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:: :: :: $Basbim|ton jfieralb Published Every Moraine in the Year by The Wajhingtoa Herald Company, 413-437-439 Eleventh St. Washington, D. C. ' J E- R?c?. President and General Manager. Phone: Main 3300?All Departments^ SUBSCRIPTION RATES?BY CARRIER In Washington and Vicinity: Daily and Sunday, i Month. 40c; I Year, SUBSCRIPTION BY MAIL IN ADVANCE Daily and Sunday, 1 Month, 50c; 1 Year, $5x10 Daily Only. 1 Month. 40c; t Year. $3 50 Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations | BRANCH OFFICES: London, Eng.: us Pall Mall, S- IV. I. , I Paris: Grand Hotel. No. I Rue Auber. Sew York: as Fifth Ave.; Chicago: <K? Mailers Bldg.; Los Angeles: 407 Van Nuys Bldt. BENJAMIN &.KENTNOR COMPANY, ' National Advertising Representative TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 13. '9?' Farewell to UoUtion. r-|-*HE Washington conference will be a last fond I and affectionate, and possibly with some, re?! * ' gretful, farewell to every vestige of our Uncle Sam's "isolation." He will take his place as " one of the world family, as one of the big brothers i with equal responsibility for the conduct and welfare of all the others in the family. This may not "'be' a surrender of sovereignty, but no member of a * family of individuals or of nations, recogmnng mu:I!tual obligations with inevitable testations, is altogether a free agent. Indeed, complete sovereignty, ~like inalienable personal rights, is not much more h! than an expression. This conference may run the gamut of world ' affairs and of international relations. If limitation 'noi armaments is extended to land forces, France will 'at once ask for surety and guarantees of her future safety. If this government had ratified the triparty treaty assuring France against German revenge and aggression, she probably would have materially reduced her army before now, and she would be glad to make the exchange now. This would save her 'j huge expense, would save Germany current costs .^and simplify materially the Silesian problem, as well as others. On the seas Great Britain will demand assurance that in case of war she will not be cut off from 'I.her sources of food supplies. Will this country, ' Japan. France and Italy, be ready to go this far, equalTy as far, in fact, as the French defensive treaty ? :jj Great Britain can hardly afford, without such asP; sursnce, to 'have a lesser navy than any other two '! powers exclusive of the United States, or oi an ally. This ts one reason for the British-Japanese treaty, to assure freedom erf the seas across which her food j sullies most come to her. Tt would seem that the demands on the United ! States may not he small, if this conference is to be 'J! effective. Japan will demand to know just where ' hir people, her surplus population, may go and be !!' assured of full rights of property, industry and investment. Will this government, which excludes the " lapanese, or can it, guarantee them rights elsewhere? Maybe none of these questions will be obtruded. Maybe the program can be confined strictly to the call, that is to Pacific problems. But this is an interlocking world and it is hard to move in any one direction without making waves which spread in all directions. " IV sort 0f subconscious realization of where this country may have to go when all dressed up for this conference, is one reason there is so much general satisfaction in the appointment of Mr. Root as one of the American delegates. Mr. Root is one of the very few Americans who has had personal touch with the delegates of foreign countries who will be here. He knows them and they know him. He has their confidence. They and he understand each other and can talk without camouflage or trying each other out. as it were. There is the feeling that with T'Mr. Root on the delegation, it has been greatly 'strengthened to get results without too much sacri" ficc of the position of the United States on the side . lines. Except the Monroe doctrine as applying only to South America, and the "open door' applying but to China, this country has not had a foreign policy. Both of these are the same in -principle. If they are now to be definitely defined, or extended, or if otherwise this country is to be given a world' wide international policy, there are no other men < the people would select in preference to Secretary ) Hughes and Mr. Root for guidance. They were 1 both proponents of the league of nations, but be1 lieved it should be based upon judicial action, not ' on diplomatic interchange and trade in assembly . and council. Both supported the covenant with the4 ! Lodge reservations while Mr. Underwood supported it as a whole. { If there is now to be no league so far as the | 'United States is concerned, it would seem essential that the country's place in international affairs, its ; relations to other governments while outside the J league, its policies and principles of intercourse with ? nations, should be fixed and known. The league needs this for its guidance and certainly this government owes it to all other governments, that Vthey may know definitely what can and cannot have *its approval. Otherwise they must move in the dark, in any discussions or actions, uncertain whether decisions will or will not be acceptable to t*is country which is rfy* dominant in world finance and the great creditor power. Hjalmar Branting attacks the league of nations as feeing partial and wasteful. Watchful waiting tjftially produces wasteful watching, in Tie Rijht to Work. THE na\y yard workers are but a type. The Herald is no more interested in them than in any other group of workingmen. But they illi|ftrate a policy of government. That is, the obligation of the social structure and its property, which are the government, to provide employment /or the unemployed who only want work, that they > may provide for themselves and families. The worst ' calamity which can come to any country is enforced idleness of a large body of its workers, compelling then to use up their savings and finally descend to charity. Society and its property has to feed the hungry 1 and clothe the needy and keep them housed. It is tfie part of good sense and mere self-interest to permit those in need to do this for themselves. 1 They can and will do it if given the chance. That ' fiance is work. The government has the work at t the naval yartls, or can provide it. It is work that i ?honld be done and is merely being postponed, Mthik all the >?wng in La.\?3 is but a drop in the 1 4 ocean. It is spigot saving which could be made in other ways without harm, or economic or social mistake. Not only ha* the government discharged men wholesale at the yard*, but it has cut wage* a | total of around $17 a week for the skilled men. First the bonus was dropped, which was about 55 a week. Next they were given their holidayswithout pay. Now nearly $1 a, day has been added to , the wage reduction. Rents have not been reduced and this is near one-fourth or even more of the necessary cost of living. Ftlel Is higher than ever and the only reduction to match the cut in wages is in the cost of food and clothing. Under such conditions,' $17 i? a mighty material amount to a man with a family who is loyal to his government and who doe? Aot appreciate that loyalty is a jughandle. Government owes protection to property. For very many their ability to labor is their only property. Chicago police are taxed with having incited crime. No one ever accused a Chicago policeman of lack of any kind of insight. Their Own Kit-Bar BOLIVIA has taken its troubles to the assembly of the league of nations. She has a treaty with Chile made in 1904, which she would like to have the league revise. The other countries are inclined to listen most courteously, but to do nothing, for two reasons. One is the establishment of a precedent which is loaded; thfe other, that the United States might hold any action as encroaching on the Monroe doctrine. The first reason has abundant substance; the latter has none. If the league should decide it could interfere in this instance, there is not a treaty in existence which ended a war, or was the result: of threat by a greater power, which might not bob up to plague the assembled governments. There is not an award through arbitration which might not follow. Not even all the believed injustices of individuals art justiciable in the courts and if the international court was already established with compulsory jurisdiction, it may be doubted if it would not refuse jurisdiction of Bolivia's complaint. As to the Monroe doctrine, it is in no way involved. No country outside South America is concerned and the South Americans are not restricted by the Monroe doctrine in settling their differences in any way they may see fit. They can, and do, go to war over them. They are certainly free to arbitrate them before any body they choose, or can appeal them to any form of court which will consent to consider them. Even the enforcement of a decree by the league, if it chose to render one, would hardly come within the purview of the Doctrine. . . What the league, however, does afford Bolivia is world publicity. She has stated her case, as has Chile. It was an appeal to world public opinion, to an international sense of justice. It does not seem to be a condition of such acute injustice as to arouse any furore of sympathy and Bolivia probably must find her remedy within herself in economic relations and such economic developments as will make her trade, commerce and resources essential to Chile. There are all sorts of ways of killing offensive cats, without asking others to do it for you. "Prolonged drought in North Carolina has closed fifty-eight mills." Prolonged drought in the United States has opened up 1,000,001 . stills. Making a Straw-Man. 44 fT IS ridiculous," says the New York Tribune, I "for Congress to say that the Eighteenth amendment cannot be enforced except by overriding the Constitution." That is a whole mouthful of absurdity, since no one in Congress has said, or says anything of the sort. The Tribune has but fashioned a man of straw to protect its proteges, the bootleggers, by pretending what isn't. Strangely enough in the same issue with this editorial scarecrow, was a news story of the seizure in New York harbor ot a Greek ship with its . cargo of opiates and liquor valued at $1,000,000. The seizure was made by Federal officials who had sought and were receiving delivery of part of the cargo. They were resisted. There was a pistol bat- ] tie. Five of the ship's crew were wounded. The officials did not have a warrant. ^ 1 Neither the Tribune nor any other New York I newspaper, has claimed that this was a violation of | the Constitution. It is not claimed that these Iedj eral agents, having secured their evidence, should | have gone to a magistrate and secured a warrant I before seizing and searching the vessel. They all know that if this had been done, there would have been no vessel to seize when the officers returned. They also know that if a warrant had been asked on suspicion, it might not have been granted, or might have been tipped off. I This seizure was warranted under the Fourthl I amendment. It was not in violation o( the Constitution. It illustrates, however, what would be forbidden by the Stanley amendment which wouljl read into the Fourth amendment what is not there, and what the courts have held it does not mean. It, | also, illustrates how far the wets would go to nullify the Eighteenth amendment. In the Greek-Turk marathon the Greek^ have had hard work keeping up with the Turks. It is something to run back as fast as the other fellow can run ahead. Controlled By Nature. THE British-Irish settlement is being made by the British and Irish people. That is consent of the governed. When the truce was declared, the settlement was sure to follow. In accepting the proposal for another personal conference, Sinn Fein has accepted the British offer "in principle." This is simply that Ireland shall remain within the empire. All other conditions are matters for further discus-' sion. This is "self-determination" and the people of Ireland have determined it. As a fact, Ireland will be more independent within the empire thin she could be outside of it. She is cut off from the rest of the world. She is an island with Great Britaia as her only near contact, and separating hw from the continent. She imis' steer across the ocean, or around Great Britain to get anywhere. Geography, not any human force or influence, fixed her place in the world with Great Britain, and not apart from the empire. Each gains strength, importance and stability from the other. Their interests are joined by nature and community of interests far more than ethnology fixes the relations and attachments of people in geographical units. South Ireland has but to apply this same rule to gain Ulster. Irish unity cannot come by force. Sinn Fein ought to appreciate this. It can only come by community interest based on the square deal, without compulsion, fcow or afterwards. i' NSW YORK. Sept. 11.-?A Ne<! Yorker returned from farla aftpr a ton* absence, stood it the />id Knickerbocker corner at midnight , and moaned dismally: "Lots of ajght I ?bat no life." That, ak Broadway1 would yodel. Is "a lotta apple sauce"?pr in more fastidious Man- i hattanese "horseradish." Night life Is still here Hloitg the Dasslinr Oulch, but it hides In nooks I and erannlea far off the beaten 1 trail. The stranger sees only the ! faint phosphorescence thrown off * by the dying embers of what was | once the nocturnal blaae. I The tom-toms do not sound In the old rose and Kilt dansants. Rector's, I Churchill's, Btistanobv's and the ' Pekln and a dosen other strong- 1 holds of syncopation are shuttered. Danish pastry shops and orange di*nk emporiums flu their place. Yet any of the manicure girl cappers can tell you of back rooms In Hoboken water front saloons where night life Is hectic snd where bee- ^ tle-browed bartenders will knock you for a row of shanties if you start anything. The rear of a . plumbing shop on Houston street Is filled nightly with gay crowds In evening dress that used to fl-ollc on Broadway. ' j Charlie the T>ope, with cigarette ! hanging from loose lips, thumps the tinny piano and whines the "blue" melodies of the Karbary ! Coast honkytonks. Chorus girls "at liberty" thrum their ukeleles and ' sing risque songs. Many are making a living In this way. Everybody "in the know" along I the White Way knows of the oar-l bage Can. It is tucked awsy In an ! old cellar on Bleecker street. Candles furnish the light and a darky furnishes the Jazz with a mouth or- I gan but the drinks are potent and I there are many avenues of escape! In case the police knock at the door. ( Just now these slumming places, as foul as the sewers of Paris, are quite the rage. They bring the goose-flesh, but It Is a new sort of night life and helps to throttle the ennui of the midnight sons and daughters. For a time a delicatessen shop on upper Broadway near the Ansonia was the nightly haven but it Is losing patronage to the joints less reflned. Sunday dinners at the V. V. A. clubhouse?the home of vaudevil- ' Hans?are the most unique In all 1 New York. I attended one the other 1 night with chic Sale, who says he 1 Is a regular city slicker, carries ' dice and has been on three excursions this summer. The diners do ^ stunts after the last course. They ' sing songs, give monologues, juggle 1 and one acrobat walked on his 1 hands and brought In a tray of ' dishes resting on his feet. They 1 have a mighty good time and I be- 1 lleve there is less professional jeal- ' ousy among vaudeville folk than 1 any other type of entertainers. 1 I One of the busiest of the Tyobster 1 Belt's leaping !.otharios sat quietly ' handcuffed to his wife In a Broad- ' way cafe the other night. Past the 1 tsble walked a stunning blond' who nodded familiarly to the bus- i band. "You hetcher life you'll have some'i I job explaining to me who that hussy I Is!" cordially remarked the wife. "Not half the time I'll have explainin' to her who you are," replied the T^othario. Blind George, will keep his stand! at the old Herald Building. When! wreckers went to work on the building George enme to work one morning and wandered about hope- , lessly. His usual corner was gone. The contractor found him and erected a special stand which will house him until the building is completed. He ha? been at the corner for , eighteen year*. \ \i*@) i TUESDAY. ?HTTKMBF,lt 13, 1*21. This Is an uncertain day, accord- ' ing to astrology. While Mercury Is in beneflc aspcct. Mars s stro.mly adverse. It wouid seem tint litcs&ages of 1 friendliness and co-operation will be numerous from many governments. but while they are borne 1 to this country thrt planet that is supposed to foment war is in threatening mood. Uranas seems to promise that the public mind will be open to sensible suggestions and to wise guidI ance. Anxiety amd discontent may be inspired by th? planetary government today, and for this reason a positive attitude of optimism should j< be maintained. I Newspapers and periodicals .are to profit greatly from some world I, evont that awakens extraordinary | public Interest. f L The planets give promise of in- , creased interest in health protection. , aVid many hygienic reforms will b? , advocated. %VarninK is given that the stars that appear to stimulate interest in the public health also may foment political dissensions. This is not a fortunate rule for ; <lon\estic harmony, arve the marriage ' tie will seein more and more fragile as the year advances. 1 Again violent seismic troubles 1 are threatened and there may be a ' serious island disaster. 4 1 Factories are to be very busy next ( month and later. A product not usually in demand is to be needed ? imperatively, the seers prophesy. < ftocilistic propaganda is to ' spread rapidly in Italy and France < during the next three months. < Persons whose birthdate it is may < have worries in business during the ' year, but they can overcome difll- > culties and prosper. * 1 Children born on this day may be J original in ideas and strongly indi- < vidual. Tht-ue subject* of Virgo ai ? ' iiAti.illy too artisti. to strcvecd in I but>ine&* I MM?? RTOONS OF THE DA I -?. 1**1 w <*?e?es THW-' 1 J WwT ^||^\pVOWCi?*( wat ?fc? ? >" .'" ? *?r *y4imm mmU mm kmmr Immkm big tm mm I _ ^ J MniMiflf tkmmld punish th? Map t Letters to 1 Tka Bmld ku found ttet oartala vrlltn Hfi WtlUoui iiuui u tkelr n. IB a few IwtUMI n lid these hn eaoaved ear aetice. W. will here ft.i .fqiln Ml ealy tie nam. ket the directory addraaa. Ike Opes Ceart mast net M abused. It i? fer fair. taperuul, Inform*dltcussloa aad atatemeat ef opiuloa. to give attributes and powers to j that which is mysterious and not comprehended. Thus the general i idea of a soul is that it is wonderfully intelligent, possessed of I wonderful powers, that it is In-1 destructible, intangible, and incomprehensible. The theory is that the] soul Is the real being, a spark of divinity, possessed of divine qual-l ity. and intelligent life. eu?.. separate and apart from the body: and j that It inhabits the humand body for j a time, and uses it for a house, and when the body is worn out or disabled abandons It. I But what foundation Is there fori I such wild speculations? We answer. | lit is entirely unwarranted. It Is, I the result of man s taking his own | theory of s future life, and Ignoring the divine theory and plan. I Human theory says there must be I army orders and Infsuitrr* Maj. Franklin T Burt, lo Fort Crook. N>br. Cap!. Harry K Adams, to Waller I Reed Hospital for treatment ( avalry. I.t- Col. Frank P. Amos, to Seventh Corp? Area. Maj. Jos. <\ King, to Fort Sam Houston. T*-xBrig C.en. Robert 1.. Howie, to Fort Bliss. Tex. Maj Kail S. Bradford, to Fort | Riley, Kans The following to Fort Riley. Kans.: Second Lieutenants John K. Sells. Paul McK Martin, lx>uia B. Rapp. James A Whelen. Walter F. Jennings. jnsenh W. Williams, Frederic del?. Comtort. Col. r,eorg* H. Cameron, to Governors Island. N. Y. Air Sfrvler. ]., Robert D. Moor, to Kelly Field, Tex. Lt. Edwin E. Aldrin, to Manila. P. I. *> . Lt. George B. Patterson, to Ma"'msJ. Frank D. Lackland, to Fort Sam Houston. Tex. u Guy Klrksey. to Boiling Field, D. C. Lt. John W. Monahan. to Mitchel Field. L. J.. X V. Lt. Robert O'Hanley. to Camp Kiiox, Ky. Medical Corpa. Maj Adolphe M. Olffln. to Brooklyn, N. Y. Capt. Charles W. Metx. to Camp Knox. Ky. Lt Henry S. Blease. to Fort 8herluan, III. Lt. Foster C. Howard, to tort Snelllng. Minn. Capt. Robert C. Murphy, to Camp Sherman. Ohio. Maj. Thomas L. Fcrenbaugh. to Cleveland, Ohio. Maj. Albert S. Dabney. to University of Pitaburgli. Maj. Elton L. Titua. to Iowa State University. ItaartenaMter Cerpe. Capt. Gerald h. Totten. to Carnegie Institute, Pittsburg. Lt. Juatica W. Martin, to Panama. Maj. Frederick R. Palmer, to Panama. Capt. Harold LaR. K. Albro. to Edgewood Arsenal, Md Capt. William Cassldy. to Fort Sheridan, HI. ricM Artillery. Capt. WaahlngtAn C. Plnson. to Post Ffreld. Okla. Lt. Hamilton F. Seabright. to Texas A. and M. College. Retired Officers List Cppt. Van Rensselaer Vestal, to Purdue University, Ind. Maj. J. Pendleton Wilson, relieved from further active duty. Maj. Chsrlrs W. Farr. to w'niverstty of Buffalo. Maj. Arthur T. Dalton, lo IjKiyette,University. Pa. ? -1 ii i i. i ii imp CAl ' > fyy * ~ ' "''^ Th. (. Soul and Body. To the Editor, The Wellington Herald: When John Quincy Adams was 80 rears old he met on the streets of Soston an old friend, who shook his trembling hand and said. "Good norning; and how is John Quincy tdams today?" "Thank you," was the former President's answer. "John Quincy \dam8 himself is well. sir. quite veil, I thank you; but the house in which he lives at present is becomng dilapidated. It is tottering: ipon its foundation. Time and the teasons have nearly destroyed it. fts roof is pretty well worn out. its walls are much shattered, and it trembles with every wind. The old tenement is becoming uninhabitable ind I think John Quincy Adams will lave to move out of it soon; but he timself is quite well. sir?quite well."?National Republican. Not Han, Hat Is. For man tq say he has a soul is not the truth to say; He has no soul, but is a soul, and has a house of clay; Which house is but his transient home; 'ere long he'll move awa>( And leave it cold and tenantle^s, to moulder and decay. Were I to say I have myself, 'twould bo a phrase as flt As 'twould to say I have a soul; for I myself am it; This clay with which I now am clad is not me, as some suppose; Because when shed 'twill lie as dead as do my worn-out clothes. When I am pone don't view my clay, and think that I am dead; For what you see will not be me. but only what I've shed. [f these right views were more tmpres#ed upon the human mind. Man then would feel himself more blessed, and more to faith inclined. For when he thinks himself must die. and that his sbul not him? Is all that shall be borne on high. so long will death look grim; But when he learns he is a soul, and that his clay alone Ts all that dies, he'll then rejoice, with Joy before unknown. Death then will seem no sadder thing than casting off the clay To glide with guardian angels to the spirit land an(ay. May heaven haste the happy day when all shall comprehend That they themselves shall never die. shall never have an end. For when that heavenly day shall come. All earthly tongues shall sing: "O. grave, where is thy victory? O, death, where is thy atlng?" W. A. ROBERTS. Discusses Soul Theories. To the Editor, The WtshiSftoa Herald: Many in reading the account of creation in Genesis have noted the fact stated that when God had formed man of the dust of the ground and had communicated to him the breath (spirit) of life, the record is. "Man became a living oul." This statement to the aver>eo reader, taken in connection with liis Keiiera! misconception of tho meaninK of the word "soul." as .misrepresented to him by those who hould have instructed him properly, md should have understood the subject themselves, is sufficient to bewilder him and lead him to think !hat somehow there Is some basis tor the prevalent error which ha loes not comprehend, but which he lupposes his theological teachers liave Investigated and proven beyond loubt. Not comprehending the meaning >f the word soul. many feel at llbsrty to use it In a reckless manner, ind hence they reverse the scriptural statement and instead of speaking yf man aa being a soul, they speak Jf man as having a soul, which s a vary different thought. It is necessary. therefore, that each truth-seeker should. so far as possible, divest his mind of prejudice jn the subject. and especially with espcct to things and features which admits he does not understand: lerause 4t Is the natural tendency i Tt KftDAY, IKPTKHIKR I?. I*Z1 Vrr*?HM II MILK AMD KQU* DEPKHD Oil FEKD. It Is not safe to uniw that alt milk and all eggs arc unfailing aourcoa of Ttltmlnrr, Prof. J k Hughes. J. B. Fitch, and H. W. Cave of the Kansas Stale Agricultural roller* deolafwd at the American Chemical Society meeting In New ork that the vitamlne content of milk or eggs ia determined largely % by (he quantity of vltamines in the feed riven the cowa or hena producing the milk or *t(a j They found that althourh a cow receiving dry feed low In vitatninrs may gtva a fairly abundant suppK of milk. It la of auch poor quality that If It Is fed to her calves thev wlll become blind and die. In other experiments they diacovered that egga of low vltamine content laid by hena fed on lowvltamine food produce chlcka that are not atrong and vigorous. This I fact, rather than the commonly. , blamed methods of Incubation. ma>account for a large portion of the annual loss of half the egg* that the poultryman nets each year Probably J00.008.000 eggs out of 600.000.000 aet each year in this country fall to produce strong chlcka and thla represents a loss of over 912.000.000 a year. These reaulta Indicate that as a rule the animal organism does not synthesize vltaminea. but muat oh tain them from Its food, if thi, ? generally true, aa seema probable from the experiments reported it will not always be sufficient that th mother Is nursing her babv. but ?h, must be sure that she is obtaining sufficient vltamine-containing foods. In the milk experiments it 1 found that the water-soluble or antlneuritic vltamines and the f?t. soluble vltamines were those that were lacking, but that the antiscorb"i? vltamine content was sufficient. <AWVA? MABK Pfloor a?aw?t kirk AM) ? trrn. Cotton duck, used for tents, covers. and awnings can be made waterproof and resistant to fire by treatments that have been developed by experts. Canvas can be treated with various waterproofing substa nces no ft will itand exposure to the weather for at least a year according to test* made by F. p. Veitch and T. D. Jarrell. of the Bureau of Chemistry of the Department of Agriculture and reported in a recent number of the Journal of industrial and Engineering Chemistry These scientists built canopies of canvas and coated them m'lth water, proofing materials made arcordinc to different formulae They found that the mixtures applied to wagon tops, hsv covers, tents and awning rere all Improved In water resistance by the addition of lead oteate To three of these compounds they rave a rating of 100 per cent. They ilso decided that ordinary Berrmiasphalt Is also an effective con ftituent of these formulae and full*' as good as the lead oleate. There ,n ? no material difference, however, be. " ween Burmudec asphalt and the petroleum asphalt of commerce. Th* tests also indicated that beeswax 1* " more effective as * waterproofing agent than any of the other hard waxes used, including paraffin and ceresin. Improved methods for flreproofinc cotton fabrics have been devised which will not materially weaken the fibers. The high inflammability in fahrir* has been the cause of many accident* and attempts have been made for along time to Impregnate these materisls in such a manner a* t?? guard against this dancer. Man* compounds have been used for rendering cloth waterproof and scientists are gtill busily engsced in perfecting various solutions Tha results of experiments in this direction are reported by B. I. Fib ley. New Jersey. in the same journal. He reports that three types of llreproofing tested sodium tunsstate had the least effect on the breaking strength of the fabric and therefore the least weakening action. He recommends 3.1? per cert solution of sodium tuncstate as an excellent flreprooflng agent for th.treatment of cotton fabric of which the breaking strength and wearinsr qualities must not be material!* weakened. ? 1 rHEMIftl. ADVANCES HIM. COVPRX9ATK HIK Intensive development of cheir [ istr>* probably by the control ar??l utilisation of the phenomena of catalysis. Is the best hope for * speedy return of the general prosperity which has been destroxed bv the war. declared Prof. Wilder P Bancroft, of Cornell University, at the international meeting of chemists in New York. "As there is no territory to exploit in replacing the material losses of the war. the chemist mus* develop methods of decreasing cost> and Increasing efficiency." he said "The most promising way of dome this is by a better, utilisation of the possibilities of catalytic action. As you know, a catalytic agent is one that in some way speeds up a reaction without necessarily l*in# changed Itself. Speeding up s reaction means increased output In the same time and perhaps the possibility of using a cheaper raw ma ferial." Dr. Bancroft adds. "But *> do not know as yet how a catalyt'?* agent acta." "The organic chemist Is only Jus* beginning to use catalytic agents with sest and we may expect at any time to hear of improved methodof manufacture. The problem of a future supply of motor fuel is a very serious one. Some believe tbathe solution lie* in the hydrogen* tion of coal. Others think that a better yield of alcohol by ferments* tion will solve the problem. Still others hope to prepare some different combustible liquid from tropical vegetation and from cornstalk* I do not know which is the right solution, but all that have been sug gested require the use of catalytic agents. 'If we could produce what is popularly known as cold light, equalling the firefly without adopting his methods, that would make possible an enormous decrease In the power necessary for lighting purpoaea. Cold light will come ?onr day and we know enough now ta? predict that we shall make use ??f a catalytic agent to apeed up the reaction which gives rise to the light. If w? could cause the rain < cloutfs which now paas tantalisingly over many of the arid regions to precipitate, we could Increase the fertility and consequently the value of thsae lands lo an unbe|ie\able extent-"* W. D. IV I / / gong t0 b / / MY / / "O*. IT- f I.I something that never dies, else there < can be no future life The divine theory say?, the nam* God who created in the beginning is able to resurrect the dead This is the ' conflict get ween the Word of God 1 and all the human theories of earth 1 amongst the civilized as well as 1 amongst the barbarians; all human 1 theories teach that man does not die. and hence has no need of a ] Life-giver and a resurrection. The Bible theory is that man does die. 1 and that without the life-giver, and 1 without a resurrection, death would ' indeed end all. and there would be ' no future life. It is to support this theory that , the world, and all its religious books', (including, we are sorry to say. the majority of the works on es<hatol-:. i ogy written by professed Chris-1 jtians) teach the immortality of the1 (soul?that there *s a soul in man.' j posnesscd of a separate life from his body, and that It 1s Immortal.' Indestructible, and therefore des-J j tint-d lo an eternity of pain of' i pl^astirc. W. A. T. | I Washington. D. C~ i > APPOINTMENTS. Col. John Conklin. to Cleveland, I Ohio. Chaplains. Chap. Thomas J. Dickson, to Fcrt i Sill. Okla Chap. Theodore F. Rudisill. to j Walter Heed Hospital for duty. Orders Capt. Fred G. Miller. 8. C.. to Fort i Bliss. Tex. Maj. Alfred I- Rock wood, to 1 Washington. D. C.. Chief of Chemical Warfare for duty. Lt. Col. Joseph S. Hardin. Finance, to First Cavalry Division. Capt. Alfred H. Thiessen. S. C.. to i Camp Alfred Vail, N. J. Maj. Charles A. Walker. Jr.. Ord- I nance, to Watervliet Arsenal. N. Y. I Col. Sherwood A. Cheney. C. E.. to General Staff. Maj. Edward H. Bertram. G. K.. 1 to Fort Bliss. Tea. Maj. Euatis VL Hubbard. G. S . to ! Manila. P. 1. Retlrwiest*. Discharge* and j Resignation*. Brig. Gen. Jesse Mcl. Carter, re- j tired. Col. Guy Carlton. Inspector General's Department (Car), retired. I Maj. Hastie A. Stuart. Finance, j retired. Lt. John E. Chambers* Infantry, honorably discharged. Capt. Robert W. Hudgins. Infantry. honorably retired. Capt. Albert G. Hahn. M. C- hon- j orably discharged. Capt. Leon H. Davis. F. A., honorably discharged. Maj. Richard Hays Hawkins. Ordnance. resignation accepted. Capt. James P. Kelly, F. A.. died j September 9. Columbia. Mo. NORFOLK IS EAGER TO BE FREE PORT NORFOLK. Va., Sept. 1 J.?A proposal now before Congress if made; a law. will make a part of Hampton Roads a free port none Kverv effort is being made by the Norfolk" Cham-i ber of Commerce ami cMy officials I to ha\> this done at ?ncc. A com- j mlttee of Ave men from the Chamber of Commerce. W. w. Houston. John W. Inglesby, S. W. Harris. C. W. John-, ston. and H. H. Htrshbiel. hare been appointed to work ori the question I The Hampton Roads Maritime Ex- I change la also active In furthering of the project Favorable report has been made by the Senate Commerce Committee on ! the eetabllshent of a number of free sones at ports of entry In the United States Goes to I. 0. 0. F. Sessions. HYATTSVILLE, Md.. Sept. 12 j William H. Anglin. this city, editor of I the Maryland Odd Fellow, will leave kare Thursday for Toronto. Canada, to attend the sessions of the Sovereign Grand Lodge. I. O O. r? Septemebr 1? to 14. Anglin. who la1 grand conductor of the Grand Lodge of Maryland, will attend, in the oa-| parity of a member of the I. O. O. K press association.