Show TEN PRISONERS DIE FROM VACCINATION Rigid Investigation I Is Being Made by Governor of Philippines u Washington hington Dee Dee- 12 Almost t coIncident coincident coincident co co- co- co tint the senate son sen incident with tho ho adoption by ate today of oC a rO o of oc Inquiry the tho war department announces that lint a rigid Investigation 11 is being beins ma made o by bythe bythe bythe into of or the thc Philippines the governor death dE-ath of or ten tho the cause o of tho ho recent Inmates of or the at Manila The Tho secretary of war made public ton tonight a report on the case from Crom Governor Gov Coy Smith It appears that acting under a permissive executive order Dr Strong head heath of the tho bureau o ot of laboratories ut at that place ilace ordered cholera vaccination of prisoners Ten fen died out of or a number operated upon on Nov 16 It Is tho the belief belle of the thel Philippine authorities that u a bottle boUle of bubonic plague serum scrum was mistakenly used for Cor cholera serum Statement of or Cio Go Governor Smith reports that actIng actIng acting act- act Ing to the best beit obtainable knowledge no objection against vaccination was made b by any prisoners that over 2000 Inmates of the tho l prison had been treated under the order and anti that cholera anti vaccination had been heen ma made e since sinco 1903 with vaccine prepared In accordance with laboratory methods I It I Is certain that the vaccinated prisoners did not diu die of or cholera the governor declares If It the cause CaUSO of or death was wits plague It seems cems clear that a scientific visitor at the laboratory who ho W. was examining Ilia plague sue cultures culture placed the tube lUbe among the cholera cultures culture which were about to be he prepared and sent to for tor Inoculation pur pur- poses If the individual shows blood poisoning as the thc cause of death then the lie vaccine must have havo been contaminated con eon laminated either In preparation or be before be- be eforo e- e foro fore use |