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power. and all that is needed TO get
this gear into play is the shiftins or
lever. Mounted on switchboAros
which are mounted In turn on shock
Absorb rbers. wireless apparatus has gonh
over roads that would have made
horse shudder and been none the worse
for il.
Since its construction in this city, the
radio truck has wandered In and about
Washington. standing all sorts of tests
without apparent i'll effect. Many OF the
experiments were conducted in the vicinity
of the Walter Reed Hospital. where there
is wide stretch Of open ground. Each
morning the ten men who we're selected
as tractor No. 2's crew. came on from
Fort Myer. bringing their lunch and en-
thusiasn, with them Then the truck
would start off. snortinS and paving, for
parts unknown. The mast would be run
UP and brought down again in all sorts
of impossible places, merely to demon
state that while tractor No. 2 10 essen
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trance. 4 dozen great rats sprang at
their throats and drove them back.
Seizing clubs of driftwood they soon
ranauished the savage rodents and en-
tered the hut.
II was "A horrible sight that met their
eyes Lying half on his couch, half on
the floor. was Nehemiah's dead body.
horribly mangled. A big hole in the
hooring show ed how the rats had en-
tered Whether they had attacked the
old man IN his sleep. rendering him
helpless by their slashes at his throat.
or whether he had died of fright when
attacked. was. of course, unknou n
But. as poor old Nehemiah had long
predicted, the rats did at last get
him
There was big rat hunt on Haskelf
Island after that, all the fishermen for
several miles around taking part, and
never a rodent has been seen there
since. But it came too late TO save
Nehemiah RretSchneider.
Ninety nine out of one hundred of the
squatter coast folks believe that n Il
vessels keel touches the shore and she
sticks there. even though the chances
are ten to one that the next tide will
float her. she is legitimate prey. n
"wrack.'' they call 1t. As long as
watch is left on board they viii not
modest the stranded craft unless they
can by strategy induce the watch TO
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ing. She had been stricken with some
ma lady that was beyond the homely
remedies and the diagnostic powers of
the parents
The only sailing craft in the little
harbor, thirty-foot sloop. was high
and dry on the bank being fitted to a
forefoot. There were no power
boats there-nothing but those mus
tangs of the sea. friendship dories.
hearts.
Will Davis volunteered to row across
the siX-mile stretch OF icy. seething
water in the dead of a January night
to Einalhaven, where there was a doc
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j: ::
The new captain of the coaster was
New Jersey man and he was unfamiliar
with this phase of the Maine coast
dwellers character He grounded his
two-masted schooner In thick fog on
a sandy beach. Taking his mate and
cook. the only others on board. he
threw an anchor over astern and start
ed overland ten miles to the nearest
telephone. where he could send for
tow wboat from Rockland. 1t was late at
night when the party reached the tele-
phone station and. as the sea was calm
and there were no signs of a storm.
they remained all, night. trudging leis-
urely back to their vessel the next
morning.
BY strange coincidence the skipper
was an amateur photographer and he
had snapped the heached schooner be-
fore he left her. 1t was with sadness
morning AS he found her. His craft
was absolutely stripped of everything
of value. Even her spars had been
chopped down and towed away under
cover of the night.
And yet these squatter folk constd-
cred that they had done no wrong. Had
the schooner been left floating with no
more than two inches of water under
her keel, she would have remained
there untouched so far they were
concerned for the rest of the summer.
But because she was hard aground tenn
porarily she was a ''wrack" and hence
legitimate prey. An odd reasoning,
surely. And an odd people.
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prices, clea ring a big profit. And even
the Holsters that fall under the Massa-
chusetts legal length the crafty smack
men find L ready market for among
the summer coast visitors known to
them to be all right" The price paid
for shorts is generally S a dozen.
There is a little fishing settlement on
the northeastern shore of Isle au Haut
looking across the narrow harbor to
kimballs Island. out in the open At
la ntic at the mouth of Penobscot bay.
one January night, with the thermom-
eter 10 below zero and the wind blow
ing half a gale from the northeast. a
nine-year-old island daughter lay dy-
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THE RADIO TRACTOR AND CREW.

AT considerably less cost than if they
were imported. OF course, the War De
part,nent is giving out no figures, but all
those interested in the experiments de
clare that the saving is large-;ind what
is more, they can demonstrate this fact
to Congress.
One good purpose which this truck
serves, so the officers think is to rid
the public mind Of the bugaboo which cx-
lists today that this country cannot pro-
duce vehicles equal to those now in use
i'll Europe.
X
The wheels OF Uncle Sans new tractor
are made of solid steel. There are no
spokes. and the lower portion of the
vehicle suggests understood freight
Car. This would suggest needless weight
at first. but the wheels have been SO de-
vised that the additional weight In
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two fished. farmed and pooled inter
ests But Barzelus took his loss keen
ly. and one morning Nehemiah found
him dead 1t was lonesome after that
for the remaining occupant of the
island, particularly during the winter
months, when the owners had closed
their summer homes and returned to
the cities.
1t seems strange that Nehemiah had
always entertained a horror of rats.
and that Haskell Island should have
been overrun with them. Gaunt, gray.
bewhiskered rodents haunted the dark
crannieS of the rocky shore and
whisked across the path of the lone
caretaker more than ever after Bar
zelus went When there We're two they
had kept the ranks of rodents thinned.
But now Nehemiah had lost heart.
Moreover he was growing old. and
nights he locked himself in the little
shanty and shuddered when he heard
the cravings beneath the rough floor
boards.
His fear of the repugEant. VICIOUS
creatures became an obsession They'll
get me yet he told his fisherman
friends. They laughed at his fears. and
thought il a joke. Nevertheless they
looked across Wills strait more fire.
uuently from the main land at Harps-
we'll to see if the thin spiral of smoke
still rose from the rusty stovepipe that
peeked through the roof OF the llllie
hut on Haskell Island.
one February morning they missed
the smoke Perhaps Nehemiah was sick
and unable TO get his breakfast. Two
fishermen launched dory and rowed
across the strait. The door was locked
There came no response to their
knocks or calls, so they forced an en-
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weighing three quarters of il ton, which
is referred to as "the delivery wagon
type OF radio tractor. This tractor Gt
will probably me named No. % Will be
equipped with a wireless mast sixty feet
high and capable Of sending messa ges
/; distance of about 100 miles II is eN-
pected that this mast can be thrown up
within five minutes.
The speed of this tractor will be slight
" greater than that of it's more bulky
parent. More will he expected of 1t. And
this is the explanation:
General army headquarters. in time of
modern warfare, is Il great distance from
the field headquarters of the army.
Imagine a foot ball team OF the defensive.
The line represents the fighting front.
The secondary defense is field headquar
ters. and back of it is single individual
who is general headquarters
Not until opponent has ripped
through line and secondary defenSe-not
until he comes tearing down tile field
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victIou that an army without aero
planes suffers the same disadvantase
that it would have suffered genera
tion ago had it gone to war with a
eak cavalry force.
A large number of officers. on both
the active and retired lists, have come
to the conclusion that war hereafte'
will be a war OF mechanism rather
than OF men. They have been pro-
foundly impressed by the reports. which
have come back from Europe-reports
tending to show tha, the human being is
pretty nearly the smallest factor in
modern battle
Hence ii the Signal Corps tractor proves
available for use over rough roads '.ii
uneven ground it is not unlikely that it
will be generally adopted for army use
and may even be used to haul artillery
despite the contention of many that Il
horse will never lose his hold there.
I'VE must follow the modern ide@ and
fight with machinery AS vel as gins "
was the way one officer put It
So from The experiments conduc ed with
tractor No. there may result a -e-oiu-
ton in transportation notions for the
armies OF this couniry
In discussing the problems which con-
front the Signal Corps and the lessons
which have thus far been learned from
Europe's war. one striking point is the
use III lie telephone nose VINO nave
seen any part Of Europe's vast hattl.-
field have come back with tales CT
multiplicity of telephone wir.s running
everywhere.
They tell the tale of the army officer
who pla ced his finger a war map .iild
directed that he be put in touch with
that spot Shortly afterward his telc-
phone and the telephone at the point
where he sought communication We're
connected and he delivered his orders
Then, turning toWa rd 4 visitor. he hin1-
ed him the telephone receiver. and the
visitor. listening could hear the pop If
the rifle and the boom Of artillery out
on the fighting line.
SO II would seem that the radio trac-
tors will do their work prior TO the time
when the trenches are established After
that the lines of telephone wires run
ming in all directions. will supplant the
wireless.
But Witial the solution of the motor
traction problem will be of tremendous
moment To the War Department officials
who have been waiting for the day.
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FN1IE hundreds of thousands Of sum-
mer tourists who annually visit
the Maine seacoast think they
q know all about 1t and it's beau
lies Eut they do not. for there is a pa
thetic, lamcntablc side Of Maine coast
life they never see and about which they
hear little during their brief two or three
months summer sojourn.
'fhc small handful of coast missionaries
know considerable about this dark side
So do few other philanthropically in
clined Individuals who have had a glimpse
beyond the line Of summer hotels to the
isolated outside islands They keep
working steadily to better conditions that
are deplorable in this twentieth century.
But they say little. The work is too
dscouraSinS. The actual accomplish
ments their part too ritifully few
for advertising II is difficult to make
people see the light who resent interfer-
encc. visitors. or efforts in their behalf.
Outside the Maine coast as known to
summer visitors lie hundreds of islands of
all sizes. from those containing ten or a
dozen acres TO the little more than rocky
nuhbles strewn with a giants handful Of
earth and a lonesome smatterng of trees
and shruhhery.
ON these isolated islands are hundreds
OF Stiuatters. Year by year the ever in
cTeasing encroachment of the summer
tourist has driven them farther and
farther from the ma inl;i nd until now one
seldom sees them unless he makes 1t a
particular business to do
They are an unSocia bic, hostile people,
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statement of the las, being first also
applies to the army. There is one con-
tinual jump. the wireless in the eN,
treme rear always advancing toward
the front.
In conjunction with this work the
aeroplane will play AN important part,
for the War Department has been
quietly and tirelessly experimenting
with this new scouting device. anu
II has found that II can be worked
admira bly, with the wireless outfits
On one occasion it was possible for an
aeroplane to send back messages from
q distance of ten miles. San Diego.
Cal, and Manila have proved fruit
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pulls out a mess of cunners varia-
ton to Goldfish and haddock diet.
Uncle Jerry and his cattery are one of
the show places of Outer Heron.
The lobster smackmen from Massa-
chusetts are one of the greatest sources
of trouble to the coast missionaries and
to lobster wardens and other state Of
ficials who have the welfare of these
squatter folk at heart. \ feeling exists
and has existed from time immem moria
not only among the squatters. but
among the coast fishermen well. that
what God put in the sea, man had d
right to take out at any and all times.
Every fisherman believes that the
laws of man should have no jurisdic-
tion over the denizens of the deep. A
fisherman in Maine may legally take a
lobster that approximates 10l2 inches
in length-that is. from end of nose to
tip of tail. Massachusetts fishermen
are allowed to catch and sell Holsters
approXimating gig inches IN length.
This makes trouble.
Two-thirds of the Holsters the Maine
fisherman catches will run under the
prescribed legal length. Does he throw
them back into the sea and save only
the crustaceans measuring 10t2 inches
or over He does if the wardens are
around or if he lives SO near cIvlliZa-
ton that there is little chance of his
successfully marketing his illegal
catch.
But these Squatter folhs on the out-
side islands and in the isolated hooks
and crannies of the coast have every
opportunity to hide the underslzed lon-
sters They store them in sunken
cars, in places known only to select
few, and SO cunningly hidden that war
dens seldom can find them.
Then appear the smackmen from
Massa chusetts. They buy these snort
Holsters, ranging in length from eight
to nine and one-half or ten inches
Knowing that the Squatters cannot dls-
pose of them in Maine, the sinackmeh
drive their own bargains. too often
having the ignorant sGuatters in cheap
liauor, which they bring into Maine IN
immense quantities.
Much of the stock which they obtain
from the squatter fishermen is of legal
length in Massachusetts, and they con-
sequently dispose of it at market
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negligible, while the increased solidty is
y decided improvement. As nearly as the
ltynran may determine, this has been
done by thinning III" steel where 1t WAS
possible to do without weakening IN"
ear.
Thus the first StcD in wireless and
horsel,s.s communication Oh the field of
battle seems to have been solved. The
War Department now has. in a partial
state of completion. smaller truck,
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Pathetic lanen Life
No Have No Seldom
tonk Allowed
Coast Islands Tucked the Mainland
Uncle Jerry His Casouble With Lobster Maine
Coast Story BrosThe
Solattrs and Ther Prev
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TALLY for use At general headquarters, it
can also get around should this he neces-
Sarl.
The general desire is that There shall
he d thoroughly well demonstrated sue
cess for the new tractor, since thus VIII
prove of tremendous economic value TO
the army. They want to show that the
government, once il has a satisfactory
chassis built in this country, can con-
struct military trucks Of all descriptions
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This accounts IN part for The pecu!ldE,
CLUMSY, yet efficient way that radio
tractor No, . numbered over the roads
on her way 10 ~" testing grounds,
FINALLY, after charging along with
p7uch nlbIIHE and gro,rling, radio
tractor 30. : reached the designated
post at Fort Myer and started across
fields. SwAyins and jolting across the
uneven places. the big truck made Its
way TO The center Of the field.
Suddenly the oiIiccr IN charge gave
sharp command and the tractor came to
an abrupt halt. Another command and
Ten men. comprising the crew. leaped
10 the ground Followed a demon
stratiou which rescmbled the efforts of
Il. hook and ladder company TO reach "a
nigh window ON" man Was atop the
truck in a moment. two otliers were
on the ground. wrestling with ten-foot
mast went up as section after section
was added from the bottom. Long
wires extending from the top were
strung out There was 4 little arunt
1ng and little soldier talk while tins
going on.
But prunfing md soldier talk didn't
interfere with .fi,c,eucy. In little less
Than eight minutes wireless mast
eighty feet high was in place The
engine which had been furnishing the
motive power for the truck now gem
Grated power Tor the wireless ap-
psratus. connections between tho
sending apparatus and the mast had
been made and the telegrapher wa.
ready 10 shoot messages through the
air UP to distance OF go miles
Uncle SANS latest radio tractor. de
signed especially for general army
headqus rters. was built under the su-
pcrvision of army officers with par
ticular view to meet the require
nsnts Of &hs North American road.
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these coast sGuatters. The yachtsnan
rho is in search OF the picturesque for his
photographic album of vacation snaps
will need much diplomacy if he expects to
raw these taciturn people from their
shells. As he puts ashore in his tender
and walks toward the handful Of dirty
sEacks he may possibly glimpse the
twinkle Of a pair of brown heels as an
is}and boy or girl vanishes.
They are as hard TO catch as will ll-o'
.he-wisp. these squatter children. Most
II them have never been off their island
NJ mica schist rock. Bashful to a degree.
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ends. The lonely man OH the foot bali
field heads for The man with the ball.
while The army headquarters. the brains
Of the army, would under like circum-
stances move the other waE.
The big motor tractor which has been
ambling around Washington would, III
times of war. be stationed with the stan
at general headquarters. with the telc-
graph battalion. The thrcequarter-t
truck would be attached 10 the field
headquarters. which would he on the
move. And then the antennae of the
aruy. the pocket edition. of the bis
tractors would go out to the lighting
front.
This latter apparatus is intended es-
seuta1ly for scouting cavalry. Forty
feet of wireless mast with a small cleo
trical hand generator and the other
wireless equipment, are packed dboard
three army mules. and everything Is III
readiness for departure. Swinging well
ahead of the army the cavalry, screen
ing the movements of the infantry col
umns, keeps its eyes out for the enemy.
Then. one day. a detachment comes III
touch with d detachment from the other
side.
Instantly a demonstration of speed IS
given that would astonish u team of
acrobats. The electrical generator. the
mast. the receiving and sending ap-
paratus are yanked from the mules. the
hve-foot joints are fastened so theE
become single pole with four radla
ting wires attached to the top, anu
about minute after first word was
received the wireless is sending back
the news.
These little machines cannot make
their voices heard as far re big
ones They can receive IA messase from
a large station at farther distance
message is relayed bach to the held
Headquarters. and from there 1T VIII pc
communicated to the general staff rms
means of communication viii continue
while the army is the march Re-
ports of those newspaper men VINO
have seen the lighting abroad Indicate
clearly that the cavalry, equipped with
wireless apparatus. has been OF I'M
lnenSe value during >.le present WAT
ntil the armies were permanently IN
trenched the wireless was the fnvorite
means of getting word to and from
headquarters.
While the infantry is advancing the
smallest of the wireless outfits play at
the game of leap frog. One detach-
ment of ten men will set up its sta
tion and ten miles ahead of 1t second
will be installed
When the army has gone past the
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q REVOLUTION transpired in
IN Washington last week 1t didn't
~ look much like d revolution, but
- x IT was, nevertheless. The Unit
ed States Army, through the medium of
the movies, introduced to the public
what 1t hopes is the solution Of the
traction problem in the Signal Corps.
During the forenoon huge motor
truck crawled heavily toward Fort
Myer Up and down hills il went with
;. curious paving motion not unlike
the pera rnbuiatory movements of an
elderly bear. when there was A rut
in the road the truck gave easily and
without a jolt II fairly climbed over
gnever places.
This big truck has been officially N =
froduCcd as radio tractor No. 2. II
was constructed by the War Depart
ment 1T a cousioera bly, less cost than
u it had been bought abroad. -Four
tors IL rho weight of the monster
quite = weight for 4 muddy road.
The new truck is the outgrowth Of
experiments sine. its predecessor, IA
do tractor No. !. demonstrated ib
Isefu1uesS at Tot.yhanna. Pa, during
the s,rnrs encarapment last sumner. 1t
e distinctly changed, however, in the
matter OF IoconIotion. The four wheels
~ the truck are so ges red that each
has its own power In ordinary auto
mobiles the Two rear wheels furnish
the power.
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M1a Been Radio
Made With Its Predecessor obyhna Pa During
Designed
Was Built Under Supervision Of Army
Won1rhI R. aho 1IDnlT

is il necessary for that single man to
move There, naturally, tile comparison
ends. The lonely man OH the loot pan
field heads for the man with the bal
white The army headquarters. the brains
of the army, would under like circun-
stances move the other WaE.
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come ashore, shrewd trick they once
worked in eastern waters to the dis
comfiture and expense of Bangor
owner of a small two-masted packet
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Much of the stock which they obtain
from the squatter fishermen is of legal
length in Massachusetts, and they con-
seauently dispose of it at market
Evening star., 1915-03-07

E11IE hundreds of thousands Of sum
mer tourists who annually visit
the Maine Seacoast think they
< know all about 1t and its beau
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-14
Rulings on Three Questions Raised
in the S5s,eoo Damage Suit, All
Favor Plaintiff in This
Record Case.
OVERFLOW DAMAGE S
Wissr1sth's Allegation Was That the
Dam Caused Water to Back Up
over Packing Plant
Property.

According to the FIT Madison Gem
City. through the fling OF three rul
.ngs in the case OF Chas- Wissnath VS.
the Mississippi River Power Co, yes
terdav, Judge ". S. Hamilton. in
the district court at this city, de
MED the power com pany whatever re
sort they had in the district court by
ove-ruling the motion of the defend
ant for a new trial. overruling the
motion for judgment Notwithstanding
the verdict and in oyerrulins the mo-
ton OF the defendant for an arrest OF
JUDGMENT in the case
The action was sequel In the suit
that has created much interest
throughout this section OF the country
IN as much that the plaintiff Charles
Wissmath was awarded $50 900 by the
verdict OF the jury pursuant to his
claim that through the installation
CT the dam at Keokuk, the backing OF
the waters OF the river and the over.
flowing of his property. the Wissmath
Packing house at this city, he lost
right TO recover. as the presence OF
the water in the cellars OF the plant
caused change of heart on the part
O, a prospective purchaser
The plaintiff in his petition asked
for s153.103 damages, but the jury
Topped off 100000 OF it and gave him
the $4,000 in the verdict The lftiga.
ton started with the fling OF the suit
on Nov. %, 1912.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-14
Is This Your Experience
Many ksosus People Are Athletes
With Annoying Kidney IT'S

Are you bothered with too frequent
action OF the kidneys2 Are the secre
tons highly colored-do they contain
sedimsnt-burr and scaId in voidfngg
These are all signs OF kidney sickness
and should not Ne neglected heosuS
people recommend Doans kidney
Pills Il your back aches and your
kidneys are weak you viii ind 10
better recommended remedy
August Santo. 1862 Concert street
Keokuk, says: Ny kidneys we're ou-
OF order. They we're too frequent in
acton and sometimes the kidney secr.a-
tons were scanty and painful and coz
tanned sediment used Doan's htc-
ney Pills, procured from j. z htei-
aisch & Sons drug store and they re
lisved the trouble and regulated the
action OF my kidneys"
Price soc, at all dealers Don't
simply ask for kidney renedy-se1
Deans Eidnev PiIIs-the same that
Nj. Santo had Foster-Milburn Co.
Props. Buffalo, N Y