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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-12-17
DEATH OF DAV. PHINNEY

The many Wausau friends of Dav
Phinney of Merrill, were panied tc
hear of his death, which occurred on
the 9th. Mr.. Phinney, up to seventeen
years ago, was one of Merrill's ener-
getic and very successful men; at thai
time he was afflicted with anaemia
and he has been a great sufferer dowr
to the time of his death.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-12-17
ANsUAL MEETING.

The annual meeting of the Chamber
of Commerce will be held between
Christmas and New Years if health
conditions will permit. The president
has appointed the following committee
to nominate board OF trustees: G. G..
Kruger, c. H. Peth, Carl, Bliese, Will
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-12-17

liam Anderson, L. H. Cook, ]. d. Jones
and Carl Anderes.
The organization is heart and soul
in the work of suppressing the infiuen-
"a epidemic.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-12-17
OCCURRENCES OF LONG AGO.
ITEMS OF NEWS BOILED DOWN FROM THE
WAUSAU PILOT THIRTY THREE YEARS AGO

formerly usea by Heinemann Bros., to
make room. This block will be built
adjacent to that of j. Gensman.
The following is the score made by
the Wausau Rifle Team last Sunday
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-12-17

tricts are busy repairing damages
New London Press.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-12-17
HENRY B. HUNTINGTON
LAW AND REAL ESTATE
Scott ST.. Opp. Court House. Wausau. Wis.
Over $500 Acres

Of Fine Farming Sale in oe
and Taylor Counties Eis.
Fine Residence Property Business Property Building OF
and Acre Property for sale in the city,
MONEY TO L0ANs0a REAL ESTATE SECURITY.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21

was tight against ordinary river levels, al
though three units having a combined
capacity of 200 gallons minute were
operated much of the time, particularly
when the top of the casson was below
river or ground-water levels The maxi
mum draw down or difference maintained
in elevation between river height and the
water inside the cofferdam was sixteen feet
when the river portion of the site had
been levelled off and trenches excavated
in the sloping bank for setting up the cut
ting edges, the steel plates were rveted
together, the reinforcing was placed and
the forms were erected. Before the con-
crete was deposited earth was backflled UNI
der the cutting edges up to a point where
the truncatcd pyramidal shape intersected
the octagonal shape of the wells. This was
to give additional support to the cribwork
Of short timbers, which was not sufficient
to carry the concrete load. A depth of four
teen feet was placed first in three lifts.
Some saggng took place, but before the
final set Of the concrete, SO that no perma-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21

ornamental beads turned on it for appear
ance. On the top of this an old switch
base is fastened with two machine screws.
which thread into holes in the paper
weight tapped for that purpose. The weight
should be at least four inches in diameter
"A piece of 1sinch as pipe 8h inches
long IS then fastened to the switch base BY
two gas-pipe nuts on either side of the
switch base. The illustration shows the
top nut well as the bottom nut which
fits into the hollow Of the switch base. An
elbow is screwed into the top of the pipe
carrying another two-inch piece of pipe.
This short piece has at its other end the
sort Of elbow usually used on gas lines at
the Turner. "A standard candelabra socket
is screwed into this elbow. The wiring Is
carried down into the base. where it CON
meets with flexible cord and connecting
plug and is let out of the base by quar-
ter-inch hole diametrically through the
paper weight An SC p, l1o-volt, frosted,
candelabra bulb viii be found very salts
factory, not hurting the eyes and giving a
good illumination. The whole lamp mxv
be painted with black paint. such as yaps-
lac, which adds considerably TO its appear
ance.F
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21
Whenthe CermanU-B Boat
Is Wreck ed

DUTCH newspapers, according to
"The Electrical Experimental" de-
scribe new method by which crews of
U-boats escape from their boats to the
surface after they have been destroyed
or wrecked:
Statistics prepared by the German Admi-
rally show that, despite popular belief, a
submarine runs less danger in its opera
lions than does the cruiser or other ship of
war, and that despite the terrific strain
there has been very small loss Of life
among the crews.
when the U-boat is wrecked or disabled
and lies on the bottom of the sea. a little
compartment on top is opened and buoy
which has been filled with air is released
and at once rises to the top, carrying at
tached to it steel cable. Equipped with
swimming vests. also inflated with air, the
men climb to the surface by means of the
cable During this climb to- the surface
each man wears over his mouth and nose
small apparatus containing pure air, so that
he is enabled to breathe oxygen. This appa-
ratus at the same time pur;ies the carbonic
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21

old, determined by counting the annual
rings, and the formation of the 'rothhoz
ceased about twenty-one years before the
tree was cut, which means that the tree
must then have assumed a vertical position
at is reported that where this specimen.
was collected a number of other spruce
trees showed the same phenomenon.
owe like to believe that this tree foresaw
the great world war that was to take place
some eighty-odd years after it began it's ex-
lstence and knew that it would be called
upon to aid in the struggle for democracy
Therefore, with the aid of glacier, it be-
gan the peculiar gyrations which proved it's
fitness for airplane stock
len revolutions in ten seconds, with head
bent to the knees, at the end of which time
ne must resume an upright position, is one
of the tests given an aviator, but even he
will admit that five revolutions in life
time is doing we'll for tree"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21

for the gasolene that supplied the sub
marine chasers the submarine war would
have taken an inestimably greater number
of our merchant ships. Had it not been for
gasolene it would not be possible to-day to
operate the new boats that are being used
to detect the presence of the L boats be-
meath the waves, and finally gasolene is
vital to the vast airplane fleet which the
United States will ship to France
How the war has called for more and
more of these supplies is Indicated by the
fact that in 1918 our exports of gasolene TO
our present allies totalled 100000 gal
Ions, and these exports rapidly increased
until in 1917 they totalled 300,O00,o00 gal
Ions, and in like manner the exports of lu-
bricating oil increased from 1903 100000 gal
Ions in 1918 to over 200O00,0 900 gallons in
1917. During the war the requirements for
naphtha and gasolene have jumped forward
with tremendous strides, our total exports
of naphtha and gasolene in 1913 being 1885,
100000, against 400 100000 gallons in
1911"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21
The Great Workshop of Science gykaMB
Be ating Russia at Her
Own Game

A LMOST five revolutions without
~ falling over or getting dizzy is the
record for this spruce tree in the course
of its eighty-three years Of existence, as
described by Alice Spencer in "Ameri-
can Forestry" In setting forth the
theory advanced to account for this
phenomenon, the writer says:
ut is known that coniferous tree, grow
ing at a slant, forms, the lower side of
the trunk, dense reddish wood known as
'rothholz.' AS the 'rothholz' in this par
ticuar specimen is a continuous formation,
winding from the centre to within half an
inch from the circumference, it is surmsed
that it was growing in an inclined position
on the edge of glacier where it was caused
to rotate SO that different radii of the stem
were successfully on the downward side,
thus causing the 'rothholz' to intersect the
annual rings and, the tree grew older,
forming a spiral.
THE formation of the 'rothholz' appar-
entity began when the tree was six years old,
the 'rothholz' as we'll the tree itself max
ing almost five complete revolutions, requir-
inP from eight to nineteen years for each
revolution. The tree was eighty three years
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21

nent injury was done and a true monolith
was obtained. After fourteen days the
forms were removed and excavation was
begun immediately" the blocking being
dredged out as the work proceeded There
after concrete lifts of eight feet each alter
mated with the work of excavation, about
ten days being allowed each time for the
concrete to set before excavation was re-
sumed.
"To handle the materials two derricks
and whirly or revolving crane were set
up SO as to cover the entire site. The con-
creting plant, with 100-foot tower and
chute, was placed on one Of the river cor
ners of the cofferdam and was supplied
with aggregate and cement entirely from
barges. Trcstles for narrow gauge tracks
for the removal Of excavated material and
to bring in reinforcing bars and other ma
terial were built along each side of the
structure just inside the line of sheet pill
ing On the west and the cotferdam on the
east. The height of the trestle was about
thirtysix feet"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21
Petroieum's Part in the
War

Sc 4 S petroleum was one of the prin-
cipal contributions to the vast
commercial fabric which was our glory
In times of peace so it has been as neces-
sary to warfare as men or cannon"
writes A. c. Bedford in "The National
Marine" He continues:
Picture oil in war time The multitude
of factories turning out munitions of war
must have fuel and lubrcating oils in I'M
usual quantities. Transports carrying our
soldiers and war products over the seas are
relying more and more on fuel oil Fuel oil
is largely the fuel for the Allied fleets.
Transport lorries carry the soldiers and the
supplies to the front. The efficiency of the
auto trucks transporting supplies to Verdun
blocked the way to Paris. Had it not been
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21

Dalgarno, of Oxford, England, in 1918.
DR.. Alexander Graham Bell improve
the system in 1872, and there are noted
cases of persons deaf and blind who
have further modified and perfected the
method. Perhaps the one most widely
known is that of Dr. William Terry, of
Ansonia, Conn.,, briefly described below.
ut makes use of the places on the hand
where the sense of touch is most ACUTE
that is, the tips Of the fingers and the
creases at the joints. DR.. Terry's expert
ence as a surgeon suggested this thought
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21

CHN HE day is passed when the ability
to speak is closed to the deaf
e mute, says John d. Wright in
"The Medical Times" A deaf
mute, according to Mr. Wright, is really
person who is first deaf, and who be-
cause of deafness is unable to learn to
speak. Nevertheless, this person can
still be taught to speak
even though the avenue of approach to
the brain through the ear is absolutely
closed. In surprising number of cases,
however, children whom physicians have
properly classed deaf mutes' because
hey are deaf and, as consequence of
their deafness, are 'mutes' have, never
theless, power of perceiving sounds with
n the range of the speaking voice While
it is not acute enough to enable them to
acquire speech or understanding of
spoken language in the ordinary uncon-
scious manner of the hearing child. be-
cause they cannot hear those sounds so
far away as the distance of daily inter
course and perhaps not even at much
shorter distances, it is still sufficient to
convey to the brain the impre of ar
ticulatory utterancc when the sounds
originate very near the ear and are loud
ana OlStlnct.
sit is astonishing how deaf child may
be and yet be taught to interpret into
ideas the sounds of speech. The teaching
process is precisely the same as that by
which the hearing child learns to under
stand what is said to him. except that it
is conducted at an inch or more from his
ear, and partly while facing a mirror in
stead OF being carried on yard or more
away from him without any necessity for a
mirror.
For more than twenty-five years have
been educating deaf children and teaching
them to speak and to read the lips of those
who speak to them, and have found that
slightly over 33 per cent of them possessed
sufficient power of perceving sounds
pitched within the normal range of the
speaking voice to enable me to teach them
to interpret language through the ear In
some cases the amount of hearing was so
small that it did not enable the pupil to
learn to modulate his voics by ear, and vet
he could learn to comprehend spoken Ian
guagc."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21

saving time may be devised Thus, touch
on the right hand means Yes touching
the left hand signifies NO and touching
the forehead L don't know Moreover,
there are certain word signs like a touch
on the wrist for and and phonetic spell
ings, like r. for are The end of a word
is signified by gently touching the back of
the hand. Then the deaf and blind person
will repeat aloud what he has understood.
If q mistake is made in the spelling or
understanding of word the hand is
closed a moment as a signal to repeat.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21
Austria Has Her Aerial
Post, Too

HE longest aerial postal route is
undoubtedly that between Vienna
ana Klev. which was established in
March by the Austrian government in
oraer to secure rapid communication
WIFE TIE Austrian officers and officials.
The air line distance, according to the
Vossfsche zeitung." is about $50 miles.
pat the route taken by way Of Cracow
@ha Lemberg IS longer than that. The
posi- Is carried daily from Vienna to
Aiex There are relays at Cracow and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21

acid, and keeps the air pure for several
hours. The buoy on the surface also is
equipped with an electrical apparatus so
that electric waves can be sent through the
water calling for assistance. The buoys
are large enough to accommodate nearly all
the men of the crew
When danger threatens the alarm is at
once sounded and this new life saving appa-
ratus is at once prepared for use so that
the men can leave U-boat within a few
minutes. 1t is said that this apparatus will
make the operation of the U-boats as safe
as can be devised fer their crews. Thus it
seems the Germans do find time to invent
safety devices"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21

to him, and a moments trial will convince
one that when any of these points is
touched the exact location may be told
very quickly. This arrangement Of letters
will readily be understood from a glance
at the accompanying illustration 1t is an
especially good arrangement not only be-
cause it is compact and orderly, but be-
cause it brings the vowels and letters
most frequently used in places on the hand
where they are readily found Either right
or left hand may be used. Dr. Terry found
his right hand most sensitive to touch, and
therefore used it.
at is we'll to add that various ways Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21

picture received in the lower mirror is sent
up through the tube to the upper mirror
ana from there ii is reelected in horizon
Ai direction to the recording apparatus In
order that the faintest objects may be re-
hscted very strong illumination is neces-
tary- For this purpose use is made of a
powerful electric protector, which is at
taehed above the lower mirror and connect
ed with dynamo by means OF insulated
wlTe running along the tube. The entire
apparatus is simply periscope which
brings to moving-picture camera placed
on board vessel the picture Of the depths
OF the ocean. we'll illuminated by sub
merged reflector The employment Of the
new apparatus makes unnecessary a sub
mersion of the camera itself"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21
The Z alking Glove

tive of sight and hearing, and it is
matter of congratulation that plans are
already being made for restoring to
normal life those so manned.
Some idea of the method is given in
pamphlet by Harold T. Clark, "Talking
Gloves for the Deaf and Blind" Careful
study of the situation reveals the fact
that some system Of touch alphabet or
talking gloves" has been in existence
for at least two or three hundred years
and one is on record, devised by George
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21
lust Put on the Magic
y Glove and Talk

LAS has already been stated, by using a
white glove marked with the alphabet any
body can readily talk with the deaf and
bind person, although the speaker never
tried the system before. All that is neces-
sary is to touch the letters as marked on
the glove much as one would press the keys
of typewriter This is a great ADVANTAGE
over the ordinary methods, where the one
who wishes to converse must know the
special manual alphabet One familiar
with the alphabet may, just as in operat-
ing typewriter, use all his fingers in
touching the letters and attain speed
which is quite surprising
ut was DR.. Terry's custom to keep
marked glove in his pocket. Whenever any
one came to see him he would reach in his
pocket, put on the glove and enjoy
good visit.
at has been suggested that in the case
OF young or middleaged deaf and blind
persons various advantages could be gained
by arranging the letters on the fingers.
having special regard to the frequency of
their use and the combinations in which
they are most likely to occur, as is done
IN the universal keyboard of typewriter
or linotype machine.
Inc speed oDtalnable IS quite remarka-
Bile The deaf and blind person soon learns
word and sentence construction and antici-
pates what is coming, so that in conversing
1T is unnecessary to spell out all of every
sentence or indeed of every word More
over certain word signs or contractions are
easily worked out, which increase the
speed"
DR.. Bell says, regarding a pupil.
He did not require to look; he could
feel where he was touched. He recognized
the words in this way, however rapidly I.
spelled them upon his hand. As had five
fingers, could touch five letters stimuli
taneously if / so desired, and little prae-
tlce enabled me to play upon his hand as
one would play upon the keys of a piano.
and quite as rapidly"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21
Women Dive for Shells
in japan

THE japanese Industry Of making but
tons, scarfpins, shirt studs, cuff
Inks and the like from sea shells brought
from the Indian Ocean, the Philippines
and the South Sea Islands has made
mighty strides these last few years. Min
ions of the shells are gathered from the
ocean bottom by women divers, who
work without the aid Of any diving appa-
ratus whatever-From Gas Logse.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21
How to Make a Reading
Lamp

4 GOOD, though perhaps not orna-
"a mental, reading lamp, a CORE
spondent to The Electrical Experiment
er" suggests, may be easily made from
some old gas piping and odd parts. 1t
is constructed this way:
"The base of the lamp is made of n
rather heavy paper weight which has few
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21
Cactus Alcohol

THE newest use for Southwestern
cactus is as source of alcohol for
industrial purposes. With the crudest
sort of stills, Mexicans have made bev-
erage alcohol from cactus for many
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21
Out Imagine the Case Of
IL Those Both Deaf and Blind

Far more difficult is the problem of
dealing with those rendered both deaf
and blind. and thus cut off from the
world by the two main avenues of sense.
The present war, probably more than
any other in history, has proved destruc-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21

Lemberg, where another aviator with his
own machine takes over the mail and
carries it forward. The post starts from
Vienna at o'clock every morning and
reaches Kiev III from ten to twelve
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21

years. Cactus alcohol would conserve
corn and other grains. A concern in
Louisville, KY, is now looking into the
possibilities of this waste-land CROP
Scientific American.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21

hours, whereas the present schedule
Tune OF the fastest railway train is forty
hours. About 1000 letters are carried
on each trip, many of which are for
officials in Cracow and Lemberg.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21
IMPORTING the so, ooO,ooo-gallon

NUPPORTING the 10000, 0oo-gallon
% pumping station which Louisville
~ is building for its water works,
says Engineering News Record"
is a concrete open-well caisson 90 feet
square and 83 feet deep, containing 1858
cubic yards of concrete and las tons of
reinforcing steel. Construction, the
writer continues. was initiated
"by the driving OF ffty-foot steel sheet
piles around the west and south sides of
the site to keep down the water and par
ticulary to prevent movement of material
from areas adjacent to or under the old
buildings Ground water, coming toward
the river, was even more troublesome than
anticipated because of the volume and h gh
Level cofferdam was placed around the
river and east sides to inclose the area of
operation. This was filled with material
eScavated from the site and dredged from
the river. With few exceptions the dam
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21

used in taking moving pictures under
the surface of the sea:
"A water-tight metal tube, consisting of
segments which may slide back and forth
like the parts of field glasses, is provided
at both ends with rejecting mirrors. The
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21

~ HE day is passed when the ability
to speak is closed to the deaf
l. mute, says John d. Wright in
"The Medical Times" A deaf
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21
Taking Movies Under Water

k u E SAIS TOUT" of Paris, re-
Wv Gently carried the following
eP description, accompanied by