The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-10
ROCKVILLE WILL
INOCULATE
DOCS
War on Rabies Is Started.
Bodies Of Crash Victims
Sent to Cumberland

ROCKVILLE, Md, Aug. 10
Under the direction of Doctor Will
lam T. Pratt, OF Rockville, who is
deputy State health officer in
addition to being health officer for
this county, campaign to inocu-
late as many dogs of the county
as possible against rabies has been
started in this county.
According to Doctor Pratt, rabies
among dogs has been unusually
prevalent in this county recently.
Within the last six weeks thirteen
residents of the county have been
bitten by supposed mad dogs and
all were given the Pasteur treat
ment. Three of the dogs were
killed. and examinations disclosed
that all had the rabies.
Doctor Pratt has obtained sup
ply Of virus from inoculating dogs
and it may be had from him at
cost. For dogs weighing fifty
pounds or less, one "shot," as he
describes it, Is sufficient to i'm
munize the animal, and two are
necessary for dogs weighing more
than fifty pounds. Each shot
costs so cents.
Doctor Pratt's action in inaugur-
has, it is understood, been COM
manded by the State Department of
Health as the only effectual method
of stamping out that disease among
dogs and preventing hydrophobia in
human beings. He hope, so he
said today, to have the next legis-
lature amend the dog tax law go
that licenses to keep dogs could be
obtained only for animals that had
been inoculated.
The annual festival held here
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
evenings of last week for the bene-
| fit of st. Mary's Catholic Church
netted, so it has been announced
by those in charge, something over
81 200.
The bodies of Clarence Lyons
and Howard Frantz, Cumberland
youths, who were fatally hunt when
an automobile in which they and
| five other Cumberland men were
on their way to Washington, over
| turned on the Rockville pike, near
! Halpine, this county, early Satur-
| day morning, have been sent to
Cumberland by William B. Pun
phrey and Son, Rockville under
takers, who prepared them for
| burial.
Rockney Robinett and George
hickey. who were taken to the
Montgomery County General Hos
pital, Sandy Spring, for treatment
| for injuries received in the accident,
are expected to be able to leave
the hospital tomorrow, so it was
said at the hospital today.
Mrs. Thomas T. Barnsley. handi-
| work; Miss Elsie England, culinary:
| Mrs. Wilson S. Ward, breads,
| cakes, etc. and Miss Loretta
Hunter, works OF art, will be in
charge of the various exhibits in
the children's domestic work de-
partment at the annual fair to be
held here August rs, rs, p and
%, it has been announced
In the handiWork section will be
shown button holes, cotton crochet,
darning,s dressed dolls, embroidery
on any material, hand sewing, hem
stitching, knitting in wool and cot
ton, machine sewing, and outline
embroidery. Jellies and preserves
of all kinds and canned fruits will
be shown in the culinary depart
ment; rusks, rolls. light bread and
loaf. sunshine, devil, chocolate, CO.
coanut, fancy layer. and sponge
coke will be on exhibition in the
department in charge of Mrs. Ward,
and crayon, charcoal, mechanical
and pencil drawings will be on ex.
hibition in the art section. Every
thing shown in all departments
must be the work of the exhibitors.