Evening Star Newspaper, November 11, 1924, Page 18

ONEGERMCALSE " OFTWO PLAGUE Chinese Physician Says Bu- bonic and Pneumonic Cases Have Same Origin. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, } November 11.— One germ is responsible for both the bubenic and the pneumonic plagues. according to Dr. Wu Lien Teh, direc- ief of the North Manchurian rvice, who is pursuing spe- earch work and studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygi and Public Health here. Dr. Wu is said to be one of the foremost au- thoritics on the pneumonic plague, which recently has claimed many lives in Los Angeles In the case of bubonic plague, says Dr. Wu, the germ attacks the lymph glands. 1t is not contagious, he de- clares, being transmitted by fleas on diseased rodent When it develops in the pneumonic form, however, the germ is carried by the patient’s cough and thus is spread with great rapidity, the doc- tor asserted. This form is more fatal than the bubonic plague, Dr. Wu says, the death rate approaching 100 per cent. He added that with good sani- tary control and strict isolation of those infected the pneumonic plague may be speedily controlled Dr. Wu said that in Manchuria. worked for more than plague caused 60,000 2 while thousands hav been victims of the disease in smaller outbreaks. In that country, he said the plague wa ad by hunters of an’ fur-bearing of which the germ is deaths in 1910, TWO CASES SUSPECTED. Los Angeles Physicians Watch Supposed Bubonic Plague Victims. By the Ass LOS . Calif,, November 11 —Two cases of suspected bubonic plague, about four blocks north of that portion of the Mexican quarter antined as a result o mic of the pneumon were placed under observation yes- terday by health authorities. Both ns are children, one nine years and the other 14 months old ult of animal inoculations ited to determin the nature of their illness, There have been mo deaths in con- nection with the epidemic since last Friday, and if the cases of the two children should prove negative there will have been no new cases of either pneumonic or bubonic plague since last Thursday, it was announced by the health department. The epidemic has claimed 30 since it broke out October 19, cases are now under treatment. RAIN FLOOD IN I1;ALY. Torrent and Waterspout Great Damage. REGGJO DI CALABRIA, Ttaly, No- vember 11.—A torrential rainfall and a water spout which broke on the Jonic shore yesterday between: Saline «nd Bovimarina did considerable damage. The new provincial bridge was carried away by the flood waters and considerable portions of the rail- way line were washed out. Hail stones broke the windows in a pass- ing train and caused a panic among the passengers. The storm destroyed the crops of ‘various orange and lemon growers. WOMAN LEAPS TO DEATH. Mother Jumps Into River With Child—Little One Revived. NEW YORK, November 11—A mother clasping her 7-year-old daugh- ter in her arms leaped to her death off the Battery seawall into the North River last night. By the time men from a fireboat anchored near had reached her she was dead, but the child was re- vived at a hospital. The woman was Mrs. Thomas Rerheck of Brooklyn. S Twenty-six hundred miles of mains are used to supply London with gas Does e You Can Prepare Dinner In Lots Less Time Own a Hoosier and is | definitely [DiFE ] «URNITURE THE EVENING STAR, . WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 FREAK ELECTION RESULT ] DEVELOPED IN GEORGIA Officers Chosen to Serve in Court CLARENDON VANTS ozt KNP AGANNANED By the Associated Press. T T ATLANTA, Ga., November 11.—A po- 3 litical complex which brings up lhEESOhDOI Head’s Work Praised question of when is an official not an | B official, has been revealed as the result | by Citizens—Jones Gets of the recent election (n Georgia, In S ‘White County of this State the ot . was printed to read “For a city court” | Two Aides. and “Against & city* court.” On the same bailot were two candi- dates for the respective positions of | Special Dispatch to The Star. judge and solicitor of the city COUrt.| ([ ARENDON, Va. November 11— The official tabulation compiled at the | prof’ Fletcher Kemp, county super- office of Secretary of State S. G. Mc-[jtendent of schools, was praised for Lendon shows that the city court was | ¢ha “loval, yaithful and eMelent man. defeated by a vote of 437 to 187, but|per i’ which he has conducted his that W. W. H. Underwo d was elected as “Judge of CItY | (iiizens: Assoolation last nigh, and Thomas F. Underwood, Swith | o wagon onS@U 00 (00 o 437 votes, was elected “'solicitor*of City |mant was adopted unanimon court,” and now goes into the book| Trpe resolution, offered by where freak results of the ballot box |, \wwson, points out that the are recorded the case of two who were e or i AxDygton foouniv duly elected but cannot serve. vement under the and |m= that school affairs have been con- ducted in a businesslike manner, which has won the confidence of the people and caused them to vote over a half-million-dollar bond issue for new buildings and equipment, and that he has established a high pro- fessional standard for the schools.” Speaking on the resolution, Mr. Dawson pointed out that when Prof. Kemp first came to the county in 1917 there. was a school debt of $130,000. This, he said, had been re- duced to $60,000. At that time, he continued, there were approximately 2,000 children enrolled in the schools and the average salary of*a teacher was $500, while today there are more than 4,000 children attending the schools and the average salary of the teachers has jumped to $1,000. Work In Praised. The work of Prof. Kemp was also lauded by J. Thomas Manning, who id there is not a man or woman in the county familiar with the school received 420 | omce at a meeting of the Clarendon | situation who would not support the resolution. He declared Prof. Kemp has done more than he has been paid to do. “In working up the school bond issue,” Mr. Manning continued, “Prof. Kemp has awakened the people to their needs, and his work will have only started when the buildings are There i8 no man in a of Pro: CINCINNATI ADOPTS ___ CITY MANAGER PLAN Ohio City Second Largest in Coun- try to Take New System. ted Press | TI, Ohio, November 11.— | Cincinnati will have a city manager lafter January 1. 1 the lead of |other Ohio citles being followed in | adoption of an amendment to the v charter, providing for such an |official in the city government. The | unofficial vote, S abulated, stood: 0,222 for, and 39,523 against. 1 other Ohio city, Cleveland, is the west city in the United States func- tioning under the administration of a city manager. Unless a city greater | in population than Cincinnati shall | adopt this form of government Iw!nn-i the effective date, Cincinnati be the second largest this By the Assor in orfolk, Va., is a Southern City thofoughly. operated by a manager for more than | six years, this form of government ‘ha\'\n): been inaugurated there Sep-| tember 1, 1918. 4 Knoxviile, Tenn., has just rounded lout its first year under a city man- ager 15 Grands, Uprights, Players Whe Will Seftfle Your Estate? This is a vital part of your Will. The duties and re- sponsibilities of an Executor are too numerous and spe- cialized to be placed in inexperienced hands. 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One clerk will be employed to make all transfers of property and the other to make up a card index. The salary of each was fixed at $8 per day. Contract for the construction of an 18-foot concréte road on Wash- ington street from Del Ray station to Mount Vernon poulevard, Jeffer- son district, a distance of 2,162 feet, was awarded by the board to Morgan L. Johnson of Clarendon, on his bid of $15,118.50. Construction will start today, and under the contract must be completed in 60 days. 1924, SOUTH GREETS FLYERS. Nelson and Wade Widely Feted in New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, La., November 11. —The Army world fiyers, Lieuts. Erik Nelson and Leigh Wade, with their associates, Lieuts. John Harding and H. 0. Qgden, who were officially wel- comed ‘to Louislana yesterday on their arrival here from Houston, had a busy day ahead of them today. They are guests of the Disabled War Veterans and the American Le- glon, and were assigned places of honor in the Armistice day parade. The airmen will remain here until tomorrow, when they are to resume their journey to Dayton, Ohio, re- turning to Houston, where their ships will_be refueled before hopping off for Fort Worth. Cruiser to Undergo Test. ROCKLAND, Me.. November 11.— The light cruiser Cincinnati arrived here last night from New York to begin today standardization tests on the Rockland course. The Navy De- partment has ordered an elaborate series of tests which will extend over 10 days. NEW JERSEY TROOPER . HELD ON KLAN CHARGE Accused by Church Trustee of Threat to Kill When He Raided Meethng Place. { By the Assoclated Press. | POINT PLEASANT, N. J., Novem- | ber 11—Harris T. Rankin, a State trooper, has heen arrested on a war- rant sworn by John H. 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