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The New York herald., 1921-12-25
Own Countrymen Swindle Them Heartlessly
of Millions Paris Police Report

trusted assistants. The prince asked tnein
to excuse him for moment while ne showed
them to his wife. who was sick in the next
room carefully closed the inner door behind
him-and forgot TO come back.
Another successful ramp carried out uur
ing the past season was in connectioh
with Seeing the Battlefields." An American
trickster opened an office and offered per-
sonally conducted automobile tours at rates
very much lower than those charged by the
reputable agencies. To prospective clients
he explained that great was the rush OF
business that he could only book seats TOT
several weeks ahead, the full charge to be
paid at the time of booking. Although ne
never made even a pretense of fulfflling ms
promises he was able to carry on his 'busi-
ness" for several months and finally to get
clear away with his plunder.
II is a curious fact that the greatest diff
Guilty the police encounter in their war upon
tricksters is the reluctance of the victims
to lodge complaints or even to give evidence
when called upon The 1921 crop appears to
have considered that they had to pay for
experience, even perhaps to regard the ex-
perience as worth the price. In at least
one case the action of the authorities was
brought to naught by the disappearance not
OF the suspect but of the two principal wit
nesses against him. both wealthy foreign
visitors who had from the first displayed the
greatest reluctance to give any information
at all.
Largely because of this paradox. which is
as strongly evident in the French themselves
as in other nationalities, the con- man has
come to evince n disregard for the police
authorities which is nothing less than gall
ing. At the present time there rs under
remand in Brittany n man named Bourgier
accused of carrying out widespread system
of confidence" operations in lOrient and the
neighborng watering places, chiefly among
local business men. The one outstanding
feature in the case is that when the police
took hand in the matter it was TO dis
The New York herald., 1921-12-25

Yellow fever was ravaging certain dis
tricts there and menacing all nearby and
semitropicaI countries including the West
Indies and our own Southern States. BY
means of a serum which DR.. Noguchi had
used effectively in Guayaquil the mortality
from the pest was enormously reduced.
1t may be as well to remind ourselves
who this Japanese is Educated in the
schools of Japan and in the Toxic Medi-
cal College DR.. -Noguchi came to this coun-
try twenty-one years ago. and almost at
once became associated with the Rookie
feller Institute in New York city. He
has long been successful hunter Of OBJ
scure bacterial incitants of infectious dis
cases, and by his command of cultural
technique and by untiring patience and de-
votion he has thrown light into many dark
corners of biology.
In Japan he had cultivated the melting
germ of disease called infectious jaundice,
which is parasitic in rats and other wild
animals and in insanitary places fire.
quented by them it frequently attacks
humans and incites serious and fatal dis
ease. The jaundice thus briefly referred to
resembles yellow fever
The New York herald., 1921-12-25
Newly Rich Americans Easy Prey in Europe

cover that the suspect was already wanted
for similar frauds carried out successfully
in May last-and that he had not even
troubled to change his name or make any
effort at all to disguise his identity.
II is sufficiently evident that the American
visiting Europe next year has reason to
be on his guard against sympathetic and
amiable strangers speaking his own language
and prompt with offers to help in any of the
little contretemps inevitable to foreign travel,
especially to those who do not speak the
language of the country. The one golden
rule to escape from them, as given to THE
New York HERALD by the eminent professor
already quoted, is of the simplest. Never
mix your drinks in strange company" AS
travelling Americans notoriously obey the
laws of their country to the letter, even
when abroad, it is doubtful whether this viii
help any.
The New York herald., 1921-12-25

the last six months-unfortunately the
largest share coming out of good American
pockets.
SO far the professional estimate. And il
is entirely borne out by police records and
police evidence. Here is an example, quoted
from Paris paper of recent date, of what
has been happening not only day by day
but often dozens of times in the same day.
"An American visitor to Paris was robbed
Yesterday of $500 and $500 American
Mr.. told a police inspector that on
leaving bank where he had cashed q draft
he was engaged in conversation by two men
one American and the other English. The
three eventually dined together, and after
dinner Mr. was asked if he would go
and buy some expensive cigars, for which
one of his companions gave him 100 francs
AS pledge of his honesty it was suggested
that he leave his pocketbook with his
friends This he did but as he went away
he saw them spring into taxicab. Mr.. ---
followed, whereupon the two men burst our
laughing. explained that ii was all a joke and
handed back the pocketbook. Only when
they had gone did he discover that the notes
had been removed from it."
The police of Paris. who have been taking
energetic steps to clean the city of the con
man and shis tribe, express themselves as
especially struck by the lack of novelty
shown in their methods. The simplest form
of the confidence trick has been tn. most
popular and in most cases perfectly sue
cessful, as in that quoted above. Nor is ic
alone in smacking of the days of the Pha-
raohs. Only week or two since, for ex-
ample. a young man was arrested for swind-
ling fashionable tradesmen especially Jewell
ers. He did so. as whole generations OF
swindlers have done before him, by securing
two adjoining rooms in fashionable hotel,
announcing himself as n Russian prince.
cousin of the late Car, and instructlng the
jewelers. by telephone TO submit costly goods
for his approval az The hotel. One ana
all fell to It., sent the goods in charge OF
The New York herald., 1921-12-25
Cigarette Holders
All the Rage

~ NE person in every five uses a cigar
l cite holder every year in the United
States according to the production
figures of that minor industry. Between
100000 and 20,000.O00 of these tubes are
manufactured annually nowadays in this
country, while 200, 100000 are used annually
in Europe and South America. In price
these holders range from the two for five"
paper tubes up to jeweled ones that cost
rs much as s1,500
In Fifth avenue shops dealing in fine
cigarette holders the prices range from s12
To 81 500, these last being made of amber
and gold or amber and platinum and set
with semi-precious stones. Jeweed cigar
cite holders are used by women smokers,
some of whom indulge in the luxury of hav-
ing the color of the stones with which they
are embelished match their costumes. The
old three-inch long cigarette holder is quite
passe, for tube must be six inches long.
at least. to be really fashionable. Blue and
white. green and white. and red and white
are among tho latest color schemes of these
very long cigarette holders for men.
The New York herald., 1921-12-25

Therefore DR.. Noguchi knew measurably
what he was in search of, and he and his
associates were welcomed at Merida by
group of physicians who were eager to aid
him in chasing down the elusive pest
breeder. These doctors had already failed
to induce the cultivation in guinea pigs,
but DR.. Noguchi succeeded.
Through transference to the guinea
pigs of small quantity of the blood of
yellow fever patients in the early stages
of the attack he found symptoms and
changes similar to those observed in the
humans. The pigs speedily developed
fever, they grew yellow and became torpid
and very sick. Many died.
The blood of these experimental victims
conveyed to other guinea pigs induced the
disease anew through many sequences, and
in this infected guinea pig blood was de-
tected by the microscope a minute organ
ism which resembled the Leptospird of in
fectious jaundice.
Leptospira means slender spiral, a mobile
thing. 1t is very delicate fllament taper
ing at the ends 1t wriggles, twists about
and revolves in the blood or culture food.
The New York herald., 1921-12-25
Work First Begun in 1918
And Is Still Gong On

To acquire full knowledge of the yellow
fever germs DR.. Hideyo Noguchi and his
associate, DIR. Kliger both of the stan OF
the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Re
search visited Guayaquil, Ecuador, in
191S-1919 and returned with results OF
great scientific interest and practical i'm
portance., The following season they
visited Yucatan on a similar mission
Their experiences in the war on yellow
fever are of the widest and deepest in
terest.
After their return from the first trip
DR.. George e. Vincent, president OF the
Rockefeller Institute, made report to the
public of what work had been accomplished
by the bacterioiogists at Guayaquil. He
was careful to state that DR.. Noguchi did
not assert that he had discovered the fncit-
ing germ of yellow fever in this investiga-
tion and that the bacteriologist wished to
continue his studies in other places, espe-
cially in Merida Yucatan.
The New York herald., 1921-12-25

r. by all the signs the next should De
even better"
such is the estimate of the 1921 tourist
season in France given THE NEW hoRk
HERALD by one of the most eminent pro-
fessors of the ICON" game now resident IN
this country. Never. he added, has money
been so easily made in Europe or so much
OF n. For the first time since Armistice Day
he is allowing himself the luxury of VISIT
home. leaving the winter season IN tne
Riviera and Egypt to look after itself.
For time, according to his authority, the
war played havoc with the confidence trick
ster. Passport regulations limitation OF
travel and drafts" made life unbearabe and
unnrofitable Before America came in most
F,,,ropean practitioners went to New York,
whence they were later driven TO Mexico ana
South America as the last remaining refugees
and where they found only poor living
But since ocean travel became possible again
they are back at their old haunts and
rSnverfully recognizing that. whoever else
may have suffered, the war was FOR them
blessing in disguise.
Tho world has been turned upside down
the old social distinctions have been Knocked
high: the New Rich abound everyw here
and they are the natural prey of the
Bunco steerer. All the European re-
sorts are swsrming with wealthy people
whose riches have come TO them in many
cases by the fortune of war without any
ueceessry shrewdness on their part They
are uncertain Of themselves, III at ease IN
their accustomed surroundings and only too
ready 'or fan into the arms of any polite,
kindly. well seeming stranger ready TO take
notice ~ them. AZ . low estimate more
than Eve million good American dollars have
d he nged hands -cOnndentally-in Europe In
The New York herald., 1921-12-25
Reduction of Mortality
When Serum Is Provided

The transmission of yellow fever from
man to guinea pigs and the isolation of the
Slim Spiral have been repeatedly accom-
plished by various workers in the course OF
different epidemics; in Guayaquil by
Noguchi t191S); in Merida and Peru, by
Noguchi and kligler G919-192O); in Piura,
by Gastiabura 1919); in Vera Cruz, by
Perez-Grovas (1920), and by lie Blanc
(192n.
The new serum, DR.. Noguchi states, re
duces the mortality in yellow fever when
used on or before the third day of the dis
ease. He summarizes
"Of ITO cases, nnety-five have been
treated on or before the third day, with
thirteen deaths GSC per cent. mortality u.
while the average death rate of untreated
patients during these epidemcs has been
56.4 per cent
-Four hundred and forty-two deaths
among 7S3 cases in these figures were not
treated with the serum. Treatment with
the serum after the fourth day has no ap
preciable effect. since there were thirty
nine deaths among seventy-tive cases. This
is 90 per cent. mortality.
"Prophylactic incubation of the killed
culture is of definite protective value
Among 1920 persons vaccinated twice no
case of yellow fever developed. while 267
cases occurred among the non-vaccinated
Guatemala, Salvador, Tuxpam), notwith-
standing the fact that both groups of in
dividuals were equally exposed to infection.
Among 4.3O7 persons receiving only
single inoculation of the vaccine only five
suspicious cases developed. These figures
are reported from Salvador.
'"The protection resulting from vaccina-
ton does not become effective until about
ten days after the last injection as shown
by the frequent case incidence occurring
among the vaccinated population within
from one to ten days after they were vac
cnated. There we're twenty-three such
cases among 1897 persons who were vac.
cinated with the standard vaccine"
The New York herald., 1921-12-25

with side issues. Dr.. Noguchi and his
associates in science went to Ecuador and
to Yucatan for definite purpose. They
carried it out and the world is grateful.
The Yellow Fever Advisory Council of
the Rockefeller Institute is composed of
DR.. M. e. Carter and Drs. White, Gui-
teras and Noguchi, all with vast experience
in sanitary work. Guayaquil and Merida,
noted pest holes, have been cleaned, and re-
cent flurries of the disease from other
quarters are not disconcerting for the rea
son that, the carrier having been found,
she can be destroyed. On their return
these scientists have calmly taken all the
time that they needed to make up reports
that figure as valuable documents in medi-
cine. Every other side of their journeys
and work they just as calmly ignore.
With sort of desperate acquiescence in
what can't be helped, the writer makes
what it is possible to make of their scien-
tiic story. And it must be granted that
the world actually is more concerned, as
these scientists say, with results than with
a fascinating travel story. Always the
world has dreaded with reason the posi-
bility of serious outbreaks of yellow fever
so long as permanent nests of the disease
existed in countries with which direct social
or economic intercourse Is maintained.
Not so long ago hotbeds of this horror
were to be found in Havana and Brazilian
ports, sending their messengers of death to
New York, Philadelphia, Boston and other
American ports The misery, panic and
loss thus engendered were so great they
cannot be estimated, but these Southern
ports are now under control and can be
kept so by wise and eternal vigilance
Cases are still being reported from south
ern Mexico and British Honduras and there
is still a possibility that the fever has
struck inland in western Africa. The an
nouncement that yellow fever has been
stamped out forever cannot yet be made.
The New York herald., 1921-12-25
Formal Reports of Great Discoveries Espe-
cially Those of Preventive Medicine,
Could Be Made Thrilling Tales
by Recital of Facts

HIDDEN
The pioddng
soldiers of revealed the
novelist
completely The accompanying article only hints
subject although complete
Probably of DR. Noguchs
and
be world is the loser thereby.
BY
The New York herald., 1921-12-25

special Correspondence OF THE New YORK
HERALD
Copyright. 1921, by THE New YORK HERALD
New York Herald Bureau.
Paris, Dec. IL.
1T NEST crop Of suckers ever. ana
r by all the signs the next should De
even better"
The New York herald., 1921-12-25
low Fever Was a Plague
Before the Spanish Invasion
.EW things are more aggravating in
the experiences of the general news
writer than his effort to get the

Truly there exist evidences in Yucatan
of the early knowledge and dread OF the
pest and perhaps one day the date Of the
entrance of yellow fever into human his
tory will be found. At present Il is lost in
the mist of the past, but this much Is
known. Maya Indians died plentifully Of
yellow fever before the conquering Span.
iards overran their country.
1t would seem that as an interesting and
valuable side issue the commission might
have sought for-and perhaps found-the
date OF the birth Of the pest. but IL was
made up Of scientists who had nothing to do
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-29
IA DIE AND 46 INJURED

Continued from Page One.)
 plants in the Berlin district Follow ing this the Reds planned to par aly0e industry and tie up railway traffic. The police officials were con fdent they could cope with the situa- tion.
 Armed Communists at Leipsig dis armed the Security police guarding the Leipsig Voelkerschlact monument and stole police autom obile. A con1- pany of policemen pursued the Reds into a suburb of Ieipsig and gave bat tie to them. The Reds took refuge
 in school house. Five casualties resulting from the fighting. Another battle between security police and Reds occurred at Mark ranstadt when the policemen inter cepted a detachment of Communists that was going from Leipsdg tc Leuna.
 Troops are being concentrated for the protection of Berlin. Orders were issued to the Green policemen to shot to kill if the Com
 munists tempted to precipitate a bat tle in this city. All insurgents cap tured here and elsewhere from this time on will be treated as semi-mi1- | tary prisoners. They will be ar raigned before "civH court martials. ? More than 100 green policemen | were in WilhelmstraSse guarding the government buildings. They were equipped with loaded rifles and sup ported by machine guns.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-29
INEFFICIENCY CAUSE
 OF R. R. PLIGHT

(Continued From Page One.)
 When the railroad administration entered into the national agreem enits Lauck asserted as his fourth conten- tion, it merely recognized a tendency which had reached complete develop ment during the war and which was sanctioned by enlightened opinion, both within and without the transpor- taton industry.
 Fifth, Lauck pointed out represen- tatives of the railroads have practi- ca1ly given their sanction to national rates of pay and working conditions of engine and train crews. These classes he declared, have uniform rates of pay and working conditions embodied in agreements on individ- ual roads but under written by the national organizations and concurred in by the railroads on national bass.
 Railroads, Lauck charged in his sixth contention, are 'tconsciously and deliberately taking advantage of a temporary industrial depression to destroy human standards sanctioned by thought and practice of the leading g industrial nations of the world
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-29
SHEEN THROWN
 AGAINST TROLLEY

CContinued From Page One.) conducting an investigation of the fa- ta1ity.
 Andrew Steen, a native of New York, came to Bridgeport about seven years ago and up until recently was employment manager in the U, M. c. company's plant. He was to have started the automobile access sories business today as a partner oI Earl M. Christie, with offices in the Newfie1d building. The deceased was unmarried and lived at the home of Samuel Frost, 126 Lenox avenue. His mother, who resided in New York city, died recently. He had no other close relatives. Steen was a mem Der of the Algonquin club and was a Shriner. He was well known and popular in Bridgeport, and his death comes as a severe shock to his many friends.
 Frank F. Ray, driver of the car in which Steen was riding, is employed as a salesman by Jennings brothers local automobile dealers.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-29
Local Concern
 Is Sued For $2,OOO Damages

The Engineers Sales company of New York city today filed a suit in Superior Court against the Hunter & Havens company of Bridgeport for damages of s2,0o0, for the alleged refusal of the local concern to accept steel ordered in June, 1920, and de- lvered, according to contract, it is stated in the petition, during August. Part of the Bessemer free cutting steel included in the contract was de- livered, accepted, and paid for, but it is stated that a balance was refused without warning, evidently because of the falling market
 The price on the contract was s9 base, Pittsburgh, which price had dropped considerable before the order was completed The case is return able the first Tuesday in April and will be watched with great interes. locally, for a number of local fac tories are on either end of a number of such transa ctions, the result of the sudden depression which was felt perhaps, in the steel market more than in any other one line as a whole
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-29
FEW CHANGES IN
 CHURCH CHOIRS
 T HIS M A Y

Only a few changes are to be made in the church choirs of this city this May. The largest churches have all ready announced their changes. Mem bers of the United Congregatio ional church quartette which is comprised of: Mrs. Lena Mason-Barnsley, so- prano, Mrs. May Hard, contralto, Louis Ginand, tenor, and Joseph Weller, bass, vii remain the same.
 Miss Catherine Russell the popular young soprano who has been soloist at the Washington Park Methodist church this past year will leave for the Park Street Congregational church, with Edgar Webster, tenor, also a member of the Methodist church choir. Taking their places will be. Miss Elsie Matzke and George Russell.
 At the First Presbyterian church, Arthur LevaSseur, tenor, has been engaged fo rthe coming season with Ellis Lundberg, bass, and Clayton P. Stevens, organist and director. MT. Stevens has been at the Park Street church this past year as well as di- recting music in the local public schools
 Mrs. Grace Lake of Westport has accepted a position as soloist at the First Baptist church. Other changes will be announced laetr.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-29
Take Definite Step In Policy To Aid Disabled Veterans

Washington, March 29- The first definite step in the formation of a governmental policy towards Veterans of the World War was taken today by the new administration.
 It was announced at the White House that President Harding has appointed committee of nine men and two women to investigate the ad- ministratiou of the War Risk Insur- ance Bureau, the board for Voca- tiona1 Training and probe generally into the care and treatm ent that has been accorded wounded and impaired service men.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-29
JOHN BURROUGHS
 DIES ON R. R. TRAIN

GContinued From Page One.) one of the highest types yet evolved in the advance of men to higher stage,'' said the inventor.
 Other members of the camping party were Henry Ford and Hudson Maxim. On their camping trips wood chopping contests were always matter of keen competition and in fhis sport MT. Burroughs, despite ms age, always acquitted himself credit ably.
 Roxbury, N. Y., March 29.-News of the sudden death of John Bur roughs, naturalist, aboard a New York Central train today, was re- ceived at his summer home here as a came in a telephone call from the International News service.
 It was explained by the caretaker of his home that Burroughs recently had undergone a severe operation for an abscess on the chest, and this or deal, it was feared, had overstrained his heart
 The naturalist has one son, Julian Burroughs. to survive him.
 It is expected that the burial will take place here. The naturalist was & familiar figure and life long friend to many in this viciniyt, where he fol- lowed many of his nature studies.
 Officials of the New York Central railroad stated today that the body of John Burroughs was taken from the train either at Kingsvi1le or Ann broy, Ohio, to await announcement of a formal verdict of the cause of death. Following this action the body will be prepared by an under taker and forwarded to New York state.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-29
JACK JOHNSON
 WILL RETURN
 TO FIGHT GAME

Leavenworth, Kansas, Mar. 29.- Jack Johnson will return to the box ing game under a manager of his own race, the former champion de clared here today.
 Jack denied he had any intent ton of signing a managerial contract with Al Lippe of N. Y. Johnson said his ring future would be directed by Billy McClain, of Kansas City, who once promoted bouts for Georges Carpen- tier in France. The former champion will terminate his sentence on July 5 and will immediately attempt to reenter the ring he said. His plans include a travelling carnival.