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war would have continued until
the summer of 1919.
AMBASSADOR SHARP.

During the summer and fall of
1918 / came in contact with mill
tary men Of all the allied. nations
and had opportunity to know their
feeling as to when the war would
end. Not one Of them even init
mated 1t could be terminated be-
fore the summer Of 1919.
That was the plan Of both the
Army and Navy departments Of
the United States based upon the
best information that could be OBJ
tanned from their own officers and
allied officers In Europe.
Only one American In an i'm
portant position gave expression to
the opinion that hostilities could
be brought to a close sooner.
In October, 1918. a mutual friend
just arrived from Paris called up
the Navy Department to make an
engagement with me, saying that
he had an important confidential
message. When he called he told
me that Ambassador Sharp had
charged him when he reached
Washington to tell me in conf
dence that he had reasons which
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to accept Wilson's terms before
permitting the allied forces to go
on German SOIL"
CIVILIANS WON WAR.
The result showed In that In
stance as In others during the war
that the civilian estimate Of the
large situation was more accurate
than that Of the military leaders.
Indeed, the world war developed
three great allied civilian leaders
-Clemenceau. Lloyd George, and
Wilson-to whom history will give
higher place than it gives to any
military leader on land or sea.
It was Lloyd George who saw
and seized the advantage and me-
cessity OF the great magnitude OF
munitions and supplies which K.
of K. had not fully comprehended
in the early days Of the war. It
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Recent German Bulletin Shows That Germany Was
Building Over 400 New and Powerful Submarines
When the Arnstice Was SignedWlaat fastened
the Wars End So They Could Not Be Employed

was CIemenceau who saw the mo-
BILE heart and sublime courage OF
France when that war-worn people
were discouraged. 1t was the prac-
tical vision, the wise military
tactics and the world statesman
ship Of Wilson that hurried the
end Of breaking the German
morale.
GEDDES PROVED RIGHT.
Only q few days after I re-
ceived the confidential message
from Ambassador Sharp in Paris
that he believed the end was in
sight and the fighting would be
over before Christmas. Sir Eric
Geddes, first lord OF the British
admiralty, arrived in Washington
with his staff for an important
conference with the American
Secretary of the Navy and his ad-
visers.
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completely. ana plata glass q q
most a effec.ivs.
Lead screens are NOW hunt.
with . single ..porthole" Of plate
glass. behind which the operator
stands. ana through which he
looks, when the rays are work
ing. Rubber gloves, covered with
leaden scales. protect his hands
when II II necessary 70 place
them before tbs light. This lat
ter - sometimes put IN = ..box''
OF specially made plate glass
with window II soda riass
through which the radiance can
be concentrated without any risk
Of undesired effects In other III.
rections.
All these precautions may sound
rather formidable. but they are
quite necessary Tor the specialist.
who spends many hours every
day In close contact with this
powerful weapon Of science. The
average patient, however. upon
whom the x-rays are to be used
need not now feel apprehensive
about the possible eject Of the
rays upon himself.
SOAKING" DANGEROUS
The brief minutes Of exposurs
needed for few photographs
have not the slightest effect on
the system; It takes days and
weeks Of constant ''soakins in
the rays. such e would occur
only to an unprotected profess
sional photographer. before the
cumulative effect might begin to
be dangerous.
On the purely medical or cura.
tive side Of Roentgenology, No
have hardly realized our early
dreams, despite the heroic sacri-
ICES u bp4Do "a eA9D A4kNS AuNSDl1~
gators. It IL useful IN some skin
diseases ana glandular sweIlings.
and its destructive power. when
properly controlled. has been used
against certain types Of surface
cancers with considerable success.
Rscently vIennsss doctor has
declared that b. IT. uss ne can
accomplish the most marvellous
reJuvenations Of elderly people.
but It II too soon 70 Judge the
permanency o. the results. e +.
Of course, just possible that the
claim u absolutely correct. Cor
it behooyes cns nowadays 70 quail
ify denial. a. wen - acceptance,
with = grain Of salt
(cepyright 1875. ~ weeds Hutshinssn.
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Gland Transportation Originated and De-
ve1oped Right Here i'm America by Emil
nent Surgeons, Who Have Met
With Marked Success.

gland in him and also a goat
gland-all in the wrong place and
in the wrong way.
Right here in New York we
have surgeons trying the expert
ment of transplanting interstitial
glands under the arm pits and
elsewhere under the skin of the
persons, making ludicrous errors
and driving patients mad.
Having turned his or her old
age backward to the youthfulness
OF the age Of thirty-five to forty
by borrowing the glands of the
goat, one may seek extension of
the life period in radium, which
is administered in various forms
and ways.
YOUNGSTERS OF 100 YEARS.
DR.. Everett C. Field, director
of the New York Radium Insti-
tute, says: Three score years
and ten as the span Of human
life will soon go into the discard,
and youngsters of 100 will be
prancing about the streets. brought
about by the wonderful powers Of
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We have the sure means Of SIC
tory in our own hands.
IT have made It the keynote Of
an my policy and an my advice
to others not to BE- deiuded with
hopes Of an early victory. but to
prepare for an ever-receding du-
ration Of the war"
we were then happy that We
had built hundreds Of submarine
chasers, had given orders for
scores Of Eagles. and were ieadc
Ing shipbuilders and ordered
every effort regardless Of expense
to speed up construction.
There were those who felt that
Sir Eric was moved by panic. but
the Navy Department in Wash
ington accepted It at face value
and co-operated to get ready to
do its great part to meet the new
threatened German offensive.
GERMAN DATA.
And now this newly published
German bulletin proves that Sir
Eric was right. although the end
came suddenly few days after Sir
Eric reached London.
The German bulletin substanti-
ates all the British first lord and
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Bv DIR. WOODS HUTCHINSON: Rays---X and OF

his name ana which can produce
almost any degree of intensity of
penetration desired: while at the
other end cf the scale al sorts
Of specially sensitive phctographic
platss have been devised sach
one or which Ii specially adapted
for registering" some particular
substance.
For the Roentgen ray Agrees
with the Einstein theory IN BE-
ing relative; that i. II does
not merely 50 clear through some
substances and stop dead At
others. 50 that the resultant
photos win be . clear-cuts sil-
houette IN black and white.
Broadly speaking. the higher:
the atomic weight o. substances.
1t; thus wood and Cardboard Of
the less win the rays penetrate.
fer little resistance, while thu
metals win stop them more or
less completely.
But certain types of plate glass
(as distinguished from ordinary,
or soda" glass) win block the
rays almost AZ effectively e 4
sheet Of metal; and It II. very
fortunate that such 81 the case.
for the x-rays. ike most Of the
powerful forces Of nature. can
devastate as well 40 develop II
not firmly controlled.
Many Of the early inyestiea-
tors, not knowing it, sinister
side. took no special precautions.
but worked constantly within ite
greenish radiance.
Finally, strange burns began
to appear o. the hands, and
These failed to heal properly; as
time went on they grew worse.
and finally turned into that most
dreaded Of modern affIictions -
cancer.
Anaputation Of the affected
hand Or finger would follow. only
perhaps to b repeated ii . few
months1 or years; as the disease
crept on. until. ID the case Of
some iuckless Investigator. both
arms have been sacrificed before
the Great Healer INTERVIEWED to
put al end To their sufferings.
LEAD AS PROTECTION.
Patient investisation disclosed
the source 81 the danger and de-
yised "a almost perfect protec-
ton against II. Lead. that strange
sIuggish, morose looking sub
stance, whose powers are largely
negative. seems to block the Tays
- ~
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RADIUM TO INCREASE SPAN OF LIFE SCIENTISTS ASSERT,
FOR THOSE MEN PROVIDED WITH REJUVENATED GLANDS

radium. It's rejuvenating powers,
by which an increase Of the span
of life may be contaminated, is
being worked out on various lines
here. For ten years it has been
noted that radium has the power
to cause a re-absorption OF the
salts which cause arterio sclerosis.
Hardening Of the arteries Is
checked because the salts are re-
distributed, and thus also Is
nephitis, or Bright's disease check
ed. Radium brings the salts back
into the blood.
I'VE find, however, that low
dosage Is not so effective as in
lection into the veins. Even in
it's tiniest forms, radium Is serv-
iceable in frightening life. The
dosage must be concentrated and
increased, according to the condi-
ton of the patient.
"Radium is not drug. but a
physical agency. 1t develops alpha,
beta and gamma rays, which give
every tissue of the body the stimu-
lus of explosive electrical bonn
bardment, a sort of internal mas
sage, bringing the body secretions
back to normal. I have seen tho
memory, digestive powers and gen.
eral strength of patients eighty
years old improve wonderfully
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RMAN EVIDENCE PROVED THAT SIR ERIC GEDDEs WAS RIGHT

American naval officers believed IN
October, 1913. e. the following
paragraph shows:
The submarine department Inn
mediately started on the work Of
extending the facilities Of the
bases so as to decrease the length
Of time necessary for the repair
Of the boats, etc. At the begin
ming Of April extensive work was
begun at Pola and Cattaro. It
was especially tragic that the
work on the Piovica yards IN thu
Bay Of Cattaro was only finished
just shortly before the necessary
evacuation Of the Austrian bases.
In Germany itself extensive
work was begun at the Holm
shipyards In Danzig, new base
was in course Of preparation at
Lubec, and another In F1nken-
werder, near Hamburg the pres
emit Deutsche VERT A. O.. and
the yards at Emden were being
enlarged.
I'm December, 1917. work was
begun on 80 large and 80 small
submarines. and up to June, 1918.
!. 81 more large boats and 156 small
ones were started. A number of
yards not previously engaged in
submarine building were now
called on for this work.
Therefore, 1t happened that at
the time Of the revolution there
were 440 submarines under con-
struction, 1877 OF which were large
ones. In September October. 1913,
$50 more boats were ordered.
Hugo SHINES was consulted
ana also all of the directors of the
German industries especially con-
cerned with the construction Of
submarines were called to Berlin
to make proper arrangements TOR
the most effective subdivision Of
labor. Special attention was de-
voted to the question OF the ex-
tent to which the Industries could
relieve the overworked yards In
all these arrangements the sub
marine department felt very keen
ly all tho omissions and failures
Of the previous years ana there
fore worked under very tragic
conditions. but when the delivery
Of thirty new boats was assured
for November. 1918. the chief Of
the submarine department felt
that he had achieved the most
that was possfble>
ADMIRAL BEATTY RIGHT.
Admiral Beatty. when telling
Admiral Rodman goodbye when
the American fleet. which had
been acting with the British Meet
In the North Sea, was. leaving Tor
the United States IN December,
1918. said: "And now the fighting
is over the writing will begin
Much Of It will be self-gloriflca-
ton, but most Of it will be rec
ords that will throw light upon
what was not plain during the
struggle.
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Century PISA
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By DIR. w. H. BALLOU.

~ AN the life of mankind be ex-
tended to 100 years? $50
~ years? 800 years? All Of
great radium investigators,
from Lord Raleigh clear through
a long list, claim that this price
less element. II properly admins
tered. can prolong human life as
long as the vital human glands
function in exuding their cells
into the blood.
On the other hand, long line
of surgeons insist that decayed
glands can be replaced and reju-
venated. so that, If there IL any
thing in the claims of radium
experts. life may not only be
prolonged. but kept intact with
all the normal functions of a
healthy man Of forty years.
Obviously, there is no object
in living beyond the three score
years and ten If one must be
burdened with the ailments Of old
age. Regeneration. then, is Of
first and prime Importance. Any
man of fifty or over, IL he has
only twenty years to live, would
prefer to have all of the vitality
restored to him that he had at
forty, said vitality to continue
while he lives
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n MEDIEVAL fisherman who
"a had befriended a group
IL Of fairies was. according
to legend, given as a reward the
power to see somewhat further
through a milestone than the or
binary mortal, and his descend
ants inherited this gift to their
occasional advantage.
It would be interesting to know
II some lineal descendant of this
ancient worthy ever drifted up into
Rhenish Prussia; for, about 1S45,
there was born in that district a
man who enabled the whole world
to see all the way through sub
stances far more practically i'm
portant, though apparently just as
solid, as milestone ever was.
His discovery made the human
body well.nigh as transparent as
a jellyfish, with only the actual
bones OF the skeleton standing out
In bold relief: 1t pierced through
thicknesses OF wood and varnish,
disclosing any hidden weaknesses.
It even split up the unity Of
atoms, pried into them, enabling
us to take them apart ..to see what
made them tick" in a scientific
sense, and practically inaugurated
= new and sirnplified theory Of
electrical phenomena.
In some ways, It was one Of
the most ''unsettling' discoveries
that has yet been made by Science;
for, as one writer said. ''it marked
the attainment Of q new peak from
the summit Of which the ground
already painfully traversed seemed
HAT and insignificant, and It re-
yealed a new horizon, respondent
with shining-but dangerous
mountains"
BEGAN IN 1895.
So widespread and familiar have
certain aspects OF this discovery
become that we rather take it for
granted as something well known
and long established; yet Wilhelm
Won Roentgen announced his dis
covery to the world only twenty
seven years ago, and has but re-
Gently departed this life at the age
Of seventy-eight.
OF German parentage. but edu-
Gated in Holland and Switzerland.
he became a professor Of physics
In the University Of Wurzburg,
and IN 1895 began to experiment
with one OF the newly invented
Crookes tubes.
These were already known to
possess very unusual electrical
~ n p r.
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Of Great Discovery N G
Boon to Physicians and
Attained by Science
Plates Revealed
Living Subject

cline at ease beneath the crack
ling glare OF the x-ray machine,
but finally all was set: the dog
suddenly appeared beyond q. graf
ing and the experiment began.
At first, the results were ideal,
pussy being quite unaware OF the
screen between herself and her
enemy. reacted with the utmost
enthusiasm, and splendid photos
were obtained.
EFFECT OF FEAR.
Just as soon as she. regis
tered" fear, the whole process Of
digestion came to p standstill.
and the stomach fairly tied it.
sell into = bow-knot, thereby cor
roborating our previous theories.
But, being an observant feline.
she soon found out that. however
fiercely her enemy might bark
at her, he never seemed able to
bring the battle to close quarters.
and she became less disturbed at
his sudden appearances.
After ! little while she calmly
refused to bulge, but reclined
quietly upon her cushion. pur-
ring happily. while the bismuth
meal moved smoothly alOng it,
normal course, watching the poor
fox terrier with great enjoyment
while he yapped himself into hys-
tertcs and fairly. wept with rage
at his own helplessness.
The rays also give most valu-
able information In diseases Of
or foreign bodies In the lungs, Of
the size and movements Of the
. heart and Of calcuH or stones in
the kidneys.
These different Photographic"
applications Of the Roentgen
rays are the ones where per-
haps the greatest progress has
been made. and . most extraor-
binary degree Of precision has
been reached.
COOLIDGE'S DISCOVERY.
An American scientist. Pro
lessor Coolidge. has invented =
special x-ray tube which bears
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This Is especially valuable
when there is any suspicion Of
the. existence Of pus-pockcts
around the roots OF the teeth.
These latter, which often have.
very bad effect on the general
system, may give no outward
sigh whatever OF their presence;
but they seldom escape the
X-rays. and extraction will almost
always verify the photograph.
Conversely. teeth may have i
surface appearance that would
recommend extraction, and yet
be perfectly sound at the roots:
here the K.ray may clear them Of
all suspicion and save them for
further usefulness.
BIG AID TO DOCTOR.
The Roentgen rays also do yeo-
man service for. the physician
who specializes In internal the
rapy, which includes diseases Of
the stomach and intestines.
BY giving the patient 4 meal
containing fair amounts Of bis
nuth Through which the rays
cannot pass) and then frequent
photographs. the meal can be fol-
lowed all the way through the
digestive organs.
Thus any delays. bookings or
structures can promptly he de-
tected. and proper measures then
taken to remove them.
This method IL also Of great
interest. from the purely scien-
tific viewroint. for determining
the reactions OF the stomach un-
der the stress Of different condi-
tons ana emotions, such a. fear,
anger, etc, as these may have
q very direct bearing on our
general health.
An attempt was once made to
study the fear reaction pro-
duced in an ordinary cat by the
sudden appearance Of fox ter
rier.
1t took quite = while to get
pussy accustomed to eating bis
muth (which looks and tastes
rather like talcum powder) and
still longer before she would re-
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convinced him that the fighting
would be over before Christmas of
1918.
Ambassador Sharp" added the
friend. directed me to say that he
wished you to know his opinion
in the strictest confidence, but
that he claimed no superior judg-
ment to the men in the field whose
recommendations, Of course. ought
to control governmental action"
Later. when in Paris. I talked
with Ambassador Sharp about his
message.
"I. Of COURSE" he said, did not
know. Nobody could have known.
But my stay in Paris throughout
the war made me feel as well az
see the conditions OF war. And I
had the sixth sense Of feeling and
knew things were going to pieces
and the Germans would be willing
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through the intravenous inJectio
of radium."
EACH RAY A LITTLE SUN.

through the 1ntraVenouS 1nJectlons
of radium."
EACH RAY A LITTLE SUN.
Each radium ray Is a little
sun. They shine in all the myriad
dark tunnels Of our arteries, veins
and capillaries-tiny little wonder
working luminaries Of health and
vitality.
Under their beams youth returns
to our blood vessels. The armies
Of red corpuscles increase and
multiply by the hundreds Of thou
sands beneath their stimulating
flow. They touch the nerves with
caressing. healing fingers and
Danish pain.
Disease germs, passing along In
the blood stream, come under
their raoIance ana die-exactly az
they would beneath the radiance
of the sun. The deposits in stif-
fened joints crumble and fade
away beneath their tiny yet ire
sistible hammer blows,
All of our bodies respond to
them; grow young and glad again.
Billions upon billions OF tiny,
all,powerfui, beneficent suns of
radium bring light and health to
every corner Of that house OF
bone, blood tissue and nerve We
call our body.
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At q memorable conference in
my home on Wyoming avenue.
Sir Eric told us-this was in Oc-
tober, 1s1s-that we might expect
a decided increase in submarine
activity, a German drive at sea.
He said vastly more tonnage
would Be sunk In the ensuing
months than in the height Of tho
sinking in 1917. before America
had gotten its full strength in ac-
ton.
He said Germany had been
building submarines rapidly and
the British secret service had all
the facts.
"A great renewed effort on Ger
many's part is impending. We
know 1t, and know it's extent. We
must always be prepared for two
years more, and then only shall
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Widespread Applications
R0entgen Have Been a
Surgeons--NeW Peak
When Photographic
WORKINGS Inside
leak
.OrEKiHags

fracture OF q bone, so that, pre-.
cisely the right treatment may
begin at once, needs no enpha-
sizing here, and, in the case OF
bullets and shell fragments, 1t is,
simply priceless.
Before the X-ray, the usual
way to locate q bullet.Was to calm
ly shove q metal rod or pair Of
long, narrow forceps into the
wound and keep poking about in
the inflamed tissues. trying to fol-
low the course Of the shot, until
they happened to collide with the
object Of their search.
NEW METHOD SIMPLE.
About as agonizing e perform
ance as can web be imagined ii
pre-anaesthetic days, which lasted
until the civil war.
Nowadays the method II sim
plicity itself; several x-ray pic
lures are taken from different
angles SO as to triangulate the
exact position Of the bullet or
splinter, the patient Is then put
under an anaesthetic: the surgeon
knows exactly where TO make his
incision to remove the fragment
with the least possible danger.
and the whole affair may be over
in . few minutes, without having
hurt the patient in the least.
Even In the Boer war, which
occurred only three years alter
Roentgen's announcement Of his
discovery, the rays were used
extensively and doubtless saved
hundreds OF lives. while their
value 40 life-savers In the last
war was simply incalculable.
In peaceful fields their triumph
has been no less marked; the
deilsaI profession now regards
them almost ~ highly a. does
the medical world. BY means Of
small X-ray photographs. judi
ciously taken. they can pry into
ne innermost recesses Of the
teeth and gums, inspect general
health conditions, locate sources
of infection, and determine with
almost absolute certainty whether
extraction is necessary or not.
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Having recovered his youthful
ness Of looks and vital func-
tons, he would not hesitate to
take a chance with radium to
lengthen his life indefinitely,
knowing that he could renew his
glands as fast as they began to
show decay.
DEVELOPED AMERICA.
I was greatly amused by a dis
patch from London recently
stating that, "as gland grating
was undeveloped," he. DR.. Leo
Mitchell, of New York, was abroad
to learn what he could from Vo-
ronoff, Stomach, ETC., in order
Ito combine results and make it
successful" Europe Is the last
place one should go to learn sue
cessful gland transportation.
1t was originated and developed
right here in America by such
men as John r. Brinkley, College
Of Physicians and Surgeons, Mil
ford, Kan; DIR. j. Frank Lyd-
stem, Chicago; DIR. Victor Darwin
Lespinasse, Northwestern Medi-
cal School, Chicago, etc.
In proof, it may be stated that
the Japanese government has
made goat gland transportation
compulsory, in order to rejuve-
nate the aged charity inmates of
its institutions and set them to
eelf-supporting work.