TUB CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, DEO. 13, 1011. PAGE 8 SAYS HE CAN CURE LEPROSY BY FREEZING PROCESS. Philadelphia Surgeon Asserts Ht Can Conquer Skin Plague. Dr. Ralph Bernstein, dermatologist of tho Hahnemnnu hospital and medi cal college, Philadelphia, who Is n worldwide authority on skin diseases find a cancer specialist,, declares that he can euro leprosy by freezing with solidified carbon dioxide. This is tho method ho has successfully used in treating epithelioma, or skin cancer. Tho solution placed on the skin causes tho cells to expand, and nature then breaks them down and carries them a,way. "Leprosy can only bo contracted through tho medium of an open wound," said Dr. Bernstein. "Even this is doubtful, for It has been tried BdentlOcally to produce tho disease It self by direct Inoculation of tho germs In the healthy human living tissue, and it has been absolutely unsuccessful. "I have como to learn that wo need not fear an epidemic of leprosy. It Is iih iifirni in iiiiiiii null, inn:!! wnu nave contracted tho disease have been poorly fed and usually live under poor hygienic conditions nnd hat it rarely attacks those whose surroundings are hygienic. "My method Is to apply modified, so lidified carbon dioxide to the Infected portion, which causes an Intense freez ing of tho part, producing what the physician would call thrombosis of the various vessels, which means, in other words, tho cutting oft of tho supply or nourishment of tho infected part and in this way causing the gradual ab sorption, leaving in Its place a smooth, scarless area with a normal skin cov ering. "The freezing substance Is applied somo 120 degrees below zero. It is practically painless, nnd I havo great hopes that it will in tho near future be universally used as a euro for lep rosy. "If you take a bottle of water and place It out of doors on a cold night tho low temperature will cause the water to expand and break tho bottle. Well, it is the same In treatment of leprosy. By applying the dioxide, the temperature of which Is. as I said, 120 degrees below zero, tho cells will ex pand and become ruptured, thus rid ding the patient of the disease." BERGER FOR SUFFRAGE. To Offer Bill In Congress, Backed 'by Petition With 1,000,000 Name. Congressman Victor Berger of Ml- congress ho will introduce a bill giving women in the United States the right of suffrage. His measure, he says, will bo backed with, a petition bearing 1,000,000 signatures from all 'over tho United States. "Women," said Berger, -'probably will make a frightful botch ot 'the bal lot at first, but they will soon bo able to exercise the franchise In ;a manner that will benefit the homo nnd .the na tion." Berger also declared his Intention of fathering a bill to givo work to nil the unemployed. Ills plan Is to 'have tho national government advance loans to states and municipalities to 'carry on Improvements. Ho advocates ;a fair in terest rate on such loans, with plenty of time for payment "Do you expect the Socialists to havo tho third big political party?" 'ho was asked. "No," ho replied. "I expect them to have the second. In some states and sections they will supplant tho Demo crats and In others the Republicans." MAKES TWO BLIND MEN SEE. Baltimore Doctor Says Patients1 Sight Soon Will Be Perfect Their sight restored through the skill of Dr. Alexander D. McConachio of Baltimore, Louis Haley nnd John Ca rey, who wero totally blind, are now nblo to recognize visitors, although their sight is not wholly clear. Dr. Mc Conachle expects their sight to bo ful ly restored In a few weeks. Haley was stricken blind fifteen years ago when working at his trade as a tailor. Carey was Injured in a shop In South Baltimore. Tho, belting r of a machine slipped and struck him 1 in the face, causing him to loso his sight. ' Hugh Knox His Father's Secretary. Hugh Knox, youngest son of tho sec retary of state, will become his fa ther's private secretary on Dec. 1, suc ceeding Charles F. Wilson of the Dis trict of Columbia, who retires to prac tice law. nugh Knox for some time has been confidential clerk to his father. In China. Ten little Manchus going out to dine. Cook slipped the prusslc, and then there were nine. Nine little Manchus, headed for a fete. Met a bunch ot rebels, and then there were eight. Eight little Manchus sort of royal leav er Palace toppled oyer, and then there were seven. Seven Uttlo Manchus using- chopsticks. Walter swung a hatchet, and then thero were six. Six llttl Manchus glad they were alive. One of 'em was captured, making let's seo-five. Five little Manchus locked the cellar door. Some one found a window, and then thero were four. Four little Manchus, each on bended knee. One wasn't needed, and then there were three. Fhree little Manchus in an awful stew Boiling oil composed It and then there were two. Two little Manchus, both upon the run, Couldn't reach the fortress, and. then there was one. Ono little Manchu, age nqt far from nine. Writing out a message meaning, "I re sign." .TUnvp v-MihUAa INTERESTING SHED LIGHT Treasury Department Files Afford Material For Research. TTJDENTS who go to Washing ton for rcsenrch work in Amer ican history usually make tho Congressional library the field of their endeavors. The library, how ever, by no means exhausts the supply of original documents in Washington. Both houses of congress and practical ly every executive department has Somewhere In its flies most Interesting original documents, which afford cither direct or side light contributions to the history of tho country. The library field is, of course, the most fruitful and the easiest to work in, for the rea son that its papers and documents nro arranged and Indexed. Such is not the ense, however. In many of tho depart mental file rooms, and even where an endeavor lias been made In the de partment to reduce tho flics to a sys tematic basis the work is too much for the one or two clerks assigned to it, and consequently the full vnlue of tho contents will not bo rnallzed for many years to come-. The file room of tho treasury depart ment in charge of Captain Thomas II. Itidgate, is trae of tho interesting store houses of historical side lights In Wash ington. As is usual In the case of rec ord rooms, the filing department of the treasury has had n rough history. At least three times In the long service of Mr. Itidgate the filing room has been moved. It now rests on the third floor front of the building, whore well ordered shelves, with numerous cor ners, drawers and pigeonholes, be .spoak eloquently the naturo of the place. Captain RIdgate himself is a typical custodian of such treasures, lie has lived with them for years al most alone, and ho knows the contents of his office as well as any man possi bly could who, has had such a vast store of mnterlal Intrusted to his care. All about the large room ho has spe cial envelopes or books containing in itcresting documents which he has run across bearing on some important or disputed point In American history. Vast Store of War Records. A vast amount of war records relat ing to both the army and the navy in the Revolutionary war, the war of 1812 and tho civil war in particular has reached tho file room of tho treasury department in connection with tho of- -flclal documents of the department. A 'request that the naval documents should bo sent over to that department to complete its records was made by Truman H. Newberry when he was secretary of tho navy, and already more than 10,000 documents have been furnished to that department, and nearly 13,000 out of about 117,000 havo ,been briefed by Mr. Rldgate for tho use of tho navy. Captain Rldgato has made an cspo cinl study of tho life of John Paul Jones. A few years ago there appear- ed in one of the leading magazines a 'description of tho battle between the "Bonhommo Richard and tho British Ship Serapls, written by John Kllby, a gunner on Jones' ship. Like many other important events in naval his' itory, there has been a long drawn out controversy on the question, "Who led the charge over the side of -the Bon- 'hommo Richard to the decks of tho 'Serapls, which brought final victory to the American ships?" In his narra tive, which was annotated by A. C, JBuell, who wroto ono of tho best blog raphies of Jones, Kllby spates one ver sion of the story. It was to the effect -that John Mayrant, or Morant, as his name is listed on a certified copy of DIAMONDS FROM GAS. flew Process Discovered In Germany, Only Small Stones So Far. A new method of making diamonds has just been dlsc6vered by Dr. Wer ner von Bolten, a chemical expert -con nected with the Siemens Halsko lab oratory at Berlin. The process is based on tho decom position of lighting gas by a mercury amalgam whereby the carbon contain ed in tho gas Is crystallized into dia monds. As tbeso diamonds are ex tremely minute, small bits of diamond dust are Introduced into the apparatus, where they serve ns "mother" crystals, upon which larger diamonds nro grad ually built up. The process is still in tho experimen tal stage, and the diamonds are small, but it is hoped that Dr. von Bolten's discovery will result in the solution of tho problem of manufacturing dia monds by artificial means. Costly Mistake. Because of a mistake which credited the late Associate Chief Justice John M. Harlan with being chief Justice of the United States and member of the board ot regents in the Smithsonian in stitution 10,000 copies of the annual re- I'Vlfc VI tut? AUOtllUbiut mo iw tu stroyed. The chief Justice of the Unit ed States is always made an ex officio member of the board of regents, and he presides at tho meetings of tho board. Tho lato Justice Harlan at tended a meqtlng of the board and pre sided, with the result that he was given the title of chief Justice in the official report .... PAPERS THAT ON OUR HISTORY Examples of Letters Which Are In Captain Rid- gate's Custody. the members of tho crew, being over come by cowardice, was chased across tho decks of the Bonhomme Richard by an officer who attempted to cut him down with his sword. In endeavoring to escape Mayrant or Morant, was said to have fled to tho deck of the Serapls. nis action being misconstrued by his colleagues on the American ship, they followed him aboard, with tho result that tho Serapls was cap tured. It is interesting to note that in the files of the treasury department In Mayrant's, or Morant's, own handwrit ing is his version of this affair, which does not bear out the version of Kllby. Mayrant. or Morant, was made a lieu tenant In the service of tho state of South Carolina soon afterward by Rawlins Lowndes, president nnd com mander in chief of the stato, nnd au thorized to command any ship that might bo commissioned In its service. Tho South Carolina delegation In con gress protested against tho Kllby nar rative at the time It was printed, but even the members of that delegation did not know of tho existence of May rant's, or Morant's, own narrative. Within recent years the Into Rear Admiral Wlnfleld Scott Schley endeav ored to prove that a midshipman from Maryland named Potter deserved cred it for tho charge which won tho Se rapls. Sinking of British Ship Augusta. Another old document In the flies de scribes the sinking of tho British ship of the lino Augusta, which was sunk by a -shore battery in nn attack on Port Mifflin, near Philadelphia. This was ono of the few lnstnnces in the Revolutionary war when nn American shoro battery came off victorious against British warships. The Augus ta led the attack on the fort, support ed by six ships of the line nnd several frigates nnd smaller vessels. She be came entangled in a hidden obstruc tion in the river stretched across from Red Bank, N. J to Fort Mifflin. While in this predicament a hot shot from tho shore battery penetrated her magazine, and the ship blew up. The Augusta carried sixty-four guns, and her hulk' has remained In the Delaware river ever since. The British fleet withdrew after tho destruction of the Augusta and the grounding of tho Merlin. At the present time there stands on the grounds of tho Naval academy at Annapolis a monument to the officers who fell in the war with Tripoli Tils monument was originally erected in the navy yard at Washington and Int er adorned tho old fish ponds on the eastern front of tho cnpitol. It is -supposed to belong to the United States government; but ns n matter of fact, the files of tho treasury department show that it belongs to the navy itself. Tho money for its erection was con tributed by the officers and men aboard many of the most famous ships off tho old navy, including the Constitution, President, John, Adams, Gyrene, Argos, Chesapeake, United States, Wasp and Revenge, and by employees of the navy yards. Stephen Decatur was one of the principal donors. The system by Which the money was collected was the signing of a subscription list, after which the amount of the subscription was deducted from tho pay of the -officers and men. Today another naval monument stnudn at tho foot of tho hill near tho capltol, and this was paid for by subscription from men In the navy, supplemented by a considerable appropriation by congress. q MEDAL FOR CLEVELAND ABBE London Weather Society Honors Work of American Meteorologist. The Itoyal Meteorological society of London has awarded the Symons gold medal to Cleveland -Abbe, tho me-' teorologist of tho United States weath er bureau at Baltimore, in recognition of his work. Tho medal will be pre- seated at a meeting of the society on Jan. 17. Professor Abbe is really the father of the present weather reporting sys- tern of the United States. He was born in 1838 in New York city. He has been connected with the weather bureau ever since its organization in 1871 and is recognized as one of the leading meteorologists of the world. Prior to 1871 he was director of the Cincinnati observatory, and as early as 18CS he submitted to the Clncin nati chamber of commerce a scheme for tho establishment of meteorological stations in several states and the dal ly collection by telegraph of observa tions therefrom. This was one of the first attempts over made to predict weather changes based upon simul taneous reports from various parts of the country. ' Shell to Detroy Airship. Practical demonstration of tho effec- tlveness in destroying aeroplanes of a new w-ipiusivu Biieu, even yuea luu w plosion occurs as far distant as 100 yards from the airship. Is reported to bave been made in aerial target prac- lice by the Pacific fleet off Coronado Islands. The success of the attempt Is vouched for by a witness of the nractlce, U. s. DREADNOUGHTS LEAD THE WORLD. Oklahoma nnd Nevada to Havo Three Fourteen-lnch Guns In One Turret. Three fourteen-lnch guns will up pear in tach of two turrets on the giant battleships Oklahoma and Ne vada, bids for the construction ot which nr to be received by the navy department In December. That this innovation is lnctuded In the design of tho new vessels has just become known and is exciting considerable In terest In naval circles. No ship now afloat has more than two big guns in a turret, and, while Itnly and Rus jla are building several vessels with this feature, they will uso twelvo inch rifles. It is explained that the primary pur poso of concentrating guns in fewer turrets is to reduce tonnage. On tho Oklahoma and Nevada tho weight of ono great turret will bo eliminated, as with the new arrangement only four turrets will bo required for tho main battery of ten -fourteen-lnch rifles. The New York and Texas, now un der construction and which when com missioned will bo tho only craft in the world with fourteen inch main bat teries, are designed along the old lines tvlth, their big guns placed two In each of 11 vo turrets. With tho completion of the New York and Texas the United States will wrest from Great Britain the distinc tion of having the world's heaviest armed warship. At present England's 13.5 inch gun ships hold this place, the American commissioned Dreadnoughts carrying only twelve inch rifles. Peculiar interest attaches to the re sult of the three gun turret experiment because of the bearing it may have upon the size of main batteries In the future. Heretofore it has been held that the sixteen inch rifle used in coast defense batteries never would be prac ticable aboard a battleship because of tho tremendous recoil. It is now be lieved, however, that n turret plat form that would stand the strain from the recoil of three fourteen-lnch guns certainly would hold up under the fire of two slxtcen-Inchors. RARE BOOKS FOR YALE. Valuable Collection Presented by Owen F. Aldis to His Alma Mater. Owen P. Aldis of Washington has presented to Yale university his mag nificent collection of first editions of American editions. The collection is valued at 8100,000. Mr. Aldis was graduated at Yale in 1874. Nearly all Mr. Aldis' first editions of tho late schools contain autographed letters, and altogether between 1,500 and 1,800 of tho books are what are termed presentation copies. "Woman's rights seem new to somo In America," said Mr. Aldis, "yet in' my collection is a first edition of 'Al culn,' written on the subject by-Charles Brockden Browne 114 years ago. That, by the way, Is the only perfect copy In the world." Then he mentioned other books and authors for which he had -especial affection. Mark Twain, William Winter and Charles Dudley Warner -were among the authors men tioned. Mr. Aldis had a first edition of Eu Bene Field's "Tribune Primer," which not many can boast. Field was a rel ative, and Mr. Aldis has many others of his first editions, with letters from tho author. Of other later writers there are many examples. In some re spects the most valuable parts of the collection, however, are to be found in Cooper, Emerson, Bret Harte, Haw thorne, Longfellow, Lowell, Walt Whitman, Poe, Thoreau, Holmes, Irv ing, Fiske, Prescott, Motley, Parker, Bancroft, Mrs. Stowe, Mrs. Howe, Lucy Larcom, tbe.Carys and others. Mr. Aldis was proud of the "Murder In tho Rue Morgue" he had In his col lection. Thero are only three volumes of the first edition known. The last found was sold three years ago and sold for $3,800. Tho collection will bo called the Yale collection of American literature. 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