"Infantile paralysis is due to chemi
cal agents, namely, gases and fumes
given off in the atmosphere by the
combustion of oils and fluids usoj in
automoH'es," Dr. Harrington declared
"Cases of gas and fume poisoning and
cases of infantile paralysis aqree in
every essential."
FRENCH CAPTURE TWO TOWNS
1 WiWj
"Wit
Is Fighting on Macedonian Front
Mainly by Artillery.
Lcndon. Oct. 28. The
southwest of Lake Doiran.
Macedonian front, Golabrocla
itsa. have been captured
French Elsewhere in this section the
fghtui'j has been mairly by the ar
tillery
villages
on ths
1 I .lis-
bv thr
Steal Fortune in Csro.
Chicago, Oct. 27. The growth in
automobile stealing here from practi
cal insignificance in 1911 to excess of
$1.2"0,000 thus far in 1916, was shown
in a report by the police department.
Question U. S. U-3oat Stand.
London. Oct. L'7 Some utterances
of the fee'inc that the activity of
American warships in rescuing passen
gers from the vessels sunk by the
German snbmarine U-53 off the Amer
ican coast amounted to a breach of
neutrality, were made in the hou^e of
lords by Earon Beresford and Baron
Sydenham. Lord Beresford is reco3
ni7ed by the country as the spokes
men for the navy in the house of
lords and Lord Sydenham's varied ac
tivities have included the authorship
of books on naval affairs..
