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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-21

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Frank Shuman Success Operating by Means Of Latent Solar Heat
Large Pumping Plant for Irrigation Egypt Suggests Vast
Possibilities for This and Other Lands in the Way of
Large Enterprises Carried Out by Power from the Sun

, sumption of more than 3.o0OO0)OOo tons Of
coal. Annually but 100000. 900 tons of coal
are mined on an average. BY the same
authority. the wastes of Sahara, with
their 100000 square kilometres. are daily
the recipients Of solar energy comparable
to that of 6,O00.OO0 OOO tons of coal burned
with a maximum efficiency!
Now, we have in Arizona, some parts Of
California and other intensely sunit eX-
panSes of our national domain immense
areas that, after a fashion. resemble the
Desert OF Sahara in this matter Of alb
sorbed solar energy. and for this reason
what Mr.. Shuman has actually accom-
plished near Cairo is fairly suggestive Of
what may later on be done here toward
turning the blistering sun RAYS into en-
ergy 10 pump water for the irrigation of
these intensely parched lands. Thus, by
working a sort of ju-jitsu trick upon the
sun it's own energy can be turned TO foil
its scorching intensity and to make plant
life thrive where hitherto only the baked
sand has prevailed.
There is nothing new in the broad idea
Of solar engines; the subject has pos
sessed more than one inventor for
goodly number Of decades; but practical
accomplishment of real value seems 10
have been reserved for Mr.. Shuman. As
far back as the middle Of the co.'s John
Ericsson, Of Monitor fame. began working
with sun engines. and in the course OF
thirteen years he constructed no fewer
than seven of these. His inspiration for
that work lay in calculations he had
made OF the climatic conditions of sin
gle rainless strip. about eight thousand
miles long and only n mile wide. reaching
pretty nearly unbroken from Africa 10
Asia and from South America into a part
Of the United States He found that
there was enough solar heat wasted with
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-21
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shrouds made by the women garment
workers there. or ease" from the city
hospital. to be sent down TO 2Gth street
for the Medical College authorities TO in
vestigate.
Sometimes there is freight of this sort
TO take down from Riker's Island. or from
the thousands quartered in the Randalrs
or Wards Island Institutions. The boat
has plenty of work, calling here and
there, and on stated days of the week il
makes funeral trips up to the furthest ISL
and of all with a cargo for Potters Field.
Sometimes body remains IN the
mOrgue for several days, even weeks, be-
fore il is removed to Potter's Field for
interment The clothing is preserved for
six months, and if not then identified il is
destroyed.
All unidentified bodies are photographed
and the photographs are carefully pre-
served as a possible means of future iden-
tifcation. There is usually something like
sixty bodies awaiting identification and
the sight is anything but pleasant one.
At present there are compartments for
the accommodation of 123 adult bodies.
The morgue should be renovated and
painted. Four automobile dead wagons
should be provided to take the place of
the two wagons at present In use. The
place is open day and night and employs
four paid helpers for each shift. besides
ten unpaid workers, who are picked up
at the Municipal Lodging House.
Commissioner Drummond said a few
DAYS ago that the use of unpaid helpers
should be discontinued and that all of the
employees of the mOrgue should receive
a fair salary, as this would insure the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-21

q solar engine. How. then. has Mr.. ShJ-
man overcome this difficulty
n you don't know it. let us tell you
that the power OF the searchlisht lies not
In the brllliancy OF the dazzling are. IL
is that light much intensified by means OF
reflection. and il is this reflected light,
and not its direct glow. which bores ITS
way so deep into the gloom OF night
This result is obtained by means Of 2
parabolic mirror. or reflector Just the
polished surface or surfaces Of this re-
nector-nOt lerses-do the work and Mr..
Shuman's solar heat catchers are on this
same principle You will see the analogy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-21

--HEN we New Workers swelter
M during the summers heat and
w swear at natures overabunGance
as the perspiration pours from Us, one
aad all ardently wish that the sun would
devote its efforts TO the making Of purely
mechanical power and leave us in peace
and comfort. In other words. we are quite
Wiling that Old Sol should make steam TO
drive real engines, but We don't want him
TO combine seemingly the human body and
the boiler.
A Philadelphian-Frank Shuman-has
devised an apparatus which catches the
latent heat Of the suns rays in such
fashion that a large pumping plant for
irrigation is actually operated. 1t is in
Egypt and does not Immediately affect the
situation here, but it shows that Old Sol
can be in a measure harnessed. and the
plant probably marks the beginning OF an
engineering era of the utmost significance.
About two years ago a distinguished
British scientist declared that the sun
sends earthward from clear sky energy
al the rate of quite 1000 horsepower an
acre. Furthermore, we are told that as
the temperature of the sun is probably
not much short Of 1900 degrees Fahren-
heit. this radiant energy reaches this
globe of ours in a condition well fitted for
doing mechanical service.
Another authority assures Us that the
heat per square kilometre-a kilometre
being approximately two-thirds OF
mile-in the tropics is substantially equiv
alent 10 that generated by the perfect
combustion of a thousand tons Of coal
According to this engineering expert
surface Of only 10000 square kilometres
receives in a year. figuring upon day
Of but six hours sunlight measure Oh
heat enual 10 that produced by me con-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-21

rF the keeper OF the Harlem branch OF
the city mOrgue had not telephoneo
l. the keeper of the Fordham Hospital
morgue ON September Z last TO inquire II
there were any bodies there underlined
the body Of Big Tim" Sullivan, when
he was alive one OF the most "ldelE
known men in New York. might no" DC
lying in Potters Field. where 2y1'ovo uh-
known dead are buried.
no death certificate had been Issued at
that time. although the body had beeh
there since shortly after his death. Aug
ust o. II was taken IN the death wagon
to the city morsue. IN East 18th street
and later Identified by Peter Purified the
policeman un duty there.
In an extremely pointed manner ms
incident has focused attention on poth
the city morgue and Potters Field TWO
topics that are usually omitted from ois-
cussion ID may surprise many to learn
that the city morgue handled l2el2 Lodles
in 1872 more than 500 being buried there.
The city molgue is situated in @'tH
street al the East River on the Bellevue
Hospital grounds II contains an once
in which during the day John Fame Is the
keeper on duty. There is an autopsy ROOM
room for refrigeration. and special
rooms where the bodies Of the deceased
are laid out. that friends may idehtlIS
them. or hold religious services previous
10 their burial
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-21
NEW WORKS. PAUPER DEAD.

New Yorks pauper dead make II nee
essary that az many as eighty "oIhiile"
and half dozen keepers be maintained
at Potter's Field all the time. The 'heiu
Is on Harris Island, at the entrance 10
The Sound eighteen miles up the hd9'
River, and the gravediggers, drivers aI'U
general caretakers are prisoners from t"e
workhouse force on Blackwelis Island
with head keeper and several assist
ants, not prisoners, 10 supervise them
Only able-bodied men are detailed from
prison TO this duty, for the work is nara
and the ground that is to be kept in order
extensive. The workmen are much eX-
posed, especially in winter, with sno"
aud Ice and bleak winds TO contend WIN
and the wOrkhouse physician has to pay
more attention TO this outdoor force OF
workers than to those employed IN the
Prison shelter on Blackwell's Island.
Potter's Field occupies the most south
cry point on Harris Island. The free
Duilal ground has retreated step by step
as the city has grown. AT one time II
was whore Madison Square now is, again
on Randalrs Island then on Ward
Island, and now It is at the extreme
boundary Of the city, at the entrance 10
Long Island Sound.
There is an unobscured view OF the
sound on every side, and a row of willows
skirts the edge Of the burial field.
Last spring boys in the New York City
keformatory on Harris Island began 10
transform Potter's Field from waste Of
sand and underbrush into model Gene
terry. They planted flowers on the pauper
graves They are now building con-
crete walk at the side Of the ROAD. Al
ready it extends half the length Of the
held, which is being inclOscd by privet
hedge.
The Catholics have consecrated their
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-21

section of ground and the simple white
cross against the sky is the first thing
seen on approaching the place. There
is also a modest soldiers monument
granite shaft erected in cOmmemorauon
Of the men who fought in the civil War.
For the rest there are only the formal
white-painted slabs set up At regular
intervals each bearing number Tor the
convenience of the recorder In tracing
the individual interments.
The entire field Is subdivided into plots,
large enough to contain 80 collins. buried
three deep in a trench. Record is kept
of the mark ana number OF every comm
and its exact position in the field. There
are files on files Of ponderous. well-hlled
ledcers i'm the registers room contain
ing the burial records Of past decades.
CONSIGNMENT OF 80 to-day; 45 babies.
The boats Just brought them, comes
word from the wharf. and the Keeper
ooes 10 where those ominous, implanted
cases are piled, one upon the other' on
~, onen Dlatform az the landing ami
notes the number and name and special
,1o,,.rt,nent from which each case has
come.
,. 10 dono i'm AS matter-of-cOurse, bust
,,ass-l,l,e fashion as if IT were con-
signment of cotton bales or oil cans or
some other commercial cargo. The city
nro,,ides sbrouds and collins and burial
,,sco Cor its dead; it provides grave
diegers and clerks TO keep record Oh Tue
dates. names and places OF ueath' "u' -
cannot provide individual burial or per
form me rites that custom deems proper
on such occasions.
No service is READ, no blessing or ihVo-
cation uttered at Potter ~ ,o,a,.tat
There Is no one TO act III iii'''l9'D.'',
capacity, and what seems ihore mp
slve still. there is no one TO listen u -, =,
feel an interest In such ceremony eo'''
IL be performed. 90
MANY Of the moor creatures cedScu ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-21

in these limits 20 drive more than 200
90 solar engines. each of 100 horsepower,
for nine hours daily. Ericsson finally
gave up the work. because he could not
get more than one horsepower for each
100 square feet of rejecting surface EN-
ployed.
Mr. Shuman so il is said got his frs
idea from the sunlight shining dazzlinely
from the santiug roof OF greenhouse.
Most Of us know what the suns beams
that get within a conservatory can do In
the way of producing heat and Mr.. Shu-
man originally planned TO increase the
thickness OF the glass. and thus. by a
system Of concentration. TO intensity the
absorption Of the solar energy. Mr. Shu-
man might have gone back a bit further
to his schooboy days, Ike our own ex-
pericnce, when q stray eyeglass OF some
other form Of lens served TO centre a
sunbeam and cause a piece of paper TO
ignite or 20 scorch the back OF the neck
Of an unsuspicious playmate Mr.. Shu-
mans greenhouse plan went through q
lot of notifications before he developed
the plant now operating in Egypt but
with his various efforts we are not now
concerned
In every lighthouse during the daytime
the lamp lenses are shaded by curtains.
Why YOU probably ask. Because the
powerful lenses, ~ exposed TO the suns
rays, would concentrate those beams UNI
til they were intense enough actually 10
melt the metal parts OF the lamp These
lenses are very extensive and therefore
il is not likely that an equivalent could
be obtained at low enough cost 90 make
their employment FOR steam raising corr
mercially practicable. This, in effect. was
probably what Mr. shuman had in mind,
but he has really come back 10 a modified
form OF The renectlne surfaces Of TINT
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-21

At the time of the burning of the Gen
eraI Slocum. on June IS, 1904. when of l.S5l
persons on board only 407 are known
to have survived the catastrophe. the part
that the morgue took in caring for the
bodies was stupendous. II was soon real
lied that the morgue proper was too
small for its purpose, and there was inn
provised on the dock at the foot Of Goth
street temporary morgue.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-21

Occasionally "A coffin bears no address,
the dead person was picked up In an
alley or hallway and had no lodging
place. All have to wait their turn and
after a severe cold snap recently lso OF
the unclaimed, friendless dead were ac-
cumulated at the morgue awaiting in
terment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-21

You read the above on the department
label of a particularly rough coffin, and 1t
seems pitiful that she should lie there
unknown. unclaimed. The consolation is
that death may have brought forsetful-
,css of a life which We may be sure was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-21

men.
In view Of the surprisingly large num-
Der of bodies annually handled at the city
Morgue. Commissioner Drummond, in re-
spouse to the reqeust Of The Tribune, sub
mitted the following figures covering
1911:
Number OF bodies received in the 26th
street morgue In 1911. .............,.......'I,o
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-21

ROSE ROGERS. - Mott street
aged thirty-nine or thereabOuts'
friends not known.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-21

Continued on seventh page.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-04-15

washinston. D. G., April i2--n11A
wsre opened At The Navy Dsportmons
to-day for the constractioa = ~ ~
sFs and buildinss for ~ sSsok voso
lsss plant which tAs oovsrnnsn1 -
posss TO erected IN ~ Canaa -.
TIE plant VIII - . duplicate g -
eas recsntly complsss1 u Asslnoon>c
Il viii - leea4el - ths Saa Hooon
site, 1t the station of csinito, e -
rsaocatsa line Of the PaAanA nn1l.
roe1, about nidwav between ~ -.
minaIs. There win be three oeesose
steel towers and the station win -
equipped with 10o.kilowa&t ra1io -.
It 10 calculated that the new ssasasa
should be able To communicate saealr
with similar hish-power stations = -
erected BY the navy in the Hawaiian
Islands, Samoa. Guam and in ths
Philippines.
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list Of MISSING
GROWS At DAYTON
h0elullons 1ak10 b fruv0oi
OulDlslk h osooso

Dayton. o., April II. - Eiestesn
days since the food. anl ret ~
llst OF missing increases rather thsu
diminishes. The bureau a jAsntillea,
ton, which rsvisss ~ list q missans
hourly. has now upon its rolls more
than 100. Az dead bodies are found
daily In the debris by workmen there
70 little doubt but that the major por.
ton Of the recorded missing are dead.
Fearing that some virulent disease
nay be bred IN the mass Of hlth that
Nils cellars and yards and lies in srsst
piles upon the streets, the sanitary
department. ID making extraordinary
eRorts along the disinfectins line.
Ten carloads Of chloride Of lime were
distributed to sanitary stations about
the city for use In homes.
TAe cash contributions 70 the elta-
sens' relief eommittse 20 mr. amouns
to nsariy Sl3s.ooo. according to Q
statement iesusd by The treasurer.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-04-15

Mr.. Wesley Jordan Of Howard was
9 visitor IN Mt Vernon Saturday.
Msste1 Robert and Philip Rimer
wsrt to Centerburg Saturday to yisi.
over Sunday with their grandmother.
Mrs. Charles Champion Of Mt. Yer.
non y visiting with her parents, Mr.,
and Mrs. Ora Rese, u Howard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Miller enter.
tainsd about twenty-five guests An
their new home at Miilwood Friday
evening. ~
| Mr.. Shannon Clements OF North
Mulberry street left Saturday morn.
Ing for Detroit, Michigan, where he
will accept position.
Mr.. Charles G. Iams was called to
Bucyrus. o., this morning by the death
Of his brother, Mr.. w. II. Iams. editor
Of The Bucyrus Forum.
Mr.. George Ward Of Muskogee. OK.
lahoma. arrived In the city Friday ev.
enfng TO make a few days visit with
relatives.
Mr.. Carroll Conard, who is attend.
ing the Cleveland.Pulte Medical Col.
lsse II Cleveland, ls spending few
days with his parents. DR.. and Mrs. C.
X. Conard.
'''The members Of the Senior class
Of the Bladensburg high schooi will
-
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-04-15

q ss.s se1s s'E': ':..s .s Z:
dreaded disease that science has been
Abls 70 cure u all its stages. and that u
positive cure now known to the medical
fraternity, Catarrh being = constitutional
disease. requires constitutional treat
ment,. Halls Catarrh Cure ts taken In:
and mucous surfaces Of tho system, there
BY destroying the foundation Of the dis
ease. and giving the patient strength BY
building up the Constitution and assisting
nature In doing It's work, The proprietor
have so much faith in its curative pow
ers TINT they of;er o., Hundred Dollars
for any case that !, Iails to cure. Send
Address ss y SeshnShY cHEHEY CO.. ro,sdo. oA.e
Sold BY all pruggiscs. 7sc.
Take HAiis FaIiiy pills for constipatien.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-04-15
ARREST
Of Psol Room Proprietor For
Gambling

Pete Cost, one Of the proprietors Of
the Four Brothers pool room on West
Vine street. was arrested BY Omcer
Walter George Friday evening and was
taken directly before Mayor Perrine
to answsr TO charge Of gambling.
The afidavit was fled against him by
Chief Of Police r. 8. Clements. Cost
pleaded guilty and was hned SO and
costs.
While on his rounds Oficer George
entered the pool room and discovered
. pea pool game In progress. He ask.
ed no questions, but arrested the only
member Of the Arm who had cue in
the game.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-04-15
NEEDED Al Delavsre Al 1he
DrlIt It ;600
Taken Ts 1lst City y JDdgl
Defry Is Put Dlek II Tie
B,lk Al Nj. vernon 1 j

Hon. Patrick A. Berry returned Fri
day night from Delaware where he
went to investigate the condition Of
the flood sufferers and see II they were
In need Of moro money. Judge Berry
said Saturday morning that the relief
committee in charge Of the work
there informed him that the people
had been taken care Of ana that Della
ware was not in need Of the money Of.
fersd BY The Charities Association Of
NJ. Vernon.
Judge Berry turned the draft for
800 over 70 the Associatsd Charities
sad The same was depositsd in bank
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-04-15
I nElTHs
: + 1. 4. 4. 4. 1. 1. !. i + !. !
William II. Iams

William H. Iams. brother of Mr..
Charles c. Iams, of this city, died Fri.
day night at his home in Bucyrus after
brief Illness. While seated at the
dinner table on Friday, Mr.. Iams was
seized with stroke of paralysis and
never regained consciousness, death
resulting Friday midnight. Deceas.
ed was 56 years of age and was born
In Wisconsin. He came to Mt. Yer
non in 1875, with his parents, the
Rev. and Mrs. F. M. Iams. In his early
life he engaged in teaching school in
Nebraska and Kansas and Afterwards
was occupied in newspaper work in
Kansas and Michigan and later was
on the staff Of the Mansfield News and
was connected with . newspaper in
Crestline, where he married Miss Ora
Stoner. Several years ago he became
part owner and editor Of the Bucyrus
Forum. and 80 continued during the
remainder Of his life. For several
years he was city auditor Of Bucyrus.
He was . member Of the three Mason
ic bodies. the lodge, chapter and coun-
oil 1t Bucyrus and was also amliated
with the B. p. o. Elks. He 10 sur
vived BY his wife and two daughters,
Halle Of Chicago and Freda Of Buoy.
rus. "A Il
The funeral Monday afternoon at 3
O'Clock It the family hone In Buoy
rus; intsrment in the Bucyrus ceme
tsry.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-04-15
COURT HOUSE NOTES

First Partial
Walter D. Frank, executor Of Christ
Frank. has filed . first partial account
In probate. showing the following: Re-
ceived t8.1l7.s4. paid out $S.150.47.
Account Filed
Annie McCracken. executrix Of Geo.
McCracken, has hled . flrst and hnal
account in probate. showing the sum
Of eS7s to have been received and
3s3s.so paid out
Workman Estats-
A. J. Workman has been appointed
administrator Of Harry o. Workman,
Swing bond In the sum Of $4,000 with
James r. Greer and Samuel L. Nasor
- sureties. The appraisers are Geo.
sumtimer, Charles Hibbits and George
White.
AdnlnIstrator Appelntsd-
A. J. Workman has bean appointed
administrator OF Katy Workman, civ.
ing bond in the sum Of $50, with T. b.
Jefferson and G. 7. Mots as sureties.
pssds Filed
Name L. Scott TO Charles H. John.
son, 12 acres In Monroe. II.
EHie Rine to Cora Parker, 20 acres
in Butler. $500.
Elisa B. Brown to Thomas D. Ban
ming, 200 acres in Morris, V1,lo0.
Thomas D. Banning to Evan d.
Conkling, parcel In Morris. t6.o22. &
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-04-15
DEMAND FRANCHISE

wsskmsa 70 Inaususats e asraI stssks
Mecssy IN osjoivm.
Brussels, April 12.-Thig city today
oetwardly wears its habitual expres.
sion Of busy cheerfulness. Everything
seems 70 be normal. but beneath the
surface there IL deep anxiety over the
general strike which 10 to be inaugur-
ated on Monday for q universal suf
frsse BILL The people are laying IN
big stores Of the unperishable necessi-
ties Of life. The strike is an unusual
one. 1t has nothing to do with wages
or hours. but is directed solely against
the government and IL aimed at fore.
Ing . revision of the franchise.