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^^.V. R. J. LOCKE IN PAPER BE-

FOa»fc°HYSlCIANS REVIEWS

CAUSE OF CRIME.

1 INDUSTRY AT FAULT

"Learned Minister Argues That Wom­en Forced into Earning Liveli­

hood Are Aided in Doing v Wrong.

a i ~ f W T ~ » • • • • * • • • • • • • * President—Emil Ries, Chl-* cago. * Vice President, for Iowa—J. '* F. Herrick, Ottumwa. * Vice President, for Missouri— * Joseph E. Chambers, St. Louis. * Vice President, for Illinois—

'« Channing W. Barrett, Chicago. |* Secretary—B.. F. Dorsey, Keo-I* kuk. •» Treasurer—Emery Lanphear, i* St. Louis. i# Place of meeting for 1909— !* Qulncy. !• Tho officers and place of next i* meeting were decided on at a

business meeting this afternoon. [ • » • * * * » * •

i With Increased attendance the six­teenth annual meeting of the Tri-IState Medical society continues to •delve deeply into medical lore. As an added feature to the program last evening, Rev. R. J. Locke, pastor ot ithe First Congregational church, recit-tea the views of the clergy on the so­cial evil, in which society was severe­ly taken to test for its attitude i.n lopenly approving and encouraging Icrime. i The following doctors' papers filled with interest to physicians have thus

7far been presented to the convention: j Dr. L. Drakely Hood, Des Moines; Emery Lamphear, St. Louis; Charles F. Wahrer, Ft. Madison; Daniel iCDoherty, Charlotte; Emil Reis, Chi­cago; Joseph L. Boehm, St. Louis. The discission following the reading of these papers was indulged in quite ^generally. The paper of Dr. Reis on the pathology of the "Gall Bladder" fwae the signal for considerable discus­sion from all view points. The read­ing of the paper was accompanied by a ohart by the aid of which the paper •was made very clear to the assembly.

Blames Society.

Giving an exhaustive review of crimes against society from the early days of the Israelites to the present time, Rev. R. J. Locke last night ad­dressed the doctors on "The Social Evil from the Standpoint of the Clergyman," emphasizing the opening of industry to woman as one of the imany causes of the evil. t "Every day this great animal called ilndustrial progress gathers into its maw its quoto of young women who

[have become weary with the struggle (and defiant of society," said the jspeaker, "Society gives them nothing. (It simply asks that they work at [lowest wages and furnish milady and (my lord with the things they in their (better conditions demand. Women's j clubs may organize Browning circles |and read daintly perfumed papers on i'Art in the Working Girls Rooms' and j'How to live on $1,000 a year' but

i they will never do any good working Ion It until they begin to put into 'their banal sentimentalism something more than a sop of goody-good words. If some of these deluded seekers after knowledge will explain how a girl can •live on $250 per year, paying her board and clothing herself as demand­ed by her position, something worth while will have been accomplished.

"We cannot deal in nosegays, violet water will not remove this national stench from our nostrils. If ever there is a time when I get mad it is when >1 read some of the addresses of these sentimental sociolgists, upending their Bummers in Europe, their winters in California, and whose highest ainj is to be thought intellectual. Neither do I leel that hush-money given by these rich benefactors of the race atone for the souls of women who have paid toll at the gate of their success. Wealth covers a multitude of sins, in Pittsburg and elsewhere."

Then referring to the gradual de­cline of morality, the speaker cited the Salome dancers of the present day who cater to increasing throngs nightly.

• "The lax Ideas regarding the mar­riage vow also contributed to the gen­eral lowering of the tone of resp-ns;!-Hillity and clearness of life. And twealth Is largely responsible for this.

Wine suppers and dissipations run­ning themselves into wild or^.ert on the one hand and on the other'the in­fluence of these things coursini? their way through the whole civic body like poison have tended to make all right­eous living seem tame and inane. The freedom of divorces, tlio hasty marriage at some Gretna Green, wak) the road to the house of assignation an easy one. Where you find as be­tween two periods in the history of a state that the latter period has fewer marriages proportionate to the popula­tion and more divorces proportionate to the marriages, one cannot help bat say that 'There is something rotten in Denmark.' Too many of our marriages today are legalized prostitution and as such are put on or off at at the will of the wearer. With some more or less close connection with the idea of the lax marriage vow, there are doubtless a few who find their way into this ar­my of fallen women because of a too confiding nature and because some one betrayed them in an hour of mis­guided confidence. And yet it would seem that such a number must be small.

Present Day Novel Wrong. In conection with the idsa stated

above let me also add the great injury wrought by the present day novel. Not indiscriminately do I speak. But I am weary nigh unto death with ilie book of today which prenenrs its 'problems.' And that 'problem' is noth­ing but a great bit of indisputable nas-tiness. There is no problem so devil­ish in its intents as is presented to the mass of unthinking and thinking readers in the average book for sale on the counters of our stor .n. Why cay it a problem when a man playr, wiui all the sanctities of womanhood and in the name of new thought and freedom of right to lov, debauches all the Institutions of marriage and society. And the simpering, slobber­ing, sensual sentimentalism, rioting through the current, reading of the day is enough to turn the social order up­side down were it not for the fact that our stomachs are strong and the •vrst majority know tint the stuff is a he am' that there is !n I h i sight of God and a man's own soul a vision that sees clearly the rottenness of such puerile thinking. I speak strong­ly of this phase of the life of today because I find men and women every-v/here reading everything anil excus­ing themselves on the ground that it teaches a good moral. If ihoy wish to have a i;ood nural taught tlieni they do not need to go down through the "utrid fiiime and int9ll^<:h.i:il sensual-it.1-- of these wriler^ to s»e it. Tlu; pa­thos of life is altogether too apparent and the history of those who became mixed in the immoral mazes of their own natures too easily read. In this so-called literature we need to see a source of the moral breaking down of so many people and the family idea. We cannot play with lire in our reading any more than In our acts, Our mental associates determine what we are and what we are io become, n» well as our physical associates.

Peril of Social Evil. •'Having noted some of tho springs

of the social evil, we would speak next of its peril. We take first the indi­vidual. There is probably nothing in all the order of life so completely par­alyzing to the moral sense and so ab­solutely" reprehensible in its far-reaching effects as this betrayal of man's highest nature to the lower ap­petites. More hope is there for tho drunkard, the thief, the murderer than for hitr. who puts inferior valua­tion upon these deep ethical forces of his being. Having yielded himself slave to these inferior things his own nature rises in revolt and he is hence­forth a marked man. All things that were of value now die from him. Be­lieving once in the integrity and the moral beauty of womanhood ho now finds that there are flaws in the vis­ion, and looking upon these he finds that for him all that was b^ai'uful and promising with glory liao be­come tarnished. For him now faith dies and a mocking leer is born in its place. For him once God lived, but now he hates the th light of Gud am! his soul beats itself against God's righteous judgments. He knows him­self to be an enemy of society and as such comes to disbelieve in the fund­amental laws governing society. Watching him now you will see that more and more he seeks the company of like spirits.

"In all literature there is nothing to compare vit'i the sorrow, the bitrer-ness of heart of those poor unfortu­nate girls and women who in one way and another have given up the beauty and glory of their lives. Man may re­form and come back to his place in society, but his victim is seen wander­ing in the lanes and byways, a poor scofled-at and unloved person. For her the way to decency is as rough as tho brutal hearts of men can make it. It is a straight way and few there aro that find it. not because God makes it hard, but because society puts all sorts of obstructions in the way. There is nothing else in the wide

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society given over to vice and offer­ing themselves a living sacrifice to a sqciety which has rejected them and which has no love fpr them. It is con-sidere axiomatic by students that the life of a nation rises no higher than the ideals of that people for woman­hood. So judge we the power of all movements and all religions. And we confess tonight that we have here a great army of men and women who are not only vitiated in morals but whose presence is a constant menace to society. Everything is touched with their hands. Professional life, business life, civic honor and purity, schools, every form of society.

Some Remedial Agencies "Let us note some remedial agen­

cies. "First I should say the Imperative

need is a broader education on the functions pertaining to the body. To do this, I believe it would be wise for every school board to secure the ser­vices of physicians, male for the boys and female for the girls, and give to pupils in the last year of the eighth grade and to the pupils of the high school 3uch knowledge as should forestall the imperfect teaching com­ing from wrong sources and also such knowledge as should teach them the physical functions of their bodies. It is absolutely preposterous that we teach our boys and girls the science of biology as it relates itself to the growing of chickens and leave as dark as Africa the science as It relates it­self to the perpetuation of the race. For this work I should have Chris­tian physicians. For next to an un­godly minister I can think of nothing so bad as a man dealing with all the sacred mystery of life without the fear of God in his heart. It will be a good day when the ideals of your pro­fession, my brothers, make you less materialistic and more at one with the great physician of men.

"Second. There must be more of an agitation of the subject so that the minds of men and women may see the awfulness of the situation So that the fearful effects of it upon so­ciety may be learned. I know of no men who can speak with such author­ity as the men of your calling.

"Third I do not believe you can al­together make men good by legisla­tion. But most of you are good be­cause of some legislation. Law is a good thing to keep men straight, and I confess I am a little obtuse on the statement made so frequently that this great body of delinquents is a sort of salvation to women who desiro to be virtuous. That were it not for these outcasts of society it would be unsafe for women anywhere In our cities. I have heard it and I know that some of tho leading sociologists say this thing but I do not believe it. I advocate a law which will place upon these erring members of society not a fine, but a jail sentence. Let it operate against the man who fre­quents the house of shame as well as against the woman who lives there. I do not believe we will have to in­crease the police force to protect our homes if we do this, although I do be­lieve we will have to change the per­sonnel of the police force to secure obedience to the law.

"We are face to face with aterrible institution of society An institution whose roots ramify into all sections of life We must meet the problem patiently but steadily The issue will not be met by shutting our eyes to it, or by segregating it It Is too serious and its poison too insidious. I am hoping that much good will come from the work done by physicians and teachers and in some citieB by our district attorneys, as in Chicago at the present time I believe an awak­ened conscience on this subject will mean a better America with purer ideals and a stronger, more virile manhood and womanhood"

Aid to Consumption Cure. Consumption in its first stages can

be checked and a permanent cure greatly aided if the X-ray coil is em­ployed, according to the views of Dr. L. Drakely Rood of Des Moiues, who

read to the convention the following paper last night:

"I wish to state for some cause (probably my poor writing) the title of my paper is not correct. It should be 'The X-Ray Coil as an Aid to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Tubercu­losis.'

"I am aware that many physicians do not concede it as of any value in this disease. With such 'doubting Thomases' I must differ.

"About eight years ago Dr. J. D. Gibson, then of Alabama, more recent­ly of Denver, Colorado, began the line of treatment which I want to discuss with you. He has followed it since, and I presume you are all familiar with his success, which I think has been greater than that of any other man in the same number of cases, many of them severe and advanced to the third stage.

"Anything which departs from the ordinary usage is usually subject to more or less criticism. I expect you to criticise me, and I assure you that no matter how severe, I shall feel amply repaid if I am able to implant the seed of inquiry and investigation in the mind of even one of my hearers. I know if careful study and Investi­gation is made of the subject you will see that the treatment is rational and practical. You will become con­vinced that many good and useful lives will be spared that otherwise would be blasted by this terrible scourge.

"I want it distinctly understood that I do not in any manner depreciate anything we have all of us been in the habit of using In the past which has proved itself to be good. It is a fact that we need all tho help we can get, either from food, medicine, fresh air or what not that has proven bene­ficial. The tuberculosis patient needs everything that will help him. His condition is desperate at the very best and nothing of benefit should be omitted.

Diagnosis Difficult. "It is a well known, though not al­

ways an acknowledged fact, that it is difficult and sometimes Impossible with the ordinary methods to diag­nose tuberculosis In its very incipien-cy. There is very little disturbance of any function at this time, practically no cough, no pain to speak of, If any, no expectoration, temperature very slightly raised, possibly 99. The pa­tient probably complains of being very tired. If a physical examination is made at this time It will yield very little information unless It Is very thoroughly made by an experienced man, and even then there is some­times doubt.

"Here is where the X-ray will show you the exact condition, and together with your physical examination place you in pos­session of all tho facts which are so essential if you will treat your patient intelligently. You do not have to wait until tho germ appears in the sputum, coueht and chest pains annoy and every old auntie in the neighbor­hood says Miss Jones has consump­tion and the doctor ought to have known it a year ago. You are not placed in the humiliating position of being obliged to say there is little I can do except to make the patient comfortable, it has gone too far, or worse yet, send them to Colorado to avoid signing the death certificate.

"We have now examined the patient and decided that he has tuberculosis of the lungs. He has slight dullness

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o\-er one or both apacies of the lungs, has a temperature from 99 up, some cough, possibly some slight pain, per­haps some loss of flesh, has a frequent pulse, may or may not have some pal­pitation of the heart, may have a little shortness of breath, but always has a bad color.

"Tho skiagraph has been taken and the above condition has been confirm­ed. What shall we do for him?

Disappraves Western Climes. "First, see that his digestion and

assimilation are being carried on as well as it is possible for them to be; that his bowels are acting properly, that he has the proper amount and kind of food, that he has a liberal amount of good fresh air day and night, and that he has as much sun­shine as is possible. Keep him still. Rost is one of our greatest aids and must be well looked after. Keep him in as pleasant surroundings as possible. Cententment is almost necessary. Many consumptives sent away from home and friends to Colorado, New Mexico or other places die of sheer homesickness.

"These arrangements being made, what medicine shall be used? None. Positively none of you can avoid it. Xo medicine has any effect on the course or duration of the disease. There are indications in all of the ad­vanced cases that must be met as they come up, of course. Some need a little toi ie, others need a little cough medi­cine or what not.

"Heretofore the best treatment at Gin command has been food and air. These are both good and necessary to the proper treatment of tubercular patients.

"We have relied wholly upon nature to effect a cure. That we have often faded goes without saying. The time 1ib>5 now come -when I think we may truly say we will destroy the germ in the lungs by the proper application of the x-ray coil, and thus relieve nature cf a great deal it has had to do, there­by giving our patients a much larger opportunity for recovery.

X-Ray Coil Beneficial. "That the tubercular bacilli can be

destroyed In the living lung there is no longer doubt. You all know the germs of luas, sychosis, tubercular, lymphang­itis and in many cases tubercular arthritis yield to the scientific applica­tion of the x-ray coil. You are familiar with the fact that persons working much around a coll and not being properly protected, become absolutely sterile. If the vitality of the sperm ano ovum can be destroyed and tuber­cular glands made to disappear, why can we not destroy the germ in the lungs if we make a proper applica­tion of the x-ray?. We can destroy it and we do get these results.

"Its application should nevor be undertaken by an Inexperienced person if good results are to be obtained. It is a delicate matter to determine the proper vacum of the tube to be used In individual cases, and to make the proper exposure. A great many have tried but few have succeeded. The lack of success I think is due to im­perfect technique and failure to recognize tho reaction which takes place , if there Is a large amount of invasion. In these severe cases the treatment must be heavy. If mixed in­fection Is present and antl-streptolitic serum Is almost a necessity.

"Improvement usually begins within a short time and is often very marked by the ond of the second or third week, every bad symptom becoming ameli­orated. Temperature drops, exhaus­tion is less marked, appetite better and weight increases, and a feeling of re­lief is experienced. Th color which is always bad in these cases begins to clear up and the general symptoms are much improved. This change does not always take place quickly, but Is sometimes delayed from four to six weeks. If the Invasion is small the reaction is usually less. The treatment required is correspondingly less, the lung beginning to clear up in a very short time, from six to ten weeks in mild cases, puts the patient well on the road to recovery. In either severe or mild forms the greatest care must be exercised in the general manage­ment of the case If we would have the patient progress to a complete cure or to a condition of safety."

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Bloomfield.—The county fair will be held Sept, 8-12. Some good racing is promised.

Dispose of Many Cases. After a week's adjournment the dis­

trict court got down to business Mon­day and a number of cases were dis­posed of. The grand Jury found in­dictments against Wilson Saner for adultery and Samuel Williams for burglary and was given six months in the county jail and costs of prosecu­tion. The following cases were con­tinued: John R. Wallace vs, W. H. Guile, attachment; Henry C. Guern-. sey vs. City of Bloomfield, severance of territory; Joseph Higbee vs. W. H. Guiles, attachment. Judgment was entered in the cases of T. B. Jennings vs. James Guile, attachment; N. Fletcher vs. Lily Adcock Tharp, on ac­count. E. T. Prlntz vs. James White, settled and dismissed. W. a. White vs. William and TilUe Hiner an<J Mil­ton Carnahan, Steckel & Son, dismis­sed. L. H. Bates vs. Peter Cohagan, settled and dismissed. Alice McNeles vs. Asa Cosael, dismissed by plaintiff. Decree of quiet title signed in follow­ing cases: J. H. Shdttlefield vs Ward Lawson, John H. Shelton vs. Hattia L. O'Neal, Aaron Emanuel vs. Boone Swlnney et al, Jesse W. McConnell vs. John Littlejohn et al, F. W. Bean vs. Elizabeth Garner et al, Mary A. Keether vs. Wm. H. Guile et al, parti­tion ordered; Norman Bride vs. Ella Cornelia Lawson, same; Arthur E. Miller vs. Wm. Miller et al, same. Mary Young vs, Thomas Wilcox et al, decree of. foreclosure. In the matter of the annexation of unplatted terri­tory to the town of Pulaski, record en­try was made as petitioned for. Fred H. Roberts was granted a permit to sell intoxicating liquors. The follow­ing assignments are made: C. H. Cronk vs. C. C. Smith, injunction, sec­ond Friday, Losey and McConnell vs. C. R. I. & P. Ry. Third Monday aft­ernoon, W. S. Freeman vs. Western Union Telegraph Co. Third Monday afternoon, Sarah Bolwar, et al vs C.A. Harter, third Tuesday. Will Eichel-berger is court bailiff this term and James Stokesberry, bailiff for the grand jury.

Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Dunlavy left Tuesday for their new home at Atalis8a, where Mr. Dunlavy will teach this year.

C. C. Burgess started Tuesday for Cody, Wyo„ where he has a position with a jewelry firm.

S. H. Rogers has sold his barber shop to Ingersoll & Smith.

Mlsa Belle Worley and Miss Grace Wiley- of Plqua, O., stopped off here

Tuesday enroute home from the, Pa­cific coast, a fortnight's visit at the W. J. Steckel home. Miss Worley is an aunt and Miss Wiley a cousin of Mrs. Steckel.

Miss Mae Boyd, stenographer for the Murphy Calendar Co. of Red Oak, arrived home Saturday for a two weeks' vacation.

J. W. McGowan, J. H. Ford, Lee Kennedy and son and R. D. Sullivan and family went to Des Moines Tues­day to attend the state fair.

Boone Swinney and Jesse Benge re­turned from the state fair today.

Noah Carlisle of namilton. Mo., came in Tuesday for a visit with rela­tives in Bloomfield.

Bloomfield.—At a membership meet­ing of the Baptist church Thursday evening, called to consider the question of remodeling the church, it was decid­ed to put in a furnace, repair the building, replaster. paper and paint the interior and buy new carpet and seats. A new floor may be laid. It is estimated that the repair will cost in the neighborhood of $1,000. Dr. C. C. Heady, David Trickier and I. F. Guernsey were appointed as a build­ing committee and L. E. Goode chair­man of the soliciting committee. Rev, Clemnons, of Seymour, was present and preached before the business meeting.

The machinery of the Bloomfield Mitten Factory, which since the clos­ing down of the plant three years ago, has been stored in a room on the west side of the square, was shipped to Ot­tumwa Thursday, having been pur­chased by the American Tool Mining Co.. who will use tho machinery in their Ottumwa factory.

A number of out-of-town people are members of a house party which Is being entertained at the Steckel homa this week. The guests are Mrs. Car,-rie Jacobs Bond, of Chicago, Mrs. Kea Jordan, of Hutchinson. Kansas, Mlsa Helen Smith, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Mc-Cahan, of Klrkville. Mo., Jean Duffield, Of Omaha, C. S. Jackson, of Des Moines, A. O. Premier and C. A. Smith, of South Bend. Ind., M. Islev and Jack Gardner, of St. Louis. The entire party went down to the coun- * try home of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Taylor and spent Satrday night and Sunday.

SIGOURNEY. Sigourney — The day for the i ' !

settlers meeting was an ideal day and people flocked to the town from all di­rections. A large crowd was here, and the streets and the park' were crowd­ed. The program took place in the park. It was a sociable and pleasant appearing crowd and everybody seem­ed to enjoy themselves thoroughly.

Miss Lyde Stevens is in the hospital at Iowa City whero she underwent an operation. The doctors found more trouble than they had anticipated and ••• she will be confined to the hospital longer than they had planned on her having to stay. She Is one of the teachers in the city schools and this will probably necessitate a vacancy in the force and It is expected that It will take six months or a year before she can resume the work in the school room.

Mrs. Vern Hasty, of Delta, is visiting at the parental J. F. Priest home jus! south of the city.

Tho Nickel Carnival company .•ha''""' moved' to the city and are gitti"? ready for business. They came in Monday but are not fully establish yet. Liast night a few of the tc 4 were open for patronage. •

A good crowd is expected in town i • day to be in attendance at the f1'-* Settlers' meeting. They expect ' program to be carried out in full nrtaj are hoping for a good time toget .

William Kadel of Bitxton is li < t'»! city called here by the illness o.Mus' father. 1

Ray House is working in the west side restaurant for Mrs. George Purkey

Mrs. James Williams and daughters Ora and Alice were Delta visitors on Tuesday.

Mrs. Clyde Williamson and children are visiting friends and relatives in Glldden, Iowa.

A baby boy was born td Mr. and Mrs. Ferrel Bray the latter part of las) week.

Dr. W. W. Eastburn made a profes­sional trip to Keswick on Monday.

Tom Beall is back again and carry­ing mall on his route. He has beel enjoying a vacation for the past fif­teen days, and while off duty took iJ the state fair.

Miss Bessie Seymour returns t( Chicago the coming Saturday to re>

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