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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-02-03
KILLING TYPHOID
U. 5. Public Health Service Cooper
ateS With Rural Districts And
Shows Results.

Reduction in typhoid fever and i'm
provement in sanitary conditions have
followed the intensive Investigations of
rural communities carried on by the
United States Public Health Service in
cooperation with the local and State
health officers. according to the annual
report of the Surgeon General of that
Service. During the past fiscal year
l6. 1853 rural homes in eight different
states were visited and many of them
revisited. In each of these homes in
ormation was obtained as to the pre-
valence of disease and insanitary con-
ditions and complete sanitary survey
of the premises conducted. This was
followed by reinspections to determine
if remedial measures has been institut-
ed. In but relatively small PERCENTAGE
of the cases did the persons concerned,
after having their attention drawn to
the danger of a particular unhYgienic
condition, fail to inaugurate corrective
work by means of public lectures, the
formation of active sanitary organiza-
tons, and the enlisting of all public
spirited citizens in the campaigns for
reform. Public buildings were also in
spected and local authorities given ex-
pert advice in solving such sanitary
problems as the disposal of excrete,
the prevention of soil pollution, and the
maintenance of pure water supplies.
The surveys made during the year
1914 had shown that in rural communi-
ties less than one per cent. of the homes
had sanitary toilets and that more than
fifty per cent. of the people were using
water from polluted sources. This con-
dition, according to the Public Health
Service, made the rural sanitation ques-
ton, loom large among the matters
vitality affecting the welfare of the
nation. Following these studies and
as 8 result of the interest aroused,
the typhoid fever rate, and excellent
indicator of the sanitary status of a
community, has in some places fire.
quently been cut to one quarter of its
previous figure. In Berkeley county,
West Virginia, the cases of typhoid
fever were reduced from 249 to 40 in
one year. In Orange County, North
Carolina, the rural sanitation campaign
resulted in reduction of the cases from
SO to II.
The tangible results of operations in
rural sanitation indicate that marked
advancement in maintaining hygienic
and satisfactory surroundings in coun-
try districts is possible by the appli-
cation of the common principles of
preventive medicine. Insanitary con-
ditions exist largely because they are
not known to be such. Actual demon
strations of their harmfulness, together
with definite recommendations for their
correction, remain one of the most
gratifying and successful methods for
instituting reforms and has been, in
the experience of the Public Health
Service, invariably accompanied by def
mite and measurable results.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-02-03
A WILSON SCARECROW

In these days, when the democracy
of the country appears to be hopelessly
divided, the House of Representatives
entirely apathetic oyer the PRESIDENT
preparedness policy" and the latter
going about the country trying to make
political capital, as many people be-
lieve to save his skin at the approach
ing fall election. the people gene rally
can look with complanency upon the
situation with deep rooted conviction
that this is only Wilson and Bryan
hight.
To read the President s speeches, one
would conclude that the world was get
ting ready to pounce upon US whereas,
we believe that Wilson has cotton I'D
his scorecrow and the press supporting
him have resorted to their scare head
lines for no other purpose than to break
the hold Bryan has upon the affec tons
of the rank and file of his party. Of
course, to admit this would result in a
smash up of the Wilson preparedness
propaganda, and therefore, he is giving
the country an example of what he is
pleased to style his patriotism and his
unselfish devotion to the country's
cause. The truth of the matter is, Will
son wants the Job of President again,
and the only way he sees to get it, in
the face of the Bryan opposition, is to
go out among the people and try to
scare them into belaboring their rep
resentatives to support his newly dis
covered remedy for his political ills.
The President tells the people that
the blood of Americans will be shed for
the flag if needed, but some of US can
remember the time when the oppor-
tunity to shed their blood for the flag
was presented to the Woodrow Wilson
tribe and can recall no particular in
stance where the Wilson blood was so
shed. Wonder how much blood the
President is prepared to give himself in
defense of the flag?
1t is all very well to prepare for
eventualities, but we recall that about
year ago, when Bryan was still with
him. he announced his unalterable op-
position to policy of preparedness. 3"
Wilson says he has changed his mind,
and while anybody is at liberty to
change his mind, the President has
changed his mind upon so many matters
of publ interest that we have about
reached the conclusion that he never
had any settled convictions upon any of
these matters, and we are forced to
doubt the sincerity OF his position now.
and question the motives that have lead
him to advocate his preparedness
policy"
We are opposed to war, for war is
what Sherman said it was, but it will
take more than Woodrow Wilson'S fine
ly rounded academic word pictures to
convince the people of this country that
we are on the verge of clash with the
rest of the world, especially when we
know that he wants the job again, and
that his fear is the fear of Bryan and
nothing more.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-02-03
hrs. Bartlett Paralyzed.

Mrs. Harriet Bartlett, widow of the
late DR.. E. H. Bartlett, was stricken
with paralysis early Sunday morn
which affected her speech very muclF>
At present she is much improved and is
gradually regaining the use of her
vocal powers.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-02-03

as most of the schools in MARYLAND
recognize practical training in Public
Speaking as an essential part of a boys
education, and should the competition
meet with the interest and enthusiasm
1t merits, a similar event will be ar
ranged each year.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-02-03
For Sale,

Having rented my farm L offer the
following at private sale: Two young
Horses, good weight; 4 Jersey Cows.
40 Tons baled Hay, 6 tons baled Straw,
some loose hay and straw, a lot of Oats.
Corn and Wheat, l Sleigh, l Buggy,
New Sled, Plow, Harrows and CultiYa-
tors, l good Surrey, Harness of all de-
scriptions. Call on or address GeorgS
Shartzer, Oakland, Md. Adv. 49I
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-02-03
DR.. Riley in Frederick.

DR.. Robert Riley, of Cumberland,
deputy health officer of Allegany and
Garrett counties, will be in Frederick
county during the entire month of
February, where the State Health
Board, in cooperation with the United
States government health authorities
are making complete survey of the
school districts of the county.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-02-03

FREEDOM should be given the Phil
ippines when they are able to appreci-
ate the fact that it is a responsibility
as well as privilege.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-02-03

In the last SO years, from 1877 to 1914
including the total loss by fire in the
United States and Canada was S., 866, =
100000.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-02-03

The President hopes every man in
public life will get what's coming to
him. Could he have had Mr.. Bryan in
mind?
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-02-03
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1916

AND did you ever stop to think what
would have happened if Noah had been
against preparedness?
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Little Helen Holmes. daughter of Gen eral Holmes. railroad man. is rescued from imminent danger on a scenic railroad by George storm, a; newSboy. Grown to young womanhood Helen makes a spectacular double rescue of storm. now a freight fireman. and of her father and his friends. Amos Rhinelander. financier. and Robert Seagrue. promoter. from threatened col lision between a passenger train and a runaway. freight. Safebreakers employed by Seagrue and Capelle. his lawyer. inter rupted by Helen while stealing General Holmes survey plans of the cutoff line for the Tidewater. fatally wound General Holmes and escape. Storm and Helen chase the murderers on 9 light engine and capture them. Spike has hidden the plans and manages to inform Seagrue where they are cached. Her fathers estate bad ly involved by his death. Helen goes to work on the Tidewater. SeaErLe helps Spike to break jail and uses him to set fire to a powder train hauled by storm s engine. Helen saves Storm from horri- ble death. Helen recovers the survey plans from Seagrue. and though they are taken from her. finds an accidentally made proof of the survey blue print.
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freight train. When the train drew near. Spike handily boarded the head end.
 Some moments later the hind-end brakeman, sitting on the caboose, saw a tramp in the door of a box car. The brakeman started forward to investi- gate and had he been able to see all that occurred just moment later, he would also have seen the tramp cling ing to the side of a car of ties remov- ing Rhinelander's name from the bill ing card and substituting therefor the name of Seagrue.
 One after another of the billing cards on the four cars of ties Spike manipu- lated in the same way. Tn the mean time the two brakemen, one of whom had caught a glimpse of him, were consulting as to how to get him. But by the time they had made their plans and were ready for a fcrcible laying on of hands Spikes work was done. Watching the trainmen walk forward. he dropped lightly from the last car and waiting for the caboose, which was empty, swung ID by the hand rail and went inside the car. He grabbed the waybills from the rack box and ex- amined them. Finding those for the cars of ties, he carefully erased Rhine lander's name from each of them and taking his time inserted Seagrue's. Having done what struck him as an artistic job on these, he replaced the bills and climbing into the cupola looked outside.
 It was then by good fortune that the conductor and one of the two brake men spotted him. To get back quick they Jagged the engineer-the train was going at a pretty good clip-and started for the side. But this suited Spikes own game, for as the train slowed he dropped off and the crew, thinking themselves well rid of a nuisance, signaled their engineman ahead.
 The train was running not far from Beaman when Spike left it, and slink- ing into the woods adjoining the right of way he made his way as fast as he could up to the Beaman telegraph
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body in the room. Of these, the op- position bosses for the unloading jobs, Delaney and Storm. became the most heated and seemed about to come to blows. But Rhinelander. checking Storms indignation. advised restraint and referred the whole thing to Helen, asking her to find the real fact out from the dispatcher. Helen sent a hurry-up message and the answer came from the dispatcher's office with in few minutes:
 Local will set out four cars ties at Signal for Rhinelander's construction gang. H. c. w."
 Lyons, without comment, passed the message to Rhinelander. who read it and showed it triumphantly to Sea- grue. Seagrue entered an emphatic dissent q don't care what those boobs ct Oceanside say" he snapped Those ties are for me and you'll find out I know what I'm talking about"
 Fast words followed. Storm and De- fancy again eyed each other fieTcely. Then the sound of a freight train pull ing in started everybody in the room out for the platform. The moment the train stopped the disputants crowded forward. each side eager to reach the conductor first The conductor. a man of peace, listened unmoved to the vio- lent contentious addressed to him. At length he produced the waybills for the property in dispute. Seagrue got hold of them first. To his delight he saw that, as expected. they read to him as consignee, and he showed them with an injured air to Lyons. Rhine lander, reading the doctored bills over Lyons shoulder. was cOnfounded.
 Seagrue meant to let nothing of his advantage slip for lack of action. He whirled on Delaney. Get our ties of those cars, Bill, and do it quick"
 Storm took a hand in. He felt his side was beaten, but would not quit. Hold on." he said gruffly. Not yet. This thing is in dispute. Take your time" he added to Delaney. and sig niEcant look lent strength to his words.
 Again Rhinelander quieted Storm down. Delaney began giving orders to
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FIFTH iNSTALLMENT
THE FIGHT AT SIGNAL STATION

The operator at Signal station could hardly have been more peacefully en- gagged than she was at the moment George Storm threw open the office door and paused or the threshold.
 What are you doing over here this morning." demanded Helen.
 Looking for a job.'
 You might take mine,' suggested Helen. lifting her eyebrows in pro fession of sympathy.
 whereabouts is that man Rhine lander" asked storm laZily. Hasn't he got some kind of a construction camp around this joint?'
 Why, how stupid of me not to have thought of Uncle Amos myself" ex- claimed Helen. "Of course he has. And he's sure to have job for you"
 He is sure" drawled Storm, either to have a job for me or the best chance he ever had in his life to get licked-I give him his choice"
 Kind of you" retorted Helen; ''he wouldn't mind getting licked of course, but he is short of men-I hap pen to know that"
 Maybe I'd better go over and give him a chance to hire me"
 Suppose go with you"
 Helen and Storm found Rhinelander hard at work. It was the first time he had seen Storm since the night on the launch and he greeted his visitors with hearty laugh. 'Licked?' '" He echoed, after Helen had repeated her companions threats. Why, George, l could whip my weight in wildcats this morning. I'll have steel half way up the pass if l cah get hold of a few cars Of ties this week. And something always happens when I feel this way. I'll tell you right now" he pointed a stubby finger at Storm, tits up to you,
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his men, and while Seagrue kept a guarded eye on them. suspicious of some counter-move, Rhinelander and storm accompanied Lyons and Helen into the station.
 Seagrues men, crowding after their triumphant foreman, gave the laugh to the Tiiewater gang. who stood with their hands in their pockets, and started after the ties.
 Inside the office a perplexed and disgruntled group gathered around Helen. She showed the dispatcher's s message to the conductor. Seagrue, not to be outfaced, came inside to watch the proceedings and demanded to know again of the puzzled conduc- tor whether the ties were not plainly enough for him. In the face of the conflicting evidence the conductor did not know what to decide. Fight it cut yourselves, boys, l give it up was all that could be got out of him. And Seagrue. declaring he would un- lead the ties anyway. left the office. Once outside. he again spurred De- laney to haste.
 Storm followed Seagrue from the office and once outside and away from Helen he protested vigorously. Rhine lander. behind him, told Storm to keep cool. At that moment Delaney, break ing in, almost precipitated a riot. Get cut of this thing" he believed at Storm, and keep out, Do you get that? You're talking too much"
 With the words. he pushed Storm back. It was the wrong moment to lay hands on the stalwart young engine man, now greatly wrought up. His arm shot out and his fist caught De- laney on the jaw. The big foreman staggered
 Seagrue. glad enough to find himself outside the center of the brawl. walked away only to encounter Spike as the latter. dashing in from the highway, sprang from his horse and hurriedly beckOned Seagrue to him.
 The two conferred in quick under tones together and Rhinelander. who stood with Helen and Lyons, watching them, saw them run to the tie cars, re- move the billing cards and bring them back Seagrue. wit the air of a man asgrieved. showed the aands to Rhiue- lander.
 What do you say to this?' he de- handed, in the confirmation of his claims. Call of your men. They're starting riot here to keep mz from taking possession If my oWS prop erty."
 Rhinelander as near angry as he ever got, staInped his foot. Il tell you
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cfiice, where he sent this message to Seagrue:
 Changed the two ties you thought RhineIander wears for two that suit Seaerue.
 Say, where's the nearest livery sta ble in this place, mister" Spike asked the agent.
 He hardly waited to hear the answer given him before he was on his way out of the office And without losing a minute he got a horse where he had been directed for one and rode hastily away Cn it.
 Helen, a few moments later took Spikes message to Seagrue. When she handed it to Lycns he said he would deliver it. Placing the dupli- cate on file, Helen resumed her cro- chet work.
 Passing the Tidewater camp. Lyons saw Rhinelander, Storm and Wood in conference over unloading the expect ed ties.
 You don't need me over at the sta tion," said Wood to Rhinelander I'll send Storm with the men to look after the unloading. I'll stay here with these lazy graders"
 Seagrue himself took the message from Lyons. He read it with secret satisfaction. The moment Lycrs had left, Seagrue called Delaney. his fore man, told him to get the gang together to unload four cars of ties the instant the local freight pulled in.
 But in the interval the Tidewater camp leaders, Rhinelander and Storm. were not losing any time in looking after the shipment themselves, and they appeared together at the station to get track of it. Lyons, in response to RhiEelander's inquiries. said he did not know what the local freight was carrying.
 You find out, will you. Helen?'' asked RhinelandeT. And as he made the request he showed her his letter advising him the ties would be on the local
 While Rhinelander, Storm, Helen and Lyons were thus engaged, Sea grue and his foreman. Delaney, en- tered the office. Seagrue seemed at his best, very affable and friendly with everybody and was soon asking ques- tions as to what ties were coming for him that morning. Helen took his in- quiTies and Rhinelander. oyerhearing, explained that the ties coming in on the local freight train that morning were for the Tidewater work, not for Seagrue. Seagrue declared him mis- taken. A dispute hared up. which in d moment involved practically every
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the engineers seat in time to halt the train opposite Rhinelander's camp, and without losing a moment she ran over to headquarters, where she gave the alarm to Wood and asked him to hur- " the remainder of the construction gang over to the train before the cars should be stolen again by their active enemies. Wood, who would rather fight than eat. responded like a whirl- wind, and heading his men, started them across the fields on the run for the Kidnapped train.
 Storm had, meantime. dropped a rope around Spikes neck. He tied him to the engine cab just as Helen, with her re-enforcements. reached
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the tie cars and the men hurriedly began the unloading.
 They were not to have an easy time of it. Seagrue. with his rioters. had already climbed the hill and was urg- ing them forward. Not a soul on the engine had a weapon, and as Sea grue's men came on it looked as if the train would be taken then and there by force of numbers. Helen, however, was not without reserves.
 Give them the live steam, George. and a lot of it, quick she cried. Don't let them capture us"
 Storm needed no more than the hint. Turning on the valve he let loose a hot cloud that drove Seagrue and his gang gasping from the engine. The foremost of the men caught in the white fog were glad to get away rallied for orders.
 Delaney. whose fighting blood was just getting warmed up, saw fuTther chance and called to his men to fol- low him around the cut. The gang
 
 divided and Delaney's part of it. start ing over the hill. met Rhinelander's men. For a time there was Q hot mix-up. As the enemy came or in ever increasing numbers, Wood srG his men were soon getting the Frorss of it, but fresh shouts were hs9Id down the hilt and at the moment the
 
 in. took the side of Rhinelander's ner and helped them beat Seagrue's gang back.
 Outnumbered. driven from then vantage ground and disheartened lt the unexpected diversion of the ems my. Seagrue's men sullenly gave way; even Bill Delaney's fiercest efforts failed to rally them. It was only 6 few minutes before the sheriff's men were making prisoners right and left, rounding up the stragglers and march ing them down the cut. The hill had been won and lost. but the ties had been firmly held and were safely in Rhinelander's possession.
 The moment the light was decided. Storm, with Helen. went back to the engine to get their personal prisoner. the redoubtable Spike. They took him back to where the sheriff was giving his orders for the disposition of those under arrest. Helen explained to the sheriff very forcibly just what Spike had done.
 Well" demanded the official jocu- larly. -what1l We do with him? String him up right here IT box car?'
 "No," exclaimed Helen. iEt snan'ly. You can do better than that" She pointed to Seagrue now also under arrest Put those two men at work unloading these ties for our camp. They are the ringleaders in the whole affair. If they had tseir deserts. they would both be in the penitentiary. Make them work. sheriff. That's ths last thing that pair want 10 do" Rhine lander came up with his men as she finished.
 You're right" declared the sheriff, good huIlored over the outcome. From the look of 'em, what those guys need is a dosc of good, hard work" He turned to his deputies and pointed to the ties. Get those fel- lows up on the fat ears and see they both work every minute till the last tie is unluaded
 Suppose they refuse to work, suggested a deputy.
 "Refuse?" echoed the sheriff. say agely. "If they do, find a pump that will work and give 'em the cold iws- ter"
 But Seagrue and Spike did work. When Helen, Rhinelanuer and StotT left the scene the two. beading with sweat. were pitching ties in record time.
 (TO BE CONTINUED
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young fellow. Either go Lo work here, or take a dressing down Yourself"
 My hands are up" said Storm. "Ill go to work. What have you got?"
 Rhinelander turned to his foreman. They took only a minute to confer. Wood has a job for you right now, announced Rhinelander to Storm. You are assistant foreman. Get busy"
 That particular day vas to prove a busy one for the wholes&. Helen returned to the station and Storm went out with Wood-himseit @ veteran en- gineman. The mailman came in pres ently with a letter for Rhinelander, ad- vising him that bid he bal made for a large quantity of ties had been ac-