Viper Venom Is
A Benefactor To
Mankind Earth
(By The Assoc
'NEW YORK—With \the possible
exception of St. Patrick, perhaps no
iff'nor man has handled aas many
snakes as Dr. Raymon L. Ditmars
and, although Erin’s patron saint
had1 little regard1 for-vipers as zoo
l.^ical-spccimens, he might condone
thi use to which Dr. Ditmars is plac
ing them.
This particular phase in the eleva
1 n of t4ie snake to the position oi
potential benefactor of mankind oc
curred when Dr. Ditmars was asked
1' supply some viper venom to be
u ed in experiments being conduct
ed to relieve malignant growths.
Poison Aided Leper
It was Dr. Adolph Monae-Lesser,
who, several years ago, in Cuba, ob
served that a leper, bitten by a tar
; tula, improved in health. Taran
tula poison was difficult to secure,
so Dr. Monae-Lesser resorted , to
snake venom, which was supplied to
him by Dr. Ditmars, curator of rep
tiles utJ the Bronx Zoo, and former
’newspaper man.
In his confessions of A Scientist,
published by MacMillan, Dr. Dit
mars offers this explanation: “My
understanding of Dr. Monae-Les
ser's theory wras that if a person
suffering from a malignant growth
were given a diluted solution of ve
il m there would be a comparative
ly mild shock in the nerve centers
and an activation of the effected
centers that would be followed by a
correction of the abnormalcy; a sort
of rejuvenation.”
INDIA GETS 373
MULES FROM
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UNITED STATES
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(By The Associated Press)
SAINT JOHN, N. B„—Frank F.
Simpson, veteran Omaha, Ncl).,
mule-driver, is not only the world’s
i largest exporter of mules, but also
the most successful. ,
He has shipped thousands to all
parts of the world, without losing
a sing# animal enroute. He has
just sailed from Saint John with his
latest shipment — 373 American
mules—for the British War Depart
ment in India. Simpson signed a
! contract with the Imperial Govern
[ment in 1921 to supply the animals
'for Indian mobile forces.
Simpson personally supervises the
transportation of the mules because,
he, says, shipping the animals by
water is a task very few people can
manage. A mule, which can plodi
tirelessly through miles and miles
of rough country, is a potential in
valid from the time he embarks ta
the very hour he is unloaded, and
the successful mule shipper must
know all of the animal’s idosyncras
ies and all its symptoms of sickness,
if he wants them to arrive at tKeir
[destination in good condition. Simp
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Security Plan Is
Unfolding With
Many Surprises
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18—Topped
by a special message from President
Roosevelt, the social security pro
gram unfolded today in a forty thou
sand word report by the cabinet
committee on security, and was con
tained specifically in a bill prepared
by Wagner .of New York, which
carried an appropriation for about
one hundred million dollars to fin
ance the program for the first fiscal
year starting July 1. Authoriza
tion for the spending of two hun
dred million dollars each year there
after, was also included in the bill.
Washington Leg.
Opens With Much
Real Enthusiasm
(By The Associated Press)
OLYMPIA, Jan. 18th—Governor
Martin in an optimistic message to
the legislature, outlined one of the
most comprehensive legislative pro
grams ever submitted to a point ses
sion of the Washington legislature,
containing more than thirty recom
mendations.
One called for the raising of thir
ty-nine million dollars in additional
taxes in the next biennium through
a luxury tax on cigarettes and to
bacco; a gift tax, and other sources.
«
He also predicted that the Coulee
' Dam will be enlarged to include a
high dam and irrigation. He urged
I the state to assume full responsib
ility for the payment to the admin
I istration of old age pensions.
' —
son said inexperienced mule ship
pers have been known to lose 40
per cent r?bf their animals on a sin
gle voyage. r
MSfles never get seasick, he said,
but when the seas become rough
they go on a “hunger strike,” and
won’t eat until the ship stops roll
; ing.
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LOCAL NEWS
Pilot Mirow Arrives
Nome From Nulato
Pilot Hans Mirow of the Mirow
Air Service arrived Nome late this
afternoon from Nulato, by way of
Unalakleet, bringing Mrs. Barr as a
passenger to Nome, for medcial at
tention. Pilot Mirow reported that
pilots Jones of the Pacific Alaska Air
ways and Whaley of the Roust Air
ways were preparing to take off
when he left Nulato, but the weath
er was bad all along the coast and
they either didn’t take off, or if they
did, they probably returned to Nu
lato.
NAT Pilot Makes
Emergency Flight
Pilot Brown of the Northern Air
Transport made an emergency flight
to White Mountain today from
Nome, returning with Samuel Ana
ruk and daughter Vida.
Mr. Anaruk is a government teach
er at White Mountain who had to
come to Nome for medical treat
ment. Pilot Brown returned to
Nome about 2 p.m.
Mr. Ananruk’s daughter came to
Nome for a major operation to be
performed.
Chamber Commerce
Receives An Answer
A telegram was received this
morning by the Northwestern Alas
ka Chamber of Commerce, in ans
wer to a request sent several days
ago. It was desired to have one
member of the Second Division Del
egation to the Alaska Legislature
act as a spokesman, to whom all
questions and measures could be re
ferred to by telegram and letter
The wire this morning stated tha1
James Frawley, senator, had beer
selected by the delegation to act a;
the spokesman.
Appreciation
Received in the last mail from Pil
grim Hot Springs was a letter dated
Dec. 29th which reads as follows:
Dear Mr. Maynard:
Will you be so kind as to extend
to each and all of the kind people
I in Nome who remembered us for
Xmas, our heartfelt and prayful
' gratitude.
Our children and all here had a
; very happy celebration and in great
| part we owe it to them. It seems
to me that Mr. Harry Longley’s
great charity in making an extra
trip deserves very special mention.
May the Good Master reward all
who remember His little ones in a
very special way. That is my pray
er; not only mine but also that of
the Brothers, Sisters and all of our
1 little ones. Sincerely Gabriel M.
Menager, Superior.
FUNERAL NOTICE
The funeral of Mrs. Peter Bloom
berg will take place at the Federat
ed Church at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, Jan
uary 20th.
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