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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-22

reference has already been made to
the TACT that nasal washings, Of con-
facts especially, have in few instances
produced pollomyehtis when injected
into monkeys. AS the virus obtained
directly from human beings possesses
low v1rulence for monkeys and ia in.
Jected greatly diluted, the small number
u successful lnoculations is significant. Tests
were made to determine the effect of concen-
tration OF washings on the activity Of tha
virus. Amounts Of virus which would cer-
~talniy produce the infection if injected d.
lectiy were added to a filtered washing fluid
oDtalned from persons not having been ex
posed to the infection The mixtures w.ra
separately reduced to small volume in vacuo
at low temperatures and injected into mon
Keys The results obtained were variable
Tor reasons which at first were not obvious
out the tests nevertheless showed that tho Al.
tered virus In certain amounts may withstand
concentration in washing fluids without los
ing entirely its infective power.
The results of flfty-six experiments havs
shown that washings of the nasal and
pharyngeal mucosas possess definite power
to inactive or neutralize the virus of polio.
myelitis.
This power is not absolutely fixed. but Ia
subject to fuctuation in given person. An.
parently .infiammatory conditions of the
upper air passages tend to remove or dimin
lsh the power of naturalization. But irreru-
larltles have been noted even in the absence
Of these conditions
Too few tests have been made thus far ia
ascertain whether adults and children differ
with respect to the existence of this neutral
izing property in the nasal secretions. While
the lnactivating property was absent from
the secretions of one child during the first
days of poliomyelitis, it was present in an.
other to whom immune serum was admins.
tered, and in still another on the fifteenth dav
OF illness when convalescencewase established.
The neutralizing substance is water.soluble
and appears not to be inorganic; it appears
to be more or less thermolabile and its action
does not depend upon the presence Of mucin
as such.
1T is suggested that the production o.
healthy carriers through contamination with
the virus of poliomyelitis may be determined
by the presence or absence Of this inactivat.
ing or neutralizing property in the secretions.
Whether this effect operates to prevent. ac.
tual invasion of the virus and production Of
infection can only be conjectured. Probably
the property is merely accessory and not tho
essential element on which defense against
infection rests. It is more probable that
other factors exist which help to determine
the issue of the delicate adjustment betvaen
contamination and Infection
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-02
General Sporting Notes.

When Babe" Ruth outlives his pitch
ing usefulness, there will be an outfield
er's berth awaiting him. Ruth is one OF
the greatest natural batsmen in the ma
tional pastime to-day and is probably
one of the hardest hitters who ever
worked into the majors. He is without
doubt the greatest pinch hitter on the
Boston squad, and would have played
outfeld during the 1915 campaign. if he
had not been such wonder in the box
Ruth also likes the outfeld and when
in practice he ehases cloud ticklers a
good share OF the time He is very fast
for such a heavy man, being one of the
best stealers on the Red SoN team dur
ing last year. There is no man whom
the opposing pitchers fear TO face as
they do Ruth.
"Bill' Evans, American league umpire,
relates many pleasing incidents in the
game of ball which have been pulled off
by the quick witted and have either
pulled them out of a bad hole or put the
opponents in as bad a one. He tells of
one incident, when youngester came
into the big show from the minors. He
came with some reputation and some
head to bargain. He sailed along quite
nicely until he ran UP against the I'll
gers. For six innings he held them
scoreless and then three men reached
first base and Ty Cob at bat. Jennings
at this moment mentioned the pitchers
head in voice loud enough for all TO
hear, and the pitcher blew up.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-02
CHILD'S TONGUE
BECOMES COATED
IF CONSTIPATED
When Cross, Feverish and Sick, Give
"California Syrup of
Figs"

Children love this "fruit laxative" and
nothing else cleanses the tender stomach
liver and bowels so nicely.
A child simply will not stop playing to
empty the bowels, and the result is, they
become tightly clogged with waste, liver
gets sluggish, stomach sours, then your
little one becomes cross, half sick, fever
lsh, doesn't eat, sleep or act naturally,
breath is bad, system full of cold, has
sore throat, stomach ache or diarrhpa,
Listen mother! See If tongue is coated,
then give a teaspoonful of California
Syrup of Figs" and in few hours all
the constipated waste, sour bile and un-
digested food passes out of the system,
and you have well, playful child again.
Millions of mothers give California
Syrup of Figs" because it is perfectly
harmless; children love it, and it never
fails to act on the stomach, liver and
bowels.
Ask your druggist for 50-cent bottle
of California Syrup of Figs" which has
full directions for babies, children of all
ages and for grown-ups plainly printed
on the bottle. Beware of counterfeits
sold here. Get the genuine, made by
California Fig Syrup Company" Re
fuse any other kind with contempt
Adv
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-02
An Attack Of Grip
Always Leaves Kidneys
In Weakened Condition

Doctors in all parts of the country
have been kept busy with the epidemic
of grip which has visited so many homes.
The symptoms of grip this year are often
very distressing and leave the system in
a rundown condition, particularly the
kidneys, which seem to suffer most, as
almost every victim complains of lame
back and urinary troubles, which should
not be neglected, as these danger signals
often lead to dangerous kidney troubles.
Druggists report a large sale on DIR. Kill
mer's Swamp Root, which'so many peo-
pie say soon heals and strengthens the
kidneys after an attack of grip. Swamp
Root is a great kidney, liver and bladder
remedy, and, being an herbal compound,
has a gentle, healing effect on the kid
neys, which is almost Immediately no.
ticed in most cases by those who try it.
DIR. Kilmer & Co.. Binghamton, n. Y.
offer to send sample size bottle OF
swamp Root, on receipt of ten cents. to
every sufferer who requests it. A trial
will convince anyone who may be in need
of it. Regular size bottles, so cents and
$l.00. For sale at all druggists. Be sure
to mention this paper.-Adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-02
GAS, HEARTBURN,
INDIGESTION OR
A SICK STOMACH
"Pape's Diapepsin" Ends All Stomach
Distress in Five Min
utes

Time it, Pape's Diapepsin will digest
anything you eat and overcome a sour
gassy or out-of-order stomach surely
within FIVE minutes.
If your meals don't fit comfortably. or
what you eat lies like lump of lead in
your stomach, or if YOU have heartburn.
that is a sign of Indigestion.
Get from your pharmacist a ffty-cent
case Of Pape's Diapepsin and take dose
Just as soon as you can. There will be
no sour risings, no belehing of undigested
food mixed with acid, no stomach gas or
heartburn, fullness or heavy feeling in
the stomach, nausea, facilitating head
aches, dizziness or intestinal gripping This
will all go, and, besides, there will be no
sour food left over in the stomach TO poi
son your breath with nauseOus odors.
PaPe's Diapepsin IS a certain cure for
out -Of-order stOmachs. because il takes
hold of your food and digests it just the
same as If your stomach wasn't there.
Relief in five minutes from all stomach
misery is waiting for you AZ any drug
store.
These large fifty-cent cases contain
enough 'Pape's Diapepsin" TO keep the
entire family free from stomach disor-
ders and indigestion for many months,
IL belongs in your home.-Ady.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-02
A DEMOCRATIC SOVEREIGN.
Archduke Charles Stephen, the New Re-
gent of Poland.

Warsaw, Jan. BY those who know
him, Archduke Charles Stephen, cousin
of the late Emperor Francis Joseph, who
has been selected as regent of Poland, is
considered most democratic sovereign
gifted with common sense, ability and
personal charm. Conditions under which
the Associated Press correspondent re-
Gently made his acquaintance illustrate
the democratic side of his character.
The correspondent was calling upon a
friend at one of the lesser hotels in VII
emma when knock at the door was
heard and without further formality a
tall officer entered, shook hands, shed his
overcoated, which he threw on a bed,
and embarked in informal conversation.
Il was Polsnd's future sovereign who
had thus made his way TO the hotel room
without even calling the services of an
attendant when he learned that a CORE
spondent of an American news agency
was there.
The archduke eonversed with the great
est cordiality, displaying an intimate
knowledge and keen interest concerning
conditions of American life and volun-
teered his assistance to facilitate the
iltME = WIN ne was
larly impressed with the importance of
the press in America and lamented the
fact that the newspapers did not play
such a role in Austria Hungary. He
voiced as well as manifested his belief in
democratic customs and declared that he
had deliberately urged two of his young
est sons, who had graduated from the
Austrian military academy the day be-
fore, 90 take commissions in ordinary line
regiments, instead Of in one of the favor
tie guard organizations. In the thick of
the fighting in the Carpsthians, the
has been living as simply as
his subslterns, learning at first hand the
environment Of the officers and soldiers
from the ranks OF his people His two
sons have followed his suggestion. like
their elder brother, Charles Albert, and
have entered line regiments, the 18th
Uhlans.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-02
ADDITIONAL
FEDERAL TAKES
Will Go Up All Along the
Line Within a
Year
MUNITION MAKERS
MUST PAY MORE
Doubled in Many Instances,
Notably on Incomes of Indi-
viduals and Corporations

Washington, Jan. New fedora
taxes on incomes, estates, munition prof
it's, corporation stocks, and business be
came effective with the new year yester
day and revenue collectors are making
vigorous efforts to obtain early returns
The taxes are provided by the emer
gency revenue bill enacted by Congress
Sept s.
Unmarried persons with net incomes
of $4,000 or more and heads of families
with incomes of $4,000 or more are sub.
ject to pay normal tax of per cent
instead of the present rate of | per cent
and additional taxes are imposed on in
comes of more than $4,000 by a grad
uated scale running from | to IL per
cent.
tax Of per cent is made on the in
come of corporations with stock valued
at $4,000 or more; the former rate was
per cent.
A graduated tax of from | to 10 per
cent is laid on estates of $4,000 or more
when they are transferred Munition
manufacturers are taxed 1919 per cent of
their net profits, Corporations are sub
iect to a special excise tax of so cents a
year for each $1,000 of face value of cap
ital stock in excess of $4,000.
Among the new annual taxes on spe
cial businesses are these:
Securities brokers. $50; pawn brokers,
$50; custom house brokers, $40; ship
brokers' $40; theatres, $25 to 800, ac-
cording to seating capacity, with rates
one half as great in towns OF 10000 or
less; circuses, 500; other public amuse
ment shows, excepting Chatauquas, bowl
ing alleys and billiard rooms. SIS for each
alley or table; tobacco manufacturers,
sliding scale of rates, determined by
sales.
Special taxes heretofore collected from
merchants and commercial
brokers are abolished
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-02
GIANT STRIDES MADE
BY CONGRESS FOR
PREPAREDNESS
Short Session Has Been Busy One, but
Still Has Railroad, immigration,
Suffrage and Prohibition
Problems to Settle.

Washington, Jan. 2.--The short SEES
sion of the Gath Congress is on the las'
lap of whirlwind race. Following is 8
review of what has been accomplished
and something of what remains to be
done.
These, measured by public interest, are
the most important legislative tasks ae'
complished by the Gath Congress:
The army and navy bills, carrying APP
preparations of gigantic sums, long step
towards preparedness.
Establishment of federal reserve banks
to eliminate danger of financial panics.
J Purchase of Danish West Indies at q
cost of $25 100000, another stride
toward preparedness.
| Federal farm loan act, of great interest
to farmers and intended to aid them in
securing necessary capital at fair rate
of interest.
Federal good roads law, provides $751;
100000 to be used in improving national
highways.
Federal trade commission. 'go-be-
tween in matters between the public
and corporations.
Workmen's compensation; ship pur-
chase act, a movement toward a real
merchant marine. Child labor law.
Railway legislation looms up as the
biggest piece of unfinished business.
Strenuous efforts are being made to rush
the railway program through during the
present short session of Congress.
The corrupt practices BILL providing
for publicity of campaign funds, is an
other important bill up for a speedy
consideration.
The iudgeship bill, which would relieve
from service Judges reaching the age of
10 after 10 years service, and who by
reason of physical disability are unable
properly to discharge their duties, also is
set for early hearing.
The fate of the immigration bill, with
the literacy test attached, which was re-
Gently pasesd by the Senate, is hard to
predict. President Wilson vetoed sim
liar bill 1t is rumored an effort viii be
made to pass the bill over any possible
veto.
Woman suffrage and national prohibit
ton have been reported by the House
committee, but it is impossible to say
when either bill will reach a vote.
Other important measures due for an
early consideration are; The water pow
er bill, having to do with the leasing of
power sites on inland Waterways; the
flood prevention bill, carrying appropri-
atoms of millions for food prevention
along the Mississippi and Sacramento
rivers, and the Webb export bill, which |
would permit combination of American |
exporters for participation in foreign
trade in an effort to meet competition at
the end of European hostilities.
The lineup of Republicans and Demo
Gratis in the Senate will be slightly al
tered in the 65th Congress, Democrats
losing one and reducing their working
majority to 10.
The lineup of the House is still in
loubt. The result of the fight being
made in North Carolina by Britt, Re
and Weaver, Democrat, may
decide the question of the majority in
,he lower branch of Congress.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-02
BEGINS SECOND TERM.
Gov. Whitman Again Inaugurated in the
State of New York.

Albany, N. Y, Jan. 2.--Charles s.
Whitman of New York yesterday was
inaugurated as governor of New York
for a second term. Gov. Mccall of Mas
sachusetts and Ambassador Da CANA OF
Brazil were present as personal guests Of
the governor. Mr.. Whitman sat in the
ancient chair used by Dewitt Clinton
during his three terms as chief executive
of the state.
The governors inaugural address con-
tanned a recommendation that the state
pay the members of the National Guard
who served on the Mexican border the
difference between the 80 cents per day
which each man received from the fed
eral government and the sl,25 which the
state pays its troops when they are
called out on state service.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-02
POLICE HUNT
CLUBMAN
In Brutal Murder of Phila-
delphia Artist Model
Beauty
ARREST PROMISED
WITHIN "A HOURS
F'ingerprints the Most Dam
aging Evidence Slayer
Left Behind

Philadelphia, Jan. "A jealous fiend
who by day was known as successful
business man, with residence in Phil
adelphia and New York, and card OF
membership to some of the East's best
known clubs, is being sought by the po-
lice as the murderer of beautiful Mrs.
Grace Roberts, the young model who
was found dead in her apartment late
Saturday night.
Out of the scores of men the 22-year-
old beauty had met in her gay cafe life,
there was one man who loved her insane
ly, grew jealous of the other admirers.
and then brutally slew her. That was
the ground on which the police were
working yesterday, and they expect a
surprising arrest" within "a hours.
This man was attentive to Mrs. Rob
erts for about year When she insist
ed on continuing to visit cafes with other
men they quarrelled That, the police
say, was the foundation for the murder
Not a soul in the Wilton apartment,
where Mrs. Roberts lived, heard her death
struggles. Yet Mrs. Roberts struggles
against death had been so violent that
her hair had been ripped from her head
blood spattered all over the bed clothes,
and the once blue silk pajamas had been
dyed red She had first been struck in
the face with a fist and, when she showed
she could fight, her assailant used fat.
iron TO crush her skull and then tied her
own stocking around her throat
The murderer had probably watched
the girl drag herself across the floor and
there collapse BY the dim light of
boudoir lamp the man lifted her body
and placed it on the bed. He pulled the
silk stocking as tight as possible, pulled
the sheets up over her face and tried to
eiface any traces of the struggle that
had ensued 20 minutes before.
Then the mantle murderer whoever
he is-walked out as quietly as though
going to a theatre. A rubber hose had
been attached to the gas and placed in
the dead woman's hand. Her assailant, (
however, had forgotten to turn on the
gas.
Fingerprints, stamped in blood, Gov
cred the bed clothing and wall. They /
were all OF the same person. detectives
pointed out, proving that while the man |
had probably planned the murder before I
he visited the house he was a novice al
crime master criminal, they said,
would have taken care to use gloves. 1t
s the most damaging evidence he could
have left behind. Another fngerprint
had been left on the girls forehead,
where an effort had been made TO pull
her hair down over a wound. A blood
stained silk shirt and collar that had
never been Numbered were also found to
rave the same prints.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-02
MNEiEi

sE1Esags
Offices. He found a deputy on guard
there, who said because it was legal
holiday he was under instructions TO
admit no one A formal demand for ad-
mittance was made and the governor
withdrew.
Governor Hunt left the capital short
ly before Governor Campbell arrived, de-
claring he would be at his desk to-day
Governor Campbell announced that he
considered the oath of office he took Sat
urday before a notary public sufficient
to entitle him to the governorship, and
therefore he had not insisted on formal
ceremony at the capital yesterday.
Mandamus proceedings already have
begun in the supreme court to compel
Governor Hunt to relinquish the office
of chief executive.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-02
POWER OF DARKNESS DEFIED
Is Way One British Paper Summarizes
the Entente's Reply.

London, Jan. 1.-The morning news
papers to-day comment on the joint note
of the entente allies in manner SINH
lar to their previous criticisms of the
note of the central powers, the Emperor
of Russia's declaration with regard to
peace and the speeches of the political
leaders. The Morning Post describes
the note as a document in which "ten
nations have defied the powers of dark
ness, and once more have pledged them
selves to fight to the end" and says it
is a moral victory of extraordinary mo-
ment to civilization"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-02
MANY PRESCRIPTIONS
THIS SEASON
For Impure Blood, Rundown Condition
and Loss of Appetite

In order to comprise the best course Of
treatment, and TO secure the best results
should read as follows:
r Hoods Sarsaparilla--l2 or
Peptron Pills-200
Sig: One teaspoonful Hoods Sarsa'
parilla before meals
Two Peptiron Pills after meals
Hoods Sarsaparilla is made from an
unsurpassed formula of blood-purifylng
and stomach toning remedies, including
sarsaparilla, mandrake, dandelon, yellow
dock, wild cherry, gentian and other val
liable alternatives and kidney and liver
remedies, while Peptron Pills, named
from pepsin and iron, include these with
nux and other blood and stomach tonics
Just what physicians prescribe.
Get both to-day. 200 doses $2.-Adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-02

shot, Patient J. Mcdonald, Irish Amer
lean A. c. New York; throwing the So
pound weight, NJ. McGrath, Irish-Amer
lean A. c., New York; throwing the dis
Gus, A. w. Mucks, University of Wiscon
sin; throwing l6-pound hammer, Patrick
Ryan, Irish American A. c., New York
throwing the javelin, G. A. Bronder
Irish American A. G., New York; pen
tathlon, Fred w. Kelly, Los Angeles A
CT all-around, Avery Brundage, Chicago
A. A.
All.Americs college team: 100 yard;
run, II. L. Smith, University OF Mich.
! igan; 220 yards run, w, B. Moore, Prince
ton university; 440 yards run, J. E.
Meredith, University of Pennsylvania
$50 yards run, Don NJ Scott, Mississippi
| Agricultural college; one mile run, L. V.
| Windnagle, Cornell university; two-mile
run, d. F. Potter, Cornell university;
cross country, j. w. 0verton, Yale uni
yersity; l20-yard hurdles, Robert Simp-
son, University of Missouri; 220-yard
| hurdles, Fred Murray, Stanford unirer
sity; running high jump, w. NJ. 0ler, ir.,
Yale university; running broad Jump,
H. T. Worthington, Dartmouth college;
pole vault, F. X. Foss, Cornell univer
sity; putting the l6-pound shot, H. B..
Liversedge, University of California
throwing l6-pound hammer, c. C. Glider
sleeve, University of California; throw
ing the discus, A. w. Mucks, University
of Wisconsin; throwing the javelin, R. L.
Nourse, jr., Princeton university; pen
tathlon, Howard Berry, University of
Pennsylvania.
All-America interscholastic team, 1918:
100 yards run, f. Motley, jr, Atlantic
City high school, New Jersey; 220 yards
run, Evan Pearsons, North Central high
school, Spokane; 440 yards run, J. Rog.
ers, Northeast high school, Philadelphia;
$50 yards run, A. W. Gorton, Moses
Brown school, Providence, K. l.; one mile
run, Il. W. Shields, Mercersburg acad
envy, Pennsylvania; two mile run, George
r, Goodwin, Wakefield high school, Mas
sachusetts; cross-country, r. Crawford,
Flushing high school, New York; 40
yard hurdles, Walker Smith, Phillips Ex
eter academy, New Hampshire; 220yard
hurles, Frank Loomis, Oregon high
school, Illinois; running high jump, w.
H. Whalen, Phillips Exeter academy,
New Hampshire; running broad jump,
+. Smalley, Central high school, Phil
adelphia; pole vault. Sherman Landers,
Oregon high school, Illinois; putting the
l2-pound shot, James Sinclair, Stuyve
SAINT high school, New York; throwing
~ pound hammer, j. T. Murphy, Hebron
academy, Maine; throwing the discus,
Gordon Brown, Montcair high school
New Jersey; throwing the javelin, Van
Cortlandt Eliot, Hamilton institute, New
York.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-02
TROUBLE IN ARIZONA.
The Gervornership in Dispute on In
auguration Day.

Phoenix, Ariz., Jan. Thomas +
Campbell, Republican, was inaugurated
governor OF Arizona yesterday. There
were no inaugural ceremonies for Cover.
nor for George w. B. Hunt incumbent
who claims the office.
Governor Campbell delivered his in
augural address to crowd that filed the
capital grounds. There was no serious
disturbance Scores of armed deputies
were scattered throughout the assem-
blage.
Immediately after his address Cover
nor Campbell proceeded to the executive
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-02
Damaged in Collision.

Queenstown. Jan. 1.-The Italian
steamship Legano, damaged badly in a
collision in the fog outside Cork harbor,
was towed into this port yesterday with
the fore part OF her hold filed with wa
ter. Her crew was brought here Sunday
with the exception OF the captain and
one seaman, who were drowned.