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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-04
THE FIRST AIM OF THE DENVER
LABORATORY.

Because of cost of transportation. Eu-
ropean purchasers lave heretofore ie-
fused to buy any carnotite assaying less
than per cent OF uranium oxide, and tor
that reason much of the material mined
has been cast aside with L goodiy meas
ure of irretrievabe loss. The carnotite
breaks up into a yellow powder and tins
may either be carried off by the wind OF
washed away by rain or melting SHOWS
The first aim OF the laboratory at Denver
will be to find methods OF recovering
from low-grade carnotite ores ana from
mine tailings as much of the uranium
oxide as possible.
Already the Denver specialists nave &C
complished a good deal in this direction
Their methods of dry concentraton-lu
be used where water is scarce-and OF
wet concentration have given eXceileht
results: and this matte. Of concentration
is the first stage in making some OF the
deposits commercially workable even
though the grade of the ores be low. Is!
concentration is meant breaking up inc
raw material by grinding and then sepa-
rating or sitting It, so that the amount oil
radioactive material per pound OF crude
substance will be Just 50 much higher.
With this accomplished, the burro or the
wagon carries in each sack more mar
ketable stun which can be dealt with
later by the refineries at profit
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-04

~HE poverty Of gold Just fancy 81
And yet we speak Of gold as a
Il precious metal, But how can it be
precious hereafter when we realize that
Il is worth but so ala ounce. while radium,
IT'S latest rival. commands the eXOrbitant
sum OF s. 10000 for similar quantity?
What IS more. there is every probability
Of the price of radium rising higher Il
some Of the benefcent work it has al
ready done proves 10 be lasting. We re-
Ter 20 what ii has accomplished so far IN
battling with sinister cancer and 10 what
81 has wrought toward a return TO health
On lesser maladies.
Radlum fetches to-day at least $4,000
q gram. and the world over during the
last year probably not more than total
OF sixteen grams were extracted from tie
hundreds OF tons OF raw material worked
for that purpose. OF this amount about
three-fourths had It's origin in the Onlteo
State. and vet to-day relatively niue
OF this new found curative agent IS IN
the possession Of American hospitals
physicians and laboratories. Foreigners
draw the vast bulk OF the mother sub
stance from the mines In this country
and the French and the Germans extract
the precious particles and demand for
them from suffering humanity a price
that IS welln.gh prohibitive.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-04
TIE tLECTROScOPe WHICH
Is NOW USED TO MEASURE
THE RADIO ACTlViTNof ORES

IRE OF his fellow benefactor. the physi-
clan, but the world may be enlightened
and helped greatly by what the labora-
tory may diyulge How will the two hos
pitfalls mentioned utilize this radium If
they get II. or, rather. why should they
want 30 much?
Speaking about the marker value Of "a
dunn salts che Bureau OF Mines has stat
ed. IF it can be demonstrated 10 the
satisfaction Of the medical profession as
"A whole that il has a decided use in any
one disease the demand for radium viii
not only equal the present supply. but
will equal any supply thar IS likely TO be
put upon the market in the future. For
example. II il can be proven that treat
ment with the radium emanatiOn is the
best cure for rheumatism. since one gram
Of radium chloride IS enough for treating
only 10 persons continuously. II can be
seen that no likely supply in the imme-
date future could equal the demand.
T Therefore. a supply Of radium salts suf-
hcient 10 meet the needs OF an adequate
investigation OF the medicinal properties
Of radum should either be placed in the
care OF a radium institute in this country
OF made available for use IN some Of our
large hospitals
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-04

nearby Utah. and carefully examined the
whole field. and then it was that he rear
lied the need OF domestic action. 1t IS
hard to get cur government to act as
other nations do under like circumstances
and any great project must always drag
its weary way through the devious chan
nels of Congress. Action was necessary
and prompt action at that. DR.. Parsons
hit upon happy idea.
Dr. Howard A. Kelly, the noted surgeon
Of Johns Hopkins Hospital. of Balti-
more. was already using radium in the
treatment of disease, and especially In
dealing with generous growths peculiar
to women. Out of his own pocket, this
eminent specialist had already expended
quite $4,000 in the purchase of radium
salts-either bromide or chloride-and yet
he realized that the $50 miliigrams in his
possession were nothing like what he
needed TO do the best work. Mark you.
the aim was to supplant the knife as far
as possible by recourse TO radium rays
i'm order to limit 20 the utmost bodily niu-
tilation
I'm fact. Dr. Kelly frankly said: III We
could have an abundant supply of radium
its use for superficial cancer would Weld
better results than surgery But where
10 get that bountiful quantity? DR.. Par
sons knew. and he lost no time in getting
Dr. Kelly 10 go out to Colorado with him.
Dr. Kelly Went. was convinced. and mu-
nihcently offered TO furnish half of the
money needed 10 organize a radium insti-
tute with the broadcast humane policy.
He did this conditionally upon the expert
of the Bureau Of Mines finding some one
else TO share In the undertaking.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-04
CUTTING OUT THE ALPHA AND
BETA RAYS.

In combating malignant growths or
benign tumors. where the desire y 10
induce subsistence the object OF the SUP
eeon is 10 cut out or screen away the
alpha and beta rays. There are two
ways that this can be done-either by
holding the radium Tar enough from the
patient to permit only the gamma rays
10 reach him. OF, on the other hand, TO
arrest these undesirable rays by inter-
posing a wall or cloak Of lead. In deal
ing with diseased tissue inside the body
distance filtration cannot be employed
and the protective lead must be used.
True. this lead need not be more than
one milllmetre I'm thickness TO keep out
both the alpha and beta rays. bat IL
seems 20 be fact that this obstruction
incidentally affects the gamma rays 40
that they have 20 be longer applied TO
accomplish the desired end. This is not
satisfactory: indeed, Il Is sometimes UNI
wise for while the sound tissues viii
withstand the attack OF these rays many
times more vigorously than the diseased
substance. stu II exposed too long IT,
TOO. will be injured Therefore the sur
geon to-day wants the full power OF
strong stream OF gamma radiatlons, and
he wishes TO concentrate their assault for
a short while upon the abnormal growth.
Weak doses long continued are both
painful and harmful. This * what the
state OF the art OF radium theFapy has
strongly emphasized.
PROFESSIONALLY We are only a; the be-
ginning OF this new era In medicine. DR.
Robert Able, OF this city. who has been
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-04
FINANCING OF THE NATIONAL
RADIUM INSTITUTE.

Il was this scarcity Of radlum. COM
blned with SIS probable increased pflce'
hat induced Dr. James Douglas OF TINS
city. and Dr. Howard a. Kelly Oh baiu-
more, 20 Join hands in financing our re-
Gently formed National Radium Institute
Let us tell the story Of this organization
which. after a fashion, resembles hndIeo
Institutions In France. Germany Ausli@
and England az the same time giVlhs
ron credit 20 that earnest patriotic man
That inspired Drs. Douglas and Kelly 10
action through the forceful manner in
which he presented the seriousness oil
our situation
Dr. Charles L. Parsons. chief OF the
division Of mineral technology OF the
United States Bureau Of Mines, oiscoN-
cred. after going over the data In his OIL
nee that while the value Of radium SALTS
vas mounting skyward Europe was get
ing the vast bulk OF the necessary "a"
material from our mines Nature had been
more than ordinarily bountiful in giving
w uranium bearing deposits. especially
IN the famous Paradox Valley OF COL
ofSoo' but foreigners were wider awake
'hah ourselves 60 the significance OF these
iiVhes' and alien chemists found the ways
p" extract the nearly priceless grains.
Az The while, the medical world. even
more IMAM the rest Of the scientific world,
~ snatching up hungrily these precious
.nnAsramt, for ~ had been announced
."1' radium might prove 10 be the long
sD1sht cure for cancer. so wonderful had
peen some OF the results ~ 81 uec fu fine
Treatment OF malignant growths.
~ PARSONS and some OF his technical
'~Se'~ went out 70 Colorado and TO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-04
National Radum Institute Financed by Dr. Howard A. Kelly and
Dr. James Douglas Will, 1t Is Expected, Possess More Of
This Wonderful Radioactive, Healing Substance
Valued AT 100000 An Ounce Than
Any Other Institution OF Earth.

vestng the treasure. a very large part Of
the carnotte ores Of Colorado and Utah,
which contain the radioactive minerals,
are in fairly inaccessible regions, and in
some cases even drinking water has to be
hauled long distances More often than
otherwise. all of the ore has TO be trans
ported by wagons for many miles, and the
product of some of the mines. has TO be
packed over tcrtuous. dangerous paths
upon the backs of sure-footed but small
burros
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-04

um that would weigh exactly .coO0l36 OF
a milligram. or one ton Of uranium OK
ide would contain 3I2 milligcams OF radl-
UNI chloride 4 whole gram is equal 10
I54 Troy grains. and a milligram Is l-I.p0
of this. But even so. milligram Of
radium chloride is worth now $50, while
milligram Of radium bromlde-not so
radio-active-bring so. You see how i'm
portant II is TO husband every minute par
ticle OF the 90 silly scattered carnotite.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-04
DE- e. B. MOORE WHO is NJ CHARGE OF THE
LABORATORY WORK AT DENVER

As indicated above. Tor three years the
National Radium Institute Is 10 be
financed by Drs. Douglas and Kelly and
the mining operations are TO be pursued
under the direction OF Dr. Parsons. Dur
ing this time. n total OF seven grams Of
radium be recovered. they will be divided
equally between the donors. and anything
in excess OF this will go 10 the govern
ment for purposes of scientific research.
The physicist has had to await the pleas
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-04
RAOIUM IN POSSESSION OF FOR
ElGN INSTITUTES.

tute. il the hopes Of DIS. Kelly and Doug
las De realized. Will DE richer than any
other institute of the sort. The Radinm
Institute ~ Vienna owns about two and
one-half grams Of radium salts. obtained
wellnigh exclusively from the famous
pitchblende OF the mines AT Joachimsthal.
In Paris Nine. Curies laboratory boasts
something like one gram OF radium. and
this viii be transferred TO the new Radl-
um Institute. and the Radium Institute
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-04
a SUBSTANCE ENDURING THOU
SANDS OF YEARS.

But the marvel Of this radioactive SUBJ
stance lies in its prolific endurance
matter of thousands of years. 1t is said
that the radium emanation gathered IN
one week from one gram of radium bro
mide in solution can be dissolved in ap-
proximately seventeen quarts OF wafer
For the treatment of rheumatism one
hundred cubic centimetres Of this solu-
ton are given twice week TO the pa
tient. At this rate the gram or radium
bromide would thus suffice for the treat
ment Of 10 persons at one time. Again.
should another use be found for the radi-
UNI bromide il can be reclaimed from
the solution with apparently no apprecla-
bic diminution in weight, although its
carnations are fieeting.
But the treatment Of 10 rheumatic sub
iects at a time is not reaching out into
the highways and byways 70 help tns
sufferers from this malady, and here IS
one reason why more radium IS necessary
and why also, it should be concentrated
in few places But this is not the main
reason for the surgeons wish 10 have
more OF this material. We spoke short
while back of three different kinds OF
rays, and the physicist and the physician
have found that each sort has its own Pc
cuiarities and effects.
The alpha rays are destructive, but
fortunately, are projected from their
source the short distance OF one cent?
metre The beta rays have longer
reach-three centimetres-and they slim
ulste. The gamma rays, and these. are
the ones that the physician finds helpful
and wants. are intensely penetrating
Just how far is not known-and their ac-
ton is TO repress or TO induce back
,,yavd orowfb ia cell life
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-04

Continued ON seventh page.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-04
ETERMlNlNG THE VALUE OF
MINERAL SUBSTANCE.

The radioactive ore gives off rays, and
these pass up from the lower compart-
ment to the upper one and ionize the air
therein. Ordinarily. the atmosphere is
bad conductor of electricity, but the rays
of opposite electricity from the ore pro-
vide an escape for the charge in the gold
leaf. and il falls more or less rapidly, de-
pending upon the radioactive energy Of
the raw material tested. BY noting the
number of divisions passed by the falling
leaf per MINUTE, the observer determines
the value or the radioactive per cent Of
the mined substance This - not guess
work. but a precise and conclusive OPP
Grafton.
The uranium oxide contains the radium.
In a . per cent ore, assuming ton of
200 pounds. the miner knows that there
are forty pounds Of the desired oxide. But
there IS a wide, wide difference between
this and the ultimate content of radium.
At present, just what this relation is In
the case of carnotite has not yet been
esta bhshed. but with pitchoende forty
pounds of uranium oxide, !. e, per cent
of 900 would yield a speck OF pure radi-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-04

in London has at its disposition some
where between one and two grams u
radium chloride. And yet, wonders have
been worked already with these extreme
ly small quantities.
We have mentioned the subject Of radi-
UNI "cmanations' in the treatment Of
rheumatism. Radum emanation is the
gas given off by radum during its ais
Indignation. and this period OF self-dissi-
patton goes on for something Ike five
thousand years. The emanatlon emits ths
three characteristic rays severally known
as alpha, beta and gamma. Unlike radi-
um itself. the emanaton loses half Of us
strength in "A trihe less than four DAYS,
and by the end of a month the gas is use
less. il is therefore important that the
source of supply Should be 10 ereditap'e
hands. in order that physician should
know Just what the strength is OF tie
material he is using. Fer some purposes
the radium itself. rather than the es-
pecially collected emanatons, must De
used, and this is particularly the case In
dealing with cancerous growths.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-08-20

When Stone first reached Australia
those two years back he had little with
him save satchel, some ninety eight
cents in his jeans and a determination
to throw a fright into all Australian
battlers. Stone hadn't upon the bunch
that season or two of victories on
foreign shores would return him to
America all set to cop big prices and
meet the best of his class. And his
bunch doped out pretty well. He came
into great favor among Australian fight
fans with his manner of severely
trouncing any adversary they might
procure for him. He walked through
his class disposing of opponents with
neatness and dispatch. Few if any
were able to sustain, without a Whim-
per- the belaborings he gave them. He
confessed to his relatives and dearest
friends that his Australian excursion
was, on the whole, quite a success.
Returning to New York, few would
have known him as the soiled and tat
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-08-20
GIANTS HAVE SLUNPED
ALONG IN FIRST PLACE
It Has Been Tedious Season for
Muggsy; Three Teams Have
Chance Against the Lead
ers-Maybe

Been a-going too good, is the YER
dict of the pennants-in-a arrow
fans. who are observing the slump
of the Giants
But have they? List to the grind
ing noise of the old dope mill.
Starting the season, Brooklyn took
the lead and held it for ten days,
until the Pirates clambered up and
over the Dodgers. New York had
lost several games in a row, and was
at the very bottom.
Then the Giants started that long
climb. From bottom to second place
took them from April IA until May
10, or just about month. The Gil
ants fingered a few games behind
the Pirates until May 20, when the
chronicle states: Cincinnati won
both games, Pittsburg dropping into
second place" On the same date,
New York walloped Brooklyn two
games on the Dodgers home field,
with Demarre and Wiltse pitching
the first and Big Jeff Tesreau the
| second
| Then Cincinnati came up and fol-
lowed the leaders for twenty-one
DAYS, or until the Cubs abscOnded
with the running-up posish.
| They maintained this relation I'M
til on August 10, Boston hurdled both
| the Cubs and Cards and went into
second place. Boston lost to st
Louis for one day. and the Braves
have been pushing right along II
second place ever since.
New York has not lost the leac
since acquiring it. But since lead
ing, the Giants have had by nc
means an easy time of it. The ira
ditional ease with which Cincinnati
st. Louis and Philadelphia have beat
en- the Muggsy forces has kept the
amiable and stumpy McGraw on the
I"I should worry" list all season.
There is yet a chance for thu
Braves to win the pennant. say tn
boosters. This is true, but so ma!
st. Louis and Chicago.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-08-20
INTERESTED ANGELENDS
STRONG FOR BIG RACE
Tom Trent Watching Development OF
Boost Spirit Says It's Good;
May Become Race Man

Los Angeles is sue strong for
the desert auto race" affirmed
Thomas B. Trent, manager of the
local Overland agency yesterday.
There is not dealer with whom |
am in touch, who is not boosting the
race for all he is worth Agent Ben
ton, of the Simplex and Mercer has
placed monster four in his win
dow and has issued a challenge to
the owners of skies" to come on and
bet their heads off against the big
beauty"
In the daily papers, we see con-
slant reference to the race. Now
that the difficulty over the route is
about settled, the city of the Angels
is going right ahead, pouring forth
the accustomed enthusiasm by the
gallon"
Trent while not a racing man him
self. is warm supporter of the
game. He got some pictures taken
the other day, showing himself in
the mechanician's seat of Mel Ma
gums Velie, just to show what he
looked like with dinky cap and
big staring goggles on his devoted
head
1t is barely possible that Trent
will find some way to strip down a
fast tourer for the race, and thereby
place himself in the patron class
along with Don Lee, Sam Mckee, Ole
Man Maecenas and Harold Steinfeld
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-08-20

show Long Goose Neck what we
can do to Mesa.
Wonder what sort of a game we
could play with Il team composed of
Cook, Anderson, Togneri, Ritchie,
Whit Barton, Warren. If you don't
know, you should put on your horn
specks and find out. Phoenix is
about to have some of the best base
ball it ever had, and it is up to us
to line up and go and support a good
team. We will need some fast ones
to give practice to the teams that
will train here next spring
Get up a game of old timers like
/ have mentioned and we will all be
there with lard in our hair.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-08-20

tered figure that had departed thence
two years before Every article of dress
ne wore radiated prosperity and al
fluence Previous to his departure he
had, it is said many of the aspects of
a bum or loafer. Upon his return his
brilliant elegance of garb stamped him
as one whose activities in life's bitter
struggle had been rewarded with Law
sh hand.
Stone plans to enliven fight affairs
no little next winter He declares that
if he fails to find all the work he wants
in his own class he will train down a
bit and mix in with the lightWeights.
The lightweight division will be an es-
pecially active one through the APP
preaching season The current motion
is that Freddie Welsh is not an I'M
beatable champ. Other lightweights
hearing of Stones determination and
knowing that he can make the 1873 with
no great effort are said to have vicibly
paled and expressed trepidation.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-08-20
BAUM TURNS IT
OVER TO BOYS
Langowski Has Insurrec-
ton = Next Few Days
Will Decide W h eth er
Phoenix Really Wants
Baseball Rest Of Season
BY SCOOP"

Phere will be no baseball today,
unless it is the sort the kiddos put
on, round the sand lots. This is the
official declaration of George Harry
Lauder Martin. than whom there is
no greater patriot in Phoenix Harry
Lauder has volunteered that if Ian
gowsky will return to Russia to fight
for whatever they call the fatherland.
he will rejoin the Kilties to main
tain the honor of another branch of
the triple entente
But until Lon makes a move,
Lauder will remain in Phoenix franz
ing up baseball games.
Frank Baum has finally turned
over the management of the club to
the boys-a socialistic move. leaving
everybody CO-equal all same Mesa.
incidentally, we hear that Mesa is
III the throes of a general European
war. Because, it was necessary to
employ Barton and Barrett at stated
salaries, which it is alleged they were
paid. some of the home guard" have
lcbclled. If you can pay an out
slider. You can pay US" they are
stated to have stated.
These be parlous times for mana
gers. Here are Phoenix players en-
Eaging in the pastime of managing
their own affairs, and here are Phoe-
nix fans looking things over criti-
cally. If Langowsky says in his con-
ference with the Phoenicians today
that Mesa is together once more
there will be one grand ald-tfmf
game Sunday. Richie. Whit, Tog-
neri. Glow. Cook, Smiley-an thes,
will be on our team
And if Phoenix wants any more
baseball this season, Sunday is the
time to demonstrate it. For Whis-
per! If the attendance is moi
enough to give the players something
over the fifty-Odd dollars expenses
they'll blow Barton and Sennel
have already blew. They Tagged
some of Archie Caters S. p. train.
out of here Monday, with the fail
city of Portland as their destination
Smiley, who has been pitching tC
Pep Cook these last few weeks, i.
going good. It is probable that the
team they will get together for Sun
day will oppose the Jewels with ar
awful OppOsition-antagOni nearly
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-08-20

Harry Stone, the new WelterWeight
champion, who recently returned to his
native shores from Australia, is an I'M
familiar figure to many American fight
fans. Upon his departure to what is
sometimes termed the antipodes, two
wears ago, he had done not great deal
in the way of gathering a rep. and his
followers and adherents were few. To-
day he will be an important item in
the disposition Of fight laurels and
through the coming season his name
will become more and more familiar.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-08-20
THIS "OLD FAM WANTS
some REAL BASE BALL
Last Year. and Watch Out What
Well Do to Mesa
The Old Fan SAYS:

The Old Fan says
1t looks as though the war news
were not so interesting as it used to
be.
We might see some baseball, yet,
in Phoenix, for the old favorites are
here in town again.
Let's have a game tomorrow. Let's
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-08-20

Natives of the eastern slopes of the
Andes in Bolivia scatter the juice of
tree on streams to render fish in
sensible so they can be caught in the
hands.