“Lost”
War Prisoners
500,000
Dr. Nansen Reports Many Have
Been Away From Home for
Six Years.
TRANSPORTATION IS PROBLEM
but It is found that at present a train
load a day means more than the ship
ping available can clear, so one train
every two days is the rule at present.
The bolshevlkl are prepared to double
this service when required.”
“And how have the men been treat
ed?” he was asked.
“Very much better than I expected,”
was the reply. “They have, of course,
had a hard time, but most of them say
they have no reason to complain, as
they get ns much food as the ordinary
population of the district they were in.
I met several batches who came
through to Berlin, and was favorably
struck with their appearance.
“The essential need now Is shipping
and money.”
Doctor Nansen’s report has been
submitted to the League of Nations.
It follows the line of the interview.
Last Town Crier in
U. S. Quits His Job
Governor Edwards Christens Flying Boat
Provlocetown, Muss.—Prov-
incetown’s town crier, said to be
the last of the profession in
America, has hung up his bell
and announced that he has cried
his last message. For twenty-
two years Walter Smith has
plodded the tw-o miles of the
town's ouly street, announciug
the time and place of events of
interest, from sales of fish to
the election of a president. Now,
in his seventieth year, he says
he is through, and there Is no
one in sight to succeed him. The
old crier’s last cry was for the
reopening of the Church of the
Pilgrims, founded in 171-1. and
which had beeu closed for a
year.
Technically Free, Chief Concern of
Captives Is How to Get Out of Si
beria— Bolshevik! Aiding in
Their Return.
London—The lost tribe of Israel may
have Its counterpart In the 250,000 or
¿rtrCrCrCrCrCrirCrCr-trCrirùirtrùix-Crii irirCrtriri
more Germans, Polish, Czeeho-Slovak,
Roumanian and Jugo-Slav prisoners In
his blood pressure and his Inhaling
Siberia, together with a like number
and exhaling registered. Burtt is try
of Russians In Germany. Eighteen
ing to determine the exact ratio be
mouths after the signing of peace they
tween inhaling and exhaling when the
are still "lost.” Dr. Fridtjof Nansen,
is lying.
the Norwegian explorer and one-time MACHINE TO D ETECT LYING subject
The breathing and blood pressure
minister to the court of St. James’, is
the person Is more rapid when he
In London, after having undertaken an
Find Breathing and Blood Is of prevaricating,
Professor Burtt says.
Investigation of the condition of lost Scientists
Pressure
More
Rapid
During
prisoners at the request of the League
Prevarication.
GOT LIQUOR FOR SICK BABY
of Nations. Some of the prisoners,
Doctor Nansen found, have been away Columbus, O.—Science is working
Couple in Ohio Town Re
from their homes for six years.
on a machine which will tell whether Theatrical
ceivee
Donatione From
Krassln, the representative of the* you
lying or not. Prof. H. E.
Churchgoers.
soviet government, now In London, Burtt, are Instructor
in psychology depart
will be asked to obtain assurance from ment of the Ohio State university, Is
that government relative to the repa perfecting the apparatus and register Lancaster, O.—The following adver
triation of the exiles.
ing his data to establish this possibil tisement appeared In a local news
paper:
"How many prisoners there are still ity.
to be returned.” said Doctor Nansen, The subject under observation has “Wanted—A little whisky for me
dlclnal use for five year-old child who
“no one can tell, foi they undoubtedly
Is desperately 111.”
include many who have been written
The ad wns Ins -rted by Mr. and
off as missing or dead. Probably there
1 Mrs. L. J. Blrney, theatrical people,
are 160,000 to 180,000 in Russia and Motorist Fined $25 for
‘ who were forced to leave their show
Siberia—including Germans, Austri
here on account of the child’s Illness
Racing Against Bird
ans, Hungarians, Poles, Czecho-Slo-
lie had a prescription for the whisky
vaks, Rumanians and Jugo-Slafs—
New York.—Automobile rac but Lancaster druggists had failed to
and, roughly, the same number of Rus
sians in Germany. Of the former ing with a bird cost George taae out licenses to sell Intoxicants.
A number of people on their way
there are some thousands in Turkes Sloan of Glen Ridge, N. J., $25.
tan, and to extricate them is the hard He was fined that amount by to church stopped at the hotel where
Magistrate Gronk In Stapleton, Mr. nnd Mrs. Blrney and child were
est problem of all.
Staten Island, for speeding at staying and left whisky.
Transportation Chief Difficulty.
Dry detectives nre now In the field
“Many of the prisoners In Siberia 37 miles an hour while “trying
test out the machine against threatening arrests, while public sen
are trying to get home on their own a to bird
flying above me.”
timent In many quarters has lined up
account—for they are technically free;
behind the couple.
the transport difficulty is the only Im
pediment—walking, working now and
then to earn a little money, getting
on a few miles by train where they
can.
“The trouble with the men in Si
beria was that they did not know
which direction to take. They saw
the Czecho-Slovaks going toward Vlad
ivostok, and heard that some of them
had got home that way, so others tried
appeal to the spirit of the young
to follow their example. Some of Examination to Be Held in August their
men
of America. The opportunities
those furthest east are concentrating
in the service are greater than ever.
to Fill Classes Normally
nround Vladivostok—the Germans
Many Attractions.
have got a number of their own men
Full in June.
Submarines that prowl near the
out that way in Japanese ships—but
bottom of the sea; hydroplanes and
conditions there are much disturbed
“blimps” that soar above; destroyers
and instructions have been sent by
that churn the surface of the ocean;
the soviet government to all prisoners SOME CAUSES OF VACANCIES battle
cruisers of wondrous speed and
nlready west of Irkutsk to make their
hulk ; electrically driven su-
way westward to Moscow as best they Reaction Against Militarism and High majestic
perdreadnaughts and quickly reached
can.”
of Civil Life Among ports of call where the daring deeds
The Vladivostok prisoners. Doctor er Salaries
of history have been written—all
Those Cited—Some Con
Nansen explained, it is hoped to re
those are offered today to the young
gressmen
Are
Lax.
patriate In French and American
man who would enter Annnpolis and
ships, but it is imperative that this Washington.—Have the seven sens become
a part of the sea forces of
should be done at once, so ns to get
this
republic.
lost
their
lure?
Do
the
ghosts
of
John
them through the Red sea before the
Therefore, though there may he 400
Paul Jones, Fnrrogut and Terry, nnd vacancies
hot season.
at the naval academy,
others
of
like
fame,
no
longer
beckon
“What is the attitude of the soviet adventuresome and ambitious Ameri the navy department
at Washington
government in the matter?” Doctor
only temporarily concerned nnd has
can youths to clear the decks of the Is faith
Nansen was asked.
in the maximum enrollment.
nation’s ships for nftffin?
Bolshevik! Aiding Return.
the American youth needs on
"They are really behaving extreme There nre approximately 400 va Perhaps
ly a reminder of what he may be
ly well,” he answered. “They are ex cancies on the rolls of the United come.
tremely nnxious to send home the Stntes Naval academy at Annapolis. Three principal reasons nre ascribed
prisoners they still hold, and despite Another examination must be held In here
for the vacancies at the naval
their difficulties of transport they are August to fill up the classes that
They m e:
sending trains of prisoners regularly should have been filled by June. Ap academy.
renctlon following the end
from Moscow, through Petrogrnd to parently young men no longer scram ing A natural
of
the
nnd n nntlonal sub
Narva, on the Esthonlan frontier ble for the privilege of becoming the consciousness war, which
draws every one
where an exchange of prisoners from admirals of tomorrow.
away
from
things
militnry.
Yet
navy
officials
believe
this
Is
Germany and Germans and others
high salaries and wages received
only a temporary condition. The sea by The
from Russia tnkes plnce.
young men in Industry, making
“There is an old fortress there, used and Uncle Sam's “navee,” they are years
study and the comparatively
as a depot and disinfecting station, confident, have not lost permanently modest of emoluments
of a naval career
for the time unattractive.
Tardiness of members of congress
Sorting Seized Narcotic Drugs
In making appointments which are ac
credited under the law to every mem
ber of the senate and the house.
There are doubtless other reasons
which may he luter discussed, but the
three headings enumerated probably
furnlsli almost full explanation of the
necessity for additional entrance ex
aminations. In all likelihood the high
cost of living has had Its effect on
academy entrances Just ns It has on
every other line of endeavor.
Interior States Short
An analysis of the vacancy list
shows that the Interior states have
the greatest number of appointments
I yet to be made. Evidently the youth
I far removed from shores against which
the wild waves beat is contented with
| his Job on the farm, in the office or
! In the workshop. Either that or the
\ member of congress who is privileged
| to make appointments for entrance
examinations has not diligently stir-
' veyed his district for ellglldes or pre
sented to his constituents the advan
tages of a naval career.
The “list of vacancies for mtdship-
i men for 1920” which is available at
the navy department reveals that there
are 382 vacancies which senators and
representatives are entitle«! to fill by
appointment. In addition the navy de
partment Itself has approximately 20
: vacancies to fill front the enlisted
ranks. Previous examinations have
j made eligible for admission to the
Committee appointed by the commissioner of Internal revenue segregat ; academy some 80 of the 100 eandl-
dates allott«*l to the department prop-
ing narcotic drugs sent in from the various offices throughout th# country. | j er.
department ex[>ects to com
The unopened and original packages art turned over to the United States plete The
Its roster at the forthcoming ex-
public health service for use in government hospitals. The broken packages I tra examination.
and the adulterated drugs are destroyed.
400 ARE NEEDED
A T ANNAPOLIS
Governor Edwards of New Jersey christened the “Aeroinarine," a new ten-passenger flying boat, nt the plant of
the Aeroinarine Plane and Motor company at Keyport, N. J. The governor used a bottle of real champagne to
christen the boat—the largest civilian passenger-flying boat in America. Tills photograph shows the giant motors
and cabin of the “Aeroinarine.”
Army T reatment
of Tuberculosis
* -
Some 5,000 Soldiers Admitted
to Hospital at Oteen, N. C.f
in 22 Months.
DISEASE AROESTED IN 3,000
Sulescent In 1,000 Cases, 600 Under
Treatment, While 300 Have Died
—Moat Efficient Modem Meth
ods Employed.
Washington.—Among the vast enter
prises which have engaged the atten
tion of our government during the last
few years the physical reconstruction
of our soldiers who snw service
abroad ranks among the first. And
among those who needed the closest
care and attention were service men
who fell a prey to tuberculosis.
These victims of the dreaded white
plague have been treated by the most
efficient modern methods in the great
army hospitals \vhlch arose as If by
magic in different parts of the country.
Tiie work lias been carried on unosten
tatiously, and but little knowledge of
it has come to the attention of the
public.
The physical health of the men
taken Into the service had to be gen
erally excellent, ns Is quite well un
derstood, otherwise the medical ex
aminers would he obliged to reject
volunteer or draftee.
Notwithstanding all the care tnken
to select none hut sound men, the In
fluenza epidemic resulted In the de
velopment of tuberculosis In a great
many of our soldiers, ns the secondary
result of tills acute Infection.
In addition, runny soldiers who had
been gassed readily became victims of
the disease. Moreover, ihe constant
damp nnd rainy wenlher In France
would oftjn result In (he development
of pneumonia, another ready factor In
activating tuberculosis.
While n few men got Into the army
who nlready had small tuberculnr
lesions, these were so slight ns to he
pass«*d or overlooked by the examin
ers. However, when such men were
unduly exposed and subjected to the
severe physical work Incident to army
service, a break In the normal state
of health resulted.
It wns from these sources, there
fore, that the great mnjnrlfy of the
tubercular patients In the army were
recryited. Indeed, many thousands of
soldiers required treatment.
Provision for their care wns mnde
at Otlsvllle, N. Y.; Denver, Colo.; Fori
Bayard, N. M., nnd Ote«*n. N. C., be
sides several smaller posts (hat have
since been abnndened entirely or
turned over to the ilepurtment of pub
lic health.
Two Main Hospital*.
The mnln army hospitals for the
treatment of tuberculosis nt present
nre nt Denver and Oteen. United
Stntes Oenernl Hospital No. 10 Is the
one at Ot«*en. whl*-h Is near Asheville.
It has established n splendid record
and will serve best ns nn example In
giving a brief outline of the treatment
of tuberculosis as It fa carried o..l In
the army.
No. 10 Is a hosnitn! conducted nn a
truly gigantic scale. It Is i town in
Itself, consisting of more than one hun
dred buildings which cover 340 acres
of Inn«!. The money outlay wns $3,-
500.000. No. 10 has Its own wnter sup
ply nnd sewernge *v«fem. The grounds
nt night are llphfed by electricity, nnd
are Interseefeil by cement and maend-
amlzed roads. There nrp two central
hentlng plants for the hospital.
The buildings are of wood and
palnt«*d. The unit w*r<! system was
used In construction, which permits
the very sick to he quartere«! nwny
from those only slightly nffilrt«»<l. and
also permits of more Individual care
where th«*r© are only a few patients In
each building.
More than 1,400 beds were aval!-
able In this Institution for the treat
ment of tuberculosis. •
The surgeon g«‘nernl’s office has
taken great pride In tills hospital and
lias been most energetic In the en-
denvor to hnve everything at the top
notch of efficiency. The success
achieved has nmply demonstrated
what can be done by skill and devo
tion.
When the hospital was built In the
fall of 1017 a Western specialist In tu
berculosis wns Installed. Ho re-
tlred nnd returned to private work,
and was succeeded by Col. William C.
Lyster, a regular army man of more
than twenty years’ service. He had
held very responsible posts in England
nnd France nnd had been decorate<l by
King George with the Order of St. Mi
chael and St. George. Rrlor to the
war he wns known to army men ns
the Inventor of the Lyster water hag
for the use of troops In the field,
which Is always used when fresh wa
ter Is unobtainable.
Many difficulties in the wny of pro
viding nn Ideal treatment for the tu
berculous were encountered at first.
One of the most nppurent wns the
amount of money allowed for the dally
ration. The war department allowed
but 04 cents, nn nniount experts sny
1s totnlly Inadequate to provide the
proper kind nnd quality of food re
quired by tuberculous patients. It Is
to be remembered, of course, that
proper feeding Is one of the malnstnys
of treatment In this dlsense.
Not Enough Money for Food.
Colonel Lyster’s representations to
the war department resulted In tem-
nornrlly rr_l"lng (ho ration money from
04 cents to $1, but this wns reduced
later to 88 cents.
The method of treatment followed
nt Oteen Is that ndvocated by Colonel
Bushnell, a contemporary of the late
Dr. Edward Trudenu of Sarnnnc I.nke,
N. Y. The course Is subdivided thus;
Complete rest In bed, partial r«>st In
bpd, nnd rest by every patient from 1
to S In the nftemoon. In nddltlon, the
patients get good wholesome food and
plenty of fresh air.
Serums and vaccines nre not em
ployed. Artificial pneumothorax (thnt
is, cutting Into the pleural cavity so
that nlr enn enter and exprt pressure
on the lung) Is only resorted to In
cases of severe, continued hem
orrhage.
The bed linen Is changed dally to
prevent reinfection: the sputum cups
are changed twice dally, nnd everyone
must have lights out by 10 p. m.
Til© X-rny diagnostic laboratory Is
one of the best In the country. M h J.
John McBue, who has a fine r«»putn-
(lon In this field, Is radiologist. Each
patient is radiographed upon admis
sion and ngnln every month or two, to
note Improve -lent or retrogression.
There Is also an excellent ch**mlcal
laboratory.
Four dental surgeons nre constantly
busy seeing »« It flint the teeth of the
pniionts nre k«-pl In go«>d condition.
Tiie hospital buildings and grounds
nre kept spotlessly clean, nnd the evi
dences of perf«*ct sanitation are ob-
servnble everywhere.
C«doii«-l Lyster bad the officers’
ward turned over to I be very sick en-
Ilate«! men, all b«sl patient*. There
Hrtr(rtrCr(rCrCrCril
Eat Salty Food Nights
If You Want Dream Jag
London.—“If you e«t nn-
ehovles, pickles, olives and oth
er sully things before going to
bed yon will «Irentti that you
are drinking all night.”
Hn say* William Archer, the
well-known critic. He ndds;
“I commend this practice to
the citizen* of the United Stntes
If prohibition hat left them ’ dth
a grievance.”
were about seventy of these. Such pa
tients are provide*’ with everything
the market nffords, nnd they can or
der anything they wish. There are
two dietitians constantly in attend
ance to provide food for them. There
nre also four ward surgtmns to attend
to them; in fact, nothing Is overlooked
that could add to their comfort.
In tho officers’ Infirmary ward .-bout
thirty officers who arc gravely 111 are
quartered, most of whom nre bed cases.
Contrary to what one would nnturnlly
expect, those men, seriously 111, Joke
with each other all day long.
A most remarkable fact Is the spirit
of cheerfulness thnt pervndes the hos
pital, especially In the wards men
tioned.
f
How Officer* Pats the Time.
Some of these officers nre lncnse«l In
plaster casts on account of spinal trou
ble. All nre engnged In something to
help pass the time; they mako baskets;
knit scarves, paint pictures, carve
wood or make dolls.
The cheerfulness of one officer, a
man of Irish birth, wna noticeable. He
wns near death for mnny months, but
he never gave up hope, nlthough he
would become delirious every night.
Finally, he took a turn for the better,
nnd now he Is up nnd out of bed ami
hns gained In weight from 02 pounds
to 121 pounds. He Is so ovc-rJoy«>d at
“coming back” thnt he keeps the whole
ward In nn uproar of mirth by his wit
ty sallies. Mnny others hnve regained
their ht'nlth or nre on the road te It.
Another factor that hns much to do
with keeping up the spirits nnd high
mornle of the patients Is the genuine
Interest In them manifested by the
nursea. They never grumble, are al*
wn.vs at the call of the patients, and
nlwnys nppenr to he happy. The spirit
of good cheer manifested by Miss
Sheehan, the chief nurse, seems to he
contagious nnd to hnve Imbue«! Itself
Into those who work under her. Mis*
Sheehan had tho snme reputntlon of
being able to get work done cheerfully
In tho largest base center at Vichy,
France.
Agnln, mnny pleasant wnys of keep
ing occupied nre provided by the gov
ernment. About one hundred recon
struction nlds help the soldiers In nil
kinds of livstruetlon, such as basket-
weaving, language;, typesetting, print
ing, ch«*mlstry, etc.
Tho Red Cross hns a lnrge building
where moving pictures nre given dally,
nnd where a social meeting plnca is
provided for those on the road to re
covery.
The hostess houso, run by the gov
ernment, provides rooms at nomtnnl
cost for the women relatives of tho
patients, and furthermore Is active In
a social wny.
Then the residents of Asheville hnvo
been enthusiastically hospitable, con
stantly entertaining the patients who
aro able to be about and carrying can
dy and all sorts of good things to the
hospital every day.
Such In the manner of life at gen
eral hospital 19.
Now thnt Ihe war risk Insurance
bureau nnd tiie public health service
nre gradually taking over tho pntlents
needing further treatment, nmplo pro
vision is made for their care. Those
requiring such treatment will receive
$80 a month instead of $30.
S«»me hardship Is caused In the case
of reserve or temporary officers requir
ing further tr«*ntnient. They nre
obliged to submit to a curtailment In
pay, while the regular army officer Is
either kept on in Ihe hospital or re-
llre<1 on three-quarter* pay.
The enlisted man, however, is great
ly benefited by the provisions of tho
war risk bureau. Those totnlly nnd
p«-rmnnently disabled receive $157.50 n
month.
As nn Instance of tho real results
obtained at Oteen It mny be said that
5,000 soldi«'« have been ndmltt«»«l to
the hospital. All of these did not hnve
tuberculosis and a few were trans
ferred to other hospitals. Yet during
the yenr nnd ten months of l*s useful
ness more than 8.0U0 eases of tuhefca-
losls have been treated nnd nearly 2,-
000 have been returned to gainful oc
cupations. In about 1.000 case* the
disease hna been arre*te«l; In 1.000 It
la qulea«^nt; about 300 have die«) and
600 aro still undergoing treatment