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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07
By w. n. Gardner

Dan and Fred trying their skill on an
English pocket-biliard table. 1t was bit
late. Fred shot across the big table and
missed his ball completely. Darn it," he
exclaimed. "Im not a-going to play any
more on this acre lot without they put
telescope sights on the cues"
1T isn't the cue,' rejoined Dan, cts
your eyes. We have all been smoking too
much, sitting around passing the time
Maybe there's something in that" said
Fred my tongue does taste like fibre
mat in a Chinese bird store. 1t might be
good idea to swear off,"
"IIl swear off if you will" replied Dan.
I'm with you" said Fred; and they
solemnly shook hands. "Only no cheat
ing" he continued. Maybe we'd better put
up forfeit
"It's CO." Dan agreed. "The first one
who smokes-and gets caught-pays the
other ten bucks. The kid here is witness.
And when left them they were trying to
dispose of miscellaneous collection of
cigars, tobacco and papers at half-price to
the protesting little Frenchman in charge
of the poolroom.
Things went smoothly enough until noon.
After lunch Dan and Fred showed q dis
position to nope. Howard alive to the
situation, made a great deal of fuss over a
long black cigar. He was careful to sit to
windward.
Finally Dan yawned lazily. Guess I'll
go take a snooze," he remarked. He rose
and ambled out of the room.
Fred, thus deserted. amused himself
with solitaire. 1t was but half an hour
later, however, that Dan reappeared, osten-
tatiously rubbing his eyes. Zone thing
about sleeping in this dump" he remarked,
"the wind sure rocks you TO sleep"
Fred eyed him suspiciously. Sleeping
or smoking" he asked directly.
"Smokng-at ten dollars throw" ex-
claimed Dan. Not on your life. You can
huy off for seven-fifty, though" he added.
Fred grunted, and the matter was
dropped. A gentle game Of freeze-out was
started, which continued through drowsy
afternoon until some one discovered that
the hotel deck was short an ace.
Again Dan rose Beats all what a
sleepy country this is" he yawned, stretch
ing dangerously. Without another word
he strolled stairwsrd.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07

TIME answer to the submarine is
problem of the Allies which tran
scends all others except the mill
tary operations themselves. Indeed, the
success Of the military arm is absolutely
dependent on the reply to the question:
Can new ship construction offset losses7
One of the most practical defences TO
the hidden menace of the sea is in the
building Of non-snkable boat equipped
with sufficient offensive power to meet
existing undersea boats on better than
equal terms. A writer in "The Scientific
American" proposes a combination cargo
carrier armed with guns of sufficient
calibre and hull lined with a double
wall Of anti-torpedo compartments on the
honeycomb principle. One novelty of the
Bogert ship is its equipment with that
deadliest foe Of the subtle airplane.
The author and inventor writes thus:
"The Bogert ship calls for the construction
on each side of double wall of anti-torpedo
compartments. The compartments are feet
IHCheS "lue ny ~ lccL ueeP hHu "V ACS'
in length Each is provided with manholes
which, when the ship is ready for sea, are
closed by watertight covers. 1t is the inten-
ton to use these compartments for the stor-
age OF special kinds OF cargo, which would
be resistant to the torpedo and would act
with a water excluding effect in case Of in
jury. It will be noted that, with a view
TO preventing flying fragments OF the outer
SMELL of the ship from being carried through
the inner wals the latter are lined with
heavy timbers, laid longitudinally. There can
be no denying that this System OF subdi-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07
Substitutes for Petrol

The high prices Of petroleum all over
the world have led TO the introduction of
many substitutes for petrol and paraffin.
Among the substances from which suitable
spirit and oil can be extracted is the peat
TO be found in North Island New Zealand.
Hitherto this peat has been worked mainly
for the abstraction of kaun gum for max
ing varnish, although the fact that spirit
and oil could be distilled from it has been
known for years. The yield of oil averages
some twenty-five gallons TO the ton of peat.
C hamber'S Journal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07

TNHE automatic machine gun, one OF
the wonders Of modern artillery, is
n perhaps more difficult Of concep-
ton by the lay mind than the mightier
weapons. such as the big siege guns. The
Maxims. the Vickers, the Benet- Mercies,
the Colts-all are operated on the same
principle. the Colt differing from the
others only in that it is air instead OF
water cooled. The operation Of the Colt,
which is typical of bclt-fed machine guns
in general. is rather clearly explained by
Reginald Trautschold in Popular Me
chanics":
"Near the muzzIe Of the gun there is a
small hole. known as the vent extending
through the under side of the barrel 20 the
bore. Right under the vent is cylinder,
through which q larger hole extends 20 the
vent i'm the barrel Prior TO the discharge OF
cartridge in fact, at all times, except "heh
the gun IS being cooked a piston fits mo
this cylinder. much rs a cork fits into the
muzzle Of a popguu. on the discharge OF the
csrtridge part Of the expanding gases pro
pelling the proectle from the barrel escape
through the vent after the projectle mas
passed that point. and blow the piston from
the cylinder exactly as the cork Is driven
from the muzzlc of the popgun. The piston
Is carried nj one end Of lever, pivoted al
its other cnd 20 the SIDES Of the gun body so
that when the pistor is blown from the cylin-
der this gas lever swings through an arc OF
circle, much as does the lever Of an ordl-
nary magazine rife In swinging through
this arc the gas lever congresses spring
really a pair of springs called 'retractlng
sprinrs'-bv which IL is returned TO its orig
nal position when the force by which the
piston is driven from the cylinder IS eN-
pended Connected TO the gas lever Is INK
which drives a guide under the barrel proper
toward the breech Of the gun This simple
opcration actuates the balance Of the oper-
ating mechanism.
"The backward travel Of the guide causes
an extractor TO grasp the head Of a cartridge
in the feeding belt. withdraw 1t and place II
on The cartridge carrier. At the same time
the ejoctor withdraws the exploded cartridge
from the brecch and casts II aside. Further
backward travel Of the guide causes the cart
ridge carrier 10 be tilted and the cartridge
90 no presented TO the breech. Then the
hammer OF the gun is forced back, compress
INC the handspring behind 1t, thus cooking
the gun. A..
l. once the retractng springs have been
compressed sufficiently to overcome the toree
which drove the piston from the cylinder
the gas lever starts back. 20 its closed posi-
ton, the cartridge is forced into the breech
OF the gun, the breech is closed and locked
while the feeding wheel is indexed. so as TO
MACE the next cartridge in position for the
extractors on the next backward travel OF
the guide.
"Only one man Is required 10 operate the
nun although two others usually accompany
Rim one 20 handle the feed boxes and
third in case Of accident 10 either OF the
o,her two The regular standard two
wheeled light carriage is.surn'shed with an
ammunition chest holding several cartridge
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07
CamOufleurS Wanted

TIME first American camoutiage com
pany is now being organized for
service in France it is announced
from Washington. The camoufeur "prac-
tises the art Of military concealment.
Taking is his strong point. therefore"
says the announcement, "the Chief of En-
gineers of the War Department is looking
for handy ingenious men who can fight
one minute and practise their trade the
next" Whenever machine gun is set
up. or trench is taken and reversed, or 4
battery Of artillery goes into action or a
rev road or bridge is built, there the
camouheur must use his art to render
things invisible lronwOrkers and sheet
metal workers, carpenters, property men,
photographers and scene and sign painters
are included among those who will make
up this force.
Dummy cannon that recoled and flashed
a puff of smoke have been used TO deceive
hostile airpanes as TO the location of real
guns a short distance away. Airplane
sheds have resembled wheat fields and rail
road trains cottages. Even canvases
painted to resemble rivers have been
stretched across bridges in the daytime
and rolled back at night, often saving the
structure from serious damage
Qiueeri,,g and Mining Jolunal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07
The Automatic Machine Gun

belts. the individual belts containing ESQ
cartridges Each belt is carried in sepa-
rate feed box, the belt laid in horizontal lay
ers. so that it can be withdrawn by the feed
ing mechanism Of the gun.
-Four feed boxes are included in the equip
ment accompanying the standard tripod
mount. which requires two or three men for
its transportation. one man 10 carry the gun,
weighing about thrty-fye pounds and the
mount, weighing twenty-eight pounds, while
the Others divide between them the tripod
proper with its tool bag and the thousand
cartridges i'm four belts, totalling about l25
pounds. or the complete equipment, consist
ing of the gun. tripod. tool bag and four belts
Of cartridges. in feed boxes weighing in all
about $50 pounds, can readily be carried by
q horse"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07

there is an interesting sidelight on the
artists philosophy The foppish Comte de
Nontesou;eu-the subject of Whistler's
noted portrait-once called upon him and
pressed him to go to ball. Leave me
to my dunghil," Degas said, looking about
him in the studio. There was truth as
well as satire in the saying.
THE technician in Degas was doubled
y with the social philosopher, and in
the latter role his ideas, though often pow
erful. were of the earth earthly. There
are pictures of his, notably of racehorses
and of ballet girls in action on the stage,
which beguile US altogether through The
fire of movement in them through their
elegance and grace. But looking at the
works Of Degas in their length and
breadth. so to say, the lifelong preoccu-
patton which they suggest is one with dull,
ugly things. 1t is the fashion, of course,
to swallow all those works whole, and in
some quarters it is customary to assign
a special kind of virtue to the typical
Degas subject, as though hdeOus maid
servant, for example. exposed in the pri-
yacy Of her bedroom, half nude and wholly
repulsive, had something talismanic about
her, commencing her deplorable fabric TO
the eye of the artist.
Degas himself may have been, uncon-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07
7 FOLLOWED him on tiptoe over the

I FOLLOWED him on tiptoe over the
l. creaky boards. Dams room was on
the second floor, in front. But Dan had
locked the door, hung his hat on the knob
to cover up the keyhole and stuffed towel
in the crack at the bottom of the door
Suspicion became a certainty. Dan was
smoking. How to prove it?
Fred was equal to the emergency. fol-
lowed him TO the hardware store, where he
bought twenty feet Of stout manila line.
Then we cautiously proceeded TO Fred
room, which, as he had in mind, was on the
third floor, directly over Dams. Inspection
from the street had showed that Dams cur
tains were up, and hence Fred's plan.
Fred tied the rope TO the iron bed, after
bracing it crossways of the window, and
with a prodigious wink at me slowly van
ished over the edge. looked out eau
tiously and suddenly felt a commotion be-
meath me. a heavy step, a slamming door,
hurrying feet on the stairs, and into the
room burst Dan, half-burnt cigar still
in his mouth. Brushing me aside, he
leaned out of the window.
Fred, already aware Of the harm his
waving foot had done, had begun to scram-
bic up. He stopped when he saw Dan.
Dan took from his pocket the long cres-
cent-baded pocket knife he carried, and
opened it. Bending over the sill he held
the knife against the taut rope.
Say, Fred" he observed, Il got a
mighty good knife here I'll sell cheap"
Fred looked down, and then up again.
He grinned. How much do you want
for it?'
We'll" replied Dan slowly, "a new one
will cost me five bones. You can get six
cigars in this mans country for a dollar,
and guess maybe | owe you ten. Sup
pose let ii 60 at sixteen dollars"
Freds grin was bit forced, but his eyes
twinkled. Seems like just got TO have
that knife" he observed, "and III take
your word for it being sharp
SO passed the idle days in Skagway.
TO 10 oortins.sd)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07
Bv ROYAL Cortissoz

wE UUN the great classical painter
MH o. modern France. Ingres, was a
yuung man in Rome his wife had
c.rious duty TO perform in the course Of
their walks together. If one of the crippled
becgars who patrol the city crossed their
path Madame lngres was expected to in
terp5so her shawl between her husband
and The ugly sight The painter could not
endure ucliness. Beauty was all he lived
for Nov. lrgrcs, in the fulneSs of time.
became the idol of DcGas, whose death IN
Paris al q great age has recently been re
ported, and Degas was so far from hating
ugliness that he spent his life extorting
beauty from it!
One Of his pictures represents a pedi-
cure n work upon the toes of young pa
tient. q theme upon which Ingres would
have looked With. abaorrcrCe. How then
are we to account FOR The lie uniting the
Svo men? The explanation is very simple,
aud in stating +. we ,c.l the whole story OF
that fame which belongs to them both.
Ingres was great craftsman. Degas was
not only knew how 20 draw. hut had each
a genius for this form OF artistic express
sion: had each the gift 90 ,aise line TO a
higher power. making e. Icy itself thing
of Individuality ana beauty. ingres dedi-
Gated his gjft TO o lofty. imaginative IDEAL
Of art. Decas gave his to the portrayal Of
the pedicure. as VIC have seen, or Of the
muscular ballet dancer. or Of the poor
servant misshapen 5y trial. Both tri-
umphed through technique.
Dceas Is the type Of the technician in
excclsis ne artist whose business with the
thin~ cen IS simply and solely TO give an
accrr to report Of il. He painted in this
country. by tie way. one C. the most char
actcris..c Of al his productions. That Is
lie Rureau dc Cotton souvenir, OF his
visit to New Orleans in lS'5' Inc cotton
brokers turning over iheT samples OF
reading their papers in this interior al
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07

This is the second instdlment Of
Klondke explorers rankings, from
"The Engineering and Mining Jour
nul" II recounts another stage in
the long, Ieis1reiy journey up into the
grin, Arctic.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07
Those Who Drill for Gold
The Price of Pocket Knife

Fred watched him out of sight and then
stared at the spot where he had disap-
peared Suddenly he rose. Come on
son." he said "I'll stage some fun for
you"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07

TNHE next few days offered many
/ chances for improving my ac-
quaintance with the drillmen.
Fred, the panner, and Howard, another
drill runner, were of the party which Dan
headed Dan was a big-framed man, not
only tanned from outdoor work, but with
the wrinkles around his eyes that come
from life in the bright sun. The three of
them were conspicuous for their whimsical
humor. Off duty, as they were, they were
nothing but carefree boys. En- route TO the
Klondike, they were drawing salary and
expenses. They enjoyed the leisure, yet
deplored the inactivity. for they often
talked shop in my presence. Perhaps their
polish was not Of the highest, but they
were very congenial indeed. And If they
dissipated in those idle days, it was in the
mildest way.
THEY planned to pick up two fremen
Il and to operate their machine both day
and night, Fred doing the panning for
both shifts. They were non-committal
about the site of their work, but judged
if was not far from Dawson. | was look
ing for work, and Dan half promised to
take me as one of the fremen.
WE WERE forced to take up our quar-
w ters for several days in the Golden
North Hotel at Skagway. We had failed
to get reservations on the first boat for
Whitehorse and decided TO wait at the
larger town. The Golden North Hotel was
famous principally for its intercommuni-
eating system. II was three-story frame
building with discouraged list TO port.
Fortunately, the building at the left had
sunk toward it. and the two lettering edi-
fees virtually supported each other. The
partitions were paper thin. The dropped
shoe of retiring lodger would shake the
crazy building 10 its foundations.
Time hung bit heavily on our hands.
We chafed at the unexpected delay, even
though II postponed the day of going to
work. The second night was watching
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07
By Degds

simply dull. But as paintings and draw
ings, as exercises in technique, they are
never dull. The touch of the master is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07

by
of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07

ZEN the great classical painter
O. modern France. lngres. was a
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-12
POLICE THINK ONE
OR MORE PERSONS
SAW MODEL SLAIN
At Least One Other Person
Besides Maize Colbert and
Slayer Were in Room at
Time of Murder, Is Theory
(By Associated Press. }

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. iG.-Detectives
working to clear up the mystery sur
rounding the murder in her apartment
here of Maize Colbert, the advertising
art model, advanced the theory today
that one person and possibly two be-
sides the girl and her slayer, were IN
the room when the crime was committed.
While they still adhered TO their be-
lief that Bernard. w. Lewis, of Pitts
burg, who committed suicide in Atlantic
City last Thursday night, beat Miss
Colbert and afberward strangled her TO
death with a silk stocking, the police
say that discrepancies as to the time
the model was last known 10 be alive and
the time Lewis was seen in a Market
street haberdashery has led to the sup
position that there was at least one
eyewitness. No explanation, however
as to how these discrepancies in time
figure in the theory that others were
present. was forthcoming.
Latest evidence obtained by the detec-
tives leads them to believe that the
crime was committed several hours ear
lier than supposed. The girls body was
discovered late on the night of Deem
Der so and the supposltion was that she
had been killed the night before. The
detectives now believe she met her death
around noon or possibly earlier on De-
cember 20.
Another theory is that blackmail was
the motive. Captain Tate declared that
he had learned the details of a black
mailing plot carried out in this city a
year ago by men acquainted with Miss
Colbert. He and District Attorney Ro-
tan, Captain Tate said, were investigat-
ing the alleged plot to see if it had any
connection with the Colbert mystery.
The victim of the plot, he added, lives
in a town upstate and has been sum-
moned.
1t is the theory of some, the authori-
ties say, that Lewis and Miss Colbert
were alone when another person en-
tered and attempted TO extort money
from the Pittsburger under the threat
of exposure or arrest. Lewis became en-
ragged, according to this theory, and be-
lieving that he was the victim of a plot,
attacked the girl
John Colbert, a brother of the model
said he expected startling developments
today. "At least four wealthy and
prominent business men," he said, will
be questioned at the district attorney
office and we expect to learn something
important
Colbert has been empowered to make a
private investigation and to take to the
detective bureau anyone he suspects
oscar Brown, detective, sent to
Rome y. Y, to trace the former pos
SCISSOR of a key found in the apartment
of Maize Colbert, reported to detective
headquarters today that it was one used
at the Rome Custodian asylum and that
one of the employees of the institution
is missing. Efforts to find this employe
are being made to learn whether he had
possession of the key which was one of
a bunch of eight found in the apart
ment
A re-enactment of the murder so far
as the details of the crime are known
was planned today by detectives to
learn whether any one outside the Col
bert rooms could have heard quarrel
ing.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-12
DEATH SENTENCE PASSED
ON EXPLOSION BROKER
Fred Small Protests to Court
Innocence of Murder of
His Wife

OSSIPEE, y. H, Jan. 9.-Frederick l..
Small today was sentenced to be hanged
on January Is, 1918, for the murder or
his wife, Mrs. Florence a. Small, al
Mountain View on September 2S. last.
Judge John Kiyel asked Small If he
had anything TO say why sentence or
death should not be pronounced in &C
cordance with the verdict returned last
night.
q have. your honor" said Small. 81
know no more about the crime than you
do. / am an innocent person"
Clerk Kenison then read the sentence
in which Small was ordered by Judge
KiveI confined in state prison until jan
uary Is, 1918, when he is to be hanged.
The law requires at least a year and
a day between the passing of sentence
and its execution. The court allowed
sixty days for the filing of a bill of lex
ceptiOns.
The jury deliberated three hours.
Small staggered for an instant as he
heard the words of the foreman OF the
jury but at once pulled himself together
and maintained the composure which
with few exceptions has marked his
conduct from the moment he was ar
rested.
Turning to the newspaper men after
the formaIities of adjourning the court
we're observed, he said:
Gentlemen, L am innocent or this
crime. / know no more about 1t than you
do. l am awaiting the next move.
The murder of Mrs. Small September
Is, 1916 occurred in a cottage at Noun
rain View. The woman had been beaten
about the head, shot through the fore
head and strangled by cord before the
house was destroyed by fire. These ev-
idences of the crime probably never
would have been discovered had not the
partly burned body dropped into pool
Of water in the basement
Small had left the house TO go to Bos-
ton seven hours before the flames were
discovered but the state contended that
ne had arranged a clockwork col JriVance
which had kindled the fire. For motive
the state pointed out that Small would
benefit from a $780, 900 life insurance poll
cy by his wife's death.
The defense contended that Mrs. Small
had been murdered after her husband
had gone to Boston.
Mrs. Small was the accused man S
third wife. They were married 1--WE years
ago after an acquaintance of ten days.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-12
GIVES NEW WRINKLES"
ON SPRING FLOWING

The little book just being issued in
Atlanta in connection with the JObsOn
System OF deep blowing has more good
hard. common sense 20 the page than
anything written on this feature OF
farming for good many years
This booklet. which is entitled. The
Common Sense or Deep Flowing and
Greater Profits OF the Farm" tells about
bringing on the cotton crop At least
three weeks earlier and thereby accom-
nlishing Rl.e double aCvauIas-e OF defeat
ing the boil weevil and masking better
cotton into the bargain Its author says
n one-fourth crop increase il easily IN
reach Of almost every farmer in the
country. ana that the way 70 secure this
Is a lot simpler and cheaper than not
70 get IL. RaiSCrS OF corn and every
ether crop Will be interested in what
this book has 10 say Its an unusually
interesting and readable treatise on n
vital subject. and every reader OF this
raper ShoglJ get one at once \ post
card request. Swing your name and adj
dress very plainly. will bring copy 20
vou free Of charge. Address. The Job
son PIow Co. Hsaley Bids, Atlanta. Ga.
CAdytl