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\ ITi DOLVTION MAY BK MECUBKD ^
BY THE CONGRESS ON HY|
J GIENK AND DEMOURAEf
pm iN^vAmO'
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{ 8peclal to tha Dally Newa |
V Washington. mat IS?Solution of J
. * the world-Wide problem -Of combat|
toting tho hookworm. disease may b3 J
L one ot the results secured by the fit- w
! teonth International-Congress on Hy- ?J
* glene and Demography, which meets 0j
in Washlrfgtdn, September 23*8, J
j-" 1912. ttnOef*ttfe auspices ot the Unit- 8t
ed States Doveruraent, Scientists p<
hare run the hookworm to Its la^r .j,J
L? since the Fourteenth Oongrerif'wtaTch J
I was held in Berlin in 1907, .and the ?
\ forthcoming meeting will offer the bl
N first opportunity for hygienic experts
; from all countries of the globe to get j,]
^VpgglUier, compare notes and adopt a w
systematic and uniform campaign
against what is regarded as the q
greatest aeon rage which affects more
than half the population of the p,
world.
\ The latest statistics which have p
I been prepared by the Rockefeller &
Sanitary commission, contain figures w
which are etartling in their magnl- jf
y tnde and illustrate the Imperative t>
> need for * onion of all public health
forces in fighting the hookworm. In n
l brief, tbeee statistics show thst book- \c
V worm Infection belts the earth In a M
i tone about 60 degrees wide, extend- c,
\ lag from parallel 26 north-to parallel a
\ SO south, and that practically ail p
\countrles lying between these parall- Cl
i il^ are Infected. " Of the foreign t]
ountries from which the commission j,
Received reports, fifty-font are infect- t]
, /bd. In six of these countries?Wales u
y Qormaiy, Netherlands. Belgium, and e
[j Franco and Spain?the Infection U e
y - wholly, or chiefly, confined to mines. 8,
Y In at least forty-six countries the in- t]
\ fectlon is general and widespread. ^
3 JDaseemnnteiss baare an area of 14
,y. 464,168 square miles with 919,653.- 8
343 inhabitants. t,
in addition tne report or tne comI
mission shows that eleven of our own
I . states with V population in excess of
20,000,000 are also in the infected
i belt and that of the total population
i of the world abont 1,600,006 people.
J in round number*?about 940.000.\
000 live in countries where hook\
worm disease is prevalent.
i\ In the cv ngresa, Dr. C. W. Stiles,
7 of tbe Public Health and Marine Hos{
pi tail Service, and scientific secretary
' of the Rockefeller Commission, la ex.
; pected to act as refreo in one of the
l4^ principal sections devoted to the
II hookworm discussion, and he., with
H other members of the Commission,
\ Is now encased in the preparation
p. of the hookworin exhibit forming a
j feature of the Exhibition on Health
which will be rn adjunct of
the Congress. The Commission also
will assist the various states of the
L United 8tates in which the Commis\
sion has worked in the preparation
4 of a co-operative exhibit also will por.
* tray conditions such as exist in Porto
Rico, for dkample, where estimates
have been made that ninety out of
every hundred of the working people
are infected; Colombia, where
ninety per cent of the population llv,
ing between the sea level and 3.000
y feet above, are victims of the disease
l\ : and in India, where from sixty to
p| eighty percent of the 300,000,000 in|
1 habitants are infected. The
economic effect of the disease I
will also be Illustrated by charts
showing that in many Instances fifty
' per cent of the efficiency of labor Is
lost because pf hookworm anemlcs
SV cannot do the work of physically
1 sound laborers?and that this loss in c
I tho world each yaar runs Into eo'uriM \
\ leas millions of dollars. . ,
i AUTOMOBILE PARTY
GOES TO BATH j
I An automobile party conaiatlng of '
V Mr*. George Hackney. Ml** Katie 1
HL Moore. Re*, b B. Biidger*. Profet- <
Kjf' *or R C. Bird and Mr. Jam** Wat- 1
M on. left title morning at A):IS o'- <
I clock for Bnth wbere they will *pend I
I the day where Rot Mr. Bridge** will ]
I Tlatt hla amioted parent* ,
L BnmiAg gum,' ROABTKD PSA\
*et*. Baited peannu, B?ple*. or- I
\ aage*. baaaaaa. Preen candy. loe
. \ cream aeaee. Phone 41*. W**hlag***
Frnlt Stare.
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ill MITAHlTfn &
SlSSi
.ILL
UK INSTALLED *? WAHHINUTON
ATLANTA MA1H LINK
WORK W(U|i BK COMPARTED
SHORTLY
fecial to the Dally Newai *- \ f :
Washington. D. C.. May 18.?One
' the most complete and up-to-date
ectrlcal automatic aYgaal systems
operation on any railway in the
orld la to be installed by the Southn
Railway on the Important stretch
[ Its Washington-Atlanta main line
lng between Denim, N. C.. the flret
)int Just south or Charlotte and emracing
practically 96 mile?, nearly
1 of wfcldh to double track. Ckmact
has been let and the work will
a completed In the next few months,
ot only will the signals he operated
r electricity hat the same p<\wer
111 be used to light all stations,
irItch, and signal lights between .
rensboro and Charlotte.
One huddred and sixteen threeoeitlon
"upper-quadrant automatic
gnals. representing the very' latest
rcduct of enginerfng science, will
s erected and so located that blocks
111 be approximately two mllo In
ngth. The system will be operated
y alternating electric current furnhfed
from ha main plant at 8pencer.
[. C., and auxiliary stations at Char?tte
and Greensboro, which wlil be
> constructed that should the Spenw
plant become Inoperative from
ny cause, the power of the Southern
ower Company can be Immediately
ut In without any Interruption to j
le operation of trains or the light- j
tg system. The current to operate '
le system will be transmitted by a
dd carrying 4,400 volta const ruetd
on the right-of-way of the Southrn
Hallway and at each signal and!
tatton transformer* to step down j
tie current to 110 toIU will b?r looted.
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The installation Of this ajwtem of
ignals will not only provide promotion
against the possibility of colBlona
bat will also detect the presnce
of a broken rail, an/open switch
wash out bridge, or year standing
n a side track, dangerously near ~
tie main track, thhs affording a ]
reatly Increased measure of proteclon.
Knginemen approaching a algal
and observing the signal arm in
horizontal position ftr a red light at
ight will know thdt a train is In
he first block aheac and must stop,
hould tbey find the signal arm rais- 1
d 45 degrees a box horizontal Or a
reen light at nigh they will know 1
hat a train la in he second block 1
head and they m ist proceed with t
aution. When th v find the signal f
re vetrical or a w lte light at night c
hey know that thqy may proceed at c
all speed as the track Is Hear of f
11 ,obetructlons and not train near- 4
r than two blocks ahead. t
The Southern Railway is Just com- f
letlng a similar system on the >,
welve mile double track stretch j
rom Monroe. Va., through Lynchurg,
to Montriew, and although a j
ery efficient manual block system Is ,
perated on all Itnes on which traffic ,
s at all heavy,. President FInley a
ins antftmnced that It has been de- ,
ermined to.install automatic electric
tanal systems on all double track '
Ine and on all lines which may here-i1
fter be doable-tracked.
iAST CAROLINA DIOCESE
10 MEET ID EDENTON
| ^ 4
The annual meeting of the Diocese 1
f East Carolina, will meet In Saint ij
MM" vrrm*+iu&n&n. '
hie evening. The eeesion will last *
intil neat Tuesday evening. The
Council will be presided over By lit. J
lev. Robert Strange, D. D., bishop ?
>f East Caroltaa. The oouneil will '
old Its sessions in ms seeond oldest '
thurch in North Carolina, and prom- ^
sea to be one of the best sessions ,
>f the council yet b*ld. ! Rev. Na- i
ihanlel Harding, Mrs. Harding, Qap- 1
ain J. d Bragaw. Mr. John O. Bra- j
raw. Mtsa Settle Hoyt. Miss Janle j
dyers. Miss Laura Branch sad Miss ,
Mildred Rumley and others, left to- i
lay to attend the Council. i
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*>n SALE A SECOND HAND TYPE- <
writer. Apply to Miss Mary i
Koonce at J. K. Hoyts store. 1
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K TONIGHT AMD SINDAV. WAR
;i ' ? ' -r
Give the
Do you live in W
Do the Washingt
?o you buy ever
you make youi
If you don't, wou
example? \
TV n i ,
uoes Kicnmona,
pave your stre
Do you really go
buy a thing in
from out of to1
Suppose your cu
the big cities;
ton kept theiri
would Washin;
Do the merchant!
mond pay any
If you want to 1
each individual
Some of us have
principle.
Will you be first
This applies to B
Insurance Peoj
Estate Men. C&
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PRIMARIES OF
WERE HEL1
The primaries for the respective i
sards of the city were held last
tight at the regular meeting (
ilaces of meeting. The purpose ot '
he primaries was to select dele- (
rates to the forth coming county 1
convention and also for the purpose
>f selecting members of the precinct 1
sxocutlve committee and to ascertain 1
:he preference of the voters as to
he respective candidates f?r dele- i
rate to the National Democratic con- 1
rentlon to be held in Baltimore in
rone. *]
The vote for delegate to the Na- 1
tonal convention in the first, second
ind third wards was as follows: First i
ward?Neal 26. Tayloe 36. Second t
SVard?Neal 45 Tayloe 25. Third '
ward?Neal 9. Tayloe. 7. Fourth i
mm of louisa
goes to newbern
Mr. R. A. Cherry the popular and
capable manager of the Hotel Lonlae <
a to leave Washington on October '
L next for New Bern where he will ,
become manager of the Hotel Oaston '
In that town. Mr. Cherry is half (
leasee of the Oaston.
He has been the manager of the
Louise here for the past live months (
fining from the Hotel Charles at .
Moreheed Cttr. During h* abort
itay In Waahlngton be baa made a
large number of frlende and bla do- .
part urn la to be regretted. Mr. Cbor- .
ry la a botal man of experience and (
ilnea ha aaaumrd the management of
Dm Ixralaa he haa lncreeaed the ?6pularlty
of tha hotal In every way. It
In common remark that tha botal
bore If oaa of the very heat In Kaat
im Carolina. Mr. Cherry haa every <
unuraace of anreeaa In hm now home I
and the Dally Newa commenda him '
to the elttnme of New Bern. ;,TJle 1
Daaton-under btt npervtalnn ahould 1
and^ will Decern, a leading hotel In I
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N. CL, KATUKDAY ArnmXOOK,
MKR IN THK INTERIOR. JIDDA
News Your
ashington?
?
on people patroni:
ything you can in
r living?
Wn't it be a good
Philadelphia or F
ets and pay your :
to the trouble fo
Washington befo
wtti
stomers sent all
suppose the peop
money in New Yc
gton be in the bus
i of Chicago, Nevy
taxes in Washing
build a town, isn't
I to help?
i 2fot to be first i
and stick to it Ion
ankers, Merchants
ate, HotekMariage
ipitalists and plain c
THE CITY
) LAST NIGHT
ward?uninatructed.
For members of the precinct exe:utlve
committee the following cltltens
were anmed in their respective
wards. First Ward?W. D. Grimes,
3eo. H. Hill, J. B. Bragaw Jr.. Chas.
j* Morton. J. M. Saunders.
Second Ward?Lindsay Warren, D.
tf. Carter Sr., J. D. Grimes, F. S.
iVorthy and Dr. S. T. Nicholson.
Third Ward?Jesse Hodges, Thornis
Bobbins, H. S. Winfleld, S. F. Burbank
Jr., arffl J- H. Simmons.
Fourth aWrd?E. A. Daniel, W.
H. Chauncey, Frank Flynn, E. L?.
Stewart, W. H. McDevett.
The polls In the respective wards,
according to the late law. will be
apen until six o'clock this evening.
The Drlmsriea fhmui?hnti? tho
y are being bold as we go to press.
)R H. SHELL STRICKEN
WIT! PARALYSIS
Dr. Henderson Snell. for years a
citizen ot Washington and one of the.
most prominent and efficient merawrs
bf the Dental profession" In
forth Carolina, was stricken with
paralysis while visiting his relative*
it Suffolk, Virginia, the o^ply part
>f the week. Dr. Snell has been In
podr health for sometime and .the atack
of paralysis coming on top of
lis weakened condition makes his
rienda apprehensive as to the out?me.
The Jatest reports from his
Mdside is 'to the effect that while
tits condition is still precarious he
a slightly better. >.
Od Next HondtT afternoon at ( o';lock
nt the residence of the astreary,
Kin Lew windier, oomer or
Phlrd end Market Streeta, the Pamtco
Chapter. Dantkters at tha Coa
lederacy are reeantoed W aaaa*. a*M&
neat of Importance la to he t|UB-li
mted and every member ot the ehap-1-:
er la arfad to be preaeat. v., 1<
JUtsnTi hmfhrY<y- j
I' -v'e ' sYse^Sg?,-'KiatJ iv>ix.U.'.'?i !
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MAT 1A.IH12.
IRnTS NORTH TO NORTHWEST WIN
' JTi
Answer I
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le you? F(
the town where j
I
idea to set the ^
Jew York help "
school teachers? hBc
Stat
see if you can r.v(
re you order it
pret
asp!
-i t. ln?
their orders to
tal
le of Washing- L
>rk banks, where the
7 tha
iness world? 2s
r York or Richto
t
tdn? z
it the duty of
* can
tiot
The
to establish the r
the
for
lal
gest? =
ManilfaMiirnro w"
>, uicuiuiaviUl CI Of
irs,Printers, Real
ivery day people. '?
maMI M CQ1
sun
SEVERED FR011
BIS BODTf^
to
Jlennls. the 6-year-old son ol Mr. ye
and Mrs. John F. Latham, had his ga
head nearly severed from hla body IZ
yesterday at the home of his parents ni
at Jessaraa. and while his condition D!
today Is precarious the physicians
think theTe ia*a slight chance for his
recovery.
Daniel Latham, the 18-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Latham, was en- sf
gaged with a bush axe in cutting away
the shrubbery from the ditch Gi
banks on the farm and the little fel- jei
low was following him as the work tl(
was being done- The oldsr son did
? th
not know that his younger brother | ^
was so near and in attempting to cut
the shrubbery the axe struck him on
the back of the neck, cutting a deep to
and serious gash.
' .The unfortunate little fellow was Cc
carried to his home and medical aid 1
summoned. It Is to be hoped that m<
he will soon recover. Mi
ADDISCO BOOK CLUB =
AT MISSIHIARCIA MYERS ?
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The Addisco Bok Olub held its r?g- tai
ular meettti^.- yesterday afternoon off
with Ml^AMarcia Myers on Bast hli
Main Street. After the usual preliminary
tterctses and items, which are -lar
always full of Interest, the club had all
the pleasure of hearing a One paper foi
on Queen Victoria, by the president, tie
rs. B. R. <Fowle. Tbe writer call- tal
l?01 attention to the fact that the two -of
most important eras in the history of va
ngland are named tor bar great eai
Bneea. BUsabeth and Victoria. Aft- eoi
pr this feast of the lntelVsoC came %\
net delightful refreshments for tbe
liner woman and th* club adjourned 1
feplng tor many more e?Je7?tto of
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mwm
Tillj
3ur Aspirants For
^ow Trailing On
buckeye State. TaftT
T TT T
waxes warm.
clal to the Dally Newa. alt;
'olumbub, O., May 18.?The storm
politics which has been sweeping 8tA
the
k and forth over the Buckeye ,
'.e for nearly two weeks became j8
writable tempest today, and there the
tvery Indication that it will con- noi
le up to Monday midnight, a few wll
rs befOTe the pCTis open for the all:
lidentlal primaries. Today four ler
Irants for the presidency are trail- flni
one another over the 8state. To- am
tit a vast army of stump-speakers the
resenting the choicest oratorical mo
int of both parties, will hold forth Ohi
every city, town and cross-roads an
ilet, from the Pennsylvania to the Cat
iana lines and from Lake Eric to ted
Ohio River. The early prediction eye
t the campaign would be the moat ed
>rous ever waged within Ohio's '
ndaries has been amplv fulfilled. Ro
>hlo has no presidential prefer- be
e primary law. but the primaries Ro
>e held next Tuesday are expected bet
ertheless to make it plain who is ess
ored by the voters of this st=te en<
the presidential nominations. The ho^
mblican voters will vote for two dei
didates for delegates to the na his
lal convention from their district, aft
i ballots will not" bear the names alx
the preeidential candidates. The me
ers therefore may be somewhat in I sit!
dark as to whom the candidates wh
nomination, but workers at tbe
Is no doubt will find a way to in- 8tr
ate to the voters how the candi- Ha
ea stand. In a few places there no!
1 be I^aFollette candidate for na- poi
aal delegates, but as a rule there Br
1 be only Taft and Roosevelt Hats. th?
regates^win b* named In The twen- Is
one congressional districts. The po
delegates-al-large completing | cn
lo's forty-eight in the national con- de
ition will be named by the state Tfa
ivention next month. eg
The Democratic primaries will be jo:
ictically of the straight-out presl- tlh
ntial preference variety. Only in I go
e essential feature does the meth'.cr
differ from that already tried out la'
a number of states. This feature isl
the provision that the winner of ha
p preference primary shall be au- T1
orlzed to name the deleguteB-at- th
ge. At first glance this provision g<
ty seem an unwise delegation of th
wer. but it is to be romembered ly
at the candidate has much at stake gi
d. if Governor Harmon's name is Tl
be presented to the Baltimore con- ec
ntion he naturally desires dele- cc
tes from his own state whose loy- p<
\TTLBSHIP TEXAS WAS P
LAUNCHED TODAY!
>ecial to the Dally News ^
Newport News, Va.. May 18.?
m
eeted by a chorus of steam whist- p
s and cheered on by an enthuBias- T
! assemblage of 20,000 spectators ai
e battleship Texas, twin sister of t<:
A Van' Vn.l- L..IIJ1 ' - > ? h
? .,vn luirw, juiiuitiK ai me nrooK- 1
w
n Navy YaJ'*L glided from her ways ^
day at th<*?yard8 of the Newport QJ
jwb Shipbuilding and Dry Dock ^
mpany. vl
As the big vessel swept down to p]
aet thev water of the James Klver tJ(
Irs Claudia Lyon, daughter, of Col- bj
ell Lyon, a wealthy ranch owner .
d Republican National Committeeu?
for Texas, broke the traditional
ttle of champagne and formally
med the rfhlp. Grouped about the ^
onaor on the official stand were ^
mcroua repreeentatlvea of the ^
ate of Texas, together with Secrery
Meyer and a number of other
Iciala of the. Navy Department and ^
jh'officers of the navy.
The Texas is designed to be the
gest and most formidable warship w
oat. Her displacement is nearly
ir tlmee as great as tl^e old batthip
of the same rotT?e. Her tocost
will be In the neighborhood *
$14,000,000. 8he will he the first *
rehlp of the American Nary to *
rj a battery at 14 taeh guns. Her *
?tract saUe for a speed of at taut *
kloU u hq?r.
HMm Arehla uuTbm.1* Onae.d *
Mk, m tMU?? != tfc? tit; *l*r?a?.
J-Oy^.3'. Ui.ixu
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i oRirs 1
1IEXT TUESDAY I
The Presidency
e Another Over
?Roosevelt Fight
i
'
f to him cannot be under susptcu
The plan was adopted by the
te committee at the suggestion of
\ Harmon forces..
rhe result of the Ohio primaries
expected to determine definitely
i chances of President Taft for re- ? ?
nination. His friends believe he
1 carry his own state, "but they tpEO.that
his cause is weil-nigh liopes
If he docs not. The President
Is his principal opposition here
ong the Republican farmers. In
i cities they are believed to be
re favorably inclined toward hirn. .
k) is near enough to the Canadifrontier
to feci the eiTect of the
aadian reciprocity treaty negotiaby
the President, and the Bucki
farmers were very much opposto
the measure.
rhe results of the primaries Jo the
osevelt candidacy are believed to
equally important. Should the
osevelt sweep continue as it has
u going lately, it would not necarily
give the Colonel votes
>ugh to nominate him. It would
wever, according to the close stuits
of the situation, either make
nomination inevitable sometime
er the first ballot or wosld bring
>ut a condition where the stiong
n of the party would be In a polon
to unite upon a third man
om they might have some hope of
cting.
The Democratic contest is a
alght-out fight between Governor
rmoti and those who oppose his
tninatlon for President. The oplitiop
has been led by Williari J..
yan# who has stumped the state in
s interest of Woodrow Wilson, who
expected to Save the genera! sup
ri 01 top unio progressive neir.oits.
Friends of Governor Harmon
flare that he ie sure to win our.
ley expect him to name the six delates-at-lnrge
and to carry the rarity
If not all of the congressional
strlcts. Among the farmers the
vernor is very popualr. Hv the opation
of his one per cent ta\ arte
iv. which he rorced through the leg
ature. the taxes on farm lands
ive been very materially reduced,
le Harmon opposition is confined to
e progressives and is due to the .
meral feeling that the governor,
ough he has proved a comparativeprogreesive
executive, is not pro eeaive
enough on national matters,
his feeling has beeu most pronour.cI
since the governor advised the
institutional convention not to pro)se
the initiative and referendum.
RICE INDUCEMENT
SALE AT J. K. HOYIS
Today and Monday Mr J. K.
!oyt, as will be seer, by announcelent
elsewhere, is conducting a
rice Inducement Sale at his store,
he sale is for the "Careful Purses"
nd every since the sale opened yeatrday
a steady stream of bargain
untcrs have been pouring into his
ell-ltnown place of business and
tdging from the number of pack;es
going to all parts of the city,
ley are being amply repaid for their
sit. Mr. Hoyt is making special
ices during the sale and all vising
the store are delighted with the
CR VICES AT ST. PETKIl'S
BPltKXIPAL (TII'RCR
On ac<*>unt of the absence of the
ector, . Rev. Nathaniel Harding. ja
ere will be only lay services held J
St. Peter's Episcopal Church to- . J
orrow morning. There will be no
rvices at night. Sunday School
ill meet promptly at 4 o'clock.
T. WILL (ilVE SPECIAL PRICKS
on one piece silk dresses today
and Monday. J. K. Hoyt.
1
I.1HT OF NEW ADVKR1KE
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