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TURKISH OUTBREAK IS FEARED
Rear Admiral Webb Reports That
Situation 10 Serious.

London, April 1S.-The situation in
Turkey is causing anxiety. Internal
disorder is rife, according to reports
from Rear Admiral Webb at Constan-
tinople. 1t is feared there will short
ly be outbreaks and massacres of the
Armenian population On a large scale.
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Rheumatic pains. lame back. sore mus.
cles and stiff joints often are due to
weak or disordered kidneys.
Daisy Bell, r.. +. d.. 3, Box 234, ava
Ga, writes: Il suffered eight years
with pain In the back and could not do
any of my work, but since taking Foley
Kidney Pills ! can do all of my work"
Sold everywhere.
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STOPPED COUGH AFTER INTLU.
YMXA.

'Foley's Honey and Tar is the best
cough medicine I ever tried" writes f.
b. Mcdowell. r. +. d. 1. Box 119, Airing
ton, Tenn. MY son had influenza. He
q the worst kind OF a cough. / tried
everything but nothing did any good.
God sent me- q friend with Foley's Hon
ey and Tar. and In two days his cough
wa sgone." Sold everywhere.
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Minneapolis Butter, Eggs and Pouttr!

Minneapolis, April II. BUTTER
Creamery extras, per lb, Coo; extra
firsts, SIC; first, &c; seconds, SOC;
dairy, 43c; packing stock, SSc.
EGGS - Fresh, prime frsts, new
cases, 40hc; current receipts, rots out.
s11.S5; checks and seconds, doz, Sac;
dirties, candled, SAC.
LIVE POULTRY-Turkeys, fat, 10
lbs and over, Csc; thin, small, cripples
and culls, unstable; stays and cocks,
21c; ducks. 24c; geese, 18c; hens. 4 lbs
and over, soc; hens, under 4 lbs, 26c;
springs, smooth, 26c.
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oAIlY MARKET REPORT
Minneapolis Grain.

Minneapolis, April 17.-oPts, April,
csc; May. SIC; July, Csc. Corn. No. 4
yellow. SLIGO. Rye, May, H.61h; July,
Sissy. Barley, May, S1.05; July.
$1.07h.
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South ST. Paul Live Stock.

South st. Paul, April 17.-Estimated
receipts at the Union Stock Yards:
Cattle, 1000; calves, $50; hogs. $500;
sheep, 100; cars, SO. Steers, $500
10; cows, $s.50@13; calves, $sQ14.50;
hogs, $20.30Q20.4O; sheep and lambs.
$7Q18.25.
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get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same
that Mrs. Crow had. Foster-Milburn
Co, Mfgrs, Buffalo, N. Y.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-14

of following out this plan at the
present time appears to lie in the
scarcity Of institutions to which
these people can be sent. At the
present high cost Of building the
state does not feel that it can af
ford to erect such institutions.
There are, however, unused wings
IN several Of the penal institutions
throughout the state which could be
fitted up to accommodate these pa
tients, IN which they would be quite
apart from the ether inmates, and
the Commissioner Of Prisons has
recommended that these be utilized
for this purpose
If we begin now to give proper
treatment to all mentally deficient
children, the next twenty years
should see diminution Of at least
so per cent in the number of the
inmates of our prisons. So it all
comes back 10 the need for more
clinics and detention hospitals for
the feebleminded and imbecile chill
dren of to-day, who, if they are not
segregated from the normal minded
population, will constitute half Of
tho so-called criminals of the CON-
ing years. ELENE FOSTER.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-14

treatment than is afforded by the
ordinary routine methods employed
In the average penal institutions; !;
that from 27 to 80 per cent of such
inmates are feebleminded and only
possess the intelligence of the
average American child Of twelve
years or under.
"Those who have given much
thought to the subject" the report
continues, "feel that the establish
ment of clearing houses with medi-
cal clinics, through which will pass
those sentenced to the various penal
and correctional institutions of the
state after prolonged study and
effort at reconstruction, there to be
distributed to the various penal in
stitutions in the light Of the needs
Of each case, is the best way of
handling the problem"
If ever there was truth in the
saying that "an ounce of prevention
Is worth pound Of cure" the case
in hand proves it, for the cost to
the state to prevent criminality,
prostitution, insanity and the like is
very much less in every way than
to try to cure it after it has de-
| veloped, or 70 pay for it's care when
New-York tribune., 1919-09-14

feebleminded man, an inmate of
one Of our state prisons, who is at
present serving his fortieth term.
When one considers that every trial.
even though the prisoner pleads
guilty, costs the state a minimum
Of $100, one cannot but wish that
the $4,000 which this poor wretch
has cost the state had been devoted
to better cause and that he had
been sent in his youth to an institu-
ton which would have given him
the needed care.
The plans for the new prison at
Sing Sing provide for an entire
wing which is to be used as a clear
ing house for the men who have
been convicted of a crime but whose
mental state is questionable If,
after being submitted to the tests,
these men are found to be mentally
defective they will be committed to
an institution which Will be estab-
lished for the purpose of caring for
them and keeping them out Of
harms way.
Mr.. Kennedy suggests that the
same sort of investigation for
women criminals might be carried
on at Bedford Hills. The difficulty
New-York tribune., 1919-09-14

cure has been found impossible.
The time to weed out the men,
tally deficient and put them away
where they can do no harm is dur
ing their childhood. This can be
done by the public schools, the well
fare societies and the children s
courts, working in conjunction with
clinics like the POSTGRADUATE Hos
pital, enlarged by the addition of a
detention hospital where the child
can remain a week or ten days
under the surveillance of specialists
on mental diseases. Only in this
way can we rid our prisons Of that
so per cent of criminals who have
no right to be there.
The great majority Of what are
known In prison parlance as "recid-
ivists"-that is, criminals who have
served prison terms again and again
-"chronic repeaters," so to speak,
are feebleminded. One can easily
account for this, for they are the
easy tools Of any clever criminal
who wishes to use them and who
plans his own getaway" leaving
the unfortunate imbecile TO suffer
the penalty for his crime. Mr.. Ken
RedY told me Of one Door. old
New-York tribune., 1919-09-14
Quick Relief and
Permanent Cures

Dr.. Charles Hendee Smith, In
charge Of the Bellevue clinic, SAYS
that q certain number of cardiac
cases are durable If taken In time
nearly all can be made comfortable.
and many may grow up to lead USE
full lives II they can be properly
controlled during the growing years.
Usually a child is brought into the
hospital suffering from an acute
attack of decompensation, or
heart failure" After the most
urgent symptoms have been relieved
the childsis put on a schedule of
complete rest, quiet and plenty Of
food. Almost invariably such treat
ment results in steady improve
New-York tribune., 1919-09-14

pital (see Tribune Institute, August
24) seemed vital at the time, but
we did not comprehend one-half Of
its Importance to the community
until we had heard the opinion of
our State Commissioner Of Prisons.
Mr.. John S. Kennedy, on the sub
ject. Mr.. Kennedy suggested that
we might be interested in the SUBJ
ject from his viewpoint, and we
were.
The clinics held at the Post
Graduate Hospital and other SINH
lar institutions should be, in Mr..
Kennedy's opinion, if properly fol-
lowed up, one Of the greatest pre-
ventives of crime.
A committee Of which Mr.. Ken
nedy was a member was appointed
not long ago to investigate the sub
ject Of mental disease and delin-
quency among the inmates Of our
penal institutions. This committee
reported that "at least so per cent
Of the inmates Of prisons and re-
formatories in New York State ex.
hibit mental abnormalities and are
in need Of much more specialized
New-York tribune., 1919-09-14
adults, but for lack Of it have little
promise Of aught but handicapped
lives.
Rosy's Case Is
Typical

The writer visited the clinic at
Bellevue. There was long line
OF waiting children with their moth
ers and the doctor called attention
to the first child in the line, saying
she was typical of large group Of
such children. Rosy was a bright
eyed Russian Jewish girl of twelve
years and the doctors brow regis
tered encouragement as he glanced
over her weight and noted her con-
dition. He addressed the mother:
"Well, mother, so Rosy still goes
to the movies at night?"
mo, DOCTOR" protested Rosy.
The doctor shrugged his shoul-
ders, but the expression Of doubt
persisted. ''Not even once in a
while?"
Rosy grew confused and looked
beseechingly at her mother, who
flushed, and then answered, "Only
few times, doctor, honest, only a
few times"
The doctor smiled little wearily,
though altogether tenderly, and
spoke earnestly to the mother:
Snow. mother, you would not
New-York tribune., 1919-09-14
By CATHERINE w. SINCLAIR

EEw persons outside OF the
' medical and nursing profess
sions know of the prevalency
Of cardiac (or heart) disease among
children, yet hospital statistics
showing the numbers of these little
sufferers are little less than start
ling.
Some idea Of the city problems
may be gathered by figures COM
piled from the school examinations.
Or. Josephine Baker, Of the Child
Welfare Bureau, says they show
$4,000 public school children suf-
fering from this condition. In the
Huddleson Memorial Clinic at
Bellevue Hospital there are at pres
ent 402 children under care and
supervision
Several Of the schools have estab-
ished special classes to meet the
needs peculiar to these children. In
the main these are lack of strain
and excitement, ground floor class
rooms {out of doors whenever pos
sble), guided play supervised &C.
t.vities and special attention to the
child's nutrition. This may mean
school lunches and extra milk SUD-
Piled when the child's family is
found to be too poor to provide the
essential quantity.
An interesting experiment begun
last summer and continuing this
New-York tribune., 1919-09-14

on the telephone and receive a
laudatory account of his virtues
from the unknown person at the
other end of the wire. The casual
manner of the would-be EMPLOYER
IN regard to this inquiry does not
tend to make the employment
agency any more particular.
Domestic service offers excellent
opportunities to experienced crimi.
nails, and they are not slow to take
advantage Of these. The investiga-
ton of recent jewel robbery. com.
mitted by the butler in a family lust
outside New York. disclosed the fact
that the culprit had served 10 less
than four terms In the prisons OF
different states for similar offenses.
A thorough investigation Of the
applicants for positions as domestic
servants is every bit as Important
as it is to investigate the past career
of the employe of a banking house.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-14

Rosy attended the special ground
floor class, but her own home was
four flights up.
"You see," said the doctor. "that's
the average condition we have to
deal with. / wouldn't go so far as
to say that city conditions caused
heart trouble, but they certainly ara
a large and aggravating factor
Usually heart disease is the direct
result from one of the sc-called
childish diseases, especially scarlet
fever, or even simple tonsillitis or
rheumatism. Hereditary cases are
seldom durable, but many others
tend to improvement and eventual
cure" DR.. Smith cited and named
a man Of ffty-fve who had been
IN bed five years as a child cardiac,
but who now led an active life with
practically no symptoms; and also
we'll known Yale football star who
had been through several apparently
hopeless attacks Of heart trouble in
childhood.
That the average city street con.
ditions of stress and nervous tension
are bad for these cases is certain.
the weight charts testify almost
without divergence that country en-
vironment plus proper care and
nourishment make for immediate
and steady Improvement.
| Somehow heart trouble" seems
peculiarly evil in its attack on little
children, putting the finger of re-
preston on careless, romping clild-
hood, cruelty curtailing happy young
freedom. 1t is as though some evil
genie had willed to blot out, under
pain of death, these little ones share
in the laughter that wells in ths
heart of all childhood. To free them
is an appealing task.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-14

summer has been the placing of
group Of eighteen cardiac
children in a boat camp hither-
to used only for consumptive cases.
These children were kept here
daily, provided with hot lunch
and cared for by nurse and
volunteers provided through Gou-
verneur Hospital Social Service. In
all but one case the improvement
was immediate. Since many car
diac cases are accompanied by
rheumatic conditions it REQUIRES
wisdom to procure them needed out
door environment yet guard against
undue exposure.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-14

where these little ones can get re-
cuperative care under favorable
conditions and over a long enough
period to accrue a margin of re-
serve strength and resistance. This
problem is very real one and is
rs yet very inadequately met.
The convalescent relief depart
ment Of Bellevue Hospital endeavors
to find places for these children.
The duration Of such care ranges
from three months to two years. 1t
should preferably be in the country.
situated on level land and the build
ings not over two stories high un-
less fitted with elevators. 1t is very
unwise to place these children in
contact with the normal healthy
child, as they can enter into few
childish activities, romping, playing
or merry excitements, yet they
should have interesting occupation
and a moderate amount Of light ex-
ercise. All these restrictions make
the task of "placing out" such cases
very difficult.
More Boys
Than Girls
At present girls are much better
New-York tribune., 1919-09-14

want me to doubt your love for
Rosy and I know that Rosy really
wants to get we'll so she can ride
on cow-catchers like Pearl White,
but, mother, she mustn't 90 to
movies just now nor play tag or
run races. She must go to bed early
and rest every afternoon for two
hours and she absolutely must drink
every bit Of the milk I ordered from
the milk station. do hope you've
remembered what I said about those
windows being open?"
Then. turning to the child, he
said heartily, "How would you like
to go to the country again, Rosy?"
Rosy beamed and nodded approval.
but the mothers face fell. "Now.
mother, you must look at Rosy's
chart. You see the only steady
gain she had made for the past
three years has been when awav
from home and this time 7 want
you to let Rosy stay long enough
to get big gain" The mother
looked genuinely distressed, her eyes
filed with tears and she began to
tell a story which, with slight varia-
ton, would fit most such cases.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-14

mysteries OF the family jewel box
and the secret hiding place where
madam keeps her money.
And then one morning Madam
Housewife awakens to find that her
perfect butler and his no less per-
feet accomplice have departed, TAX
New-York tribune., 1919-09-14
thousand Cardiac Children in Our Public Schools

ment till, in about four to six weeks
at an average, the most distressing
symptoms have disappeared.
1t is at this point of apparent
cure that the child must unfortu-
nately be discharged from the hos
pltal, where every bed is essential
for the acutely sick, and often this
means a return to conditions which
either produced or aggravated the
disease, which in turn means even
tually recurrent attacks, culminat-
ing in a return to the hospital; and
so the wasteful circle is re-
peated until the child dies or be-
comes a hopelessly bedridden charge
or victim of lifelong invalidism. On
account of the direct relation be-
tween diseased tonsils, poor teeth
and cardiac conditions, one of the
first arrestive and preventive meas
ures is the removal Of the tonsils
and putting the teeth in order be-
fore these children are sent awav.
Long Time Convalescence
Necessary
The most urgent need for the vast
number of cardiac children. espe-
ciallY among the DOOR. Is for nlaces
New-York tribune., 1919-09-14
Bonded Domestics
Now IN Order

The Importance of this matter was
recently bought to the attention Of
the National Security Company.
which for the past thirey-odd years
has made it business to investigats
the records Of employees of business
houses and back the results Of its
investigation, if satisfactory, with a
bond. After careful study of the
subject this company, some two
months ago, opened new DEPART
ment for the investigation of anpli-
cants for positions as domestic ser
wants.
This new department is under the
direction of a woman, Ms. NJ. p.
Hollander, who, from her experience
during the last few weeks. foels COM
fidant of It's success. 1t guaraneees
to investigate four servants a year
for the sum OF $lQ0, furnishing a
$4,000 goverrn3ent bond to back its
guarantee. # one Of the servants
whom it has investigated should
prove dishonest at any future time.
no matter how long a time has
elapsed since the guarantee was
given, the company rot only forfeits
the bond, but it cooperates in the
prosecution Of the culprit.
Mrs. Hollander feels that in carry
ing on this work the National Sc
curity Company is not only serving
the employer by insur.nr personal
security for herself and her family.
but it is also helping the honest.
hard-working men and women who
are engaged in the work Of domestic
service by eliminating from they
number those who cast suspicion on
them all as a class.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-14
* he modern housewife is ex-
tremely proud of the fact
that she runs her house con

SIcAueiy pIOuU Oi tue IdcC
that she runs her house "on
a business basis" which generally
means that she ruQs it on the budget
plan--so much set aside for rent, so
much FOR provisions, so much for do
nestle help, and so on. AT the end
Of each month she balances her
books and congratulates herself on
her business ability.
II run my house." she will tell
you, ION the same basis chat my
husband runs his business" And up
to certain point this is quite true.
There Is one very important point.
however. which Madam Housewife
he's completely overlooked, and this
concerns her employees. Her method
Of engaging her domestic helpers is
anything but businesslike. Do you
suppose that her husband would en-
gage clerk who was to have access
to his safe and deposit vault with
out careful investigation OF his
past career and bond to insure his
honesty7 And yet his wife ad-
mts into the bosom Of her family
perfectly strange man or woman,
who has free access to the fam
Ny silver, Jewels and other val
uables, solely on recommendation
either in writing or over the tele-
phone from some one who may or
may not have been his "last en-
.pioyer." Think of the danger of it
Women nave always been more
or less careless in investigating the
previous condition Of servitude" of
their employees, but the present
scarcity of domestic help has made
them less scrupulous than ever in
this respect They are so delighted
to find any one who is willing to
work for them that they not only
pay the exorbitant wages demanded,
but they take him on with the most
meagre of references.
" know very little about An
Drew" the manager of the employ
ment agency will say. "He has sew
eral very good references from peo-
pie for whom he has worked in other
cities, but that is all that I know
about him. You will have to take
him on your own risk"
He has an honest face" replies
Madam Housewife. 81 am a pretty
/. good judge Of character. He looki
neat and capable. I feel sure he
will suit me admirably Besides, he
doesn't mind going to the country
cpd y 4 - difficult nowadayaA tr
New-York tribune., 1919-09-14
Nobody Is
Responsible

The employment agencies cannot
be held responsible for this state of
things, for, as in the case of Madam
Housewife, they do not pretend in
these troublous times TO guarantee
the honesty Of servant. Further
more, they could not afford, at the
fee which they receive, to have a
thorough investigation made of
every applicant for a position-such
Investigations take a great deal Of
time and are often very expensive.
They are, therefore, obliged to take
the applicant for a position more or
less on faith, to accept as genuine
his forged letters of recommends
ton, or to call up a given number
New-York tribune., 1919-09-14

provided for than boys. though,
strangely enough, almost half again
as many boys as girls are affected
with heart disease. There is q
home for little girls at Pelham
which accommodates thirty. 1t is
supported by the ladies of Pelham
Except that Bellevue Social Service
supplies a nurse) and was formerly
a "fresh air" summer home. This
home is pleasantly situated and has
a remarkably encouraging record :;
95 per cent Of the children sent
there gain at an astounding rate
and increased weight is regularly
accompanied by great improvement
in the heart. The children mostly
sleep outdoors and spend much of
their time in rest or quiet play on
the verandas.
Sunny Brae, at Mount Vernon.
takes a limited number of bows.
There are during the summer a few
other places where they can be sent,
but there is no all-year place for
boys under twelve years. In the
Bellevue wards are numbers of
these boys who if given a chance
might dexel0n into fairlx a4..n.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-14

ing about the man." says the man
ager. "You took him at YOUR own
risk. :"
This sort of thing has happened
time and time again since the ser
want problem became so complex,
and it is a proven fact that crime
among the people who are employed
as domestic servants has increased
30 per cent during the last three
years.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-14

ing with them the family jewels and
silver and large amount Of money.
Madam Housewife is beside herself.
She coils up the employment agency
from which she had procured An
drew of the honest face.
"But l told you that I knew moth
New-York tribune., 1919-09-14

ommendation of her is quite enough
for Madam Housewife. Another
paragon is added to the menage.
The new housemaid is so deft with
her needle that she soon becomes
Madam Housewives personal maid
as we'll. She is initiated into the
New-York tribune., 1919-09-14

incided with his OWN, and he rec
ommends in her stead young
woman with whom he "has worked
before" The young woman arrives
and proves quite up to specifications.
She brought no references, but these
were not necessary. Andrews rec.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-14
The City Is Hard
On the Heart

The home was so crowded.; the
other children could not fully real
ize that Rosy could not enter upon
their activities and even when they
did Rosy herself brooded over be-
ing left out, or she forgot" and
later remembered and fretted under
the restraint. She did send the child
to bed early, but the street was so
noisy and the tension of the day-
time was fevered beyond words.