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v juLOSIS meet rw~ 'on Held In Charlotte e for Extermination |\ VIGOROUS WARFARE i a ? ? m? w oue war on tne ttreat > FUgnt.?Tuberculosis, its lence, Costliness and Fatality Miles Pointed Out. 'V ' t 10 o'clock Tuesday morning in the Selwyn Hotel in Charlotte, the Vorth Carolina Convention for the Prevention of Tuberculosis, assembled. After the preliminaries were done in dne form the doctors plunged into their subject with great earnestness and zeal. Space will permit of only the gist of the arguments in favor of a vigorous warfare 'inst the "great white plauge." i. f. Monroe said Tuberculosis greatest enemy of modern peoj that it must be exterminated. ^ ost hope to the afflicted that cures are possible. Dr. Harper said that it is estimated that tuberculosis fatalities exceed those of war, famine, plague eholrea, yellow fever and small-pox, all combined. It was set forth that even in our awn nation 55S people die daily of the disease and that North Carolina shares only too fully in the proportion. Its courses are understood to be, | hereditary tendency, laek of sufficient clothing, living in infected houses (which should be disinfected) lack of ventilation, lack of cleanliness, un| sanitary invironment, lack of ^ proper food, etc., which can Iwa Bummca up id me term, Ignorance on the part of the people as to the nature of the disease and the means of prevention and cure of it. Poverty was given as a cause and ? result of the malady. The cost of the dread disease as brought out is an eye opener. When it is considered what is the average oarning capacity of victims, together with costs of treatment while lingering, an average estimate of $3,000 each is placed. Probably 200,000 people die in the United States every yea^\>f this malady. Thus $1,600,j 000,000 worth of productive energy ie cut off from our nation every year. Tbe remedies advocated so unanirqgpsly and forcibly are popular edu' oq the subjeet, means of treat! of patients and power to en , Vi. acaitU. educate the people Dr. Williams ated u small, well bound, neat of about 50 pages, composed 4 - addble, attractive style, also a ?r printed pamphlet as well as forma of literature. These be gotten up by the legislaind distributed by eouuty coion. These books should be in the schools, the teacher / bad suitable training, and requeot lectures should be deed in the schools on the subject, ioepitals, sanitariums and colonies i to be the means of treatment nfected These, it was set forth, 1 be naintained partly at least xtun in order that no one 'ait too long to apply for ugh a feeling of dependency claim it as a right j objection on the score of )ss is rebutted the immense w sustained b.y the ravages of ca?e. cy like Wilmington it was eawould have about 80 deaths The cost of the sickness and together with the earnings of i \ lersons in normal condition ant crage life being about $8,000 wou/.. bring the city's loss up to $040,6x0 annually. It is estimated too, tntat in a hospital or sanitarium at a coat of $175, the average life of tbc afflicted would be* lengthened by ten y?frs. It is a recognized fact that there are those who would not submit to laws of safsty to their fellow men aaeh as burning all sputum and taking treatment where such could ef\feetual y benefit them and be n i%n?aons ot safety to others. In sncb rises lew and its proper execution as tboug'it a necessary expedient, f \mong cont -ibutors of papers, etc., > \a Dr. W. Faison. Charlotte; Dr. Er?oks, of Aberdeen: Dr. Willi. Jones, of High Point; Dr. patrt Bottle. U. S. N.. Dr. W. J. '?;aallv, of High Point: Dr. A. well, of Charlotte; Dr. Jame9 rrniphs. of Asheville; Dr. T Harper, of Wilmingtan; ruh?y Williams, of GreeneN. Lambeth. of the f Virginia; Dr. Chtrles id Dr. Paul Paquin, of e Convention Wan. VV a doetora' convention, were the leader* and the membership of the na Poeietv for the Prebermloais" is made tip ixens in the State who is extermination of Towill band themselves give a little time and aery on the war. The fas is U 00 par year and of tba State abaald be p. ^ > : ' to Dr. C. A. Julian, Thomasville, N. C. Four Articles in Its Creed. 1. Tuberculosis is our greatest enemy. 2. Tuberculosis can be prevented. 3. Tuberculosis can be cured. 4. Tuberculosis must be exterminated. How People Get Tuberculosis. Dr. Minor: "We know that practically the only danger of infection arises from the expectoriation of those Suffering from nnlmnnarw colons, in their sputum is found the Serin in large numbers and when ried, reduced -to duet, and blown around, it can under favorable conditions (but not easily, it is ture, for it with difficulty can infect man) produce the disease in those in whom it succeeds in getting firm lodgment. ."Street spitting we cannot hope for a long time if ever to stop, but if we can only teach that to spit On a sidewalk, and not into the roadway, is improper, we must and probably can trust our good friend the Sun to continue at the old stand undoing, out doors at least, the bad I effects of man *8 carelessness. "It is indoor spitting that is dangerous and which chiefly spreads the disease, and this we cannot too vigorously attack and seek to eradicate. "Let the spitting habit be but once stopped and let all sputum be properly disposed of where it can do no harm and scientists all recognize that in fifty years or less tuberculoses would be a rare disease." How to Prevent Tuberculosis. 1. Destroy all sputum. 2. Disinfect all houses where there have been cases of tuberculosis. This should be done under the supervision of the Health authorities of the town or city. 3. Let the State see that all are built in such a manner that the inmateg will have plenty of fresh air and sunlight. 4. Educate the people to the necessity of properly ventilating their sleeping rooms, stores, shops and offices. 5. Dr. Lambeth says: "Let the public school add to its curriculum a coarse on feeding the human animal. Time could easilv be provided for this, moreover, a little less study of the dead languages and a little more study of the living man would make it all the better for our bodies and little worse for our education. Let the course include the physiological importance of nutrition, the nutritive values of all the available foods, the economic value of substance offered for sale as food, and methods of preparing the cheaper foods in a more palatable manner." In other words: Pure air, proper food and plenty of it; and the de~c * -wuvwuii ui an sputum win prevent tuberculosis. Tuberculosis Can bo Cured. 1. An early diagnosis is essential The patient should know the truth. The doctor should tell him the truth; and no time should be lost in seeking wise and competent treatment. 2. Some cases can be successfully treated at home. The best places ure the hospitals, sanitariums, colonies, resorts and dispensaries. 3. Medicine does not hold a very large place in the treatment. It is largely a matter of properly regulated living for the patient. The physician should be the teacher and the patient the pupil in a school of health. Implicit obedience on the part of the pupil is the only hope. Hundreds are being cured in this way. 4. The convention asks the State to help by providing a "North Carolina Trainine R<?hr?nl fnr * ment and Prevention of Tuberculosis." The idea is to give a short course of instruction to the patient and then send him home and let others come, till Anally the good news is spread all over the State. What the State Should Do. Dr. Williams: "I advocate that we request the State to furnish sufficient funds to provide literature for circulation fcmong the people, in which will be incorporated the instructions which the people need. This literature should be widely distributed, sent into all hnmM on/1 K/> on ? to be easilv intelligible. "I advocate the publication of a book, of forty or fifty pages. covering in brief, the subject of tuberculosis. compiled so as to be easily intelligible to the most ignorant reader. Let it be attractively gotten op. so as to be worthy of a place in the library of our people. "The State should provide the necessary funds for the publication of such a book, and for the distribution of it. It should provide for supplementing the book with illustrated lectures, to be delivered by competent men all over the State. "This book should be placed in the schools; and teachers who have been trained for th$ purpose, should be selected to interpet it to the children. The child has an impressionable brain, and this needed instruction would be sown in a fertile soil, to bring forth, in a few years, an abundant harvest of good for the con-1 trol of this disease." Governor Chamberlain Elected Senator in Orezon. ?alem, Ore , Special.?Gov. George K. Chamberlain, a Democrat, was on Tuesday elected United States Senator to aeeeeed C W. Fulton, receivinji a majority of each House of the Leg F' turc, which roted in separate see. + mm FOR CONSERVATION President Approves Report of National Commission. SENDS MESSAGE TO CONGRESS U.ges Measures to Conserve the Natterity?Should he Put in Effect ural Resources as a Legacy to PosWithout Delay. President Roosevelt, Friday transmitted to Congress the following bearing on the conservation of out natural resources. I transmit herewith a report of the national conservation commission, together with the acompanying papers. This report, which is the outgrowth of the conference of Governors last May, was unanimously approved by the recent joint conference held in this city between the national conservation commission and Governor* of the States, State conservation commissions and conservation committees of great organizations of citi zens. It is therefore in a peculiar sense representative of the whole nation and all its parts. The facts set forth in this report constitute an imperative call to action. The situation they disclose demands that we, neglecting for a time, if need be, smaller and less vital questions, shall concentrate an effective part of our attention upon the great material foundations of national existence, progress and prosperity. The progress of our knowledge ol this country will continually lead to more acumte information and better use of the sources of national strength. It is not necessary that this knowledge should be exact in every minute detail. It is essential that it should correctly describe the general situation. The eonservaticn of our resources is the fundamental question before this nation. Our population is now adding about one-fifth to its numbers in ten years. Many millions more, must be fed and clothed from the products of our soil. With the steady growth in population ?n/3 KA ? * * vuv obiii mure rapia increase 111 consumption our people will hereafter make greater and not less demands per capita upon all the natural resources for their livlihood, comfort and convenience. It is high time to realize that our responsibility to the coming millions is like that of parents to their children, and that in wasting *our resources we are wronging our descendants. Our rivers can and should he made to serve our people effectively in transportation, but the vast expenditures for our waterways have not resulted in maintaining, much l"ss in promoting, inland navigation. Therefore, let us take immediate steps to ascertain the i?a?ons and to prepare and adopt a comprehensive plan for inland*, waterway navigation. Our forests are fast disappearing, and less than one-fifth of them are being conserved, and no good purpose can be met by failing to provide the relatively small sums needed for the protection, nse, and improvement of all forests still owned by the government. Let us enact laws to check the wasteful Haofim*!!/." ' ? ??- wv??iuvi'Wii ui nit* lorests in private lands. The American people stand nearly as a unit foi waterway development and for forest protection. Mineral Reeonrces Wasted. Our mineral resources once exhausted are gone forever, and the needless waste of them costs ns hundreds of human lives and nearly $300,000,000 a year. Therefore, let us undertake without delay the investigations necessary before om people will be in position, through State action or otherwise, to put an end to this huge loss and waste, and conserve both onr mineral resources and the lives of the men who take them from the earth. The conservation of our natural resources is of first consideration. If we of thiR generation destroy the resources from which our children would otherwise derive their livlihood, we reduce the capacity of oui land to support a population, and so either degrade the standard of living or deprive the coming generations of their rights to life on this continent. If we allow great industrial organiaztions to eexreise unregulated control of the means of production and the necessaries of life, we deprive the Americans of to-day and of the future of industrial liberty, a right no lees precious and vital than political freedom. Tho administration which is just drawing to a close, has at least seen elarly the fundamental need of freedom of opportunity for ewery citixe'n. No man pod no set of men should he allowed to plav the game of competition with loaded dice. The unchecked existence of monopoly is incompatible with equality of oDortnnitv The reason for the exereise of government control over greet monopolies is to equnlize opportunity. ? Waterways. Accordingly, I urge that the broad plan for the development of our waterways, recommended by the Inland Waterways Commission, be put in effect without delay. The work of waterways develop ment shonld be undertaken without delay. Meritorious projects in known conformity with tha general outline* of any comprehensive pirn afceald proceed ot one#. The coat of the whole work should be met by direet appropriation if possible, but if necessary bv the issue of bonds in small denominations. It is especially important that the development of water power should be guarded with the utmost care both bv the national government and b\ the States in order to protect the people against the upgrowth of monopoly and to insure to them a fair share in the benfits which will follow the development of this great asset which belong to the people and should be controlled by them. Forests. I urge that provision be made for both protection and more rapid development of the national forests. Otherwise, either the increasing *?s:? of these forests by the people must be checked or their protection agaim-t fire must be dangeroilsly weakened. If we compare the actual damage on similar areas on private and national forest lands during the past year, the government fire patrol saved commercial timber worth as much as the total cost of caring for all national forests at the presnt rate for about' ten years. Lands. The use of the public grazing lands should be regulated in such ways as to improve and conserve their value. Rights to the surface of the public land should be separated from rights to forects upon it and to minerals beneath it, tnd these should be subject to separate disposal. Thft r*nn 1 nil rrnc on<l r?Vinpr?^ot o ? ?uu pnvopuuvv rights still remaining with the government should be withdrawn from entry and leased under conditions favorable for economic development. Minerals. The consumption of nearly all nf our mineral products is increashing more rapidly than our population. Our mineral waste is about one-sixth of our product, or nearly $1,000,000 for each working day in the year. The loss of structural materials through fire is about another million a day. The loss of life in the mines is appalling. The larger part of these losses can be avoided. A part of the action of the joint conference says: We also especially urge on the Congress of the United States the high desirablity of maintaining a national commission on the conservation of tehresourccs of the country empowered to ?o-operate with State commissions to the end that every sovereign Commonwealth and every section of the country maj' attain the high degree of prosperity and the sureness of perpetuity natlirollif nmeinn tV* a ?? m*?j u? 10111^ in uic aiAiuuuaii'v i csources and the vigor, intelligence, and patriotism of our people. In this recommendation I most heartily concur, and I urge that an appropriation of at least $50,000 be made to cover the expenses of the national conservation commission for necessary rent, assistance and traveling expenses. This is a very small sum. I know of no other way in which the appropriation of so small a sum would result in so large a benefit to the whole nation. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Charleston Dispensary Profits. The total net profits of the county dispensary for Charleston connty during the months of October, No t J T\ 1 AAA vemoer ana uecemDer were ?ju,171.C7, the amount in legal dispute net being included. The division of the profits, under the law, is as follows: City of Charleston $14,492.35 Mount Pleasant 593.18 Sanitary and drainage commission 6,034.21 City Schools 6.034.21 General county fund 3,017.12 Overman Cncce?d3 Himself &3 United States Senator. Rnleigh. N. C., Special.?The election of Senator Lee S. Overman to iiicircu iijuwu: lor a second lerm in the Senate of the United States was Ae feature in both uranches of the General Assembly. The veto in the 5enatc was 30 to fl and in the House K) to 26. Judge Spencer B. Adams being honored by the minority with die coraplimentcry nomination. The ipeeelios in nomination were made in Bt Senate bv Senator Klnttz and Senator Britt. respectively, nnd in :be House by Representatives Julian ind Grant. Suicides in Ohurch. Savanuah, Ga., Special.?In a posture of prayer in St. Patrick's church here and with 11 bullet holo through the temple the dead body of Otto Sehueitzcr, of Philadelphia. was found Friday several hours after the fatal shot was fired. Two notes were found, ono bequeathing $1 for "St. Anthony's bread" and another expressing regret that he "had permit ted himself to have any ill-feeling." Sehuenitzer hod been her? but a day, reaching the city aboard a steamer rfom Philadelphia. ; Opposes Incroase la | Boston, Special.?A remonstrance trainst a further increase of the Cnitrd States navy, signed by 224 ?^qut nirr. of various denominations ' JUj/owton and vicinity was sent to firfJifrrfse Monday. It is the belief ot the ministers that naval preparations tate grown so enormously ss to beoitte a di-trcssing burden on the ( iejiest nations and an actual menace <)< the )?ea?w ??f the world. jrh* first practical sewing machine 3fcfah wae pelted te 1M. "*** ' ?? chidc in rnn KinS UIIII U 111 UVLLIUIU1VI While Star Liner Republic and\ and Uoyd Liner Florida |t MELT OFF NANTUCKET ISLAND I Republic Goes to Bottom After Unloading Her 781 Passengers and Grew?Greatest Feat in History of Wireless Telegraphy ? Four Aro Silled. ( ? i New York, Special.?Grave anxiety 1 pervailed here Saturday and Satur- * day night as the result of the thrilling maritime drama being enacted ' off Nantucket on the coast of New ' England, following the ramming j rarlv SfltnrHav nf (lin Kin VPI,i?? c??. .* ?, .. UH5 OW?l j liner Republic with 7G1 souls aboard, by the steamer Florida, of < the Lloyd-Italian line. The wireless c telegraph played an important part < in the grave incidents happending at ? sea, far from the shore, and proved t its utility as it has never done before. Bit by bit it told the tale, first an- ] nouncing the news of the collision , and the plight of the liner, which ^ news came direct from the injured ship itself. Then it told of the rescue of the Republic's passengers, the condition from time to time of the sinking ship and finally summoned c from the adjacent sens the White Star line Baltic, the French steamer ? La Lorraine, the Curnader Lucania 1 and the revenue cutters Achushnet and Gresham. At 8 o'clock p. m. the wireless 11 brought reassuring news from Cap- s tain Ransom, of the steamer Baltic. He said that the Remihlie was still " afloat; that the Florida, with her c own people and most of those from v the Republic aboard, close to 2,000 15 souls in all, was nearby and that the Baltic was near the scene, standing ? by ready to lend aid. The steamers " La Lorraine and Lucania. Captain a Ransom said, were also in the vicinity and the Republic through her wire- ? less outfit, was directing the move- 8 ments of the shipe of rescue. Until an early hour Sunday it was u believed the crashing together of the a two big ships had not resulted in death of injury to a single passenger or member of the crews. Shortly ? after midnight, however, the wireless telegraph flashed the news that two 0 passengers on the Republic had been 8 killed and two othere injured. Late in the day another wireless message told of four deaths on board the 0 Florida, either of members of tie crew or steerage passengers. " It is apparent that the Florida must have been between 30 or 40 | I miles off her course in being any- J I where near the RaDublie. as the enst- I * bound and westbound steamer lanes 8 here are that distance apart. The collision, being amidship, al- * most immediately flooded the engine 1 room of the Republic and of course 8 rendered her absolut-'y helpless. Fortunately, her wireless equipment ' was well supplied with storage bat- ' terics and three were used for more ' than six hours, until they gradually became exhausted. After that, re- ' course to signalling by means of sub- * marine bells was adopted. In the middle of the forenoon the <transfer of passengers to the Florida * was made, and although the fog was very dense, unusuallv calm weather for this season of the year in the North Atlantic enabled the transfer ( to be ryde without accident. By 9 noon me waiuc and La^on-nine were u close to the scene of collision, but ? owing to the dense fog, were unable ^ to locate the Republic, although the submarine bells could be heard fee- t quently. d The prompt closing of the Republic's water-tight compartments which F kept her afloat and undoubtedly d cara/) 4 V* 1 ivoc *v>nnw ^ nM , w IK vr> 1-1 IIIIUK Ui I IIU^C W * board. In the afternoon it was learned from the Baltic that these com- e partments were still holding the vea- r sfl above water, but that the bulk- ? heads and compartment doors were n under a fearful strain and likely fc give way at any moment. <1 A dispatch at 8:30 Sunday night e cflid: "Rcnublie gone down. Noon# i: rboard. All crew safe on revenue cutter Ores-ham." p An hour later mother wirele-.f c messaee was received stating that th? $ revenue cutter Qresham. with the Republic crew on board was proceeding to Gavhead. The Republic's passengers ? found p 000 returning Italians, many of them o survivors of the earthquake, on board f the Florida, wHich left Naples on January Otb. t ? d Lincoln's Nctive County Votes Dry. Hodgonvillc, Ky., Special.?In a ^ Iceal option election Larue county, in ? I which Abraham T.in?r.ln ~ ?' ""'"It* nearly 100 years ago. voted "dry"| liy a majority of 1.085, the voto be- Q inb more than 4 to 1 against lieense. tl . Would Wot In ere aie Pension. e Wiudrngton, Special. ? A motion Sl by Representative Olrott, of New York, to increase the penaion of Julia b B. C'oughlan. widow of Rear AdI miral Couphlan, United States navy, 8 | from $50 a month as provided for in ii a pension bill, to $100 a month creat| ed a lively interest in the House of ^ Representatives. After a vigorous ti L* ^ ' ' ... \ inuiJ IIaIia<. warning one olSfjXAlN, FEEl tMpROCERIE fregates 1 * ind The North Cll ':l"' | mo,^r\ lUihrotd A/ene fc Jma.ed?'lt\G?tW-T<>Ur Compa, ,?swj?">d ? ??"d *n 2S* John W tfcey U ng of U. S. SJ |L be^| P. J. Keiral I vt m fidelity Co., wl in<ler *?*? A a " "0t 1 urrendered to I ' ? ' ' " iP Ex-Secretary \ * "" ' ' Lj| eed Senator PI 1 of Rod Rwt Proor chose term expif^" ?nd J At' Hope. Ark.\ Tegro lias been lyr\ t?-^^1 nsultingly to a -IL? V ' ouj g3 Boston had an SSI ? w. ~ kil a lay, including $7501 *- ease utomobiles. Another Night Ridl v" yippe,, s to be tried at Unl ,, U^H $55,000 wnrt'i nf nl ~ laa?iE>l i per cent road boi\k.<Barv|n Xn iz2SC ifondny for $fA537.40.?|||j|T . ' PMB Blcod hounds effect eel %|ft- I V." if a Negro who attem{| ' ft^B ault on Mrs. W. J. M /linton on last Wednesdl lOQC The Federal grand jur\ iTj^B i bill for peonage against! ' Vshley, a member of theWtM^wapaMMMMD^Hi rom Anderson . Judge Jones designatcdMpiiOTPl0MMftff|^^^ .9th as the day for bangi| _J fight Riders convicted of r?1 he first degree in the ciL laying of Capt. Rankin. * _ . . Abbott L. Lowell has been ^ he successor to Charles W. Eliott MH is president of Cambridge Univer- ilg ity." i af The Government was sustained bv ? < he Supreme Court in the $1,623,900 Ine against the Waters-Pierce Oil Company of Texas. The Chicago and Alton Railway | ias rued an appeal in the adverse \ <60.000 rebate fine ease. \ K| Two locnl option bills were introluced in the West Virginia LegislaWashington Notes. m George L. Lilley, who was elected 3? lovernor of Connecticut, did not reign as member of the lower House B if Congress. He was declared. Wedlesday, no longer a member of that Mr. Willett. of New York, made a titter attack Tuesday on the Presilent, but the House stopped him oenaior oaney discussed the proK)sed increase of pay for the Presi- rfe * lent and others, criticising Mr. 4|^B$ loosevelt's allowances of expenses. President Roosevelt asks the fcovmment of California to consider bis c^HT easons. now on the way, before encling bill pending that is unfavor- gB ble to Japanese citizenship . 5 Mr. R-ayner started a Senate i't- ? liiiry into the libel snits against sevral newspapers. C. P. Tltft arrived * n Washington to test if v. - Jfl Ex-Queen Lillioukaluni is still ? tressincr her claims before the House Jfl ommittee. She is willing to necept ?F ?50,000 for her claim on Hawaii. Ifc Foreign News. Earthquake shocks are still r? orted from Messina and fires break ? ui. oiiuw uiiu iuiii rauso greai BUI* f , J4 ering. A disastrious fire swept parts of ^11 he afflicted city of Messina on Tues* Gen. Jose Miguel Gomez was of- JB ciallv proclaimed president of Cube n Wednesday. Vice Consul Stuart K. Lnpton i? ? 0 succeed Consul Chenev at Me??inn Admiral Kojeustvensky, the coin- C lander of the Russian fleet which M he Japanese destroyed, is dead. Viee Consul Stuart K. Lupton no-* stimatos the fatalities of the Mes- S ina earthquake at 90,000. For the first time ir. years th< irtbs in France excc^f he deaths. ..ffii The bodies of Jpfftln Consul A ^ L Cheney been founc C aatT^^^^^y^jyjJ^esiden wtfiSj