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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11

IN REGARD to the German policy of
frightfulness, none of the new
and seemingly unprincipled meth
DDS of attack had more immediate
=, seemingly overwhelming success
NV tho use of liquid fire, observes Ma
NJ. J. Aud, in "The Worlds
r.rk" But the first horror once over,
' " due to the undoubtedly terrible
.,.orance of the new weapon and the
~ ...r surprise of those attacked, liquid
w. w. has been found to have little destruc-
~, value, as is proved by the fact that
u. Allies have provided no special form
:, ,over for the men as protection. In
,.scr;bine the first acquaintance of the
p,;tish troops with the "hammenwer-
~" or ame-thrower." Major Aud
srites that
4. s.eO a. m. on the morning of July 20,
81 without the slightest warning, the
,ont line troops were enveloped in flames.
ghere the flames came from could not be
..n All that the men knew was that they
,.med surrounded by fierce curling flames
sbich were accompanied by loud roaring
mise and dense clouds of black smoke.
usre and there a big blob of burning oil
roud fall into a trench or saphead
ssouts and wells rent the air as individual
men. rising up in the trenches or attempt
mo to move in the open, felt the force of
II. flames The only way to safety ap-
o,ared to be to the rear. This direction
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11
Recovering the Oceans Treasures

liver since the day when wind and
A~ sea swallowed up the first frail YES
sells in which our most remote ancestors
put out from the shore, billions of dollars
in gold, diamonds and precious metals
have been accommodating on the oceans
bottom. Especially to-day, since the
launching Of Germanys submarine cam
paign, fortunes intellectually great have
disappeared into the depths Of the sea.
The question was how to recover this fab
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11
WRITER in Automobile In
dustries" contributes light on
the subject Of Mr.. Ford's
WAR eapIes Hn COWS.


"When Henry Ford took the contract to
build submarine chasers known as the Eagle
boats, and stated that he would meet a pro-
ducton schedule of one per day, it was
Immediately concluded that new methods
would play an important part in arranging
for this production
"The methods employed have come to
light with the launching of the first of the
Eagles Ford has put the same underlying
principles used in his automobile plant to
work in the production Of these boats. with
the result that he has revolutionized the
industry. Ford does not build boats; he is
manufacturing them. The illustrations on
this page show how the work is handled
The exact details are not given, neither
are the drawings to scale, as it would not
be advisable to print them; nevertheless.
sufficient is given to show the funda-
mentals.
Under the Ford system, production is a
straight line proposition from the time the
keel is laid until the boat is launched from
the hydraulic elevator. The boats are man.
ufactured in long building capable of car
rylng three abreast. The manufacturing
N"AAASA vi "hlic IHc DOdIS
are on cars, and these ears pass along as
various operations are completed until,
when the boat is ready for launching. the
end Of the building is reached The car,
together with the boat upon it, is then car
RED out to the end of the launching pier.
THE launching is not done in The con-
ventlonal manner. There are no launching
calculations to make and the engineers of
the yard do not stand with their hearts in
their mouths waiting to that the boat
slides Off the ways properly and that there
have been no mistakes in the launching CAL
culat1ons. Instead, the end of the launch
ing pier IS hydraulic elevator which
gently lowers the boat into the water, lets
1t Hoat OFT the car and then rises to allow
the car to be returned to the end of the
building for the starting of another boat"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11

the returned soldier resulted in France in
a huge crop of habitual drunkards among
the MANNED veterans of the first year or
two Of war. 'Hospitalitis,' or the habit of
doing nothing but be taken care of, was
responsible in the first year Of war for the
fact that only about 4 per cent of cripples
were willing even to attempt to go back to
their former status as wage-earners. Cod
ding Of disabled soldiers in ,convalescent
homes IN England and Canada resulted so
disastrously that these amateur hospitals
have been severely condemned by the army
medical authorities
1T is difficult for the public to under
stand that the returned soldier Is human,
like the rest of us, and just as likely to i'm
blbe false notions and have his head turned
by adulation as any one else. The nation
owes a special debt of gratitude to the men
who have been disabled in its service. but
The expression Of that gratitude must be
made with due regard to the interests Of
the veteran himself Instead of being per
suaded that he is helpless and condemned to
pauperized ideness, the inevitable result Of
ovcrsentimentality, he must be Convinced
that his family. his friends, and his ON
munity expect him to prove himself real
hero by continuing to play a mans part in
life. The one calamity to which It is un-
just to sentence the crippled soldier is life
Of idleness; the one greatest service the
nation can render him is to fit him 20 utl-
ize all his remaining powers to the great
est possible advantage, to become again a
man among men"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11
Why Thunder RumbIes

WHY does thunder rumble? The
w path of a lightning flash through
the air may be several miles in length.
All along this path the sudden expan-
sion of the heated air-a true explosion
sets up an atmospheric wave, which
spreads in all directions, and eventually
registers upon our ears as thunder.
Since the lightning discharge is almost
instantaneous, the sound wave is pro-
duced at very nearly the same time
along the whole path. But the sound
wave travels slowly through the air. It's
speed is approximately 1000 feet sec
ond. Thus the sound from the part of
the lightning's path that is nearest to
US reaches US first, and that from other
parts of the path afterward, according
to their distance. Intermittent crashes
and booming effects are due chiefly to
irregularities in the shape of the path.
Popular Mechanics
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11

ulous wealth, so easily located, yet SO diff
hcult to secure. But now comes the an
nouncement of the Ehinger Nom ollaps-
able Buoyancy Tank, of which writer in
"The Marine Age" says:
"The device is tank made Of sheet steel
only three-eighths of an inch thick This
tank absolutely will not collapse under any
pressure, no matter how far below the sur
face it may be sunk. The water pressure on
the outside of the tank is cquallized by the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11
TINE ALLIED nations have solved
S the problem of putting the war
~ cripple back on the industrial

N1E| ALA1EO HdtlOnS nave solved
the problem of putting the war
cripple back on the industrial
payroll. The task was not an
easy one, since far more serious than the
crippled limb is the crippled mind, and
in this latter field science is still doing
pioneer work Mr.. Thomas Gregory, in
an article in "The Worlds Work." writes
briefly Of the steps that have already
been taken toward the rehabilitation of
the disabled veteran. "As soon as the
disabled man is able to undertake any
employment" he declares
"he iy put at actual work in the curative
workshop, one of which Is being attached to
each OF the reconstruction hospitals now
being built in this country. The value of
the curative workshop, not only as Z means
OF physical rcdeyelopmcnt but ~ an aid in
helping the crippled man maintain q rea-
sonebly cheerful outlook on his own pres
ent and future, has been demonstrated by
European experience. Colonel Sir Robert
Jones, British Inspector OF Orthopedics,
puts it this way:
"A man with stiff fingers barely able to
grasp even fairly large objects is soon ut
tsrly weAried II set to grasp spring dumb
bells or any other such apparatus, but he
Will chesrfuily spend the morning srsypins
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11
POppies and Battlefields

4 PPARENTLY there is strange re-
"A lation existing between battlefields
and wild flowers. Macaulay tells how
after the battle of Landen, in the Meth
erlands, in 1893, between the French
army and the English under King Will
lam Ill, where more than 10000 men
were left unburied on the field, the soil
broke forth in the following year into
millions upon millions Of scarlet peoples,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11

covering the entire battlefield as if with
vast sheet of rich blood.
An identically similar occurrence is
reported to have taken place 100 years
later in the same region, when in the
summer Of the year following the vic
tory of Waterloo the entire battlefield
was ablaze with scarlet poppies.-Pitts
burgh Dispatch
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11
From Automobile Industries.

From 4ufonf0bie
Sketch showing the Eagles take before
ing the wafer FROM the large
Drought OUT onto trese like device
along sideways on
ing table After table the boat Is lowered Nv
means or hydraulic The transfer table
about 4o by 500 feet floor sixteen single
railroad tracks which rides that
carries the Eagle to the launching WE'LL ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11

wv 7 HEN Mr.. Hoover told the
W. bakers of the country last
winter that they must begin
to make their bread with rs
per cent substitution of other cereals
than wheat the country at large thought
very little Of it, says "Nation's Business"
which continues:
ut created furry and there was much
commendatory comment. The bakers would
60 ahead per Instructions we'd get bread
plenty good enough, and we'd send more
wheat to Europe. Good!
"But every one forgot about gluten
every one, that is, but the unfortunate
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11

1t takes, on an average, about two
tons of raw iron ore to make one ton Of
crude steel.-Gas Logic.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11

nderwod e UNDERGO
ILTHOUGH 1yain) that
through
0lN the Gill of other fmyy
IN the grinding usnuy tue rollers and the
passage of through break stage of the
process the of the heat kernel
ta, tchach is liable 0
After the grinding into N break
foar (@) mlddlngs
and Of tine OF ban nbo
ohea then passed through
bech separated before midi
d19s from each bok subjected
sVtm9 and scopng machines and reduced chie forming
high grade patent
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-08-15
Canals Now Fish Ponds.

Actual stocking of New York's new
fish ponds in the beds Of the old Erie
and Champlain canals is in full swing.
The necessary construction work has
been completed and the fish used for
stocking purposes are being rushed
from various points to the canals and
liberated at once.
The first consignment consisted Of
a large number of yellow perch fry,
which were planted in one of the sec
tions of the old Erie canal near Am
sterdam. According to the conserva-
ton commission, quantity of perch
spawn was collected by state en-
ployees in Adirondack lakes, where
these fish are menace to other fishes
in the same waters. It's removal Is
therefore accomplishing a double
benefit.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-08-15
Use an Ingenious Code.

Two persons having copy of die
tionary of the same edition make up
the message which they send by the
number of the page and the number of
the words counted down the column of
the page, for example, the word ship
might be 30-17, thirty being the num-
ber Of the page and II the number of
the line in which the word "ship" ap.
pears in the book used as a cipher.
In the opening of the war, when the
English were treating the captured
German officers as courteous enemies,
one of these devices, it is said, was
made use of for getting information
out of England, with respect to Eng
lish destrOyers, their number and
equipment. An officer pretended to be
interested in the English game of
golf. He endeavOred to learn it and
appeared to be exceedingly enthusi-
astic. The letters whichehe was per-
mitted to send out to his wife in Dres-
den were filled with details of the
game, which permitted an abundance
of figures on strokes and distances.
Important information with respect to
the English admiralty was conveyed to
the German staff through the medium
Of the apparently harmless letters of
this convert to the English game. The
book used for the cipher was certain
English edition of Shakespeare, Of
which there was copy in the Dres-
den public library.-Everybody's.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-08-15
Mental Hygiene for Detectives.

'FOr the first time in the history
of warfare" says the New York Med
ical Journal, mental hygiene as prac-
ticed among the soldiers is given the
prominence it deserves, and, profiting
by the experience Of England and
France in the present war, the sur
geon general was impelled to inaugu-
rate an elaborate organization, both
in number and plan, to take care of
any mental disturbances detected in
the camps or among the soldiers dur
ing the war. This is a distinct inno-
walton in the medical army work, for
the subjects of the mental hygiene
and of mental and nervous diseases
in general as occurring among sol
dier in wartime were for many rea-
sons either slightly treated Or neg
lected altogether"
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-08-15
ALL BECAUSE JUDGE SMOKED
County Of New York Is Threatened
With Action Which May Cost
the People Money.

Three lawyers have declined to bring
suit for prominent New York buSi-
ness man upon the ground that it
would be "unethical." yet each admits
that the injury in the case cannot be
disputed and that there ought to he
some way in which the business man
could secure just relief. Should a
lawyer be found willing to bring the
suit, some extraordinary precedent
rulings may be expected.
Recently, says the New York CORE
spondent of the Cincinnati Times
Star, the business man bought ire
built" motorcar. He found, first, that
1t wouldn't run; second, that it diff
fered. mechanically, from a specific
promise in the bill of sale, and, third,
that the car delivered to him was not
the one shown him by the salesman.
He sued to recover the money he had
paid and the jury in the case, after
being out one minute, returned Il
Judgment in full for the amount
claimed. The firm which had sold the
ear appealed for new trial solely
upon the ground that the judge had
left the bench for few minutes while
the lawyers were summing up. After
the usual delay, the court of appeals
passed on the appeal and granted a
new trial. Meanwhile, the witnesses
necessary for the proof of the plain,
tits case had disappeared, the most
important having gone into the army.
For years it had been the custom of
New York judges to go out into their
private Office to smoke during the
summing up of unimportant civil cases.
No one had thought of making thar a
ground for an appeal until about two
months before the trial of the auto
mobile case, at which time an appeal
had been based on that ground and
had been granted. The Judge in the
automobile case hadn't read about
this other case in the newspapers and
no one had happened to mention it to
him. Therefore, he went out to smoke
as usual.
The business man now proposes to
sue the county of New York for dam
ages sustained through the incompe-
tenee and carelessness of one of its
servants-the Judge.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-08-15
"Ground In Hamhuru.n

One of the curious news 0utcrop-
pings of the war comes from Shelf
field, the home Of English cutlery. A
hollow-ground razor blade was ex-
hibited, and stamped on the shoulder
was the mark "Ground In Hamburg"
The explanation was that the Brit
ish public believed the Germans aid
better work ana demanded the Ger
man product, so the altruistic British
workman saye the Germans the benefit
Of his own unrivaled skill, apparently
unruffled by the attitude of his own
c0untrymen.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-08-15
Powerful Engines.

Maj. e. A. Bishop, an English flye.,
says in London Answers: "The mod
ern fighting scOut-and to my mind
the singleseater is the only real air.
plane for offensive work-may have
the power of 200 horses throbbing in
its wonderful engine. Some of the
machines are very slender of waist
and almost transparent Of wing. Air
planes do not thrust their warlille ma
ture upon the casual observer. One
has to look twice before definitely To-
eating the gun or guns attached so
unobstructively to the framework and
synchronized, where necessary, to
shoot through the whirring propeller
in front"
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-08-15

and are now bulldogging the Hun
somewhere in Franse, there will be
competition aplenty for the prizes
and trophies. The usual program
of wild west sports will be presented
but there will be added touches OF
the military and patriotic in keeping
with the spirit of wartime.
No person has ever received sal
airy or dividend from the Roundup
but heretofore the profits of the show
have been devoted to civic improve
ments in Pendleton. In these times.
however, the directors decided that
such improvements should give way
to war enternrises. and made their
offer accordingly.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-08-15
1918 ROUNDUP To BENEFIT
RED CROSS

Pendleton, Ore Aug. 14.-Pen-
dleton will stage her ninth annual
Round Up next month for the benefit
of the Red Cross. The directors of
the big frontier show offered to con-
tribute the entire net proceeds to the
Red Cross and the offer was accepted
by the organizations representatives
yesterday.
The ninth of Pendleton's famous
epic dramas of the west will be held
on September 10, 20 and q and, de-
spite the fact that some of the ia
nous cowboys and buckaroos have
answered the call of their country
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-08-15
DESTROYING AirpIanes.

British aviators and mechanics are
compelled to destroy their own ma
chimes to prevent the Germans from
obtaining jealousy guarded secret
about the new type plane. Occasional
ly it is necessary for the aviator to
sacrifice his own life together with his
airplane. Such an instance is de-
scribed in an official report of brave
aviator who deliberately blew hims.if
and the airplane to pieces with bomb
to evade capture by German fotllla
Of destroyers. ...s.,.sa-.,..,.......
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1918-12-19

closing walls and is thoroughly
turing department for PORO
products, together with the gem
will seat five hundred persons. The
building also contains thirty-tive
offices equipped for doctors, and
dentists and also class, dining
room, kitchen and % dOrmitory
rooms for PORO College which
give instructions in the treatment
of the scalp and hair, manicuring,
etc. y large bath department
equipped with tubs, shower, cleo
trio ami vapor baths; also contains
large steam laundry, emergency
hospital room, reception and com
mittee rooms. The building is
steam heated throughout and is
equipped with modern plumbing
contains a model ice and refrig-
Grating plant, which furnishes all
the ice water fountains, the soda
fountain, and refrigerates the
fireproof 1t contains a manufac-
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1918-12-19
DESCRIPTION OF THE PORO
BUILDING

The PORO College building
southwest corner of st. Ferdinand
and Pendleton avenues, was de
signed and erected under the su-
perintendence of Albert L. Groves,
architect, and occupies an area
of 142x137. 1t contains 3 sto-
ries, mezzanine, besides base
ment and roof garden, and is de-
partment containing 81 booths for
shampooing, masSaging, manicur,
ing and chiropody; four separate
stores and an auditorium which
signed in an adaptation of the CO.
lonial style of architecture. The
material used on the exterior is
a dark red vitreous brick with
white terra Gotta trimmings cor
nice and string courses.
1t has a reinforced concrete
skeleton frame with brick en-
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1918-12-19

lee boxes in connection with the
pantry and kitchen. 1t has local
and long distance telephones con-
nections from the rooms, every
one of which is an outside room.
The building is equipped with
a pneumatic carriers, electric pas
senger and freight elevators.
The building cost upward of
$3.50, 900 to build and equip and is
one OF the largest and most com
plete establishments of its kind in
the country. 1t is owned by the
PORO College Company of which
Aaron f. Malone is president;
Annie NJ. Pope Turnbo-Malone,
secretary-treasurer. The institu-
ton formerly occupied a large
residence at 300 Pine street and
has had a rapid growth, due
largely to the business ability of
Mrs. A. NJ. Pope urnbo- Malone.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1918-12-19
STATEMENT BY SECRETARY
McADOO

The attention Of the Treasury
Department has been called to
the fact that there is some mis-
understanding in various parts Of
the country to the effect that the
benefciaries under certificates Of
insurance, held by soldiers who
have died, are required to show
that they were dependent upon
the soldier before they can collect
the insurance benefits due.
This impression is wholly I'M
founded and is doubtless due to
confusion Of the insurance provi-
sions Of the War Risk Insurance
Act with those relating to com
pensation which apply whether
the soldier carries insurance or
not.
If a soldier dies as the result Of
injury or disease suffered in the
line Of duty regardless Of whether
he has applied for and taken out
insurance, the compensation is
payable to his wife and children,
and also to his dependent father
or mother, or both if he is survived
by such dependents Therefore,
awards Of compensation to the
father or mother Of a deceased
soldier cannot be made unless
proof Of their dependency is pre-
sented No such conditions, how
ever. obtain as to insurance bene-
fits which are payable to the faith
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1918-12-19

great city he is highly respected
and honored by all classes. He is
held in high regard by the bank
ers and business men of his COM
munity.
1t was through his efforts and
influence that the great Odd Eel
low building and auditorium was
erected. That race is being given
recognition in the southland. In
politics he is a,national character.
Under Ben Davis Administration
that Georgia Odd Fellows grew
from 1000 members and 800 to
$4,000 members and 100000 in IA
years, after paying more than
$4,000 in litigation.
Ben Davis has for himself a
name and example worthy of emu
lation. No man can do great
things without creating enmities.