Evening Star Newspaper, June 10, 1922, Page 9

Sex of Unborn Fly Changed Declares Professor By X-Ra By the Associated Press SCHENECTADY. N. Y.. June 10.— Announeement that he had succeeded in changing the sex of unborn ba- nena flles and otherwise altering thelr hereditary characteristics by use of the X-ray was made by James W. Mavor. professor of zoology at Unlon College, in & commencement week address before the alumni of the school. While he did not predict any prac- tical application of his dlscoveries In"the direction of efforts to aiter the tranemission of hereditary char- acteristics in animals or plangs, Prof. Mavor said he did anticipate they would be of great help in mak- ing “a sound foundation for . the therapeutic use of X-rays.” “It is of more than academic in- terest to prove that the mechanism of heredity can’ be modified by an cx‘ernal agent such as X-rays,” ke safd. “Although the whole animal was exposed to the rays while the eggs were in the mother, this strik- ing and far-reaching effect on the inheritance of the offspring was pro- duced without apparently affecting the body of the mother herself in any way." The panana fly was sclected for| the expcriments, he explained, be- cause the great mass of data con- cerning its hereditary characteristics already amarsed made it possible to check accuratel fucted by the HOW TO PREVENT DISEASE This is the twelfth of a series of fourteen articles, prepared by experts of the United States Star is publishing weekly. Saturday. tack of smallpox are fortunately not common in the city of Washington. But it was far otherwise In the cen- ters of civilization two centuries ago. and today in places unprotected by the application of sélentific knowl- edge smallpox is not infrequent. A few dozen cases in Washington at| one time would now a serious outbreak, yet in Europe before the discovery of vacinnation smallpox was a common children's disease like whooping cough or measles, but with a much heavier toll of death. “Unpocked” was a term applied to youth as “unshaven” is today. Even now in the interior provinces of China cases of full-blown small- pox are frequently to be met on the street, and pock-marked faces are 80 common that a considerable part of the population has the doubtful ad- vantage of protection from further attacks of smallpox by reason of hav- ing survived the disease itself. Negligent About Vaceination. Smallpox is smallpox whenever and wherever we encounter it, but dif- ferent epidemics have varying de- grees of severity. Since 1896 we have had in the United States one of the mildest types known, several hun- dred cases occurring at times with- out a death. The prevalence of these mild.forms of the disease has caused forgetfulness of the more serious epidemics and consequently vaccina- tion has been neglected. In some states, particularly in the middle west and on the Pacific coast, vac- cination is no longer required as a protection for school children; in thess states smallpox has bec more and more common until in sas, for example, one person in every fifteen {s due to have smallpox at some time in his life. Among many asnitarlams smallpox is considered a dead letter because of the large measure of success that has rewarded the thorough application of vaccination and revaccination. Over and over again it has been proved by actual experience that smallpox is controllable by vaccination and only by vaccination. The full force of the demonstration 1s apparent only to those who have been brought in per- sonal contact with many cases of the disease, and have seen the suffering patients nursed and cared for with impunity by persons who have en- joyed the protection of vaccination, while those who are unvaccinated and are Intimately exposed are attacked by the disease in the large majority of instances. Measles is the only hu- man disease whose contagion is as certain as that of 'mlllnox among the unvaccinated. Vaccination at School Age. In the United States the communi- ties which, as communities, see the need for protection agalnst smallpox, require children to be vaccinated be- TWO D. C. PRIESTS MADE MONSIGNORS ReVs._ Matthews and Gavan Among Four Elevated in Baltimore Archdiocese. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, June 10.—Announce- ment was made at the archlepiscopal residence vesterday of the elevation of four priests of the Baltimore arch- diocese to tha rank of monsignor, with the title of domestic prelate of | the papal household. Two of the four priests to receive | this distinction are stationed in ‘Washington, being Rev. James R. Matthews, pastor of St. Cyprian's Church, and Rev. P. C. Gavan of the Church ' of the Sacred Heart. {The’ only Baltimore priest to re- ceive the distinction is Rev. Louis R. Stickney, rector of the cathedral Very Rev. E. J. Wunder, pastor of Patrick’'s Church, Cumberland, Md., ‘was also honored Mgr. Gavan was formerly chancel- lor of the archdiocese before the ap- pointment of Mgr. Stickney. and both were secretaries of the late Cardinal Gibbons at papal conclaves, the for- mer at which the present Pope Plus XI was elected, and the latter at which the late Benedict XV was named. Mgr. Stickney was formerly secre- tary of the apostolic delegate in ‘Washington and was appointed chan- cellor to succeed Mgr. Gavan. MASKED MOB FLOGS ANDERSON, S. C., MAN Second Outrage Reported by Ollie Crompton, Who Says He Was Called Bootlegger. ANDERSON, S. C., June 10.—While Anderson was still talking about the kidnaping here last night of Robert ‘W. Sullivan and Miss Ruby Floyd, it became known that Ollie Crompton was taken from his home at William- son last night and flogged by masked men. Crompton told police his captors charged him with being a bootlegger and asked him to sell no more liquor. No arrests have been made in either case and Solicitor L. W. Harris said today he had not decided whether to seek a grand jury investigation of the kidnaping. Sullivan, who {s a well known cot- ton mill man, was warned by his k napers not to be seen again in company of Miss Floyd, but he de- clared he made no promise and they BISHOP KILGO REACHES HOME CHARLOTTE, N. C., June 10.—Bishop John C. Kilgo of the Methodist Epls- copal Church South, who has been ill in Memphis, has arrived at his home here under the care of Dr. B. F. Tarner and two trained nurses. He stood the trip well, according to Dr. i‘umcr who said that his patient had ad a good day. The bishop himself appeared in fine spirit and joked with those who met him at the station. The thirteenth article will appear next SMALLPOX. The disfiguring evidences of an at-!fore they mingle with other children be considered ; jone of our western clties public health service, which The in the schools. If we were generally to have hut one vaccination in a life time, this is the best time for the protection of the communi the ability to resist smallpox tion at nation in 1y to last longer Rfter vace school age than after vace But there are advantage very parent in geiting the ba vaccinated early, preferably bef | the sixth month. In the first place, protection is secured for the first years of life; secondly. the va tion is almost always milder in nor marked ing.” causing no fever disturbance of any sort fants: thirdly, the v being successful. su tions performed at school age or are usually trifling affairs, giving small pimple which may iteh for a day or two and then disappear; and lastly. the vaccination scar, deemed somewhat objectionable in girls, will be scarcely noticeable later in life if the first vaccination has been done in infancy. Time for Vaccination. The old rule was to vaccinate every seventh year to protected against. smallpox. know We now that some people are protected for life by one vaccination, while other need to be vaccinated every second $ear. The safe plan is to be Vacalnated cnever smallpo comes epidemic. nated every two ye tles where the {highly prevalent. To insure personal sa vaccination Is espec {for those who visit in communities or who com jtact with many un uals. The severer f which have broken « western cities durir attaih a virulence suc! {most thorough and repeated ;ition is proof against it. Vacclnation need cause no se inconvenience. So far as hygiene is concerned small tions with frequent repetition pox are better than large scars. During the vaccination should be kept as dry possible, uncovered, or covered onl With clean gauze fastened fo the dershirt. Vaccination shieids ter how well ventilated, tend to make sore arms. Value of Vaccination. A visit to a smallpox hospital in enough to convince the most skepti- cal of the value of vaccination and the harm done by those who opposc it. The suffering and the dying arc in almoqt every instance entirely unvaccinated: a few patients with mild cases can be found, grateful tor an early vaccination, but regretting that they did not repeat it at the first sign of the epidemic, while th nurses tenderly caring for the sick and convalescent are entirely pro- tected by the “sanitary dimple” of vaccination on the arm. BODIES OF GEN. BLANCO AND AIDES RECOVERED Boys Find Corpses of Slain Mex- ioans in Rio Grande River. LAREDO, Tex., June 10—The bod- ies of Gen. Lucio Blanco, Col. Aurelio Martinez and Maj. Garcia, killed by Mexican customs guards and soldiers Wednesday night, as they headed an alleged invading party into Mexico, were recovered from the Rio Grande | yesterday. The bodies of Martinez and Blanco, handcuffed together, were discovered by bovs fishing on the American side near the Holding Institute and the railroad bridge here. The body of Garcia was removed fram-the riveg a mile below. Blanco, once prominent Mexican military’ circles, but re- cently a refugee in the United State had been shot through the heart. Mar- tinez was shot through the head, while Garcia's body showed a wound {in the neck. SEIZE WHISKY IN TRANSIT. ST. LOUIS, June 10.—One hundred and sixty cases of Canadian w be- ing sent from Detroit to Mexico seized here by Federal Prohi Agent Nations - The selaure was made, Nations said on the strength of a decision of th United States Supreme Court placing international shipments of intoxicating | liquors under the same re interstate cargoes. The shipment was satd to be §: POMPEIAN (OLIVE OIL Sold Emwhm Miss L. Hardin | Tells How Cuticura Healed Tetter bagd casa of tettes an my bogan by small, white between any alterations ef- | 0 The first function of a newspaper is to inform—and to that end The Star has a most efficient corps of cor- rrespondents, supplementing that great newsgathering organization — The Associ- ated Press. 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