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The Sun Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For eastern New York, showers IA.
day; tomorrow fair and cooler; fresh
south winds. s'"
For New Jersey, showers to-day; IA.
morrow probably fair and cooler msS.
crate to fresh southtrly winds ''Ou'
For northern New England shower, q,
gay In west and tonight In east pos
ton; tomorrow fair, cooler in u pV,'
showers In east portion; moderate sour
For southern New England, shower, =,
DAY; tomorrow clearing, with shower, ~
east portioni moderate south winds
Eor western New York, showers and
cooler to-day; tomorrow fair and Soo dnu
WASHINGTON. Sept. 2i.-The n,aa.
west depression Of Saturday night ~.
moved slowly eastward maintaining Il,
from Texas to western Ontario wTb , ,ht
principal centre of disturbance over tbs
later nI section. It Is followed by general
anu oecloed rise in pressure and a fall in
temperature that ranged from ten 70 ,h,r,nn
degrees over the Mississippi and Missnngy
valleys, the plains States and the Roctv
Mountain region, so that Temperature ~.
night over these sections range from 70,
degrees to twenty-five degrees below ~
seasonal average, the greatest departur.
S Ss,ns s IN My9hminns' In the Atlantic ana
Ihere were general and as a rule hssr,
showers over the upper lake and western
IoweT lake regions and the central valleys
ana lighter showers in the eastern low,
lake region, the southern States ~.
plains States and Wyoming. Elsewhsrs
the weather was fair. There will NJ
showers Monday from the upper Ohio VAL
icy and lower lake region eastward. eon.
tinuing Tuesday in eastern New EneisnA
but followed by fair weather to the west.
ward In the South there Will be loci
showers Monday and Tuesday, while IN
the upper lake region and the lower Ohio
valley the weather will be generally fair
~ Will be cooler Monday east Of IN.
mississippi River except near the Atlanta
coast ana the extreme south and cool
weather VIII prevail generally on TUESDAY
east OF the Mississippi River except near
the south coast.
Observations at United States weath,,
Bureau stations taken at p Yesterday
seventy-fifth meridian time: ''O'''
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Money Wanted to Bind Us to the
League Of Nations.

Under date of August 9, 1919, the
subjoined telegram was sent from this
city, by way of Newark, Ohio, to A. H.
Kelsey, president Of the American
Protective Tariff League, who was
then in Atlantic City:
American people must be reached
Immediately with true significance
League of Nations and its necessity
in present very grave world crisis.
Great educational campaign neces-
sary. VIII you Join ninety-nine
others give one thousand dollars
each to League Enforce Peace, WILL
IAN HOWARD TAFT president Bush
Terminal Building, New York;
GEORGE w. wIcKERsHAM, CLEvE-
LAND H. DODGE, ALTON B. PAR
KER, JACOB H. ScHHF, Herbert
HOUSTON. Treasurer Financial
Committee"
To this appeal Mr.. Kelsey re-
sponded with spirited American neg
alive. THE SUN reprints the telegram
to-day because 1t is of great interest
when put alongside another request
for money which came from the same
organization on Saturday:
"Crisls at hand will determine
whether America joins League of Ma
tions or forsakes Allies and negot-
ates separate peace with Germany.
Vote for any reservations may re-
quire resubmission and endanger
treaty. Will you Join ninety-nine
others in giving $1,000 each to
League to Enforce Peace. WILLIAM
H. TAFT president. for immediate use
in arousing the country to demand
prompt ratification in form that will
not send treaty back for further ne
gotiations and delay world pacifica-
tion2 Matter very urgent.
GEORGE w. wIcKERsHAM. CLEvE-
LAND H. DODGE, OSCAR s. STRAUs,
VANCE MCCORMICK. HERBERT S.
HOUSTON. Finance Committee
League to Enforce Peace"
Two interesting reflections are in
spired by the repetition this month
by the League to Enforce Peace o.
it's August drive for cash in larg,
quantities. One Is that the maipte
nance Of the league Is mighty expen
sive. The other is that Presiden
WILSON'S swing round the circle IL
behalf of his treaty Of peace and 1t!
interviewer covenant of the League o.
Nations has not produced results II
It's favor satisfactory to his adherents
The thousands of words of defenc,
and denunciation which have com,
from Mr.. WILSON'S fps on his presen
trip have failed to move the Amer
Nican people to support his project
and his associates in the schem
to fasten on the United States tn,
supersovereignty he designed hav,
been obliged to issue another des
perate call for money.
This fact furnishes gratifying proc
that a peripatetic President can't foo
the American people into signini
away their freedom.
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JEWISH HOME OPENS IN APRIL
100000 Daughters of Jacob
Structure VIII Hold 600.

Tho new 500, 900 home of the Daugh-
tiers Of Jacob, in 167th street near Fin
lay and Teller avenues. The Bronx, will
open by April. 1920, according to an an
nouncement yesterday by the directors
of the home. The structure will be five
stories high, will cover an entire block
and will have accommodations for GOO
inmates.
The present home is at sol TO S05 East
Broadway, and the Offices at 302 East
broadway The new house will he the
largest Of its kind in the city.
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American National Exhibition. " r1o-f
Exhibit of De Palo mosaics and paintings.
Waldorf.
International Conference of Women Physi-
clans, Waldorf.
Exhibit OF the Canadian Fur Company.
Waldorf.
Meeting, Phi Alpha Sigma McAlpin. P. NJ.
Luncheon, the Flatwork Club OF New York,
McAlpin. 1850 P. M.
Meeting. Tau Epsilon Phi. Grand Council
McAlpin, 1880 P. NJ.
Luncheon, National Association Of LadeT
Hatters. McAlpin. 1890 p NJ.
Meeting, Oneida Community. McAlpin, $50
A. NJ.
Worlds Cotton Conference, McAlpin, all
day.
Midnight tour OF food distribution centres
of Greater New York by Mrs. Charles c.
Rumsey and twenty members Of the Com
munity Councils of National Defence.
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"A MAN FULL OF TALK"
Biblical Quotations Suggested by n
Tourist In the West.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir: 1t
is currently reported that Mr.. Wilson.
formerly of Paris, after brief visit In
Washington to attend to some personal
matters, is now touring the West and
incidentally affecting the citizens Of that
region with deluge Of words from his
apparently inexhaustible vocabulary.
In connection with this the following
quotation from the Scriptures seems espe-
cially appropriate: Job XII, second verse,
should not the multitude Of words be
answered? And should man full OF
talk be Justifed7' The Bible In another
place makes the prediction False
prophets shall arise which shall deceive
many" w. s. u
P1scArAoUIs COUNTY, Maine, Sep
TENDER 20.
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ing production, some zane, fearless
labor leader is going to stand up and
tell the workers of this country the
same truths az MERRIHAM is telling
the French, or the American people
are going to launch a .thunderbolt
against false teachers and blind guides
who would annul the right, the duty
and the necessity of mankind to live
by work.
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Not Cutters Yet

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: The
Senators opposing the league and cove
nant may become ''quitters." but for the
time being, anyhow. bless God. they are
not too proud to fght-"
Ex-DEMocRAT.
RICHMOND. Va, September 20.
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OF that young washington maiden
who wagered 500 that she could kiss
General PERsHNo before he left the
capital and all but succeeded will 1t
be the pecuniary or osculatory loss
which she will most regret in the ret
respect of her later years7
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An Accidental synonym.

From the Kansas CITY Star.
The Glasco SUMS linotype said food
board" where the editor meant food
board" last week. but tho editor didn't
think the mistake warranted stopping the
press TO make q correction
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with the coming OF the electric
spanking machine the traditional
woodshed must give away as the scene
of corrective chastisement to the bat
terry stocked garage.
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Pitiless Publicity.
From the Avon Herald

FROM the AVON HeTdh
That corner at East Avon is bad one,
and one OF these days we are going to
have an accident there that will be OF
front page importance, II drivers do not
look out.
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New York is at last attaining a state
Of traction development almost COM
parable to that Of Hoboken and Yon-
kers, where jitney buses have long
been in use.
The sun., 1919-09-22

Knicker-Don't you like to hear the pat
ter OF rain upon the roof
Bocker-No. I prefer something with a
kick In the cellar.
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~ ~ our friends toho favor Ws 10Th manu-
scstpts and illustrations for publication Uish
l 90 have rejected articles returned they must
IN oil cases send stamps for that purpose.
TELEPHONE. REEKMAN 1900
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When Man tears a leaf of the cal
endar tomorrow he gives signal to
Dame Nature to follow suit in her
countless groves and orchards and
parks and wherever tree gives shade,
for autumn then begins. Summer has
rot been too kind to us; the year
must give US pleasant months between
row and January If 1t hopes to die
in good repute.
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london ONCE, 40-43 Fleet street.
Paris once. 9 Rue de la Michodiere. OF
Rue du Quatre Septembre.
~ Washington ONCE. Munsey Building.
"a Brooklyn once. Room 202, Eagle Build
Ing. 303 Washington street.
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Shall the City Commit an Eco
nOmlc Crime on the New Piers?

By its resolution protesting against
the erection of old fashioned piers In
the city's projected harbor improve
ment on Staten Island the Society Of
Terminal Engineers has directed at
tention to a subject Of the utmost i'm
portance to the people of New York,
The fashioned pier is structure
with or without sheds alongside of
which vessels may tie up to be I'M
loaded by longshoremen, who deposit
the goods taken from the ship or
lighter on the wharf with the aid Of
such mechanical devices as may be
provided by the ship and certain
primitive appliances on the pier.
A pier equipped with modern load
ing and unloading machinery is a
very different structure from this. 1t
has railroad tracks and hosting tackle
worked by power and capable of ad-
justment to operate at practically any
point on It's surface. BY the use of
this machinery, In conjunction with
whatever the vessel alongside the pier
carries, manual labds in filling or
emptying a vessels hoi5 - .educed to
minimum. Slowing the cargo re-
mains in human hands, naturally, for
to be properly done this requires great
skill and long experience. But the
force of laborers necessary to load and
unload is reduced In numbers, and the
work the men are employed in is made
easier for them.
And this is only one of the gains
achieved. BY the use of modern ma
chinery the time required for loading
and unloading is greatly reduced. The
period ship lies at the wharf Is
lessened, the number of trips she can
make is increas ed and thus an impor-
tant addition to the cargo space
available for commerce is gained.
Moreover, the mechanical loading and
unloading benefits the community by
reducing time wasted by truckmen at
the piers when vessels are being
loaded and unloaded.
While r. A. c. SMITH was Com
missioner of Docks he gave much
attention to undermining New York's
water front, which in many sec
tons is hopelessly antiquated. The
most advanced practices in modern
European and English ports were
carefully studied, and numerous i'm
provements were made along the
water front. To be told now that the
city may neglect to profit by the adop-
ton of the latest methods in handling
freight on the piers Is astonishing.
Such neglect would be indefensible
folly at any time, but at the present
moment, when our shipping requires
the best facilities to perform its func-
ton in extending our trade, it reaches
the dimensions Of an economic crime.
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EVENTS TO-DAY.

Highest temperature. rs. at 2 P. N.
Lowest temperature. g.. at A. NJ.
Average temperature, II.
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LOCAL WEATHER RECORDS.

The temperatures In this city yesterday,
as recorded by the official Thermometer i,
shown in the annexed table.
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Under date of August 8, 1919, the
subjoined telegram was sent from this
city, by way of Newark, Ohio, to A. H.
Kelsey, president Of the American
Protective Tariff League, who was
then in Atlantic City:
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and their conclusions are substantially
in notwithstanding clearly that ra-
dunn therapy is moving confidently
forward upon well defined lines that
give every reasonable promise of wild
ening out for mans physical benefit.
At the London Radium Institute the
methods of treating malignant growths
and the results obtained have not al
tered to any marked degree: but dis
tinct progress has been made in other
directions. That is to say, efforts have
been very much centred in dealing
with malignant conditions. with
wartime injuries, and with diseases OF
exceptional types or of infrequent oc-
currence. These have been found to
respond in most gratifying manner
to radium therapy.
The authorities at the London Ra-
dunn Institute lay considerable empha-
sis upon the results obtained in treat
ing war hurts; and the effects of ra-
dunn Inc this field of application are
suggestively important because of the
kinship of these wounds to industrial
accidents and the like with which the
medical fraternity always has to con-
tend. In the course of the years of
conflict the institute handled great
variety of injuries of military origin,
and these included flbrous tumors of
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mineral has curative virtues that are
calculated to help materially where
other known instrumentalities fail, but
the potential benefits will depend very
largely upon the skill and understand
ing of the man of medicine using 1t.
During June the American Radium
Society held its fourth annual meet
ing at Atlantic City. and numerous
papers were read and discussed deal
ing with the therapeutic applications
of radium. Specialists Of radiology re-
vealed many astonishing aspects of
their activities, and even the lay audi
tor was able to gather an appreciation
Of the steady advance of this branch of
medicine. Three facts stood out:
First that radium apparently had
cured a considerable percentage of
surgically inoperable malignant
growths; second, that radium had
been instrumental in so checking GER
tain diseased conditions that the lives
Of the afflicted persons were prolonged,
and, third, that the mineral was able
to relieve pain and stop or notably
lessen in some cases distressing dis
charges.
Perhaps the recent reports of the
British radium Institutes at Mar
chester and London are the most
Illuminating that have been issued
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sary to provide docks, storehouses,
lighters, tugs coaling equipment, re-
pair facilities and all the varied ma
chinery for the operation and main
tenance of a large transport service.
An efficient administrative organiza-
ton Had to be developed. The whole
task confronted Admiral Gleaves.
1t was pioneer work for American
seamen, comparable in many respects
to the task Of the frontiersmen who
pushed the frontier from the Allie
ghanies across the Mississippi and
finally beyond the Rockies to the shore
Of the Pacific. Their work was on
land, while the problems which faced
Admiral Gleaves and his men were of
the sea. But American ingenuity, de-
termination and perseverance brought
success.
Admiral Gleaves in person led the
first expedition. The sailing of this
first convoy of hastily gathered and i'll
the deepest secrecy for military rea-
sons, so that the public had no oppor-
tunity TO reflect on the historical sig
nificance Of the event. But it is not
too much to say that the safe arrival
at St. Nazaire OF that first convoy had
as great an effect on history as the
voyage OF Columbus himself 1t was
an earnest not only to the leaders OF
the allied armies but to the allied peo-
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of the reactions. To avoid complica-
lions 1t was found wisest to reduce
proportionately both the strength OF
the radium and the duration OF its
separate applications. All of this called
for a good deal OF experimental work
and showed how the psesence of buried
bits of metal intensified the primary
action of the radium.
When dealing with joints where
movement was limited by reason of
fibrCus adhesions the promptness with
which treatment was started had
much to do with the measure of re-
lief. II the patient was taken in hand
before the fibrous growth had begun
to contract not only were helpful re-
suits secured more rapidly but they
were almost always more definite and
permanent.
In early stages of tuberculosis Of
some of the glands radium often
proved of value in reducing the SWELL
ing to such an extent as either to
avert entirely or TO postpone recourse
to surgical measures. Again, tubercu-
losis of the skin, so often in evidence
on the face, has yielded lastingly to
radium therapy even in long standing
cases which have resisted treatment
by Finscn light, X-ray, caustics, &c.
The Disagreement in cases of this de-
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scription are painfully humiliating to
the afflicted, and the fact that radium
can effect quick and lasting cures
should be very encouraging.
Removing Birthmarks.
"Cavernous naevi" is the technical
term for certain kinds of birthmarks.
These, so it seems according to the
report OF the London Radium Insti-
tute. are very satisfactorily dealt with
by means Of the radio active mineral.
While the procedure is somewhat pro-
tracted. still the results are always
better than could be obtained by other
means. Warts, especially when &C.
curing on eyelids. lips, &C., are easily
dissipated by means of radium. and If
the dosage be correctly estimated they
disappear by an almost painless ex-
foliation in about a month. Small tu-
mors or papillomata and the like are
similarly got rid of, but moles, es-
pecially If augmented, should be left
severely alone because experience so
far has demonstrated that they are not
suited to radium therapy and may in
stead be seriously irritated.
Persons suffering from eczema will
And much to hearten them in the
achievements abroad. and so too may
those afflicted with other skin mala-
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By ROBERT c. sKERRETT.

A BOUT seven years ago 1t was
~ proclaimed that the chemist
had discovered for use the
therapeutic marvel of the age--radium
For a good many months thereafter
radium figured conspicuously in rcedi-
cal journals and the popular pres
because minute quantities of the pre-
cious mineral seemed to have the
power of dispelling malignant growths
of one sort or another. We were con-
fidently told that an antidote for can
Ger had been found.
Since then, however, the general
public has heard but infrequently OF
radium as an aid TO medicine. and the
belief has developed among the laity
that the mineral's curative virtues
had not withstood the test Of time.
In short, the radiations, which were
to Danish disease in some forms. had
not the therapeutic potency previously
heralded.
Finally many persons became con-
WINGED that radium had fallen when
that well nigh priceless commodity was
being extensively employed for the
struments, the painting of range scales
and the kindred marking of various
apparatus used by the army and navy
after nightfall. Radium dropped still
further in popular estimation when
push buttons, lamp pulls, key holes and
such were made. to glow by means Of
IL during the hours of darkness.
DIR. MOore's Warning.
1t was because of the practical or
commercial uses or radium that DR..
Richard b. Moore ofthe United States
Bureau of Mines sounded a warning
about a year ago. He predicted that
the consumption of radium for these
purposes would lead inevitably to a
shortage-to scarcity that would re-
strict seriously its application by the
medical fraternity. Most of us paid
very little heed to the words of this
chemist, and our indifference was due
in the main to our ignorance of what
rsdium was doing in the way of reliev-
ing pain and establishing its healing
virtues upon a firm foundation of ac-
complishment.
The fact is that radium, like any
other potent and unfamiliar agent, was
overworked, abused. or employed with
out a comprehensive knowledge OF its
powers and limitations Simply be-
cause IL worked seeming wonders in
some directions II was imprudently
thought capable of effecting CORE
spending results wherever brought into
Eerv!cc. Again, the men that had re-
ce"rse 70 th's Therapeutic medium
failed to grasp that It was more
than an edge tool they did not realize
that II could cut, so to speak, in many
di'ections-in brief, harm as well as
heal
During the last three or four years
however, painstaking research has
disclosed more OF it's true workings
than We're known previously. To-day
II is acknowledged by experts that
nature has given us a boon, even
though not panacea, in radium. The