The evening world. Newspaper, August 4, 1916, Page 3

during the epidemic, Let these tal otaA should be consulted. WAM be furnished. Neighdor” | With a steady increase of infantile paralysis cases throughout Manhat- WORLD LAUNCHES HEALTH CAMPAIGN TO CHECK INFANT PARALYSIS EPIDEMIC, It's a “Help-Your-Neighbor-Clean- Up” Campaign and Is Intended to Cure Filthy and Disease Breeding! Conditions on Reeking East Side. | How to Abate Infantile Paralysis » By ‘‘Help-Your-Neighbor’’ Plan Uf you live in a district where a case of infantile paratys Oped, constitute yourself a committee of one to ace that your block is kept )Phoroughty clean, Also seek help from your neighbors, Gardage should be collected at least once a day, and cane should be Rept covered. See that this ts done, work, report them to the Department of Street Cleaning. Spread the word among your neighbors that, to lessen the chance of € epread of infantile paralysis, their children should be kept clean, the windows of their homes screened againat flies and children kept apart be heart-to-heart ones—plain, yet not alarming. Tell your neighbors that upon the first sign of sickne: If they cannot afford to summon a physician, let them communicate with the Department of Health and medical service Above all things, see that basements, areaways, hallways and stair Ways, as well as homes themselves, are kept scrupulously clean, and that @ray cats are not permitted to roam through the neighborhood, If you are in doubt as to just what to do under certain circumstances, communicate with the Health Department or write to the “Help Your Editor of The Evening World. has dovel- If the garbage men fail in their in the family @ physi tan, and a total of 980 deaths and 4,506 cases in the greater city, The Eve- ning Worid to-day begins a “Help Your Neighbor Clea Up Campaign” which fe directed toward the districts which have been afflicted with the disease. ‘This campaign, indorsed by officials of the Health Department, by Police Commissioner Arthur Woods, License Commissioner George H. Bell and prominent physicians who are inter- eeted in the fight on infantile paraly- ‘ala, has the following objects: To cleanse tenement hou erea and sidewalks in in- fected districts of all dirtand re- freee matter. To etart a “neighbar-to-neigh- ber” = educational movement against @ spread of infantile par- alysis. Thie work must be done by public-epirited persone living im infected districts. Many of such persons already have volunteered their services, but more are need- Their task will be to their neighbors, talk with them about the dangers of infantile paralysis, get them interested in Weeping their homes, hallways of tenement houses, areaways and sidewalks clean, and to keep ti children from close association with other children, It is by such To see that the law regarding the sale of fruit and vegetables on trucks, which are not protected by netting are rigidly enforced, In this reepect Commi: Just a Little ‘PPOSLAM Clears the Skin You de not have to wait to tell wheth or not Poslam is doing the work. You should pee its healing effects suon after first appli- ae. Ttebing stops; ry akin is soothed. ith epeed and ease Poslam relieves and the most distressing Skin Diseases, the quick control of Eesema it is es jon pa anything can be. — Aisi, At All Druggists ope IN THE SQUARE PACKAGE GRAND PRIZE | Ask Wianeer aw PANAMA EXPOSITION liar it ANOTHER PROOF OF QUALITY BELL-ANS Absolutely Removes Indigestion. One package provesit. 25cat all druggists ee (AM lost or found articles ada Gertised in The World will be Pai ' Office, northwest core 80h 9, and Nrosdway; forid’s | Harlem Office, Brook 202 W ae lyn Offloey asl ‘Sh, Brooklyn. for BO daye Kaomtss the printizg of the edvertizcmcaty Dpiows { ' | una partment will ©0- oper The Evening World, The Health Department hi sign for a peddler’s truck which protects the wares from dirt, flies and other germ-carrying insects, and Com- ioner Bell has promised to eee that such a type is introduced throughout the ci Tho “Help-Your-Neighbor Clean-up Campaign” was suggested by two aal- fent points in the infantile paralyals epidemic. One is that most of the cases develop in congested districts, where filth and files are plentiful. The other is the recent Ms overy by the Rockefeller Foundation Committee, appointed to investigate infantile paralysis in New York, that the dis- eas is carried from one child to an- other, This being the case, it neces- sarily follows that during the epl- demic the safe and sane thing to do is to keep children parated, RESENT ADVICE OF STRANGERS, NOT THAT OF NEIGHBORS. Investigation by an Evening World reporter have shown that while much praiseworthy work ix being done by the Home Defense League, in co- operation with the Police Department, the root of paralysis prevention has not been reached the Home Defense League or any or- ganization who goes into the home where he ts not known is looked upon as an intruder and bis warnings and advice are ignored On the other hand, if a person who 8 known and respected in a neighbor- hood into which infantile paralysis has found its way, personally visits as many homes as possible and gets others of similar standing to do the same, the adv d warnings are heeded, hence the ighbor-to-neigh- bor educational movement." The man in the street who cares to make a study of infantile paralysis soon can learn as much about It the most learned scientists know. This is because scientists have been le to learn enough about the dis- © either to prevent or cure it ef- fectively, After many years of study experts at Rockefeller Institute have found the germ that causes it, But they do not yet know definitely how to kill the germ or to prevent it from being spread from child to child, They do not know what fosters the germ, but as all disease germs thrive amid filthy surroundings, it is safe to assume that a spread of paralysis may be checked by a thorough clean. ing up of infected districts, ‘This, therefore, is why the “Help-Your- ighbor - Clean» Up Campaign” ts | started, | | | | Most of tho cases of infantile pa- | ralysis in Manhattan are on the lower east side, That section, as an investigat Tuesday by a re- porter for ening World and Sergt. H. A. Taylor of Commissioner Woods's stat showed, is one of the fllthiest in the city, The dirt is not in plain view, Streets are kept clean, but hallw basements and are ways of ments in which thou- sands of children live reek with filth and foul odors, while hundreds of cats —deadly — disease — carriers = roam through the streets and come into contact with children at play, It is {a these sections that volunteer neigh, borhood workers are wanted, LICENSE COMMISSIONER BELL WILL AID, Another menace to health is the hundreds of pushcarts on the lower east side, from which uncovered fruits and vegetables are sold, The Volunteer neigiborhood workers can get after these pushearts, report them to the Health Department or the Commissioner of Licenses and compel whers to shield them from rrying flies, avening World has started the right sort of & movement,” was » enthusiastic comment of License r Bell to-day, "I will ex- tend all the help in my power, This department has been trying to force the pushcart mon to keep their stands ean and shield them from flies, but he task has been gvell-nigh an im. possible one, “Now, however, in connection with The Worl vening "Help: Yours Up Campaign’ I in- q er these vendors, tL intend doing is this; Tho a | An outsider from | A ee THE BVSWING WORLD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1016 |Paralysis Victims in Lincoln Memorial Hospital, Showing Method Used to Control Spread of Disease - RESPOND TO PLEA _ OFEVENING WORLD i | 'Revelations Rouse Mothers to Peril That Menaces Their Children, | Bolfeving that prevention ts better than cure, an organization formed by | mothers of the cast side began a ‘clean-up campaign to-day m_ re- | fons made by The Evening World, Headquarters have ‘been established at No, 66 Pitt Street, ‘and under the auspices of the East Bide Protective Association it ts | planned to carry a message of clean- liness throughout that section of the ‘sponse to reve 3 city, Asa first step toward checking the further spread of infantile par- alysis storekeepers will be notified that they must keep their premises and merchandise clean, Not only rigid Inspection of food shops is |promised, but the campaigners mean j to enter the homes of thelr neighbors }and Impress upon them that all must ‘Join hands to curb the epidemic, “We have one thousand women ready now to begin tho task of in- augurating a clean-up crusade such as the East Side never saw, and the number will be increased ten fold in a week,” said Harry A, Schlacht, a young lawyer who 1s an officer of the association and spokesmen for the |women, “This vanguard is to work along somewhat novel lines. One woman to a block will be assigned tn a thousand blocks as its particular ardian, She ts to go from home to home advising mothers about. the r children, pointing out the necessity of keeping their flats clean, and show! m just how it should be done, These visits are to be made daily, and the rdian of ever; lock will In turn appoint an aid in | ees Department has @ plan for a | model pushcart, The cart is covered with glass, It costs little more the ordinary vehic Fam going to exert every effor power to have these prot Introduced throughout the Iwi warn pusheart men that they must obtain models which will shield their wares, I will order them to get the carts within a reasonable length of time, “If, when that time has expired, they have not obeyed my order I will give them @ fina! warning, and if they again have disobeyed Twill revoke their licenses, They can be reached in that way.” Dr, Charles F, Boldus tn my carts . head of the Bureau of Public Health Education of the Health Department, indorsed The Evening World's plan as an ex- The department is trying to clean things up," he sa “It is a hereu lean task here in New York, But with | the assistance of The Evening Worl ‘much good can be done” EAST SIDE WOMEN | ne ree io every building, Thus the work is to become co-operative and be made eflicient, “We will not stop there, nor ts that the end of our resources. Two thou- sand of our police girls already hav» enrolled to visit stores and jushearts and see that cleanin is elng enforced. We have aclected them for this special duty, fearing that should they visit t that they, too, And the women are to assist the Where storekeepers have unwhole: some or decayed food, such as was found by The Evening World investi- gator, they will be told that ft must be thrown away. In cases of refusal the Health Department is to be nott- fied, and if that does not suffice woe will call upon the: police, We also mean to find out who is selling in- ferlor or decomposed food to Bast Side shopkeepers and will take steps to Prevent it Monday has been selected as the first of @ worios of housecleanin, da: The Health Department wil be asked to provide extra carts to haul away tho tons of rubbish that the women hope to have collected and disposed of on that day, Evary woman in the cast side is urgently invited to gather up waste material, such as paper, old clothing snd #0 on, for this occaston. Another plan which the women have in mind ts a regeneration of the pusheart, ‘They will axk oil peddlers to adopt the use of white aprons, caps and gloves, and to have their carts painted white, Tt is 5 that personal cleantiness on th of these men would go far toward checking not only aralysis, but the spread of other diseases. The women have just awakened to the fact that the carts and their owners, coming in contact with hundreds of thou- sands every day, constitute a menace to the health of the whole commun- ity, And they believe that the itin- erant venders will be glad to ald in removing one source of peril. The exposure of conditions which breed disease touched @ vital spot in the heart of the east side, and it was a subject of earnest discussion throughout the district last night livery one was agreed that something must be done quickly to mect the danger, and the band of women who have taken the Initiative are certain to win willing co-operation, Particu- lar attention was given to the lick of | any education movement in the pr pnt crisis, and the leaders in the ne crusade resolved that this pha. f the situation should have thelr special Ps To this end Heaith Commisstoner nerson will be requested to address those Who have come to the fore some time next week, and it is hoped to would fall victims, Y | have Police Commissioner Woods say a word the following week, Address- es are to be delivered nightly in Ham- lilton Fish Park by speakers compe- tent to advise on proper methoila of Jcombating the — epidemte, Other |speakers Will tour the district In au- | tomobiles and spread a Warning word. Hut the east sido jo at last aware of the danger and little compulsion will be needed to carry the truth home. Among the me fuentified with the fon and who will take a hand aking the campalgn effective Justices Aaron J. vy, Leonard) A, Snitkin and Ben- jamin A. Hoffman; Assomblymen | Meyer Greenberg and Walter Fried- lander; Dr. Solomou Golderkranta, a former Coroner; Dr, Howard Brad- street of Madison House and Dr Julius Broder, former head of the People's Hospit nee Patient Jumps to Death. August Dicker, thirty-nlx years old. of No. 144 Morria Avenue, the Bronx jin Fordham Hospital early to-day jumping from a window on tho a+ floor last night in an attempt at au cide. Ricker had been @ pativat in the Ovrr wus 6 me rene mee ee CHILOS LIMBS homes | where paralysis may have entered | iris, ! = Pos: Glass Coveerd Pushcart Which BRITISH DETERMINE “TOCONTINUE WAR To icTonus ND” Many Meetings Held to Com- memorate Declaration of Hos- tilities Against Germany. LONDON, Aug. 4.—-Every town and village in the British Isles as well as places throughout the empire to- day observed the second anniversary of Great Britain's declaration of war on Germany, Meetingy were held and resolutions passed deciar: ing a “determination to continue to @ victorious end the struggle in the maintenance of those {deals of Mberty and justico which are the common and sacred cause of the allies." Three mectings were held in Lon- don, Sir Srancis Lioyd, general officer commanding the London Dis- trict, spoke to 4,000 wounded from the London Hospitals At the Mansion House Lord Robert | Cecil, Ministery of War Trade; Prof. Paul Painleve ench Minister of Publle Instruction and Inventions Concerning National Defense, and Emile Vandervelde, a Belgian Min- ister of State delivere! addresses. A memorial of Field Marshal Earl Kitchener, who lost his Ife in the sinking of the cruiser Hampshire, was unveiled, The big meeting was reserved for the evening, when the Karl of Derby, Under Secretary of War, will pre side, Premier Asquith and A. Bonar Law, Secretary for the Colonies, and others will make addrosne A service, attended by all mem. bers of the royal family now In Lon. » was held In Buckingham | ° y apecial request of the King and Queen, the Archbishop of Oantor- bury preached the sermon, A roe will 7” ~ Help Stop Paratysis Spread, RUSSIANS LAM KOVEL ADVANGE BERLN DENES Contradictory Reports of the Great Struggle West of the Stokhod River. PETROGRAD (vta London), Aur. 4.—-Ruasian troops have captured tho villege of Rudka-Mirynskata, on the River Stavok, a weat bank tributary of the Stokhod, !t was oMetally an- nounced to-day by the Russian War (noriheast of Kovel) our detach- ments crossed to the left bank of the River Stokhod and took a series of helrhts on which they fortified themselves, “On the River Stavok, a left tributary of the Stokhod, our de- tachments fought their way to the river, Where an obstinate engage- ment took place for the village of Rudka-Mirynsiaia, Bayonet fighting took place in the streets and although the vill chan hands al times it finally thained in our possession. my attempts to dislodge ended in failure, “The enemy was forced back ehind the River Stavok and we took 600 German prisoners and captured twelve machine guns “In the region of Korytnik an enemy attack was repelled by our fire. On the rest of the front the uainl artillery duel is proceeding.” BERLIN, Aug 4 (via Lon Auatro German troops have the terri the region of Rv the east af K official statoment the rman army res All us tanued headquarters. 1 ‘Teutons also gained ground in Car Department, Rudka-Mirynskata Is nineteen miles east of Kovel. ‘The text of the Russian offictal Just What You Want This Hot Weather tatement follows: ; ‘ : ; # ssh sey region of Lubleszow Requires little or no cooking to serve. Quickly thian Mountains in the region BLAME, CHARGED BY LENGH VALE |Lighter Captain Claims His Craft, Said to Have Caused Blow-Up, Was Mile Away, from bringin, into J Cot bale Jersey Ca 7041S THELOSS INOFFERS ALON INBRTSH ORNE These Are the Figures for July 36,508 Is Total Loss of Officers in War. ty. |, about two ities south An eMdevit of © oon of Johnson No whieh the Lehigh Company put the biame explosion at Mack Tom Island ter- minal, Jersey City, Hunday morning, was exhibited in the Court of Com- mon Vieas, Jersey City, today by Terence J, MeManug counsel for Thomas L. Johnaon, President of the Johnaon Lightersge and Towing |Company, who ts under indictment for manslaughter, Mr McManus said the davit was a complete refutation of the charge of the Lehigh Valley offictaia that the | lighter, contrary to sw, had been tied it the Malek Tom Mier near to hune 2 of munitions in order to pave towing charges, while a string of | barges wan collected and that & fire on the lighter started the series of dis- aatrouw explosions. | In bis affidavit Capt. Nelson, who | lives at No. & First Place, Brooklyn, he was Joading munitions at 19, Jersey City, from 7.30 until 2.90 wi it, Bamuet NW the lighter on LONDON, July % (by mati). OMcern’ casualty late for two weeks from July 1 to 18 show the severity of the fighting sinoe the great offen. sive began on the western front, the Britiah Army in the fortnight losing 680 officers killed, 1,764 wounded and 290 missing—a total of 2,634, This makes a total loss of British officers They remained at Pier No wince the beginning of the war 9,577 19 until 9.80 o'clock Baturday night, Killed, 20,290 wounded, 2,961 missing, when they were taken in tow by the @ total of 32,068, tug Marguerite of the Johnson com-| ‘The percentage of killed to wound- PTké Marguerite, Nelson sald, took ¢¢ !# smaller during the fortaight as son No, 24 to the Government an- ON¢ to three against one to two pre- |chorage for munitions boats of the viously, Jersey shore, a mile and a half from’ Here are the regiments which have the Black Ton ra, where at 10,30 Saturday night she was tied astern of Sultered heavily during the two lighter Johnson No. 18, which in turn Weeks: Yorksbires, 40 killed, 120 was tled to a Johnson Company buoy. ! wounded, 12 missing; Northumber- ‘The Johnson No, 24, the captain con | janda, 9 killed, 196 wounded, 13 tinued, remained at anchor the No, 18 until 7-30 o'clock Monday ™aing; Londons, 31 killed, 79 morning, when the Marguerite picked Wounded, 83 missing; Lancashires, 22 uD the two barges and took, them to killed, # wounded, 31 missing; Irish tho steamship Czaritza in Gravesend Ries, 9% killed, 80 wounded, 2% Bay, where the lighters discharged thelh cargo. | missing: Field Artillery, 22 killed, At no ti Phi wae hy eee | wounded, 4 missing; Warwick- was there a fro aboard Johnson No.' shires, 24 killed, 67 wounded, 11 {24 or was the lighter within a mile! and a halt of the fire and explosions, sing; Canadians, 24 Killed, 4 and his first knowledge of the ex- Wounded; Mancheasters, 2 killed, 45 plosions was when he was waked wounded, and the Staffordshires, 11 at Ghent 2 etn Sunday morning | qijied, 47 wounded, 15 missing. by the first explosion, | Several other units lost over fift Nelson said he could produce a 4 watchman who saw the fire start in Officers, Among the officers of high’ | freight car, spent many precious rank Brig. Gen. Prowse died, two minutes finding a telephone to call other brigadier generals were wound. by owimming ‘from Black tom to @d and one colonel and twelve iieu- tenant colonems were killed, Pler 19, Commissioner of Public Safety Frank Hague eald the Nelson ofi- In the last two weeks of July the davit simply proved there was a mia- British army loat 4,450 officers ia take regarding the number of the killed, wounded and missing. This barge which loaded at Pler 19 and brought the total for the month up was later tied at Black Tom Island to 7,084 and tho grand total since and showed noed for further investl- the outbreak of the war to 86,508, gation, He ald the captain of an. =————— other Johnson Hghter and his wife were missing and he belleved thoy were on the barge which hag been described as starting the exploston, The four men indicted on man- slaughter charges as a result of the explosion of war munitions at the Flack Tom terminal in Jersey City, Prosident ‘Theodore B. Johnson of the Johnson Dock and Lighterage Com- pany, President Etmund 1. Mackenale and Supt. Alexander Davidson of the National Docks and Rtorage Company, land Albert M. Dickman, Superintendent Black Tom Island for the Lehigh Valley Railroad, appeared before Judge Mark A. Sullivan tn the Court of Com- mon Pleas in Jersey City to-day for a hearing. 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