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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-20
~AII. o. TEE BLOOD IN The BODY CAN
BE PUMPED OUT AND CLEANED OF
DISEASE GERMS, SAYS SURGEON

BALTIMORE, Feb. 3O.-That all OF
| 4 human beings blood can b pumped
ont of The arteries, cleaned and punnp-
ed back into the body IL claimed IN An
! ARTIFICIAL kidney by learned doctors OF
Johns Hopkins university.
4 Yet ia an experience that may soon
| come 10 al of IA, with the perfection
! OF the marvellous new apparatus which
has just been PIT out rom the pnar-
Theological laboratory Of Johna HOP
kins university under the supeEvislon
Of Dean william H. Weichs and u11Ch
will probably solve some Of the most
vexing medical problems Of the oAy.
Kidney diseases are increasing With
alarming rapidity. II 10 thought thnf
| the Johns Hopkins ARTIFICIAL kidney n
many cases will be successfully used
to perform the blood purifying fuAc.
tion in which the diseased natural KID
uey fails. y srs,s
The apparatus consists Of 80 tuhes
contained In glass case. The TUBES.
made Of . substance called cell0idtu.
are connected a. one end with ella
gle tube which may Do attached to
an artery, and at the other with
tube which leads to q vein. Before
the artificial kidney II attached to
the body, the tuoes are oiled with So
luton OF salt and water. When Il is
put In position. the heart pumps the
blood out from the artery into the
tubes and forces the salt solution
back into the veins to take its place.
While In the Tubes the blood 10 pur.
lied of its poisonous substances by
dialysis--a pr0ccss by which harmful
substances contained In the blood
seep through the delicate celloidin
walls Of the tubes into duid which
Is held In the outer space between the
tubes and the glass case. BY chang.
ing the composition of this fluid the
physician can determine what sub.
stances pass into it by dialysis Of the
blood.
This astounding machine has been
used with complete success on dogs
and other animals. The three physi-
clans who made II, DR.. John J. Abel
Dr. Leonard G. Rowntree and DR.. d.
B. Turner, are now celebrating an ar
tifloial kidney which they expect VIII
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-20

verted metabolic state of the alcoholic
10 not mental alone, but physical, or
rather physico-cheuical When the
body cells are. supplied with . physio-
logic balance OF carbohydrates there
IL no further demand for alcohol.
AT the inception OF treatment the
diet IL modified TO contain IN abund'
ance OF sugar Cereals with cane
sugar. sweet fruits. pastries, choco'
lates and ice-crcaln are advised. In
some Gases, owing to . distaste for
sugars. this change must be gradual
to prevent rebellion. Here lactose ID
used. dram every two hours. given
In the form Of medicinal powder ia
encourage the -sychic effect. Later
az the demand for alcohol Is palliated
ordinary sugars sre taken with avid
ity."
During the entire treatment elimi
nation Is increased by every known
means.
Toddios. julsps and sweet wines are
OF Especial value a. substitutes fol
strongly alcoholic drinks. After from
three to Ave days alcohol Ii omitted
entirely from the daily regimen. and
very gradually the sugar IL also re
duced until the patient IL again nor
NAL.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-20
TIPPING MAY
BE ABATED BY
USE OF SUGAR
Cleveland Physician Outlines
New Treatment BASED Upon
Use Of Sweets
HARD. DRINKERS SHUN
ALL STARCHY FOODS
Doctor Points Out That Moder-
ate Drinkers Use Only Sweet
Wines and Like Beverages

In the issue OF the Journal OF the
American Medical association for Jan.
II, DR. b. l.. 6pit1.g. OF Cleveland. o..
makes = preliminary report OF . new
treatment for Alcoholism. He says:
The study OF The habits and char.
actoristics or the alcoholic In eating
and sdfinktag had always been source
o. great Yerio1al interest to me. and
the. following observations seemed par
ticularly pregnant: Many tipplers be-
yielded 10 those OF the man. At ma
turity the demand for carbohydrates
- gradually lessened. Usually the
adolescent loses his craving for sweets
and begins to indulge In alcoholic bev-
eraSss. As the supply OF alcohol IL
increased tho desire tor sugars 10 cor
respondtnSly diminished until . time
when alcohol IL taken In preference to
carbohydrates.
I'm AlcoAollsn. then, there II often
q posItive avsrsion for sugar. This
history Of certain chAracterisfios in
the chronic alcoholic 10 quite general.
He uses no sugar In coffee and tea
and cares little for pastries and
starchy products Stimulating f0od.
rich In Condiments, ID His mainAtay
and hts appetite for 'stimulatint drink
10 thereby Increased. The body. IN
consequence, receives . minimum or
sugar and becomes accustomed to
moro alcohol. which has now repf1ced
the former. Il
This is evident from . study Of the
relationship existing between tAef type
of bevofAge used and the degree of'the'
resultant alcoholism. The m0d6rfts
drinker often utiliiss Z sweetened pro
duct and u satisfied to induloe In
moderation. He apeimilAtee both, sugar
and alcohol and His thlfSt H. stiiled
with less drink. The confirmed alco-
holic cares for no sugar and Absofbs
greater Qua1tities Of uhsweetenSd al.
cohol to. satisfy hls bodily econhmy."
The sucoeos. Or failure .of the treat:
|msnA according to 10 originator. de-
ponds largely son. the msntaf and moral
qualities OF tie patieat. Those who
wflsnot oo-opertt4 with the physician
tail 10 sam much benefit, while the In
tellieeat' class. Who have sufficient IN
tere1ts It fsta1e - mike their recov.
cry MISTER 6t impOrtance. are very
generally improved or cured.
Tho report go9e a 10 nay that many
former syotem3 o. treating the drink
habit HAYS failed b0caute. the alcohol
was suddenly wtthdsa~n and nothing
was substituted to satteey the craving.
TeArcotics merely benumb the alco.
hoblc desire, but seldom accomplish q
pegmAnent cuse.s says Dr. Spitxig.
The demand for alcohol n he per.
y
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-20

Accordingly . question of interest
and impCrtance-both to the man OF
science and to the practical mans
whether these two streams OF culture
viii proceed In opposition or win
some day become correlated In mu-
tuAl understanding and appreciation,
or in supplementary reciprocity, or In
amalgamation. Will Christianity and
Christian civilization dominate and
Buddhism perish? Or will the West
the East? Or win the one b in
nuenced BY the other more or less
and In this or that way. and thus each
of them continue TO exert ito influence
in modified way or In . transformed
shape? To many people In the West,
the questions may appear rather
ridiculous and In no need Of inveeti-
CATION. But the questions seem TO
me not quite 50 easy TO answer.
II venture TO say this. because the
materials for the solution are MOI yet
adequate and an undertaking not
70 speak OF IN appreciation OF edthAr
side by the other II very meagef.
say this, not merely from the stand
point Of an Oriental but fsum that Of
q scholar. For. no scholar b entitled
to pass decisive Judgment before h.
reaches . scientific conviction based
on adequate materials, widely collect'
ed, thoroughly understOOd and prcueG>
" interpreted. II there n any scholar
whether Oriental or Occidental
who would dare to think tho so1ut1on
II attained, have no hesitatico b
pronouncfnG his judgment premafuse
and his attitude unscienti0c made
quate knowledge never leads to =
sound conclusion.
II am not mistaken In theee
views, II 10 my duty 10 persuAdo you
a students Of man, Of hi ING and b.
mind, to study the Bu0011c0 OHentol
culture and also to O3er yOu the M
terials for study Of this c1lture n q
full measure ~ possible. 1hls Ideem
70 - my task hare. .s~
'The primary concern q thSoo ~
lures u Japan, but thsy may All
serve - Z study IN Oriental culture q
general and may OFFER important -
terial Tor the notwithstanding -
iaminatiou OF mankind. Any Judgneo1
certainly on the worries future - r.
cards the relation Of the Nnst - -
West will BE- premature untn 49, m
derstands thoroughly and spDrsela1el
the other
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-20

NEW YORK, Feb. .2O.-"Omar, the
Tentmaker,"' has cooled those cr1tics
who thought II wouldn't do.
There was q wide divergence OF
opinion when this poetic drama By
Richard Walton Tully, based on the
Rubaiyat, was first offered. The
presentation OF Omar 90 sentimen.
tai drunkafd, engaged In variety of
melodramatic adventures, dispteased
some people. But II has evidently
pleased d number Of others. for the
play. after q run OF several weeks 1t
the Lyric, has been moved to the
-Bceth theater, where It's prosperity
continues. TX
Moving out OF the Booth a. Omar
moves In, Change takes the road.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-20

Guy Bates Post and Jane SALISBURY N
Sonar. the Tsntmacer"
The people OF the rest Of tho coun-
~ are to see one Of the finest plays
YER offered to New York. presented
one of the best companies thae
yer set foot on q stage-and ~
hitch New York simply turned up
n nose.
Change 10 q drama of the Welsh
colliery district Il was produced u
London. The original cast Of Welsh
actors was brought over. During tAe
plays run OF two weeks 1t the Booth
the house was never more than half
full, and there were never less thAn
ave or six curtain calls altar evsrJ
act.
Broadway has it, nrst movie theaAsf
owned and aperated BY . nlm-pfo-
ducing company. The Criterjoa, at
Alth-st. one Of Now York's theafrScN
landmarks. has become the VitA&raph
theater with three shows .. day o.
"lrst-run" vltasraph pictures. Prlces
arc from Is cents 70 81 IN The ~ven.
ing: best seats are 80 csnts n tAs
afternoon.
WIN. FAyersham ossht 70 BE- and
doubtless u, highly grained At tne
praise which has been accorded hs
'1ago," In which he revealed himself
to New York audiences this week.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-20
THE WHITE WING

~ jim Nance.
als eyes are trained for honk. hsnk.
honk.
He has 70 dodge The auto.
with broom and cart no worms al
day. A
Keep streets clean y ~ 1oseo.
Ne .manicures the boulevard.
He plya his work IKE lightnlng.
He wears white clothes nom heed to
foot,
That's why they oan bin Whess
Wing"
p. S.-0uess the p. 8. stands toS
0avement sweeper.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-20
HARD-WORKING
MAMMA WANTS A
NEW DADDY FOR
-...s LITTLE JAMES

BROOKLYN, ". r.. Feb. 20.-This
IL little fouryear-old James. whose
mama wants q new daddy for him.
Little James mama. Mrs. Dolores
Austin, Ii rs years old. widow. good
looking. and works hard In book
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-20

Sketch Of the marveleuo artfelcial
kidney below Or. Weleh's picture
shows the e tubes n which the o,sod
10 purified.
be used on humans with perfect safe
ty. and win be invaluable for cleans
ing impure blood.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-20

man. not over 90 years old, honest and
q respecter Of women. who could and
would make living for hsr and her
children.
'My boys need the care Of fAther.
says Mrs. Austin. "An6 IN be glad "a
hear. by mail. from any good man
who wants TO start IN fold:fashiOned
home. founded on love, right living
and self4AcriQoe." ~ X
Mrs. Austin hsrs men Who drink.
but she does not object to smoking.
She. 10 small. blonde, blue-eyed. with
profusion Of light hair. Her address
10 ~ Richard.ave.. Brooklyn. N. Y.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-20

A certain English noeleman had
taken /. taxirGA to tho club. When
he sllghSed and psid the driver the
latter seeWsd 70 thinkFhis tip>was too
small.
9..Wots this ERE for. me- lord?" he
said, regarding with some contempt
the coin he held IN his hand.
Drink. am inclined to think
Judging By your noae!" wa the reply
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-20

Auu1eAL pEIcst VI ouuu
! ~. . priest OF Buddha-
lnPt the old Pilgrim Fathers
n ~ their hands In astonish-
40 - this man from the isles
hi ne ocean giving lesAons on
III culture In the halls of the
NY they established them
Y ~. Anesaki is not here to
z 06dhf0m alone. He has no
l6 0f winning Americans from
m1fy. He Is Z mild-mannerod,
q1 0f Nippon. He dresses In
H INN and not In the lowing
: Buddhist priest. His COM
1lnply the continuation Of the
E~G American educators to bring
1ltllre Of the world to Amer
9Wth II civilization has been
~ 3of different types. II has
&0arb 1nAtion Of the learning of
~ nations Israel has contrib
Aafes Egypt, Greece, Rene
0 Germans have all been
W fnetorg. Every nation of
: nx Dlson something to make
o3 oGholorU wiser. Now comes
n1 bringing with him the
the East, to add 10 our
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-20

You do not offer enough" $50,
- don't quite get You. duke" SAID
the ieiress. VI ~
That's the idea. You don't quite
get me. Another lady has raised your
tid."--Judga
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-20

ksss.~As OUSs0
Miss Caustic-Your ft:cn0, 1uy ses
FbrAgs that no y = Solfmeoo -.
Yon naver hanr : oel1.maao wonAn
bOasting about Il.
Mr.. Critic-No. They me- svOsy
one to think it's ,up1nrals-Suaee.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-20
A PRETTY CENTERPIBCE

Fora table center piece that CO
be used for Washington's birthday ~
on any other occasion whebo national
'colors can be made use Of buv ~
tie paper flags and have pour con take
let holes in II, one In the center aae
I'VE about the edge.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-20

~ ~ freshman goes to Har-
yot0ity 70 take mp his courses
~ he viii ind among the
0ieD I chance to learn the
~ Buddhn. A new chair was
M there in the present
~ professOrship OF Japanese
o and life. The professor 10
4AAru Anesaki. priest of Budd-
~ . priest OF Buddha-
lnPt the old Pilgrim Fathers
n ~ their hands In astonish-
1o - this man from the isles
ne ocean giving Lessons on
k culture IN the halls of the
INV they established them
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-20

bindery. She II . good housekeeper
and good cook.
Mrs.. Austin believes that some
where In the world there ID . good
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-20
CHERRY DECORATED
BASKET

A tiny basket with cherries on e
can be filed with candies o. ealtb1
peanuts. At . dinner table in which
the cherry tree 10 the Decorative mo-
tive much fun can be made BY asking
each guest 1t table % tell . swheD'
per-"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-01

long to Col. D. D. Gaillard. the
chief engineer of the Central Divisi on,
and It Is due to tho unceasing labors
Of this eminent army engineer that
the Cut is rapidly nearing compile
ton. Colonel Gaillard has been on
the job. so to speak. almost con-
stantly for the past seven years. TAX
ing only q very limited vacation dur
ing the entire time. Slides and dig
Eing have been so constantly on his
mind that recently II became neces-
sary for him to leave the Isthmus
and enter the Johns Hopkins Hos
pital at Baltimore for treatment on
account OF nervous trouble.
In order to get the correct idea
of the slides and Of the vast amount
OF digging to DO done an intimate
knowledge of Culebra Cut must be
obtained. The length Of the Cut
proper Is about nine miles. extending
from Bias obispo to Pedro Miguel
the former being at the end OF the
Gatun Lake nearest the Pacific ocean.
and the latter where tho first lock of
the descent to the Pacific will bs en-
tered by the ships. The Cut will be
three hundred feet wide at the bot
tom. and the water must be about
forty-five feet deep to meet the sur
face elevation OF eighty-five feet (that
OF the upper Gatun lock) which will
be maintained through Gatun Lake
and the Cut to Pedro Miguel. The
Cut has a curve at nearly every mile
and at these curves 1t II widsnsd
so as to permit ships to pass easily.
rrAnrh Ma~hauerv auAnu
The French, with their toy-1ike ma
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-01

large amount OF earth from slipping
into ths. Canal.
In the spring Of 1919 II was ru-
mored that there had been discovery
Of volcanic formations in the bottom
OF the Cut. and soon the entire press
Of the country gave out this nswa
The engineers. however. were not
greatly alarmed and continued to
work. These vaporous emissions,
which are said to have been caused
by the warm atmospheric effect upon
the pyrite material. stopped In July
aud since then nothing murs has been
heard Of the culebra Gut volcano
About the same time q great variety
OF colored stones were brought up.
Many Of the employees have had them
cut and polished and set for various
kinds Of jewelry. Some OF the stones
ara OF the mooustone variety, others
very like moss agate. and stili an
other kind is q crystalline stone hard
enough to~cut glass. No disable min
eral has been found.
Even II slides had not occurred the
digging OF Cuiebra Cut was no easy
task, for not counting these mishaps
one hundred million cubic yards OF
earth had to be removed to complete
this part OF the work. While va
riors methods have been employed In
building the sea level channels at
each end Of the Canal only one has
been employed In the Cut--digging
with dynamite and steam shovels.
This II easy enough. but how to man
age to get the dirt out was the prob
em-"Transportatio get the dirt
out Of the wayl" was the cry. For
this purpose hundreds of miles OF
tracks were laid In the Cut. seventy
1--WE Of which had to be shifted almost
as the work progressed. and
this work alone kept several hundred
men busy day and night.
Two Carloads OF Rock In Ono Dip,
Various kinds Of steam shovels
were used but the ones operating in
the Cut excavations are nearly all OF
the Vineyard dipper" variety. When
full each dipper carries a two-horss
cart load OF rock. OF course. the
rock Ii loosened by dynamite. and IT IL
the work OF the shovel to scoop 1t up
and dump II on the nat cars. There
10 something fascinating about the
big. clumsy looking machines. and
their work seems 20 accurate that one
almost forgets that there 10 a human
brain touching the proper lever. Look
tng down from the rim they appear
like huge NEUROLOGICAL monsters
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-01

coming in the dry season. and 1t has
been extremely dificult to handle.
Another variety OF slides which has
given no little trouble is a type known
as breaks" They are due to the
steepness OF the slopes and the great
pressure of the superintendent ma
terial upon the underlying layers OF
softer material. The best example Of
slide Of this character is on the west
side OF the Cut just north OF Con-
tractors HILL and 1t covers an area
Of about seventy Ave Acres. Already
seven million cubic yards OF earth
have been removed on account OF Its
activity, ana tho engineers declare
that three million mnre viii have to
be taken out before the completion
Of the Canal.
On the east side OF the Cut there
IL another slide of this type covering
an area Of about fifty acres. Five
million cubic yards have been taken
from 1t and much more remains to
be removed. It breaks back fully
thirteen hundred feet from the CEN
tire Of the Canal.
Number Of Slides.
In all there have been twenty-six
slides ana breaks In the Cut. Seven
teen Of these covered areas varying
from one to sevsnty-fvs acres. and
nine covered areas OF less than one
acre each. making In ali about two
hundred and twenty-five acres. II
has been estimated by the engineers
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-01

that the total amount OF material
which will be removed from the Canal
because OF slides will reach about
twenty-five million cubic yards
These figures give some idea OF the
task which has confronted Colonel
Gaillard. for while Colonel Goethals
10 the chairman Of the commission
the chief engineer Of each OF the
three divisions Is the man upon whom
the real responsibility Of the work
rests. This 10 said without the least
utsparasement to the ability Of
Colonel Goethals. for he himself II
anxious that due credit should bs
given his asSistants in this gigantic
undertaking.
Even where the Cut has been sunk
through solid rock slides have oc-
Cured as the rock formations OF the
Isthmus are brittle and dissolve to
dust after exposure to the atmos-
phere. At one time an attempt was
made to plaster the sides with cement,
but this. along with the other plans
to stop the slides, proved futile.
Sometimes the pressure on tho sides
Of the Canal operate to make the
earth bulge UP at the bottom Of the
Cut and in one instance the writer
saw the railroad tracks In the Cut
raised six feet a. = result, ana this.
too. in the dry season and during .
single night Colonel OAillard de-
vised q plan 10 relieve the pressure,
In a measure By terrActng the sides
and this resulted In preventing .
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-01
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feasting on great chunks Of rock. but
more intimate AcqaaintAncs rSvsals
the fact that they are riaAchihAs man
ufactured in tbs United states and
operated BY American engineers
Each operator 10 ~ proud 81 The
work Of his shovel ~ . racer y ef
his speedy automobile. and there =
great rivalry over steam shovel ~
ords--each man trying 10 get out de
most dirt
Perfect System Of Signals
The railroading In the Cut Win a.
ways stand out ~ one 81 the W6yId'U
greatest mArveis Of trAnsportAa1on.
for = train passes every three minat1s
filled with rocks and earth. ~ the
accidents are comparatively few. The
best way--in fact the only way 70
study this railroad problem - 70 walk
through the Cut. To BE- sure the trip
10 warm and fatiguing and In . meAs-
ure dangerous. but the danger can
be avoided by watching the trains In
crossing and In keeping OF the trAcka
During the height OF the work about
six thousand men lAbored In the Cut.
and these men who from the rim
looked like ants suddenly became act
i've human beings when ono stands In
the Cut. The trains run in two d.
rections. for some Of the material u
sent to the dump while the best quail
ity OF the stone was sent toward thu
Atlantic to be used in building tbs
Gatun dam or to be utilised In build
Ing the breakwaters 1t each end Of
the Canal.
Water Turned into the Gut
The rock excavation in the Cut has
been practically completed and I'll
steam shovels and driils were taken
from the ditch the latter part OF Sep.
tenn Der. The lock constSucticn Il
Gatun Is so far advanced that the
water was turned into he Cut
through tho Gamboa dyke during the
early part OF October. Tea Of
the best steam shovsls from the
Cut are at present removing mate
rial from the east and west banks
OF the Cut, near the town Of Guile
bra. This II being done to leesen the
danger of slides. This removal Of
material from the banks will continue
until about May. 1914. The engineers
expect the water to give stability to
the sides Of the Cut. but they DO not
expect the slides to cease until Aftsr
the Sides OF the Canal have attained
repose. and this will require ssveral
months.