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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-05

w 0HEN word came back that the
MAN. advance guard of several
WY thousand American troops the
United States is sending to
France had landed safely at a French
port in splendid condition physically,
ready for the intensive training be-
hind the lines before going to the front.
and that Notwithstanding the crowded
transports there was no Illness aboard.
another laurel was added to the already
distinguished achievements OF the men
Of the United States Army and Navy
medical corps. who stand behind the
man behind the gun and keep him fit
for his work
The efficiency and swiftness with
which arrangements were made for
sending the troops abroad have no
parallel in the history Of warfare.
Never before has military expedition
of the size been assembled. conveyed
and landed without single mishap in
SO short time.
The first contingent of troops to be
sent abroad is composed of seasoned
regulars and marines. trained fighting
men, Some of the men had been doing
service in Haiti and Santo Domingo,
but they were all of superb physique, In
fine fighting trim.
This wonderful feat of the mobiliza-
tion and transportation of the troops
could not have been accomplished
without the daily and hourly work of
the medical force of two arms of the
service The women of America may
have the comforting assurance that
when they send their husbands and
sons forth in the present war
everything known to medical and sur
gical science will be done for their
health by the men of the medical staff
who are second to none in the world
IN point of ability and scientific
achievement.
Surgeon General Goreas Of the army
demonstrated TO the world that the
white man can live ard work in the
tropics and MAINTAIN his health. He
made dAath-ridden Panama an ideal
resort for the tourist. Surgeon Cen
erl BREASTED of the navy was d corated
by the Emperor of Ja-an for his com
prehensive report on the naval med
zeal and sanitary work of the Russo
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100000 persons were vaccinated, and by
October of 1899 there was not single
case known to the military or civil au-
thorities.
Later, Capt Bailey X Ashford discov-
cred hookworm infection on this island
In 1904 he treated 900, 900 patients and
reduced the mortality by 80 per cent
Capt Ashford later engaged in the study
of the cause of tropical sprue in South
America Col. Jefferson R. Kean. as
chief surgeon of the Cuban army of
pacifcation, did splendid service in the
prevention of infectious diseases in that
island. Col. Kean is now director gen.
eral. department of military relief. of
the American Red Cross.
Col. Louis A. La Garde, U. S. A., re-
tired. by his treatise on gunshot wounds
has been of inestimabie benefit to the
soldiers wounded in the present war,
and has been the means of putting many
a soldier back on the firing line.
These are only few of the army
surgeons whose scientific discoveries
and practice have influenced the general
health of the greater part of the world
today, and the navy is equally distin-
guished, in many instances being the
advance guard in hygienic and sanitary
reforms which made possible the sweep
ing destruction of disease.
Surgeon General william C. BREASTED
of the navy, believing that acute and
alert senses and the highest type of
morality and efficiency give the coun-
try the assurance that our first lines of
defense against a foreign foe are held
by clear-eyed men, vigilant and ever
ready to meet their duties, decided that
wines and liquors had no place aboard
ships. The wine mess is now abolished,
and DR.. Braisted in speaking of 1t, said:
Perhaps what should be the most graft
flying recognition of the value of this al
cohol movement has come from the Off
GERS of the navy themselves. There are
very few who do not think and feel that
this courageous step will do more to pro-
mote health and efficiency than any
other one thing. The seamen of today
do not fight as Drake and the buccaneers
of his time fought. when rum washed the
decks of the ship and the seadogs of
that time thought as much of their ca
pacity for strong drink as of prowess with
the sword and cutlass.''
Since his appointment as surgeon gen.
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eral of the navy in 1914 Gen. BREASTED has
done an enormous work in the organiZa-
ton Of the medical department which
meets the needs of the present war.
Some naval writer has called bat
tleship floating diplomat, but wheth-
er on land or sea Surgeon General
BREASTED is said to be the diplomat par
excellence. His assistants say he has
the faculty of making each man under
him feel that without that particular
man the navy would be a forlorn hope,
that the subtlety of his teamwork is
apparent in every reform suggested by
the Secretary of the Navy.
A few months ago, in making an ap-
peal for the navy as special field for
medical work and the possibilities of
the service for men of ability and per
severance, he spoke of a ship. with Its
complement of several hundred men, as
similar to a small town-its water and
food supply. its sewage disposal, light
ing of its pasSageWays and living
apartments. heating and ventilation Of
its living quarters. protection against
epidemic disease. maintenance OF the
general health of the community, gem
eral hygienic and sanitary matters. He
pointed out that almost every question
that arises in a small civilian commu :
nifty has its parallel aboard ship. The
officers aboard represent. in a similar
way. the functions of town officials: the
medical officer represents not only the
board of health of this floating com
munlty, Dut also sanitary inspector anu
the medical adviser and family physi-
clan Even more than this. for the
community in which the navy surgeon
is located moves about over the globe
from one region to another, first deal
ing with a northern climate and then
the most tropical conditions. In all this
he must maintain the health of the
personnel in the highest state of effec-
tiveness.
The young man who enlists in the
navy today. in nine cases out Of ten.
will be better cared for physically than
at home. He is given the most rigid
physical examination: he is suitably
clothed and fed. supplied with heat and
fresh air in his living and sleeping
apartments, drilled in gymnasium
daily. is given all healthful recreation
the ship can afford and when i'll is put
in the sick bay or. If necessary, aboard
the hospital ship.
Owing to the crowded quarters
aboard ship. eternal vigilance on the
part of the navy doctor is necessary.
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BOOKS RECEIVED.

SECOND BASE SLOAN. BY Christy
Mathewson, author of Pitcher Pol
lock-" etc. With illustrations by E.
c. Caswell. New York: Dodd. Mead
& Co.
AMERICAN DRAMATISTS SERIES
WILDERNESS ROSE. By Eve Owen
Cochran. A play in four acts espe-
cially adapted for the use of Ameri-
can historical societies and chapters
of the ID. A. r. Boston: Richard
Badger.
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CITIZENSHIP
BY Arland D. Weeks professor of
education in the North Dakota Ag-
ricultural College. author of TIE
Education of Tomorrow" etc. Chi
cago: A. c. McClurg & Co.
THE STATE AND GOVERNMENT. BY
jeremiah S. Young. PHI. D., professor
of political science in the University
of Minnesota Chicago: A. C. Nc
Clurg & Co.
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with kultur that used explosive bull
lets cost France the life of one of her
most valuable pilots. Another records
the gallantry OF Norman Prince of Bos-
ton, who was decorated with the Le-
gion of Honor while dying, and there Is
a humorous glimpse. In which Sergt.
Lufbery. having won medals. write-ups
and published photographs from down.
from his home town thanking him
for putting Wallingford, Conn, on the
map. The letters are narratively in
teresting, with incidents of how the
American flyers entertain themselves
when not cloud-trailing the boches. and
a final chapter on How France Trains
Pilot Aviators" gives. in reassuring de-
tail. the careful processes by which the
earth -fiedgling is developed into bird
Of wide-spreading wings ready to fly
for France. :.
SPANISH ARCHITECTURE OF THE
SIXTEENTH CENTURY. BY Arthur
Byne and Mildred Stapley, authors
of Spanish Ironwork," etc. New
York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
The purpose Of these writer's in un-
dertaking a study of renaissance arctf-
lecture in Spain is to present a COM
prehensive view of the subject from
such concrete examples of the archi-
tecture OF that period as are within
reach of the student and traveller. To
emphasize still further the objective
character of the study the book is Law
ishly illustrated with units of design
and construction. to set off distinctly
the sixteenth century architecture OF
spa in from that which developed north
of the Pyrenees. The text consists of
historical sketches. Geographic outlines.
descriptions and official summaries of
the various influences contributing sub
stantially to the final achievements OF
Spanish architecture, in both civil and
ecclesiastical life. The book is read
able of generally non-technical
treatment II opens a new outlook
upon the purely Spanish aspect OF arr
chitectural development in contrast to
that Of the more familiar blend OF the
Asiatic and European form of this art.
The big book of $50 pages, with more
than 200 Illustrations. is a storehouse
of well organized. useful information.
THE RUNNING BIRD. By owen John.
Brown & Co.
Readers familiar with the Lawrence
willie Stories" Will know from happy
that the title OF the present
book is merely another idiom of school,
boy slang. The honor of coming tho
phrase goes to the exuberantly youth
full Brian de Boru Finnegan. who, in
his classic account of an exciting base
ball contest. records that the game
was tucked in when Dennis unmuzzled
a hummins bird ra.
The way that Davic did it. and VIVA,
it meant. must be left for the reader
to learn for himself. 1t is too good a
game even TO hint at IN advance. Fin
negan was not an imposing hero when
he first appeared on the prep" school
grounds. AT sight of him. the Gutter
Pup said to Tennessee Shad; Hes
under six inches. Throw him back into
the pond. But Tennessee. who had
the languid southern view" surmised
that the new conner would do to black
shows what an all-around
fine little chap Brian de Boru, etc.
must have been to-but that would be
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that the men. mentally as well as phys
ically. may be always prepared. This
was clearly demonstrated during those
trying days and nights few weeks
ago when the great transports. loaded
with United States troops, were being
conveyed by ships and destroyers
through the danger zone. When the
man behind the gun made IL possible to
land the men In safety the surgeon
made it possible for the gunner to do
his full duty.
The United States Navy boasts of
men like DR.. James Duncan Gatewood.
whose text books on naval hygiene are
authorities in this country and abroad.
He holds the Cuban campaign medal
and badge for his work in that island.
and his work in the insular possessions
OF the United States has brought HIM
recognition the world over. DR.. Gate
woodys one of the few men OF the med
ical profession who have the degree OF
NJ A. conferred by the Virginia Mill
tary Institute. this honor being given
him in 1916.
Dr. Edward Rhodes Stitt, director of
the United States Naval Medical School
in Washington, has an international
reputation through his work on tropi-
cal medicine. bacteriology, blood work
and pathology. His text books are also
Holcomb, DR.. George Holcomb Barber.
director of the Naval Hospital for Tu-
berculosis in Colorado; George Augue-
tus Lung, A. NJ Fauntlero, sent to EN-
rope as observer in the present war;
William Richards Du Bose. Robert
Cathcart Ransdell and other men have
done work of lasting benefit to the
service.
Rudyard Kipling, in addressing D
class of medical students in England,
said:
If you fly a yellow flag over a CEN
ter of population, you can turn II into
a desert If you choose to fly a Red
Cross flag over a desert, you can Turn
it into a center of population, toward
which, as / have seen, men will crawl
on their hands and knees. You can
forbid any ship to enter any port in the
world. If you think it to the success
of an operation in which you are in
terested, you can stop 20,000-ton liner
with her mails in midocean till that op-
GRAFTON is completed"
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7o ORE such a performance pos
NAU sible, the autobiography Of
\VNV a bean, genealogical par
" ticulars being given in de-
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THE BANKS OF THE COLNE. By
Eden Phillpotts. author of odd Del
abole," etc. New York: The Mac
milan Company.
a "Old Delabole" is the romance
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Cnlna" the of the
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-15

Ambassador Moan presented Presi-
dent Wilson an autograph letter from
the recently inaugurated president of
Argentina.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-15
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
COMMITTEE MEETS TODAY
Leaders From All Parts of the Coun-
try Are Arriving in New York.

New York, Jan. Il - Republican
leaders from all parts of the country
began arriving here today to attend
a meeting of the national committee
tomorrow. Several informal prelimi-
nary conferences were held, one of
them at the home of Oscar S. Straus,
former progressive candidate for gov
erpor of New York. Those who met
with Mr.. Straus included William r.
Wilcox, national chairman: Governor
Whitman of New York; Governor
Beeckman of Rhode Island, and James
a. Hemenway.
1t was learned that one of the ques-
tions to be considered at the meeting
tomorrow will be the appointment of
former progressives on the executive
committee. Chairman Wilcox has en-
dorsed this plan on the ground that
progressives should be shown the
open door policy of the republicans
was not merely for campaign pur-
poses.
Will s. Hayes, Indiana state chair
man. VINO arrived tonight. emphatical-
ly denied a report that he aspired to
succeed Mr.. WILCOX as chairman of
the committee.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-15
POLITICAL PARTIES TO HAVE
OFFICIAL IDENTITY RESTORED
BY Decision of Attorney General
Woodbury. fo New York.

Albany, y. Y, Jan. 14.-Members of
the national progressives, the Ameri-
can, the Independence league and the
socialist labor parties, which lost their
official identity in the state last No
vember by their failure to poll 10. 600
votes, will be permitted to have their
names and party affiliations indicated
in enrolment books, Attorney General
woodbury. holds in an opinion made
public tonight.
The decision gives the vote of these
parties as follows: Progressive 1869.
American 2,265, socialist labor 3487.
independence league $685.
Because of the loss of party identity
members of these parties will not be
permitted to participate in primaries
this year. However, election officials
in several parts of the estate are ad-
vocating the enactment of legislation
which would allow the members of the
extinct parties to re-enroll in one of
the remaining parties, thus saving
their primary privileges
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-15
CONFERENCES HAVE BEEN
SATISFACTORY TO MEXICO
Men Connected WITH the Provisional
Government So Assert.

Mexico, City. Jan. 14.-Men high in
the councils of the provisional govern
ment and in close touch with the inter
national situation state that the re-
suit Of the conferences beween the
Mexican and United States commits
stoners has been most satisfactory to
Mexico. These men. who have had an
opportunity to become acquainted
with reports and communications fur
nished to the heads of the fovernmert
at Queretaro. say it is certain that
President Wilson is now handling the
situation personally. They declare
tSat the conference results came not
SO much through an appeal to interna-
tional law. by Mexico as through the
Invocation Of the rights of civilized
people and an appeal to justice.
1t is stated autlloritative1y that be-
fore the results of the conference were
reached manifesto was prepared to
be presented to the Mexican nation
giving an outline of the situation
should the result have been unsatis-
factory to Mexico. 1t is thought now
that within a short time a report will
be made to the Mexican people giving
the facts of the conference which have
been adjudged favOra BILE.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-15
PHYSICIANS SAY HE is IN NO
DANGER
VISITED BY HIS MOTHER
Mrs. Copiey Thaw Was Very Much
Affected by Her Sons Condition
Tells Him Not to Worry, That She
Will Take Care of Him-ProbabIy
Will be Out in Two Weeks.

Philadelphia, Jan. 14.-Mrs. Copley
Thaw, mother of Harry K Traw, who
IS recovering at a hospital here from
self-infiicted wounds arrived here to-
day and took rooms at the hospital
directly above those occupied by her
son. Thaw is still in a stupor and
weak from the loss of blood and his
mother was allowed to see him for only
a brief period. She seemed very much
affected by her sons condition but
physicians assured her that he was in
no DANCED and that they expected him
to be able to leave the hospital within
two weeks. Don't worry. Harry" she
told him; '1ll take care of you"
Refused to Discuss Indictment.
Mrs. Thaw refused to discuss the in
dictment against Thaw charging him
with kidnapping and assaulting Fred
Ierick Gump, Jr., the 10 year old Kan
saS City youth. Frank Johnston of
New York, one of Thaw's attorneys,
the part of the family to prevent his
removal from the jurisdiction of the
courts of Pennsylvania, or "to obstruct
anything that District Attorney Swami
of New York thinks ought to be done
with Thaw-" He added that the farni-
Iy would be willing to have Thaw kept
in restraint if 1t was found that "any-
thing is radically wrong with him.
Mr.. Johnston said he had no fear of
Thaw's escape from Matteawan be-
York authorities. THAT is a closed in
cident,'' said Johnston. "A jury found
Thaw sane; he was released on $685.
600 bail while an appeal was being
taken, bat the appeal was dropped and
Thaw was absolutely free"
Extradition Papers.
William H. Black, assistant district
attorney, and Leonard A. Flood, lieu
tenant of police of New York, arrived
here today from Harrisburg with ex-
tradition papers for the return to New
York of Oliver A. Brewer on the charge
of conspiracy to kidnap in connection
with the Gump case.
Brewer. who is in Jail here, proba-
bly, will be surrendered to the New
York authorities tomorrow. His coun-
sci is to appear in common pleas court
for argument on his application for a
writ of habeaS corpus tomorrow, but
as District Attorney Taulane said the
granting of the extradition papers un-
doubtedly would nullify the habeas
corpus proceedings.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-15
RUSE TO BRIGHTEN OFF
GERMAN SUBMARINES
A Wooden Cannon Fashioned From a
Spar.

Boston, Jan. IA wooden can
non, fashioned from a spar and equip
ped with smoke bombs and detonat-
ing caps, was used by Captain Bullen
of the British steamer Herschel, in
bringing his ship safely through a
German submarine zone off the Irish
coast, according to the officers of the
steamer, which arrived here today from
Cardiff, Wales.
The officers stated that warnings of
the presence of submarines in the
transatlantic steamship lane reached
Captain Bullen at Cardiff and he fit
ted up the dummy gun before leaving
port. Upon receiving additional ra-
dio warnings after sailing. Captain
BuIlen ordered the deck cleared as if
for action and the 'gun" was mount
ed and manned.
Smoke bombs and decorating caps
were exploded at frequent intervals
to convey the impression that the crew
was engaged in target practice. Al
thought no submarines were sighted.
Captain Bullen declared that he be-
lieves his ship passed over some be-
ca use of the thick scum of oil which
covered the water.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-15
CONFESSED THAT HE
KILLED MONA BYRON SIMON.
Weldon n. Wells Shot Her in a Room
in a Hotel at Columbus.

Columbus, O., Jan. 14-Weldon H.
Wells, former Kansas City brokers'
clerk, tonight confessed to County
Prosecutor r. p. Duncan that he shot
and killed Mona Byron Simon in a
room in a hotel here last Thursday
night. His statement, according to
the authorities, says he killed the girl
in self defense. Wells, who was ar
rested in Huntington, Ind, early Sat
urday morning, arrived here tonight in
custody of local police.
The body of Mona Simon was dis
covered Friday noon in hotel room
which had been occupied Thursday by
a man registering as &c. V. Van Brunt,
of Chicago
While police were sending broastcast
notices for the arrest of ivan Brunt,' -
Weldon H. Wells was arrested in
Huntington, Ind, on an embezzlement
charge, made against him blythe Kan
sas City police. He told The police
he had been at the Columbus hotel
under the name of Van Brunt and the
Columbus authorities Were notified.
In his confession tonight, the au-
thorities say, Wells states that he
quarreled with the git in his hotel
room and that her taunts led to a
fight, that she threatened him with a
razor and he shot her.
Two razorS and a revolver with one
empty chamber were found among
Wells effects.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-15
CONVENTION OF UNION
OF HEBREW CONGREGATIONS
Warned of Danger of tuberculosis by
DR.. Alfred Meyer

Baltimore, Nd, Jan. 14-Dr. Alfred
Meyer of New York, a leading author
ity Tuberculosis, in an address to-
day a ia meeting in connection with
the convention of the Union of He
brew Congregations, said that unless
necessary precautions were taken
there was great danger of tuberculosis
being increased in this country by i'm
migrants at the close of the war.
DR.. Meyer said he had been in
formed by Ambassador Gerard that in
Germany the number of cases of tu-
berculosis had increased 300 per cent
In France, he said, thousands of
soldiers have been sent back from the
trenches suffering from pulmonary dis
ease, while in Belgium the conditions
were frightful
Extraordinary precautions, he con-
tinued, must be exercised when the
war was over if those who have be-
come impregnated are to be prevented
from disseminating the disease here
and 1t behooved the officials in all
ports of entry on the Atlantic seaboard
to be vigilant.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-15
WARNING BY FEDERAL
FARM LOAN BOARD
Of an Attempt to Control All the
Bonding Business.

Washington, Jan. IA circular al
legged to have been sent by the Ma
tionaI Surety company of New York
to all It's agents, suggesting that they
treasurer of farm loan organizations
to be organized to obtain loans from
farm LOAF banks and thereby surely
control all the bonding business" was
made public today by the federal farm
loan board with a reply thereto by
George w. Norris of the board to w.
B. Joyce, president of the company.
In his reply Mr.. Norris character
ICES the circular as "a sordid appeal
to the crTpidfty of its recipients
amounting TO .tan attempt to prosti--
tute the act to purposes of personal
gain" and expresses the hope that Mr.
Joyce viii disown it.
The circular, issued under date of
Jan. and purporting to be signed by
the superintendent of the federal farm
loan department of the company, fol-
lows:
I'VE learn today that one man is to
be selected as secretary -trea asurer of
all the farm loan associations in each
county.
This being true. it will create an
'Tf this proposition attracts you
there is little doubt but what you can
secure the position if you organize
Immediately and ask your friends in
the banks to recommend you to the
farm loan board at Washington. You
could then surely control all the bond
Ing business
The bonding business to be trans
acted, board officials said, would in
volve the bonding of officials of the
various banks and officials of thous-
ands of farm loan associat tons
groups of farm borrowers-to be or
ganized throughout the United States.