DECLARED GAS USED BY
!THE GERMANS IS POISON
PARIS.—Four United States eorres
pundents and two from other neutral
countries, Holland and Switzerland,
have jyst completed, at the invitation
of the French government, an inspec
tion of the hospitals where the vic
tims of German asphyxiating gasqp lie.
The inquiry has proved to the impar
tial satisfaction of all six men that the
gases used were absolute poison and
that from inhaling a sufficient quanity
of them men died as surely as if they
had drunk water from poisoned wells.
The invitation was extended as soon
as the official ICnglish and French in
vestigators had concluded their ex
amination of the soldiers who had been
subjected to this gas. Some of the men
survive and are still suffering from
the effects of the gas in various hos
pitals. Many, however, are dead. The
attending physicians at the hospitals
visited were Instructed to give the ful
lest possible information regarding the
history of each patient examined, so
that the results obtained by the cor
respondents were quite complete and
from thoroughly scientific sources.
The first hospital visited was an im
mense modern sanitarium for tubercu
lar consumption at Zudcoote, on the
coast north of Dunkirk. It is capable
of caring for 3,000 patients, and has
now been transformed into a magni
ficent military hospital. Out of 75 vic
tims of German gas who were sent to
this hospital three died and 15 have re
covered sufficiently to be sent to more
distant sanitariums for convalescents.
The correspondents examined a score
of the remainder. Some of them had
arrived a few hours after being pois
oned. Prof. Ratheray, one of the most
eminent physicians of Paris, described
the cases. It was he who had per- '
formed the autopsy over those who had
died. Tlie first ones to arrive at ttie
hospital had turned a violet tinge. They
died the next day and an autopsy
showed that they formerly had tuber
culosis.
Another victim died two days a fin
his arrival tit the hospital. He. too. i
had once had tuberculosis, and the im
mediate cause td* death was tubercular
pneumonia. Vet another subject, who
had been in perfect physical health,
died from pulmonary congestion caused
by the gas.
I’rof. ltntherny said that exact flg
ures are not yet available. He esti
mates, however, that among the French
troops alone, between 3,000 and 3.500
men were affected, and of this number
it is no exaggeration to say that 10
per cent died on the field of battle and
that six per cent died in hospitals. The
proportion among the Canadians was
slightly less. Experiments were made
with various gases on the men who
recovered, and all of them agreed in
saying that chloride had the same
ti ste as the gas Used bv the Her
mans.
Several of the victims were inter
viewed All of them said that Uie ef
fect of the gas had been terrible and
instantaneous. Many men were over
come while stooping to pick tip their
haversacks before fleeing from I he
poisonous cloud. Most of them were
unable to rise again, but some were
able to stagger a few yards before
succumbing entirely. A few of these
were dragged from the poisoned* zone
by their stronger comrades.
Those who escaped arrived at the j
hospitals expectorating blood. They |
had collapsed utterly in most cases and 1
for days after were racked* by terrible
coughs. It was it curious fact that In
many eases it fever developed four or
five days Inter. Then pneumonia de
veloped.
NEWEST NOTES
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Melted Boelias will mend broken
fountain pen barrels.
There nro more than 3,000 domesll
rated elephants in Siam.
Scientists estimated that there are
19,000 species of fish in (he world.
Illuminating gas leaking from mains
under asphalt pavements will soften
and disintegrate them.
In some portions of Germany alco
hol is being made from chicory root,
which grows there very freely.
A telescoping tobacco box which
may be diminished In size as its con
tents are used has been patented.
An electrical process for drying lum
ber in piles or even unbarked logs has
been perfected in France.
Peslgned for bakers, a new electri
cal machine will scour 2000 pans an
hour and grease them for use again.
After making more than 2000 obser
vations a Swiss scientist has decided
that snails have no sense of sight.
Fabric slippers for polishing floors,
to be worn over the shoes, have been
patented by a Mississippi woman.
Experiments are being conducted in
Austria with a method for producing
Illuminating gas from sewage sedi
ment.
A Philadelphia university professor
lias Invented a dust proof, fire resist
ing glass case for museum specimens.
Apparatus for automatically spray
ing nil from the bow of a vessel upon
a rough sea has been invented in Eng
land.
A row boat for light service has been
Invented which can bo taken apart in
three pieces for carting and shipping.
What is claimed to be the highest
garage in Europe lias hern built in the
Alps at a point flCUO feet above sea
level.
Recent official figures show that the
sewers of the cities of the United
States are long enough to girdle the
earth.
At the present rate of consumption.
Great Britain’s mines are estimated to
hold enough coal to last 17"> years.
Finger rings have been Invented with
interchangeable settings, removed with
no more difficult tool than a common
pin.
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Though 11000 miles from a railroad,
Yakutsk, in the extreme north of Asia,
maintains an electric light plant the
year around.
A glass has been developed which
gives the same intensity of color val
ues as daylight when used with a gas
or tungsten light.
That there is more food value in
one nore of beets than In four of wheat
is the contention of German agricul
tural scientists.
A physician Is the inventor of a hol
low cane in which be carries all the
medicine bottles he ordinarily needs
to have with him.
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The biggest pay-day in the history of
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was June. 10, according to a story in
the Juneaii Empire. More than $130,000
was distributed by the cashiers to the
950 men' employed. The checks went
to every man employed by the company
and were sent to the five camps. The
next largest pay-roll was a year ago.
when $125,000 was paid out for the
month's work. From estimates of of
ficials of the company, it is believed
the amount paid out will steadily in
crease during the summer, as heavy
construction work in all departments
is under way, especially nt Annex and
Carlson creeks, where power units are
being established. The doubling of
capacity of the reduction mills nt
Thane also will swell the grand total
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