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MAIN 101 t-r Address all cummunlcatfen te Eirning l'utlie lcdner, nrftpcndm Snuare, Philadelphia Member of the Associated Press THE ASSOCIATED PRESS excluatwlv en titled te the use for republication e all neu'a dispatches credited (e I or net etherulse credited in this paper, and also the local neua publlahed therein All riplitj e rerublicoHen of jpectal dispatchet herein are oMe reserved I - - i l'hiljjfl,hl., TuMdir, Dtcfmbrr 13, 1921 A SOLDIER WANTED TllK announcement b) Governer Sproul tlmt lie niul Senater Pentese were m the Hsunl "perfect nccerd" en the matter of candidates fur tin- Stute tnket In be nomi nated next j tar uml tlmt tli linil practi cally decided en the nomination of a World Wnr veteran for the position of Llctit-nant Governer indluites inenj than appears en the mirfiu e. Thire is no reason why the nomination for tlie second phiie en the tnkct should net go te u World War veteran, if pieper quali fications for the office se with it. Hut if this is mercl) an attempt en the pnrt et the politicians te threw the Ameri can Legien vote u a unit into polities te obtain its support for a landidnle for the govcrnei-hii Mho ma) linil hard Nodding at the pe.ls, it should net be countenanced either b) the soldieis or h the people gen rnll) The Legien is net in polities and should n H be drugged In Tin Governer's, announcement, however, has all the enrmnrkx of 't .1itn-nl 'feeler. ' HELP FOR PRISONERS D' RIHTOR TUfcTIN ma.le n wle mine men ill Phll.ulelphi i te .endni't the services et the Heuse uf Cem- Hen during the coming jinr, and the response en the part of the ministers ha been iiml pnitifj inc. The list nlriadv nmtains ninii of th" me-t famous names anion;: the I'hiladelphia clcrg . The field offers 'i optional pesitilitic In frultfulness. The Church has long reeeRned the neeesxuj of mak.tiK sueh re re lifiieus eiiee of cxieptlun.il intere-t te prisoners Net nil the inmates are of the "hnni'-ned" typ Many are underseiiu their tirst experience with the stern side of the lav 'and ure, therefeie. mere amenable te lcadins in tin right direction than in mates of the juiin or penitentiaries. Cler gymen famed fur their sermons are apt te knew the best means of approach te this 'difficult audience and much geed will prob ably ceine of the Iiirei ter's plan. TAKING TAFT'S ADVICE y y' rV.V .IISTICK TAFT urged (&y J a few months age te ptewde Congress for the appointment of twcnt-twe additional Fed eral District Court Judges en the ground that th buMiiens of the district courts had increased te such an extent that thi could net handle It with nit hardship te litigants. The lleii'-e nt Representatives has just paused bj a vote of mere than two te one a bill creating the new judgeships. Twe of them will come te I' nnsjlvunia, one te the Enntern DlstiUt, which In hides thi" cit, and one te the Western District, which in cludeK Pittsburgh. The early passage of the bill bv the Son Sen ate is anticipated. Tii-n it is Imped that President Harding will use the kind of sound discretion whiih Chief .Justice Tuft dibplajed in the elci tien of I-'edeial Judge when he was m the Whit" Heuse. The peliticiaiiK. of course , will ask for the patronage, bm Judges should net be ap pointed te :ew aid them for tip ir political Hervlces nei should the he sole ted in order te reweul political leaders ENGLISH-SPEAKING UNION HIE ergnuliiti'iu of ,i l'hiladelphiu bran h JL of the Dull sj f tilting I'men will he grntlMng te i'i it larg who believe that there mate relations h twein number of persons should he meie inti- the nations using a cemmun l.mg inre Thi puipese of the I mun is- net pelttb al save in the Ioem i meaning of that word. It Is te biiu,; 'I'leut an interchange of lecturers and preachers and an exchange of professei s and i-tudentK in the universities. and te arrange tei the feiimil rts-eptlen of dintinguishcd isitnrs from limit liiitaiu and the uui' us i nimuw There has hei n a feeling for jenrs that the nations with u mrmnun laiignage elmtilil knew mere of mi iiueiher, but the tune was net ripe for am eigani7ei effort That time Heems te haw nine, ei. it would have hecn inipesi-ihle te liud he dlstmuginhed n group uf I'lnlndelphiiins as h ive formed the Bngllsh-S enkuig I'nien nndt te interest tbem.schcs puliliih in the ramemeiit. THINGS TO REMEMBER A MONO the landldn'es for the guher- XI naturlal nomination net jmr is Judge Witmer, of Sunhiir. who tin sides in the Federal District Court for tin Miililk- Dis trict of IViinslvanln Judge Wituier wa- the sponsor for .Me. Council when he was appointed prohibition enforcement efheer for this Mate ami the Judge's private w-cietut) beiame stcretury for Mi Conn II McConnell Is Ftill nominally prohibition enfereenn nt efheer. hut he is net working nt the job His functions are performed b npccial aijenth sent here from Washington The ether dm a former prohibition en forcement agent was arraigned before Judge Mtmer en the dinrge of accepting MOO as the price of s curing protection for a Vmk raloenkeeper accused of violating ihe law. The mnu whs convicted and hentpiiesl te pay n fine The fine was net f.'iOO. the ' amount of the bribe which he had meepted, i but enl $300. I'erhapN the Judge was fif lenient because the man had been com JL pelletl te give up the $500 Hut Hhateer kS tle reason, thin and ether facts Kheuld be 3" kept in mind bj these Inteiestnl in the ap r preachlug gubernatorial campaign. THE MUMMERS MHK annuul Mummers' New Year's pa- mnAn In less thnii three weeks mvnv ntel $ Lieanni-nrlnnH are under war te make It mere ' ji'0':ate than any prcvleui parade for five Hrt ChrHtcll'g Celebration Committee an- X. neunces that there will be between lO.QOu and 12,000 men in line, nnd that the cos tumes will be mere clabornte than any hitherto pecn. It Is eWdent tlmt the merry-maklnic spirit which was In abeyence during the war, and properly se, Is reasserting itself. The pa rade is in Its essence a Jollification. We haTe tee few such things, and such as wc have ought te be encouraged nnd festered. They give color te the life of the city and they afford en outlet for high spirits that might find vent otherwise in a mere harmful manner. AN INEXTINGUISHABLE IDEA DOMINATES THE NEW TREATY Spirit of International Ce-operation, Grounded In Mutual Responsibilities, Is the Vital Force Behind the Washington Settlements LIKE the giant Antaeus of fable, great principles in n world of fact arc In variable Invigorated by contact with enrth. The foothold gained b. the underlying spirit of the League of Nations In the four Power Pacific contract precisely establishes nub n normal connection. Itcalltles have been manfully faced. It w-ns a comprehensive view of them which prompted the Conference call. It was the pincticnl necessity for International co operation which rendered a treaty of co-operation indispensable. It is the In trinsic vitallt of the League iden which deminntes that ngreement, firmly grounded in a cnsp of things as they unmistakably are. Logic-choppers and hnlr-splittcrs may be expected te exhibit their denitnr latery zeal. Hut their hunting ground has become rough country. It Is their turn te chase phantoms, while the rend te enlightened progress, which the are se loath te take, is clear cut and defined by trail-blazers endeved with gratl fIng foresight. Frem the outset President Harding anil Secretary Hughes have eschewed abstrac tions. That the arbitration program upon which the I'nlted States, France, Great Rritnln and Jnpan nre embarking is akin in spirit te the one set forth In Article X, the se-called heart of the League of Nations, Is perfectly evident. Hut the technicality trifiers have beer ingeiiieuslj disarmed by the emission of tlif supposedly significant word "preserve" it, the pledge regarding mutual respect for the integrit of Pacific possessions. At once gracious and ntlrelt was the man agement which resulted In the presentation of the Padfic treaty bj Henrj Cabet Ledge, chairman of the Sennte Foreign Helntiens Committee. Thete is already the substantial prospect of n favorable majority for the tmct within tbnt bed v. Mr Hitchcock, senatorial lender of Mr. Wilsen', tight for the Veisallles Treat?, has admitted that he can "see no reason for opposing" the new accommodation. Mr. I'nderwoed, the present Democratic leader. Is a member of the American delegation te the Washington Conference It is apparent that senatorial opposition must eecntually be narrowed down te the chronic irrecencllables of both parties, in sufficiently numerous te block the attainment of the requisite two-thirds vote. Tlie settlement of the Ynp dispute by another treaty, upon the terms of which the American and .Tnpnnese Commissions have just agreed, still further depletes the am munition of the obstructionists. The two compacts, removing what hnc constituted the most ohUeus menaces te pence, unques t'nnnbh e'enr the way for the promulgation of the much desired naval holiday. l! the close et the Conference the I'nlted States will be in a fair way te recover tlmt international prestige and respect which can enlj be gained by participation in world affairs and practical acknowledgment of high responsibilities. The co-epi intieti cstrbllshed in the Pacific region cannot fall te exeit n powerful In fluence upon our relations with Lurepe, In eu-rj sense our closer neighbor. It is un likely that French clamors for n three-party pact of protection will continue te be heard alter the bends in the Hnst are dui sealed. The treaties evolved by the Conference there mm he mere than two before the ses sions end are clearly destined te be of tbnt high-minded nnd honorable Type, dltlnctl sympathetic with hy basic purposes of the League ei nations, in rue annives et winch they mtit be fermall registeied by the member rjevernments. It matters little whether the international associations new being formed can be tcrh- niialb i mi lied with cicrj detail of the League Covenant. It Is the spiritual force of tlie settlements in wlilcli a momentous lesemblante utn be traced, a kinship which pi ennes an end of a painful period of chaos nnd the restoration of world stability. The Ad iiinistratien In Washington has been working toward this Ideal with a con sistency visible in each new development and an appreciation of political faeterb and of the renlltv of the international points In question warranting the highest prnlse, After all It Is the touch of earth which has brought refreshment te an inextinguishable idea THE CAPE COD CANAL TIIJ". purchase of the Cape Ced Cannl from the innate i orperation which owns it hnx just been recommended te Congress by ihe Sicretaties of War, Nev. ami Com Cem ineiec . .Limigli Director Dawes, of the Iiureau of the P.uilget. As a matter of pelicj the Government should own the canal. It Is a link in the sv-tein of inland waterwajN exti tiding clown the Atl intii Const, just as the Chesn pi tike and Deluwarc Canal Is These iiterwns should be developed in accord ant' with a consistent peIlc. That Is Im possible se long as any remain in prnate hands. The D' law are and Itnritan Canal must ultimately come into uevernment control also and must be enlarged se ns te ac commodate beats of the same size as these which pass through the Cape Ced Cannl and the canal whkh connects Chesapeake Ita with the Delaware Itier. Then n tliieugh water mute from Haltlmere te Hos Hes Hos ten will be provided which will be free from the perils of tlie open ss nnd which in the i emote event of wur will be of Inestimable value for tlie movement of wnr vessels. WRECKING THE ARSENAL TIIF, foil) of dismantling the Frankfort! Arsenal is se easilj susceptible of proof that tlie Impatient nctlvltv of the War De partment Is quite Incomprehensible I'ntil u few dns age the (ievernment has net paused te digest the authentic fans of the case for the simple reason, perhaps, that the evidence might interfere with the exe cution of a ridiculous program. Secretary Weeks, however, has lately or dered the suspension of work calculated te strip a well-established nnd admirably le EVENtNG PUBLIC EIMRta cated plant of its practical utility, and the work of trnnsferrinr Important 'equipment te Plcatlnny, N. J a village with the tncagerest railway facilities nnd devoid of nn adequate industrial population, has been temporarily halted. A delegation from Frankfenl will meet Assistant Secretary of War Wnlnwrlght en Thursday, with n view te presenting the problem In some rational light. Heretofore reason linn net plajcd n governing pnrt In the precectlings. The practice of wrecking one Government establishment te build up nnether is n venerable but none the less nn Iniquitous game in politics. Residents of Frnnkferd hnve n right te be vexed with the calculated and willful reduction of the his toric arsenal, effectively placed In the midst of an industrial community nntl a highly developed transportation district. Wanton favoritism alone can account for the move. CLEAR SKIES IN YAP ALTHOUGH American public opinion has never been passionately excited ever the status of the Island of Yap or Guap. both the present Administration and its predeces sor regarded the question as unsettled by the mandate proceedings of the League of Nn Nn tlens, te which society the United Stntcs was net n party. The most nrrnnt sensationalists can no longer evcrstrcssrthls issue, since It hns been disposed of In the Washington Conference with a definite treaty acknowledging .Tnp nnese severelgnt, ever the Isle, but reserv ing te the United States certain cable rights and wireless privileges. The Japanese claims ever the ether for merly German lslntuls north of the Kquater have been confirmed in this compact, nnd It is said that nnether ngreement of similar gen eral tenor will remove the clouds from Hrltlh titles te recently acquired Pnclfic possessions below the line. It may be taken for granted that the com paratively modest, nnd yet Important, con cessions sought by the I'nlted States have been granted In the new agreement. It is plain that the Conference Is endeavoring te clarify every question of sovereignty or spc ciul rights in the Pacific. The work is constructive nnd eminently prnctlcal. It completion should elenr the wny net enl for senatorial npprev.nl of the miner pacts repairing the loose ends of the Versnllles Trcntv, but for ratification of the four-Power agreement based en a definite apportionment of responsibilities in Far Eastern and mid -Pacific wnters. IS MELLON TO RETIRE? THAT report from Washington thnt Sec retarv Weeks, of tlie War Department, Is te succeed Secretary Mellen in the Treasure- Department lacks confirmation. The change Is said te be contingent en the consolidation of the Wnr and Navy De partments into a Department of National Defense w lth Se retnry Denby at its head. Such a consolidation hns been tnlkcd of in Wnshingten as a possible outcome of the efforts te bring about an economy of energy nnd resources in the conduct of the Govern ment. The Secretary of War originally had charge of both the army nnd the nnvy. It wns net till 1T0S thnt n sepnrnte Depart ment of the Nnvy Tens set up. This was in accordance with the custom of the great maritime nations, n custom thnt hns pre vailed te tlie present time. Yet sound theoretical rensens can be ad vanced in support of the preposition that the business of national defense should be mnnnged b n single department. It re mains te be seen whether prnrtit nl reasons, one of which is the jealous of the navy for its Independence, arc net strong enough te prevent am change in the system which has prevailed for nearly 12." cnrs. RAMPANT FEMINISM THi: National Weman's Party Is still seeking nn amendment te the Constitu tion "te cover all political, civil and legal discriminations against women." H wny of comment it may be noted thnt the Nntlennl Women's Trade Union League declines such an amendment will endnnger the existence of all State legislation for the protection of women. The one right the extreme feminists ap parently de net desire te possesses the right te be protected. Lugene Debs probably Open the Gates rend with Interest the account of the freeing of Irish political prisoners by Jehn Hull. A inmpnign Is new being made for the dis charge of politic al piiseners in this country. Ne conscientious objector, it may be re marked. wiU hnve conscientious objections te lenvlng jail before his sentence is com pleted. Geed pellc.v demanded their Incar ceration, but does net forbid their release new that the ends of justice have been served. The Postal Telegraph and Cable Com pany says that within the last couple of days the Guam-Yap cnble hns been senled nt'seme point unknown by some agency un known. Probably by Snnta Clans with a Christmas seal. What De Yeu Knew? QUIZ What Is the most northerly railroad in the worlds Whre did St N'lchelciH live? Who was .lenchlm Murnt' What Is the fourth book of the nible? What Is the science of numismatics? Distinguish hitween spoculatlen nnd peculation On vhat ticket was Znchnry Tnjler cleettel te the presidency? What are the colors of the flap of Brazil? Where Is the volcano of Popecatepetl? Hew should the name be pronounced? Answers te Yesterday's Quit "Kate cannot hnrm mc, I have dined to day." Is a line from Sydney Smith's rhymed "Ileclpe for Salad." Michael WlUUm Halfe (1808-1870) wrote the music of the opera, "The Bohemian Olrl " Frnnceise d'Aublgne Mnlntonen wns the second wife of Klnir Leuis XIV of France After her marriage e the monarch her Influence became nlmeat unbounded In tnatterH of heth. Church and stnte and she was a patroness of letteis mill thn fine. arts. After the King's ileath she tetlred for the rest of her life te a home for daughters of peer gentlemen which she had founded at St Cyr Her datee are 1635-1719 The "cwincnn" 's a lively, somewhat crude dance, once popular In Paris Thn word Is n corruption of the Lntln "quHmquam." applied te the cxarclAes delivered b young theological stu dents before the divinity professors. Kentuilly It came te signify babble, Jargen, anthinK crude. The beginning and cIebb of the Middle Ages are net ery definite. By his his terlana, who prefer te use precise land marks, however, the Middle Ages nre made te extend from the fall of the ltemnn Umpire of the west In 478 A D te the fall of the Byrnntlne or Oreak Umpire In 1453. when Constanti nople was taken by the Turks, Juneau Is the capital of Alaskru Minnesinger was the common name for the German poets who nourished at the various feudnl courts of Germany in the twelfth and thirteenth centurleH. 8 There lire twenty-ene epistles In the New Testament. 9. Sarawak Is ii State en the northwest coast ei wit! ipiitim ui uurcii'e uncier Brltlsn protection n. is ruiea ny nn Kngllsh Rajah of the Breeke family, te In poetry, nepenthe Is u drug producing forgetfulness of urlef. Nepenthe Is nlse a genus of plants with pitcher shaped leaves, such as the pitcher plant. THE BRYN ATHYN HORROR fa. May Smash Seme Railroad Statistics for 1921 One of the Coldest of Earth's Products, Once a Cu riosity of Science, New Manufactured Here By GEOHG13 NOX McCAIN THE Heading Hailread's holocaust at Hryn Athyn mny markedly nffect rail road statistics for 1021. , In n moment it knocked n grcnt hole In the fine stntlstlcnl record of grntlunlly de clining railroad nccldcnts ever a period of yenrs. Hntlrend managers have prided themselves ever the Increased efficiency In operation which was lessening the number of fatalities te passengers. The figures for the entire country present the remarkable record of only one fatality te every 5,073,000 passengers carried In 1020. New comes the Reading's nwful wreck, with its tinder-box cars, nnd the record for 1021 of a low denth rnte will likely be smnshed. The Hryn Athyn horror killed one-eighth ns mnny pnsscngers ns were killed en all the rnllrends of the United States during the year 1020. THIS Is hew it may effect gcnernl rail road stntlstics for 1021 : Ne mntter hew fine a showing the Penn sylvania Itailrentl, the Uurllngten, the Southern Pnclfic and n hundred ether reads mny make In safeguarding passengers' lives in the nggregnte. the Heading, perhaps, hns shivered the showing te pieces. It. required thirty-two cnrs of constantly increasing enre In management for Ameri can railroads te nttnln the low figures of 1020 of the number of passengers killed In transit. In 1SS8, thirty-two years nge, .115 pas sengers traveling en railroad trains were kllletLeutrlght or fntnlly iniiired. Last yenr. 1020, only 220 were killed in the entire country. It is pretty nenrlv equivalent te the popu lation of Philadelphia going traveling by train without a single fntallty occurring. Considering the vast Inerensc In travel In a generation this figure Is rcninrknblc. I T IS n difficult thing, however, when it railroad nrenertv who met death, There were -lelH of these killed or injured. Even nt thnt, It was the lowest record in thirty yenrs. HecklesR automobile drivers are appar ently growing fewer in number or else nc quiring n little common sense. Grade-crossing nccldcnts te nntomebillsts have remained at n standstill for the last three enrs. This, tee, in spite of the Inerensc of 1,000,000 automobiles In use exerv rnr. Between 1010 and 1017 grade-crossing nccldcnts increased lfl." per cent. "Safety - first" propaganda, increased efficiency of railroad empleves nnd snfety education In schools and in the newspapers nre very evidently reducing the denth roll in this particular. TWLNTY-FOUH years age Prof. Barker, of the University of Pennsylvania, ex hibited In his laboratory what wns hailed ns one of the greatest cnd-ef-thc-centtiry discoveries. It wns several gnilens of liquid nlr brought ever from New Y'erk In n milk can. It was nbeut the coldest thing thnt ex perimental science hnd produced up te that time. It wns nnnnunced thnt the liquid wns ob tained by reducing nir te n temperature of .'!20 degrees below zero. I noted in this column n few days nge the fact that Prof. Dewnr. of Londen, hnd startled the snvnnts ever there with n simllnr exhibition In 1SII0. This wns in connection with the centenary celebrations of the He.Mil Institute. In thnt case it was liquid hydrogen ,the scientist produced. w liquid nlr In this ceuntrv by public lec tures, one of which was delivered In this cltv. But Tripler nnd the ether scientists hnd their own troubles, The railroads regarded the stuff ns they would d.Minniife or nltregljcerln, nntl de clined te bundle It. I'p in Scranton n lecture nn the subject wns scheduled for it night in February. 1000. hut it had te be postponed. The express companies refused te transport the liquid nlr. The lecturer wns compelled te go te New Yerk and carry two gnilens of it back te Serantnn before he could fill his engagement. Mr. Tripler hnd. I believe, n contract te cool the Walnut Street Theatre by liquid nlr In the summer of ISO!). There wns nlse talk of Introducing it en Pullmnn enrs running ncress the nlknll deserts of the West in summer. But it ended in talk. AND new this liquid, the coldest thing in the world, is nn everyday article of manufacture In Philadelphia. It Is se cold that if one were te stick his finger Inte It for a few seconds the digit would become se brittle it could be broken off like the end of an icvele. It is used te create what, in combination, Is one of the hottest things in nil creation. This may seem paradoxical, but it's n fact. The atmospheric air we breathe is changed by mechnnicnl process jnte a liquid. In the course of innnufncturc liquid oxy gen Is maintained at a temperature of ,114 degrees below zero. TIIH oxygen gns of commerce produced from this liquefaction of the oxygen of the atmosphere is used in the exy-ncetylene metal-cutting process This latter in ifelf is one of the recent mechanical triumphs The flame, as jR known, eats threuirh steel ip j.nf(, through cream clieese. But after all there Is appnrentlv nothing new under the sun Liquefied exvgen nnd hvdregen were sun posed te be discoveries of the last twentv five years, until Dr. Iterthelet. one of the secretaries of the Academy of Sciences claimed the honor for France ns far bnck II H 1 I I I . Today's Anniversaries 1821 William A. Trimble. United States Senater from Ohie, tliisl In Wnshingten n C Bern In Woodferd County, Kcntuclcv' April 4. 1780. '-entucii, 1811 General Sam Housten entered upon his second terra ns President of the Benubllc of Texas. 1841 First Immigrants te California in wagons, "the Murphy company," reached Sutter's Fert. 18(10 Convention met nt Springfield te frame a new Constitution for Illinois. 1871 Connecticut Temperance party met at New Haven and nominated n State ticket. 18811 The Most Hev. William II. nider Archbishop of Cincinnati, was Invested with the pallium. 1000 Heers under Dclarey nttecked the British under General Clements and n dieted severe less. Today's Birthdays General Masen II. Patrick, chief of the I'nlted States Army Air fervice, born nt j.,evwuiirK, "'": "lJ'"Kni )cnrs age. Bishop Samuel Fallows, of Chicago, pres." lent of the Reformed Fplscepnl Church, Ulent born In Kiiiii-uiMMii:, jwiKiiiiiii, eiguiy-slx venrs uge. F.dwln U. Ladd, United States Senater from North Dakota, born et Htarks, Mu., slxtv-twn yenrs age. The Right Hev. Jehn C. Farthing, Lord Bishop of Mentrenl, born In Cincinnati, O. blxty years uge. ' Dr. William E. Byerly. emeritus profes prefes profes ser of mathematics at Harvard, born In Philadelphia, seventy-two years age, PEGKMBEB 13,' NO W MY IDEA IS THIS ! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They Knew Best DR. COURTLAND Y. WHITE On Bacteriology BACTERIOLOGY Is n small, minute world te itself which Is little known bv the public at large. Its importance te the future welfare of tlie world Is even less un derstood, according te Dr. Cenitlnnd . White, City Bacteriologist, who is in charge of the bacteriological laboratory of the Municipal Hospital for Contagious Diseases. ''Bacteria are egctnblc ergnnlsms of a microscopic sniallness," snys Dr. White, "which by their presence nnd grewtli in our heillet give rise te various contagious, or mere properly, transmissible diseases. All such dlscnses arc caused by bacteria of some sort or another. "It is the function of this laboratory te examine specimens and nrtlcles with n view te determining whether or net there nre bac teria picscut which might give rise te dis ease. We de work of this sort for nil the doctors in the city. In fact, I might say wc de all the diagnostic work for the phy sicians of this fit. "Among the things which arc brought here te examine nre feed specimens of nil sorts, including milk in all its stages from the pro ducer te the consumer; wutcr from wells nntl ether places suspected of contamination, and, of course, the innumerable samples sent here every day by the doctors. Diphtheria Antitoxin "Wc also manufacture diphtheria unti unti texin and typhoid vaccine in connection with this work, and we supply it uDseitrteiy nee of charge te un) one lu this cltj who stands in need of It. "We work here in nn atmosphere of pre ventive medicine. It is far better te pre sent a disease thnn te treat it nfter it hns ninde heudwny in the patient. Se much of this transmissible disease is nbaelutcly pre vcutnble. It is huge!) a matter of hygiene. "What is needed is a campaign of ediiui ediiui tien en matters of hygiene which starts early in the lower grades of school and se makes habits of cleanliness and n natural cuutien in these mutters n thing which Is, as ou might sa) . hied lu the bone. It should be second tiatuie with ever) bed). "If the weild of business nnd commerce realized hew vitally the epidemics of trans missible diseases affect their prespeilty, they would be the first te give active co operation in a campaign of this sort. Net enl) de serious epidemics give the region affected a bad name among ether communi ties, but there Is an Immense actual less in mnn-pewer, labor, all that Is lest when n mini is sick and cannot work "There nre about -1000 diphtheria cases n vcar. The finuncliil lesu te the patient alone is ncer less than $20, Allew llberall) ler ether expenses both te himself and the com munity, nnd multiply b.v 4000 and )ou see what this one disease does alone "Pneumonia and ttibeiculesis lead the list of these dlsenses in tlie number of cases per j ear. They nre passed en very easily, nnd hence nie the ones t lint take tlie greatest tell. And )et the ravages of these two ills e'ai.es could be materially reduced If the pub lic was wiling te exert even the smallest amount of cure In an effeit te prevent them. "We have a staff of fort) -two here, beven of whom are bacteriologists. Our work cov ers about 1110,000 examinations a vein, which covers every kind of transmissible ili'easc. S)stem Very Simple "Tlie system en which it is nr.angcd is very simple. Every police station is In effect n sub-stntien of this luboratei), through which wci distribute supplies and keep In touch with the public. Specimens te be anal) zed are brought from the patient te the police station, where they nre collected nnd taken te City Hull. There our own convex . ance calls for them and. brings them here te be analyzed. "Usunll) It takes us twelve te fifteen hours te make the examination and report the tcsults te the doctor, although some of the mere difficult ones tulte four te five tlnvs te consummate. Frem this report the phy. slclan In able te Mi) whether or net the pa tient Is suffering from the disease suspected. "Yes, of course there is a certain amount of risk til connection with work of this seit, but It has te be done, nnd a little enre Is a reasonably Burn preventive of contagion. It' Is a double danger, becnuse n worker here who catches anything In tlie course of his weik Is net enl) In a bad win- himself, but he is n menace te all ethci th whom he comes in contact befeie 'mtlen. In ether words, he becomes a culer. "It Is rather amusing nt times te see the i" lv. mi LUCKY JACK HORNER! new members of the staff examining their threats every two minutes te see if nnv swnptems of diphtheria ate In evidence. After tlie tirst week of that, however, 1 am the one who hns te de it. The secret of im munity lies in rnicful stcrilUntieii. I think we exercise mere cnie here In our sterilizing processes than would seem necessary nt lust sight, but one can't be tee cnicful." HUMANISMS By WILLIAM ATIIERTON OU I'UY THE Seturda) night befeie the battle of Bellenu Weed ten Marine Cm ps ell'u ers nnd three navy surgeons get together for n merry little dinner party. Tliey knew that they were going Inte action and se, when some one cnlled attention te the fact that there were thirteen men present, comment was made en tlie luck Ibis would bring. It was suggested that some of them prebnbl) would net come back. Cnptnin Lle.vl W. Williams remarked: "It would be a bum war if somebody didn't get bumped off." It was Ibis same Captain Williams who refused te retieat at Chateau -Thierry when ordered te de se by the French. It was this slime Williams who was the first officer killed In that engagement. On tlie day, June 111, lillS. there died en that same battlefield one Cnptnin Edwiud Fuller, who hnd also attended the dinner paity the Sat uuiay night befete. ''apfiiins M. J. King ninn, P. Ceiiachy and L. de Itoede wcie wounded during the week that followed. Captain Lester Wass, one of the same paity, waH killed live weeks later. Captain G. K. Shier. United States Ma rine Cerps, who went tliieugh this and every fight that followed, clear up te No vember 11 nnd never get a scratch, told me nbeut it. Captain Williams, sir, thanks te you nnd jour kind, It was no "bum war." Charles II. Burke, who is Commissioner of Indian AfTnlrs under the Harding Ad ministration, has back of him font teen .venrs of service in the Heuse of llepicscntiitives. In 10111 lie was minority whip In Congress, the Republicans then being the ininentv. Out In Seuth Dakota his ft lends entered his name in the Republican senatorial primal ies and he wen overwhelmingly without making a speech Se confident was he of dec tien in this Kepublican stiongheld that he staved en the job In Washington and let events t,iv(. their course. Great was his consternation when, en election d.ij , his Democratic., ilv.il galloped In, a fact which he intubates te Un Un eolitical finesse of one Woedrovv Wilsen sitting in a high place down Washington wn) nt that time. "Hew mnny packages did )ou handle last year? ' Postmaster General Will Urns asked the ether day of the picsident of the biggest of all express companies. "Four hundred million." answered this official, with his thumbs In his vest "Parcel pest," Mr. IIa)s lejelned, "is but n little sideline with us We just sort , , Vu,r 1('ft lm,",s ,,mlt "fter it. All we handled last year was 2,000,00(1,000 puck nges," ' Ijl Dr. Lee K. Frankel, who Is welfere man of the Postelhce Department, has just been traveling around and talking te its .'iO.OOO cmple.ves. ' Out In California lie wns meeting the eni eni ple)es of u postelhce and the) were telling heir troubles. One letter cim-ici satl that his route wns tee long, that his l,s, ,.,,, w curing out en it and his back was being broken b) the size of his pouch. He hadn't complained te the pestmiisKi about u ,e cailsci lie wanted te take It up with Wash ington. Could he carry the -route if he get over time? Dr. Fiankcl asked. i 'Miu""',"11' imU- , Tlu'1'' V,IK 01 " man In California who could de it better And the ether letter can ie,s ' present guffawed. Thus they passed their veullc en his case Problems efm, . Icnr them selves up this wii), lie sn)s, when folks get together te talk them evei. h An Alcoholic River "I'rein ttie Ucnten Trnnttrht If nil the beer snld te be puiulug v,, the ( nnadian border weie tumid inn, the st Lawrence peilmps tlm 0,,.lin mlmuiMi'iij, could reach the Uient Lukes without the aid of canals. ','. V "W! x.ir 4-M SHORT CUTS Popecatepetl Pep gees Popecatepetl, Lively Mexican volcano. 'Tis again ukjii its mettle-, Giving fiightelied. people pain. Oh, Cat is Popecatepetl, Fierce ns uny found in Java, Feeling fit and fine in fettle As it vomits smoke nnd lava. Petty Popecatepetl Raising "L" that Fiankferd's hckinj, "With flic files banked 'neath )etir kettle Would that we could send you packing. V. 11 Alse wc lire prepared te pend packing mix huh rlnr percim who fuels culled upon ae tlnd fault with the accent we choeso te elvi l'uiuiuitiiietl. "Jnpan Stays In Sibcrin." Headline. Anether geographical mlxup. "Ynp Controversy Settled" Headline. Wc nui) be Ynppy yet, j en bet. Snnta Clans has particularly added te the liu gesso of the-e who own Liberty and Yictei) bends. The bootlegger is new glad that tie liquei interests never succeeded in gettlnj n non-iehllnble bottle. The time new approaches whea tit question (if the day will be" Will wc et won't we have a white Cluistmns? Political navigators begin te point out thnt the geed ship Republican Retrenchment is in danger of splitting en the lock Sol Sel dieis' Benus. Speilsmen nre said te be tlisntifieJ with I'estiiuistei General Havs Circum stances mc giving that young man olio geed boost utter another. "lielicve mc." lcmurked the Yeunj Lady Next Doer But One, wearied of crack ing nuts for Chiisiinux cnuil), "I'm gl I'm net a -iuii-i !.' if w.islc wcie i educed it might net iilwms be nei essui.v teieduii wages, a point which has lis li'ssinm for both -nlis uf most iiuliistii.il confreveisies Colonel McCain shows en this page to te da) hew smnshed inilwiiv i.ir- .in nnah lecenls Later en steps mil) be taken te smash cari lessness and gieed "Tluee Hundred mid Flflv D" Vcnli Seeking :!i, oil Cases uf Stelen Ram " Hi'iiilllim. Well, geed luck te em There ought te be enough te go mound NeUmI) deuie, that Senalei Tem Md son's i lunges, being tank, need nn nlrlnjl niul (he cost of csMiiviirg the tn will nt least demonstrate hew evpcnsive it is te li.ue c In up man lu office. Incidental te Sitndii) nighi - dramatic m-ii roll for bootleggers, pitv I- i iixeil iiuuiscinenl nl the plight of the dilwreifa furniture wagon who was fmci I le unload tluee times b) thice dliTeinii sit of police men te piev.c that he earned no liquor. "The battle Is lest !" died I. imlni. ! Fiench illnebeatd. quoting Frauds I (nc ceicllni! te ii i nlile f i mu l'iiri-1 "Mlst ables!" he went cm, quoting n ter Huge-l And It was the meiest accident iinu in- finliieil fiem adding, "h. piillc ' in tM iniiiieilnl weicls of Napeleon Bi nepnrte. It Is the fend expectation of some that the United Stalls will emerge fiem .' WashliiL-ieu Confnence filllv c einmlltei tin he dictum I lint it is enl) it- own keep"' tut the question Implied wits iinsweieile'' I fcicntl) in the Giilileii ,r i , 1, ii .en i" essential cot red ucss of given is eternal. the answer there It I- said thai feeling Is new e bcuk in Belfast that lite toast. "'In ,l"'1uln''r ami the singing of tlie nntien.il nntlifm i an bi lug dispensed with nt publi f'""ll"0h':( Feeling Ibis wa) about Engl.ui.l J " net te be haul fm I Mci i '""M,,!! ami dehtilleh mid perm in. nth h'i.-i H""1" with tlie hish Fne Slate. i ... i i... l ,,.,illi, I M i1 IT, l.ciicni mis inie . . New Nell. Stale 1 lepill tllielll f 1 I""';1"" tint he must piecuie u Sinn '"'".v 1I lit 1 1t e If he c'.csiics c lit 1 m " mid 1 1n ii- sec ins te he no I i I' ' '"'J.jn. 1,1! Ii' in .. Ilh the liiii'ssin I'll ' J (ij, Minnie lie Mine u c of I' n " .. , liat'iili of the vver'i be h de nt '"VS bfi sinalliiess mid pettiness line nunillcstcu lcflcetn little credit en the State .i j 1 v . 3 '. l.i, ! ..:---' ,M m i i
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