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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18
FINAL TRIUMPH FOR MAURICE
Small Boy Endured Much, but In the
End He Made Strong Point
Over Rivals.

Ten-year-old Maurice was in love
with the pretty new teacher and did
everything in his power to get ahead
of the others in winning her affection.
Monday morning he was distinctly out
of humor when in walked John and
gave the teacher ticket. "It's to the
entertainment at our church." he said
proudly. II bought this ticket for you
SO that you could come and hear me
sing"
A few days later he was more pro-
voked when In came Helen bearing
ticket "It's to our dancing class
party. 1 want you to come and see
me dance" she smiled.
He scowled and scowled. But later
| In the week his turn came to smile
above all the rest. He, too, bore q
ticket to teacher. but his speech was
different. Here's a ticket for you
Miss g." he smiled. "It's to the Ma
sons supper, and 1 want you to come
and eat with me, not watch me eat"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18
THEIR ESTIMATES TOO Low
Their Figures Concerning the
Weight Of Crowds.

Interesting experiments were made
some time ago at Harvard university
which seem to demonstrate that en-
g1neers usually underestimate the
maximum loading caused by dense
crowds on bridges, floors and plat
forms. Forty men averaging 1853
pounds In weight placed in box six
feet square caused an average pres
sure of 1S1 pounds to the square foot
on the floor.
An engineer has estimated the
weight per square foot of the densest
crowds on the New York elevated rail-
ways at only As pounds. but since the
Harvard experiments the opinion has
been expressed that the maximum
loading on the elevated cars and plat
forms may be nearer 1S1 than AZ
pounds. This applies to other close
packed crowds.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18
He Will "Herd GullS"

from shore; transportation, food,
shelter, boat, etc, furnished; no work.
no compensation. Address Summer
time, 600 Tribune building, New York. y
Il have no faith in the theories of
Thomas A Edison when it comes to
selecting the man for the place" said
Mr., Hatch. 81 have found in my ex-
perience that a search for the best
personnel generally leads to the col
lege man. He may start slowly, but
he has the equipment and once started
he goes fast and straight.
THAT is why 1 selected a college
man to be warden of the gulls. The
job is one that requires aptitude and
judgment such as an educated man
may be expected 10 possess"
Among applicants for the warden
ship of lonely island were natural
lists, lawyers, poets authors, artists,
ex-soldiers. sailors and ornithologists.
Mr.. Hatch protects the breeding
place of the gulls because he believes
they are Of the greatest value in con-
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18
Drug Formulas
Put i'm Chinese

give, it is expected American drug
manufacturers will benefit greatly.
Professors and alumni Of the local
institution, according to the statement
1t issued, are contributing more than
any other city or institution to the
work.
The statement follows:
Germany, before the World war,
tried every means within her power to
have the German pharmacopoeia
translated into Chinese so that Ger
man manufacturers might export to
China drugs of German standards. 1t
is understood that since the war Great
Britain has been trying tc have the
British .pharmacopoeia introduced for
the benefit of British manufacturers.
Praises Philadelphia Body.
"That both of them have failed is due
not to the efforts Of American drug
manufacturers. but to the merit Of the
work Of the pharmaceutical labora-
tories of the Philadelphia College Of
Pharmacy pharmacopoeial revision
committee. Of which e. Fullerton Cook,
director of the pharmaceutical labora-
tories of the Philadelphia College of
Pharmacy and Science, is chairman.
1.-THE United States Pharmacopoeia
is collection of official formulas of
standard drugs and chemicals for
making various compounds or simple
preparations. 1t is published by the
United States Pharmacopoeial conven-
tion, under the authority of the gov
ernment, and under the national food
and drug act of 1906, it provides the
legal standards of strengths, qualities.
proportions. etc.
Thirty Different FormuIaries.
"There are about thirty different
pharmacopoeias in the world, the most
important being the British, French
Belgian, Swiss, German, Austrian an 4
American.
"Hitherto the Chinese have use /
German, British, French and Americai
pharmacopeial standards indiscrimi-
nately, according to the training of the
scription. This has led to confusion
and in some cases is likely to prove
dangerous to the purchaser.
with the Chinese government sane
tioning the new pharmacopoeia uni
formity and safety will prevail. Ameri-
can manufacturers will have the in
side track and the American scientists.
especially those of the Philadelphia
College of Pharmacy and Science, will
be accorded added recognition for
their services to humanity"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18
CLAIMS TO LEAD x-RAY WORLD
Bellevue Hospital, New York, Takes
5000 Pictures in 1920; Use
% Rooms.

New York.-Bellevue hospital Claims
to have the largest X-ray department
In the world, occupying twenty-five
rooms.
Very soon another room will be add
ed to the department, to be used ex-
clusively for treatment Of cancer. Prof.
L Seth Hirsch, head Of the X-ray
laboratories of Bellevue, Is at present
in Europe studying the methods of
treatment of the disease there.
Recently there have been invented
in Germany two X-ray machines for
treating cancer.
Fifteen years ago all the work was
done in two rooms, when only in ex-
treme cases was the X-ray used. No
other medical institution in the world
has taken SO many X-ray pictures.
The first year of its installation
something like 400 pictures were
taken. Each year thereafter the num-
ber increased, and during 1920 over
$4,000 pictures were taken Of patients.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18
Wonderful Telescope.

The excellence Of the big Lick tele-
scope, and the steadiness of the air
when the conditions are good on
Mount Hamilton, are attested by the
statement of one authority that double
stars, whose components are nearly
equal in brightness, can be measured
II the distance between them exceeds
one-tenth Of a second of arc. What
this means in accuracy Of definition
may be understood by remembering
the fact that one-tenth of a second is
equal to the apparent diameter Of an
ordinary pin, viewed by the naked eye
at a distance Of two miles.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18

serving public health. He has been
interested for many years in plans to
prevent contamination of the waters
of New York harbor. 1t is estimated
that there are 100000 gulls in and
about the harbor and each of them is
said to consume an average of two
pounds of refuse a day. To protect the
eggs of nesting gulls and save the
young from destruction by vandals
who visit -Four Brothers island Mr.
Hatch has constituted himself pro.
tector Of the breeding ground. This
is the ninth warden appointed.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18
Brooklyn Communist Tells of Tor
ture in Russian Prisons to
Force Confessions"
MEETS OEPORTEEs IN JAIL
Found Twenty Men Shipped Out Of
the United States In Various Prls-
ons in Moscow-Many Promi-
nent Men Also Prisoners.

Reval, Esthonia.-The worst phase
OF imprisonment tn Moscow is not the
possibility or probability of execution,
but the daily attempts made to wiring
confessions from the prisoners, says
Or. Morris Fucker, a Brooklyn com
nunist. who arrived here recently af-
ter having served four months IN the
Russian jails.
Fucker was sentenced In New York
IN 1919 to 80 years Imprisonment for
Sedition, but was deported instead.
Speaking of the life of the prisoners
In the principal political prison at Mos
COW. which is called the 70. o. w." he
said, 1.-The daily third degree to which
prisoners are subjected if they are sus-
pected of serious political crime Is
worse than execution.
Torture Repeated Daily.
these prisoners are taken every
day. If their captors think there is a
chance of wringing a confession from
them, into the questioning room.
There, whether they have anything to
confess or not, they are commanded to
reveal the truth
Lie COulHlSSdr puts q reVOlVcT TO
the prisoners head. Confess, or I'll
shoot he commands. The prisoner
waits for the shot. He never knows
whether 1t is coming or not.
This process is often repeated un-
til the prisoner will confess rather
than undergo any further ordeals. In
which case he is shot anyway"
Meets Deported Radicals In jail.
The mental condition of these prison
ers becomes such that they would pre-
fer death, said Doctor Fucker The
Brooklyn communist says that he met
in the various prisons of Moscow 20 of
the radicals deported from America and
that he could well understand why the
Bolsheviki arrested them, for they were
chiefly anarchists who did not believe
in any government. particularly in q
government SO dictatorial as that
maintained by the Bolsheviki."
Fucker said he found in prison also
the president Of the Turkestan soviet
republic, Mohammed Hadjiz; Gen
Alex Gertor, once commander of the
Russian southwestern front eight
members of the executive committee OF
the right wing of the social revolution.
list party, three members of the execu-
tive committee Of the left wing OF
that party, including Mayorieff, who
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18
Harvard Graduate Is Engaged
for Lonesome lob.
Private Philanthropy in Which New
York Millionaire Has Been
Engaged for Years

New York.-Edward Hatch, Jr., who
owns Four Brothers island, near
Burlington, VT, a rugged rock that
has become famous as the breeding
place of seagulls, has signed up
Harvard graduate for the lonesome
job of herding gulls during their nest
ing season. Il private philanthropy in
which Mr.. Hatch has been engaged for
some years.
There were 1000 applicants for the
position as the result of the insertion
of an advertisement in New York City
newspapers, which read:
"Wanted--A man to live alone on
an island; inland lake; eight miles
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18
Huge Forest Fire Losses.

Forest fires, sweeping over Sc, Ass. .307
acres of land in 45 states, have caused
damage amounting to $85,715,747 dur
ing the five years 1916 to 1920, tnclu-
sive, according to the United States
forest service. A total of 16O.31S for
est fires occurred during this time.
Minnesota was the chief sufferer, Its
loss being $30,S05. 1858.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18
"comb,nation Fish" /"

Junction City, KAMA "conbina-
tion fish" is the term that is applied
to Arthur Johnson's twelve-pound
catch for want of better name. Fisher
men who have almost lived on the
Smoky Hill river for forty years say
they have never seen anything IKE
1t. The fish resembles a salmon. but
has a sucker mouth way under the
Jaw. The body is round and twenty
inches long, with very few bones.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18
Reds Inflict
Third Degree"

was commissar or agriculture in 1918.
and also former minister of ecclesi
astical affairs, NJ. Samaun.
Fucker described the summoning of
prisoners for execution in much the
same way as did Schwartz. the San
Francisco communist, who came out
Of Russia some months ago.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18
FormaI dedlcation Of the grent

Oklahoma City okla.-Lovers have
found friend in Municipal Judge Tom
Chambers.
He handed down decision that sit.
ting in your lovers tap is not disorder.
ly conduct. The decision was given
In the case of Denny OLeary and
Grace Reader. Police had preferred
charges of disorderly conduct against
the couple, claiming they found the
girl sitting on OLeary's lap.
Judge Chambers Is young and IN.
married.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18
Falsely Accused.

A little girl In the Irvington school
received an unwarranted rebuke from
her teacher.
MARY, you mustn't chew gum in
school," said the teacher.
''Pm not chewing gum," said Mary.
"Pve got a hollow tooth and I can't
keep my tongue out of t."-Indianap-
oils News.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18
Ac,iv, Mind Of poubIe Worth

The blessing Of an active mind,
when it is in good condition, is that
1t not only employs itself. but is al
most sure to be the means of giving
to others.-Anon.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18
Translation Of United States
Pharmacopoeia Will Aid
Druqmakers and Scientists.
GERMANY TRIED TO GRAB IT
Attempted Before the War to Corner
Drug Trade in china-Use OF Diff
ferent Standards Has Been
Confusing and Dangerous.

Philadelphia. - The United States
Pharmacopoeia Is being translated
into the Chinese language. 1t has just
been announced by the Philadelphia
College of Pharmacy and Science.
Through the adoption Of the American
standard formulas for drugs and medi-
cines, which the pharmacopoeia will
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18
Freed From
Orture
EafOSsfC Cleared His
Upset Stomach

"The people who have seen me suf-
fer tortures from neuralgia brought on
by an upset stomach now see me per
fectly sound and well-absolutely due
to Eatonic," writes r. Long.
Profit by Mr.. Longs experience, keep
YOUR stomach in healthy condition,
fresh and cool. and avoid the ailments
that come from an. acid condition
Eatonie brings relief by taking up and
carrying out the excess acidity and
gases-does it quickly. Take an Eatonie
after eating and see how wonderfully
it helps you. Big box costs only a
trifle with your druggists guarantee. d.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18

Los Angeles physicians have estab-
lished a mothers educational center
where parents can bring their babes
for mental and physical examination.
without charge. Recommendation as
TO the childs care and special treat
ment is then made. Sick babies are
not cared for. 1t is simply an ad-
visory organization which examines
the infants and suggests the proper
care for each in accordance with its
particular physical and mental attri-
butes.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18

Coffee was unknown to the Greeks
and Romans of the pre-Christian era.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18

Speaking of Napoleon. he probably
never had any faith in the millennium.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18
What Every One Thinks.

A number of young people were dis
cussing private theatricais when a
young man remarked that he never
enjoyed participating In such enter
tainments
Il always think l am making such
fool Of myself" he concluded.
"Oh, everybody thinks that" said
one Of the girls, by way Of encourage
menr.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18

Some inventors spend all their Lives
In trying to make both ends meet
New-York tribune., 1921-06-26
Not One Drop of Real
Liquor i'm Fifty Gallons

ATLANTIC CITY, June 25.-Special
Prosecutor Burton A. Gaskill, in charge
of the enforcement of the Van Ness
prohibition law, announced to-day that
out of fifty gallons Of various brands
of liquor sold by alleged bootleggers
in Atlantic City, which has been seized
as evidence in more than thirty
prosecutions, there was not a single
drop of whisky or gin.
Chemical analysis, the prosecutor an
,nounced, showed that in each case what
had been ssold as 100 proof bottled in
bond whisky was made up of. burnt
sugar and water, with cologne spirits,
ether or grain alcohol furnishing the
necessary 'kick." All of these concoc-
tions, according to physicians who ex-
alnined them, are highly poisonous
when taken in beverage quantities.
Many bottles Of so-called gin, seized
by the special prosecutor in several
separate raids, proved without cycep-
tion to be made of water and molasses
and alcoholy, favored with juniper ber-
ries, concoction which has sledge-
hammer effect on the stomach.
According to chemists and also to
information given the prosecutor by
alleged hootleggers themselves, the
mixtures being sold as whisky and gin
are produced at an average cost of 45
cents a quart
New-York tribune., 1921-06-26
Japanese Alliance
Useless Now, Says
British Newspaper
Manchester Guardian De.
cIares Cornerstone of Pol
icy Should Be Close CO.
operation With America

LONDON, June 25.-The Manchester
Guardian, which is an opponent of the
renewal of the Anglo-Japanese alliance.
contended in an editorial to-day that
the original motive Of the alliance,
which was protective measure against
Germany and Russia, has disappeared,
1t asked if military alliance was
necessary to insure the "opcn door" in
China and the security Of Great Brit
aims doninions in the East, and if
such an alliance was possible without
turning the edge of it against the
United States"
1t was declared by the newspaper
that no answer had SO far been given
to these questions, and that it was un-
likely one would be forthcoming.
"The vital determining considers
tion," the newspaper said, must be our
relations with the United States. A
close understanding and friendly coop
Grafton should be the cornerstone of
our foreign policy"
:. No saving clause in the renewed al
lance, that Great Britain under no
circum stances would be involved in
hostilities with the United States, could
suffice, the newspaper continued, to
neutraize the unfortunate effect such
an exclusive alliance would have on
Anglo American relations. 1t urged it
was far better both for Japan and
Great Britain to conclude no exclusive
alliance, but friendly agreement to
which the United States would be a
party, Finally, The Guardian advo-
Gated the extension. of the limitation
OF naval armaments to Japan, whose
strong naval and commercial position
in the East was threatened by nobody
New-York tribune., 1921-06-26
Eity Police Seize 25 in
Staten Island Rglni Raids

/ Fourteen plain clothes men, attached
10 Inspector McDonald's staff of the
New York Police Department.. Hast
plight visited five towns on Staten
Island and raided more than thirty
places in a drive to enforce the Mui.
fan Gage law. Twenty-Five saloon and
hotel keepers were arrested and more
fhan $50 gallons OF alcohol and 500
gallons Of wine were seized.
The plain clothes men first visited
fottenville early in the evening, A
pumber of saloons and hotels were en-
sercd, it is reported, but no arrests
Ferc made. From Tottenville the po-
iice went TO South Beach, where i've
men were arrested in two hotels and
> quantity OF liquor was seized.
Other places visited by the members
qf the New York City force were
Stapleton. Rosehsnk and Clifton. 1t
is alleged that in all cases before an
arrest was made members of the raid
{ng party purchased liquor Themselves.
The plain clothes men are reported
% have conducted the raids without
lhe aid of the Staten Island police. 1t
Is said that sheyswent over the heads
IF the local police in making the ar
tests and in the seizure Of the alleged
iduor
New-York tribune., 1921-06-26
Masked Band Holds
Up Crowded Poulirv
Market; Gets $1,000
Money Is Obtained Fran
Cash Register, but Search
Stops When Police Whjs.
tie Frightens Five Avn,

The poultry market of Schiller Tsv.
& Co, E15 East Ninety-third Ssrss!
was jamrned with customers msIiss, sss
Sunday purchases at $40 O'Clock la.,
night when man with revolysr :
his hand and wearing handkaressss !
as a mask, appeared in the doorwsr
a clerk, in the act Of weighing nluns.
fowl, dropped the bird 10 the floor
The man with the revolver ente,.5
and behind him came four others ~
armed and masked. Between two II
them marched Morris Joseison, an ss.
ployee of the market, who had besp
ordered into the store as he was sbons
to climb on TO the drivers seat Of 4
delivery wagon to make the final Sal.
urday night delivery.
The leader Of the masked men yeIlei
"Hands up!" and everybody complied
There were at least twenty-five persons
in the market at the time Of the IN.
trusion, including q number Of women
and children.
Three of the gunmen fingered at tia
front Of the place to see that avery. n.
body kept their hands I'D and the
other two went toward the rear of tie
store in search of.a cash register. Thsy
ioVHA ~ IN Tie OtJCe, presided over by
Max Schiller, one of the proprietou
As Max lifted his arms, one Of The
bandits extracted more than $1,000 In
cash from the register. Then they CT.
dered Schiller to the front of the store
The gunman then went through the
pockets Of Moe Schiman, Of 400 Ess.
Ninety-third Street, and relieved him Of
a gold watch and chain. They were in
the act Of subiecting George Ige, an
other customer, to similar cleaning
out process when he broke and ran. He
dashed out of rear door and blew
police whistle.
The blast of the whistle caused The
gunmen to abandon their work rather
suddenly. Making threatening gestures
with their revolvers, they backed ont
the front door, climbed into an auto
mobile which had borne them to the
scene Of the robbery and started of.
About this time Morris Schiller, an
other OF the rroprietors, dashed 30 the
front Of the store from somewhere ia
the rear, saw the throng with appraised
hands and drew his revolver He irea
five shots at the automobile as it sped
away.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-26
Britain Backs
Harding Plan
OF Disar1niirl,g. 9.
Continued from paes one)

publicly called disarmament confer
ence before preliminary agreement
has been reached. More accustomed
to consider international situations
than the Americans there is much
stronger feeling in England than is
discernible here that to call such a
conference without having it's success
assured in advance would be so danger
Gus, from the point of view of possible
strained international relations, as to
be almost suicidal.
Dangers Foreseen in England
The interesting point about the whole
situation is that there is very large
element in England which recognizes
the same dangers in this situation
that President Harding and Secretary
Hughes have foreseen, and which Pres
ident Harding had in mind when he
made a mild attempt some weeks ago
to prevent Congress taking any action
on disarmament. The Presidents posi-
tion as stated to members of the Senate
and House at that time was that he
did not want to be embarrassed, or have
his hand forced. Actually his reason
was that he dreaded the unnecessary
risk, as he saw it, of calling confer
ence on which the eyes of the world
might be turned, without knowing in
advance that the conference would be
success
New-York tribune., 1921-06-26
Germany Leads X-Ray Work

DR.. ]. Seth Hirsch, head Of the x-ray
department of Bellevue Hospital, who
just has returned from Europe, said
yesterday that while the rest Of the
medical world has been engaged IN ex.
perimenting with radium, Germany,
particularly IN the last two years, has
made wonderful strides with the x-ray.
"ln Germany" said DR.. Hirsch, ''they
have developed a high tension elec-
trical apparatus that is capable of Civ.
ing 100000 voltage, and which is prob
ably the most powerful x-ray machine
in the world
He also said that much work now
was being carried on in London with
'S-ray apparatus.