Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-20

D'Nie and Grant Ar terest Of Won Iert;
1"hged to watch In a medical papel
Non Lertz suggests that Ger
many has at last dc
,, -. termined upon thu
& ue ol dlsease germs on an extensive
scale In America"
mos, AS o her spies have attempted in al
Tiost Sery other country" commented
nite?" any '''"e "e''
Nothing. except that Won Lertz ha.
Spent considerable time reading ar
iitis germ by two physicians In Berlin
mad but a glance at the magazin,
n!elore he closed 1t but | could see thai
y Nv, was well dog marked. Won Lertz sail
mat he is handling the present plot him
ssf. that not even Won Bernstorff o,
Albert know of it."
Grant smiled broadly.
II would appear that Won Lertz |,
acting, aer,ns with his usual lack of intelli
sence. he said. and chasing a chimera
! am familiar with that article in u,Ie.,
tlon. but a month later the claim mad,
ny the two physicians that they haf
mission nGsten 'ne ae,Gfr germ was denied by com
Irobably Eeinric believes the germs are
ProGurable and has investigated ne
iiartner before seeing America struggling
IN an epidemic"
- Dixie did not join in the smile with
Let us hope that the denial was
yrns' wss ,osl, she said seriously "von Lertz
could easily have arranged a publication
germ " "'e ''e
With all our eight, let us hope" said
ftsrant tnr,i1 seriously and mpressiveiy. In
ba't''e thnt c, paraiysls @ is the worst scourge
gripping those that it does not hiii i1I'u,n, ann
mo,,ed vmere 'S SO little known about it that We
would be helpless to combat II "
IN Ia,
Such @ germ is not available" answered
Dixie, but in the meantime I am going
ui,, 20 watch Won Lertz closer than | ever
the the BARONESS pS C1n Inrtnoh, you arrange to- have
Neither of them has ever been out
M o! our sight since the death of Madam
Stennan. answered Grant. But I viii
again caution the men against anv
carelesshess. They seem to have devoteG
themselves almost entirely TO the
phllanthropic work of the consular sery-
% ,te' ealing upon and aiding the families
OF men In the German army. Nothing
SUSPICIOUS in the slightest degree has
neen found against them although the
people they have visited have all been
under the closest scrutiny"
DIXIE Mason took immediate steps to
Set back onto her old terms of in.
unacy with Won Lertz. While still with
frant she called the German spy by
tfeiephons fer, ' "a and after apologizng prettily
,, ,or ner bad behavior while at his office
was rewarded with an invitation to din
ner. For weeks after that she was con-
SANITY IN his company but discovered
which Won Lertz had hintcd nix o, Ia -, ra at
fully avoided any reference in IL hon-
ing that he might betray it in some I'M
SuardSd moment. But Won Lertz APP
which Grants agents had repor,o od hin,
as doing. attending to the wants oY
Herman families whose bread winners had
answeredSthe call to arms of the kaiser
Almost every morning Dixie Womb driv.
with him to the poorer quarters of the
city, there to look after and amuse
squalid children while Won Lcrtz would
have nav confidential talks with the head of
the family.
Then the day sbo ,,, ,,,
rived. 1t was in the warm davs Of
June, when. without warning cases of
infantilc paraivsis
were reported from
ali sections nf
Outbreak Of the Ter-ireater New yorl,
rible Disease The newt dav more
cases deveIoned and
the city was on verge in Of nanin snort par t!me
ents with money enough Ged from Tho
city and the pestilence' nniv 70 bawe
their children develop the dreaded dis
ease and carry IL 10 other distric 70
the cities or parts of the country to
'"h the fear-driven parents had
IN, New York the situation became
fearful. The entire city was placed in
quarantine and children were prohibited
from either leaving or entering except
on special permission from the health Of
ficers. But the damage had already
been done. Nearby cities, towns and
hamlets in PENNSYLVANIA. New Jersey
and Connecticut were in the grip of
the plague Then PhiIadenhia Chicago
cities AS far west as Butte Mont, and
as far south as Galveston, reported
cases of the disease. And in New York
hp tn in
Der despite all efforts of vastly enlarged
squads. AmbulanCes made
hourly rounds in the more congested
districts of the city, picking up scores
of little sufferers Hosnitais were taxed
to capacity.
Mill w.,.r o,,s ,,ors ,rd oies ~
cama !, for Snsnic,on anu a rr;ar, a.
ane ,I,, plague, fatients were caretuiiy
suaIueu rom MOSQUITOES anu liles 70
pdetent .hese insects from becoming
eonea'sita,eu az az Etra d anu 1 SPreauihS .l'e n
minated; Ghusuai precautions were taken
with mix and water. All refuse and
min piles were removed Mud h9ies
streets were washed nightly. Yet the
number of new cases grew by leaps and
bounds
Dixie Mason and Harrison Grant,
satisfied that the disease was being
spread by German spies, spent night |
and day with the members of the |
Criminology club trying to uncover /,
some clue. Every known German or |
Austrian alien in the city was put under |
surveillance but without result. Finally |
Grant Joined one OF the sanitary squads
hnn,pg nat indiwiSuai casea mieht lead
searching.
Dixia m,ds tho 6rst discoyerv In a
tenement she found an ignorant
heart-broken mother doctoring her