Noted Doctor’s Own
Land Last To Know
His Valued Service
GLASGOW, Mar. 3.—The fame of
Sir James Mackenzie, heart special
ist, who died last week, had spread
to the Tnifed States, and to other
parts of the world, long before he
became a figure in the medical world
of Great Britain. In connection with
his passing the story told of the
visit of Dr. Simon Flexner, director
of the Rockefeller Laboratories for
Medical Research, who came to Lon
don in 1911 and was entertained at
the London Hospital. At a dis
tinguished assemblage of surgeons
and physicians. Dr. Flexner inquired
why James Mackenzie was not there.
“Mackenzie?” every one queried,
and the answer all round was: “Why,
we have never heard of a doctor by
that name who hrs accomplished
anything of note.”
“Well,” Dr. Flexner replied, “Mac
kenzie is mighty well known in Am
erica, and so are all his works on
the heart.”
London then sat up and took not
ice. Not long afterwards Dr. Mac
kenzie had become the chief consult
ing physician for heart diseases at
London Hospital and a special de
partmeut was created for him so that
he could carry on his work.
WOMEN IN REICHSTAG COME
FROM HUMBLE VOCATIONS
BERLIN, Mar. 3.—Of the 493 mem
bers of the new German Reichstag,
33 are women. This is 6.6 per cent
of the total, or a little more than
in the previous short-lived parlia
ment, where the percentage was G.7.
The Socialists furnish the la-gest
contingent, for of their delegation
13 per cent are women.
Perhaps the most interesting wom
an is Johanna Reitze, who was first
a servant girl, then a printer’s assist
ant, stil later a Socialist party sec
retary and now parliamentarian. An
other interesting character is Frau
Ansorge, who started out as a tex
tile worker, when she was 13, then
became successively coffee picked,
shipping clerk, and newsstand sales
woman.
Only three of the women parlia
mentarians had the advantage of a
full college course. They are Dr.
Gertrude Baeumer, a member of the
Democratic party who recently lec
tured in the United States; Dr. Ma
rie Elisabeth Lueders, a.‘so a Demo
crat and identified with the Inter
national Women’s League for Peace
and Freedom, and Dr. Elsa Matz,
member of the German People’s par
ty.
Elfriede Rvnek was a seamstress
before she went into politics. Minna
Schilling and Marie Jachacz were
both industrial workers in their
younger days.
School teachers furnish a rather
formidable delegation: Frau Pfuelf,
Hedwig Dransfeld, Christine Teusch,
Clara Mende, Elsa Matz, and Mar
garethe Behm were formerly teach
ers. Edise Bartels and Lore Agnes
describe themselves as plain house
wives.
Right to compel prisoner
RIDE IN PLANE QUESTIONED
CASSEL, Mar. 3.—Can an arrest
ed person be compelled to submil
to transportation by airplane to the
city in which he is alleged to have
committed a felony or crime?
This question is exciting lively dis
cussion in legal circles since the ar
rest in this city by the Berlin crim
inal police of Geheimrat Hellwig, whc
was wanted in connection with the
scandals connected with the Prus
sian state bank. An airplane was
dispatched from Berlin to Cassel anc
he was taken back to the capital bj
the air route. This is the first time
in European police history that t
prisoner was thus transported.
Opinion is decidedly divided. It al
depends upon how safe the air route
is regarded. There is no provisior
in the German law by which an ar
rested person can be compelled te
expose himself to danger. Those
who held transportation by airplane
illegal insist that it has not yet at
tained the degree of safety of the
steam railway or the automobile
Defenders of the air route nedy the
alleged lack of safety and insist tlia
i’ e interests of speedy justice
the air ' ~ 'is decidedly to be pre
t'erred.
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MOUNT ETNA AGAIN THREATENS
.\rt. Etna, the bugaboo of nearby Italian towns, is again threatening,
throwing clouds of rocks, lava, gravel and steam high in the air, warning
the surrounding country of an impending eruption of considerable size.
The Italian Government has sent planes aloft to tak£ photos of the ac
tive cones tor scientific and geographic value.
ARMY ENVIES NAVY ITS
BRIGHT BRASS BUTTONS
WASHINGTON, I). C., Mar. 3.—
The army is tired of always wearing
its working clothes. Its officers and
men want to get out of the drab
field uniform and into the blue when
called out to parade on formal occa
sions, or to participate in social
events.
The desire for a change is sharply
edged by the fact that officers and
men of the army feel that they suf
fer by contrast to their brothers in
the navy and marine corps. In pa
rades and social gatherings where
the three services are represented,
the navy and marine corps peison
nel appear in blue uniforms with
gold trimmings, while the army musl
remain in drab.
This situation is discussed in a
pointed manner by the official pub
lication of the United States Infan
try Association just issued. The edi
j tor declares the agitation for res
! toration of the pre-war blue uni
I forms will be continued until exist
ing regulations are modified to au
thorize the desired change in dress
The army has been in hs workday
clothes since 1917.
“When the secretary of war stat
ed recently that he was positively
ashamed of the appearance of tin
uniforms of the units of the army
I which participated in the funera
j ceremonies for the late Presiden
I Harding,” the publication says, “h<
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Kodiak.
MOTORSHIP ADMIRAL PEARY
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voiced the opinion of the officer*
and men who were wearing that uni
form.”
SCULPTOR DEPICTS PROGRESS
IN NEW FIGURE OF JUSTICE
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 4.—The statue
of Justice by Cartiano Scarpitti, ItaN
ian-Araerican sculptor, which will
adorn the facade of the new hall of
Justice here, presents a striking de
parture from the age-old traditional
personification of Astraea.
The eyes of the artist’s conception
of modern Justice are unbandanged.
The traditional scales are present, but
are balanced on the crossbar of the
two-handed sword which she holds
pointing downward. She stands in an
attitude of repose and her attitude is
that of contemplation. Something of
the Sphinx is symbolized in the tightly
closed eyes and pursed lips.
This conception was unanimously
endorsed by the committee as being
in accord with modern progress.
Two ancient chapels recently un
earthed near Cairo, Egypt, are said
to be the oldest buildings discovered
in the world, .dating back to about
4449 B. C. .
No meat will be eaten by Moharn
! medians unless a prayer is said while
■ the animal’s throat is being cut.
I
Sweden is the oldest kingdom in Eu
rope and was founded about 700 A.D.
SUNNY DEPOSITIONS TRACED
TO LEAN DIET AND FASTING
LONDON, Mar. 3.—People through- j
out the world would be able to keep '
their tempers and be endowed with {
better dispositions generally if they!
did not eat so much, in the opinion
of Dr. Leonard Hill, an expert on
dietetics who advocated fasting as
an aid to health.
The great virtue for most persons
was in abstinence and even in fast
ing, Dr. Hill told members of the
People’s League of Health at the
Medical Society here recently. It
was fallacy, said the doctor, to be
lieve that it was possible to feed peo
ple into strength; what was more apt
to happen was derangement of the
digestive organs.
Dr. Hill explained this had been
proven by various experiments, in j
the laboratories of the Medical Re-!
search Council, where mice were
fed on various diets. Given liberal
amounts of food they became sleek,
lazy and inert. Forced to fast for
two days a week they became very
active.
Dr. Hill said he was in favor of
imposing a tax on white bread on the
theory that whole wheat or whole
grain bread was superior to the
other kind, and because it would
add 20 per cent to the national food
! supply of Great Britain. Much less
meat should be eaten, the doctor as
serted. .The reason so much meat
was being consumed everywhere was
! because it appealed especially to sed
entary workers, as it gave them a
feeling of warmth.
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April 4
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in Southeastern and Southwestern Alaska.
Freighter Cordova scheduled to leave Seattle, March 7. Merchants,
wire your orders.
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which they passed, so also is THE ALASKA RAILROAD each
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In place of the old, tremendously expensive and inconve
nient methods of transporting supplies of whatever character
over rough trails from the coast, there is now a modern rail
road that carries supplies and equipment in greater quantities
to and from the Interior, and along the way, in much less
time and at far less expense than was formerly required.
This great steel highway offering regular twice weekly
freight and passenger service between Seward, Anchorage
and Fairbanks; and tri-weekly mixed service over the
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A
ENGLISH SPEAKING UNION
OPENS BRANCH IN MANILA
MANILA, T. H., Mar. 3.—A branch
of the English Speaking Union, an
organization with societies in many
parts of the world to promote friend
ly relations between English speak
ing peoples, has been formed in Ma
nila. The organization here, which is
to be known'as a branch of the New
York society, was formed under the
initiative of Bishop Gouverneur F.
Mosher of the Protestant Episcopal
Church.
Governor General Leonard Wood
w^as named honorary president; Brig
adier General Frank R. McCoy, pres
ident; Thomas Harrington, British
consul general at Manila, vice-presi
dent, and Eugene A. Gilmore, vice
governor of the Philippine Islands,
second vice-president.
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