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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-02
The Prevention of Goitre.

Inc IItttiHtiUu vi UVttAcs
In the United States, particular
" in certain regions such as the
Great Lakes basin and the Cascade
mountain region Of Oregon. Wash
fngton and British Columbia, in
Canada, simple goitre prevails
among girls from II to IL years of
age, the being totally I'M
known. Since the cause is IN
known, there are innumerabie
speculative theories which ascribe
the cause to something in the
drinking water OF the food.
Drs. David Marine of New York
and o. P. Kimball of Cleveland,
whose great success in preventing
simple goitre among the school
children in Akron, Ohio, has been
referred to here, have recently Civ
en- a supplementary report of their
investigation and l draw therefrom
the facts in this article. They find
that, although the ultimate cause OF
simple goitre is unknown, the i'm
mediate cause is not anything pres
ent in the drinking water or the
food. but something lacking, name
ly, iodine. They suggest that GER
tain types of infection which in
creases the iodine needs of the
body may be a cause. Anyhow,
| goitre is prevalent where the pur-
est of drinking water is used, as in
Portland, Ore, and Seattle and Ia
coma, Wash.
Drs. Marine and Kimball give
these results of two and one-half
years observation of schoolgirls in
Akron: OF 2,190 pupils, taking two
! grams of sodium iodide twice year
ly, only five have developed en-
Iargement of the thyroid gland;
while of 1905 pupils not taking
this preventive, 495 have developed
thyroid enlargement. Of 1882 pu-
pills who had some enlargement OF
the thyroid when the preventive
treatment was instituted, 773 show
ed a decrease in the enlargement
of the neck; while of 1,04S pupils
with some enlargement at the time
the treatment was started, but who
did not take the treatment, only
las showed a decrease in enlarge
ment. These data pretty thorough
ly establish this prOphylactic treat
ment for general Use
: Drs. kimball and Marine find
that there is no danger worthy OF
consideration associated with the
administration of the small amounts
of iodine or iodides which have
proved sufficient. The treatment
not only prevents, but in many
cases brings about cure Of simple
goitre.
trans are Greek to most lay
men and some doctors.
A gram is approximately Is
grains. And an ample daily dose
of sodium iodide, best taken dis
! solved in at least a pint of drinking
water, is one grain. This quantity
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-02

O How many cities have adopted
a commission form of government!
Has any one abandoned II aILer
having tried it? u n. y
A More than three hundred cltles
of the United States have adopted d
commission form of government
notably Buffalo: New Orleans; Jer-
eev CITY. Portland. Me; St. Paul;
oakland: Memphis; Des MONIES
and Galveston. Of the larger mu-
inequalities which have adopted the
man two. Denver and Salem, nave
have abandoned it.
@. What is the life of a mag
net? II. D.
A The life of a permanent mag
net magnetized in any manner
whatever. has never been deter
mined. A magnet made of the best
ouality of steel. properly heat
treated and aged and used under
the best conditions of service would
probably deteriorate only a negll-
gible amount in the lifetime Oh d
single observer.
O. Is the fur of an animal kept
in captivity as fine as one IN the
Wild state? NJ. r. II.
A. Sometimes the fur of an ami
NAL kept in captivity is not as timex
and fine as that of an animal Iead-
ing a natural life. The hide OF an
animal ~artifcially propagated IN a
climate materially warmer than It's
natural habita is not so fine as that
of an animal that lives under nat
ural conditions.
@. What was the Florence
Nightingale pledge? ]. G.
A. This is the nurses pledge:
Il soIemnly pledge myself before
God and in the presence of this as
sembly to pass my life in purity
and to practice my profession faith
fully. 1 will abstain from what
ever is deleterious and mischievous,
and will not take or knowingly ad-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-02
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
The Healthfulness of Basketball

IA
We are high school girls, and
play basketball. Some people are
always advising us that it is dan
gerous or harmful to play when
we are unwell. They say it will
surely prove harmful in later hfe'
if not right away.
M~enstruation is a function, MOI
a disease, so it is improper to refer
to it as being unwell." l assure
YOU that basketball and other every
day activities or games. such as
swimming, walking, tennis, skating
and the like, may be played with
perfect safety and benefit at the
time of menstruatiUn. It fact, 1t is
rather harmful to a woman's health
for her to interrupt her usual &C
tivities or coddle or pamper her
self like an invalid just because
she is a woman.
Beer is FrOthy Stuff.
Kindly advise whether a young
girl who wishes to gain weight
should drink root beer as served
in the five and ten cent stores
There does not seem TO be any
clean place to drink milk. NJ. B.
WeE-ENO. Inc pldSC "hSA
one drinks milk matters little, il
the milk is clean and pure as pur-
chased. A glass of milk is more
~nourishing, and therefore better
for a girl who wishes the gain
weight, than nine glasses of root
beer would be. However. as an
occasional beverage, root beer is
perfectly harmless and wholesome
to drink.
Posies Growing in the Room.
Is it injurious to health to SLEEP
in a room where there T about
two dozen geranium plants grow
ing in pots? A. M. A.
Answer = Plants of any kind
growing in a room absorb carbon
dioxide and give off oxygen, hence
they tend to purify the air for ami
mails or men. If in porous earthen
pots, they add further to the whole
someness of the atmosphere by
! giving off moisture, and one of the
most serious faults with indoor
heated air in the winter season is
that the air is too dry. So the more
growing plants in the house OF
sleeping room the better.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-02
Building Up a City.

Population alone does not make a prosper
Gus city. There must be something to sustain
the population. If there were only stores and
Offices in Rock Island and the surrounding
community the majority of the residents would
soon be Obliged to seek other fields for an ex-
istence.
The worker. the average man, makes up
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-02

minister anv harmful drug. VII
do ali in my power 10 elevate -5
standard of my profession aA4 va
hold in confidence all personal my
ters committed TO my keeping an
all family affairs coming 70 =
knowledge in the practice Of =
calling. With loyalty VIII
deavor 10 aid the physician IL =.
work and devote myself 70 the We
fare Of those committed to -
are"
Q. What are the names o. 'D'
stars that form the big dippeF.
A. The names Of the seven s'al,
in the big dipper. beginning al I'
handle are. Aikaid, NIzar ~
Megrez. Phegda. Merak and Dus'
O. Why does the wall pap
over a steam radiator become
much more soiled than the res
the room? Can this be preyeI1
A. The increased circulation
the air caused by the heat sFs
from a steam radiator carries
dust from the floor 10 b
adjacent to such radiator Il
walls are wiped OF win q
brush ono a week it will help.
O. when paper money is o..
destroyed by fire, is the go'
mert enriched? a-
a. When paper money
stroved by fire. the United Ss-g-
gains, since II Is -
called upon to redeem this
currency. hid aftef
o. Can a letter be recalled
it has once been put in me = 3
A. The action to be taNe 5a-rsly
case of this kind depends ~ s
on circumstances. After a lev esa
mailed the only way the WIl.,lics-
withdraw it is by written agP e
ton to the postmasJer al oA5 sa-
mailing and upon s~atisfac1ot!
tifcation.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-02

One of the promises of the coming veal
for which we may all be thankful is that the
Arbuckle case will be a memory.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-02

Rock Island merchants are offering you
special inducements to do your Christmas
shopping early this year. By doing SO you will
save money-and will escape the discomforts
incident to buying in the last hours before the
holiday
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-02
HEALTH TALKS
By William Brady. Nj. D.
Noted Physician and Author.

should be taken by the girl daily
for two weeks each spring and au-
TUNA. as a prophylactic against
goitre. For a girl who already has
a slight thyroid enlargement. the
same amount, one grain daily,
should be given for a period OF six
weeks twice a year. This ose is
less than was formerly suggested.
but it proves sufficient. Any other
form of iodine would be equally
! effective. One drop of tincture of
iodide each day, in water. for in
stance.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-02

The king of Siam, whose grandfather had
5000 wives, says that one spouse will be SUI
fcient for him. In other countries many hus-
bands have found one wife too many.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-02
Argus information Bureau

ANY reader can get the answer to n question y %Ths-t F asms 81
bon Bureau. Frederic J Haskin. Director Wasnngton a i've INQUIRIES s.
ooGdenna te replies bang sent direct tn each Ind'Illa 20 @""
Maid TO auouymous IttersB
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-04
Panama Is Warned
Against Show of
Anti-Americanisnl
War Secretary Weeks Says
Zone Governor Lacked
Authority to Send Note
Regarding Coto Incident

PANAMA, Sept. 3.-Colonel Jay j.
Morrow, Governor of the Canal Zone,
has addressed note to the Panaman
government charging that the projected
closing down of all business on Labor
Day as an expression of public mourn
ing for the loss of the Coto district on
the Costa Rican frontier is "anti-
American propaganda" Governor Nor
row declares that this attitude might
lead to disturbances next Monday.
Proposals that there be erected a
fair are described by Governor Morrow
as hostile act toward the United
States and one that would engender i'll
feeling between the two peoples" He
pointed out the strong ties linking Pan
anna and the United States, and de-
clares it is necessary to maintain ami
cable relations Disturbances, he de-
clares, would bring about the policing
Of the cities of Panama and Colon by
American forces.
Secretary of Foreign Relations AL
faro, in reply, has said that the PAN
ANA government is animated by de-
sire to maintain amicable relations, and
that anti-American propaganda and the
movement for the erection Of a Coto
monument will not receive sanction
From The T,l6une's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3-Comment-
ing on the press report from Panama
that Colonel Jay J. Morrow, Governor
of the Canal Zone, had addressed a
note to Panama, Secretary of War
Weeks to-day said that no instruc-
tions had been sent to take any action
in the Panama-Costa Rican matter. The
Secretary expressed surprise and indi-
Gated that he would make inquiry of
Colonel Morrow as to his authority for
the utterance attributed to him.
Secretary Weeks said that Governor
Morrow was without authority to en-
ploy the armed forces on the Canal,
adding that he was the civilian head of
the government there and that the
military was under separate com
mand
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-04
Gen. Wood Agrees to Go
On Army Retired List
Report on Inquiry in Islands
He Is to Govern Expected
Elm WASHINGTON Soon
,ror, Tha T,ihune,a Washinnton B,lreo

From The Tribnnes Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Sept. S.-Maior Gen.
eral Leonard Wood advised Secretary
Of War Weeks to-day. in a eablegram
from Manila, of his willingness to go
upon the retired list of the army and
accept the appointment as Governor
General of the Philippines. He added
that the report on his investigation of
affairs in the islands had been COM
pleted and would reach Washington
within the next week or ten days.
Secretary Weeks said that General
Wood would not return to the United
States, although w. Cameron Forbes,
his chief associate on the mission,
would come to Washington direct from
Manila. General Wood is to visit China
and Japan as the guest of those two
nations, and will return to Manila about
October /.
Secretary Weeks indicated that il
might be possible to release General
Wood from his assignment in the Phil
ippines SO he could become provost OF
the University Of Pennsylvania by Sep
TENDER 1. 1922, as desired by the trus-
tees of the institution.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-04
Legion Asks Part i'm Arms
And Employment Parleys
President Informed Veterans
of World War Are Interested
i'm Coming Conferences

From, The Tribnne's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.-The Ameri-
can Legion desires to be represented
at the forthcoming conference on un-
employment and also at the confer
cnce for the limitation of ornaments,
President Harding and Secretary of
Commerce Hoover were advised to-day.
John Thomas Taylor, vice-chairman Of
the Legions national legislative COM
mittee, made representations to Presi-
dent Harding concerning the organiza-
TONS desire to- have a part in the
armament conference.
Mr.. Taylor told the President that
the Legion, with an active membership
of more than million veterans of the
World War. was most vitality interested
in the problems of peace and war, and
felt that it was entitled to nave some
thing to say with reference to dis
armament.
In letter to Mr.. Hoover, Mr.. Tay-
Tor ede known the fact that the
Legio~ would like to have part in
the coming conference on unemploy-
ment. This letter said in part:
81 believe that the country generally
is aware of the unemployment at the
present time existing among ex-serv-
ice men, and ! believe that it would be
highly. advisable that the American
Legion, which has devoted a great deal
of thought to this matter, should be
represented at this conference"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-04
Curran ON the Job
To Complete Plans
For Weeks Drive
Permits Campaign Staff to
Rest Up Over Holiday, He
Remaining at Headqnar-
tiers; Independents in Line

Henry II. Curran, Coalition Republi-
can candidate for the Republican
mayoralty nomination, let his primary
campaign staff depart yesterday for
the holiday while he remained at head
quarters. in the Hotel Hermitage and
finished his plans for speed-up cam
gaign next week. Beginning Tuesday,
Borough President Curran will speak
practically day and night up to prim-
airy day, September 10.
John ]. Lyons. Secretary of State
and Curran campaign manager, with
his corps of assistants. will be on hand
Tuesday to see the candidate through.
Wednesday will be known as "Curran
Day. on Staten Island. Mr.. Curran
will spend the entire day in Richmond
Borough. A good deaf of attention
Will be paid to the Brooklyn situation
and the week will end with "Curran
Day on Saturday in the borough.
Queens will be made during the week.
where the candidate intends to con-
tlnue his attacks on the Hylan ad-
ministration.
SO far the Borough President has re-
trained from criticizing the attitude of
his three competitors for the Republi-
can nomination. 1t is likely, however.
that he may have some direct questions
to ask Judge Reuben L. Haskell during
the coming week. Some of Judge Has
kells recent attacks on Curran have
bordered on personal animus. Curran
has taken his stand on prohibition. He
has said that he will enforce the law.
but will see to it that the constitutional
rights of citizens are not violated in the
process.
The Curran campaign managers are
receiving many pledges of support
from Independent citizens in the diff
ferent boroughs where the Manhattan
Borough President has already an
peared in the primary campaign. The
more the people see the candidate the
better they like him, these pledges
would Indicate. He has strongly I'M
pressed his audiences with his clear
cut, straightforward discussion of the
issues, without the attempted orator.
cal effect and claptrap in which some
of the other candidates have INDUCED
The Coalition Republican candidate
expects to put in some time at cam
paign headquarters tomorrow, despite
the fact that most of the campaign
workers will be enjoying the holiday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-04
Engineers for World Unity

A world movement among engineers
to promote unity among English speak
ing peoples and those of the Allied ma
tons who aided in the war against
Germany, will begin in this city on the
evening of October 10, when several
hundred American engineers will gath
er with representatives of societies of
Great Britain and France at q dinner
to be given in the Engineers Club
1t is expected that leaders in diplo-
macy and statecraft in this country
and Europe also will attend Ths
event will formally celebrate the home
coming Of mission of distinguished
engineers who went abroad to confer
the John Fritz medal upon Sir Robert
Hadfield, of London, and Eugene
Schneider, of Paris.
The unity proposal had its inception
during the war period, when British
and American engineers braved to-
gether the perils of the German in
vasion and worked and fought side by
side, notably when the Kaiser's armies
sought to win the channel ports.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-04
Root Sought as
Farley Advocate
By South China
CONTINUED from page en.)

ton conference. The situation which
underlies this fear is one Of the most
serious obstacles in the road of the
conference to success. The point is
that as the Pacific and Far Eastern
questions are considered here, not only
by those in the Harding administration
but by diplomats generally there is
scarcely disputed point between Japan
and the United States on which any
other outcome can be considered except
Japan yielding.
The one possible exception to this
is the dispute over the occupation by
the Japanese Of the upper half Of Sag
halien Island. Against this occupation
the American government, when Balm
bridge Colby was Secretary of State,
made formal protest, the text Of
which has never been made public.
The protest is understood to have been
aroused very strong feeling in Japan.
Many diplomats believe that Sag
halien Island is more vital to japan
than any other problem on which she
is at odds with the United States, and.
strangely enough, this is probably the
least important, so far as the United
States is concerned, of any of the dis
putes.
So that many observers here take the
view that this rich territory, which not
only affords large area as spillway
for Japan's surplus population, but
which is believed to be rich in oil and
other subsoil wealth, may be conceded
to Japan to meet what would otherwise
be the great embarrassment of her
representatives in making concessions
to United States claims as to zap,
Shantung, open door In China and i'm
migration into the United States.
This view is the more widespread
that since Mr.. Hughes became Secre-
tary of State last March there has not
been a syllable out of the State De-
partment with respect to this occupa-
ton Of Saghalien Island. The territory
which Japan covets stretches north
from Japan proper and in toward
the mainland of Siberia, and is or was
| q part of Russian Siberia
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-04
Police Report Citizens
Eager for Came Tickets
More Than 5000, 900. Already
Sold; Wounded Soldiers to
See Sport Free

Police Commissioner Richard f. En-
right and Second Deputy Police Com
missioner John DAILY announced yes
terday that the public was displaying
avid interest in the police field games
to be held at Gravesend Race Track
next Saturday and the Saturday fol-
lowing.
Even before the tickets were on sale
it was said, numerous letters were re-
ceived from persons eager to know if
the usual games were to be held and
anxious to reserve places for them
selves in advance. More than 100000
has been obtained already.
Several hundred tickets for the
games have been sent to the military
hospital at Fox Hills Staten Island
and special provision for the wounded
soldiers will be made at the race track
Several individuals and numerous
business houses have subscribed TO,
hundreds of tickets apiece with the
intention of distributing them among
employees or among the inmates of in
situations. Commissioners Enright and
Daily are confident that the games will
be greater success this year than
ever
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-04

that an initial step in clearing up the
New York City congestion had been
made in the recent action whereby one
harbor mailboat operating on ten
hour schednle had been supplAnted by
those boats operating on TWEEN
ty-four hour schedule. These boats
meet incoming ships at Quarantine and
relay mail directly to the transconti-
mental railroads in Jersey City, and
Long Island mail to Brooklyn. thus
avoiding the previous congestion and
delay of hours encountered by clear
ing this mail through New York CITY.
The entire New York City situation
will be cleared up and ali buildings
completed within year, he declared.
Mr.. Hays called the national postal
service the largest express company
and the biggest savings bank in the
world, pointing out that it has 100000
employees, and is run at an annual cost
OF $600,00O,0O0, with $4,000. 900 .0O0
turnover annually
The movement by the Historical So
ciety and the Sons of the American
Revolution to restore City Hall Park
has gained an impressive backing. it
was evidenced by the committee list
presented by Mr.. Brown to the Post
master General.
To date, this list includes Arthur
Curtlss James, Archer NJ Huntington
August Belmont, J. P. Morgan, Stuy-
vesant Fish, Percy R. Pyne, Harry B
Thayer, James Mortimer Montgomery
Robert I. Parsons, George A. Zabriskie
Barron Collier, Samuel " Hoffman
John A. Weeks, Robert ELEPHANT, Will
liam Fellowes Morgan, E. II. Outer
bridge. E. w. Sheldon, Delaney Mic
oil. Judge II. G. Ward, Simeon Ford
and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Another conference between Mr.
Hays and the citizens advisory com.
mlttee will be held September IL.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-04
.Twenty-six Fined for Diving
Into IL Cars Through Windows

Twenty-six men, among them
doctors, lawyers and teachers, who
were in such hurry to get home from
the Polo Grounds yesterday that they
jumped through windows of elevated
trains, were fined $40 each in night
court.
Almost 100 men have been arrested
for this offense at the 155th Street
elevated station in the last two weeks
and Magistrate Silberman announced
in imposing the fines that the next
batch would find that they had jumped
plumb to Welfare Island
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-04
MiIady Of London Now
PuNs the Best Havanus

LONDON, Sept. 3.--Twenty
thousand cigars made specially
for London's fashionable women
SMOKERS are on the way from
Cuba to meet the demand of
those who require something
stronger than cigarettes, accord
ing to prominent tobacconists
here. Smoking among women,
they say, is greatly increasing,
and many of them are now using
pipes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-04
Masked Mob Lashcs Tulsa Man

TULSA, Okla, Sept. 3-More than
100 armed and masked men last night
seized J. E. Frazier, twenty-eight years
old, and took him in motor car to
a lonely spot, where they removed his
clothing and dashed him. He then was
ordered to leave town. Frazier was
overpowered shortly after he had been
released from the city Jail, where he
had been held on an investigation
charge.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-04

ty-one years old, attached to the High
bridge police station; Louis Rebelack,
thirty, of 525 East 18TH Street, and
James Brown, thirty-three, of 1885
Crotona Avenue, the Bronx. The lat
ter three were occupants of Pufaups
car. Detective Finn suffered a broken
arm and numerous decorations.