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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-23
municate it to others by biting them

municate it to others by biting them in turn.
 During the great epidemic of 17s3 in Philadelphia, big bonfires were set ablaze in the public squares, with the idea of destroying the 'miasma' that was supposed to be in the air Mean while the mosquitoes that were doing and spreading the mischief (fetched, doubtless, by sailing vessels from Havana or some other tropical sea- port), were merrily breeding in water barrels and other convenient recep- tacles in the backwards of the citizens, biting the sick. and distributing the plague broadcast. President George Washington fled with his family to Mount Vernon, and did not return until November. when the epidemic had stopped, the mosquito breeding season being brought 10 an end by frost. The two Jacks, Yellow Jack and Jack Frost, cannot live together. Tuberculosis
 "Tuberculosis in this country, which costs US many hundreds of millions of dollars annually, is another prevalent disease that is gradually being con- trolled. From year to year its death rate is lessening. In other words. we are getting the better of that greatest enemy of mankind. But. the problem of securing a specific remedy, such a vaccine that will render human be- ing proof against tuberculosis re- mains yet to be solved. When we have done so. consumption of the lungs and other forms of the tuber- cular malady will cease to be preva- lent.
 Tn the Napoleonic wars-only a little more than a century ago-sol- diers put out of action by penetrating abdominal wounds. inflicted with the bayonet or otherwise. were common ly dispatched by their own comrades. as an act of mercy. Today such wounds are often curable. especially
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Stamps and War Savings Stamps. A most admirable investment. But there is no better investment than health and happiness. and the anti malaria work means money-saving in addition.
 Yellow Fever
 Another species of mosquitoes common house mosquito of the tropics. the sole carrier of yellow fever made the Canal Zone well-nigh un- inhabitable until the American med teal authorizes. headed by General Gorgas. cleaned up that region by depriving the insect of places in which T could breed.
 Havana. which until very recent years was a pest-hole of yeIlow-fever and from which epidemics of that frightful malady were distributed 10 New Orleans and other seaports-one
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-23

and even uninhabitable by the pres ence of the malaria-carryir 2 mosquito.
 But science has taken up the fight against this mischief, and surely though slowly malaria is being con trolled. It is simply a matter of elim- mating the Anopheles mosquito, and to this end various methods are being adopted. the most effective being ditching and draining. whereby the breeding places of the pestiferous in sect are done away with. The de struction of the malaria germ in the human host by the use of quinine is also of considerable service.
 'In the long run. the control of malaria will mean the saving of ir calculable human suffering. and the prevention of enormous economic losses.
 You are buying. let us say. Thrift
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-23

the Japanese. United States States succeeded in making 9 treaty with Korea and General Foote was sent as first minister to the little kingdom Then came difficulty between Japan and Korea and finally China was mixed in the affair. The next move ment was a declaration of Korea for the Koreans, which caused a gun boat to be sent from the United States to settle matters. In 1882, however, another treaty between Korea and the United States was made. This was followed by treaties with many of -the European countries. The next trouble was the war between Japan and China and Korea became en- meshed in the disturbance, but 1t was not until after the Russo-Japanese War that she fell a prey to Japan's power. The murder of Prince Ito, the first resident General, through alleged Korean conspiracy only hurried the abolition of all Korea's political pow CTS by Japan and ever since the day of the formal annexation, August 23, 1910, Korea has suffered all the ignominy of defeated nation.
 While in the improvement of the country Japan has made some prog ress; good roads have been built, irri- gation developed. sanitation improved and telegraphic and postal communi- cation extended. These improve ments were made by enforced Korean labor and On conf1scated land. The taxes were raised on the Koreans for this work, which the natives declare is for Japanese military purposes. Everything sold in market is taxed and market day in Korea is an ancient industrial institution always attended by hundreds.
 Japanese Cruelty
 Before Japanese rule appeared the Koreans sold their produce free of taxation, but now a tax must be paid on even the smallest farm product, in fact, the Koreans have nothing what ever to say about their laws and reg ulations. Korea had a fine civiliza- ton centuries ago and a great library, but this library together with any number of art treasures which traced
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-23

of them destroyed 20 per cent of the population of Philadelphia in 1793- has been cleaned up in the same way; and, by a like process, other similarly infested ports of tropical America are being gradually cleansed of the malady. Before very long yellow fever will be a disease comparat vely unknown.
 "One of the most important means of preventing the spread of yellow fever-and the same remark applies 10 malaria-cOnsists in preventing mosquitoes from getting at the suffer CT. Thus they cannot bite him and. deriving infection from his blood. com
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-23
ILLUMINATED TACKS GUIDE YOU
 AT NIGHT

n NE of the clever new inventions that surely somebody ought to " have thought of years ago. Is a sharp-pointed, fiat-headed tack like an artists thumbtack, but so treated with some luminous substance that the tack glimmers quite visibly in the darkest room. These radiant tacks will be of inestimable value to householders. No more fumbling for keyholes and cleo tric light buttons in the dark. Even- ing visitors can find the door-bel with out the least difficulty If you wake up in the night and want the matches there they are just under that Sum- inous tack which you thrust in the wall over the matchbox. The glimmer- ing tacks may be used to locate awk- ward corners of back stairways. low door lintel in the cellar and other things in the house that have some times heretofore caused scraped ankles. banged shins. bumped heads and stumbles-to say nothing of nut tered profanity.
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if the sufferers are promptly take in hand.
 "One of the worst of the diseases of old-time wars was hospital ran grene,' which became epidemic in hos pitals, the wounded men literally rot ting to death. As we now know, thls affiiction was usually carried rom patient to patient. and often ny the military surgeons themselves. who conveyed on their hands the germs from one sufferer to another.
 "Relatively little has been heard of hospital gangrene during the recent conflict, for aseptic and antisepuc methods have practically abolished it.
 Saving again. Wherever lives are saved, or sickness if prevented there is saving of earning power and or cost in other ways. Reduced to terms oh mere money, it means thrift"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-23
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Copyright 191a The International Syndicate 1 D OREA is likely to be a storm EA center calling for action on the
 part of the great powers of the NWorId. It is peninsula extend ing out little southeast from Man. churla, from which 1t is divided bv the lalu River. The extreme north eastern corner is bounded by Siberia. hence Russia's desire to getsRorea 10 extend her borders farther west. The eastern shore is washed by the beau- tltul sea Of Japan. There are a few pays along the coast except Ginsan. where thore is a landlocked barbor where large fleet migt. anchor. On the western shore Is the muddy vel low sea. There are so many islands nearby that Korea is often called the King of Ten Thousand Islands. The southern part of the island is sep arated from Japan by the Strait of Korea not hundred miles wide.
 Dominated By Japanese
 At present the country Is completely dominated by the Japanese. Conflict ing stories arc being received in the United States as to the treatment of the Koreans by their recent conquer ors. Some reports would indicate that outrages are being committed similar 10 those committed by the Germans on the Belgians. whilst oth- CTS show that Korea under the new regime will make rapid progress in the arts of civilization. They are of the same race. as the Japanese, al- though their language or dialect is entirely different.
 It would seem that the natural ave nue to progress was through Japanese Influence and direction. but the seri- ous question in the interest of per manent peace and prosperity is wheth- CT Japan can be trusted 10 use her increasing power and influence to- ward the maintenance of friendly rela- tons with the other powers.
 It would be a magnanimous act for Japan to grant Korea autonomy and give them Q voice in administering the affairs of their country, but this they will never do unless forced to do so by other powers. yet in their efforts to become the world power of the East they must remember that taxa ton without representation is tyranny and that a soldiers rife will never
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commonly called IoCkjaw.
 Horse Carries Tctanus
 "Not until very recently was 1t known that the common carrier of the tetanus germ is the horse. The bacillus breeds in the intestines of that animal. whose droppings infect the soil. If soil thus infected gets into a wound. fockjaw is liable to result. But the army surgeons. aware of the danger. administered a proven tive serum derived from the blood of the horse itself. the animal being inoc- ulated with repeated doses of the germs until its vital fluid was thor oughly loaded with a specific sub stance which counteracts the lockjaw poison generated by the germs.
 "The anti-typhoid vaccine. properly called a 'bacterin.' .s obtained in a wholly different way. Its bacilli are bred in flasks of gelatine, and then killed with heat. While they are thus rendered powerless to kill. they never ;heless. when injected hypodermically. start the body cells to manufacturing g an anti-poison that renders a person immune 10 typhoid.
 Malaria costs Millions Yearly
 Malaria causes an annual money loss in this country turning far up into In the Gulf States extensive regions of fertile and otherwise most desir- able land are rendered unproductive
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-23

0 ICI<NESS Is the most expensive N thing in the world. Not only Is 1t .N destructive of happiness. but it
 v costs money" said Rupert Blue, Surgeon-General of the Public Health Service.
 Take typhoid fever for example. Theie are over 100. 900 cases of it an- nually in the United States. and in twelve-months it kills in this country more than 10000 people.
 Reckoning loss of woge-earning capacity. expense of medical attend ance. undertakers' bills. etc.. this one disease costs us $TO.oOO. 900 per an- mum.
 "A century ago typhoid fever was called 'putrid fever and the death rate from it was far greater than now adays. Today we know how to deal with it. and even how to prevent it Consequently the number of deaths it causes Is steadily diminishing. and the expectation Is tha, before very long H will be to great extent re- moved from the list of perils that threaten the safety of mankind.
 Pure Waste
 "Discase. like war. Is pure waste. Its prevention. by which human lives are saved and the incidental costs avoided. Is the best kind of thrift.
 During the Spanish War we Had 120.000 men in the field and in mili- tary camps. Among thcm. in that brief period. there were 2O.73O cases of typhoid fever and 1880 deaths from that maiady.
 Tn The recent gigantic conflict we had more than 5000. 900 men in camp and field. and the death rate from typhoid fever was SO small as 10 be almost negligible. This was due not only to sanitary precautions. but also to a new lscovery-preventive inocu- iation. Every recruit was 'vacoinated' against typhoid fever and also against two varieties of a similar disease called 'para-typhoid fever caused by related germs.
 Here was a saving of waste cd an immense scale. And a vast deal of further rayinE of human life and health was accomplished by like methods adopted In dealing with trench fever and typhus fever (both
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-23

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-23

Q ICNNESS Is the most expensive . thing in the world. Not only Is 1t
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-23

A Little Talk By Surgeon General Rupert Blue Civ ing in Detail Some of the aggeringAmOuntsSpent Yearly To Fight Disease Science Winning, Slowly But Surely.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-14
DEMOCRACY IN THE THEATRE

rTEIE right of self-determination is spread.
l. ing into tie most unexpected quarters
The latest news is that n theatre audience
is to have tie right to decide whether the
leading lady is to be called a star"
a meritorious actress, now playing
leading role in a New York theatre claims
the privilege of being hailed as such.
Previously, we presume, the criterion of
starship was to have written an auto
graphed approval of some facial cream or
"ladderlcss" silk stocking. But now-revo.
lutionary idea.--th dignity is to be
dependent on the audiences approval of
the lady's performance on the stage. For
last night, a. this New York theatre, the
manager submitted to the audience the
question whether the leading actress could
justly be called a star" in his advertising.
He distributed ballots on which those in
the auditorium were to register yea or nay.
We have not yet heard the result.
The result, however, is negligible COM
pared with the momentous principle there
enunciated Every audience to I've a soviet
of its own. Some day we may even have
commissars of the gallery and dress circle,
who will deliberate after each act, whether
the show" may be permitted to continue.
A startling and magnificent thought: the
audience is at last to be consulted
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-14
OUR NEW SHIPS IN TROUBLE

nF COURSE there will be great lifting
~ OF eyebrows and growing dlsquet
and perhaps n clamor of complaints in
many quarters because of the troubles Of
the Tuckahoe and some of our other
"hurryup" ships.
The Tuckahoe began to leak in heavy
seas. The Castalia was also in trouble Of
some sort on her first voyage. These are
vessels OF the fabricated type the first of
their kind to try their luck under the
American flag. A second thought will show
that their misfortunes have no special
significance.
The Quistconck. the first ship launched
at Hog Island, was put together in a hurry
and with much difficulty because Of mex
perienced labor. Yet she has just wealth
cred heavy seas magnficently enough upon
maiden voyage under full cargo and is
reported generally At. Even though the
first fabricated ships should prove unsuc-
cessful, there will he no ground for com.
plant if all the others of similar type
are as they should be.
What we are confronting now is the
reaction from year of wild talk about
miracles in airplanes and guns and ships.
Because of minor mistakes a great many
people will never he able to realize that we
actually accomplished marvellous things
America attempted the impossible. 1t is
better to attempt too much than too little.
The Tuckahoe was built at Camden in
thirty-eiEht days. She represents one of
those flights which, as some one has said,
often carry the American spirit to an
unbelievable star and sometimes send il
wild. to fall laughing into the void. And
SO. for our part. We hope there is nothing
serious the matter with her
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-14
THE REMEDY

rs 1T sense?
l Are you going to wait till the high
prices drop
One year hence
Or score? Can you set for fact any
Doesn't sound economics preclude the full
flop?
Come now, gents
Won't they stick.
On the contrary? Let common horse-senss
supplant
Rhetoric.
Read your history book ere you venture
to rant:
Have they ever come down once they
struck the upslant?
Not a lick
Is there, then.
Any answer? Shall grousing and grumpins
prevail?
Shall You pen
Only figures that half-fill slack dinner
pail?
Shall you lie on your oars and eject wet
wall?
Come now, men.
Sure. it's not
The least good 10 play that card: you're
licked when you're sore.
Don't get hot
Because dollars are fifty cents weak at the
store,
But Slog in on your job double dollars Il
pour
IN the pot! ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-14

tion Of a multifarious variety of Slavic
delegates would not fully llumine the
problem. But failure in that case would
not be worse than the present obscurity.
Pichon's fears that the Allies would
make bargains with scoundrels is alb
surd. The thought is utterly repellent
to both Britain and America. Repugnant
also is an Inconsistency which will lead
nowhere save to peril. Even France, so
heavily Russia's creditor, must see this.
The possibility that she may be out
voted when the conference attains full
swing is conceivable il the consensus of
opinion shall be that Russia is not a
blank, but an empire, and that, however
intractable, some sort of reckoning must
eventually be made with her.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-14
EDITOR FORD

HARD.WORkING journalists who have
- to deal hourly, as best they may, with
the iron realities of these laundering days
will look with envy upon Henry Ford,
who, as the newest editor in the world has
only to pluck blossoms Of gentle thought in
the green fields OF the untroubled future
where his mind has found blissful roads to
wander in.
1t is impossible not to Ike Mr.. Ford
He is a good.hearted man. eager to do
noble things But he believes the troubles
of the world may be solved with kindly
epigrams, aid he has a notion, which is
apparent in the first issue C his weekly
newspaper, tkat the universe of humankind
is not less highly organized than the auto
mobile business 1t is not surpri.lng that
Mr.. Ford in his first editorial utterance
should mistake old truths for new ones.
And that is what he has done.
We are informed in the first issue OF
the Dearborn Independent that it is nober
TO make plows than to make dollars; that
a business isn't worth while unless ii pro-
duces useful things that opportunity will
not overlook you because YOU may wear
overalls. These maXims have a familiar
sound. They belong with the oldest truths
in the world.
Everybody would like to be noble. It is
easy to be noble when you are rich dtil-
cult when you are struggling business
man not fortunate enough to have millions
TO spend in experimenting with the virtues
All business men do not live and work in
the midst of plenty. They are not fortu-
nate enough to have something that every
body wants. Their world is full Of hard
problems. l. their generosity is not as
spectacular IS Mr.. Fords, It is neverthe.
less. proportonately as great or greater.
Journalism is a good school. and II Mr..
Ford is a siIcere pupil he will learn many
things. Then he will not he so ready with
his lectures TO the relatively poor who are
the vast majority in the business world.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-14
Member Of the Associated Press
FROG HOLLOw'S AFTERMATH

VNHERE was nothing for Judge Hause to
L do but impose good Jail sentences upon
Deutsch. Bennett and the five other men
convicted Of conspiracy in the notorious
Fifth Ward election case.
1t would be strange, indeed, while so
much of the worlds welfare is dependent
upon the integrity CT democratic institu-
tions, If groups Of irresponsible men were
able to prostitute the voting system and
wriggle away always without punishment.
This familiar crime is not most dangerous
because of it's practical results What
really imperils the political institutions of
the United States is the cynicism and con-
tempt which fragrant violations like those
charged against the Fifth Ward defendants
engender in the ignorant following of ward
bosses. and especially in the minds If for
eigners who get their first lesson in citi-
zenship at tie polls.
The District Attorneys office is to be
congratulated for keeping the Fifth Ward
cases in Jurisdiction where political inter.
ference was impossible. The sentences
pronounced yesterday are reassurinG And
they should be a warning to a great many
other corruptionists who yet may find
themselves confronted by a reawakehed
public conscience.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-14
JERSEY AND THE WORLD OUTSIDE

TNHAT part of New Jersey lying between
l. Camden and Burlington speaking with
cold restraint through j. II, Snex. Of
Edgewater Park, wants the railroads
returned to the owners now, and in sup
port Of this demand unfolds a tale Of
troubles that is reminiscent oF the hard
experiences Of railway travellers in every
part of the country. Old and musty cars,
irregular schedules, general discomfort,
lost dinners and unclean railroad equip
ment have served to depress life between
Burlington and Camden since our first
days in the war.
The thing that is most interesting about
the cry from Jersey. however, is the insist
ent restriction of the point Of view which
It reveals Here again is a fault that has
always characterized p-blic criticcm in
America, Do the Jersey co: .nuters Iealize
that the railroad question is a national one
and that it affects the life Of the entire
land? The interest of that part OF Jersey
lying between Burlington and Camden
seems limited to that part of Jersey lying
between Burlington and Carnden.
Similarly you will find political criticism
localized and business an social interests
localized all over the land o. the free, 1t
Is q way we have. 1t is not always produc-
tive of good. The Government might hustle
the railroads back into the hands of the
owners now and commuters everywhere in
Jersey and Pennsylvania would be happy.
sut what Of the rest Of the country and