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The Washington times., 1922-11-01

found. Men must be able to eat,
sleep and work while wearing
them.
Gas Outlawod.
AT Washington and The Hague
a covenant was made stamping
gas as inhumane. Germany did
not adhere to this convention.
There Is no doubt but that Ger.
many would stoop to any method
for victory. We cannot prevent
the manufacture Of gas. It would
mean the closing Of every chemical
product factory in Germany.
''At the present time our army
possesses only two sorts of masks.
There Is the generator and the
filter. The generator is serviceable
but expensive and cumbersome.
The neutralizing chemicals in this
type are quickly exhausted.
There are two types Of filter
masks-the Tissot and the A. r. &.
The Tissot Is good, but fragile and
cumbersome. The A. r. S. was a
good masks in 1917. but Is Of no
service with the new gas.
Chemical warfare Ia in its in
fancy. With the evolution Of SCI
ence rapid progress is expected.
Without exaggeration one may say
that there Is already as much diff
ference between the gas Of 1915
and 1922 as between a flintlock
musket and a machine gun"
The Washington times., 1922-11-01

The giants of today haven't long boards with hairs thick
Is iron bars and they do not say 'Fe, Fo, FL Fun
But they are giants the less though some OF
them be small and badheaded and instead Of saying Fe
To FL Fun hire lawyers go into court for them and say
Mon vut contendere" There big giants the earth
now much more expensive the people at large than the
biggest imaginary giants would have been had they really
existed and been able to eat thousand in day
We have real giants that put tax on every OK that the
people eat tax on every chicken barrel of flour ton of coal
pound of sugar, steel rail- every gallon Of OIL
giants that powerful far bigger eaters
than the imaginary giants OF childhood
There is lots for Jack the Giant Killer in real life
70 do in the United States now
Unfortunately the genuine giant killing Jacks are rare The
modern giant recognizes Jack the Giant Killer when he sees
hmand he usually hires him controls him in way and
soon Jack Killer becomes Jack the Giant Admirer
or Jack the Giant Representative in the Legislature
Giants still live and big financial industrial giants
the only among There others more harmful to
than the biggest giant of monopolistic
torton.
The giants that die slowly that in fact
have been killed. the giants that live in the world OF
thought.
race keeping them down.
One big giant in the world of thought the giant that sits
IN the high places and has his feet the homes of the
giant of Superstition multiplying hatreds brutaies and keep
ing back brotherhood among
Another great giant the worst Of ALL is the giant Of 1no
who has Poverty Vice and Malice for members of his
family
This giant Ignorance powerful beyond giant
any fairy story and slow to die.
But, fortunately, big and powerful they are all
smaller than they have been in the past
The public schools and the millions of little Giant Killers
sent out from them gradually pulling down the strength
Of old Giant Ignorance
The newspapers the publishers books keep
Superstition worried His hold grows feeber upon the brains
OF and those that make livelihood through Giant Super
sttion worried with and do not like newspapers
that tell the truth or books that give facts.
The Washington times., 1922-11-01
Three Chinese Finance Ministers Driven
Out, Position Remains Vacant

Chung Shih.ming, Harvard 10.
Chung was only a vice minister OF
finance. but his chief, Chang Hu,
was exposed In particularly
nefarious loan he was negotiating
in the interests OF his military
chiefs and had to flee to foreign
soil for safety.
That left Chung in office and n
hungry group of militarists de-
manding pay, not to mention the
various officials and school teach
ers.
What little money there was
went into the hands Of the militar.
Peking police. who might have ex-
posed the city to looting II their
several months back pay was not
made up.
Teachers Demand Pay.
One day Minister Chung was sur
rounded while at work at his desk
in the finance ministry by deter.
mined group Of government school
teachers who had not been paid for
three months.
"Our families are starving"
they cried. I'VE must have some
money"
In spite Of the fact that the min.
lister assured them he had no
money and was doing the best he
could to get some, they would not
leave. At p. m. he offered to pay
them one.fourth of the amount due
and to make up the rest In Install
ments.
They refused and telephoned the
ministry of education and more
teachers arrived. At midnight
the minister weakened and finally
compromised by giving them a
third of what was due and a check
for the balance. The minister was
permitted to go home In safety,
but the next morning when the
check was presented to the bank
II was returned mo funds"
Later Chung could not raise the
money desired by the war lords
and his protection was withdrawn,
leaving him open to political enc
mics, who easily found enough
Irregularities to condemn him. He
is now In prison awaiting further
trial.
The minister who succeeded
him, Tung Kang. was a paragon
OF honesty, q noted jurist. and a
thinker of leisure who knew little
OF the practical side OF finance.
An angry mob Of unpaid officials
finished him.
Now. there is no minister.
The Washington times., 1922-11-01
GARRETT P. SERVISS ON
OUR SATELLITES
Looking Black Strangers May
Be Vagrant Moons AS Yet Uncharted.

II revolved. This limit II q dis
tance equal to 2.44 times the ra,
dius of the planet. In the case OF
the earth. the limiting distance
would be about $3.50 miles from
the earth's center. or. say. 6.7so
miles from the surface. That
would be about the distance from
California to Japan.
III the distance OF the satellite
from the earth's center was about
lJ,6OO miles. or 5000 miles from
the surface, IL would be safely out
side Roche's Limit. and its pc.
riOd OF revolution around the earth
would be about six hours, Instead
or over twenty-seven days. like the
moon.
In such case. as Mr.. Worthing.
ton points out. the satellite would
transit the meridian once every
eight hours. travelling across the
sky wTom west 10 east, contrary
10 the motion OF the moon, but
resembling in this the inner satel.
lite of the planet Mars. whose dis.
tance from the center OF it's plane
tary master Is only $3.50 miles
(3,735 from the surface). while It's
DtIlDu Oh ItNOlullOil ID Z HOuTb 90
minutes Is seconds.
From all existing observatortes
except the five or six within the
tropics. II would appear very low
in the sky, and because OF the
mists OF the horizon. as well az its
faintness, would be likely to escape
notice.
Mars inner satellite probably
has a diameter OF as much as ten
miles. A satellite of that size 30
near the earth's surface as six or
seven thousand miles would have
an angular diameter when seen
overhead of five minutes Of arc, or
about a sixth Of the diameter of
the moon. and. in spite of the dis.
advantages OF observation Just
mentioned, could not fail to have
been detected long ago, even with
out telescopes.
But, the probability Is that any
satellite Of that kind that the Earth
may possess are rather Of meteoric
dimensions. the largest Of them
being measurable in terms of feet
instead Of miles. They could. then,
only be glimpsed with very power.
full telescopes. But one as much
as 52S feet in diameter. distant
$500 miles, would present a disk
over three seconds Of arc across,
which, when we'll illuminated by
sunlight. would be easily visible
with small telescope power.
Even II only satellites a foot or
less in diameter were found. the
discovery would be we'll worth
while. They might make up In
number for their individual insig-
nificance. and a belt OF meteoric
bodies circulating over the earth's
Equator, somewhat in the fashion
Of Saturn's rings. might have un-
guessed importance.
The Washington times., 1922-11-01
Do Animals and Birds Get
Drunk?

Will wild animals touch ferment.
ed stuff
The books on bird-diet say very
little and nothing entirely germane
to the question. However. only q
few days ago there was q news
paper item concerning the presence
Of bees about mash from q wreck.
ed bootleg still. According to the
reporter, the bees deserted the
flowers OF the locality to flock
about the mash. 1t was remarked.
half-seriously, that the honey would
probably be mildly Intoxicating.
Also a dozen times or more
'since prohibition" there have been
accounts of pigs and chickens grow
ing hilarious from feeding on the
residue from stills: several times
such stills have been discovered
through the peculiar antics Of hogs
and chickens in the neighborhood.
Adventure Magazine.
The Washington times., 1922-11-01
Whiskers On Sea-Going Steamers
Are Plentiful Nowadays AS Are
Hips On a Snake
(Copyrisht. iS1l. by Star compsay.)

President Arthur, flaunts a mus
tache Of goodly growth. Captain
Kreibohm says he has worn TINS
mustache since he was knee.high
to a grasshopper. and that he con-
siders II as necessary a part OF MS
face as his nose, and will continue
to wear It. The other aspirant
for mustachio renown is Captain
NJ. L. Pittman, Of the 8. S. Presi-
dent Monroe. Captain Pittmann
recently began to cultivate a little
blond mustache, which is about as
heavy as a Japanese girls LETT eye
brow. The jokes which have been
made of the Pittman mustache
have somewhat dampened the
ardor of the sailorman. and his
friends predict that he will be
barefaced shortly.
Captain Harold A. Cunningham.
Commodore of the fleet and com
mander of the big George wash
ington, has never attempted any
hirsute adornings. Captain Will
liam Rind, OF the 8. s. America,
confesses that In his younger days
he sported side-burns. Captain
Jonas Pendlebury OF the s. ).
President Adams, once attempted
a mustache, but II grew ike
hedge fence, and when his friends
began sending his mustache cups
on anniversaries he decided TO
razor 1t off. Captain John Scho-
field OF the 8. 8. President Polk.
attempted a mustache when he
first became a ships officer, but
after attaining to the dignity Oh
commander he decided that q bare
face was better. Captain Moore.
of the S. S. President Van Buren,:
Captain Mclean, of the 3. 3.
Susquehanna: Captain Randall, OF
the s. s. President Fillmore; Cap.
tain Look, OF the 8. S. President
Garfield; Captain Fried. OF the
s. s. President Roosevelt, and
Captain Grening, Of the s. 3.
President Harding, aver and de-
clare that they have never worn
whiskers nor mustaches and that
they never shall.
The only whiskers of prominence
worn in the United States Lines
Service are those which adorn the
features Of Captain A. T. Hudgins,
marine superintendent. Captain
Hudgins states emphatically that
whiskers are on his chin to sta,
The Washington times., 1922-11-01

n RLIN-Do great brains
n make great menf An in
~ teresting contribution to-
ward final answer TO this
question. which has long occu-
pied the attention OF students OF
the mind and biologists. has just
been made by an examination OF
the brain Of the great German
naturalist and philosopher. Ernest
Hacckel. by Prof. Friedrich
Jena.
Observation Of a large number
Of human brains has shown that
even men Of very mediocre think
ing powers may have heavy and
deeply furrowed brains. usually
accepted as signs OF strong in
telligence. Haeckels brain. which
has been weighed. measured. pho
tographed and subjected TO mi
nute scrutiny by DR.. Maurer. is OF
the large, deeply furrowed sort.
The investigator reaches the con-
clusion. nevertheless. that there
are definite characteristics in the
brain Of the famous German that
indicate the superior quality of
his mind and are proof Of the
parallelism Of physical structure
and mental activity.
Prof. Maurer holds that II is
not 30 much the quantity Of the
brain as its quality that matters.
and this is revealed in the char
acteristics Of Haeckers brain.
Two qualities OF Haeckers
mentality are strikingly repre-
sented in the shape and develop
ment of his brain. Haeckel was
what German psychologists de-
scribe as an EYE man"-that his
thinking was largely based on
yisualIzation. He was great
observer Of nature and the ap-
pearance Of things. In his pres
entation Of ideas he was much
given to the pictorial and con-
crete.
He was a great traveller and pre-.
served vivid mental nicturcs OF
what he had seen. as is shown by
his dtscriptions. In the study OF
minute plant and animal organ
isms and structures. he excelled in
discovery through the eye.
This most pronounced feature OF
Haeckcls mind Prof. Maurer finds
paralleled by an unusually high
devclopment OF those brain centers
associated with seeing. Curiously
enough, those centers In the white
race are usually not az we'll derel.
oped as In savage races that still
depend for their success In the
struggle for existence on keen oh.
seryation. SO that II would seem
that Haeckel carried into his scien.
tific work ono OF the supcriorities
Of the uncivilizcd man.
A second characteristic OF the
German philosopher.naturalist was
his capacity for combining and
rcshaping into new forms the
ideas OF his predecessors in sci.
entific research. Here again the
brain structure shows an exact
parallel to the mental develop
ment.
Those portions OF the forebrain
OF Haeckel. at a point known as
the cyrus angularis." which are
particularly concerned with this
mental act OF combination, are
developed to an unusual extent.
Haeckel's brain. the investiga-
tor decribes as an elite monu.
The Washington times., 1922-11-01
International Nws Service.


n EK1NG-Being minister Of
finance In Peking is about
u the most unpleasant job In
the Chinese republic. or the last
three ministers the first has been
declared en- enemy of the repub-
lie, has been divcsted OF all his
properties and decorations, and Is
a fugitive in the foreign conces.
sion at Tiertsin.
The second was n Harvard man
and, with his erudition gained
with the class OF 1910 at Cam
bridge, served his country to the
best OF his ability. He Is now In
prison and looks forward to
trial for treason. while the last
minister, and the one who sue
ceeded him. an eminent Jurist,
famed for his wisdom and hon
esty. Is in the hospital recovering
from injuries sustained at the
hands of an angry mob OF un-
paid officials.
Since then the position has been
vacant and, although advertised,
there have been no applicants.
According to an eyewitness the
papers awaiting the next minister
are piled up like vast ranges OF
mountains
Money Is Scarce.
OF the complexity of Chinese
politics the one present outstand.
ing feature is the financial strin.
gency. As the available national
income is usually seized at the
source by the various feudal mill.
tary chiefs and used tor their own
purposes, there Is nothing left to
pay the officials or to go into
maintenance and upkeep. There.
fore, the railroads, the govern.
ment mines. ETC., yield less gross
revenue each year, so that the
struggle for government funds Is
steadily increasing.
A minister OF finance becomes.
in short, the procurer of funds for
the particular military chief who
controls the situation. How he
gets the money does not much mat
'er, and he formerly had the choice
( making n loan on any security
md at any rate OF interest or Of
selling various concessions. Tho
rdvent Of the consortium stopped
he irresponsible making OF loans
md made the task OF minister Of
finance infinitely harder.
Perhaps the most unfortunate Of
the holders Of the finance portfolio
was the next to the last minister,
The Washington times., 1922-11-01
BY Garrett 4. Serviss
Eminent Astronomer and Author.
ity ON Subjects OF Scientific
Interest.

"HE legend has long persisted
that the earth has another
Il moon. undetected by astron'
omers because II keeps itself
shielded in the earth's shadow.
where, like a dark lantern, giving
no light. 4 turks unseen in the
night.
We need not attach any impor-
theless, II IL possible that our
planet actually is attended by
small satellite bodies that have
never been definitely observed as
such, while the only records re-
lating 10 them are a few observa-
tions OF suspicious.looking black
objects transiting the disk OF the
sun, as II dodging. one might say.
round a conspicuous but unavoid-
able corner.
Attention Is called to this sub
ject by the project To which | have
before referred for the erection OF
a telescope at high elevation in
the Andes. exactly on the line Of
the Equator. The proponent Of
this project Is James II. Worthing-
ton. and among the particular OBJ
tects for the detection and study
of which he thinks n telescope so
placed would be especially suited
are just these suppOsitious satel-
lites.
II they were only a few thou
sand miles from the earth they
could not be seen from high lati-
tudes north or south of the Equa-
tor, while an observer situated on
the Equartor would have them
passing overhead at their nearest
possible approach.
1t Is assumed that they cannot
be large bodies df they exist at
ALL, and, also, that they change
their places swiftly. In order that
their orbital motion should be
rapid, as compared with that OF
the moon. they must necessarily
be quite close to the earth. 1t Is
easy by Kepler's third law Of
planetary motion TO either calcu-
late their distances from their Pc
RODS OF revolution or their periods
from their distances. or course,
one or the other must be approx
mately known or assumed. The
law Ia that the squares OF the
times Of revolution are proper
tional to the cube. ~ the dis
tances.
Now. there Is another law.
know as Roche's Limit, which tells
us the minimum distance at which
q satellite could be formed with
out being scattered by the tidal
strains produced by the gravita-
tlon Of the planet around which
The Washington times., 1922-11-01
Warns Newspaper
By FREDERIC X. ABBOTT,
International News Service Staff
Correspondent.

PARIS, Oct. 31.-"1n case Of
war half Of France, including
Paris. may be destroyed by gas"
warns lie Matin. Chemical war
fare must enter our plans for the
future unless we desire a reign
Of gas terror" Is the judgment
Of Marshal Foch.
The Matin states that Frances
neighbors are actively studying
the employment Of gas as an Of
fensive weapon. The article Is
written because Of a recent report
from the United States relating to
the unpreparedness Of France to
protect her soldiers from gas.
"A well-known French profess
sor recently asked to borrow an
army gas mask for an experiment.
He searched through an entire
case Of supposedly serviceable
masks and did not find one in
good condition.
I'VE must remember that tho
civilian population must be pro-
ected as well as the soldiers. Mil
lions Of civilians may be killed in
the next war II they are not pro-
vided with masks and trained In
gas discipline. Each one should
be furnished with a serviceable
mask. But have we the masks?
Preparedness Urged.
THE Ministry Of War advises
that now. in the time Of peace, the
public should be taught the ex-
treme danger Of gas in time Of
war. Circulars will be distributed
giving instructions to the people
in case OF gas raids in Paris. Di-
rections for the construction OF
air-tight cellars and the care Of
the asphyxiated will be broad
casted.
1--WE have no shortage Of chem
lists, and they are as good as the
foreign chemists. We know exact.
iy what gas to use. The word
gas is obsolete in modern war
fare. Modern chemists employ
powder. Pulverized drops of cor
rosives Is the new gas This
projection Of dust irritates the
lungs and facilitates the entrance
OF a multitude Of bacteria.
I'VE know well how to attack,
but to defend ourselves Is another
question. We must find means OF
protection effective against all
chemicals. Special rubberized
clothing, light. comfortable masks,
durable for several days, must be
The Washington times., 1922-11-01
A Clock That Never Ticks
And THAT Is Progress.

More progress scientist in Berlin has invented clock
that doesn t tick.
Millions lain awake listening to the hdeous ticking Of
clock could conveniently be wrapped in towel end
put closet listening to the ticking of watch under the
pillow.
The tcless clock will add to sleep Adding to sleep pro-
longs life and increases efficiency.
British manufactures "antphones ~ a special
substance put the of artillery officers prevent
explosion Of breaking the drums Those anphones
also kill the noise of cities If suffering from insomnia you
might usefully try them-or use ordinary cotton
The Washington times., 1922-11-01

|" HERE was a time in tho old
days OF shipping when every
u sailorman sought to cultivate
whiskers. and captains took great
pride in wearing n beard. Nova
days, however, whiskers seem to
be on the decline. In a recent
tonsorial survey made OF the COM
manders of the vessels composing
the fleet OF the United States
Lines, II was discovered that not
a set OF whiskers existed. Fur
thermore, II was discovered that
only two OF the captains sported
mustaches.
Captain Paul II. Kreibohm. the
doughty commander OF the s. s.
The Washington times., 1922-11-01
Philosopher HaeckeP Brain
Weighed, Measured and
Studied by Science

mental human brain" that Of q
man who in a high degree exhib-
tied a "mens sana in corpore sano"
"a healthy mind in healthy
body. The structure OF his brain.
according to Prof. Maurer, shows
him to have been possessed OF
magnificent instrument for
thought.
This alone Is not enough. how
ever, he holds. II IL this mystc-
rious. uncharted, capacity for uti-
liZing at their highest energies the
powers that lie in such brain
that makes for greatness. That
he had this Haeckel demonstrated
in his life.
The Washington times., 1922-11-01
The Air Mail

The postoce administration is working earnestly and we'll
At the air mail problem Twenty eight hour letters from coast
70 coast are promised And night air service to be started
between Chicago and Detroit the aviation fields being hghed
70 facilitate landing.
In the next century the earth will be covered night with
great patches of light from Pole Pole and all around the
EQUATOR inviting machines to land The old people Mars
using improved telescope, will say The people that
baby planet earth have at last learned how TO fly But is
worth while talking to them yet they don't know enough
to Justify the waste of time
The Washington times., 1922-11-01
SAP AND SALT
BY BERT MOSES

copyright, 1912, by Premier syndicate
Incl
Bad health and jealousy 60 to-
gether.
Successful men are covered with
scars.
Fate is soineting that every man
hands to himself.
Some men never get anywhere
for the simple reason that they
never start anywhere.
The fellow who doesn't get mad
easily puts up nasty fight when
he does.
Hez Heck says: "A widder kin
ketch a man quicker than u police.
man."
The Washington times., 1922-11-01
By DAVID NJ. CHURCH.
International News Service staff
Correspondent,

LONDON.-A modern school OF
"Artful Dodgers" has grown up
in London. Scotland Yard In wor-
ried and wondering whether there
Is some new "Fagin."
Pickpockets are flourishing In
London. and tho police admit that
the modern 'dips' are the most
resourceful that they have ever
encountered. They are working
with great success In the huge
elevators that bring passengers
up from the subway stations.
Crowded hus.stops are n harvest
field for the pickpockets, and even
the buses are worked success
fully.
The Washington times., 1922-11-01
Artful Dodger is London's New Crook
Type
Type

The baby Is even being used as
a decoy. A woman enters . bus
and is followed by . piclspocket
carrying a child. II the bus 10
crowded the pickpocket asks the
woman to hold the baby. and while
changing the child from his arms
to those of his victim he generally
manages to open . purse or lit
a brooch.
Aeroplanes flying over London
have proven q harvest for the
dips" They point to aeroplanes
and make loud exclamations and,
when they have . crowd inter.
ested. ply their trade.
wallet.snatchcr have been most
successful during the summer sea.
son, when tourists have crowded
the narrow London strsetA
The Washington times., 1922-11-01
|
Fe, Fo, Fl, Fun, Giants
Today

Just the Same There Is Plenty of Work For Jack .he
Giant Killer.
The Washington times., 1922-11-01
WAR GAS COULD WIPE OUT HALF
OF FRANCE

Preparedness Is Urged.