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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-26
LIFTS BAND CONCERT.

The directors OF the Parks and Play
grounds Association OF the City of New
y ork have completed arrangements with
Lifts Veteran Corps Artillery Band for
a series of concerts TO be held at the
18TH Regiment Armory during the week
Of May II TO % for the benefit OF the
association. The object of the Parks
and Fairgrounds Association is the
maintenance of recreation spots for the
poor children of the city The receipts
OF the concerts will be turned over to
the association.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-26
A SCREEN.

Miss Lillian Russell, apropos OF the
decollete and transparent quality of the
fashionable 1914 gown, said at tea in
Pittsburgh:
las young millionalress in very
beautiful and very audacious Cabot din
ner frock swept out OF a restaurant the
other evening, a man said:
There's Minnie Money. What airs
she puts on.
Another man answered modestly:
Well, let us be glad that, with a
gown like that, she puts on something "
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-26
FACT AND FANCY.

or two evils, why choose either?
Andrew Carnegie never smoked.
gold key will open any lock.
Zanzibar ivory is the best.
Any landscape architect can make YOU
an echo to order.
It's never too late to mend-nor too
early, either.
President Wilson is fond of music, but
has a poor voice.
Kansas has the worlds biggest apple
orchards 67,000-acre one.
II is not true that the colonel intends
Evening star., 1914-08-09

physical chemist in charge of the Denver
office of the bureau of mines. gets his
newly discovered simpiified process for
the extraction of radium in active opera
tion the wonders Of radium will begin
to unfold. as mechanical genii, as well
as medical men and surgeons, have the
opportunity to study it. Already 1t has
been discovered that birthmarks, how
ever unsightly and extensive, may be
easily removed, leaving the face normal
IN appearance, but in the mechanical
world little has been done with 1t outside
OF Few rare experiments
through the investigations Of the bu-
reau OF mines. carnotite ore has been
found to contain uranium vanadium and
radlum These first two were known
long before the presenee of radium was
discovered. Uranium is used in the
manufacture of paints. and vanadium in
the construction of steel After these
three metals are removed by a series OF
crystailizations. the remaining refuse,
which Is radioactive sand-carnotite is
found In sandstone rocks and cliffs
has market value as a fertilizer, which
should make 1t in great demand for
farmers. 1t tones the seed and has been
used with surprising results with to-
bacco. from which there was a 75 per
cent increase cabbage, wheat. corn etc.
Only the smallest amount is necessary,
as four pounds of this energetic sand
Is sufficient to mix with 800 pounds of fer
tilizer to the acre, and will cost about 40
cents per acre. Since II never loses its ae-
tfvity.- to use 1t any stronger would burn
the ground. Experiments are also being
made by some Of the chemical companies
Evening star., 1914-08-09

II 1000 miles per second. This is over 200
times as fast as the swiftest fight of the
fastest material thing known in space-a
shooting star. On account of the mass
of the helium atom and the rapidity of
its flight, the alpha rays carry with them
some 95 per cent of the total energy
evolved They apparently penetrate all
other atoms and molecules that come
within their path, but of the three rays
given off by. radiuln they are the least
penetrating.
1.-THE alpha ray carries with it not only
the helium atom, but also two charges
OF positive electricity, SO that the valency
of the resulting element is diminished by
two. The energy of the alpha rays is so
great that 1t has been possible by at
least two distinct and separate methods
to actually count these positively charged
helium atoms as they are expelled, one
by one, from radium. So that it is known
that a single mig. of radium (or approxi-
mately 1-10 the weight of the ordinary
pin head) expels every second 10000. 600
alpha particles. Indeed. the counting OF
atoms of more than one form of matter
Is now done with such precision that
scientists can now count atoms as ac-
al one can count the inhabit-
Evening star., 1914-08-09

of obtaining radium and the preven-
ton of waste. The radium rays are also
being studied with view to ascertain
ing their chemical effects and character
teristics.
....e> i. X
X
Dr. Charles L. Parsons, head of the
division of mineral technology of the
bureau Of mines, is enthusiastic in his
belief in the absolute success of the
work Of the National Radium Institute.
and his views upon the radium situ-
alton today carry the stamp Of convic-
ton which is the expression Of thor
ough knowledge of the subject.
In a recent interview. DR.. Parsons de-
scribed the startling qualities of
radium.
I'm attempting to cover the radium
situation as 1t exists today" he said,
''in the United States. one cannot hope
to more than skim the surface to give
a general summary of the subject. But
to understand 1t clearly. the physical
and chemical properties of radioactive
material and also the economic side of
the question must be briefly touched
upon. That is, the occurrence of radium
in this country, the development of the
ores and the value of radium in the
treatment of disease"
Replying to a question as to what is
meant by radioactive material, Dr.
Parsons explained:
by radioactive material is now
generally meant substances such as
Evening star., 1914-08-09

teen grams of radium bromide since
June, 1913, to be paid for mainly by
state and municipal appropriations.
During 1912 practically all of the ore
mined in America was shipped abroad.
In 1913 an American company. with
headquarters at Pittsburgh, began to
produce and market radium and up to
January l, 1914 it has produced 1880
mgs. of the element and shipped
to its plant a little less than half the
carnotite ore mined in this country last
year. More than half of its 1914 out
put has already been contracted for
abroad. These facts. together with the
great need Of radium in American hos
pitfalls, led to bills being introduced in
Congress to give the government a
preferential right in the purchase of
ores mind on government land and to
provide for the extraction and purifi-
cation of radium from the ores SO pur-
chased. But while these bills were be-
ing debated in committee hearings
practically every known INDICATED de-
posit of the material was located either
by prospectors or by corporations in
terested The geologists of the govern
ment and the experts Of the bureau OF
mines agree as to the location Of the
Evening star., 1914-08-09
SACKS OF cARNoTTTE READY SHIPMENT TO EUROPE.

upon chickens. rabbits. guinea pigs and
monkeys. the results of which have been
promised to the government.
In many respects this peculiar sub
stance shows contradictory qualities.
since II possesses q greater activity and
energy than any other known element,
yet constant care Is required in the
laboratory. It is so Elusive and infin-
tesimal that q man may sneeze and
fifty thousand dollars worth of radium
may go out the window to the four
winds.
Of getting radium from the carnotite ore
in the National Radium Institute in
Denver, which was built and equipped
through the donations of $4,000 each by
DR.. Howard A. Kelly Of Baltimore and
DR.. James Douglas of New York. and
designed solely for the investigation of
processes for the most efficient method
Evening star., 1914-08-09

uranium, thoriun and their decomposi-
ton products. all of which possess the
radiations and of giving OFF continu-
Gus supply of energy without apparent
stimulus or exhaustion. The emission
OF energy by these substances cannot be
retarded or accelerated; the energy
comes from an unknown source, obeys
unknown laws and apparently comes
out of nothing. Radium, for example,
any sun or star. If the sun were all
radium 1t would give of heat and light
probably one million times greater than
the present orb. This wonderful ebulli-
has enabled chemists and physicists to
discover elements that would otherwise
remain unknown, and to measure
minute quantity Of their elements with
an accuracy far greater than the Inn
agtnation can conceive.
Evening star., 1914-08-09

pitchblende ores of Joachimstaal. Bo-
hemia, but these have failed to yield
radium enough even for European use.
In fact radium ore has become 50
valuable that the Austrian government
has expended over 100000 for the pur-
chase of the deposits, and has forbid
den expectation. Consequently, radium
ores are being sought all over the civil
ized world, and wherever prospectors
go. But they have not been found in
large quantities anywhere. Though
Austria, England. Portugal and Aus
tralia have produced some radium-
bearing ores, it is now known that none
of the foreign deposits compares in ex-
tent or richness with the carnotite ore
fields of Colorado and Utah.
In 1912 the bureau of mines es
tablished a laboratory in Denver. and
sent experts into the field to study the
rare metals of the west. One of the first
things they discovered was that carno-
tite was being mined and shipped
abroad from Paradox valley, in Colo
rado, and few persons realized why it
was exported. It is now known that
Evening star., 1914-08-09

during the last three years the ores
mined and shipped from American de-
posits have yielded more than half the
total radium production of the entire
world. This past year three times as
much radium was taken from Ameri-
can deposits as from all other sources
combined. In spite of this fact there is
today available to American hospitals
less than one and a half drains of
radium element. German hospitals, on
the other hand, are known to have ac-
quired or contracted for fifteen to six
Evening star., 1914-08-09

ants of a large city. It is hard to
imagine that a single ing. of radium can
continue to give Off these millions of
atoms per second for many thousands OF
years without complete disintegration,
but such is actually the case"
Replying to a query as to how all
these elements and their quantities are
determined, DR.. Parsons explained that
all this was defined by the use of the
electroscope, which is an instrument de-
signed for this purpose
Radium was first produced from the
Evening star., 1914-08-09

elements is manifest in three forms of
radiation, known as the alpha, beta and
gamma rays. Radium itself gives off
only alpha rays, but when thirty days
after separation from solutions contain
ing 1t the radium has reached a state of
equilibrium with its dissertation prod
ucts, the mixed material. which in COM
merce is known as radium, yields all
three kinds of rays.
The so-called alpha rays are positively
charged atoms of helium thrown off with
velocity varying from some 5000 to
Evening star., 1914-08-09

T last radium, the
rich mans remedy
for cancer, the
poor mans dead
ly disease. is to
come down from
its dizzy heights of
prohibitive price to
be made accessi-
Bile to many who
are afflicted with
I hi s t erri ! b | e
scourge, through
Evening star., 1914-08-09

Stxtes alone Is roV rated at 1900 peo-
Pie annually, with the disease constantly
increas1ng. and the pathetic phase Of 1t Is
dhat the majority Of cases are among
NE poor. Of q class that could never Sc
cure for themselves any benefits that
might come from radium treatment at its
present price.
The possibilities Of radium In connec-
ton with cancer have as yet barely been
sounded. for owing to the great scactty
sof this wonderful metallic substance,
sensitive objects upon which they are
thrown. only a limited number Of cases
have been treated Not more than three
or four physicians have been able to Sc
cure radium for this purpose.
As there are at present estimated to be
10000 cases Of cancer in the United
States. and the average period of the
duration of the disease from the begin
ming Of its attack and the death Of the
patient is about three years, the great
benefit from cheaper radium can best be
imagined. Physicians and scientists who
have made a study Of the radium treat
ment- advance. from their necessarily
limited experience. the belief that fully
may be cured by radium. provided. Of
course. that the disease Is not already
in its last stages. But a recent report
from the Radium Institute of London
noioS out even greater prospects Tor the
use of this marvellous substance. It
states that out of nearly 900 cases Of ma
lignant cancer treated by the institute
during 1918, so were described as cured
and 1S3 as improved. while there are a
number of cases upon which there Is yet
no report This institute uses radium
only as a last resort
Cancer is not the only physical aiiment
that may be cured by radium- It is ex-
pected to be of great value in the treats
ment of insanity. gout, epilepsy, tubercu-
losis. aneniia and high blood pressure.
4oreQier. when DR.. Richard Moore. the
Evening star., 1914-08-09

What is the period of activity of ra-
dunn"
"In most uranium minerals the amount
of radium present is represented by one
part of radium to three million parts of
uranium. The half life of uranium or the
time within which one-half of any given
quantity of the element will disintegrate
into other materials Is about five billion
years: while ionium. the immediate
parent of radium, has a half-life of
two hundred thousand years and radium
itself a half-life of two thousand years.
Accordingly it will be seen that although
the energy given on by these elements
in ordinary periods may appear mex
haustfble, ii Is not really SO.
Both uranium and radiuna, 1t has been
shown, spontaneously decompose into
definite products. Already seventeen ele-
ments have been positively identified,
which result from the progressive break
ing down of uranium and its decompOSi-
ton products"
How are these different elements
ascertained?' DR.. Parsons was asked
He replied:
others not here enumerated have been
identified and studied almost wholly
through the unprecedented amount of
spontaneous energy they evolve. This
energy Is so intense that 1t is pos
sible to measure the amount evolved
by one fifty millionth of mg., or one
three< thousand-m -millionths of a grain of
radium. and even one-tenth of this
amount can be detected. These figures,
OF course. are in themselves incon-
ceivable. but II piece of >radium as
large as grain of wheat were divided
among the inhabitants of the earth 1t
would not only be easy to determine
whether each individual had his por-
tion, but to measure the radium he
possessed One gram of radium in
equilibrium with its disintegration
products gives of 1873 calories of heat
per hour; or, in other words, sufficient
heat to raise. its own weight of water
from the melting to the boiling point
in approximately three-quarters Of an
hour. During the full life of the ele-
msnt msnt It would. accordingly. yield
3,7O0O00.0O0 calories-an amount Of
heat which II 1t could be controlled
and converted into mechanical energy
without loss would run a ten-horse-
power engine continuously for thirty
years. OF this energy nearly three
fourths is evolved by the decomposi-
ton of the first product of radium.
which is a gas of the helium-arg
group and is known as radium emana- =
tion. It would require half ton of
pure radium to yield a single pint of
this gas. but II obtained no material
is known which would not melt in
stantly IL used as q container.
The energy fro1 these radioactive
Evening star., 1914-08-09

: - |; SS IS
a1ksSIzIl1lk IzlIallkba1tzz===zz. So. By Hsra
THE MIN
We efficient the skrmish lines of
civilization Progress needs them there. calling
for radire brains for narksmen who know the of
the clock.
We're wagng bitter with Time. A modern day is
auable ancient year, because there least three
hundred and sxtyve things accomplish within its pan
We can't prolong Hfe accomplish more with
Eues-
It's impossible stretch hour, but stretch
pouers.
It's necessary do the uDorLds york with notions
and that in feDer moments.
But won't speed don't heed WATCH study, search
for methods simplify complicated systems and
anapliy outputs
Euery piston is taking unnecessary strokes
All wheeLs vasng revolutions -uninteligently
shops offices the earth squandering
steps and energy
The best machines guilty Of extrapagances
which hard enough thinking will reduce by shortening the
of rod here the slide of plane there and the reoua
of cog and bolts necessity
les, in their greater skill, won't comprehend.
Employees everywhere concerned with their particular
division Of labor and don't consider the
of work to be achieved by the organization
Foremen and managers, well stenographers and
clerks jump from desk dip edger each
b. >GM
Evening star., 1914-08-09

"Radium is a recent discovery. and It
1s only in the initial stages of discovery
now, for no one has been able to get suf-
ficient quantities to try extensive expert
ments. When Henri Becquerel, in 1896,
discovered almost through accident that
uranium and its salts possessed the prop
erty of giving off rays that affected a
Photographic plate through material or
dinarily opaque, no one could realize the
effect the discovery was to have upon
our conception of matter. OF course great
interest was aroused, and all kinds of
theories were advanced as to the reason
for these radiations. One theory among
others was that the ores of uranium con
tained new substance with unusual
properties. Prof. and Nine. Curie, work
ing upon this supposition, analyzed with
care the residues from pitch blende ore
used in the extraction of uranium, as
these residues had been shown to be
more radioactive than the ore itself.
After a series of experiments they an
nounced In 1893 the existence of a new
element, which they called radium."
Evening star., 1914-08-09

the public service hospitals. After the
proposed new process is in active opera
ton the cost of radium, which cannot be
procured now for less than $4,000 per
gram, will be reduced from one-haif to
even less than one-third.
This fact has been automatically given
out by the bureau of mines as the result
of the Investigations taken up by them
since the establishment of the bureau to
determine whether and how a supply of
radium might be obtained within the
United States sufficient to answer the
persistent demands from the numerous
hospitals in this country for radium to
use In the treatment Of cancer.
Radium is so rare that in all the world
at present there is probably not over
thirty grams, which in bulk is equal to
the bulk Of a garden pea This scarcity,
OF course. keeps the price soaring in six
figure attitudes, since 1t is valued at over
a hundred thousand times Its weight in
gold
Evening star., 1914-08-09

aait' iaa shr"pstr nn' Ftu ~ f-P,e.
1r a-e ~ Hs4 III
Evening star., 1914-08-09

Seconds saUed dollars earned nowadays Motion
money.
Every subtracted from the performance of task
adds correspondngy to the productivity of the performer.
To find do old thing quickly
the same as doubling the former outfit the job.
new type of manager taking command of affairs
keen, far sighted students who that
well as horse is essential to industrial
Responsible for the conduct of enterprises demanding
thousands OF hands, they estimate gained second the
equivalent of extra operator every sixty
Facing fixed charges of Millions and that the engine
installed yesterday be discarded TOMORROW nay
for unexpected and competent model is of vital
import to extract from the maximum of its uy
while it is yet PRACTICAL
they're racing against the clock which holds fortune
failure its hands. ..!rr2ssS.
10 them it Turn trick at every tick "Watch the
minutes and the hours will take of Themselves"
You stand chance under such you clip
the wings of Time for time not only tells with but tas to-
the man top
Geuera ale n,tn.nx ;ho.,E
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1914-02-27

against the brewing Interest.
Pubic sentiment for na,,o,.I
prohibition - sweeping over ID.
tain sections ut tuy ruuurr,
a prairie tire For Instance
Richmond Nurg,aIuu of Dec.n
Der 10 says. IN regard 10 the Al
ALBANIA senatorial contest. T.
llObSou Underwood rupi,,
shows one thing cuurIu>ue.
That thing u the gluNtu Of H.
prohibition cause Iu AIsban.
and tine carncstuo>~ and de,.,
mluatlun OF It's adurrrut,. H.
der other circumstances. Ipde
wood would get u> heart, d.,..
but the m"ro>t suspicion that
Is "a liquor man, ana that ,
election would IuIugu the lu
uitlon cause has operated 10 b,
sen his chances auu 10 chang
certainly into DOUBT
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1914-02-27
Miss Hobbs EntsrtAins

Miss Mabel Hobbs entertain.
ed number of h,rNuung friend,
At her home lu lup east rul u
town last SATURDAY ryeuIn.
II was an enjoyable occasion aai
tnu>" who attended espresso
themselves as having ,I~u, 5
yriy pleasant evening
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1914-02-27
Church Service

Services viii be- 3D.. Il next So.
day at the Methodist EpISwA
church ~ follows
Sunday School 90 q Is, M
t. ". Dean, Suprrlutendil.
Morning service 40 HOO, d. O.
Epworth League 90 $50, p @.
Evening service 81 Sd. D. %
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1914-02-27
Plums Tor New Mexico

Surveyor general Of NJ
Mexico, LucIu, DIS, Of Ro,Tr
Registers OF hand offices jog.
Burnside, OF SuN,r city tbs
Cruces. Emmett Patton, OF H-
german, at Roswell. Rome T.
Douohor, of TucumcArl, at u
CuuCurl
Receivers of pup.lc none
= T. A>cate, ul la, Cruces 3
Las Cruces " C. Cowan' o
Carlsbad. at Roswell, FeII'
Sonchrz y Bact Cd, santa 10"
al TucumCari
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1914-02-27

Hereafter the pictures at the
picture show will be- ON tine
Nights of Tuesday. Thursday
Saturday and Sunday.
y i. Narbrough has had tine
PAINTERS busy lor the last few
days and as a result his pi .co of
business now presents a neat
appearance.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1914-02-27

Window shades, best ra'
made. 4 ID. FEu~r, success
10 y II Hampton
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-09-14

Editor Seattle Star: | beg to
draw your attention 20 a mislead-
ing and untrue front page statement
published In your paper In the In.
sue Of August rs last. headed
WAR LAYS IT'S CHILLING HAND
ON VANCOUVER" and wherein
you state that tho Canadian Pacific
Railway company had sent half It's
employees to the front TO fight for
England. and that the same railway
company had taken off several OF
It's transcontinental trains
As custodians. TO large degree.
OF the trade and commerce OF this
port. my board feels that the latter
statement especially may. when
copied in other journals. have dam
aging effects on the tourist and
freight traffic which comes to our
city over that line. as well as over
the other lines south OF the border.
The Canadian Pacific Railway com
pany has not laid off single train.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-09-14
KING ALBERT
DRIVES BACK
THEGERMANS

ANTWERP. Sept is.---After
four days marrying OF two
German army corps. which
were trying 20 reach Gen. Won
kIues's forces In Eastern
France. the eelglans are again
within the first line Of the Ant
~erp forts.
The German bod consisted OF a
force OF Landsturmers and 10000
reserve sailors.
They outnumbcred the Belgians
two 10 one. but the latter. under
King Albert's personal lead. attack.
ed tho Germans 30 desperately and
swiftly that they nearly reached
Brussels. The Germans finally
were reinforced. The Belgians re
tired Sunday to reorganixe for n
fresh sally.
German losses were enormous.