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man ailment known as rabbit fever"
or deer fly fever" with many charac-
teristics resembling typhoid, particu-
larly in regard to the fever stage,
which lasts from two weeks to a
month and sometimes disables a VIC
tim for as long as six months.
Every person-siX all told-Who has
worked in the tularemia investigation
in the Washington laboratories has
contracted the disease. All have re-
covered, however. The work is now
carried on by an immune army Of
workers. in a room shut off from the
rest of the laboratory and avoided as
much as possible by those who have
no official business there.
Direct transmission from rabbits to
man occurs only when the internal
organs of the rabbit are handled. the
investigators found. Cuts, scratches
and other skin abrasions of the hands
offer a portal of entry for the infec-
ton when dressing an infected rab-
bit. In addition, there is good evi-
dence for believing that the bacter1um
of tularemia is one of those rare Or
ganisms which can pass through the
unbroken human skin.
Parrot fever is another puzZling
malady of Nationwide interest. Re
member the epidemic that swept the
country back in 1890? Because of
the ailments rarity, its severity and
the suddenness with which it struck,
this new scourge gave the entire coun-
try a scare. New York City residents
were particularly alarmed because the
metropolis at the time had something
like 1000 pet parrots.
Records of the Health Service show
that there were "a places of infection
which gave rise to 169 cases with 80
deaths from November %, 1929. to
May z, 1880.
Undoubtedly the epidemic would
have been a hundredfold more serious
had it not been for the vigilance Of
the finest men In the service. They
suffered no less than 16 laboratory in
fections with two deaths-but they
quickly got the situation well under
control.
Immediately after an epidemic be-
gan in Pittsburgh, in the Fall Of 1929,
several kinds Of sick parrots were
chloroformed and brought to the
Health Service laboratories in Wash
ington for expert analysis. Dr.. John
II. Hutson, health scientist, filtered
the blood Of parrot fever patients and
developed q serum to combat the
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"MICROBE HUNTERS OF PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE

dread disease. Straightway DR.. r. r.
ed around the East. persuading scores
Of victims to give up their blood, and
bringing it back to Washington for
use In making the new serum.
These important facts we're also dis
covered about parrot fever by the
Federal specialists: The disease, prop
erly termed psittacoSis (from the
Greek word for parrot) acts like a
complication Of typhoid and pneu-
monia. For this reason 1t often is
wrongly diagnosed by attending ply
sicians. OF South American origin,
parrot fever is one of the most highly
contagious ailments known, is dan
gerous and often fatal.
The germs have been isolated In
the marrow Of the parrots wing
bones. Health Investigators traced the
epidemic to a consignment of sick
Amazon parrots exported from Brazil.
The only sure means Of prevention
is to avoid contact with recently i'm
ported birds, especially if they appear
to be ILL.,
And what is the net result of this
unheralded epic Of self-sacrifice, this
never-ending battle with the unseen
agents of death? Oddly enough, the
Federal microbe hunters have sue
ceeded in putting many Of the micro
scopic enemies of human life to work
in hindering their own efforts and de-
stroying themselves.
Numerous cures and preventives of
the worlds most puzzling diseases
have been developed from the causes
thereof. Yes, the health heroes have
actually found methods for making
,he invisible conquerors conquer them
selves. Which, of course, is one Of
the greatest triumphs of all the ages.
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Malta is still the bane of physicians
and health officials. Federal authori-
ties point out that unless State, county
and Government agencies insist on
proper paSteurization of milk in every
city, town and hamlet in the Nation,
we may expect Malta fever out
breaks to occur from time to time.
No name is mentioned oftener in
the Health Services fight against
mysterious diseases than that of DR..
Edward Francis. We have told how
he battled against Malta fever and
himself succumbed. Equally worthy,
thrilling and risk-taking was his lab
oratory warfare against tularemia, or
rabbit fever, a new and deadly disease
which takes its name from Tulare
County, Calf. The ailment morbidly
affects the liver and spleen of human
beings.
All medical science was in the dark
as to its exact cause. DR.. Francis dis
covered that the wild rabbit, jack, or
cottontail, as it is variously called, Is
the common carrier.
Suspecting that deer flies got the
infection from the jack rabbits, DR..
Francis had 556 of these animals shot
and diSsected on the spot. Some II
were found to be infected by inocu-
lating their blood into healthy animals
that had been shipped from Washing
ton. Germ cultures verified this
verdict.
Seven days after research work in
the Federal field laboratory in Utah
had begun, one Of the psychologists
became i'll. 1t was three or four
months before he was able to perform
his duties without fatigue.
Three weeks after his assistant was
smitten, DR.. Francis himself broke
down. He became tired and weak
came back to Washington and couldn't
work for three months. In Utah Fran
els had exposed himself to hundreds
of infected laboratory animals.
FOR two years he worked with in
fected guinea pigs and rabbits in
his laboratory without using gloves.
Then, as q result of constant use OF
very strong disinfectant, his fingers
developed cracks, and down again he
went with fever. While thus infected
he worked in his laboratory, observing
himself as he might q guinea pig.
Tularemia was first noticed by med
ical scientists in this country in 1910.
Numerous reports came from Utah
and adjacent States Of peculiar hu-
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Guard Brown Bears.

THE brown bear population Of the
= United States is none too great.
In its native home. Admiralty Island
off Alaska. only 900 bears Of all types,
including the brown bear, exist. The
900 are divided into five different
species.
The Biological Survey has decided
to adopt protective measures to pre-
serve the bears and hereafter no
hunting will be allowed beyond q kill
no greater than the increase in bear
population.
The sale Of the pelts is forbidden,
and, outside Of a very limited season,
no bears may be killed except to pro-
tect life.
The brown bear is the largest knCur
American bear, specimens reaching q
weight often as great as 1000 pounds.
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'. cold, but they boast about
it. And to give their boast
ing an authentic ring, the onleeo
states Government maintains d
weather Bureau there to issue OIL
ciaI' temperature readings.
The result is that the bulk OF colo
weather stories you read in your daily
papers say that Bemidji reported tne
lowest temperature of any currenI
cold spell-probably some 80 or AZ
degrees below zero.
Taking its peculiar name from tnat
of an old Indian chief who lived
nearby, Bemidji shivered for a rev
years as a trading post for NEARBY
Indians and woodsmen until 1880
when it was incorporated as village.
In 1898 the Great Northern Railway
discovered the community and ran its
lines into the village.
It was just as cold in BemidJi IN
those days, but the arrival Of the rail-
road and three other railroads during
the next few years brought some peo-
pie, who warmed things up a bit. For
instance, a Bemidji booster says:
when railroad connections were
made with the outside world, Bemidji
became a wild, wide-open numbering
town. 1t might have passed for
miniature Barbary Coast, with its
saloons and gambling houses. In 1905
J the community was incorporated a.
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patient has run a fever every day for
more than two years. Some victims
have recurrent attacks for as many
as five years. The only sure way of
detection is in laboratory tests.
Malta fever got its name from the
island in which it was first dis
covered. 1t plagued the Mediterranean
countries for years before it was
found that the disease was trans
mitted through milk from infected
goats which were to all appearances
healthy. Its inroads were substan-
TALLY checked.
It would be impossible to exaggerate
the importance of the Health Services
discoveries about this ailment. The
names of four outstanding Federal
scientists deserve particular mention
DIR. Alice Evans, DR.. G.. G. Lake,
DR.. Edward Francis and DR.. w. T.
Harrison. Through studies of cultures
and Investigations in washington and
In the field. Miss Evans, in 1918,
established that in this country Malta
fever was caused by an organism
found among cattle, thus determining
its origin and the means of spread
among cattle.
DR.. Lake located and traced to
goats milk IS cases in Arizona. At
tackled by the disease, he was obliged
to leave his investigations incomplete.
The same tragedy has threatened all
who attempted to, carry on to victory.
DR. EVANS took up the task right
- after DR.. Lake and B. T. Sock
rider, laboratory assistant, had been
stricken. She herself contracted the
fever while handling a broken vial
containing a quantity of the germs
sent from Tunis.
DR.. Edward Francis, bacteriologist,
who succeeded her, evaded his micro
scopic foe successfully for 18 months,
during which time he worked with
highly dangerous laboratory material.
Then he, too, became infected. His
recovery, taking place within Q couple
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culture of a sample of DR.. Francis

culture of a sample of DR.. Francis
blood. He took every precaution known
to protect himself against the fever.
But in vain. For well over a year the
scientist was unable to conduct his
beloved research work.
Besides the findings, already men
toned, of these laboratory experts
only this much is now known: Cows
milk can cause the disease The best
method of control is the pasteuriza-
ton of milk at temperature of l43
degrees Fahrenheit. Thus far not
much is known about effective treat
ment, once the malady has taken
hold. Which explains why today
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be living, not dead, from a germicide.
The new mixture might kill or cure.
ONE day, back in May, 1924, Spencer
" rolled up his sleeves and jabbed
the stuff into his arm-enough to
slay thousands Of guinea pigs. He
lived.
No one else took this risk then.
But soon every member of the staff
was thus vaccinated with Spencer's
new-found serum.
Spencer spent a year in Wash
ington, developing the vaccine. Since
then thousands of Westerners and
others have been vaccinated. The un-
vaccinated folk who catch the fever
almost always die. The vaccinated
ones live. No wonder the American
Medical Association gave Spencer a
gold medal!
In 1929 DR.. w. T. Harrison, bac-
teriologist, came down with Malta, or
undulant fever. He was the fifth
health service worker to fall victim
w JklC SClAl. 41lC HOSOCu OIl
the laboratory at the Pasteur Insti-
tute in Tunis, North Africa, where
the malady has been studied in the
country of its origin for a number of
years, is significant of the risk run
by the research workers. It reads:
"All who enter here do so at their
own risk" Yet the warriors with test
tube and microscope have not stood
back, despite the fate of so many of
their predecessors.
Probably not one person in ten has
even heard of Malta fever. Yet medi-
cal science has waged a long cam
paign against the malady. And no
wonder! It is not to be trifled with.
Malta is puzzling because it's easy
to diagnose as malaria. It Is a
lingering and sometimes fatal ailment.
There have been cases where the
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of months, was one of the quickest on
record. In few cases, apparently, is a
cure established within period OF six
months.
DR.. Harrison, another eminent bac-
teriologiSt, volunteered to make q
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w VAS it cold enough for you
this Winter? Try BemldJl,
wv Mimi, where it not only is
' ' cold, but they boast about
~ And IN oive their boast
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-11-11
France Honoring Pershing Today;
President Is Leading In Celebration

Chaumont, where Pershing had
general headquarters of the A. E.
F., also will be marked by the
planting of "Pershing Oaks" The
commander of the A. E. F. did not
plan to attend this service. He
remained in Paris.
While President Lebrun will
lead France in Armistice Day OBJ
servance, other high state officials
and many American residents will
make pilgrimages to American
cemeteries. The official program
will start with firing of a cannon
early in the morning. Then Presi-
dent Lebrun was scheduled to lead
massed thousands, assembled in
the Etoile district, in silent tri-
butte. Afterward he will go to the
official reviewing stand for the
march along the Champs Elysees.
Detachments of the French army
then will pass in review.
At the Arc de Triomphe Gen.
Henri Gouraud, military governor
of Paris, will witness the rekin-
ding of the flame. The famous
one-armed veteran commanded a
Western Front unit during the
war which included Americas IA.
nous Rainbow Division. The Paris
post of the American Legion will
provide color bearers for the cere-
mony. ..... a.-
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-11-11
Bv RALPH HEINZEN
,ited Press Staff Correspondent nj


PARIS, Nov. II. (UP).-An
impressive military display along
the Champs Elysees, ending Wltll
the solemn reminding of the flamH
at the tomb of the unknown SOL
der under the Arc de Triomphc::
will mark Frances celebration VI
the 18th anniversary of the ~
mistice. Ill,
Throughout the day women VIII
sell cornflowers made by war III II
valids. War veteran troops "o NV
patriotic organizations VIII pa;
tribute to the heroic dead, 'S, 10
Gus pilgrimages will have the A''
de Triomphe as their goal. -
In every town and village d lm-
Guiding scores of provincial 'I bn
tiers which were battle centefS G os
tween 1914-18, simple cercli.o,,t
will be held before mohG JinJ in
the war. In two of these oO1 naid
ances, special tribute Will " "a r.
to Gen. John ]. Pershing anu tho o
the part America played III
Allied victory. ,o was
Varennes, in the Argoni,i.G;b,
singled out for one of the 'FI States
1t was here that Unlteu cormar
troops freed an>area from ul ntbnr,
occupation in 1918. Inc
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-11-11
MAN Held IN
CIRL'SDEATH
Mysterious, Brutal Murder
Is Uncovered in
Maryland

WASHINGTON, Nov. II. (UP).
Police last night took Aubrey
Hampton, 30-year-old government
clerk, to Mt. Rainier, Nd, for
questioning in investigation of the
brutal and mysterious Staying of
Corinna Loring, 2G, prospective
bride.
Hampton, whom police describ-
ed as an ex-suitor of Miss Loring,
was found in his home here by a
Washington detective and Chief
Eugene Plummer of the Mt. Ran
Ter police.
Hampton was booked at Wash
ington headquarters on a fugitive
from Justice charge but officials
refused to say what evidence they
had that he might be connected
with the Loring Staying.
The big, blond, dapper clerk
willingly accompanied the off,
GERS to Mt. Rainier for question
ing.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-11-11
OLD SIXTH COMPANY COAST
ARTILLERYMEN ORGANIZE FOR
ANNUAL REUNION In CITY
81 Former Members in At
tendance; Major Laid,
Former Captain Among
Those Present from Four
States
MEMORIAL SERVICE,
DINNER HELD SUNDAY

A permanent organization was
perfected and decision to hold a
reunion each year made at the
first reunion of the old Sixth Com
pany, Coast Artillery, North Car
DINA National Guard, held here
yesterday at the American Legion
clubhouse.
Fifty-scven former members of
the organization returned for the
first reunion. Heading the delega-
ton was Major formerly Cap
tain) Rollo V. Ladd, who COM
manded the organization when il
was called for World war service,
and Mrs. Ladd, who came from
Cincinnati where Major Ladd IS
attached to the R.O.T.C. unit at
the University of Cincinnati.
A telegram was read from
Blanton Belk, former second lieu
tenant of the company, now a
Presbyterian minister in Rich
mond. Va, stating that he was
leaving Richmond after his noon
service on Sunday and would
spend Armistice Day in Hender-
sonville.
Former members returned from
many cities and three states were
represented in addition to North
Carolina. One former member,
Russell Drake, drove all night Sat
urday from his home at Ocala,
Fla, in order to attend the re-
union yesterday.
The permanent organization,
set up at the luncheon meeting,
consists of Wiltshire Griffith,
chairman; Major Ladd, honorary
vice-chairman for life; A. V. Ed
wards, secretary, and Paul Eng
lish, treasurer.
Mr.. Edwards, R. L. Whitmire
and Hershel H. Allison were
named on the program committee,
and Claude English, Walter Stepp
and Paul English on the commit
tee on arrangements.
The reunion opened on Sunday
morning at 10 o'clock and after
an hour of renewing friendships
the company was formed by First
Sergeant Joseph p. Hollingsworth
and turned over to Major Laid.
Major Laid called the roll of
living members and then of the
Continued on page four)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-11-11
IS DROWN OFF
irish COAST
Craft Strikes Rock, Cap
sizes and Is Shattered
to Pieces

DONEGAL, ULSTER, Ireland,
Nov. II. (UP).-Eighteen men
and women were drowned Sunday
when a boat en- route to Aran
Island from Burtonport struck a
rock and capsized.
Only one survived.
1t was believed the skipper de-
cided to sail the boat through a
narrow channel in order to save a
long detour due to fog.
Seventeen went to the bottom
with the shattered craft. Two
chung to wreckage until rescue
craft arrived but one died of eX-
posture and submersion.
Six bodies were recovered.
The boaters were Irishmen re-
turning to Aran from Scotland
where they had been working in
the harvest and their relatives and
friends VIII omet them at Burton
port.
Aran was only four miles away
but the course lay through treach-
erous reefs made particularly dan
gerous by the fog.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-11-11
Fassifern Honor
Roll Designated

Prof. s. L. Woodward, principal
of Fassifen school, has announc-
ed the following honor roll for the
first six weeks of school: All Of
the following young ladies have
made grades of 90 and above:
Miss Ann Harris of Alpena, Mich,
Miss Peggy Cunningham, Knox
Vile: Misses Elizabeth and Jane
clark. Stamford, Conn.,, Miss Dor
othv Estes, Jacksonville: Miss
Cecilia Ann Davis, Irvine, KY;
Miss Jov Corrigan, Toronto, Can
ada. Miss Adel Extrowich, Savan-
nah: Miss Charlotte Haymore,
Chattanooga; Miss Esther L. Hill
house, Calhoun, Ga: Miss Harriet
Luther New York; Miss Fay Lin
berg. Burlington; Miss Nancy
Weeks, Detroit; Miss Ellen Mum
roe. Takamatsu, Japan, and Misses
Mary Scott and Anne Wilds. Miss
Bettv Perkins and Miss Alice
Stepn. Hendersonville.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-11-11
BEAT And ROB
AGED SALUDAN
Uncle Tom Billy Pace Vic
tim; $166 Taken; 3 Men
Being Held

Uncle Tom Billy Pace, S1-year-
old resident of the Saluda sec
ton was assaulted and beaten by
three men and robbed of $166 on
Saturday about noon near the
main highway just this side of the
Henderson-Polk county line.
After an afternoon and night
of work the Henderson sheriff's
department arrested three men,
George Short, whose home is not
known, Fred Gibbs, of Mill
Springs, Polk county, and Ray
mond Pace. These men will be
given a preliminary hearing on
Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
before Magistrate J. F. Brooks.
When the robbery was report
ed here Sheriff M. N. Orr order
ed bloodhounds from Asheville and
a search for the three men was
started. The dogs and large
posse searched until about dark
Saturday night.
Continuing the search, Deputy
John Drake, D. L. Worsham, con-
stable of Hoopers Greek township,
Gurley Laughter, Saluda police
chief and Clint Pace, who is fam
liar with the mountain section,
found a spot near the robbery
where the three men had eaten
supper on Friday night. From
this point the trail was followed
to the Green Cove section of the
county, about Is miles from the
scene of the robbery, where Short
and Gibbs were found sleeping in
a haystack. The arrest was made
at 2:30 a. m. Sunday.
The sum of $11.50 was recov-
cred from these men and they ad-
mitted according to officers, that
the money had been stolen from
Mr.. Pace. They implicated Ray
mond Pace and declared, officers
said, that he had planned the
robbery. Pace was arrested a
short distance below Saluda on
Sunday morning about 8 O'Clock:
Mr.. Pace was bruised and his
bodv and limbs skinned in the
fight with the three men, but was
not seriously hurt.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-11-11
FIVE MADMEN
DIE in BLAZE
Heroic Work of Nuns and
Aides Saves Many Lives
in Canada

MONTREAL, Que, Nov. IL
UP(. - Fire early Sunday de-
stroyed the east wing of Saint
Jean de Dieu Mental hospital,
housing violent male inmates, kill
ing five madmen and injuring 30
other persons amid scenes of IN
comfortable panic.
Nuns, nurses and guards braved
falling timbers and cracking
flames to free the shriek;ng mad
men from the cells in which they
were locked, strapped to their
beds. Four OF the dead were
raving madmen who fought free
from rescuers and dashed back in
to the burning building, as do ter
.rified horses. The fifth patient
died of shock. -,
The fire broke out between the
top floor and the roof of the two
story st. Augustine wing ana
spread rapidly through three other
blocks. 1t was discovered by one
of the nuns when a section 7ot
MASTER ceiling of the top floor
collapsed, belching smoke and
blazing timbers. ,4
In 80 minutes the IT'S violent
inmates of the ward where the
fire started had been removed.
Nuns went down the corridors un,,
lacking the cells. Nurses slashed
the straps binding the madmen TO
their beds, as time did not permit
nnfastening the locks of the mar
ness. Two guards seized each pa
tent and pushed their ravlng
change cIenr ' outside the building to
other guards.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-11-11

Memories shift again on this Ar
mistice Day to events that hap
pened in the city shown above
and the railway coach at the left
events four years and four
months apart, during which time
nine million men died in the
bloodiest war of all history. Two
pistol shots fired at the left end
of the bridge above brought on
this unparalleled slaughter - the
shots fired by Gavrilo Princip
which killed Archduke Franz Fer
dinand of Austria and his bride,
Countess Sophie. The bridge spans
the Miljacka river in Sarajevo,
Bosnia, some of the towns houses
and mosque, with slender nina
ret, also, being seen. The railway
COACH, repainted and renovated, is
the one in" which Marshal Foch
met German delegates in the Com
peigne Forest in November, 1918,
to arrange armistice terms.