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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-25

deposits Of carnotite in Colorado and
Ut..,i Because the carnotite is found
mostly in region where water is scarce,
the Bureau Of Mines has had TO consider
dry rather than wet methods of eoncen-
tration. In other words, the procedure
is of necessity somewhat different from
that praetised in the mining of most
metals
Carnotite, to the uninitiated, looks very
much like yellow sealing wax, and al
though almost all of it is found in this
country it is named in honor of former
President of France, the discovery in
Colorado having been made by French
prospectors and identified by French met
allurgiSts as potassium urano vanadate.
They were most interested in the uranium,
used in making art glass.
Some years later metallurgists discov
cred that vanadium or the oxide of vana
dunn had a peculiarly useful effect upon
s,eel. 1t purged or cleanSed the molten
metal of some of its gases, made it set
tie so that it would pour quietly and pro-
duce a sounder ingot, and, besides gave
TO the steel certain desirable qualities. At
that time all the vsnadium oxide came
from one little corner of South America,
and the steel men had to pay $40 or more
a pound for it. 1t took only little of
the stuff 10 work the miracle in the liquid
steel Here is where the find of those
prospecting Frenchmen gathered a new
significance. They had described carnot
lie as potassium urano vanadate, and some
sharp eyed chemists, looking back through
the French journals, were arrested by that
term "vanadate' They realized that
right here in America vanadium oxide
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-25
One Lone Company's Equipment
Shows the Great Cost of War

compasses, eighty-six 45-calibre revolvers
and twenty-one perseopes of different
kinds.
but those are only few Of the items.
In tins list before me | see under the
heading Equipment c, four crosscut saws,
100 field message books, ten telephone
switchboards, 945 blankets, sixteen BIZ
cycles, 630 service coats, three Macki-
naws, $50 pairs of field shoes, 1875 pairs
of socks, forty-one pounds of smithing
coal, seventy-fve pounds Of nails, 102
pounds of horseshoe nails, $4,000 rounds
of rife ammunition, pens, files, ink, mu-
cilage.
And then Of course We have to lay in
a little horse equipment, such as saddles,
grain bags, lariats, picket pins, surcingles
and horse covers, and l forgot TO mention
half dozen trench mortars and dozen
prismatic compasses, TO say nothing of
fifty wire cutters, some grenade carriers,
signalling rockets, illuminating stars,
and
That's enough for me-" said the civil
ian. II can see where the money goes"
And hope you can see why I'm going
TO be gray headed by the time l get this
condemned headquarters company fully
equipped" said the supply officer. "1f
they don't get it it's my fault, and if they
do get II and lose it I'm the goat again"
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A CIVILIAN present had mentioned
"A in outraged tones that the Presi-
dent had Just signed bill involving ex-
penditures of $4,000, 100000
War seems an expensive luxury" said
the civilian.
You're right said the regimental sup
ply officer Modern war costs money.
DO YOU wonder where the billions go?
You probably don't know what it costs
TO equip q regiment, or even company,
or what the overseas equipment con-
sists of.
Take the headquarters company Of a
modern war strength regiment. That is
the largest company numerically, because
it includes the band, platoon of mes
scngers, ordcries and signalmen, a platoon
of grenade rifiemen and the men who
handle the Stokes mortars, one Founders,
&c. At full strength there are 3lj men
in the headquarters company, 50 1t Is as
big as an old fashioned battalion.
Il have never figured it out, but /
should say 100000 would be conserva-
tive estimate of the cost of fitting out the
headquarters company with equipment
c. which is battle equipment. Suppose
YOU had TO pay the shot for sixteen wrist
watches OF the latest French model, six
teen pairs of field glasses, forty watch
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-25

could be mined. 1t was not long before
vanadium oxide In ample quantities Wa
being turned out in this country, and from
$40 a pound the price dropped to 81.
Up to that time, no one in the United
States had paid any attention whatever
to the uranium content of the ore; in
fact, the uranium bearing residue made
rapidly accommodating dump heaps.
Just when vanadium dropped TO So a
pound and Offered but small profit, the
Austrian Government declared the pitch
blende deposits of Joachimsthal a state
monopoly This was done primarily to
protect Austria's advantage in the glass
industry; the Government wanted to hus-
band its native resources of uranium
Previously certain French and German
establishments had been buying the pitch
blende to extract the radium No Aus
TRAN industry was at that time engaged
in similar work. With their supply OF
pitchblende shut off, foreign chemists were
for the time being aghast; they did not
know where to turn for the raw material
they needed, and they had outstanding con-
tracts to deliver certain quantities of ra-
dunn salts. 1t was then that carnotite
ores doomed afresh as source of wealth.
Tons Handled to Get Few Grains.
During the mining activities of the
National Radium Institute there was a
total production of 900 tons of ore. and
this contained approximately $1,000
pounds of uranium oxide, which with 300
tons of carnotite concentrates brought the
total production up TO about $4,000
pounds of uranium oxide, representing an
equivalent of S.s grams of radium element
This shows how much has to be done in
handling large quantities and great
weights in order to obtain a minute meas
ure of the precious radium salts, bromide
or chloride for the physician or the
scientist
From purely military point of view
radium IS figuring in the present conflict
by providing practically permanently
luminous compounds which can be used to
make certain instruments luminous in
half lights or darkness. The aviator's
compass and the dials and indicators Of
other essential Instruments are TINS lin
mined so that they can be read at all
times. Not only that, but the character Of
the glow Is such that it does not hurt the
eyes or impair the sight even for mo-
ment.
In this respect the radiant compositions
act very differently from the incandescent
electric bulb, which dazzles, no matter how
small. Finally the radio active mate
rails can be depended on; battery or a
generator might fail at critical moment.
Only very, very minute quantity of
radium salts is needed in order TO make
amply luminous a large amount of the
coating material, because radium excites
the emission of visible light from other
substances with which it is mixed. Zine
sulphide, which is cheap, is the base of
most of these so-called phosphorescent
compounds. There are hundreds of SINH
lar services, including the wrist watch,
wherein luminous figures, the movement Of
hands over the faces of dials, &c, guide
when other light cannot be had or would
draw the enemy's fire.
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By ROBERT C.. SKERRETT.

NINE. CURIE, at the instance of
1N1 the French and the Italian Gov
ernments, is about to go TO Italy to inves
tigate certain italian mineral springs as
a possible source of radium. This is the
logical outcome of beneficent work started
by this noted scientist early in the war.
1t was Nine Cure who suggested using
automobiles equipped with photographic
apparatus, and actually organized the nu
cleus of such service. As result, when
the war was only few months old, it was
possible TO locate bullets in the heads of
wounded soldiers, and thus TO facilitate
their extraction. Men were speedily re-
stored to mental and physical vigor who
otherwise would probably have died.
Some five years ago the world was set
agog by the curative virtues attributed to
radium. Many men prominent in the
medical fraternity published the results
of their professional experiences with the
wonder working element, and We seemed
TO be upon the eve of veritable millen-
MUM of healing. Radium was 10 root out
that malignant seourge cancer, which an
nually costs us $4,000 lives. In a variety
of applications it was 10 work other the
rapeutic maryels.
AS one noted surgeon expressed it, the
radiations Of Yadium, acting "like millions
of microscopic knives" were TO transform
the diseased tissues by driving the "an-
archistic (cancer) cells back into the
ranks of the normal cells and make them
do their proper part"
Many Disappointments in Use.
Disappointment there have been. Ra-
dunn has not proved TO be a panacea and
an unfailing substitute for surgery, but
despite the failures it has proved to be
a remedial agent in many directions. 1t
has caused superficial tumors 10 subside
and vanish without leaving the slightest
trace upon the skin. 1t has proved of the
utmost value in diSsipating disfguring
and bampering scar tissues, particularly
those left by wounds and burns. 1t has
been found to speed up the repair and
healing Of hurts that had become persis
tently infected. Too much was expected
Of radium at the start, but wide research
and skiful application are steadily estab-
fishing its unique value as curative aid,
and adding to its distinctive fields of the
rapeutic service.
1t is quite fitting that Madame Curie
should now be called upon TO study the
radioactive character Of Italian mineral
springs, for the world owes 10 her and
her husband the discovery OF the identify
ing isolation of radium from among a
confusion of radioactive substances.
In 1913 radium bromide, purchasable
in exceedingly small quantities, brought
SO per milhgram, and some makers,
claiming greater purify, charged as high
ms 800. Even at $40 per milligram the
price would have been :2,000,000 per
ounce, And this was at time when the
research scientist, the laboratory and
the medical fraternity were excItedly de-
sirous of obtaining infnitestimal guam
t;+;.e IF tbic extraordinary mineral
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-16
EARLHAM IS ALL
SET FOR COMING
CONFLICT HERE
Eight Basketballers in Fight
ing Trim to Meet Franklin
Quintet.

The Earlham basketball squad Is all
set" for the continuation Of the bas
ketball schedule as soon as teams are
able to travel again.
Coaches Lewis and Move, after put
ting the Earlham basketballers through
stiff practice Monday evening, are
confident Of the team making a good
showing in the coming tits. Lewis's
proteges should show the Franklinites
some stiff PAGES in the game scheduled
here next Saturday night, but it is ex.
pected that the Franklin outfit will
make the yellow and white step along
some.
Eight men will probably represent
Earlham in the coming games If each
continues to show the ability he has
been showing under the direction of
Coach Move. The team has been
doped out TO switch players whenever
il is necessary during the game. The
men who may hold forward positions
are Pontius, Brown, Jessup ond Hiatt
center, Edwards and Pitts guards,
SPEEDY" Meeks, Johnson, Pitts and
Pontius.
These eight men Coach Move feels
confident will prove such fast and
well trained combination that it will
take a very last team to push it to
defeat.
Hiatt Probably Out
Coach Lewis announced Monday
that Hiatt will probably be ineligible
for the coming game. Lawler who
has been vaccinated has just reported
for practice. Brown who is usually
the leading forward has not been in
all the practice but Is showing up
well.
The curtain raiser Saturday night
will be between the Richmond 'Y'
second team and the Earlham fresh
men. The "Y" team, although smaller
than the freshmen and COMPOSED of
men that are only about sixteen and
seventeen years old, is fast and show
ed their ability to play circles around
the Earlham squad in the opening
game of the season at the Y. M. G, A.
Manager Pontius of the Earlham
basketball squad announced Monday
that an attempt would be made to
schedule game with the Wabash
"wonder.fire" next Wednesday night
at Charlottesville.
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cided that these monkey tricks must
cease and so the pitchers are to be
held under observance and the first
one trying anything queer will be
chained up under the stands. AS many
Of the A. Il. pitchers are quite depend
ent on shine balls and such strategems
for their continued success the batters
are greatly amused at this new ruling.
The batters point out that they won't
do thing to these birds that made
them so miserable last season, oh, no
The batteTs say they will pick off nice
fat averages slamming the harmless
deliveries of the boys who were such
demons last season. In fact the bat
tiers say the A. A. pitchers will be a
bunch of buns this season. anyway
you look at it.
The A. A. pitchers deny all this, Of
course, but they declare that the new
ruling is a great mistake. They con-
slider that it will make the game unin-
teresting and that most of the club
owners will be sure to lose money
Not that the pitchers care on their
own account, but they hate to see the
game suffer. Very likely the parks
will have to close down in the middle
of the season. Yes, the pitchers feel
that it is all very regrettable and sad.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-16

American Association pitchers will
often feel mournful this year and look
back with longing at last season when
their lives were free and unfettered
For the shine balls and spit balls and
all the other funny business of last
year that made the pitchers happy
and made the batters miss-this sea,
son will he strictly forbidden
That's the way they usually manage
things in the American Association.
They go from one extreme to the
other Last year there was no effort
made to restrain the pitchers and
these latter got away with the rawest
sort Of stuff. Queer deliveries and
freak shoots were SO many and so war;
ious that the batters and catchers
wore bumps and bruises all over their
persons. A pitcher walking out 10
start game would have with him a
complete kit Of sandpaper, emery files,
brass knuckles, blackjacks, or any.
things else that he thought might help
He would then fix the ball to suit his
fancy and dish up some new hops such
as the batter had never seen before
And the umpire never tried tc inter
fere
This year it is all to be quite differ
ent. The Association officials have de-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-16
FRUIT & VEGETABLES
Corrected Daily by Eesemeyers)
Corrected Daily by Eaeemeyers.)
VEGETABLES
SELLING PRICES

Brussel sprouts, 35c: green beans,
scarce; carrots, 3 to SC per pound !;
cabbage 3 to sc per pound; cauliflow-
er Is to Csc per head; dollhouse Gu.
cumber 1Sc; egg plants Is to Csc; koh-
lrabi 10c bunch; leaf lettuce zoe per
pound: head lettuce 5 to zoe per
head; French endive, 75c per pound;
leak, 10c bunch; mushrooms 75c to
S1.0O per pound; onions to sc per
pound; Spanish onions, Sc per pound;
new potatoes, 10c per pound; shallots
Sc bunch; young onions, SC bunch:
oyster plant, 10c bunch; parsley, sc
bunch; mangoes to sc EACH radish-
es sc bunch; squash 10 to zoe each;
spinach 15c per pound; H. H. toms
20 to 35c per pound: turnips 8 to SC
per pound; water cress SC per bunch;
celer..' cabbage, 1Oc per pound.
FRUITS
Apples to Sc per pound; grape
fruit s to 10c; Spanish malaga Csc per
pound, 2 for Csc; cranberries Is to 1Sc
per pound; lemons soc per doz.:
bananas, SC per pound; lines 30c per
doz; Cal pears, for Csc; pomegran-
ates to 10c each; tangerines, 40c per
doz
MlscELLANEoUS
Chestnuts, rs to 40c per pound;
new shellbarks, 10c per h.; black wal
nuts, to sc per pound; eggs. Coo per
doz; strawberries, SOC per pit; butter
cleamery, SIC, country, 4Sc: fry chick.
ems, &c per h.; turkeys, $50; ducks,
32c; Geese, 33c.
PRODUCE
Paying Prices)
Corrected Daily by Eg3emeyer
& Sons.)
Butter-40c; chickens. old, 16c; fry.
ers, 18c; eggs, 48c: potatoes. new.
$3.50
Onions-.Yellow. s3.0o@325; white.
$2.75@3.25 per 100-lb. sack.
Tomatoes-Hothouse 10000 per lb
$165@1.75 per crate.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-16
HACERSTOWN GETS
ONE CAR OF COAL

HAGERSTOWN, Ind, Jan. 16.-Suf.
fering caused by the fuel famine here
was partially alleviated when a car of
coal. received by Teetor-Hartley Motor
Ca. company, was aurned over to re.
tail dealers for domestic use.
Many homes had been cod for sew
eral days as result Of the shortage Of
coal. With the roads still in bad
condition it Is unknown when wood
will be hauled into town by farmers.
The shipment of hogs by farmers
near here Is being held up and it is
believed farmers will suffer great a.
nancial loss as a result.
High school pupils here may soon be
attending Saturday sessions. Superin-
tendent of Schools Collins favors the
plan as outlined by the state council
of defense so that the term may be
ended sooner, giving pupils the chance
to aid In added crop production.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-16
Don't Invite Attack by Sluggish
Circulation

Keeping your blood supply up to
the standard of perfect purity, is like
building an impregnable fortress
around the system, to protect it from
the insidious enemy Of disease. Thus
you are assured Of a strong and Wig
orous vitality that means perfect
health
When impurities creep into the blood
supply, there is a loss of energy,
failing of the appetite, you are easily
tired and find the body weakening
under ordinary tasks, all of which
means that you are losing that strong.
virile, robust vitality that keeps the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-16
Farmers Work Sunday
To Clear Wayne Roads
By McManus

Work of opening up the Wayne
county roads under the direction Of
w. o. Jones, County Road Commits
sioner, Is progressing in a satisfactory
manner.
In many places the snow is FIVE and
six feet deep for 80 and 40 rods.
Road Commissioner Jones said We'd
nesday. "My men worked all day Sun
day but the wind was so strong Sun
day night the snow drifted in such
manner as to make the roads almost
impossible Monday morning.
'The farmers have cooperated with
me in a satisfactory manner and with
in few days I think the roads will
be in good condition unless We have
another heavy SNOW" reiterated Mr..
Jones.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-16
FOUR ARMY MOTOR
TRUCKS GO THROUGH

Four COVER . 1T motor trucks
passed through ERE Wednesday aft
ernoon on their way from Pontiac,
Mich, to the aviation camp at ST.
Louis Four trucks were left at Day
ton, Ohio, on account of the condition
of the roads. ---
On account of the railroad traffic
being congested these specially built
trucks are being used by the govern
ment to haul supplies for the camps
anad cantonments. These are hauling
airplane motors and motor truck
parts.
Lieut.. Texada anad First Sergeant
Morris, who are in charge Of the
trucks, say the roads are almost i'm
passable. In some places the snow
was drifted Is feet deep and 1t took
hours to dig through them.
They started last Thursday from
Pontiac. and they think that it will
take two more weeks to reach st.
Louis.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-16
ADVERTISEMENT
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-16

$6.oo@75o; medium to good feeding
cows, $5.50@7.00: springers. $500
$7.5G@110O.
Hogs Best heav1es. 100 ana up,
$16.5001665; good to choice lights,
$16.50@16.65; medium and mixed,
$16.50@16.65; roughs and packers, $14
@15.75; common to medium lights.
$15.75@16.50; best pigs, $15.50@15.75;
light pigs, $$14.5O@15.25; bulk Of
sales, $16.50@16.65.
Sheep and Lamhs-Good to choice
to medium yearlings, $10@11.00: COM
mon to fair yearlings. $6.0O09.75;
bucks. 100 lbs. 1903: good to choice
breeding ewes, $9.50@$1350: common
to medium spring lambs, $10@16.75;
good to choice spring lambs, $4,000
100.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-16
BASKETBALLINC

Anderson has adopted the slogan,
Get Richmond" when the Richmond
high school basketball five clash with
Coach Stages proteges at that place
Friday night.
The Richmond boys will sure have
to move some as the Anderson aggre.
cation claims the distinction of taking
six straight games from some of the
speediest teams in the state.
Coach Mullins aggregation will still
be handicapped by the loss of Steg-
man, but expect to have him back in
trim in few weeks.
Markley Lahrman a first string man
on the high school varsity" basket
ball lineup will be out of the game as
he left for indianapolis Monday to
take the final examination for the
army.
II the high school boys don't watch
out Garfield junior high school will
be developing a team that will be as
fast as the high school first team.
The Richmond high school second
team is showing some good basket
ball material that ought to give th-
hrst Ave q good workout practice.
Principal Bentley, in 'thoos' talk
before the high school body Friday
called the Richmond basketballers q
good tidley.wink bunch Of players. II
Richmond doesn't get busy and reg
lister a victory soon the basketball
fans will all agree with him. AS it
is there are still great number who
believe that the team will come back.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-16

1t came to Killefer he looked at it and,
seeing that it was slightly roughened,
tossed it to the Los Angeles bench,
calling for another ball. Casey waited
a moment, then tossed another into
play. Boles, who was catching, turn
ed around and said: Did you call
timer" Sure" said Casey grinning
broadly. He hadn't, and the Vernon
players could both have scored had
| they been wise" to the situation
Neither crowd nor players of either
team noticed this lopse of memory on
the part of Killefer.
Emery Titman, Philadelphia's 400
pound fan who was a prominent fig.
ure at the worlds series last fall, is
being sued for $1,000 by John D.
Shibe of the Athletics. the suit grow
ing out of the sale of q yacht. There's
one big crowd the Athletics won't
have next season.
Pat Moran has persuaded President
Baker of the Phillies not to abandon
st. Petersburg, Fla. in favor of South
ern Pines, N. c., as training site.
The Phillies will leave for Florida on
March 20.
Charley Herzog says it would i'm
prove batting If the pitchers were
compelled to cut out all windups It
might help some if the ban were put
on curves too.
The Browns are signing players I'M
der the draft age as we'll as over it.
They have just engaged a pitcher
named Jack Mulcahy from Ell Paso,
who is only 10 years old
1t won't be new experience for Bill
killefer to sign a contract with Char
les Weeghman. 1t was Weeghman
who obtained Bills signature to a Fed
eral league contract during the base.
ball war. Killifer later repudiated
the contract and stuck to the Phillies.
While Mrs. Earl Stephenson, of
Fairfax, VT, was dressing a chicken
recently she found ten-cent piece in |
the gizZard.