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Evening star., 1914-02-07
SAYS RADIUM SHOULD
COST BUT SMALL SUM
Statement of DIR. Barlow OF
London Attracts Interest in
Medical World. ;.
Toreign Correspondence OF The Star.


LONDON. January 90. 1914.
DIR. Lazarus-Barlow's statement in re-
gard to the treatment of cancer by ra-
dunn in the cancer research laboratories
of the Middlesex Hospital has attracted
a great deal of interest in medical cir
cles. and his protest against the difficulty
Of obtaining radium is the subject OF
much discussion. Or. Lazarus-Barlow
said that, though the present market
price of radiu,n was 500 and upward
per milligram. he had every reason TO be-
lieye from the statements of manufactur-
ers that it could be sold at profit at a
few shillings per milligram. He added
that in matter of such urgency 1t be-
came question as to whether the state
should not assume control of the sources
of radium in this country for the benefit
of the 5000 persons who die of cancer
in these islands every year.
From inquiries made among those In
terested in the sale and purchase of ra-
dium 1t seems to be generally admitted
that the present high price of radium is
a purely artificial and inflated one.
though the suggestion that the state
should interfere found little favor
The cancer department of the Middle
sex Hospital admits only inoperable cases
that is. cases which have passed be-
yOHO dlu VI tIiS Stoii rum
to September, 1872 thirty-four such cases
were admitted, and in the same time
there were twenty-four deaths-a NOR
tality rate of 100 per cent. From June to
September, 1913. sixty-eight cases were
admitted. In that time thirty-six deaths
occurred and thirty-two patients We're i'll
so favorable a state as to be discharged
from the hospital-an unprecedented
event Most OF these patients are now
going about their daily work. In one or
two cases a recurrence has taken place.
but DIR. LazaruS-Bariow hopes that with
fuller knowledge of the actisn OF radium
occurrences will be prevented.
Evening star., 1914-02-07
PRIZES HUNG UP FOR AIRMEN.
Flight in April to Be From Seven
European Capitals to Monte Carlo.

NEW YORK, February From seven
capitals in Europe airmen are to take
flight simultaneously April 20. accord
ing to a cablegram which reached the
Aero Club of America last night. and
all of them are to make the Monte Carlo
Casino their goal
For the first airman from each city
to alight on the Monte Carlo grounds a
prize Of $1,000 will be waiting.
Besides the first prize, there Will be
prizes of $4,000 for the flier from each
capital who makes the best time and
prizes Of $1,000 for those who finish
second. The European capitals selected
as starting points are London, Brussels,
Paris, Gotha, Madrid. Vienna and Rome.
a route has been designated to Monaco,
and all the fliers will have to pass above
d number Of intervening cities.
Evening star., 1914-02-07
Welcomes Attack ON Bill.

'I will welcome any attacks upon the
constitutionality of the red light district
law. made by owners of the property
affected" declared Senator Kenyon, the
author of the law, today.
eff some of the owners of these dis
orderly houses bring suit to test the
constitutionality of the law the public
then. will be informed just who the
owners of this kind of property are, and
who are reaping profits from this busi-
ness.
"Of course, the real owners OF the
property may put up dummies to repre-
sent them, but once the case comes up
in court and they are compelled to
answer, under oath. the truth or go to
Jail for perjury. l think we Will get the
names of the real owners, and also the
names of the real owners of all other
such houses in the District
Evening star., 1914-02-07
Dispatches Received Here
Declare Federal District
SeetheS With InSurreCtIOn

Tha. the federal district OF Mexico ana
the surrounding states arc seething with
revolutionary spirit was the word oroushl
- Washington today III private dispatches
from Mckee CIty Ia opponents OK the
Iilert.t regime The dispatches contained
the information that many of Huerta
followers are desertins. but that he Is
maintaining outward order.
How much of the trouble IN Mexico
city is being stirred up in sympathy with
the constitutionalists. and how much oy
followers of Felix Diaz was not apparent
That D!az has agents actively at work in
opposition to Huerta and Is striving for
control Of the capital through intrigue
was confidently asserted by men III touch
Nth the situation.
t'onstitutionalist agents here asserted
today that should Diaz by any chance
Gust Huerta as the controlling factor at
Mexico the fighting will continue with
renewed vigor. They claimed that al
though Huerta and Diaz are personal
opponents they represent the same ola
.-cient!tfco'' order of Gen Portirlo Diaz,
aud that both must so,
The overthrow aud killing of Maoero
happened a year ago this month. and
MexicanS seem intent on making some
Thing else happen on the anniversary OF
his death
Evening star., 1914-02-07
U. S. NAVAL. COMMANDER
TO DOMINATE IN HAITI
British Officer Expected to Defer to
Leadership Because of Greater
Interests.

Dominant interests of the United states
IN Haiti are expected to cause the Brit
ish naval commander at Port au Prince.
who ranks Capt Russell of the battle
ship South Carolina. to defer to the lead
ership Of the American commander in
any steps that may be taken. If the
situation were to become more serious
an American real admiral might be
sent.
Execution Of several persons by the
revolutionists at Cape Haitien Thursday
night is reported. Theodore has consent
ed to the landing of Monplaisir and six
teen men at Cape Haitien, and Dorcilion
left there yesterday with twenty follow
ers.
Biuejackets from the g7inboat Nashville
are patrolling a portion of the town.
Evening star., 1914-02-07
Get Lower Express Rates.

Annapolis and Crisfield. Md. will have
lower express rates in accordance with an
order made public by the interstate com
merce commission today. Under the new
block system of rates which went into
effect February / these two towns de-
clared they were put to disadvantage by
being just outside of blocks in which
their competitors were located. The COM
missions order changes the boundaries
of their blocks in which they are located
so as to give them the same rates as
their competitors.
Evening star., 1914-02-07
COLD WAVE ON THE WAY
FROM BLIZZARDY WEST
Due in Washington Tonight-Storm
Warnings Hoisted Along
the Atlantic Coast.

Cold weather sweeping eastward spread
its frosty blanket over the Ohio valley
and the upper lake region today with
promise of bringing the lowest tempera-
lures of the year.
Storm warnings ordered up all along the
Atlantic coast from Delaware breakwater
to Eastport, Me. heralded the cold wave
which. by all predictions. will be over the
Atlantic coast district and the lower lake
region by tonight and will stay over Sum
day,
Evening star., 1914-02-07
Zero in Missouri Valley.

Zero temperatures throughout the
Missouri valley and the plains states.
being pushed along eastward, are ex-
pccted to make it very cold and clear
for the next two or three days. except
in the lower lake regions and north
ern New England. where SHOWS were
expected Generally fair weather was
predicted elsewhere.
The weather bureaus little white flag
with the blacq square in the center
was fluttering off its silent message,
cold wave" from all the stations in
the east today
Evening star., 1914-02-07
Strikes at .Alimony Dodgers"

A campaign against so-called ''alimony
dodgers" in the Navy and the Marine
Corps was suggested today by Rer resen-
tative Bowdle Of Ohio, Nicholas Long
worth's successor, who introduced a reso-
luton requesting the Secretary of the
Navy to inform the House who in the ma
val service are ''disobeying the orders of
courts requiring them to pay money as
alimony or otherwise for maintenance of
wives or children whom they have aban-
doned or living apart from" The ques-
ton was referred TO the naval commit
tee.
Evening star., 1914-02-07
CHEERFUL WITH DEATH NEAR
Bremner Wrote Doggerel Express
ing His Faith in Radium.

The cheerful disposition OF the late Rep
resentative Bob" Bremner. victim OF
cancer In spite Of the radium treatment.
is illustrated in this poetic squib" he
wrote for newspaper friend three or
four weeks ago when he was feeling bet
ter and the two were talking about poetry
and doggerel:
A congressman came from Passaic.
Tried cure for his ale
said. tlf | had enuf
or this radium stun
Id eat three times i day beefstaic''
Evening star., 1914-02-07
Wrought Up Over School Site.

The opposing factions in tho contro-
yersy over the location OF the proposed
school continued TO he wrought UP todaN
and further action was promised by both
sides. James B. Norman Of hensingtor
one Of those present at the meeting in
Annapolis sent an open letter 10 Gov
Goldsborough asking for the suspension
of DR.. Ryan DevereauX as a member
of the school board OF Montgomery coun-
ty and an investigation of his work.
DIR. Devereaux. one Of the supporters
of a movement to locate the proposed
school In Chevy Chase. said TO-DAY that
the new building is greatly needed for the
children of Chevy Chase and nelghborins
parts of Montgomery county He de-
tended his own course and also denied
that Senator Newlands Of Nevada has
been actuated by any selfish motives IL.
Offering to donate "A site for the building
He said that about fifteen years ago
Senator Newlands donated lot OF
Bradley lane for school purposes and
gave $1,000 toward the erection of a
school. Later, he said, the property
was sold and the money spent for the
benefit of the schools throughout the
county.
Mr.. Martin denied today that he had
called Mr.. Leavel liar" before the
throwing of the paste pot
Evening star., 1914-02-07
Wants Bankers Investigated.

Senator Lodge declared that investiga-
ton should be made of the manner in
which Speyer & Co. New York bankers.
f1oated Frisco railroad system securi-
ties in Paris He said he had been in
formed that by paying Paris bankers
commissions as high as 7A per cent
Speyer & Co. induced the French people
to buy the securities a few. months be-
fore the railroad went into bankruptcy.
The result was that American credit
was given "a greater blow in France than
it had ever received before" declared
Seilalnr .nl.r.
Evening star., 1914-02-07
Jail Sentences for Tangoists.

NORWALk. Wis, February AT a
meeting of the village council here last
night an ordinance was passed making
the dancing Of the tango within the
municipal limits of Norwalk a misdemea-
nor, punishable by fine and imprison-
ment. The marshal was ordered to close
At once a dancing academy in which one
of the counciImen declared this tnven-
ton of Satan was taught
Evening star., 1914-02-07
Associations Represented.

Among the welfare organizations repre-
sented on the committee are the National
Social Welfare League, the Florence
Crittenton Mission. the Society OF st.
Vincent de Paul and various colored or
ganizations.
Seig Brez is to speak on the Kenyon
bill before the Collegiate Club, l5o1 11th
street northwest tomorrow evening at
S:l5 o clock. Mr.. BreZ has recently made
an extended stay in New York, where he
made sociological Investigations in con-
nection with special studies at Columbia
University The meeting will be open to
the public
Evening star., 1914-02-07
CONFERS AT ANNAPOLIS
OVER PASTE POT ASSAULT
n. M. Martin Wants Action Begun
Against B. A. Leavell-Dowell's
Condition About the Same.

Harry NJ Martin of Keasinston and
Washington was in conference this
morning with the prosecuting attorney
of Annapolis. Md, relative TO charges
OF attempted assault he says he Will
file against Il. Ashhy Leavcll OF Chevy
Chase. who is alleged to have throwh
a paste pot which struck osSo"d n
Dowcli of Noodside. Md. during a dis
cussion in the statehousc al Annapolis
Thursday over a new schoolhoGse for
Montgomery county
Mr.. Doweli was confined TO his bed
to-day at the home Of his father. Julian
lC- Dowell. At Sls2 Mount PleaSani
street northwest, and Was too III 10 sa2
whether he will take action against MI
IeavelL His condition WAS about tho
same Is il WAS yesterday. Claiming
that tn" paste not WAS thrown at HIM.
Nr. Martin asked the prosecuting at
torncN Of annapolis 10 begin action
against Mr. I.saN,Il
Evening star., 1914-02-07
Lorenzo J. Hatch Dies in China.

NEW YORK, February Gable mes
sages from Peking. China, received today
told of the death in that city of Lorenzo
]. Hatch, director of the currency and
engraving department of the Chinese gov
ernment Mr.. Hatch, who was about fifty
years old, was an expert steel engraver,
and for many years was employed by
the United States government in Wash
ngton.
Evening star., 1914-02-07
CAPT. FULLAM IN COMMAND.
Assumes Superintendency of An.
napolis Naval Academy.

ANNAPOLIS. Nd, February Capt.
W. f. Fullam assumed the superntend-
ency of the Naval Academy today. reliev-
ing Capt John II. Gibbons, who has
headed the institution for three years.
Capt. Gibbons was relieved at his own
request, and will Immediately assume the
command of the battleship Louisiana.
Evening star., 1914-02-07
Student Brigade Puts Out Fire.

DURHAM, N. H, February Z
Students at the New Hampshire College
formed a fire brigade early today and
succeeded in preventing a fire in the
gymnasium from spreading to other
buildings The officers quarters of the
college arinory on the first floor and
several of the rooms were burned out,
causing a loss of s60.000. Defective
electric wiring Is thought to have
caused the blaze.
Evening star., 1914-02-07
Against Unmerging of Railroads.

Los ANGELES. Cal, February THE
Merchants and Manufacturers Associ-
alton of Los Angeles sent a telegram to
President Wilson last night asking him to
prevent the proposed unmerging of the
Southern Pacific and Central Pacific rail-
roads by the Department of Justice. The
tesegram sets forth that such action
would work a tremendous hardship on
the commercial and industrial interests
of California.
Evening star., 1914-02-07
Hearing on $l67, ,ooO, 900 Bond Issue

The interstate commerce commission
has set February IS and 10 for hearing
on the proposed one-hundred- and sixty
ven-nnillion-dollar bond issue by the New
York Central. \ Senate resolution led to
the inquiry. The purpose of the bono Is
sue is 10 take up outstanding securities
of "A like amount of the New York Cen
tral. the Lake shore and the Michigan
Central railways.
Evening star., 1914-02-07
Cleveland Fire Loss, 100000.

CLEVELAND, February Flight fami-
lies living in the Dc klynn block on Euclid
avenue near East 59th street were driver
out by fire about 80 o'clock this morn
ing. The fire broke out in the Conrad
Baisch IL kroehle Companys furniture
store on Euclid avenue. The loss is esti-
mated at Sl0,J0U
Evening star., 1914-02-07
In Honor of Fanny Crosby.

NEW YORK, February 7-Announce-
ment was made here today that the
Fanny Crosby Circle of Kings Daughters
is asking people in all parts of the world
who have been helped by her hymns to
wear violcts on March -. which will be
her nnety-fourth birthday anniversary
4 special Fanny Crosby birthday service
will be held in the First Methodist
Church, Bridgeport Conn. at which 1t
is hoped she will be present.
Evening star., 1914-02-07
Principle Sustained in Court.

Senator Kenyon said that while the
courts out in Iowa had not passed upon
the constitutionality of the red light law
for Des Moines. after which the District
law is modelled the courts had passed
upon every principle involved in the law
and had upheld them. He pointed out
that many convictions had been made
in Iowa under this law, and the guilty
were being punished
Evening star., 1914-02-07
DOUBTS VALIDITY
Of OWENS PLAN
Counsel for Consolidated Stock
Exchange Protests Proposed
Incorporation Bill.

Representatives of the Consolidated
Stock Exchange of New York were the
first to testify today before the Senate
banking committee on the owen bill for
the incorporation of stock exchanges and
federal regulation of their practices.
Hja,mar II. Boy sen. counsel for the
Consolidated Stock Exchange. questioned
the Constitutional y of the proposed
legislation He doubted whether the
power 10 enact such a law could be i'm
Piled from the constitutional power to
establish post roads and post offices. the
only constitutional provision which came
near giving the power in question
Dread of Incorporation.
He questioned also the power OF Con-
gress to require exchanges to incorporate
as a condition of an association Of men
doing business in interstate commerce.
He urged that the dread of incorporation
arose from the fear that the disciplinary
power of the exchange would be endan-
gered
Mr.. Boyesen emphasized the desirable
ity of exchanges being able to oust OBJ
jectionable members without the delay
which would occur if members had prop
would come under the protection of the
courts to such an extent that the courts
would issue injunctons.
In response to questions from Senator
Pomerene. Mr.. Royesen said a. corpora
tion might adopt the very regulations
now controlling it. but he doubted if an
organization for profit could expel a
member summarily as an incorporated
club does an objectionable member.
Discusses Publicity.
Mr.. Boyesen declared the object of
publicity in the bill was meritorious.
but as drawn it was dangerous. He said
it was possible for three or four big
corporations in whose stocks most of
the trading was done TO give one ex-
change a monopoly of business.
This. he said. could be done by these
corporations making the report required
in the bill as a precedent to an exchange
listing its stock only with one exchange.
What would become of the Console
dated. the Chicago ana the Boston eN
changes if these big corporations report
ed only to the New York Stock En-
changer" inquired Mr.. Boyesoa.
They would be put out of business
and stockholders would be deprived of
ready and stable market
Mr.. BoyeSen contended the corpora
tion should not be given discretion as to
what exchanges it should send its report
Evening star., 1914-02-07
PROGRESS IN AVIATION
TEXPECTED| IN 1914
The London Standard Says "Air
knowledge" Gained in 1913
Will Be Factor.
Foreign Correspondence of The Star.


LONDON, January %. 1914
The Standard says: Aviation promises
to make greater progress in 1914 than in
all the previous annals Of flying. This
anticipation is based partly on the great
increase in "air knowledge gained in
1913. and partly on the fact that many of
the largest engineering and armament
firms have seriously taken up questions
Of design and construction. Another fac
tor is the quantity and magnitude of the
prizes to be won by aviators, designers
and inventors who have the determine
ton. skill and courage to try for them.
First among these. SO far as Great Brit
ain is concerned. is the seaplane race
for a prize Of S25,O0O open to British
built planes and engines only, over a
1.540-mile circuit. with an additional prize
to the engine constructor. Another great
competition of particular interest to this
country is the reliability trial. which
probably will be held by the government
in April to discover the best British-b built
engine. There have been about thirty
responses to this tardy effort of the
authorities to encourage the home indus
try. The first prize is $4,000. and there
will be an additional $4,000 in orders to
the firms who produce the best work.
Other Big Prizes Available.
Other big prizes which may be won in
1914 are as follows:
Fifty thousand dollars for the first
aviator to fly from Europe TO America.
One hundred thousand dollars, with
several minor rewards. for the aeroplane
offering the greatest degree of safety
This competition is created by the Union
Aerienne de France, and is open TO con-
structors of all nationalities.
Two thousand dollars offered by the
Paris municipal council for race from
capital to capital, probably to some place
In the near east, via Vienna and Buda-
pest
Five thousand dollars for seaplane
race Of $50 nautical miles, open to all
nationalities; organized in connection with
the Coupe Jacques Schneider. and prob
ably will be flown between two Riviera
resorts.
Four thousand dollars for an "all-round
France (Michelin cup competition, with
sixteen stopping places.
Four thousand dollars for the circuit of
Paris (Prix Deutsch) competition, a dis
tance of about lbs miles.
Twenty-Five hundred dollars offered by
a newspaper for a fight across Africa
from Cairo to the Cape, distance of
about $500 miles: the prize to be given
to the first pilot reaching Johannesburg.
Two thousand dollars offered by the
Aero Club de France for the longest direct
nonstop flight.
Eighteen n-hundred-dollar Michelin prize
for the greatest number of hits on
given target in a competition for bomb
from aerop!anes.
Other competitions to be held this year
are for the Coupe Internatioaale dAv.a-
ton, the Coupe Fenina, an international
for woman pilots; an Anglo
French race, with big prize, from Lon
don to Paris and back again to London.
and, possibly. also. another interna tional
race from Paris to Vienna and back Be
tween England and France alone the to-
tai sum offered this year in prizes for
aviation is not far short of S5tD,O0o.
Evening star., 1914-02-07

David oliver yelling. seventy-two years
old, a retired Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road employe, died Thursday at the home
of Samuel r, Hickman. near Point Of
Rocks. Mr.. He was veteran of the civil
war. having been member of Company
b, 7th Maryland Infantry
Evening star., 1914-02-07
Lieut.. Goodwin Dead

Lieut.. Goodwin. son of Mrs. w. E. Gull
lop. died at Fort Crockett, Tex, yester-
day. Mrs. Cullop is on her way here
with the body. She is expected to arrive
Thursday. Interment is to be in Airing
ton cemetery.
Evening star., 1914-02-07
Calls 1t .Infamy of Gang"

/ Senator kenyon characterized the pub
lished exposure of New Haven affairs as
tale of "the infamy of a gang of plum
derers.
Senator Otter put into the Record the
appointment of Speyer & Co. fiscal
agents of the Navy Department of the
United States in London last April.
Evening star., 1914-02-07
UNDER THE STATE LAWS,
NOT FEDERAL STATUTES
Attorney Generals View of Possible
Prosecutions of the New Haven
Railway Case.

Attorney General McReynolds takes the
view that any prosecutions for financial
operations of the New York, New Haven
and Hartford railway must come under
state laws. not federal statutes. accord
ing to a statement in the Senate today
by Mr. Newlands of Nevada. The Attor-
ney Generals position was reported dur
ing debate, when the Norris resolution to
direct the interstate commerce commits
sion to reopen its investigation of New
Haven affairs was taken up.
Evening star., 1914-02-07
Cheapest and Best

The Star sells its space at less cost per thou
sand net circulation than any other paper in
cheapest paper to advertise in.
This is the reason that The Star frequently
carries more advertising than the other three
papers combined.
Evening star., 1914-02-07
Win Fight for Low Car Steps.

CONCORD. n. IL. February IA pro-
test by club women against the height
OF street car steps bore fruit today when
the public service commission ordered
that all additions to rolling stock have
steps within fifteen inches of the ground