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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-03

IAN excellent remedy for Coughs and Colds Relieves the
cough and also the feverish conditions and Headache
(which usually associated with colds The second
third dose will relieve the Cough and Headache and will
move the bowels we'll within 10 when the cold
be relieved In treating colds 10 that
the bowels should move we'll day Th4 preparation
the bowels gently without gripping and the
liver and all the secretions action Directions Adults
..o tablets is II usqse s9d should be taken immed-
{sons. who k7tliSSI ZnhDc1EZIf sufhcien.
ITO just keep bowels freely until the Cough
{Cold Is relieved then take oueha the dose for
}days Children who old enough swsllow pills
be broken in half and given proportion
to To be swallowed chewed. For headache. take
2 tablets every or hours until relieved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-03

Laxative BTomo
Quinine, telling
what it does and how
it does it, you can
understand why this
remedy is used so
effectively by so
many. millions of
people. Whenever
you need Quinine,
think of the name
Lax alive Bromo
Ouinine.
The Washington herald., 1914-05-17

cine. The Austrian government has es-
tablished baths in connection with its
radium mines at st. Joachimstall, the
water from the mines, so 1t is claimed
being especially efficacious in the treat
ment of subacute and chronic rheuma-
tism of the joints and muscles. and for
govt. diabetes and neuralgia. / am not
a physician, however, and give no opin-
ions of my own concerning the curative
properties of radium.
ut is my opinion nevertheless that
enough has been done to show that ra-
dunn should have the fullest investigation
by our highest scientific and medical
men. Physicians and surgeons in this
country who have had the largest per-
sonal experience in the use of radium
are the most enthusiastic over its fu-
ture application. But / would warn the
public against exploited nostrums, some
of which do not contain any radium
whatever. At $4,000 a gram, radium, II
should be understood, Is the dearest
thing in the world.
But We were talking about carnotite. u
DR.. Holmes continued. 'Radium is found
with uranium minerals only. and
wherever uranium exists radium will be
discovered in association. II ore contains
TO uranium, 1t is useless to look for
The Washington herald., 1914-05-17

conviction that they would soon be hard
and fast In the breakers.
It was while tho schooner hastened
thus to her doom that her master ex-
hibited . want Of Judgment that result
ed In the loss OF four lives. The light
OF the beachman's torch, displayed when
the mattress was set on fire aboard ship,
should have told him that when worst
came to worst and he found himself In
the broken water iushore, a lfe-saving
crew would be abreast Of his vessel
ready to afford him every aid within the
power Of human agency to extend
Nevertheless, he now permitted his wife
the mate CHS brother). and two seamen,
to put OF in q boat. Possibly this III
advised action was prompted by the SIT
uation on the vessel The schooners
decks were piled high with lumber. TSi.
the constant bombardment Of the seas
had gradually loosened. Some of II hao
worked free by now and begun to thresh
about making the decks very unsafe.
Boat IL Launched.
The idea Of launching q boat was the
mates. The master was Of the opinion
The Washington herald., 1914-05-17
With Death Toll Greatest IN
Years Marine Disasters,
Situation Confronting Life
savers Only Shows What
Corps Has to Face in the
Course Of Duty.

and three by the crew of the Long
Branch station. two or three miles 10
the southwark, the aforementioned crew
having appeared on the scene some time
after the stranding took place
Except in the case Of Martinson, the
efforts made by the life-savers were Of
no avail, for the reason. already Inti-
mated. that nobody on board was &C.
quainted with the service method Of
performing a rescue with the breeches
buoy.
The movements OF the beachmen upon
this occasion were seriously hampered by
the crowd Of curious persons-estimated
at 1000 or more-that had assembled on
the beach to see the shipwrecked crew
taken of. Many Of the bystanders SEEM
ed to doubt the ability Of the life-savers
to handle the situation alone. Judging BY
their volubility of suggestion and their
actions The first, the corps might havs
endured with patience and in silence, but
the onlookers also got in their way. in
sisted on handling their lines, stood In
erwise retarded the work IN hand, all
regardless of the pleadings. warnings.
and threats of the life-savers.
To add to the worries of the beach
men a portion of the crowd climbed down
over the face Of the buikhead to the mar
row stretch Of sand next the water. where
they were in great danger of being in
jured or killed by the wreckage thrown
up by the breakers. When the first shot
was fired one of these latter. apparently
the worse for liquor. rushed into this
water up to his waist. grasped the shot
line as 1t fell and began to haul away.
He desisted only after the keeper had
repeatedly threatened him with arrest
swept Lifesavers Aside.
The climax to this scene of disorder
and confusion came with the rescue OIL
Martinson. No sooner did the mob-it
was nothing else-perceive by the light
Of the service beach illumination and the
flare of several automobile lanterns
trained on the wreck that the sailor had
plunged overheard than they made rush
for the shore end of the line he had fas-
tened around his body, swept the life
savers aside. caught up the line and with
a chorus of shouts began to haul away.
intent on bringing the man to land.
1t was a critical moment. The line was
small and not designed to Withstand ex-
cessive strain. There was the utmost
danger that the sailor. dragged through
the water with great speed. would either
be drowned or thrown against floating
wreckage. or-what was worse-that the
line would break. Any of these eventual
tiles would. Of course. have defeated the
meager results of the nights work, now
apparently near OF attainment.
To prevent an utter failure of their
efforts the life-savers in body caught
I'D the line and pulled against the crowd,
thereby easing the strain upon it Off
shore. Finally. by q miracle. the man
was dragged from the water.
Not to be denied the full accomplish
ment of their work, the crowd now made
a rush for the sailor, picked him up be-
fore the beachmen could reach him and
placed him in an automooile. winch
rushed him away TO Q hospital
Martinson was fully recovered within
a day or two
The Washington herald., 1914-05-17
Wreck of Schooner Charles
K. Buckley, April IS Last,
at Long Branch, N. j.,
Tested Dauntless Courage
of Rescuers in the Dark,
Stprm-lashed Sea.
By CHARLES A. HARBAUGH.


Rarely, II ever, has the coast guard,
while on the beach endeavoring to save
the lives of a ships company. had to
contend with a situation such as con-
fronted members of the corps on the
night of April Is last. at Long Branch,
N. ].
The occasion in question was furnished
by the stranding Of the 5o7-ton, three
masted schooner Charles K. Buckley.
This wreck claimed the greatest number
of lives of any similar disaster that has
occurred during the present year within
the scope of the Life-saving Service The
distinction mentioned. however, which
was undoubtedly due to the ignorance of
the imperiled sailors as to what was ex-
pected of them in the way of handling
the lines shot out to them from the
beach. is entirely overshadowed by Ger
tain happenings that took place abreast
of the vessel while the work Of rescue
was under way.
Reference is made to the interference,
by a large crowd of spectators, with the
operations of the corps, an interference
no less serious because of the fact that
it was well-intentioned Luckily. the out
come of the efforts of the life-savers was
not affected by it, although II might
have been, but for their quick action in
the critical moment when the lone sur
vivor, a sailor named Martinson. was
being dragged like a fish through the
wreckage-flled breakers at the end of
a line.
Skipper's Wife On Board.
The Buckley stranded on the Jersey
shore on the night of April Is while on
her way from Jacksonville, Fla, to New
York, with a cargo of lumber. She car
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master. The masters wife was also on
board.
The schooner made good weather of it
up the coast until the morning Of the
day mentioned. at 6 a. m, when she
passed Barnegat light forty miles below
the place where she later went on the
beach. About a m. the wind freshened
and the weather thickened. and the vessel
prudently headed away from the shore
on short tacks with topsails set
The gale blew with steadily increasing
severity until by midafternoon 1t had
reached a velocity OF nearly seventy
miles. His head sails and topsails blown
away and being doubtful of his reckon
ing, the master decided to drop anchor
and try to ride II out in the open rather
than run the risk of stranding in en-
deavoring to pick up Sandy Hook light
ship. The anchors were accordingly let
go about p. m. In nire or ten fathoms
of water. At the hour named the wind
was blowing at a rate shown by the
records of the weather bureau station at
Long Branch to have been eighty-eight
miles.
AS was afterward ascertained, the
schooner was at this time within three
miles of land and almost abreast Of the
Monmouth Beach life-saving station on
the Jersey coast. The situation of those
on board was already such as to give
them grave cause for alarm, although
the lumber stacked on the schooner's
decks had not yet broken its lashings-
The Washington herald., 1914-05-17
DUTY OF LIFE GUARDS Is BUT TO DO OR DIE"

hauled him through the breakers and
over fioating debris Of the wreck win
such swfftness as to endanger his Ire.
Telling of this experience. he says;
.NearIy Ftnished Him.
II came in very nice until ] neared
the shore, when was dragged undef
some wreckage. The sea washed the
lumber away. then ! was dragged over
some moro lumber. 1t nearly finished me-
While these events were taking place
other incidents, equally dramatic. were
transpiring on the beach abreast OF the
Inflated schooner.
II In shown by Official reports that
when the Buckley rode at anchor on the
afternoon of the 18th she lay almost
directly offshore from the Monmouth
Beach life-saving station. and that
pair of marine glasses was kept trained
on her constantly Until night closed IN.
though without anything being seen which
would Indicate that she was In need OF
assistance.
At s D. m. surfman John A. Hall. of
the station named, set out to cover the
south patrol. Five minutes later he re-
appeared at the station with the news
that a vessel was In trouble offshore.
He had seen the light made by the burn
ing mattress aboard the schooner. as al
ready mentioned.
The wind was still blowing strong from
the northeast. and the seas were break
ing high on the beach, making II abso-
lutely out Of the question to get to sea
IN a boat. Moreover. the entire shore
line from Monmouth Beach to Long
Branch was protected by bulkheads.
There was not a break along the length
of this barrier between the two places
named, through which boat might De
launched against a gale and surf such
as then prevailed.
AZ the vessel was known to be drift
ing. only one thing could be done in the
Recommendations her along the
beach above the line of the bulkhead
with breeches buoy apparatus In the
hope of being able to put line across
her should she strike the beach. This
the Monmouth Beach life-savers did.
coming abreast of the vessel at Sea
View avenue. Long Branch. about. two
The Washington herald., 1914-05-17

radium. Carnotite and pitchblende are
the only substances which yield radium.
Cernotite is a lemon-colored mineral and
ordinarily lies in pockets Of sandstone
deposits. It may be in the form Of light
yellow powder lying between or attached
to the grains of sandstone, or in the form
of yellow incrustations in the cracks and
joints of the sandstone. Pitchblende is a
hard blue-black ore. 1t is found in pock-
cts and veins. but is not nearly so widely
distributed as carnotite.
Radium Bromide and Chloride.
There is q small deposit Of pitch
blende in the northwest corner Of Bo-
hernia, the property. by purchase. Of the
Austrian government Four grams OF ra-
dunn bromide. 1t is said. will be extracted
from these ores during the year 1914
Radium bromide, I should explain. con-
tains SIS per cent radium metal and ra-
dunn chloride IS per cent. Radium, as
an article Of commerce is usually sold
In combination with bromine and chlorine
because in such forms 1t Is more readily
reduced and transported.
"Radium bromide and radium chloride
are sold on the basis Of the radium metal
they contain. The prices, therefore, are
approximately $780, 900 per gram Of radium
The Washington herald., 1914-05-17
DR.. Holmes Thinks There AL
ready Is a Monopoly in the
Supply Of Radium- Inter
esting Information About
Industry in United States.

radium bromide this year It owns sixty
carnotite claims in Colorado and Utah.
Ores for this concern are purchased in
the open markets Of the United States
and the American agent of the company
has said that he has enough under con-
tract to run the plant for fifty years.
The two American radium extracting
works are located in Pennsylvania
Neither Of the companies had produced
so much as two grams Of radium up to
January !, this year. Their managers
say however, that their joint produc-
ton in 1914 will be from thirty-two to
thirty-six grams of radium bromide.
They are treating, as / have said. their
own ores. Thirty-six grams Of radium
bromide. at the present quotation OF
$4,000 Per gram, would amount to
ss,5ao.o 900. very large part Of which sum
would be clear profit.
Would stop All Speculation.
It have thought that the national gov
alton in the United States. The best
known carnotite claims are now in pri-
waite hands. Many of the claims are
owned By corporations; many more are
owned by individuals. / have believed
that ore now offered in the open market
should be purchased by the government
and the radium extracted at national
manufacturing plant II radium is the
best and perhaps only cure for certain
diseases it should not be made an article
of private exploitation and speculation.
Its tremendous cost puts 1t out OF the
reach Of nearly all our people.
National governments in Europe. rch
radium institutes, municipalities. as IN
Germany; radium banks, wealthy hos
pitfalls and spectators are buying what
little manufactured radium there Is IN the
world and are holding on to 1t. The Aus
trian government has spent $4,000 for
the purchase and development Of the
administering ore deposits in Bohemia
Everywhere men and countries are
scrambling for all the radium in sight.
The United States. with the richest car
notite resources on earth, ought to do
all that is possible to prevent a monopo-
lization Of radium and to break up any
monopoly that may happen to exist.
"The processes for extracting radium
from carnotite and pitchblende are sup
posed to be secret The public. at all
events, is not permitted to enter to the
two American plants. Yet the funda-
mental principles for extracting radium
are known to all experienced chemists.
Mr. Lockwood. of Buffalo. received 500
pounds of rich, hand-sorted ore from
Utah in June. 1902 His experiments with
the ore caused him to organize the first
American company for the production of
radium. The carnotfte deposits where he
obtained his raw material were 30 lean
IN radium. however, that he abandoned
the enterprise.
Chemists and mineralogists in the Blu.
reau Of Mines have worked out process
for extracting radium at our little labor
atory in Denver. We can produce ra-
dunn bromide or radium chloride and can
supply hospitals with either at prices
far below present quotations The only
difficulty we can see Is q scarcity Of the
raw material"
lcspsnsAt. na4 b. Jans ,. Murnusa
The Washington herald., 1914-05-17

The SEA that tore Martinron from the
boom had also reached his two ship
mates. When he regained his position
aloft he beheld one Of them suspended
helplessly, head and feet downward. from
the peak halyard block. where the sea
had thrown him. The other sailor had
been knocked from the boom also. and in
falling had been swept under some lum-
Der. Martinson did not see him again.
In the survivors, account of the events
aboard ship. he naively states that about
this time he began to feel scared, and
climbed far enough up the mast to get
hold Of the throat haiyard. In the stress
of his own peril he apparently forgot all
about the man fast in the halyard block.
for when he looked around him after
he had mounted higher up he was alone.
Martinson says he held on to the mast
for what seemed q very long time. the
while watching the swaying foremost
and mainmast, and expecting them mo-
mentarily to toppie over. He prayed
that the pole to which he chung with the
desperation Of one staring death in the
face might remain standing long enough
for the people on shore to save him.
The terrible drama being enacted
aboard the vessel moved quickly toward
its denouement. Suddenly. foremost.
mainmast, and mizzenmast. all three.
came crashing down. Martinson along
with the wreckage.
Bore Charmed Life.
The sailor seemed to bear a charmed
life. for he scrambled from the wreckage
unhurt, and once more made for the miz-
zenmast. which had snapped of close
under the crosstrees. When up the
broken timber as far as he could get. he
dashed himself fast to walt for what
the moment might bring.
second line now fell across the wreck
landing near him. He got hold Of 1t only
to find that It had fouled the wreckage
somewhere below. He dare net descend
to free IL. and so there was nothing to
do but wait. His luck was about to take
a turn for the better. however.
A third line. fired shortly from the
beach with accurate aim. fell squareiy
across his shoulder. He grasped 1t,
hauled away and found 1t clear. Over
The Washington herald., 1914-05-17
Only -Four Plants in the
World, Two in This Coun-
try and Two in Europe,
Says DR.. Holmes, Director
of Bureau of Mines.
Ply JAMES b. MORROW.

Forty-three carloads, or 2,140 tons, OF
radium ore were mined in the United
States during the year 1913. From that
large mass of incrusted sandstone about
fifteen grams of radium bromide were
manufactured
A gram of radium bromide is the size
of a garden pea So the two train loads
of mustard-colored ore, the richer half
of which was loaded on ships at Gal
weston ana sent to Europe, contained no
more radium in bulk than easily could
have been carried in a corner Of ones
watch pocket.
The radium was instantly sold for
s120,ooo a gram, which means something
like s3,72o.oo0 an ounce. A troy poopd Of
radium, at the present quotation. would
pounds-if there were that much in the
worldly Andrew Carnegie would prob
ably take his whole fortune.
DIR. Joseph A. Holmes. the eminent
geologist and the director of the Ma
tional Bureau of Mines, says there are
no more than thirty grams, or one
ounce of radium in use by American
and European physicians and surgeons.
Two grams Of radium bromide are in
the hands Of a few surgeons in the
United States. The remaining twenty
eight eIdIhS aIc III
Germany. and Austria Practically all
of it was extracted from ores mined in
this country.
Army and navy doctors here have
asked for ten grams. The Public Health
Service has asked that twenty grams
be distributed among its twenty-one ma
tional hospitals. Every large hospital in
every city, it is declared, ought to have
a supply Of radium. But where can II
be obtained? Europe is an active and
persevering bidder in the radium market.
Physicians and governments alike are
theoretically attempting to procure
quantities of this strange new chemical
element.
The Richest Mines of All.
The greatest known fields Of radium-
bearing ores are in Colorado and Utah
1t has been estimated by private miner
. alogists that the deposits in those two
States will yield 800 grams. Semitic men
connected with the Bureau Of Mines have
said, however, that the total production
in the entire American field will not ex-
coed $50 grams. or, approximately, six
ounces.
Meanwhile the price of radium re-
mains at $4,000 a gram, though offers
of $4,000 have been made and though
the cost of production, DR.. Holmes
thinks. is hardly more than $4,000 a
gram VIII the value of radium go up
or will It come down? And have mer,
and corporations organized a monopoly,
hoping to grow rich through human suf-
fering and the sacrifice of many human
lives?
The figures of DR.. Holmes show that
1000 persons die annually in this coun-
try from cancer and that there are 200 0ov
cases of cancer every day in the year.
"And radium," he added, lis the best
cure for certain types Of the disease
But this article is not to deal with the
The Washington herald., 1914-05-17

that she would eventually strike the
beach, two or three miles to leeward.
somebody suggested that a fire signal be
lighted. Acting upon the suggestion, the
crew procured q mattress from the cabin.
soaked II in kerosene. and set 1t ablaxe.
As 1t turned out, the signal was i'm
mediately discovered by a surfmsn COW
ering the patrol south from the Mon
mouth Beach station. and was promptly
replied to by him with a Coston flare.
Meanwhile. the vessel continued to drag
before tho wind, every cast of the lead
forcing upon her hapless company the
The Washington herald., 1914-05-17

that all hands had best remain by the
vessel, but the first officer overcame his
objections. The plan of the mate was to
lower away the lifeboat with part of the
crew in II and allow II to trail astern
on a long scope of line. At a favorable
moment the boat was accordingly
launched on the lee side Of the schooner
with the masters wife. the mate and tw,
sailors on board. Martinson who. as
already intimated was the only member
Of the ships crew to reach shore alive,
also got into the boat, but before 1t rode
free he climbed back on the schooner.
The Washington herald., 1914-05-17

and . quarter miles south Of their sta
ton. At that time she was a mile of
shore and still moving, but swinging in
rapidly toward the land. quarter Of
a mile farther on she stranded seven
hundred feet from the beach and within
the zone Of illumination thrown by the
lights Of the town.
The schooner had no sooner fetched I'D
than Station Keeper Green had a line
over her. fired from the bulkhead. Alto
gether, seven lines were sent out, four
by the Monmouth Beach station crew
The Washington herald., 1914-05-17

joyed at the prospect Of deliverance. but
nevertheless retaining his self-control
the nearly exhausted sailor fastened the
line about him and waited until the deck
below and the water alongside appeared
for the moment free Of threshing wreck
age. When the chance seemed propitious
he slid quickly down the stump-of-a-
mast and with a shout leaped into the
sea.
Martinson's trip ashore was an exper-
fence such as rarely falls to the lot OF
q sailor. Eager, but Impractical hands
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1914-10-16
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON, IN AND
FOR SNOHOMISH COUNTY.
In the Matter of the Estate of Fredrik
Branstrom, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed executriX of the estate of Fred
rik Branstrom, deceased, to all cred
itors of, and all persons having claims
against said deceased, to exhibit them
with the necessary vouchers within
one year after the first publication of
this notice, to-wit within one year after
the 9th day of October, 1914, to the
executrix at the office of Andrew
Johnson, % Fobes Bldg, Everett, Sno-
homish County, Washington, the same
being the place for the transaction of
the business of the said estate in the
said county of Snohomish, State of
Washington.
Dated at Everett, Washington, this
Sth day of October, 1914.
ANNA BRANSTROM,
ExecutriX.
ANDREW JOHNSON,
Attorney for executrix, % FObes Bldg
Everett, Wash. BIT