The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-05-16

some of the vessels the two "flagships'
of the fleet pulled up anchor and
steamed away.
1t is not unlikely that the admins
tration will ask congress to change
the prohibition law in respect to for
eign ships so that complications with
other nations may be avoided.
CHARLES e. RUTHENBERG of
~ Cleveland, one of the communists
accused in Michigan of criminal syndi-
calism, was found guilty by a jury at
st. Joseph, Mich, last week. If the
verdict is sustained on appeal, the
Red may be sentenced to a prison
term of ten years and fined 5000, or
both. This conviction is a source of
great satisfaction to all who believe
in America and its institutions. 1t
assures the retrial of William z. Eos
ter, the first of the Reds to be tried.
In his case the jury disagreed, stand
ing 6 to 6 with its one woman mem
Der leading the acquittal faction.
Ruthenberg already has served time
as a draft INSTRUCTOR and also was in
Sing Sing prison for 10 months on con-
yiction of having written the mani
festo that formed the notorious radical
left wing of the Socialist party.
CPEAKING of Reds, n may call at
- tention to the all-Russian church
c~onclave in Moscow, where the speak
ers lauded the soviet regime for its
evangelical" aims, denied that there
was persecution of religious thought
in Russia and asked for prayers for
Lenin, declaring that he was dear to
the church. Among the speakers was
Bishop Edgar Blake of Chicago, bishop
of the American Methodist Episcopal
church of southern Europe. He said
in general the church cannot stand
aside, but must follow revolutionary
u%pheavals and accept every movement
looking toward a greater brotherhood.
TWO more notable Americans have
l. gone to the long rest. Knute Mel
son, United States senator from Min
nesota since 1895, who died suddenly
on a train en- route from Washington
to Chicago, was n of the most infiu-
entail and picturesque figures in the
upper house. Born in Norway In 1S43,
he came to America at the age Of
six, served through the Civil war in
a Wisconsin regiment, and became a
leading politician in Minnesota, where
he held many public offices before be-
ing sent to Washington. At the time
of his death he was chairman of the
powerful judiciary committee Of the
senate.
Emerson Hough, one of the best
known and most popular Of present
day American writer's. died In Evans
ton, H.. after a short illness, at the
age of sixty-six years. Besides his
work as a novelist he was a naturalist
and a pioneer in the West, and wrote
continually on all ann of topics.
THAT good may come from evil APP
l. pears in the announcement from
Washington that tuberculosis, infiuen-
"a, paresis, and other ills may be pre-
vented or cured by the use of some Of
the poison gases developed during the
war. Experiments conducted by the
chemical warfare service of the army
indicate that epidemics of influenza,
grips and colds can be stopped almost
instantly by the use of chlorine; and
other experiments by Lieut.. Col. E. B.
Vedder of the army medical corps
have demonstrated that mustard gas
is a specific for tuberculosis. The
burning gas known as Lewisite, 1t Is
said, has been found to be an eff
cacious remedy In cases of paresis
and locOmotor ataxia.
Another cure for pulmonary tuber-
culosis is announced by DR.. w. P.
Nolan of jeanette, Pa. 1t consists Of
the Inhalation of practically pure
carbon in amorphous form, and cal
clum in the form of carbonate, phos-
phate, chloride and laetate." Seven
ty-two cases, mostly far advanced, he
said, had responded to the treatment
so well that they could be pronounced
cured.
Isn't this better front page news
than murders, scandals, international
quarrels and criminal trials?
T IEUTS. John A. MacReady and
IL Oakley G. Kelly of the army air
service made a mountaineering flight,
from Hampstead, N. Y, to San Diego,
Cal, without stop. The distance was
about 2,635 miles and the time was
26 hours. 80 minutes, 49 2-5 seconds.
They used "A big monoplane with a
Liberty engine.
board in its last annual report. that
"The Presbyterian church in the Unit
ed States has never ceased to be @
national nhnrch in tho fulInst sense