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Frederick Burgess, both OF whom spend
their Winters at this hotel. -
These ladies had hardly been removed
to the hospital when four other guests at
The Elms took to their beds with the dis
ease. These were Mr.. Augustus Blagden
and his three children, Augustus, Jr., thir.
teen years old; Joseph W., twelve years
old, and Mary Kemp Blagden, four years
old. Mr.. Blagden, with his wife and fam
lily, was stopping at the hotel temporarily,
until his new home on Lake avenue could
be made ready for occupancy.
Again, on December 1, two other vic
TINS of the mslady had to be removed
from The Elms to the hospital. These
were cook and waitress.
Between December 1 and December 5
four other cases in town were reported to
the Board Of Health. On the first date
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Stanley Finney were
taken i'll at their home on Mason street
Mr.. Finney is well-known lawyer of the
city and ranks high as an expert tennis
player. He is the son Of B. Frank Finney,
a wealthy real estate and insurance broker
of Greenwich
On the first and third days of December
respectively, Elizabeth and Peggy Pell,
aged eleven and three years, came down
with the same infection. The Pells live
in Rock Ridge lane. The children are the
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Richard V. Pell
Mrs. Pell Is one Of the most prominent
nf he of
Greenwich. She is a sister of Captain
Twachtman and active in all social work
of the community. She is noted as an ex-
pert horsewoman and has won numerous
blue ribbons both in local and out-of-town
horse shows, besides being member of
the Greenwich Riding Association and the
Fairfield and Westchester County Hunt
On Monday, December /, when Mrs.
Pelrs child Elizabeth was taken i'll, DR..
Brooks, the family physician, asked where
the milk supply came from, and was told
that 1t was delivered by Archer Crooks.
who Is the farm superintendent on the
estate of |. n. Phelps Stokes.
Dr. Brooks, being aware of the fact that
there had been case of scarlet fever
several weeks previous in the home of Mr
crooks, at once ordered that the milk be
discontinued and Immediately informed
the health authorities of his suspicious
that the Stokes's milk was being contain
mated in some way.
In the meantime the local Board of
Health had been checking up on the cases.
and had discovered that at every place
where scarlet fever had broken out the
milk supply had been obtained from the
Stokes estate. Therefore, on December
:. the next day, the city health officers
went to the Stokes Round Hill estate and
found man working for Mr.. Crooks who
was suffering with a sore throat and who
was feeling generally indisposed This
man, Edward Popkins, had been in the
employ OF Crooks since November II as
q dairy hand, and had been milking the
COWS since that time, for Mr. Crooks was
under strict orders from the health de.
partment not to come in contact with the
MIX due TO his own sons illness.
The health officers found that Popkins.
the mixer, had well-developed case of
scarlet fever, although neither he nor
any one at the Stokes dairy had sus.
The Washington times., 1919-12-28

TN fashionable Greenwich, Conn, Just
over the New York State boundary
= line, there live more multimillionaires
to the square mile than in any other
suburban city in the United States. Here
are the homes of Percy Rockefeller, Will
lam G. Rockefeller, William Hamlin Childs,
Z. c. Converse, Isaac Newton Phelps
Stokes, z. c. Benedict and many others
Into this select community crept the
germs Of scarlet fever. From day to day
case after case developed, until at last
thirteen men, women and children of
prominence were stricken with scarlet
fever.
Panic seized the wealthy residents and
frantic efforts were made to discover the
source of the infection.
7 The first thing to be suspected in a
scarlet fever epidemic is the milk supply.
But in this particular community the milk
supply comes mostly from the millionaires'
private dairies here and there along the
countryside. Surely from these thorough
bred animals, in their sanitary COW barns,
with their white-aproned attendants and
sterilized milk pals, strainers and bottles,
there could be no danger Of scarlet fever
germs breaking through this barrage of
safety measures.
And yet it was in the private dairy and
the pedigreed herd of millionaire Isaac
Newton Phelps Stokes, eldest son of the
late Anson Phelps Stokes, that they found
the fountainhead OF this eontagion. By
careful study Of the various cases the in.
Vestigators found that all those who were
stricken with the disease. were supplied
with milk from the Phelps dairy.
1t was at once developed that Archer
Crooks, manager Of the Stokes dairy, had
son, Graham, ten years old. Graham
came down with scarlet fever about the
10th Of October. and the Board of Health
had been notified by DR.. Charles Knapp,
who attended the child. A health board
T, Inspector went out to the Stokes farm
house, ordered a quarantine, and told
Crooks not to let anybody in the house
come in contact with the milk. The health
board let it go at that
In little more than six weeks time,
on Thanksgiving Day, little Miss Mary
Adll lObtc I"dCnliudHy TWO ana 6alT
years old, came down wi = scarlet fever
Miss Mary lives on Roun -. foad Her
father Is Captain Quentin HwSchtman, of
the United States Air Seryi-s. He is a
brother OF Colonel Alden rachtman, of
the Field Artillery. and sor OF the late
John Twachtman, the celebrtted American
landscape painter. many of whose pictures
now hang in the Metropolitan Museum of
Art.
On the same day Mary Clark, little Char.
iOtte Twachtman's nurse, was stricken
with the fever and carried to the hospital.
The next day, Friday, November %, Miss
Marion Mead, stopping at The Elms,
fashionable hotel Of local importance on
Putnam avenue, was taken ill and the case
diagnosed as scarlet fever. Miss Mead is
a teacher in the Greenwich Academy. n
daughter OF the late County Commissioner
Whitman 5. Mead and a member of one
or Greenwich's oldest families.
On the same day two other guests at
The Elms BECAME i'll with scarlet fever.
These were Miss Helen Coburn and Mrs.
The Washington times., 1919-12-28
Mr.. and Mrs.
]. N. Phelps Stokes,
from Portrait by
SARGENT.

glad TO secure it, es.
pecislly at such a rea-
sonable price, for they
knew its butter fat
content was very great
and accordingly fine for
their young children.
AS one of the mothers
whose children are i'll
put it:
The Washington times., 1919-12-28
Two-and.a.HaIf
Year Old Mary
Charlotte Twachtmau
Who Was the
First to Come

Whether or not any of the cases which
have developed were directly due to con-
tamination through the medium of Pop
kins Is matter of uncertainty. II he car
ried the germs out of the house on his
hands or clothing ON November %, and
these got into the milk while he was per-
forming his duty of milking the COWS, then
1t might be possible that the cases men:
toned were directly due to such contain
ination. But as the incubation period Of
scarlet fever germs is usually from ten
days to several weeks it does not seem
likely that in space of from four to seven
days cases would begin to develop, as they
did, at number of outside points.
1t is more than probable that the vir,l-
lent bacteria got into the milk in some
other manner. The house where Mr..
Crooks lives is not more than seventy-fve
feet distant from the COW sheds where the
COWS are MIXED, and from the sheds the
milk is carried out into the open and there
strained and screened and placed in the
cans at point directly behind the house.
This latter point is also not more than
seventy-fve feet from the house.
Mr.. Crooks maintains that he lived up
to his promises to the Board of Health
during the period of his song quarantine
and, accordingly, did not come in contact
with the milk, nor did anyone else who
lived in the house with him
The health department, however, was
not satisfied with CrOokss statements
Crooks was placed under arrest on De
cember and admitted to bail for hear
ing later. He was charged with failing to
carry out specific instructions of the Board
of Health on the occasion Of their order
T) 1919. International Feature Service Inc
The Washington times., 1919-12-28
Little Miss
Elizabeth Peu
Who Was Striker

When questioned, Pop
kins stated that on Novem.
Der %, two days after
young Graham Crooks had
left his room, having been
pronounced well of the in.
fection. the boys father
had told him to go into the
sick room and paint it
with a disinfecting solu-
tion. This he had done,
although it was his Job to
milk the cows, and he con-
tinued to milk the COWS
even after he had done
this work in the germ
laden room.
On Thanksgiving Day,
about a week later, he be-
gan to feel badly, suffer
ing with o sore throat.
headaches and a general
feeling Of lassitude. Yet
he had no suspicion that
he had developed scarlet
feyer and did not give up
his work.
Popkins was removed to
the contag agious diseases
ward Of the Greenwich
Hospital on December 2
as fast as he could be car
ried there, and the milk
deliveries from the Stokes
estate was ordered stopped.
The Washington times., 1919-12-28
the Victims.

A-Stokes Residence. D-The Twachtm.n Home
B-Stokes Dairy E-Tbe Elm, Ho,.I
The Pell Home. F-The Finney Home.
G-The BlaRden Home.
The Washington times., 1919-12-28

ing him to stop A"e
his milk deliv-
cries on De-
cember 2, the day
when Popkins was
removed to the hos
The Washington times., 1919-12-28

Great Britain Rights Reserved
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-09
navy HOME THEFT .
LAID TO EMPL0yE
Police Say Taking Of $4,000 in
Liberty Bonds Was
''lnside Job"
OLD SAILORS SUFFERERS

The theft of $4,000 in Liberty
Bonds, partly the property of aged sail
ors in the Naval Home. who were pay
ing for them in small installments was
an ''inside" job, it was said at the
detective bureau today.
The robbery was committed early
yesterday morning, and was discovered
because the thief forget the custom at
the home. which is to leave the safe un =
locked. and closed and locked the Goor
job.
The circumstances surrounding the
job are such, the detectives say, that it
is evident some person familiar with
the Office of the home and the habits OF
the inmates committed the theft.
Chaplain Harry Tribou is custodian
of the ancient but substantial safe
In his absence in Washington this week
the inside safe was kept locked with 4
key, the combination on the outside
| door remaining unlocked. The key was
hidden in nearby desk drawer.
The thief secured the key from th'
desk drawer and after looting the safe
locked both doors. 1t was necessary tC
| find the chaplain at Washington to Sc.
cure the combination before the stron:
box could be opened. Then the crim
was discovered.
The bonds represent. foT the mos
part. all the savings of the veterans
Small installment payments we're beinI
laid aside from the pensions received
by most of the men toward the pur
chase of the bonds. All the stolen bonds
are registered.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-09
FOUR CITY FIRMS WARNED
Federal Trade Commission Declares
They Have Violated RULINGS

-Four Philadelphia firms are included
IN a list issued today by the Federal
Trade Commission, in Washington. as
having been guilty of violating the com
missions rulings in regard to com
mercial transactions
The firms are the Charles j. Fox
Company, the Dobbins Manufacturing
Company and the Enterprise Company
all three soap manufacturing companies.
and the Engineering Supply Company.
These, with fifteen other companies
in other cities, are directed by the Fed
eral Trade Commission to discontinue
the practice of giving gratuities, such
as meals, entertainment, presents or
sums of money, to employees of their
customers or prospective customers, to
influence the purchase Of supplies"
The four firms in this city declare
that they have not been notified by the
commission.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-09

amazingly hazardous enterprise will be
told by Lieutennnt Sir Arthur Brown
at the Academy of Music on Thursday
evening, October l6, under the aus :
pices of the Engineers Club of Phila =
delphia and the Aero Club of Penn l.
sylvania.
The successful nonstop fight won
for Lieutenant Brown, the navigator,
and Captain John Alcock, pilot, the
prize of $50 900 offered by the London
Daily Mail. At the same time the
aviators were knighted by King George,
both honors being conferred BY Win
ston Churchill.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-09
NATION I'LL WITH
PROSPERITY
U. of p. Economist Says Read
justment in Rate of Exchange
Only Can Remedy Condition
FOOD. PRICE DECLINE SOON
FOOD, PRICE DECLINE SOON
Food Prices Likely to Drop,
But Clothing May Go Up

Food prices are now at their high
est level and from now on, a decline
may be looked for.
Indications are that more ad-
vances are In order in the prices of
shoes and clothing.
The price of building materials is
booked to continue high for at least
another year.
Persistent attacks on profiteers
will result in liquidation Of vast
stocks of food and consequent bank
ruptcies.
Better standards of living are not
possible unless there shall be a
greater production of necessities.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-09
1T. BROWN TO SPEAK HERE
Navigator Of Plane Which Flew At
IantIc at Academy on October 16

LANDED at Clifden at 8 40 Green
wich mean time, 18th of June, Nickers-
yimy Atlantic machine leaving New
foundland coast at 4 :2S p. M, Green :
wich mean time 94th of June. Total
time 16 hours II minutes. Signed AL
cock and Browns
Such was the 8ast, brief and modest
message flashed from the aviators in
Ireland to the Aero Club of America.
The story of this adventurous and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-09
w. II. Taft to Open Civic Drive

William Howard Taft and Repre-
sentative j. Hampton Moore will be
the principal speakers at the official
opening Of the united civic campaign
at the Hotel Adelphia tomorrow night.
Only those connected with the cam
paign will attend the dinner which
win nrccede the speeches.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-09
Brookfleld Commands Guard Boys

Lieutenant Colonel Robert NJ. Brook
field. a former professor of literature
in the Central High School. who served
with the Twenty eighth division, was
reappointed yesterday by the board of
city trusts as commandaut of the Boys
battalion of Girard College. Colonel
Brookfield has been member of the
National Guard for years.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-09
500 in Douglass Hospital Drive

The Douglass Hospital campaign
fund committee will send 800 volunteer
workers into every section of the city
on Saturday to obtain $50 900 for the
support of the hospital. This institu-
tion, at 1880 Lombard street, is one
of the largest and best equipped hos
pitals controlled by colorcd people in
this country. but does not receive state
a:d
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-09
UmbrelIas-YOur
Rainy Day Insurance

The good-looking kind you pre-
fer to carry. Covering Of fine
tape-edge Union Taffeta (silk-
and-cotton), on strong paragon
frames. The smart handles on
WOMEN'S UMBRELLAS are of
fancy carved wood or with bake
lite tops, finished with a wrist
cord. On MEMS UMBRELLAS
are crook handles of plain or
fancy carved wood. They are an
exceptionally good value at
S5.00. Strawbridge & Clothier-
~V'0N' Aisle 7. Market StreeS
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-10-08

The Welfare Campaign is pledged first Q
composing The Federation for Social Sc
The beneficiares of these organizations
borS, our neighborS' children, individuals
for reasons sometimes hard to explain, ca
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-10-08

Z First Responsible
, Federation for Social SerV
ae Campaign pledged first of all give $1698 the organ
ing The Federation for Social Service
lefClarles of these fellow
neghbors children, individuals and families Communi
hard explain alter their unfortunate
tuberculosis health problem
The Associated Charities 1859 during
Food fuel clothing who needed
The ChIde prepared
the DSpensny and used r. 22 omIls during
The children
hood forced to become headwiner the family.
The Epwh Hospital for 127 Charity 93 days
The
delinquent keeping the mother and child together either locally the Florence Crit
The Humane children
and
Home-spport pans higher
food drugs and fuel
Joseph pacared ia $50 charity
dEpnsary
The
The VISITING Nurses Association @ patients and made 1898 calls Its
hygiene cleanliness and the
The w 1852
Its for spiritual life
do bigger and better
GIVE ONCE FOR ALL
f. ss$ 5 @ $Sz:$ "; 5:. s:$ S5 III
5 SE % 's 1900 Armenian Armenian % s % 1899 @ @
VIZ
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-11-21

attractive. Tairmnut will likely TAX"
y heating from ClprkShurg which is
now on the lIp-urHd'. but II VIII b" "nIN
after a strong hnlil" aS Enirm"ni. ton.
is NOR. furmda hlr than at ally tim"
his year. Tho gam" will 'N".t" local
interest oC tn" t"nS"S' sort pnI n
neither team - e "unt"nd'r Cor IN
rL-n,njnnShip. tn" outcome Will not b.
Mrrrautuwn viii have trouble wish
Weston t'hrnnwcih has 4 strong
eleven md M"rgantnwn will b" saving
up for her PprokrSburg clash rms
game offers IN opportunity Tor an"thrr
uuGct. hut M"rYantown Sh"ul" win
hardily.
Tho Huckhannon-I insly affray a,
Wheeling WI Scrv" rs NOR" ground
rnr comparison between III" l"hnlhE
,Irycus rs IlnSly has played NhrrhnE'
I'lrll,rSuurE ana Huntington: ana suck
harmon has Int al tn" Mon"nE"haIh
Valley ,ran'S 1t New Martlh"NllI" an
either haiti vllI We staged when SiS'"rH-
VILE comes t. Magnolia High Tor ~"
annual nit Tho Fairmont- 'hhrleSt"l
md West -Eu,khannun gam"S "Ncite II"
mere local Interest," IN tins spheres nan
docs this OhIr river fray. TN" New Mhr-
,insvillC is \ heavy fnNnrltc to WIN
Scarcity Of Guards.
In looking over tn" r"'"rd% OF inc In
divj,lu1l players this year n mas pc'n
JIrnuli to discover any uumhrr Of good
ru.rds Parkcrshurg. ClarksburG
charleston and Huntington "ach nav"
fair flank man. but there ar" none WIN
ranks ms guards as do FCrr"h'; L"uGh'
s;>acravcs and Flanagan at tackles n"r
rs do Shaf"r. FUC"%, Hay ana l'Ncr III
center. 1t may he necessary 10 shirt
tackle TO a guard post ion when IL comes
| time 10 elect the annual All-State eleven
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-11-21
1921 Market Street

berger. c. and C. Baucr's and Poindex-
Ter are former members Of the Rellaire
team. and will show their best wares
in order to defeat their former com,
radcs. Both lines Will l." powerful. and
with Faust. O'Conncl Strnmp. Stone ara
Nuii,nrv in the back field for Bclla!re
and &, Bauer. Watson. Lattimer. llum-
mrr. Vickers ard Basista for the Wheel =
INK teams. the going will be very faSt;
both from line plunSing attack and
an aerial one as well.
II surely will be battle royal and
all roads will lead to the Bellair" park
mkt Sunday afternoon. The fur Will
Begin TO fly at 5 y. III.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-11-21
YANKEE
GAME AT "GREEN"
Yankees and South Siders Will Clash
at Tunnel Green Sunday ut One
O'clock.

Tho Yankee 4. c. will meet the Co.
lumhia \. {. in what is expected 10 he
tho best game Of the season mt Tunm":
Green. Sunday. November 23rd The
Yankees hay" not been defeated hHt
once his season and have an cuvian.&
record this year. An unique situation
occurs in The backti"ld Of tho Yankees
ms all of the regulars ar" baseball nliCh-
crS. Crock tho quarterback, pitched for
th,, Mrrunkrys. Conner, rIyhthal'.
pitched for M" Wilson's ninr. Miller
twirl,d for H." 1;ulc \. G., and Srrnc''
rulInaCk, tossed them over for the no
l,riunS This combination assures
splendid forward passing team and as
tho ends arc first rate receivers il VIII
give The sp.rlat rrs q splendid exhibition
ur ih" aerial attack.
spence tn" HUSKY fullhack from Wash
,r.,tou end L"r Will likely Il" placed on
end with blessing at tacLl" and tho
,a,r Shrrild defeat any attempt t" run
he ends "r buck the line on mat Sid'
&c the Ynll,"e' robrlry VIII al IN NJ
rrlIbaCk and should PLY hi" n.u0l Eoou
game I'll" game Is Sch"du'"d al p.
M. so rs to finish the Eamc ny : O'clock.
as IN" lI"uryS play the Capii"! inns al
that time.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-11-21

Of almost endless assortment There not popular style MI
Ovcrcoos in SINGLE and double breasted models with half belt
a-ao coats, long and short coats, conservative
coats in fabrics and coorings Of plain shades OF blue black
brown and gray and fancy mixtures OF these shades Ion
about your size have from the small SIZE young mems to I'd
for extra large
SUITS in soft hard finished materials made IN single
doub)e breasted models Bced plain solid color OF oil
Green and brown, conservative suits in regulars,
o" 5Ss ."% 5S the 2S sSs % Ss5 viii ~
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-11-21

A very serious looking md hard Nghi-
ing eleven representing Wheeling n rh
school VIII take the Gold THIS afternoon.
10 defend the schools Donors against
Cambridge High ~ II. sat, 'lr
grounds. The gam" Will be "!Il'd a.
3:3O o'clock sharp. with Moves ana l'"n-
nesson filing tn" holes in IN" hncNr. d.
The kicking viii o.. put on IA" sA"Gi-
ers OF Captnju hid, miller. l." VIII %"
called bac'; from h'~ plac" at '"h"r
for all purt'. with Wagner passing the
Howard and Hewitt. stHr tackles ~
the local eleven. Will III tn" regular
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-11-21
WILL BE POSTPONED.

Berlin. Nov. 2O.--Thc sub commit
."c I Tia" National assembly invcsttHa-
t:n,. War responsibility. has decided To
postpone resumption of tn" INJURY TOR
/. .t,#. f. has also decided thar thG
Won u.ndcnburS and General Lud"n-
10 O. n-"g".rg president wilson
DraCc action is unnecessary.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-11-21

Tho defeat OF Charleston by Hunting
TN last Saturday. even by tn" slender
margin Of one point, and m" TO win Il
NurgantOwm over BuCkhaunun BRINGS uN
closer tn a decision as 10 tn" r"nl i'lh'r
In West Virginia High school "ircI":-
rho championship game OF l"i! Is
schedule TO take place AZ l'arN"rNnu'S
on the Afternoon Of Thank~%iN,a; I'hF
when ParkershurC cnicrtaInS IN" MOT
Rantown High eleven th"rC. II -
rngrCttnhl" that tho schedules "i
tho various schools hav" nut been
,noro comprehensive. Wheeling ana
Parkcrsburg hould hav" Id'E"d
and thor has been nn E"'"i
reason advanced as TO why tn" gam"
was not arranged. IF PHrk"rShurg WINS
from Murgantown on THANKSGIVING. Sh2
will be awarded ia" it'll. uu doubt. hi'
her claim will be Cloud"d t" some ~
tent by the fact that Wheeling has not
been defeated by West Wig mia I'sh
school team and Park"r>hurE'S "ur,r-
GRITTY will be based on tn" C"mr1ra, No
scores between Wheeling and thhri"E-
ton and Linsly. and hcLw'" on Idrk"rS-
burg, Huntington and lin~ly. t"npara-
live scores are nearly always unreliable
but IN this case tho figures arc clear.
! This weekend the games arc not very
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-11-21

b.r,bs, while Jucrgens and Schoen will
Ln Iikrwise Barnes and Wagner VIII
start ut end. When Wagner is at center
f:onncss"n will fill in ut end. Hath"lu
VIII run the team: St"inheckcr Will play
r=ht half: M"yeS LETT half. anu Tonnes
sun fun back. Howard will be called
back from tackle If necessary; Dawson
..,.r.- into thu, line
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-11-21
NEGRO PUT TO DEATH.

MADISON. Ca. Noy. ga crowd
took Wallace Haynes. a negro. from his
= $3.50 ~ r,r" last might and shot MIN
70 death after he had killed Kay Os,,
I",r.. railroad station agent, who had
assisted an officer Ia an attempt to ar
rest him on minor charge.