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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-06-26
MAKING CITIES or CONCRETE
Dwellings For Workmsn Also Wade Of
cinders, Sand and cement-Wasts
Products utilized.

A model concrete city for the wage
Garner IL being built at Nanticoke. Pa,
y, n. Lewis conceived the idea OF
building these houses OF reinforced
concrete throughout, which would not
only furnish the operatives with model
sanitary homes. but would serve as
a demonstration OF the possibilities Of
building industrial communities by this
new process Of pouring In steel forms.
While the idea OF the poured house
Is similar to that Of Edison. the meth
cd, the Scientific American says, is
entirely different from the plan on
which he has been working The prac.
ticabillty Of the system OF building. in.
vented by Washington architect. NIL.
ton Dana Morrill,. has been demon
strated in the building OF cement
city, Virginia Highlands. neaf Wash
lngton.
In the Pennsylvania town for work
men, now being completed, products
which have been heretofore regarded
as waste are being utilized. The build
ings are a mixture OF coal cinders.
sand and cement. Forty houses are
being poured, grouped in pairs, inclos-
ing a park or a playground which Is
300 by 600 feet A railroad track Is
laid around the whole group and a
mixing plant is mounted on a fiat car
with an elevator for hosting concrete
attached. Cars of sand, cement and
cinders are attached to the mixing car
and spouts conduct the moisture into
the steel forms at the various parts OF
the building As a section of one
house Is completed the train is moved
to the next.
Still another cement city is veil un.
der way at High Lake, a suburb OF
Chicago Here, the entire concrete
work, including cellar walls and frat
story walls of one of the bungalows,
some 30 by 40 feet, has been poured
in four days and the cost of construc.
ton of six inch walls, which Is ample
for one or two story building, has
been brought down to eight cents q
square foot, which is less than the cost
Of constructing of frame houses. The
houses are said to have proved dry and
exceptionally warm during cold wealth
er.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-06-26

ITO strip wireless Of It's TECHNICAL.
ties and boil II down to the primal
constituents is not hard" said an ex.
pert who has made a study of the
theory and knows the practice. 1T
is simply transference through space
Of waves Of electromagnetic energyi
when a wireless operator presses
a key, a spark jumps between two
pieces Of metal. These two pieces OF
metal are connected with long wires,
called antennae. that arc strung on
poles called aerials. The energy from
this spark Is spread on these wires
and diffused In waves.
These waves have definite length,
which can be determined partly
through the power of the sending sta
ton The station that is receiving
these Ii able to put itself In tune to
receive wave lengths OF the nature
sent out by the sending station and
exclude others"
Wireless relies on electromagnetic
waves as the source OF its communi-
cation. These waves are sometimes
called Hertzian waves and were made
use of for the first time In 1880 by
Prof. Amos Dolbear of Tufts college.
He applied for a patent on a wireless
system that had every essential of the
plan followed today. lie got his pat
ent in 1886, which was two years be-
fore Dr. Hertz's discoveries.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-06-26
Delicate Point.

They are a happy sewickley couple
They haven't been married very long.
In fact. the honeymoon has barely
waned, An elderly friend met the
bridegroom downtown yesterday and
slapped him on the back.
Well, happy as a lark, / SUPPOSED"
"Oh, yes"
"How's the cooking?"
Il have one trouble there. It's Just
this, my wife las been preparing angel
food every day for dinner"
you must be getting tired of It."
Il am. Yet l feel hesitancy about
saying anything. How soon after the
honeymoon would 1t be proper to ask
for beefsteak and onions? "-Pittsburg
Post.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-06-26

of erecting the larger plants has depended to
great measure on the success of those already
working. This is evidenced by the Arlington sta
ton, which is across the Potomac from Washing
ton and near the military reservation of Fort
Myer.
From Arlington the north Atlantic ocean can
be covered and the naval base at Guantanamo,
Cuba, is within its radius as is also San Fran
cisco. This, it is pointed out brings the canal
zone into direct communication with Washington.
The Pacific coast will be dominated by the station
at San Francisco.
At the Brooklyn navy yard the sailors who are
to take places in the wireless room of the battle
ships receive a training In their work. For this
branch of the service building 300 feet long, SO
feet wide and two stories high has been set apart.
The course In wireless proper takes seven weeks.
The first week is given over to the study of the
theory of wireless communication and the next
week sees the pupil at a sending key studying
and practicing the continental code. Messages
are sent by an automatic transmitter.
During the seven weeks of the wireless train
ing the pupil receives instruction in making dia-
grams Of transmitting sets and aeriais and tries
his hand at repairing and overhaulng the various
sets in use. At the end of the seventh week if
he is able to send and receive fifteen words
minute he is stationed at a receiving booth, where
he have actual experience Two weeks are
allowed for review before the final examination.
Before actual wireless work is taken up by the
students each one goes through short course in
the grouAd work of electrical equipment He
starts at the blacksmith shop, where he learns to
build fire properly. Then he is taught forging,
welding and tempering iron and steel, and In
structed in the of soldering iron. In the ma
chine shop he practices the lathe shaper, drill
press, milling machine, emery wheel and bench.
Engine work follows, for the naval electrician
is expected to be competent to repair any part of
the ships electrical equipment. Simple. COM
pound, turbine, oil ana gasoline engines are aaken
apart and assembled lined up and repaired.
Valves, condensers, air and circulating pumps are
mastered. There is also three weeks instruction
in the work of interior communication and light
ing Of ship which teaches the student how to in
stall and inspect the entire electrical equipment
of battleship. The authorities of the navy yard
believe that the student is not ready to take up
the actual study of wireless communication until
he has first mastered the details of the machinery
that makes the electrical spark possible,
While everybody knows that wireless messages
being sent, It is not generally understood how
this is done.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-06-26

What these investigators found was that when
an electric spark jumped between two poles there
were started, in what the scientists call the ether,
magnetic force lines. These force lines detached
themselves and travelled on through space at
tremendous rate of speed. This speed has been
reckoned at 10000 miles second. 1t was also
learned that these force lines went through space
in wave lengths that could be measured
Doctor Hertz found that the presence of these
waves could be detected across a room by means
of a loop of copper wire. This called the
Hertz loop. The ends of this loop were slightly
parted and It was found that the electric spark
side of the room caused small spark to
pass between the ends of the Hertz loop. Sir
oliver Lodge and William Marconi used the same
spark gap and connected one side of it to copper
plate buried in the earth and the opposite side
TO wires strung in the air. When the apparatus
was constructed in this way the electric spark
caused oscillations on the aerial wires and Gre
ated wave that could be detected at a consider
able distance
The modern wireless station has appliances to
regulate the length of the waves that carry the
messages
To prevent interference each ship installation
operates different wave length and the re-
ceivng instruments either on the ships or the
land stations are able to cut in or tune in those
lengths, The tuner enables operator to change
the wave lengths on the receiving wires, and so
get in touch with the Office that is calling.
At the senate inquiry the operators from the
Carpathia and the Titanic were repeatedly asked
what o and Q D means. The effect of these
messages was very clear to the operators but they
not entirely sure what the letters themselves
meant. Inquiries at the Marconi Offices brought
the information that the letters have no signif-
canoe in themselves and are simply agreed code
signs
The call @ D is made by the symbols for the
letters is dash, dot, dash, dot; is dash, dash.
dot, dash; D is dash, dot, dot The written dam
ger call of the deep would look like this: =. -
The o call is made up of S: dot, dot, dot;
o: dash, dash, dash; S. dot dot dot and looks
like this: o.. E; - -;
The Q D sign is a Marconi symbol C @
is an agreed call for the attention of all stations
frequently messages of Importance are prefaced
by these letters. D means danger. 1t was further
stated that o adopted by the Berlin con
Vention in 1902. Every wireless operator under
stands these calls.
In some of the foreign ships where the opera.
tors do not speak English it is customary to
write the symbols of the message and have them
translated.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-06-26
BabbItt's Great Invention.

The name of Isaac Babbitt is gen.
orally associated with the anti-fric-
ton metal which bears his name, but
his greatest invention was not the
'babbitt metal" but the accompany
ing process of using such a metal for
the bearings Of machines, or, Dab
biting" This process has had the
widest influence on the development
of high-speed machinery Isaac Bah
bitt as a boy was apprenticed to the
goldsmiths' trade. In 1924 he found
ed the manufacture of britannia ware
in the United States. In 1889 he dis
covered "babbitt" metal The pro-
portion Of babbitted bearings used
today compared with all other forms
is so great as to make the number of
the others comparatively insignif-
cant.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-06-26

is world renowned and indisputable,
and of a peculiar kind.
She is not beautiful, and she is
never merely pretty, but charm runs
in her blood and 1t is as natural for
her to use it as it is for the sun to
shine, Everything about her is wit
ness to this attribute. and she herself
accepts It as a law written by unseen
hands, Interchangeable as that which
rules the orderly procession of the
stars" and powerful as that which
brought her into the world. and VIII
one day send her out Of
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-06-26
New Kerosene Torch.

handle, which is hollow, with a screw
cap. AS the fumes rise they can find
outlet through a series of perforations
in the cylinder at the top. There is
a plunger in this cylinder and by
pressing this forward these holes can
be closed, leaving only the mouth Of
the cylinder open, and through this
the gas rushes in sufficient force to
form a hot blast. The size and force
of this blast can also be regulated in
this torch, 1t is said
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-06-26
INDUSTRIAL
MECHANICAL
go NOTESqSZ

About eight million men are en-
ployed in regular occupations in Great
Britain.
The. burning quality Of coal was
known for long time before it was
used as fuel
The manufacture of cement has at
tanned eighth rank for value among
the industries.
Aluminium pulleys for machinery are
said to lessen the friction and thus
extend the life Of belts.
The total production Of gold in Aus
tralfa in 1911 was valued at S61, $780,
900, as against $66,249,500 in 1910.
Paper false teeth, German novelty
are said to be stronger than porce
lain ones and to retain their color as
we'll.
Coal is used to provide about H.,
100000 horse power in the United
States to 100000 provided by water
power
1t is estimated that material capable
of yielding products valued at $30,000.,
600 goes to waste annually in this
country.
Germany has the worlds largest
loom, in which felt disks for paper
mills up to 233 feet IN circumference
can be woven.
Magnesium is the principal ingredi,
ent in a new alloy out in France that
weighs about two-thirds as much as
| cast aluminium.
About one-third of the worlds pro.
duct of pig iron is accounted for in
the United Kingdom. United States
and Germany
The discovery of a considerable de
post of uranium ore in South Au
stralia is believed to indicate a new
I source of radium.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-06-26
Easily Answered.

These kids I teach aren't bit
SLOW" observed a school teacher yes
terday, I'm fact. I'm afraid they read
the papers. The other day | proposed
the following problem to my srith-
metic class:
"A rich man dies and leaves ST.
100000. One-fifth is TO go to his wife.
one-sixth to his son, one-seventh to
his daughter, one-eighth to his broth
er and the rest to foreign missions.
What does each get?
A lawyer said the littlest boy In
the class. Case and Comment.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-06-26

an, broadly speaking, never is. She is
gay and morbid at one and the same
moment. She is eternally young, yet
born with the cynical wisdom of ages.
She is brave to the point of folly, she
is free from any faint of provincialism.
and in way stands on a small pinns-
Gle apart from ting rest of womanklnd,
with a smile that has some fellowship
with that Of the Sphinx Her charm
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-06-26
Novel caloimlne Brush.

fiat brush and across each end of the
group of brushes thus assembled
there is a separate fiat brush. After
all these brushes have been fit into
the block a band is made fast around
the whole collection, thus forming one
huge square brush that will hold
about a pint of calcimine at a dip and
win coat larger surface at one dip
than the ordinary brush, thus ex-
pediting the work by a saving of both
time and labor.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-06-26

AND e. s,3r5i8E
CALClMlNE BRUSH is UNIQUE
Series Of Small Brushes Bound To,
gether Found Advantageous Where
Much Surface Required.

For calclmining a brush with n
great deal of surface is required and
the Ohio man who designed that
shown here seems TO have been sue
cessfui in getting what was needed.
A block with a series OF longitudinal
burrows cut along It's under surface
has handle at the top. Into each OF
these burrows fits the top Of a thin,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-06-26
HIa Chained FORTUNE.

Wow! There went smithhns in
his new six. When / knew him a few
years ago he had a junk shop"
'He still has. Only he moved It 10
a fashionable street, kept the same
stock, and labeled II Antiques -
Judge.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-06-26
KEROSENE TORCH is USEFUL
One Of New Style Adapted Especially
for Plumbers and Gasfitters-
Blast lie Regulated.

A new kerosene torch OF the type
used by plumbers and gasfitters has
been designed and burns kerosene, the
inventor claims, as satisfactorily as
gasoline is used In the old style torch
The reservoir is filled through the
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-06-26
BUMPER ON A MOTOR TRUCK
Especially Adapted for Handling of
Coal and May Be Turned In
Any Direction Desired.

One of the American motor-truck
concerns is demonstrating a revolving
self-dumping body designed especially
for the delivery of coal, says the Pop
ular Mechanics. The body operates
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-06-26
is Partisan, and In No
Way Representative Of the
French Woman.

The Parisienne is not, and never has
baen. representative of the French
woman although she might be de-
scribed as the distilled essence of all
rat is French, She is too volatile to
ha tvpical of the women of France.
she Is 10 bizarre, and the Frenchwom'
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-06-26

Purchasing the only radium mines
in that country which 1t did not al.
ready own, the Austrian government
has established a practical monopoly
of the worlds supply of that most
precious metal.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-06-26

= have written a short story" said
the amateur literary person. What
n the FIRST step 20 take IN selling III"
"Bay ten dollars worth of stamps"
advised the old hand at the business
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-06-26

All kinds of stone, even the strait
fed rocks, have no doubt at some
stage been subjected to the action of
heat. Marble itself is clearly moth
ing but calcined limestone.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-06-26
In Position for Unloading.

on a turntable so that the coal may
be shot in any direction desired.
When equipped with turn-table body,
the truck is brought to a stop along
side the curbing, instead of having to
be backed against the curb.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-06-26
coIumbIa,s First Book Plate.

The first book plate for the library
of Columbia college was made in
1895. 1t was designed and etched on
copper by Alexander Anderson, the
first American wood engraver, while
he was a medical student.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-06-26
Asserting Himself.

Paw" said little Dick, you can
swear at me all you want to, but II
you swear any more at nav I'll be
burned If | don so and tell a p7esce-
mani"
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-06-26

Life is a series OF disappoint
merts."
Yes know a man who has been
hoping nearly all his life that he would
some day come into possession Of a
coin worth more than It's face value"
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-06-26

Even the thirst for glory may have
It's dlreful after effects.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-06-26

DO you keep a cook. Mrs suburb"
Madam. / not only keep the cook
but also her entire family"
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-06-26
What has become OF the old fash.
Toned girl who used 10 chew "waxg

For years Garfeld Tea has been on the mar
h~t This must mean a remedy worth whlle.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-06-26

EARS ago a fanciful
writer took his readers
on an expedition to the
north pole. The ex-
plorer had been pre-
coded TO the region Of
perpetual Ice by a party
that had persisted there.
The hero of the story
learned this one day
when a torch that he
was holding thawed
part OF a large shaft of
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-01-25

Railroads are looking forward to a
great migration Of eastern people to
the west as soon a. spring opens up.
A prominent railway official IL
quoted as saying: Il look for an in
creased demand In small farms, 10
and 20 acres. There is much in
quiry for logged-off lands and tracts
that can be used for poultry raising
and dairying. and where small or
chards can be set out" We have
these conditions in and around
Whitefish, and some concerted actor
should be taken by the Whitefish
Chamber Of Commerce to get the
lumber companies to put their log
ged-off lands on the market, and at
prices that are within the means of
the home builder.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-01-25
Manual training and domestic sci

Manual training and domestic sci
ence have been added to other var
ious courses. giving the young men
and women a practical as we'll az
theoretical education. Wireless tele-
graph is one Of the latest appliances
with which the students are now be-
ing made acquainted.
The school Is a grand institu-
ton; there is no doubt about that,
but how many children outside Of the
city of Kalispell have an opportuni-
ty to take advantage of this adj
vanced education? For those living
in Kalispell there is no excuse what
ever why every child should not
take advantage Of the school, but it
is only the children living in the 9th
er cities Of the county, who have
parents that can afford to send them
away to school, that can attend. On
account of the high cost of board
and room it is out of the reach Of
the majority, and more SO II there
are more than one child. Another
thing Is that unless a parent has
some friend down there with whom
the child can be placed, to look af-
ter It's welfare outside of school
hours, he Is up against a hard
proposition.
Every person in the county is tax
ed for the maintenance Of this school
and therefore, by right, provisions
should be made 30 that every child.
no matter in what station in life,
should have the same opportunities
to attend school that the children Of
Kalispell have. It is a county high
school. and should be maintain
ed for the benefit Of all in the coun-
ty alike.
In this city, out Of a great num-
Der who would IL they could afford
it, attend the school, one is In at
tendance. The others are compelled
to give up getting an education be-
cause OF the system in vogue. It il
q matter Of grave importance to all
outside Of the county seat.
Two years ago there was some
talk Of providing dormitories for
the outside children. where they
could be boarded and looked after
at reasonable cost, but the matter
was dropped. This is vital topic
and should be pushed through, OF
else make provisions for a high
school in each city, which Is the
only system, and is working with
such great success in other states
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-01-25
COUNTY INSTITUTION ONLY
A BENEFIT TO A FEW

The Flathead county high school
is a grand educational institution and
monument to the eneretic spirit Of
the citizens of Flathead county. Es-
pecially during the last two or three
years, under the direction of a pro-
gressive county school board, thous-
ands Of dollars collected from the
tax payers thruout the length and
breadth Of the county have been
spent making larger quarters, adding
new facilities and equipment to give
the growing generation greater
knowledge. SO that they will be bet
ter enabled to fight the battle of
life when called upon to do so.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-01-25

Some one, probably trying to mix
some sensational dope, gave it out
to the Kalispell papers that the
body Of c. B. Allen was found pin
ned beneath the rotary pillow, and
that he had worn the ends of the
fingers to the bone trying to claw
his way out. The same story was
given general circulation here,too,
but an examination at the morgue
showed that he might have been
thrown headlong violently, causing
instant death, az fractures Of the
the head and broken collar bones
would indicate.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-01-25

The Montana bar going out of
business means that according to
the new state law providing that
there shall be only one saloon for
every 500 population another saloon
cannot be started in it's place. A
city ordinance limiting the number
OF saloons to eight would also pre-
vent q saloon from being started
there.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-01-25

According to an ordinance pass
ed by the city council several
months ago the Riverside addition
becomes a part of the city proper
on February LIST. That means that
the people living there will be en-
titled to all the privileges OF the
city. After that date instead OF
having to pay $3.50 per month for
water rental it will only be $1.25
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-01-25

per month. A few electric lights
will not be amiss. and in order to
see that their interests are looked
after in the council this district
should be known as Ward 4, and be
represented by two aldermen.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-01-25
WARM WEATHER,

According to reports from the
weather bureau at Washington there
are no cold waves scheduled to
sweep the country this week. Gem
orally fair weather is the prediction
east of the Rocky mountains and a
little more snow for the far west.