Evening Star Newspaper, June 17, 1923, Page 16

BROKER CRASH DUE T0 DL AND AR Knauth, Nachod & Kuhne Have Ample Slow Assets, Eleven Million Debts. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 16.—Wall street, in the midst of a many-sided clean-up campaign, directed primarily at bucketshops, was hit today by another failure—that of Knauth, Nachod & Kuhne, a meimber of the New York Stock Exchange, and of the New York curb market. Boasting a record of seventy years in the street, twenty-eight of them members of the stock exchange, the supposedly powerful house, with strong German connections, was forced into receivership with $11,000,- 000 liabilities A statement of the firm, declared its assets were ample to meet its obligations, provided they were administered wisely, although it was e portion of them a stock exchange house in more t six months, although there have b a string of curb and consolidated ex- change failures. No Suspicion of Bucketing. Unlike most of the recent failures, rs no suspicion on the authorities that Knu\ujx, achod & Kuhne had engaged in the of bucketing ord indicated w unsuccesstul oil pro- S, lesser degree to the iling market for German marks, 1 which they were the most extensive dealers in America. ¢ Besides stock broking dealing in forcign exchange, the firm did a large international banking business and it was this angle of the failure that appeared to give members great concern. It was admitted that a num- ber of travelers abroad had put their | funds into letters of credit issued by the company and it was feared these iravelers would find themselves em- barrassed for funds and European nks no longer would honor the let- Just how many such cases there uld not be rtained. Attorney Banton rushed staff to the firmy as soon ruptey & f hi: of the filing of ached him 4 land, ake no ipulations with the firm that would revent disclosure of their books for his scrutiny The firm issued a state- ment declaring they would welcome such scrutiny, as they had nothing to conceal. ‘Wants Teeth in Rules. Another development in the tangled brokerage situation today was a statement b Mr. Bantan charging that the stock exchange and the curb had put no “teeth” in their ently adopted resolutions provid- expulsion or suspen. member who refused ! records for examination in a civil or criminal action The “tceth” that were omitted, he aid, was a provision for discipline of members who refused to waive im- munity so disclosing their records. He indicated hope that the two ex- changes would rectify the omission The bucketing situation ex- pected to come to a head Monday when Edward M. Fuller, confessed bucketer, appears at a referee’s hear- ing ready, the authorities hope, to tell X1 he knows about irregular ations in the street. There have reports that Fuller, hoping to niency when he comes up for Tuesday n breast” invol her-ups, who are reputed to con- rol most of the city’s bucket shops. Fuller was silent in his cell today as to how far he would go in his te mony ; His partner, William F. McGee, who also pleaded guilty of bucketing, has maintained throughout a determined silence, declaring he pleaded guilty only to save innocent friends from further difficulty because of the case. nother development scheduled for Monday in which the street evinced great interest, was a meeting of the Consolidated Stock Exchange, at which uction was expected on a res Tu those put through ‘hange and the curb, re- Quiring members to make their rec- ords a ible to the authorities. LOS ANGELES BROKER FAILS. Man With Offices in Many Cities Involved in Crash. ANGELES, June 16.—Failure A WM oote, Los Angeles A member of the Chicago Board of Trade, the Los Angeles and San Franclsco stock exchange: s announced today. Cotte had offices in eleven western citie: ew York. he failure 1.0S of brol nd was attributed to the financial difficulties of Knauth, Nchod { National \t Kuhne, members of the New York iitock Exchange, who also failed to epen today. By Easy Stages. Prom the Houston Post. the wrong place,” said his is the gate that leads ¢ infernal regions, while this is port to heaven that you have ' said the departed shade; but it allows me a stop-over You see I'm from Texas, and » got to make the change gradu- 10% off on Silverware 20% off on Jewelry On any article in stock We are one year old and to celebrate we of- fer the following spe- cial values—and in time for June— Bridal Gifts 1-carat Blue<White Diamond. Value $350. Sale $270 Blue-White Diamond. Sale & -cara! Value $165. price ... About 1 -carat Blue-White Dia- mond. Value $80, Sale however, { ob- | | tion air would make a| of | | | | | | | i | wa { to bring the whisk | Smashed Bottles To Balk Pursuit, Driver Charged Lioyd A. Grimes, colored, of 2123 L street northwest, has the follow- ing charges to answer in' Traffic Court when his case comes up Wed- nesday morning: Exceeding the speed regulations, reckless, driving, breaking glass on the streets, falling to give proper signals and failure to obey the sig- nals of a traffic officer. He was arrested Friday night after a long automobile chase and is alleged to have scattered bottles and jugs of corn whisky along the street ~ while the enforcement officers were in pursuit. Assistant District Attorney Thomas Lodge has issued a war- rant for Edward Wormsley, who is alleged to have been in the auto- mobile with Grimes. HERESS NDICTED N BIG RUM DEAL Denver Society Woman Ac- cused With Priest and Man in Dry Act Violation. BY thie Associateld Press. DENVER, Col, June 16.—Warrants for the t of Mrs. Katherine O'Connor, daughter of J. K. Mullen, wealthy Denver miller, an¢ John R. Walsh, former Colorado ranger and brother-in-law Father Walter A. Grace, pastor of a Catholic church at a suburb, for alleged violation of the prohibition laws, were recelved at the office of the United States mar- shal here today. Mrs. O'Connor is a prominent Den- ver society woman. Bond for her and Walsh was set at $1,000 each. Father Grace, who was indicted by a federal grand.jury-at Pueblo for al- leged violataion of the prohibition laws, surrendered today and was re- leased on $2,500 bond. E. H. McClenahan, federal prohibi- ctor of Colorado, and four of his agents, also indicted at Pueblo, were arraigned and released on bond. Three Charges Made. . Three indictments were returned in_connection with the affair, Marshal W. A. nounced. One indictment turned against Father O'Connor " and Walsh was returned agains nd the third again The indictments charge of conspira with the disappeara of $20,000 wor prohibition offiy arr was Grace, Mr: < The second ather Grace t Walsh. are based on a in_connection some time ago of whisky from the » here ther Grace charged with presenting a forged pplication to Director McClenahan nto Denver from nsibly for use of anizations O'Connor, in the joint indict- gainst the three, is charged conspiring to violate the Vol- stead act. The penalty under this ¢charge is imprisonment for not more than two vears or a fine of not more than $10,000, or both. Ten overt acts are charged in the group indictment, but Mrs. "O'Connor is only mentioned in two of them. re- entuc os charitable or Mrs. ment with EX-DIVIDEND TABLE. "ertain-Teed I'rod 2 Chic., ¢ Tmp) stk Ottawa June Boston Boston ; : Eleva 1st pf., s-a Pote. ord, Ya ugar, extra... Bros., pf,, q.... Central Aguirre Eisenlohr, 0 Baking pf.. 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IDEER-F LY FEVER TRACED TO RODENTS BY EXPERIMENTS LASTING SINCE 1919 {Dr. Edward Francis’ In-| vestigations Show In- sects Play Part SYMPTOMS FOUND MUCH LIKE TYPHOID Farmers Chief Sufferers From Disease Indi- genous to America. BY JUDITH CLARK. ! A new discasc of peculiar interest to| farmers and market men, known poj larly “deer-fly fever” or “rabbit| fevér,” has been tracked to its lair by) Dr. idward Francis of the Unite States Public Health Service and desig- nated as tularaemia. His investigations have been carried on since 1919 and illustrate the progress which medical sclence has made since the war. According to Dr. ncis himself, “tularae a spe infectious dis ease due to bacterium tularense, and is transmitted from redents to man by the bite of an infected blood-sucking Insect and dissection of in- rket men or labora- F fected rodents tory worker: | After the bite of th® insect the onset| of the disease is sudden. It is attended | with pains and fever, prostration swelling of the lymph glands d the bite. The fever itself prese symptoms very like typhoid or septic infection, lasting fro to weeks, Wwith very slow Curiously and fortunatel. eldom | fatal, only one death having been re ported so far. It assumes a serious | aspect, however, both because of its! virulence and because it is a disease which affects the farmer in his busy season. Diseaxe of Country. “The chief int discase of man,’ Dr. Francis e, Z from the disability which ac- | companies the illness; a disabling illness | which overtakes the farmer in the busy season of midsummer, causing two three months of sickness in the harvest | season, Is erious matter. Tularacmia | i sease of the rural population, particularly attacking persons who w in the field. It occurs during the se sonal prevalence of chrysops discalis fly) in 2 community whe: s'dre dying from an eplzoot emia. The reservoir of infe tion is In the sick and dying jack rab- bits." In order to get the dramatic story of | the discovery of 1 it is nece: v to visit Dr. F him. is 1t 'in his | erest in tularaemia as a { DR. EDWARD FRANCI S AMONG HIS TEST TUBES. Inset shows the chryxops discalis, more familiarly known as the “deer fly,” which carries the dixease germs. “tularaemia den,” as it is known by his associates at the hyglenic laboratory of the United States public health service | n Washington. He has one large Jabora- tory room where he and his five immune assistants carry _on their experiments with animals in the light of day. but his holy of holies is a small dark room the back of the buildin feet square. with or series of shelves and draw encumbered desk and a door. The shelves are httered with rack upon rack of test tubes, cotton tufted, containing cultures of bacterium tular ense. Watch gl . a Bursen burner, more tubes and mysterious apparatu cover the shelf in front of the window. The capacious desk is smothered under a storm of with a row of bot- - “I let an attendant clean the place up | once,”” Dr. Francis explains, “but the i result was disastrous. In th rst place he assorted all the test tubes accordin, to co ones here, yellow one there, ete raon handle around and knock liberating enough germs to farmer in the s of Ma bed i a very' virulent ‘bug.’ in contact with it ¢ tracts it. 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Shur-on dninty finger glass mountings a justed o Jour own lenses while “you wait, for $1.25, or Fit-y iece nose t Is in Charge of Washington’s Well Known Eyesight Specialist L. Berman, Optometrist Dr. Berman has relieved huridreds of people of defective vision in and around Washingten, and enjoys a high reputation as an eyesight specialist through his many years of careful, conscientious ‘eye examinations and prescribing proper glasses (if nceded) that are accurate, comfortable and becoming. This is the ONLY PLACE in Washington where you can obtain the expert services of Dr. L. Berman—he is not in any way connected with any other optical firm in Washington. ’ Jewelers and Opticians think it advisable to send them because of the virulence of the disease, which is only indigenous to America now, so far as we know. All Were Infected. However, a culture of bacterium tu- larense wa’s sent to the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine in London and all of the personnel, three in number, who were conducting experiments with | the infection in guinea pigs, contracted the disease. A British medical journal stated {n February that ‘with brave dis- cretion’ the institute had decided to discontinue the experiments and wipe out the infection In the laboratory!” | Bacterium tularense, the organism | which causes the disease of tularaemia, | was discovered and named in California | in 1912 by Dr. George W. McCoy, now | director of the hygienic laboratory, and Dr. C. W. Chapin, aiso of the publ health service. They were engaged in bubonic plague work at the time. This work entalled the examination of ground squirrels from the Infected re- gions. Dr. McCoy found about twenty two squirrels which presented the superficial characteristics of plague but which did not prove up bacteriologically. He called this disease of the roden “plague-like disease,” and later isolated the bacterfum which caused it, naming | it bacterlum tularense, after the county | where the squirrels were found. | Prevalent in Utah. While this disease was being car- ried on by th, quirrels in Californi, 4 similar d| e of man, known | popularly as “deer-fly fever,” was be- coming more prevalent in Utah and | neighboring western states. In 1919 the state hoard of health of Utah asked for man to be sent out by the public health rervice to investi- gate this disease. Dr. Edward Fran- | cis was sent. | “There are two ways of conducting ' |an such an Investigation,” Dr. Franc sald ih describing the beginning of the work. “One way is to go out with a note book and pencil and in- terview ~all the doctors, patients, patfents’ relatives, midwives, and go: #ips and write up a fat coliection of their opinions, calling it a report on deer-fly fever. That's the old way of the epldemiologist. Another 1 to take a syringe and some guin pigs along and say nothing to an body. That's the way of the labora- tory man. All he wants is a sou- venir from a patfent in his syringe which can be transplanted into the guinea pigs and form a basis for study.” “The story of the discovery of tularaemia from the finding of the ‘bug’ in California in 1912 to my recognition of the human disease in 1920 is a good illustration of the ac tual way In which scientific dis- coveriey are made,” Dr. Francis con- tinued. “We don’t set up a drag-net in a laboratory on Friday and say, Xow, by Monday we shall h dis- covered * something.’ Most scientific discoveries are made In searching for explanation of some observed phenomenon. Tried It on Pigs. Dr. Francis planted the “souvenirs | (serum), which he took trom the hu- man patients into his travelling com- panions, the guinea pigs, opened the: showed the usual end fmme- condition de- in the ground ly recognized the scribed b, TcCoy squirrels in 1912. He wired for the literature, which confirmed his con- clusions, “and, after contracting it himself, carried on a series of labora- tory experiments in Washington which have proved conclusively the ‘\idmuty of the disease of man in 1 |and the disease of rodents in Cai | fornia. | That the deer-fly is not the |agent of transmission, ha iproved in the laboratory any blood-sucking in both man and rodents t arr the disease, such as the squirrel fie the louse, the bed-bug and the stabls fly. In the west the infection is di | rectly traceable to the decr-fly Chrysops discalis, which feeds upar horses without infecting .them, which carries the disease from | jack rabbits to man by means |infected proboscis, or mouth Know to Market Men, Although tularaemia is thou be exclusively indigenous to Ame | it is widespread in America, existi: from coast to coast It has b found in Washington, and is kno to et men as ‘“rabbit feve Immediate! upon the appearsn Dr. Francis' first rticle « tu emia in an Amerscan medical jou {nal a Washington physician show {him an ex-patient who gave a co | tive blood test for tularaem! pro ing that he had had the disecase. ssed rabbits at a sta and at Christmas ti e had contracted a fev.r 1s_which bbit fevs longs ili- h bite e year before swelling ed hir . after ness, s immune. 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