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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,
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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