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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 <i"arters here, the
; Anglo-French expedition in the Bal
kans has continued its retreat and
has now entirely evacuated Serbian
territory.
j London. Dec. 10.—What seems to be
an intimation that the troops of the
; entente allies contemplate evacuating
: Serbian territory if they have not al
! ready done so, is contained in a state
ment declared in a Reuter dispatch
from Saloniki to have been issued by
| the French general staff on the Balkan
front. The statement quoted bv the
' Saloniki correspondent is as follows:
"We, the French and British, are
retiring for reasons easy to under
! stand. In view of the fact that the
Serbian army for the moment is out
of the reckoning, our presence in Ser
, bian territory is no longer necessary.
Bulgarian successes amount to an oc
cupation of territory no longer dis
i puted by us. They have invariably
; suffered checks each time the allied
I troops assumed the offensive, notwlth
j standing their numerically superior
forces."
Situation of Entente
Forces in Serbia Is
Characterized as Grave
London. Doc. 10.—All the morning '
newspapers comment on what theyj
characterize as the gravd situation of
i the entente forces in Serbia. The
j Saloniki correspondent of the Phron-'
licle. describing the Bulgarian attacks.
I says:
• "Fairly important Bulgarian forces
; are engaged In the fight much more
resembles that of the previous Balkan ]
I war than the operations now familiar j
lin France and Flanders. The country '
iis rough and mountainous and the i
, mists greatly facilitate what is really
I guerilla warfare. On different oc
! casions a suddenly lifting inist has
] left the Bulgarians in a very exposed
j position close to the British front
which has allowed the British maxims
'to get into action and inflict heavy
losses. I believe that the withdrawal
.and alteration of the allied line has
given up nothing of material import -
I ance, but was undertaken In order to
! strengthen the line and place the
• troops In less exposed positions dur
j ing the cold weather.
WOr\I)ED GKXERAIT
IS GIVEN COMMAND
Paris. Dec. 10. General H. J. E
jGouraud, who lost an arm as 'he re
jsult of wounds suffered while com
imanding the French expedltlonary
j force at the Dardanelles and who sus
tained other severe wounds, has been
I assigned to command one <>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.
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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<i
States and many American citizens
love that country only second to their
own.
"The United States therefore owes (
it to her citizens an* to her friends
to maintain a real neutrality," said
Senator Smith. Neutrals must main
tain their neutral rights to maintain
neutrality. Great Britain may desire,
to crush an enemy through the sup
pression of trade but she has no right
to do it at our loss or to make us the
instrument of it."
Turks Continue to Gain
Ground in Mesopotamia
fly Associated Press
Constantinople. Dec. 10.— An olßcial
report given out here indicates that
the Turks arc steadily gaining the
ascendency in • .Mesopotamia and that
the British expedition, following its
long retreat from the vicinity of Bas
ilar!, is now offering less effective re
sistance. "n the Dardanelles front
minor engagements continue. All
allied monitor was hit twice and coin
oeUed U> withdraw