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Evening star., 1917-04-08

Special Correspondents" of The Star.
PARIS March %, 1917.
= HAVE just visited an old friend of
II before the war. a victim of German
II poison gases. He is French army
x doctor of the front who breathed
them in a frst-aid operation which he
dared not stop, so he is invaded: but
before telling the experts story here
is what common French soldiers feel
and say about the most insdious and
dreaded plague of the war.
You remember the green fog" which
surprised and killed so many French
near Ipres in the earlier part Of the
war? 1t was squirted from a system
of tubes extending several miles along
the German front. when the wind was
blowing right to carry it to the French.
1t caught them unawares being vlo-
Ia ation of an express article OF Inc
Hague convention; but much has hap
pened since. There are now gas waves
and gas shells, too.
y i;
I have a friend on the Chalons front
(not the doctor, though l saw him at
the same time of this visit. Starting
as corporal ana promoted 10 ieuteiidHt'
he says that, except in great offensives.
gas is dreaded more than shells, gre
nades, torpedoes or sniping. Once, not
long ago. an emission of new gas killed
or disabled thousands.
1t was the rotten egg" gas, as vic
tins called it. This boy was riding
toward the front in a closed automobile.
Suddenly his chauffeur (outside) turned,
grimaced and held his nose, in panto-
mime c. made him stop, put on
his mask and start again. Half mile
on they found two soldiers. without
masks, unconscious, in the road They
dragged them into the closed auto and
continued. Around a bend they came
on two officers and a chauffeur. equally
without masks Git was two miles be-
hind the 'front.', dazed and incapable
They pack two into the closed auto,
with the soldiers and a cylinder of
compressed air sizzling, while c.
masked the chauffeur and held him on
the front seat. AS they rushed out of
the zone they met four others, whom
they simply could not take. 1t was
dull, damp day, with faint wind from
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The Most lmgidEous and Dreaded Plague of the War

tear off their masks. In deep trenches
and holes the gas sinks low and col
lects thick. The masks of wounded
men who can't crawl out get satu-
rated with the poison. Even men with
light foot wounds may die of gas. This
is why the rescue apparatus was in
vented. The wounded must be rescued
from gas; they cannot rescue them
selves"
What about new poison gasesT"
asked.
You cannot TELL" he said. "At the
commencement the great emissions of
gas from systems of tubes carried to
US by the wind were terrible, but we
have learned. SO far, to meet them.
There is warning. Men put on their
masks. There are filters for refugees.
etc. Earth filters are perfect-air goes
through and the bad gas sticks. Will
new poison gases be invented by the
Germans? There is no limit to labora-
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most mysteriously affected. Brought
to nearby hospitals, partially uncon-
scious. they seemed to recover rapidly
Lying fiat in their cots, they slipped
nourishment and passed the night COM
fortably. In the morning they de-
clared themselves cured. They would
slip out of bed to wash their hands
The moment they were on their feet
they swayed, staggered and fell dead.
The sudden acceleration of heart action
in standing position made the signal
for this inhibition or blood-clotting.
l have all this from soldiers, not from
army doctors. In this story there may
be here and there technical mac
curacies or omissions on purpose; they
cannot be expected to inform their
enemies. by way of their friends, can
they? And up to here no specialist is
quoted, anyway.
With this we arrive at DIR. A. E. Neil
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ditef SuCH passage, OT IL DcCoHleS d law
without his approval.
The legislature of the territory con-
sists of a senate and house elected by
the people. There are eight senators and
sixteen representatives selected Srom the
four judicial divisions. They meet at
Juneau every two years, and the length
of the session is limited to sixty days.
They can make certain laws regarding
the territory, but all of these acts can
be modified by Congress. The legisla-
ture can make no provisions as to the
game, fish and fur products of the
territory, nor as to the establishment
and maintenance of the schools. All of
these are under the control of Con-
gress. as are many other matters es-
pecially designated. The territory can
not bond itself, nor can any of the
towns borrow money such. The
taxes for territorial purposes levied in
any one year are limited to l per cent
of the assessed value of the property,
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lon, husky mountaineer of Alpine Chas-
seurs. six citations, Legion of Honor.
Cross of War, military medal, tech
nician of gases and air cures, who has
helped to save thousands and himself
twice victim of the insidious poisons
which he knew so much about.
Americans who know Pau and Cau-
terets will remember the rich Mellon
family, proprietors of string of ho-
tells, and DIR. Mellon, one of the sons,
high specialist at Cauterets of chemical
hot baths and inhalations of healing
vapors of the earth from mountain
cracks in the PyrenneS.
They got me twice." he says. Both
times while we were in the Somme.
Gas shells, yes. There was such a
quantity of shells exploding and so
much to do, l did not pay enough at
tention. When there's so much sulphur
and various odors from explosions and
what-not waited into a medical post
that it is impossible to pick out poison
gas. Going and coming. we wear the
mask continually, but when you have
delicate work to do on a suffering
man you've got to see clear and have
the finesse of your hands. and you lift
your mask little and breathe what
ever atmosphere there is. Well. the
enemy threw poison-gas shells mixed
with the Others
He stopped to breathe.
l waited. Can you see the picture?
The front medical post, with everybody
masked, stretcher bearers, aids. cart
pushers, ether givers, the wounded
themselves and only the operating doc
tor lifting up his mask to see clear as
he takes up an artery.
That time it was not much more
than bronchitis and enteritis. and had
a strong constitution, so it disappeared
rapidly with few injections of the
remedy. 1 could not ask him to disclose
the nature of the remedy. All Will
be told after the war. At present even
the medical journals are not always ac-
curate.
You were invalided?" I asked.
'Oh. yes, but not for long"
You suffered"
"Oh, yes. There were bad Sunoca-
tions, but they ceased.
o, DO :. o you Ss know row, what kind ,0f poison
NO. In such a miX-up of NaporS
there might have been several kinds.
The remedy is good for several kinds.
He had his collection of masks
brought. He regards it as precious. 1t
includes all the varieties of the four
principal types of masks used. from the
first terrible surprise. when the French
had to lmprovise, analyze and seek NJ
ters, when each new poison III the air
you breathe was new
The first was no mask at all, but just
band to fit over the mouth and nose.
through which to breathe, it being tied
tight behind the head. Containing
three layers Of gauze. each saturated
with a different chemical, each turned
different color when impregnated with
this or that poison gas. and when the
color reached a certain depth of tone
the gauze layer had to be changed So,
by the various tints you could get an
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former of 500 beds each, the latter of
$50 beds each. The full equipment of
each hospital of the larger size costs
about S25.0O0. exclusive of linen, hos
pital garments, etc. The Red Cross
depends upon the women of the coun-
try to provide the latter. at a cost of
$4,000 for each army base hospital
and $4,000 for each navy hospital.
This extra equipment includes blan-
kets and linen. hospital garments, sur
gical dressings, bandages and like ap-
pliances for the sick and wounded. Now
this is what the new committee is sup
plying, and there are materials in hand
to supply one base hospital good
beginning, but only a beginning. There
is work for all sorts and conditions of
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patterns provided by this headquar-
ters. They are packed in regulation
boxes filled with a regulation quantity
of supplies. There are eight classes of
boxes, each holding a different class of
supplieh, and individuals or clubs may
supply materials for any class of box
desired. or they may undertake to fill
a box of a certain class. or to fill
number of boxes. Box No. l, for in
stance, contains assorted surgical sup
plies of every kind needed in base
hospital. Box No. 2 contains complete
equipment for a given number of pa
tentS and costs approximately Slo for
full equipment for each patient Box
No. contains doctors and nurses oper-
ating equipment, in gowns, caps. sheets.
etc Box No. 4 contains bandages of
up in packages containing one-hah and
one dozen of each. Box No. contains
sheets. pillow cases, towels and wash
cloths Box No. has pajamas, con-
valescent gowns. bed shirts, socks. etc.
Box No. : contains oakum pads and
fracture or splint pillows. and box No.
s is filled with miscellaneous supplies
such as shoulder wraps. handkerchief.
table napkins and comfort bags. Each
base hospital of 500 beds requires in all
eighty-five of these boxes. which gives
an idea of the work before us.
"All who are interested will gain a
fair idea of the requirements of a base
hospital if they attend the dedication
of the new national Red Cross build
ing to be celebrated in Washington on
May IL. At that time there will be ex-
hibited the full supply for a base hos
pital, every detail of the work to be
fully illustrated. The contents of each
box furnished by women will be placed
on view. At that time there will also
be a mobilization of women who have
taken part in the work of the Red
Cross. The time has come when all
women should realize that the nation
depends upon their help.
YES" said Miss Boardman, in an
swer to question, this is the first
private house given by any city in the
United States for Red Cross supply
station. The Mather house, in Cleveland
was given for general Red Cross work.
and an estate in New York loaned "A
house for classes in Red Cross work. a
great many people have offered houses
for hospitals, but they are not practical
for that purpose We do need. how
ever, spacious houses, such as this,
where the Red Cross supplies of city
can be stored and packed and which
can serve as a headquarters for the
war relief work"
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swear in such deputies as are needed.
He Is limited, however, as TO ms eN-
penses, and has to write or telegraph
to Washington as to all extra charges.
The police machinery is bad. and 1t is
due only to the high character of the
citizens of Alaska that the territory
keeps as good order as any part o, 'he
United States. l doubt whether we nave
any towns that have SO fe" crimes IN
proportion to the population. No one
thinks of locking his door of night.
and the windows are seldom fastened
when one leaves the house Even
among the miners gold dust is IRE
ouently left stored away in can or
some other receptacle under the table,
and considering the vast size OF the
territory the crimes are comparatively
few.
When crimes are committed, however
the restrictions as to expenses ana 1he
smallness of the force often enable the
perpetrators to escape without PUNISH
ment l have before me copy OF the
Alaska Dispatch, giving list OF tweh-
ty-five murders which have occurred
within the past decade. whose perpe-
traitors We're neither hung, shot nor
brought to judgment. The paper says
that the criminals in every case could
have been convicted if the marshalS
had been allowed sufficient funds for
securing the evidence. 1t gives the de-
tails in a number of cases, and espe-
cially treats of the disappearance OF
Deputy Fish Commissioner Irwin, who
went out to investigate case of ille-
gal fishing and never returned. 1t re
fers also to two prospectors who were
murdered in the Chandlar about SIX
years ago. The body of one of them. Il
man named Smith. was unearthed and
brought to Fairbanks by the marshal
on a dogsled. The government at Wash
ington objected to paying the expenses
of the dog team and refused to allow
any funds to make a search for the
body of the partner or to investigate
the murder.
In striking contrast with such ad-
ministration is the work of the Cana
dians just across the international
boundary. They are ready to spend
without limit for the detection of
crime. and the mounted police are so
efficient that it is said that no murderer
of the Yukon territory has ever es-
capped.
In this same connection. the Alaska
police laws are deficient, in that the
territory has no means of taking care
of it's needy poor. The marshals can
deal only with criminals or sus-
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different chemical liquid or conrbina-
tion, to filter all known poison gases up
to recent date.
Soldiers used to be careless about
their masks" said DR.. Mellon, but
they are careless no more. All have
their standard masks. furnished by the
army only, which they must carry. have
inspected frequently and kept in condi-
ton. All stretcher bearers have extra
masks for emergencies, and bags or
cylinders of oxygen for wounded men,
who, struggling, tear off their masks.
In deep shelters, where telephonists
and machine-gun operators must hold
the fort in spite of gas, the windows
or trapdoors themselves are masked
with filter layers of five liquids"
He spoke of remedy apparatuses
proof against the thickest vapors set
Ting in deep trenches and underground
shelters. They seem to be great bags,
full of medicated air or laughing gas
or what you please-I may not give its
name. Suspended from rescuers' shoul-
ders, they have several rubber-tube
mouthpieces for victims to suck on
while being led or dragged out.
He spoke of gas shells. sudden,
brutal
"Dangerous?" 1 asked, because we of
the rear have an idea that isolated
shells cannot contain enough compress
ed gas to do great damage.
-, Mortally dangerous. he answered.
Il was cured and at work. One day
was experimenting a necessary little
building of Sandbags in trench en-
trance. Some one had to do it. Sud-
denly squall of shells fell all around
u.s. One burst in the pile of sandbags
with the noise OF a failure. l thought
it had just fallen and refused to explode
said: 1 am safe. 1t does not burst And
foolishly stayed a few minutes till
the squall was over. Then l began to
shower of new gas shells with just
enough explosive power to spread the
gas and mixed with high-explosive
shells to disguise them
You coughed?"
Il coughed for four hours, always
worse. and then the coughing stopped
and I began to suffocate. The suffoca-
tions. fever and headache continued
Oxygen? Yes Remedy vapors? Certain
ly. And, especially. hypodermic inJec-
tions of certain substances. / was con-
graduating myself that l had no flow
of blood from the lungs. when hemor-
rhages of the intestines began. During
the first month III hospital had five or
SIX crises Of suffocation per day OF. say,
half an hour each A bad business
He thinks the gas did not get past
his lungs into the blood. but he rlust
have swallowed some into the stomach
and doubtless the lungs are touched.
cident to save his life, not having
realized what he was breathing
who die stiff" / asked.
'All the wounded, practically. who
happen to be without their masks
when gas shells fall mixed with other
shells. sudden and unexpected. but the
men and officers are wary owadays.
Wounded men sometimes instinctively
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m HERE is handsome yellow
gray house on Massachusetts
avenue whose gracefully round
q ing windows pIeasantIy over
look Dupont Circle. Within recent
weeks this western bay window has
taken upon itself the insignia of the
American Red Cross. which tells 4
story.
This house was until recently the
Washington residence of Herbert
Wadsworth: today it is the headquar-
ters of the District of Columbia Chap
ter of the American Red Cross, and in
It's transforma ton it has the distinc-
tion of being the first private residence
in the United States to have been
turned over by its owner to a city for
use in Red Cross work
Two months ago the Wadsworth
house was q beautiful home filed with
the appointments which beSpeak luz
ury and ease: today the great cham
bers and halls are stacked with hos
pital supplies and long tables are sur
rounded by women cutting out and
basting hospital garments and rolling
banda ges, while the former library,
overlooking the circle, now re-eChoeS
the sound of clicking typewriters, for
II is the office headquarters of the
chapter.
Nearly every womar's club in Wash
ington has become a war relief organ
liza and is working for the cause.
This relief work is practically all con-
nected with the Red Cross, the arm Of
national relief authorized by Congress
and that on which the army and navy
rely in time of war. The Wadsworth
house is the headquarters for all local
Red Cross activity.
Never before in the history of the
country have the societies OF the vari-
Gus branches of the military service.
with those of civil relief. come together
in a close and common bond of union.
but the great world war has proved
itself the touch OF nature which has
made all womankind kin. whether con-
nected with army, navy or the innu-
merable organizations OF women from
the ranks of civil life. All are working
together toward the end of prepared
ness to meet the eXigencies Of war. rs
they affect the men who have gone to
fight. The nation relies in an i'm
portant measure upon this effort of
women all over the country for the
care of its men and boys who become
sick or are wounded in war.
The name of the society in which
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all these organizations are united for
war relief work is 'women's volunteer
aid committee of the District of Column
hia Red Cross" The active chairman
of the committee is Miss Mabel T.
Roardman Its honorary chairman is
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Wife of the
President. Its honorary vice chairmen
are Mrs. Newton u. Baker, wife of the
Secretary of War, and Mrs. Josephus
Daniels. wife of the Secretary of the
Navy. Both of these women are active
chairmen of the united service COM
mittee which comprises the women of
the Army, Navy. Marine Corps and
public health service. and works a
subcommittee of the newly formed or
ganization.
This Washington organization for
war relief, numbering many thousands
o. women. spranS into existence a lit
tie more than month ago. When the
war cloud first threatened to break
over the land the Red Cross sent out
a call to the women OF Washington to
come together in mass meeting to
determine what each was to do in the
event of war. More than Il thousand
women responded. many of them dele
gates sent to represent organizations
of the District of Columbia. If all the
members of organizations represented
had been present the attendance would.
nave numbered nearly 10000 women.
Miss Boardplan presided over the meet
ing and told the women what work the
country needed of them and asked
each to do her part by sending in a
statement of what she felt she could
best do, for the benefit of the cause
The women of the Army Navy and
Marine Corps. at the meeting We're
represented by Mrs. Hugh l.. Scott.
Mrs Theodore Richards and Mrs.
Nary NJ North spoke for the Women's
Relief Corps. and Mrs f u. Oden-
heimer for the United Daughters of the
Confederacy. Mrs. Court Wood rep
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You know something about the mo-
bile base hospitals which the military
relief department of the Red Cross has
organized and equipped during the past
two years in preparation for war.
There are twenty five of these hospitals
for the army and five for the navy, the
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tary of the womens volunteer aid COM
mittee is Mrs. John Mclaughlin and she
is in constant attendance at Wads-
worth house and in touch with every
feature of the work of the committee.
Said Miss Boardman in a recent talk
concerning the new work:
The Coconino sun., 1917-02-02
MRS. HENRY ALBERS
 ENTERTAINS AT BRIDGE

Mrs. Henry Albers gave a series of afternoon bridge parties which proved quite delightful affairs for those in attendance.
 Saturday and Tuesday were the days selected for the guests and after enjoying bridge for few hours. the ladies were refreshed by a most appe- tizing lunch served daintily in two courses. TS@
 Mrs. Albers guests included Mrs. F. s. Breen Mrs. George Rabbit, Mrs. J. P Wilson, Mrs. Dillman, Miss Mar garet Murray, Mrs. T. J. Riordan, Mrs. J. D. Jackson, Mrs. Wm. Mullen, Mrs. M. G. Fronske, Mrs. John Francis, Mrs. Katherine McMillan, Mrs. John Lind, Mrs. W. F. Griffin, Mrs. E. E. Rosenberry Mrs. c. P. Heisser, Mrs. Wm. Reid, Mrs. W. W. Smith, Mrs. E.. H. Wheat, Mrs. Harry Lathrop, Mrs. John Adams, Mrs. c. D. Thorpe, Mrs. Felix Manning and Mrs F. N. Noble.
The Coconino sun., 1917-02-02

good earnest. Wednesday morning
 they held "pep" meeting during the
 assembly period and convinced every
 student beyond the shadow of a doubt that their education would not be complete without copy of this first and famous year book. Many snappy talks were made by students and faculty members and the Juniors be- came enthused enough to lead in a yell. This undertaking is an immense one and is the pioneering step in this direction in this school. The institu- tion, however, is blessed with senior class that can put it through and backed by student body that will support it to the finish.
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY
 Marian Hall

Sunday service at Il a. m. Subject, "Love."
 Golden Text: Romans 5:5. The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
 Sunday school at 10 a. m.
 Wednesday evening service at 800 o'clock.
 All are cordially invited to attend these services.