26 QUBERCULOSIS, A SCOTCHED ONAKE By PHILIP P. JACOBS, Ph. D, Assist ant Secretary ths National Asso ciation For ths Study and Pr«- vention of Tuberculosis. In certain sections of the United States the Indians have a habit of catching rattlesnakes and other vipers by stealing up softly upon the sleeping victim wliilc he is sunning himself in the sand, and pinning him down to the ground with a forked stick. While the struggling snake Is held at the neck with the crotched stick, the man cuts ■jff the head or rattles and then skins j him. This custom has suggested a very »pt illusion to the aati-tuberculosis rampaign. Tuberculosis, the Great White Plague, is a snake of huge pro portions, poisoning hundreds of thou sands of victims every year and wind lug his slimy way into almost every avenue of life and into nearly every family in the United States. The or ganized movement against this disease may be designated as a great crotched ■tick. or. better still, a number of forked sticks, each of which is holding down the Monster by the neck, with the ultimate hope that some day he i»«ll be flayed and cast into the limbo of many other useless diseases, such as leprosy, the black plague, yellow fever, and smallpox. What are some of the forked sticks SANTA SADLY WIPES AWAY A TEAR IN COURT - Many a Story Moves Heart of Jolly Old Saint Who Hov ered Xearbv The story 01" the little girl who only j wanted clothes "like the other girls." of tin: lame little girl who goi whisky nt her home and bought cigarets at the corner store, of the twin brother and sister who just "wouldn't stay in 1 nights" and who just "wouldn't go to ; school"—they were only a few of the j tales told to Additional Law Judge S. 1 J. M. JlcCarrell this morning at the i pre-Christmas special session of I juvenile court. More than a Ooxen youngsters were ; arraigned and somehow the spectator, couldn't quite dismiss the thought that th" judge on the bench. Assistant District Attorney Wickersham, the probation officers, even the policemen , who appeared as witnesses had a'■ sneaking fondness for Santa them selves, and were more or less openly j in cahoots with old Mr. Claus. " i M hero They'll liaiig Tlioir Stockings , Of the dozen small defendants two » least, will hang their stockings in i the dormitories of Glen Mills and the I House of Kefuge—that it. if the rein-! deer is permitted to flash close enough . to the places where the "bad" little boys and "bad" little girls must go.*' The stories were not without their; laughs—nor their tears. The chokiest story of all was told by the little girl "who wanted clothes like other girls. That is why she didn't want to go to school. She so much preferred to •work, even though she is only four fen. That's why she stayed out of i school so much —and why she was J arraigned on the truancy charge. The ; "other girls' made fun of her clothes. * \\ hen the Law Reaches Out The twin brother and sister got! their release on probation. They've a brother now at Glen Mills. The | former got Into some prominence a i short time ago when he picked the 1 lock on the House of Detention with a shoe buttoner and departed. The story of the little girl who went! to Darlington, may cause the Law to ' clutch the storekeeper who violated! I he regulation which prohibits the sale I of cigarets to a minor. V. hen she told how she readily bought the cigarets. Assistant District | attorney Wickersham promptly di- ' rected County Detective Walters to i investigate. When the Small Prisoner Cried The girl never uttered a word as' the court was being Informed by pro- I cation officers of the awful home sur roundings in which she had lived I 1 hrough the fourteen short years oft Jut life. The whole story of her pres- i cn.-e in court was summed tip in aj way when one of the officers touched! upon her mother's condition. To my mind. Tour Honor." said! th»> juvenile officer, "the mother is a I habitual user of some kind of VJopeV* Tlie Httl« girl cried cried very! softly when Judge McCarrell ordered 1 her sent to the House of Hefuge. | FRIDAY EVENING. HARRISBURG I TELEGRAPH DECEMBER 10. 1915 that are helping to hold down this Snake Tuberculosis? There are hospitals and sanatoria— nearly 600 of them—scattered through out the United States with between 30.000 and 40,000 beds, providing a place where the victim of tuberculosis may be cured or where he may be tak en from his home to prevent the spread of the disease to others in his family. What are thirty-five thousand beds among a million consumptives? The I sale of Red Cross Seals helps to seenre ! hospital and sanatorium provision In every state and section of the United i States. ALLIES EVACUATE SERB TERRITORY Expedition in Balkans With drawn "For Reasons Easy to Understand" By .tssocialed Press Berlin. Dec. 10.—By wireless to Say ville.—According to information re i celved in military f the armies at the front, although he has I barely recovered. The general him self applied for active emplovnient I again. Dispensaries and clinics are another mighty weapon against Tuberculosis Nearly 500 of these stations where any one may be examined free of charge and receive proper advice and treat ment are scattered from Maine to Cal ifornia and from the Great Lakes to Porto Rico. Red Cross Seals will fur nish the money to build many more similar helping stations,—and the coun try should have 2.000 instead of 500 What a big stick do the visiting nurses of the country wield as they stand on the neck of the Demon Tu bercu'osis! These Good Samaritans go into the homes of the tuberculosis pa COUNCIL TO INSPECT MARKET STRE 'mm nn _.j l tc . hin J s , how v H the cl ", wi ngs of the city engineer which will likely be submitted to Council Tuesday relative to the pro posed widening of the Market street subway. The drawing shows just what properties will be affected, the changes of grade the wav the ap proaches from T-ifth street will open into the main subway and the method for approach to the subway at Cowden street. Violent Demonstrations For Peace in Berlin By Associated Press : Paris, Dec. 10.—The Rome corre j spondent of the Journal sends the fol- I lowing: "A Zurich (Switzerland) dispatch ! states that violent demonstrations in I favor of peace have taken place in Berlin. The police were obliged to charge the crowds. The windows of stores and cafes were smashed during the rioting. Soldiers in the crowd took an active part in the disturbance." ACADEMY HOYS PLAN* BIG TIME The lower school boys of the Har risburg Academy have planned a de lightful Christmas entertainment which they will give on the morning of December 21 at 10 o'clock in the school gymnasium. The "gym" will be beautifully deco rated for the big Academy dance that evening and the smaller boys will make use of these decorations in pre senting their entertainment to parents and friends in the morning. Sixty or seventy invitations have been sent out i and the list of guests will of necessity be limited to thaf number. The pro gram will include rhrlstnuui recita tion-* and songs and will be featured by on athletic exhibition on the spring board. with Indian clubs and dumb bells. and in other ways. A splendid urogram is looked for. tlents ana, by kindly advice and In struction, give to those who suffer re lief from pain and make the otherwise deadly victim of tuberculosis a safe companion for those with whom he as sociates. Their work is both curative and preventive. Of the more than 3.000 tuberculosis nurses in almost every state of the country, a great percent age of thero are supported directly Independents Meet Hard i Foe in Greystock Team; World's Star in Line-up The Harrisburg Independents meet their hardest proposition of the pres , ent season to-morrow night when they i play the Greystock team, leaders of 1 the Eastern league. The locals are I practicing hard and long for this Bamc. Greystock played in Harris liurg twice last season, and both times defeated the locals by small margins. 1 The League leaders will bring their | , J regular linfe-up to Harrisburg. The t ■ Greys are very strong defensively, and [ in McWilliama have a guard who isj rated as the best defensive player in ; the country. This Is the only Eastern League! team scheduled to play in Harrisburg before Christmas. It is hoped the screen backuoard for the balcony goal, will be in place, so that the fans on the balcony will be able to see the game at afl times. I SPRING SERIES IV SOUTH Special to The Telegraph Philadelphia, Dec. 10. lf ar rangements now under way arc com pleted, the Spring series between the Athletics and Phillies will be played after all, but local fans will have no opportunity to witness the games. TUey will be played at Jacksonville from Red Cross Seal funds. Every town, village and hamlet of one thou sand or more persons ought to have at least one visiting nurse. The open air schools, fresh air classes and the children's hospitals of the coun try are a siighty crotched stick that are helping to icotcb Tuberculosis. In these institutions the child plays, studies and eats out of doors, and the wholesome [and Si. Petersburg, Fla., during the ilraining season. Business Manager iShettsllne, of the Phillies, and Mana j ger Mack, of the Athletics, are ar ranging their schedules,. and an at tempt will be made to get In a five or seven-game series. According to the present, plans of President Baker and Manager Moran, the Phillies will follow the lead of the Mackmen and will not depart for the South until the second week in March. Assert Central Powers Have Brought No Pressure , By Associated fress j Vienna, by Courier to Berlin, Dec. 9, via London, Dec. 10.—It is authorlta i tively stated here that the central I powers have brought no pressure 1 whatever to bear on Greece. The view is held that the position of Greece is difficult in the highest degree and that the Greek government is endeavoring to preserve not only neutrality but complete independence. The position is taken here therefore, that pressure, j upon Greece is hardly called for and would even be useless so long as the ' Athens government is able to assert its own Interests. The interest of the central powers, it is stated, is merely that Greece shall remain neutral, no more and no less. Considering the condition of the conn- j try and that the Greek government ' iUeil sees that it i* lor line welfare environment, the fresfi air and the good food, together with the carefully regulated rest, restore the color to wan cheeks and put vim and vigor Into list less bodies. Ked Cross Seals have been the chief instrumentality In demon strating to city after city the necessity for these Institutions, until now there are nearly 1.000 of them. A big stick that seems to be larger of the Hellenic people to remain neu tral, the central powers, it is asserted, have no occasion to bring pressure to j bear in Athens. STEAMSHIPS MAY SUSPKNI) By Associated Press Athens, London. Dec. 10, 11 A. M. — ! Reuter's Athens correspondent tele graphs that on account of restrictions placed by Great Britain on the for eign commerce of Greece several steamship lines, including those sub ventioned by the government for the ! postal service, contemplates suspen sion of business. A coal famine is feared and the correspondent says Greece has called dfte attention of Great Britain to the grave conse quences entailed by prohibition of im portation of coal from England, not withstanding the orders placed in , America. BETTER STILL, ll 1 j If I marry the A*9 heiress. I'll pay you the $50.00 M ' Introduce m e Up /to th heiress H ■nd HI call It ■ ; than any of the others and more pow erful In its pressure upon the neclt of the Consumption Monster Is one that Is labeled "EDUCATION." It is this weapon that is teaching the boys and girls and the men and women of the country that Tuberculosis is a danger ous. communicable and preventable dis ease and that united effort will stamp It out. The money that is buying the literature, furnishing the exhibits, and carrying on the wide-spread movement for education of the people of the Unit ed States about tuberculosis Is large ly, and in fact almost entirely, furnish ed by Ked Cross Seals. Over and above all of the other fork ed sticks that are holding down the Tuberculosis Snake, and. as it were, uniting all of the others, is a big weap on which is known as the Anti-Tuber culosis Association. It is this one club, coordinating as It does all of the other agencies, that are fighting this Plague that is in itself the most powerful weapon that is being wielded against the Demon Consumption. Red Cross Seals furnish ninety percent and more of the support of the twelve hundred anti-tuberculosis associations of thj United States. Everybody can help to down this Monster Tuberculosis The Ked Cross Christmas Seal Sale furnishes an excel lent opportunity for you to do your share In this fight. Have you bought yours yet? If not, do it at once. ! CLAIMS BRITAIN IS TREADING ON NEUTRAL RIGHTS Senator Smith Wants Congress to Insist That Interference With Commerce Cease By .Associated Press Washington, Dec. 10. —Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia, in an address in the Senate to-day called upon Con gress to insist that Great Britain cease interference with neutral commerce. He declared that protests by the American State Department had been met by increased lawlessness fend trampling upon neutral rights. "The United States, with other neu tral nations, should demand from Great Britain," said the senator, "that disregard of their rights cease. It. may be necessary for the United States and other neutrals to let Great Britain understand that "no word or act will be omitted to enforce their rights. l'roflt From V. S. Goods British merchants and shippers are profiting greatly, he asserted, by ex porting the very character of goods' seized when shipped from the United States to neutral European ports. "The blockade of neutral ports is a deliberate disregard of neutral rights by Great Britain," Senator Smith con tinued. "There can be no pretense that It is sustained by the customs of nations. Indeed, there is no such pretense. It is a bold, reckless dis regard of that freedom of the seas, which is the right of neutrals by the customs of nations and the rules of international law." Remarking that the relations be tween the United States and Great Britain had been growing closer for a hundred years the senator added: "But we are not a dependency of Great Bri tain. Germany, too." he said, "al ways had been a irlend of the T_-nite withdraw