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&0RRY OVER PARALYSIS MAY
TEKKOKIZ.ii; fAKEJNTS INTO ILLNESS
moctor Krusen Warns Fathers and Mothers to Be Careful
ana to .avoiu jotscuining ranic-otricKen uver
Scare of Epidemic
'M.ii.rflnhla 19 BolnB to nave nn
fctiVmle of sick parents ns a result or the
?S narnlyBls "scare" If the- parents
1 . not careful, nccorcllnB to l)r. wnmcr
&n Director of Public Health and
hf'' Zln Riv8 tlint tho fathcra nml
feXrg'hftve become panicky and hyiitcrlcnt
rwult of the1 Infantile paralysis sltua-
t - - -
tlon.
much frlRhtened
said Doctor Krusen,
find the Hrst thlnff that wo know there
!. !- in ba an epidemic of nervoUB
KMoi-nts havo become
p- .,.- .ittmtlnn."
v mu oiv --
R ".i. in ha an cplde
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SSSleparalytil- situation Itself. People
!.. nctually becomo panicky."
BiDoctor Krusen Is of the opinion that tho
RLlnrtnt measures used by tho Pennsyl
vania Health Department nnd tho city
ittilth Department aro an Important factor
In rtduclnc tho number of cases within tho
iMt few days. There lias been a noticeable
i,atm both In tho city and tho State.
RDocter Krusen thinks that the nttltudo of
ffho narents Is bringing forth results never
Vauak-d beforo for tho benefit or tho cojn
Kunlty. because places which havo not been
rieaned up for months aro being attended
to and the sanitary conditions aro being
tanroved In a hitherto unhcardof manner.
fe Doctor Krusen docs not try to minimize
tlie KTAVliy 01 iHC llllllllkllU IUillJBIE DILUU-
ton In this city, for he, along with nil other
jrtdlcal authorities, says there Is tho mys
i.'rr nbout the ravages of tho disease which
no one knows how to combat. It Is tho mys
tery Of It all which maea wiu imysiciuna
liko different methods of combating It,
.
although they admit that In somo of tho
steps they may bo making mistakes.
Dr. Samuel O. Dixon, State Health Com
missioner, for Instance, says: "Wo do not
really know much nbout this disease. We
nro working, na It wore. In the dark. Wo
arc, therefore, using every possible nvenuo
which might be a way by which tho dis
ease Is spread. Wo do not know what
things food, Insects, persons may sprend
It Wo only know Hint It Is spread. Wo
do not want to alarm the parents of little
children too much, nnd do not want sick
parents on our hands as n result of the
worrying they go through, but wo do want
nit precautions taken, and wo appreciate
the way the papers and the public are co
operating In helping to combat tho sprend
of tho disease.
"I really believe we are making progress,"
he Bald. "Look at Bristol, for Instance It
looked rather dnrk thero for a while and
we hail the nearest to an epidemic there
for tho size of tho place that we have nny
where In the Stnto : but the stringent meas
ures taken In cleaning up that town and
tho eltccttvo quarantine ngalnst Now York
nnd New Jersey seems to hnvo stopped tho
sprend there. It looks ns though wo aro
on tho right track Then, too, look at tho
record of tho first week's quarantine re
sults. Only threo cases In n population ot
G.500,000 on the first day of tho second
week of the quarantine. That was Sunday
of this week."
Health authorities aro much encouraged
at the results of tho efforts of Stnto nnd
city olTlcIuls, according to statements from
men who arc watching tho situation dally.
WOL WAVE STRIKES PLAGUE;
, NO NEW VICTIMS IN NIGHT
Ontlnoed frpm Tone One
Twentieth and Arch streets, monkeys are
'sow being utilized for this purpose. If
trntnan blood Is used It Bhould bo used
carefully, for It Is dangerous."
" FOUn MORIS DKAD.
Four new deaths were reported this morn
ing In Philadelphia. Only threo new cases
developed here, however. Today's dead are:
, JOSEPH HAMMER, 2 years, BG71 Hcls
kell street.
MICHAEL COSTRLLO, 3 years, 151G
Couth Thirtieth street.
WAfoVIA GRABECIC, 2 months, 43B0
Wayne avenue,
fcSIDNEY BODINE, 1 month, B812 Trln-
uy, piace.
lllty-inreo uenins navo reauueu biiicb
Juaary 1 and 193 casc3 havo been ro-
Hlted.
IjM.N'O INCREASE IN CAMDEN.
Camden has had only one new case In 48
bout, 'inrougnoui uic cnwru auuu ui
Pennsylvania thero havo developed only 13
Biwcaaes In two days, nnd Doctor Dixon
linnHml.tlr. m'0r litis nhnwlnt nllrlhiltlncr
Vto the cold spell and to tho effectiveness
vt ,inc iiuuruuiuiu.
Pennsylvania Is particularly fortunate,"
t said. "Tho Indications aro that wo are
IPlnc to have an early and cool fall, and
89 we ntready are In the middle of August
lthout on epidemic"
PLThs one caso reported in Camden was
ithit of James Monnhnn, 3 years old, of
11101 Tioga street. He was taken ill Friday,
.but physicians diagnosed the case as par
ties only today. His is the twenty-second
cu In Camden during tho month. Eight
deaths have occurred there since July IS.
Kt)r. J, M, Campbell, who Is in charge of
.lis State medical Inspectors, has sent a
man up the Delawaro River to Investigate
tumors that tho quarantine was being vio
lated. Tho Delawaro Transportation Corn
July's vessels zigzag on their trips from tho
Pennsylvania to the Now Jersey shore, but
Doctor Dixon said he was suro the company
,ws doing everything In Its power to afd In
Jh observance of the quarantine.
JiTlw New Jersey Board of Health and the
rUlroad companies doing business In that
Suite are Just now In controversy over tho
taforctment of the Infantile paralysis quar
antine. The latter wero requested to aid
fcTths observance of tho quarantine by re
tains to Bell tickets to children under 10
jrjari of age unless they could display
Kiljh certificates. To this reply wns made
ttat the railroads aro not quarantine agents
Md )hat, while they would aid In tho spread
"propaganda, they could not bo expected
jojubmit to the Inconvenience, nccompany.
t tHe placing of railroad Inspectors at all
nuwu.
I
JERSEY QUARANTINE.
n SVrV fit., .rlllnn. . J k..Ml . Vaii,
wmjt the paralysis quarantine Is being
Wdly enforced by 'a small army ot State
"lectors. Wherever there Is a small set
WfMnt an eagle-eyed representative of the
fummlty paces the railroad station plat
paor looks over the highways and trolley
"M", determined that no child under 10
!! without a health certificate shall enter
v5..?"IaKa and nake possible an outbreak
gltht epidemic
gyw Jersey has established a quarantine
Wu?.unltlM against communities. It Is
wV?ta ,or any Child to go from Camden
w Mdon Heights or anywhere else unless
Sj Protected by a health certificate.
Tho quarantine Is particularly hard on
forolgn-spoaking persons, who are stilt In
Ignornnco tlint It even exists nnd some
times pay out comparatively largo sums of
money for transportation, only to bo met
nt their destination by the Inspectors and
returned to tho place from whero they had
set out because they had not taken the pre
caution to equip themselves with cerlflcate:
showing their children to bo free of th
danger of spreading tho disease.
Tho Camden authorities have nbnndomd
tho practice of Issuing c-tlflcates for onf
day excursion trips, nnd tralllo to oviry
point has been considerably lightened.
The now enscs In Philadelphia this morn
ing wero thoso of:
Nathan Labrotz, 10 months, 320 North
Sixth street.
Abraham Krakowsky, 14 months, 1609
Gerrltt street.
Francis Harlan, 1444 South Gucnthcr
street.
In order to provide for quicker co-operation
of tho authorities In this and other
phases of the campaign ugalnst Infantllo
paralysis. Doctor Krusen held a con
ference this afternoon with Jnmcs Robinson,
superintendent of police; John A. Vogelson,
chief of the Bureau of Health ; William II.
Connell, chief of the Bureau of Highways:
Cnrleton E. Davis, chief of tho Bureau of
Water, nnd Oeorge E. Datcsman, Director
of Public Works.
Doctor Calms Is investigating the caso
of Catherine Dale, 2 years old, 023 East
Thompson street, to nsccrtaln If nny phy
sician is culpable, because sho was taken
sick August 4, while the caso was not re
ported until Friday.
REPORTS ON PLAGUE.
Director Krusen' said today that he had
Investigated the situation relative to two
physicians who had permitted cases of In
fantile paralysis to develop without report
ing them to tho authorities, but that theso
had been exonerated because of the fact
that physicians find It dllllcult to dlagnoso
diseases ns inraMlle paralysis In tho In
cipient stage. Another physician Is to bo
heard next week concerning his falluro to
make a proper report of paralysis. I
Special meetings last night of four
blanches of the Philadelphia County Medi
cal Society, at which physicians discussed
the diagnosis, transmission nnd treatment
ot Infantile l aralysls, were well attended.
MAYOR PLEDGES ACTS
ON VICE PROBLEM
Contlnnul from Time One
results count, ho says, and they are still In
tho making.
SENATOR VARE VISITS MAYOR.
A good deal of Interest has been stirred
by Senator Vnre's visit to the Mayor yestcr
dny. After tho Interview Mr. Smith was
questioned.
"Mr. Mayor, you are not In the habit
of calling In Stato Senators or others not
' nclnlly connected with your administration
to discuss whnt you plan to do In tho city
government, aro you?"
Then ho consented to rcplyto a previous
question. Ho Buld:
"If you nsk mo whether Senntor Vnre
came to talk with me about what 1 propose
doing to take tho pollco out of polities or
ridding this city ot vice, my reply to you
Is that wo positively did not discuss these
BUbJccts."
Then he drove away.
Senntor Vnro wns more communicative,
although not particularly Illuminative. Ho
rofuscd to say whether or not he ,waa
pleased with tho Mayor's order to eliminate
nil policemen from political clubs. In tho
downtown section, controlled by Senntor
Varo nnd his brother, Congressman Vnro,
there nro nearly a score of such clubs. One
of them, tho Union Republican Club, of
South Philadelphia, founded by Senntor
Vnre, hns more than 1000 members.
Following In the Interview with Senator
Vnro In the corridor outsldo tho Mayor's
oftlco:
"Whnt did you discuss with Mayor
Smith?"
"Wc talked about everything and wo
didn't talk about anything "
"That Is not very specific. Did you dis
cuss the Mnyor's plan to take tho pollco
from politics?"
"No, sir."
"Did you discuss the order taking police
men from political clubs?"
"No, Blr. , .
"What do you think of that order?
"I don't think."
"What effect will It havo upon tho Or
ganization?" "1 don't know."
"A man bo highly placed in local politic!
ns you naturally would be expected to havo
an opinion on a matter so closely allied with
politics," It wns suggested.
"You can 'throw that bull' somewhere,"
wns the Senator's reply, "but you can't get
nwny with It with me."
"What do you havo to say as to tho
Mayor's declaration that tho Influence of
polttlclnni over policemen had a great deal
to do with the protection of vlco In this
city?"
"I don't think politics Interferes' with tho
pollco department."
"In your experience ns a politician, what
havo you observed of the Influenco exerted
over tho pollco by politicians?"
PARALYSIS LEAPS UPWARD
IN XEW YORK; 31 AMY DEATHS
100 New Cases nnd 39 Deaths Reported
by Physicians
NEW YORK, Aug. IB. Hope that tho
crest of tho Infantile pnralysls epidemic had
been reached wns destroyed today by a
largo lncrcaso In tho number of new cases
nnd denths. For the 24 hours ending at 10
a. m. tho Health Department reported 100
new cases nnd 39 deaths, nn lncreaso of G8
and 8 respectively. The total of cases to
date Is 0532, while 1403 havo died from tho
disease.
Experts watching tho course ot the dis
ease bellevo that only tho cold weather of
tho fall can check tho epidemic. That tho
number of cases may reach 11,000 Is gen
erally believed by the physicians.
Several cases nmong the adults have re
suited fatally. It Is apparent from ob
servation of tho present plaguo that any
ndult who falls victim has a very slight
chanco of recovery
Criticism of tho Health Department Is
steadily Increasing. Numerous complaints
havo been mndo of dead animals bolng nl
lowed to llo for several days In tho streets.
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RICHARD MEEKINS WAS
STRANGLED TO DEATH
Doctor's Opinion Concerning
Handkerchief Around Child's
Neck Outweighs Detec
tives' Theory
tho child hnd not been murdered, but
wandered to tho spot nnd died ot exposure.
Doftor Wndsworth fald ho could nccount
for tho preaeneo of tho handkerchief nround
tho boy's neck In no other way than that he
was MtnnRled. Ha said that this theory
was strengthened by the manner In which
the hnndkcrchlcf was tied, and by Its pres
sure nRalnst the neck
Luke Mecklns, father of the dead boy,
who lives nt G331 Yocum street; Judson
Self, tho fnrmcr on whosn land tho body
was found, nnd tho boy's grandfather wero
nmonif bthors who testified.
BOY VANISHED LAST FALL
Two conflicting theories as to the cause of
tho death of D-ycar-old Ifchard Mecklns,
of 2449 South Sixty-first street, whose body
was found nt Seventieth street nnd Hotnnlc
avenue on Atay 3, were ndvnnccd today at
tho Inquest beforo Coroner Knight.
Dotectlvo Timlin, who was asslgnc' to tho
caso two days after the boy disappeared on
November 28, said he helUncd he ili.d of
exposure. Coroner's I'hyslclan Dr. William
H. Wndsworth said that the presence of a
handkerchief nround H chard's neck Indi
cated probabb strangulation The Jury,
nctlng under Instructions from Coroner
Knight, brought n verdict that death was
probably due to strangulation.
Tho Inquest had been put off from week
to week nt tho request of the Detective
Uurcnu In the hope that tho mystery of tho
boy's dlsappeaianco might bo sohed. Tho
finding of tho Jury, which Is tho first ofllclnl
Indication that young Jlecklns In dead, will
enable his mother, Mrs. Annie Mecklns, who
Is poor, to collect Insurance for her son's
death.
Mrs. Mecklns was so overcome by emotion
that sho had great difficulty In testifying.
Two detectives stood near her as sho stood
on tho witness i,tnnd, fearing n collapse,
but tho woman controlled herself sulllclcntly
to answer the questions put to her.
Richard's G-ycar-old brother James wns
called to tho stand, but, clinging to his
mother, he wept bitterly nnd wan excused
by tho Coroner.
Detectlvo Timlin snld that ho and De
tective Kdwnrd Lynch had passed tho
neighborhood where tho body was found
many times, but explained (ho falluro to
find the body by saying that tho ground
during winter was Inundated with water
Detective Lynch died ns a result of n cold
contracted there. Timlin said ho betlocd
KAISER DOESN'T ENVY
MAN WHO STARTED WAR
"I nt Least Am Not That Man,"
Emperor Declares in Re
ported Interview
LONDON, Aug. IB. A statement by the
fleminr. Emperor on tho responsibility for
tho Kuropenn war Is printed In tho London
Dally News. It Is contained In a dispatch
from Heme. Switzerland, which gives an
"eminent neutral's" nccount ot nn audience
with tho Hmperor nt llerlin. The Kaiser
Is reported ns saylig:
"I suppose tho Hrlt sh theory that I am
responsible for the war has got a hold on
your own people. It is curious how this
theory Becms to fascinate my enemies
Yet the people who nccuso mo of having
caused tho -war aro tho very peoplo who
previously testified to tho earnestness of
my desire for penco.
"I do not envy tho man who has tho re
sponsibility for this war upon his con
science 1 nt least nm not that man.
"t think history will clear mo of that
charge, although I do not suppose history
will hold mo faultless. In n sense, every
civilized man In Kuropo must hnvo a share
In tho responsibility for this war, uml tho
higher his position, tho larger his rcspon-
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slblllty I admit that, nnd yet I claim t
aett throughout In good fAlth and strove
hai-1 for peace, even when war was In
evitable. . .
"Why do you neutrals always talk about
German militarism nnd never about Rus
sian' dcpotlsm, French craving for revenge
and English treachery? I think the next
generation will strike a Juster balance In
apportioning tho blame."
Drowns In Swatara Creek
lIAimtSIlUna, Aug. 16. Raymond
Oonglorf, night operator for tho Philadel
phia and Reading Railway nt Swatara, was
drowned while swimming across tho
Swntarn Creek at the Stovcrdalo Camp
Meeting Grounds late yesterday. Ho la
survived by i wlfo nnd Infant non.
riwi i 1 1 mi mi in' mimwm0m4mimmmmmjmmtommt&
I)e SeRtir, French Historian, Dies
PARIS, Aug. 15. Marquis do Scgur, nn
historian and member of tho French Acad
emy bIiico 1007, died yesterdny.
Uruguayan ministry Kcslgns
JtONTI3VIDr:o. Aug. 15. The Uruguay
an Ministry has resigned.
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