inalarial fever and mortgages than any
other farm in the county"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-31

L" the Editor IF The Times III snatch.
Sir.--lonr editorial ia hits mornings issi.
ieferrink Ia the work accomplished thrnilr /,
Your columns foI The Ice Mission is ,crtainI.
gratifying to those who have found pleasur.
IN contributing toward this worthy cause is
IL not possible 10 continue this work in co,ncC-
lion with Coal Mission I" he maintained iur-
ing the coming winter mourhS:
W X MURPHY.
Richmond. August 30.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-31

\ l.
w are not serious in their assertion they
have no power to withdraw the general rihe
order. or to post Donc the date when il shall
become operative If the committee left i'm
Washington lacks this authority il must Ger
tainy reside in The general chairmen who
recently departed Otherwise. ms the order
is dated August Ia and. as on August 20 the
representatives of the unions solcmn!v ac-
ccpted tho settlement proposed bv President
Wilson. they would he placed i'm the posi,ion
Of having played a dsingenuous par; and
sought to deceive the President of tho United
States by agreeing TO a compromise whose
terms they could not execute
II they convict themselves of that duplicitv
they Will sacrifice all the popular sympathy
they have managed to retain That svmpa-
thy. ii must be said i'm candor never has
been great
The public. rs the President has said docs
indorso the prinCipie of the eiuht-hour dav
and. far n; acceptance Of the mems de-
mands could be cNpec, cd to ;dva nee that ideal
me public approved. Tho complicated Uues-
lions of pay. predicated combination
time and distance basis were too difficult for
general understanding. and this account
mere was almost universal insistcncc on arbi-
IiH" "i these issues
mere IS no real difficulty. if the subject ho
NHfoaohed honestly. in understanding the
men reluctance tn arhitrate their whole case.
Such aversion. in the first place. is the in
variable attitude OF that party to wage con
'roVers! which believes itself the stronger.
IN the light OF history. the effort OF the rail-
ROADS to pose as the champions Of arbitration
- h'ghiy ridiciious. Twciny years ago at
me HiHe OF the now much-discussed strike At
'h'aso the railroads not only refused arhi-
'raiion. but refused even TO permit com
mission 10 investigate whether there was. in
fact anything to arbitrate Neither did
I'HiueHt NleNtilEu cnGeaVUr TO force arbi-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-31

why did you strike the little Jones hoy on
the ear?" demanded the father. Don't
YOU know YOU might have destroyed his hear
Ing
at all u mistake father" replied the
Youthful impenitcnt. II aimed for his nose. but
he du"ked just | started my swing"
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Doul,Iy successful.

''pr Sliccm has just achieved wonderful pro-
fessional triumph.
What mas lie d"ne"'
separated patient from his appendi and his
bank roll by single operation"
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Conserving
the
Game Birds

dome WITH ,TC hcIp of q
Federal advisory committee, which consists of
such men as pr William r. Iiornaday, OF New
York; pr. Il. III. Forbush. of Massachusetts, and
others int crested in the preservation of wild
life Persistent demands that the spring shoot
ing season be heightened so la rmcd the friends
Of the birds that special efior; was made to
convince the government Of the need OF pro-
lection. Spring shooting is abolished every
where and tho maximum shooting season re-
duccd TO three ana onc-half months The adj
viSory committee endcavored to conserve both
game and sport" Game is fast vanishing"
reads the announcement. and of
ii have already become extinct. Others arc unOu
The verge Of cXtcrmina ton. Facilities for kill
ing IL rapidly improve. The number of hunt
constantly increases. state laws are i'm
many instances inadequate. and i'm Others fcehly
enforced. In the Judgment OF the committee
there Will be little game left in the United
States within Il very few years. unless tho reg
uiations under tho Federal law are enforced nd
Observation-Disclosures News,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-31

According to Chicago physician fair
haired tables are peculiarly susceptible TO in
inn'ilc paralysis Some people arc always
picking blondes
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teen. Your health officer should be con.
suited in every

Water Won't Make You Thin--l steno-
Graphcr. twcnty-siX. sNty-thrce inches tall,
weighing 800 pounds. IlIavc been losing weigh
lately. Mother thinks il is because drink hot
water mornings. but that he the only
way can keep the bowels open: inclined
to cons,pati What do YOU suggest?
AnSwcr-Mind your mother. but drink the hot
water just the same. Tell her il is the doc or's
orders tllat offsets every thini: else. YOU know.
VIC haNo letter about gaining weight aud
one about constipation. Witch do YOU want !.
Perhaps either would correct your trouble
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-31

ruB1IsHED every day In the year at 10 South Tenth
Street Richmond. Va. by The Times Dispatch Pub
fishing Co.. Inc. Charles r. iiasbrook. Editor and
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-31

superintendent Cohn seems 10 be of
opinion that the Street Cleaning departments
sta bles would be interesting exhibit for
the State Fair
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-31

EX-Presidcnt Taft seems TO have just
learned that he out OF politics. The
country has known il for long time