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U.S. PREPARED TO
MAKE POISON GAS
Sec. Lane Reveals Chemists'
Report Showing Readi
ness For War
Washington, Dec. 14. —1n the an
nual report of Secretary of the In
terior Lane, made public yesterday,
if is disclosed that a group of chem
ists, representing '.'the best genius
of the country in this science." were
recently in conference at the Secre
tary's office to discuss tne problem
of poison gpses.
The result of that conference was
that American chemists were found
to have "a reserve of knowledge as
to what gases will kill and what will
choke and what will burn and what
■will hasten disease which in a war
of cumulative frightfulness would
makes the United Suites modestly dis
tinguished if it wished to so shine."
The report adds:
"One of the group said: 'We chem
ists in America have never turned
our minds to the destruction of hu
man life. Our work has been con
structive—the chemistry of the soil,
of cement, of printers' Ink, of the
bv-products from petroleum and tar,
cf 10,000 things that will make for
a longer, happier life for man. But
if the world is to be turned upside
down and instead of staying death
end disease and making new things
SORE THROAT
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that man can use for his own en
noblement, we are wanted to push
forward the work of destruction of
man and all his works, we can be
come rivals of the worst in such en
terprises.' "
Gas Masks Perfected
The report also states:
"When the Bureau of Mines waa
"created by Congress five years ago
it was hardly to have been imagined
that the methods used for the saving
of life in the coal mines of the
United Stales would become of vital
use in the problem of saving lives
and destroying lives in a world war,
yet this Is just what happened.
"Germany, which has been fore
most for some years in the science
of chemistry, has out of its extensive
experience developed a form of war
fare * which had not before been
known, a modern expression of those
diabolical inventions such as the
cervi and stimuli which made Cae
sar's campaign in Gaul to be char
acterized as a war of science. To
meet this new method of attack by
deadly gases, the western powers
promptly provided gas masks which
contained chemical absorbents or
other agents that would negative the
effects of the gases sent adrift by
their enemies.
"The soldier's kit, which was so
simple a thing in other wars, had to
be Increased by a gas mask not un
like the helmet of a deep-sea diver,
with a.box of chemitAis adapted for
offsetting the effects of the various
kinds of gas the enemy was known
to use, and for special use in dugouts
and saps filled with concentrated gas
an oxygen supply was furnished.
These outfits were not new to the
world.
"For some years there has been
keen rivalry between the great min
ing nations as to the one which pro
vided the best. They were put on
by those who went into the mine
where poisonous gases from explo
sions or fires were known or sup
posed to exist. Every rescue gang
wore them. This country claimed
that it had Improved upon the Eng
lish, German and French in the
mask which it provided."
The rather humorous incident
which led to the opening of five
mines yielding 400 tons of pyrfte a
day, with a promise of 1000 tons a
day before the end of winter—more
than fifteen good shijA could bring
from Spain to our coalt If kept "in
a continuous circle—was related by
the Secretary, as follows:
"In studying a inap of southern
ore deposits with relation to the
placing of a nitrate plant it became
evident that pyrite nvrs to be found
in a stretch of the mountains run
ning from northern Georgia to cen
tral Alabama. And just when this
was found there came into the office
one of the most forceful of southern
manufacturers, who entered with a
statement that he was looking for
a place—'not under the spotlight,'
'l'm not a prima donna; just a man's
job; something somebody else would
shy at."
" 'Why not find the pyrite ore in
your southern hills?' I asked.
" 'never heard of the stuff, but If
It's there and ybu say we need it
for the war I'll get It.' And he did."
Among the subjects treated in the
report are: Health and employment,
suppression of intoxicants, nonpay
ment of pensions to residents of Ger
many, education and the war, pre
vention of mine explosions and fires,
fuel investigation and the general
development along the line of the
Government's railroad in Alaska.
WOULD PROHIBIT DUEIiMNG
Berlin, Dec. 14.—Prohibition of
duell.ng in the German Army and
Navy is urged by the newspaper Ger
inania in commenting upon the order
issued by Emperor Charles, of Aus
tria. forbidding the practice in the
Austro-Hungarian Armv and Navy.
"Chis inhibition," says Germania,
"wtllawaken an echo of satisfaction
in the widest circles in Germany and
will give renewed expression to the
repeated command that competent
officials put an end to this duelling
nonsense in Germany. Nothing can
bo achieved with half measures and
nothing short of an order prohibit
ing duelling without restricts or res
ervations will prevent further sacri
fices through this antiquated method
of restituting honor."
DESERTERS IN
SWITZERLAND
CAUSE CONCERN
Hundreds From All Belliger
ent Countries Refuse to Be
Sent Home to Eight
Zurich, Dec. 14 (Correspondence
of The Associated Press). —All Swit
zerland is amazed at the audacity of
some four hundred deserters from
varous adjoining countres who, in
solemn conclave, have protested vio
lently aganst the measures recently
adopted by the authorities for con
trollng the undesirable stranger ele
ment in the country.
Switzerland had believed that its
measures the requirement of a
bond from those who had fled to the
republic to escape military duty, en
forced labor or internment in case
of undesirable conduct, etc.—were
unusually lenient, and regret has
been expressed in many quarters
that the powers that be had not seen
fit to take sharper steps against a
stratum of the population which is
looked upon here as a necessary evil.
The Zurich deserters, however,
many if not most of them of the
anarchistic type, have adopted and
sent broadcast through Switzerland
a resolution which calls the atten
tion of the Socialist party to denun
ciation of deserters, declares that the
measures taken to control deserters
here are caused by the "capitalistic
character" of the state, and are due
to fear lest the example of the de
serters in refusing military service to
their respective icountries may
strengthen the antimilitary spirit
1 among -the working classes.
The deserters recommended that
the problem, be solved, not by lows
asainst the deserters or for their
control, but by the alteration of> Ix
isting citizenship laws so' that all
foreigners here would be embraced
by them.
The resolution concludes with an
appeal to the Socialist party to take
up the matter at once and do all in
its power to solve the foreigner ques
tion along this line. And the So
cialist papers, nearly if not all of
them of the violent, semi-anarchistic
type, have made themselves more
unpopular than ever by espousing
the cause of the deserters.
Aside from the resentment which
the conservative press and citizen
ship express at the action of unde
sirable or at least uninvited guests
in Switzerland in attempting to dic
tate the treatment which they shall
receive, the affair arouses the grav
est fears that it will give impetus
to a movement to encourage the re
fusal to do military duty in defense
of Switzerland's neutrality.
The deserters' conference has for
the moment obliterated party lines
in the great majority of the Swiss
press, and all but the radical Social-'
istic papers join in vying with one
another in their denunciation of
them.
"Impudence," "nerve," "audacity,"
"presumptuous foreigners," are hut
a few of the terms that are being
applied to the Zurich deserter dele
gates and their action.
Lehigh County Will Rent
Tractors to Fanners
Unable to Purchase
Lehigh county has evolved a plan
which promises to be of more value
in disposing of the farm labor prob
lem during next season. The local
PuNic Safety Committee is raising
funds to secure various types of
farm tractors which are to be hired
out to farmers who may be unable
to purchase such machinery. The
committee is also organizing "co
operative rings" among the farmers
for co-operation In the use of motor
driven implements.
Another method of helping the
farmer which has been In operation
in Lycoming county is proving to be
a greal" success. It is the plan of L.
J. Fisk, superintendent of the Wll
liainsport Co-operative Employment
Bureau, and it places businessmen
in squads at farm wore on Sundays
holidays. Mr. Fisk lias received
a letter of thanks from William Ellis
Haines who stales that a group of
sixteen workers sent to him, aided by
six local farm hands, husked 1,106
bushels of corn on a recent Sunday
at an average cost of five cents per
bushel. Through the assistance giv
en by these working squads the
harvest situation in Lycoming county
was kept well in hand.
Beautiful Painting Portrays
Memories in Soldier's Diary
"Memories from my Diary" Is a
beautiful painting which shows an
elderly man of a future date reading
from a comment and conveniently
sized book In which as a young sol
dier he had recorded experiences in
the great war. In the background of
the picture passing as shadows ere
seen marching troops suggesting the
scenes pictured in the man's mind.
The picture forcefully portrays the
value of keeping a diary. Many a
soul-thrilling scene would be for
gotten if it were not recorded while
fresh in memory.
Every person should set down a
record of personal experiences. The
best book for this purpose is The
Soldiers-Sailors Diary and English-
French Dictionary, a richly bound
textile leather book of convenient
pocket size. This book was made
luxurious as well as durable for the
reason that each one will be treas
ured in after years as a valued pos
session. Copies of it are being sup
plied to readers by newspapers of
the United States and Canada to en
courage the keeping of war pecords
and the study of French.
The Soldiers-Sailors Diary and
English-French Dictionary is being
distributed in this city exclusively by
this-newspaper on a coupon plan ex
plained 'on another page. Newspa
pers conducting this campaign are
desirous of having a copy of the
book in the hands of every reader
bat prompt action is necessary as
the distribution must close at an
early date. ,
Two Penn State Students
Win French War Crosses
State College, Pa., Dec. 12.—Two
Pennsylvania State College students,
both members cf the American Am
bulance Service in Frapce, have been
awarded the Croix de Guerro for
conspicuous bravery under tire. They
are W. B. Byers and F. P. Smith,
former members of the class of 1919.
With the war cross each was given
a silver bar as a special tribute from
the general of the 68th Division of
the Frenoh Army.
Byers and Smith left college last
spring. They enlisted fol- six months
ns ambulance drivers and have been
In active service on the Western
Front. '
Smith is still in France, but Byers
whose enlistment has expired, re
turned to the United States to enter
military aviation service.
Clean Fruit Orchards
Bring Larger Crops
A few months ago attention was
called to the necessity of sanitation
in the control of brown rot of
peaches and plums. Authorities at
the Pennsylvania State College
strongly recommended that rotten
fruit should not be allowed to ac
cumulate on the ground or to hang
upon the trees.
As one tr&vels about over the state
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