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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-11-01
POINT OUT NATURAL BEAUTY
Good Idea Developed in Boston Might
With Profit Be Copied in Small
err Places.

Believing that the main reason more
people do not make greater use of the
wonderful variety of parks in and
about the city is that not enough inyi-
tation is extended, the public recrea-
ton league of Boston has been con-
Quoting for several months series OF
park walks on Saturday afternoons.
Parties are arranged for informal out
ings to the natural beauties in the
vicinity of Boston. The walks are for
tie public without membership, dues,
or other formality. Anybody interest
ed is welcomed. The invitation is CIV
en- through notices in the daily press,
sud by circulars sent out by mail.
The example it is expected will tncite
private individuals to organize indie
pendent walks. Although each party
has guides, their efforts are not so
much to point out every feature, but
to discourse upon few and to hint OF
the others that lie just on this side or
on that, and so induce the trampers
to return in smaller parties by them
selves. The public recreation league
is really adapting to outdoor use the
decent system which a number OF mu'
Seums have tried with success.-From
the Survey.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-11-01
Commercial Value of Gardens.

During the past few years the
commercial market value of gardens
has gained a very pleasing recogni-
ton in and about Los Angeles. says
the Times of that city. But a few
years ago tracts were staked off into
lots, a few burrows turned to indi-
cate intended streets and the sale
is on" Now we have every interme-
date phase from this "boom-day"
schemes up to furnished houses and
fully-planted gardens. We are an
impatient people. more so than any
other in the world. and we would buy
the finished article or home. Trees
and plants a decade or, score OF
years old are now at a decided prem
tum and well-planned gardens of age
prove the strongest factor in bring
ing about sales to people of taste
and means.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-11-01
TELEPATHY AMONG ANIMALS

Rirds and beasts receive information through
the medium of earth vibrations. John D. Quack-
enbos NJ D. writes in the North American Re
view. Certain game birds and animals are sensi-
tive to the faintest earth tremor and are ap-
preached only by the hunter who steps slowly
and carefully, without Earring the surface of the
ground. The nature OF the vibrations also con-
veys notion of the direction from which the
danger is coming, and wild game depend as much
on their apprehension Of this upon detection
by the ear. When it comes to cosmic vibrations,
the subtle movements communicated to the
earth's crust by the tides the pull OF heavenly
bodies, animals mysteriously affected as to
appetite, sleep. nervous poise and possibly pro-
creation and migration.
Recent experiments have proved moths and
other insects to be capable Of thought transfer
ence so farreaching as to impress their fellows
miles away with a knowledge Of their where
abouts.
1t is we'll known to whalers that a cetacean
struck by a harpoou has power instantly to con-
vey intelligence of the presence of an enemy TO
a spouting school half mile distant, so that the
individuals composing 1t Immediately disappear
below the surface. Every angler is aware that
If one trout in a pool has caught glimpse OF
him all are instantly appraised Of his presence
so that his most attractive lures are offered in
vain. What one knows all know at the same
moment through an interchange of subconscious
states Aristotle noticed that the female par
fridge is affected by distant male bird through
what he described as a breeze from the males
direction.
Some twenty years ago the late Austin Corbn
purchased IS 900 acres of farm and wood land in
New Hampshire and stocked the estate known
Plue Mountain park with elk and deer In
1897 is was predicted that the extinct carnivores
whose natural food is venison. would return to
the region. Not long afterward the presence OF
pumas or mountain lions. was reported in the
park and vicinity and the black bear lynx and
wildcat are conspicuously in evidence today
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-11-01
PAYING FOR THE SPOONS

II It were not for the souvenir thief no hotel
manager would be gray-headed bald. Their
lives would be long dream of bliss. broken
three times daily by a spasm Of happiness when
they sell 35 cents worth of food for s125 But
make the waiter protect the silver" said one the
other day. And found that after the waiter
worked for US q month he owed US money. be
cause of fines for stolen silver That wouldn't
do. That same waiter would do his waiting else
where-first trying to break even with the estab-
lishment before leaving. And it is very unpleas-
ant to lock the doors OF a private dining room
until audit the teaspoons"
So all hotel managers have adopted a new
plan. The cost Of stealing silver is included in
the bill for the meal you take in the public din
ing room. That is matter of average. When
you dine with a merry little party-or several
merry little parties. as it sometimes happens-iu
private room. it is also included in the bill Not
long ago the man who entertans out-of-town buy
in a certain wholesale line ordered a private
guests The hotel manager gave him figure
Tell your cook to spread himself on this dim
ner," said the prospective host, laughingly MY
guests are all from the west"
Pardon me-" said the manager hurredIy. y
forgot item. Your bill will be SO more"
The host looked at the memorandum and found
an item marked spoons"
Much better to charge for the spoons in ad.
vance" said the hotel man. without blush aThe
ladies from ont of town all take 'em. So do the
ladies from in town. This way we're safe and
they're saved SIN"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-11-01
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fected by either direct or transmitted heat, no
matter of rapid and longcontinued firing
The development tests of the gun which have
been in progress for two years, show that the
barrel does not become overheated under
tinuous fire at full speed, and that it will not
therefore be necessary to carry along extra
barrel when the firing line. Since no cooling
water is necessary, and no special mount except
a small stake cowboy mount weighing about
eight pounds, the field equipment of the Lewis
gun is reduced to a minimum. The gun may be
fired from any natural support found in the field,
such a rock log, stump, tree or mount of
earth. 1t is even possible to empty a magazine
while holding the gun to the shoulder or from the
hip, the recoil effect is scarcely noticeable.
1t is a matter of note that one of the most
conspicuous things the battlefield in South
Africa was the jet of steam from the boiling
water which was being used on the barrels of
the rapid fire guns for cooling purposes.
The gun is simplicity itself. II has only forty
seven parts, as compared with twice that number
for other rapid fire guns. On the battlefield
in the air where tools are necessarily scarce, and
where they are needed more than anywhere else
when they are wanted the Lewis gun would GER
tainly cause no worry. should some piece of the
mechanism be broken otherwise get out of
working order, since the only tool required to
dissembe assemble the gun is the point of
bullet.
The sustained rapidity of fire of which the gun
is capable makes 1t a far more dangerous and
effective weapon than any bomb-dropping device
yet devised
The accuracy OF the firing of the Lewis aero
plane gun its first test not only surpris-
ing in ITSELF but has aroused attention the part
of our army and navy experts to the fact that
battleships and the disappearing gun bat
teries of coast defenses completely
prepared for attack from the air. In the opinion
of many, including Colonel Lewis, who is also
the inventor of the Lewis depression position
finder employed in the coast artillery
ice, 1t marks the beginning of a development
that is destined to produce radical changes in
land defense and coast ornaments both for
offeuse and defense.
According to Colonel Lewis. an aeroplane cost
ing not more than $4,000 will easily be able to
carry the gun, 1000 rounds of ammunition. the
gun operator and the pilot At a height OF one
mile or greater and while moving at speed of
fifty miles per hour, it will be possible with this
gun to pour IN the most destructive fire upon the
deck and fire control nsSsts OF bartleshfps and
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-11-01

nTOWR15
IS HELPS
LOCAL PRIDE IN THE WEST
One Reason Why Cities There Are
More Attractive Than Their
Sisters of the East.

Altogether there are more than
sixty cities in the United States en-
gagged in the study and some stage
Of the work of city planning. The
purpose is not only to make these
cities comely and attractive from the
standpoint of art and architecture,
but to provide for reasonable growth,
SO that there will be one or more
civic centers, each with radiating
streets and harmonious structures on
them. A prime necessity of such
planning is to provide highways that
will obviateI congestion in the civic
centers for years and years to come
and to make these centers and the
highways leading from them beautiful
aud useful.
The west has taken the lead in this
work. The task of planning such i'm
proYements has become a distinct
profession, a sort of graduate or ad'
vanced branch of architecture. A
dozen men are leading in it and prac'
tically they are all graduates, If the
term may be used, of Daniel H. Burn
hams workshop, or, better yet. the
Burnham School of Architecture fol-
cities. One reason for the eagerness
with WITCH the west has seized upon
the need of making it's cities as at
tractive as possible is that there is
more local pride to be found in the
west than elsewhere. Everyone wishe!
to boost his own town and everyone
fn loss
boast that he lives "in about the pref
test place you can find anywhere il
this country."-Boston Herald.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-11-01

upon unprotected person
mel of land defenses, with
out endangering the aero
plane or it's crew, it being
practically impossible to
attack successfully the
rapidly-moying aeroplane
from below The gun also
opens a new field of at
tack and defense in that
it will be used as an eff
fective weapon against
other aeroplanes similarly
armed. II means that
hereafter unarmed aero
planes will no longer be
used in war, even for
scouting purposes.
\ new 75-milltmetre
gun, designed for the de-
struction of aeroplanes,
has just been tested at
TouIon, France and proved
satisfactory.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-11-01

Most people who live according to
their convictions are convicts.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-11-01

strapped a queer-ookng object, resembling some
what large inverted telescope with a disk-like
attachment at the near end
When the aeroplane had reached a height of 500
feet and skimming along at a speed of fifty
miles an hour suddenly above the of the
CINE there came to the watchers below quick rip
ping sound. At the same instant of little
dust clouds spurted up from the ground few hun
dred feet away. This repeated twice Then
the aeroplane gded to earth, at the spot where
the dust had arisen, the officers forward to
meet it.
On the ground lay piece of cheese cloth, three
yards by fifteen, punctured with numerous small
holes. And then the secret out. The curious
looking object carried by the passenger was an
aeroplane gun and the piece of cheese cloth the
target at which he had aimed while flying above
at almost mile a minute.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-11-01
His Mistake

1T did Jack no good to marry his
stenographer. for she continued the
habit of the Office in their home"
How SOP"
when he starts to dictate. she
takes him down"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-11-01
AR7zT OEEzGEP AEZ3INTF ZOELT

three-quarters inches in diameter
at the breech and two and seven
etghths inches at the muzzle end
of the gun. The grooves in the
steel jacket have full access to the
atmosphere at the breech, thus
forming series of inclosed air
ducts running the entire length Of
the barrel. Each time the gun is
fired the ejector action of the dis
charge blast sucks through these
ducts, from the rear, draft of air
which serves to carry off the heat
transmitted to the jacket from the
barrel. The cooling is automatic
in action. without the use of water
or other cooling liquid and withos'
mechanism or moving parts. As
aluminium has six times the heat
conductiyity of steel and but one
third its weight, this very effective
method of cooling the gun adds
but a few pounds to the total
weight carried.
Another novel feature which diff
ferentiates the Lewis gun from all
] other gas-operated guns is the
small inclosed operating spring
which is located near the trigger
piece at the breech far removed
from all injurious heat effects. The
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-11-01

N THE early part Of last June a
group Of United States army Off
GERS stood watching an aeroplane
as it scared aloft from the Army
Aviation school at College Park,
Md. The machine carried two
men, Capt. Charles De Forest
Chandler, commandant of the
school, and Lieut.. Thomas De Witt
Milling, one of the army aviators,
who acted as pilot. Between the
knees of CAPTAIN Chandler was
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-11-01

Many a married man spends the rest
of his days wondering why he did It.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-11-01
School Children Plant Trees.

Nearly 10000 trees are planted in
Sweden by school children under the
guidance of their teachers.
La sentinella del West Virginia. [volume] (Thomas, W. Va.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-24
La.*"' Hipbes AHsalza" PTopugnata
da un gIoInaIe tacese

Parigi.-La radicale "Aurore''
pubblica un articolo sui rinnova-
mento della Triplice In cui dice
Psr la tranquiilfta degfi allea
H paportuno che l'alleanza con.
hga gensa la triplice non a,
,sremhe potuto conservays ia pa.
ce mel BaIcani e PTtalfaf afon a.
vrebbe lasciato eompiere rsenza
proteste Pannessiope della Bo.
snia. .Erzegoyina che preludeva
aira ,impresa tripofina.. Z Italia
con la .sua preseiza liefra Tripli.
ce garentisee che Ia pace per par.
:tes delrAdstsaa non sara turbata,
1fsNon bisoens attribuire aleu-.
na9isaportahza al pronostici di u.
-no. sfaeelo della Tfiplice. ii vim.
colo E state sa1Stamente fogpiata
da Bismarck ed secarrerebhe un
:yero .cataclisma per separare gli
aileati. Tocca, quindi, a mol con.
seryare le. nostre intese e curare
le nostre- foIze militari. La tri
plice pu6> rinnovarsi fn0 u che
piacera al Goyernl alleati. Lab
biamo ,oggd .innanzi n Hoi pacifi
ca, domani puo divenire bellico
~ ed Z a qpesto che. moi -dobbia
mo ,pensare e non ad altro..
La sentinella del West Virginia. [volume] (Thomas, W. Va.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-24
j. N0tizic della Guerra
FERRONlA T. CAMMELLI

Roma, 7.-L'arnlamsnto del
tronco ferroyiado Tripoii Ain
zara procede con grande solleci
tudine primi carrelH corrono
gia sui tratto del binario c0strui.
to, trasportando II materiaIe oc.
corrente ALA prosecuzione della
linea. In questi lavori la mano
dopera indigena da migliori RI.
sultati.
La livcllazione del tracciato &
compiuta fino ad Ain lara e ri
attendono lie deliberazioni dele
autorita militare, per proseguire
la costruzione verso rinterno.
ii parco del cammelli e note.
La sentinella del West Virginia. [volume] (Thomas, W. Va.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-24
Ltaia VinCerebbe IA FranCja
II parere di uno scrittore
mi!itare tedesco.

Rerlino.-Le recent diyergen
re italo-francesi, finite con III
componimento onorevole, hannt
| dato Occacsione ad alcune riyist,
militari inglesi di fare uno stu
dlo comparative sulla potenzia
llta bellica dele due nazioni. QUE
stl aEicoli, riprodotti da alcunt
riviste tedesche commentat
meritano di essere conosciuti al
memo nella parte conclusive. Sc
condo critici inglesi il uadrc
dele forze navali delrItaiia G
della Francia e il seguente:
"Comprendendo solamente le
unita al di sotto del vent'anni di
eta, la fiotta francese, risulta
composta come segue:
20 corazzate di linea con2S6. .OOC
tonn.;
~ incrociatori corazzati con 81
mila tonnellate;
l0 incrociatori di seconda, ter
20 e quarta classe con un totale
di $4,000 tonnellate;
73 cacciatorpidiniere con q mi
la tOnnellate;
200 siluranti con 10000 tonnel.
late;
66 sottomarini di $4,000 tom.
Complessivamente,. la marina
da guerra francese ha 100000
tonnellate.
Per conto la fotta dd guerra
ltaliana 81 compone di:
. corazzate di linea col totale di
10000 tonnellate;
10 incrociatori corazzati con 7s
mila e 500 tonnellate;
6 incrociatori minori con 125
mila tonnellate;
22 cacciatorpediniere con 1000
tonnellate;
46 siluranti con ZOO tonn.;
o sottomarini con 1900 tonn.
Nell'insieme la fiotta italiana
risulta quindi composta di .24O
mila tonnellate.
"Osservando queste cifre -di,
ce uno scrittore tedesco di cose
militari-si vede subit0 che la
potenzialita della fotta francese
e tire volte quella dellItalia. Ma
s'ingannerebbe chi credesse con
questO che in un confitto italo
francese, la Francia trionfereb-
be facilmente dell'avversaria. So.
stanzialmente, la marina da guer
ra francese E inferiore ALI italia.
ma. La Francia non e pronta ALA
guerra e non dispone di tutta la
sua forza. La disorganizzazione
Q la indisciplina della marina
francese sono nntissime. Per con.
tro la fotta italiana ha dato pro.
va di una preparaziOne di una
organizzaziOne, che hanno mera.
vigliato II monde. Tenendo pre-.
sente questa diversita di prepara
zione di discipline, 3 certo che
la marina da guerra italiana, con
tutta la sua inferiorita numei.
ca, batterebbe la marina rda guer.
ra francese.
La sentinella del West Virginia. [volume] (Thomas, W. Va.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-24
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La StatStiCa della Guerra

Bengasi, 1G. -- Dal principle
dell'occupazionc si rhlnro 1000
arabi che ri sono sottomcssi; lc
nostre truppe fecero 1000 prigio-
nieI'i, le ambulance curarono 100
nemici; il tribunaIc di guerra
pronunci0 223 sentence di con.
danna % aasoluZiOni.
La sentinella del West Virginia. [volume] (Thomas, W. Va.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-24

occupata ed beduini non potran
no. pih attingere acqua al pozzi
del Froyat. Intanto per disposi-
zione del Genio Militare, 81 stan
no c6struendo ,dalla Ditta Bian-
chi Steiner compagni di Mila-
no quattro serbatoi pensili in ce-
mento armato, della capacita cia
scuno di metri cubi It's, muniti
di camera d'aria per evitare il ri
scaldamento dell'acqua, e di sot-
tobacini, dai quail, a mezzo di
pompe, Pacqua verra portata
nella vasca superiore. ii lavoro E
diretto dallo stesso ingegniere
Bianchi presto sara compiuto.
Detti eerbatoi ,sono posti lungo
lie banchine e uindi facile dal ma
re ne resta ii caricamento.
,Sono anche- di .prossima CO.
strqzione due; ghiacciaie di tire
cento tonnellate ciascuna. ii
ghiaccio, verrebbe trasportato
dalIItalia e immagazzinato qui,
e clio in. attesa di una fabbricazio-
ne locale che, per il momento
causa della mancanza relativa di
acqua potable, si rende di diff
cile attuaziene.
Certo 81 e che, per fornire l'ac-
qua tutta Ia citta occorrerebbe
un serbatoio di almeno mile me-
tri cubi. RIA clio 81 potra fare in
seguito, qualora proprio lie risor-
Sc local.. d. non. offrissero nulla,
mentre 10 ritengo che Iacqua non
manchera ::
Ad otto dieci chilometri da
Bengasi esiste una localita demo-.
minata Dick (fiume di Lete) owe
dicono che sia tanta acqua tan
to buona da sembrare nm nettare.
Difatti ora Z il luogo di riforni-
mento dello esercito nemico, che
81 trova appunto in quei paraggi.
Stamane lutte lie autorita e
tutti gil ,indigeni correvano al
porto. Cosa era mai successo I?
Verso lie ore 8 Z giunto in porto
IL piroscafo Suez che doyeva
sbarcare cani. Il aspettativa
non dur6 motto, poiche allie $50
una barca a vapore rimOrchiava
una maona .carica di cant da pa
store, comandati da un tenente e
da sci ..soldati maestosamente
sbarcavano mel porto. - q"
LIE bestie erano animate da
vero spirito bellieoso, poiche ap-
pena sulla banchina avrebbero
voluto iniziare IL combattimento
contro gil arabi facchini, ma la
ciEilta impose loro una catena e
:, ,qnindiJ rassegnati, proseguiroto
per gil avamposti, owe 81 ripro-
mettono di fare :buoHa caccia, e
di non essere degeneri portatori
del nome di cani italiani. sono
di razza sarda e tanto basta.
La sentinella del West Virginia. [volume] (Thomas, W. Va.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-24

no motif arabi e non pOchi nostri
soldati che vanno acquistando Ia
pratica necessaria al trattamen.
TO dI quest quadrupedi cui abb.
sognano cure lutte specials. Ora
81 fanno experiment. per servizio
di cammelli per trasporto someg
glato per artiglieria da campa-
gna che, come e noto, finora { ira
sportata a dOrsi di null.
sCUOLE E LAvORI PUBBLI-
CT A TR1POLI.
Roma, IA Tripoli Piscrizio-
ne desli alumni nellie scuole 81 g
oggi aperta nella sede della So
cieta Commercials ed ha raggiun
to un numero insperato. ST crede
che bisognera ampliare local.
provysoriamente adibiti ad uso
scolastico.
? Ii comm. Scalabrini e profon-
'damente soddisfatto di aver 81.
stemato 1'importante quistione
scolastica con la riapertura dele
scuole primarie e secondarie pre-.
esistenti e con gil studi gin av.
Watt per un grande fabbricato
che 81 costruira nella grande a.
rea 'terrena annessa ALA scuola
di Arti Mestieri.
III nuovo fabbricato sara tale
da contenere corsi elementari,
liceali, ginnasiali, lie scuole
comerciali e da solo costituira I'M
grandioso quartiere.
Essendosi completato il piano
stradale del tropco Tripoli-Ain
lara 81 provvede ora gradual
mente al riordinamento e, al pic.
chettamento DELI altro tronco
che, distaccandosi dalla linea
Tripoli-Ain lara allaltezza del.
lie Fornaci costeggiandi limit
dell'oasi verso il deserto 81 spin
ge fino Tagiura.
La costruzione di questo tron-
co Fornaci-Tagiura costituira,
oltre al mezzo di communications,
una potente protezione dele oa-
81 tripolina e di Tagiura, contro
eventuali incursioni del razziato.
ri del deserto.
NUOVA CATTURA DI CON
TRABBANDO..
Roma, 19.-Il "Piemonte" ha
catturato mel Mar RossO 6 sam
buchi carichi di armi.
OCCHIALI PER NOsTRI
sOLDATI.
- Roma i 1anafGovsefno ha or.
dinato 100000 paia :. di. occhiali
da automobilista destlnati al no.
stri soldati nella I.ihia.
QuestG fatt6 ia prevedere i'm.
minente un'altra avanzata.
sOTTosCRIZIoNE PER UNA
"DREADNOUGHT" =
Roma, ia Catania, hume.
osi cittadiniihahno proposto al
la Lega Nayale di costruire con
una pubblica sottoscrizione. una
"Dreadnought' dandole II nome
"aeditefraneor. ,:>'
LA TURCHIA VUOtE CONTI.
NUARE LA GUERRA.
Roma, 19.-Il "C0rriere d'Ita.
liza" riproduce il giudizio del d.
plornatico turco I,abalzade che
la Turchia non accettera rannes-
stone. prolungando la guerra c re.
sfStendo anche allie pressloni del.
lie potenze.
cANEVA T. Gil .AaCARI.
La sentinella del West Virginia. [volume] (Thomas, W. Va.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-24
CONNAXIONALI !

iihdate II Vostro oboo auare atell fer che yetsa
no oro sahgue per la conqusa della a Tripol
atca terra nostI1 dove lie goriose gion romano hapno
pofato la clvIla dsrutta taa larlg trrcu
ognl sodo lnvao In "Scmti nea Va" vene rmesso
Willis al Delegate della Croce Rosa Itaiana New
1olK per spetiiro Roma ed
saranno pubbicat giornale ''
La sentinella del West Virginia. [volume] (Thomas, W. Va.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-24

Remite pucsa sclleda Ia sec al Cav Ionelo Perera,
Delegate, go Wall St. New York City