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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-13

hundred lamps Of thirtytwo candlepower each,
and is designed for operation seventy volts
It is not infrequent occurrence for steel and
iron workers to get bits OF metal in their eyes or
hands. Previous to the installation OF magnet the
only means of removal was by probing. method
which is as uncertain It is painful Since this
machine was put in operation 1t is a very simple
proceedings to extract such particles.
The portion of the body in which the foreign par
tice is embedded is placed the pole tip OF the
magnet the switch is closed. and the magnet does
the rest Some remarkably small pieces have been
extracted in this way The pole piece is removable,
number of different shapes being supplied for vari-
GUS classes of work.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-13

immediate cause of it is the de
compression" which occurs when
ordinary pressure in the blood is
suddenly reduced by passing into
a more rarefied atmosphere. The
blood in the outer parts of the body
and wherever the circulation is
rapid responds more quickly to the
lessened pressure than the blood
in certain internal parts, and this
produces bubbles in various parts
OF. the body, particularly in the
joints of the legs.
Sometimes the bubbles are
formed so violently that the blood
seems to boil, and this causes un
endurable agony. Strange to say,
however. the pain is sometimes
brought to sudden end by uncon-
trollable sleep.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-13
The Blood Seems to Boil,
Gas Bubbles Form ii,
the Tissues, Ear Drums
Are Driven In, Blood
Gushes from the Mouth
as the Military Auia-
tors Rush to Great Alti-
tudes and Descend
Suddenly

with extreme pains, or they become
paralyzed in their limbs and fall.
It is the lower extremities that are
paralyzed. The loss of power in
the legs may come on several
hours after decomposition, and
may be transitory or permanent
Military aviators are compelled
by their duty to throw all caution
by the winds and cannot take the
precautions that may be observed
in peace time.
Flight Lieutenant Williamson. Of
the British army, who was COM
PEELED to make a sudden jump from
a height of 1000 to $4,000 feet in
order to avoid battery of anti-air-
craft guns, experienced the form
of the disease due to decompres-
siop:
II was suddenly aware of terrible
pains in my legs, which felt as II
they we're being torn apart. Then
my legs became completely para
lyzed and incapable of motion. The
pains began to spread to other
parts of the body. Fortunately, /
had sufficient control of my arms
to turn my machine in the direction
OF the British lines and begin the
A. IL
/ felt partial recovery Of my pow
ers and little relief from the pain,
but they broke out again with in
tolerable force after I landed"
1t seems that sound, healthy
aviator rising gradually to a high
altitude may escape these agoniz-
ing pains, but, of course, the mil
itary aviator must make the violent
rushes. What can be done to save
him from such torture? 1t is sug-
gested that a suit will be con-
structed which will keep a layer OF
air over his entire body and thus
neutralize sudden changes of pres
sure.
Similarly sudden descents from
great heights are made necessary
by the emergencies of military avn
alton, thus producing the diseases
to which careless or over-daring
divers are subject Flight Lieuten-
ant Jenkins. who was compelled to
descend rapidly by a shot in his
motor, has sent this note of his ex.
perience:
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-13
Agonizing Effects
of Sudden Decomposition.

It has long been known that 1.-The
bends" generally attack workmen
who come too suddenly to the outer
air after working in a caisson in
compressed air at great pressure.
The workmen are advised to rest
in an air chamber at an intermedi-
ate pressure, but often disregard
the advice.
Usually the symptoms do not
show themselves for some time-a
few minutes, half an hour, or sew
eral hours after the men have come
out of the air-lock," says DR..
Thomas Oliver in his Diseases of
Occupation" ''In an ordinary way
the men complain mostly of severe
pains in their muscles and in their
joints, which they call bends. The
knee, elbow and hip-joints are, as
regards frequency. individually af-
fected in the order mentioned, but
they and other joints may be sim
ultaneously affected. often the
pains are excruciating and cause
the strongest men to writhe In
agony.
1.-THE earlier the pains develop
after the workmen emerge from
the air-lock the more severe they
are. Bends may continue for a
few hours, or for two or three days.
have frequently grasped the ach.
ing limbs of the men suffering
from bends but neither pressure
upon them nor friction of the joints
seemed to aggravate the pains. Oc-
casionally the men after decom-
preston bleed at the nose. or they
complain of severe abdominal pain
and vomiting. In mary instances
it is only after the men have left
their work and are on their way
homeward that they are seized
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-13

Men who have made daring de-
scents In parachutes have expert
enced strange sensations. One
parachutist jumped from balloon
at height Of 10000 feet, but fell
many hundreds of feet before his
parachute opened. AS the result
of his rush downward through
space he practically lost conscious
ness. holding on automatically and
regaining his senses in an appreci-
able time after the parachute had
regained it's normal descent
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-13
Remarkable Diagram Illustrating the "Vol-
plane" or Sudden Descent from Height.

1T is the practice of vopaning too suddenly from
great heights that has given to some of the
most painful symptoms of flying sickness Hav
ing climbed to the maximum, the aviator shuts
off his engine and deliberately steers downwards
by the aid of the elevator. He plunges through
the aerial sea at terrific speed-often at the rate
of hundred miles an hour. As the air resistance
underneath his machine increases with the speed
and the amount of surface presented to it by the
planes the vessel is automatically led back to
it's normal gliding angle and the downward path
becomes less steep. The aviator thereupon
makes another spiral at gentle angle and then
starts upon another plunge Thus by success
sion of these manoeuvres he comes TO a position
from which he make final glide and reach
the ground smoothly and without shock"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-13

ment in anti
aircraft gun $
a n d gunnery,
flying at 10000
feet has become
= usual. At other
times, in order
to escape de-
Struction when
passing near the
aircraft guns, it
is necessary to
rise to 10000 to
b 5000 feet. At
t h es e heights
the human body
is subject to
tremendous dis
turbances which
only a physical
superman could
en- d ure unin-
jured.
An vi a tor
will come down
with a speed
frequently ex-
ceeding a hun
dred miles an
hour, at an an
gle of lone in
on e." T h e
change from
IL, 900 feet
to ground level
in a few min
utes causes sim
liar effects to
those produced
by ex C e S sive
pressure in div
ing.
In the diving
flights the com
monest injury
is to have the
ear-drums blown
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-13

orders caused by
the flying sick
mes.
The worst suf-
fering in the flying
sickness is that
caused by sudden
ascents. This is
similar to the
bends" or Gals
son disease. The
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-13

Copyright. 1916. BY
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1916-09-08
GOOD ROADS BOOSTERS HAyF
FINE Time At AR|PFKA PICNIC
Large Crowd Assembled and Much Inter
est Shown--Much Good Will Be
Accomplished

The meeting at Aripeka yesterday
under the auspices of the Central
Florida Highways association, the
main object of which was to lay plans
and stir up the authorities along the
line and get the gaps closed up in the
road leading from the west coast
across the state to Jacksonville, was
a success in every sense of the word
The people of Aripeka had pre-
pared a bountiful dinner of the best
to be had and to this was added fried
fish in unlimited quantities.
There were about five hundred pres
ent and after dinner speeches were
made by a number of we'll known
workers for good roads. Mr.. L. P.
Dickie, secretary of the Central Flor
ida Highways association with head
quarters in Tampa, made an interest
ing address. He stated that he is
to give the best routes to
and from Florida to thousands of mo-
florists each year and that he had
been telling them to use the west
coast roads of Florida as they were
the best. Many complaints have been
made about the road between Aripeka
and Brooksville, and that if this sec
ton was not fixed he would be COM
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1916-09-08
Mr.. B. c. SAMMONS
OF CHICAGO, DIES
AFTER OPERATION

The Chicago Tribune in it's issue. of
last Monday contains a notice of the
death of B. C. Summons, as follows:
Benjamin C. Summons, for many
years one of the vice presidents of the
Corn Exchange National bank and a
pioneer resident of Blue Island, died
last night at Mercy hospital. He I'M
derwent an operation for appendicitis
week ago.
Mr.. Summons was born in Blue Is
land March 10, 1866. He began his
career as messenger for the Com
mercial National bank in 1882, after
ward entering the employ Of the Mer-
chants Loan and Trust company. He
was cashier of the old Northwestern
National bank when it was consolidat-
ed with the Corn Exchange National
bank and subsequently became vice
president of the latter institution.
"Mr. Sammons is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Thekla Sammons, and
two children, Marie and Frederick
Sammons. The family was at che bed
side when he died.
"The funeral will be from the resi-
dence in Blue Island. Interment will
be at Mount Greenwood cemetery"
Mr.. Summons was well known in
Tarpon Springs, having spent many
winters here since the earlier days
of this city. He always took great
interest in Tarpon Springs and it's
development, and owned property
here. He was the brother of Mr.. R.
w. Sammons of this city, who is now
in Chicago, having been called to that
city on account of his brothers illness,
and brother-in-law of Mr.. Fred w.
Schwamb, who is one of our regular
winter visitors.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1916-09-08

PEELED to turn the motorists over ar
other and better route.
Pasco and fernando counties.
through their representatives, STAGED
that the sections of the road criticised
were being worked on at the present
time and work would not cease until
they were right. These roads are ali
right in dry weather but a few gaps
are bad in wet weather. 1t means SO
much to the West Coast of Florida@to
have these gaps closed that they Gan,
not afford to neglect it.
Among the speakers were H. C.
Clayton of Tarpon Springs, who is
well known as worker for good
roads, and our old friend Powell fsorn
Clearwater, told of his recent three
months motor trip and how glad he
was to get back to Florida.
The road from here to Aripeka ais
good one and one motorist told a..
ne made it all the way from TamAa
through Tarpon Springs to Aripsa.a
in two hours, a distance of nearly 81
ty miles.
Thousands of tourists will come OWE
the West Coast roads this winter and
when they once come they will come
again.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1916-09-08
|W|RE-CUT LUGGED BRICK MAY Be GOOD If LAID rs
THE MANUFACTURERS INTENDED THEY SHOULD BE
IT BEING A FOREGONE CONCLUS
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WILL
THE WIRE,CUT LUGGED BRICK
CAN BE SHOWN THE NEXT BEST
is TO HAVE THEM LAID RIGHT.

brick. This would be a good thing
were the brick being used in a cold
climate where the ground froze in
the winter which would cause much
contraction and expansion at differ
ent seasons and the tendency would
be for the road to bulge up when the
brick expanded. The lug on the bot
tom of the brick, if set in a cement
bed, would make it possible to allow
for this expansion as each brick would
be single unit doing it's part in the
whole road plan.
In Florida, it is different. The foun-
dation is soft sand, and yet if the
brick were laid with the Tugs down
they would tend to hold the brick stea-
dy to a certain extent. And again,
the opposite side from the lug is
smooth and even and would make a
good surface for auto tires. The lug
being on the bottom side would allow
the brick to be damned close together
and thus prevent the grass growing
between them and the water going
through to undermine the road.
The brick were made to withstand
great pressure if laid with the lug side
on the bottom and the smooth side
or rather edge-on top.
We have been told that the contract
ors for the Pinellas county roads pur-
chased the logged, brick because they
were the only ones available at the
time. 1t is stated. on good authority
that they are cheaper brick than the
usual paving brick used. This being
the case, and it being evident thai
they are going to be laid whether Pi
nellas people want them or not, the
next best thing is to compromise.
What we want is good road am
If the brick are laid as they were man
ufactured to be laid no doubt the roac
will be equal to the other sections O
brick roads in PineIlas. But it viii
take more brick laid on edge than II
would if laid on their sides to cover g
mile of road.
Well so be it. The contractors saved
money by purchasing the lugged
brick, now let them lose little by be-
ing compelled to lay them properly.
1t is not reasonable to suppose that
a brick which was manufactured for
the express purpose of being laid on
its edge will make good road if laid
on its side-and this is just what
has caused all the condemnation of the
contractors and the brick,
The St. Petersburg Independent is
noble fight for the people
of Pinellas county, but they haven't
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1916-09-08
MUCH HORSE SENSE REQUIRED
In FLORIDA POULTRY RAISING
Success Can Be Acquired If Proper Atten-
ton Is Given The Business

en- farm as the goal at which he is
aiming.
Facts are facts and there is no use
in painting too fine picture for the
contemplation of the prospective
poultry raiser.
If Mohr & Son can make a profit
of $3.50 or $500 per hen, by their sys-
tenn of business others can do as well,
or perhaps better, but it cannot be
done in Florida by turning a flock of
hens loose and then lighting your pipe
and sitting down to watch the egg
crop blossom. They require the clos
est kind of attention. They require
proper feed and at proper times, clean
fresh water at all times, and substan-
tial sanitary quarters. As regards
the market Mohr & Sons experience
as told to the Times is as follows:
"Mohr & Son have been selling
some of their eggs at Key West, but
consider Havana, Cuba, good market
for poultry products, from three to
five carloads of eggs being shipped
through Tampa to that point weekly.
The report from the Department of
Foods and Markets, of 204 Franklin
St., New York city, on April II, 1916,
shows the same grade of eggs as
Mohr's at 40 cents per dozen, and it
costs about &c per dozen by express
to get them there. Mohrs have been
selling in St. Petersburg markets on
the same Nate for 35c wholesale. A
good market is or will be the least of
our troubles, for you must have both
quality and quantity before you can
do much business.
"They are emphatic in the assertion
that they desire no monopoly of the
poultry business, as they would like
to see hundreds of families settle on
from five to ten acres of land in and
about st. Petersburg. Then by COM
bining forces, feed and supplies could
be purchased at wholesale, and with
improved marketing facilities much
better prices could be. obtained, ant
grow better as time would pass.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1916-09-08

The truck gardens and small citrus
growers of Florida have been told
many times by writer's on the poultry
question to "plant a hen." That is
good advice and should be followed
by every tiller of the soil in the state,
and probably is to a greater or less
extent. The Leader fully comedies
with that idea; there can't be too
many poultry raisers.
In this connection Messrs. Mohr &
Son, of Lehman, in this county, who
are engaged in the egg production
branch of the poultry business, tells
the st. Petersburg Times, in an arti-
Gle published last Sunday, that their
profits range from $3.50 to $500 per
hen, net. They have been engaged in
the business for some time, and their
focks of white leghorns, the only
breed they have or ever had, now re-
quire nearly eight acres of ground
properly to care for their $500 hens.
Notwithstanding the fact that
Messrs. Mohr & Son claim to have
made a success of the poultry bust
ness, which we do not deny, and which
they no doubt richly deserved to do,
the fact still remains that perhaps 80
per cent of the small poultry raisers
in Florida have made failures.
Our experience along these lines
leads us to believe that the fault lies
with the poultrymen. We see nc
reason whyapoultry should not, be as
successfully raised in Florida as in
the hyperborean regions of the North
but we are firmly of the opinion that
to make a success here requires q
greater degree of horse sense ant
closer attention to the business here
than in cooler climates. The ordinary
settler, coming here from the North
with little money, and laboring under
land payments, and without knowl
edge of climatic conditions, with poul
try feed to buy and a family to pro
ends meet if he starts in with chick
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1916-09-08
PROH|B|T|ON|STS
START CAMPAIGN
FROM CHICAGO

Chicago, ILL.,, Sept. S.-The most
prominent feature of the most ag-
gressive national campaign ever wag-
ed by the prohibition party was
launched in Chicago today, when the
prohibition special, carrying J..
Frank Hanly, the presidential candi-
date, and DR.. Ira Landrith, candidate
for vice president, started on a tour
that will cover the country from end
to end. The wheels of the "dry" spec
ial will keep moving until the night
before the national election. The trip
is expected to reach 600 cities and
towns and the cost is estimated at
around $4,000. The train will pro-
coed first to the Pacific coast, then
sweep back across the continent
to the Eastern states, and return to
the middle West. The swing back
east probably will come the first of
October, and the tour will close at
some point in Indiana on the night of
Nov. 6.
Besides the national candidates, the
train is to carry Oliver w. Stewart,
chairman of the national campaign
committee; Daniel A Polling, of Bos-
ton, associate president of the~United
Society ofpChristian Endeavor; sever
al women speakers of national reputa-
ton, state chairmen and candidates
and prominent prohibitionists who are
to join the party en- route.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1916-09-08
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE?

(From st. Petersburg independently
Chief Engineer Cook, of the Mecca
ry company-who is to be paid Sa6s-
900 for supervising the materials Tna
construction of the brick roads and
protecting the interests of the people
of PinellaS COMPENSATED that he h<sf
no power to reject the rough-cro oks.t
uneven-cheaper wire-cut lugged hGkx
being put on the Safety Harbor rassE,
so long as they stood the test of tae
specifications. Admitting that thaxs
brick had never been tried out in rgsai
use, that they were never contempkst-
ed in the specifications and that tkEy
cost less than the brick the people eS-
pected to get and want, he yet hgsd
that he could not reject them if tAry
stood the descriptive and RATHER tsgt.
In this way he denied the responaa-
bility of the McCrary company, al
though those engineers drew the spss
| ifcations and the contract.
John S. Taylor, chairman of the RI
nellas county board of commissioners,
when appealed to, declared that the
county commissioners had nothing 10
lido with it;@ that the County Board
of Trade laid off the roads, made she
agreements and handled the whele
project; that the county cimmissisa-
ers were mere fgure-heads" aud
signed the contracts to make r.
legal" that it was "up to ths4,~no
GERS and the County Board astF-,sis.
When asked if the contrae
specify that the county commiss1zs,
ers could reject any material or road
work although the engineers approYsl
it, he replied that it did so provide
but the commissioners were not road
experts and would not be justified IN
rejecting what the engineers accept
ed. He admitted that he did not see
any use for that protecting clanse
having been put into the contract, tina
he had not inspected the wire-cut lac
ged brick that were being objected 80
CONTINUED on page ~
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1916-09-08
ION THAT THE
NOT CONDEMN
PERHAPS THEY
THING TO DO

a ghost of a chance to win against the
combination which is opposed to thgSs1.
and the suggestion offered above Is
a compromise which it may be well TO
force through when it is so evident
that is is the best we can hope to st
tain. We will be glad to hear what
the Independent has to say on ksiis
subject of laying the lugged brick nm
their edge-lugs down and smoskh
surface up as they were made to be
laid
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1916-09-08

1t is not reasonable to suppose that
the wire-cut logged brick which are
being laid on a part of the Pinellas
county roads have absolutely no merit.
The manufacturing company no doubt
know, and the bricks themselves
prove, that they were manufactured
for purpose and that purpose was
not to build a lot of poor roads in
Pinellas county.
The Jugs on these brick were intend
ed to be laid in a cement foundation,
the Jugs would then make each brick
solid in its own place even though a
small space was left between each
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1916-09-08
B. c: MAYO SELLS
T HIS TWO SHARES
OF LEADER STOCK

The two shares of stock in The
Leader which were owned by B. C.
Mayo have been transferred to J. {.
Browning and are now offered for
sale. This is a good chance for some
public-spirited person to acquire an
interest in The Leader. which it is
hoped will continue to increase in
Importance.
It is anticipated that Mr.. Mayo will
be in Tarpon Springs about January
/ 1. The Leader hopes that he will re-
TAIN MS interest III TarpoR and con-
! tinue to be a regular winter resident
and that his severing his connection
with The Leader does not mean that
he has severed his connection with
Tarpon Springs.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1916-09-08

London, Sept. 8.-The infantry Of
the belligerents in the Somme region
Of France was inactive today except
south Of the river, where the French,
to the east of Deniecourt, captured
elements of trenches from the Ger
mans and brought forward their front
more in alignment with their newly
acquired lines running through Bel
loyen-Santerre and Berny-en-San-
terre.
The day, however, was a continual
ton of the violent commandments
which always precede attempts at
fresh adyanfeg BY the entente alieS Is
shown by French and British aerial
squadrons in bombarding points OF
vantage behind the German lines.
South of the Somme, so violent was
Continued from page 81
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1916-09-08
BIG STRUGGLE
NOW RAGING
At COMPLIES

Paris, Sept. 8.-Emperor William,
according to La Liberties correspond
ent at the front, is watching in person
the fierce struggle going on for the
possession of Combles. The chief gain
of yesterdays battle, the correspond
ent says, was that of the French Cen
eral Micheler's forces, who reached
the railroad running from Roye to
Peronne and holds it for a distance
of two and one-half miles, with the
result that the German lines of COM
-munication behind the Somme are
now entirely in the hands of the en-
tente allies.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1916-09-08
HE COULDN'T DO 1T ON ROUGH
LUGGED BRICK LAID FLAT

A gentleman over from Tampa yes
terday on legal business told report
err for The Leader that he made the
run from that city to Tarpon Springs
in exactly fifty minutes from the time
that he crossed the Palm avenue
bridge over the Hillsborough river.
We don't know whether this is rec
ord run or not, but it certainly is
"going some"