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New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
Concrete Freight Cars

g TIMULATED by war conditions,
~ which make the immediate pro-
vision of more carriers and the con-
servation of steel imperative, promi-
nent Chicago engineer, in association
with some of the largest car building
companies, has turned his attention to
the fabrication of concrete gondolas,
says a writer in Popular Mechanics"
A car is to be built at once
Sin accordance with plans and speciica-
tions now in the final stage of completion.
Contingent upon the showing made by this
car, which is patented, is the immediate
production of others on a wholesale scale.
"The Importance of the idea seems con-
siderable at this time. Sheet steel, used
in building all-metal gondolas, is needed
for ships. Reinforcing steel, on the other
hand, is plentiful. 1t is recognized as be-
ing next to impossible to build as many
cars of steel as are needed. Composition
cars-made partly of wood and partly of
steel--are being produced but this is not
a wholly satisfactory solution of the prob
lem for the reason that such cars nave
not the desired durability.
gondola will do. But it has been designed
to accomplish the same work and with
stand the same severe usage as modern
steel cars. In addition to costing prob
ably not more than half as much as one
of steel, the concrete car is capable OF
being more quickly built Furthermore, Its
adoption would release many skilled work
men for shipbullding.
"The question of practicability seems to
be dependent on weight. Standard steel
gondolas weigh from $4,000 to $4,000
pounds. If it is found possible to con-
struct a concrete car of fifty tons ca
pacity and consistently keep the weight
at about $4,000 pounds engineers feel
that success will be assured.
"For the time being attention is con-
centrated on the gondola car. Plans, how
ever are already under way for the sub
sequent construction Of other types of
concrete freight carriers.
'In this connection it is interesting to
know that for two years or more certain
companies have been employing concrete
in repairing freight cars, and have found
1T satisfactory. For this purpose fine
cement mortar, sprayed by cement gun,
is used"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28

model his fingers are busily
engaged in building a longer nose or
shortening the one it already has, Great
ing a more decided chin, making more
pronounced lips, or rounding out the
forehead. That is exactly the kind of
creative work the surgeons are doing on
the war fields of Europe to-day.
In an attempt to assure readers of the
entire plausbility of situation in
story recently published, in which the
face of one of the principal characters
is SO changed by surgery that none of
his friends can recognize him, "The
American Magazine" quotes one Of these
sculptor surgeons as saying:
"When the wounded began arriving at the
field hospitals | was asked by the French
government to come to France and demon
strate the methods of plastic surgery had
been using in America.
"In almost every instance Of facial wounds
we were able to make the injured man re-
semble the photograph We used as model.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28

vision, and that the interned should be pre-
vented from going beyond reach of them ex
cept under conditions easily imagined Nor
need such internnent be perpetual life
long Professor Vincent tells us that sew
eral means have been adopted by which even
carrier may be deprived of his power of
infection; and, although the only one which
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28

has hitherto proved successful is at present
very painful, yet it is probably only ques-
tion of time before its severer conse-
quences are eliminated
There remains to be said what is the
urgency of the case for both precautions
and treatment Typhoid which during the
South African war was responsible for more
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28

The Gyat Nebge IN oTi9n (4otegraphed By W Rehy
generally considered to be the ne of all ne0n SeH Of
the magnificent objects the avns The the
Greet Ns!ua nncertai though cannot be less than several
sor W. H. Pering the mebua $3.50 light yea distant and its
stelotio is 1902 light Upon this osumption the
to portion photogophed above hoong the multiple sor The
light gears, than million from
earth the The entire seething
gases density
w onemlomth of the density of the earhs atmosphere.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28

regated from the other members of the
community those known to be afflicted
with homcdal mania. But there is no rea-
son why this sort of internmcnt need be
made very irksome unpleasant. All that
would be necessary is that the sanitary ar
rangements of the house of internment
should be perpetually under skilled super
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28

but respond to them. The illustrations
are from an article on gaseous nebula in
the August number of "The Electrical
Experimenter,' by Isabel M. Lewis, of
the United States Naval Observatory.
These nebula, says the writer
"fill tremendous volume of space, but
possess very low density and small total
mass. This is evident from the fact that
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
L elephone Cables I'm.
prove With AGE

II Is found that the insulation resist
L ance of telephone cables increases
with the age of the cable, when it lies in
the ground, because the moisture it pos-
sesses appears to be dried out.-From
Inc Electrical E1perimenter.
AT the height Of mile an aeroplans
has range of vision of 95.7 miles
Gas Logic.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28

astronomer. Taking the average from a
considerable number of the plates made
for the great sidereal map, and also a
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28

N overwhelming impression of
stellar immensities is contained
in the two illustrations repro
duced here, if our minds could
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
Why You Ought to Go
to the Cellar During
an Air Raid

# TE SAILS TOUT" (Paris) points
out in the following terms
why no one ought to remain
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28

T AVE you ever seen a sculptor
Fl working on head of clay?
/ Q While his eyes are fixed on his
model his fingers are busily
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-23
Germans Growing
Bolder; Demand
Death Penalty

AMSTERDAM. Oct 25.--'To the
EaIlowa with the guiltyf' Is now the
cry OF some OF the bolder spirits
among the masses OF Germany. SO
intense and 40 general IL this feeling
that the authorities no longer dare
To suppress It's expression.
The German people are searching
for tho guilty" oxclaims the voIlSs
zeitung, the organ OF the Nuremberg
socialists. THE pan Germans and
junkers are silent today. but we do
not forget that they are the great
war meters In Germany. and that
they are n menace to the future
healthy development OF the German
empire. To the rallows with the
guilty. whoever they may be"
THE accession OF the crown prince
is now entirely out OF the question"
declares the Frankische Tagespost.
OF Nuremberg. which was tho first
German paper 10 demand openly the
abdication OF the kaiser.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-23
NAVAL PROGRAM
FOR after WAR

WASHINGTON. Oct 2s.-war
and peace developments 10 date fail
to give definite promise % n ilmiia
ton Of armament after the war.
This was takon 10 be ono OF the
meanings behind Secretary Daniels
request fer n new three year navy
building program OF 10 super dread
nauFhtA. six battle cruisers and 40
small craft at an estimated cost OF
$500 900 900.
While Daniels IL n strong advocate
Of limitation OF armament after the
war. he holds that while tho war
proceeds II IN well TO look out for
the future. He pointed out in ask
ing the new appropriations that they
would tend TO ailay fears that he
major ships were being overlooked
in the pressing haste for deEtroyerH
and other anti.snbmarine craft
Tho new battle craft will be the
last word In big ship construction.
with new ideas In drive. fro control
and other phases.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-23

stood arc to be made on the strue.
turc.
My furniture was Just dumped
out" SHE explains TO curious spec.
tatorn who see her there each day.
simply because | refused 20 meet
the advance in rent without the
house being repaired. The roof leak.
Ell In seven places. The court had
already told tho health authorities 10
leave me alone. but tho landlord
found that eondcmning the house
was n good way TO get mo out lie
has rented the place again for a iarg.
er amount than could pay
Miss Anderson was unable 10 find
a place for her furniture. II lines
the curling along Seventh ave. and
Olive sL Neighhors are buying arti.
clos they can make use Of. but Miss
Anderson In afraid she can not dis
pose Of II before the city viii request
her TO remove H.
She Is trying 90 make expenses 10
take her 10 Port Angeles. where her
sisters family IL suffering from the
Influenza epidemic. In the mean.
time she guards her furniture close
~. followed By her only friend" a
black shaggy dog.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-23
Hair-bow Ribbons, Csc Yard


WASHINGTON. Oct. 23,--The
first OF the navy's twin motor dlrigi-
bles. flew over this city yesterday.
after completing the first Lap of 315
miles In n flight from Akron, o., to
Rockaway, ". Y.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-23
Apply for Bonds to
Con-truct Bridge

Application Tor pcrfnlHNlon 70
noat $4,000 bonds for completion
OF the EaAtiake bridge was made 20
tho capital Issues committee a,
Washington. u. c.. wednesday by
Corporation Counsel Meier. on be-
half OF the city.
The city engineers department
has made Application 20 the nation
al highways council for permission
to buy materials necessary 20 the
completion Of the structure.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-23
Oppressed People
Will Break Away
From Teuton Rule

WASHINGTON. Oct. pa joint
declaration OF independence from
Teutonic domination win be drawn
up by Representatives OF $4,000, 900
oppressed people who VIII hold his
toric meeting In Independence hall.
Philadelphia, Friday and Saturday.
Delegates will represent the
Czecho-Slovaks, Jugo.Slavs, Poles.
Italian Irredentists. Ukralnlans. Lith-
uanions. Rumanians and Ruthenians.
Professor T. @. Masaryk. prime min
lister OF the czecho.Slovak republic.
VIII preside.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-23
''ENEMY AT OUR
Cafes" SAYS
TEUTON CHIEF
From Page One

s.uut,es may participate In the al.
zion Of the imperial policy. being
s.sc,nsibic in the chancellor's name
c,,hcut actually being ministers.
eve are convinced the govern.
.<r, and parliament thereby. may
.rrplv precious forces for the reo.
- which up 20 this time have not
zen utilized.
~ hone soon 20 reveal 10 tho
.~srhsfag the results Of the prcilm.
,s.rx lahors regarding legal exten.
slcr of the ehancelior's political re.
.,c,s,hlilties, which viii be secured
~ formation OF a state tribunal.
The new system OF imperial gov.
srument involves a new government
~ Alsaec Lorraine. Aisatians APP
.o,nscd by the governor and secre.
s.ry OF state from leaders Of the
s.rcnd chamber OF the diet. will be
nsmbcrs OF the provincial.
People 10 Ride"
srne aim OF myself and my col.
,>rues Is political authority for the
german people. The people long
Asxr been IN the saddle. Now they
AZ 70 ride. Political development at
~ end of September changed ev.
srythinx. guaranteeing continuance
a the growth Of the new system.
pcfcnsis soldiers Acts
The enemy Is at our gates' Our
MT and last thoughts must be for
~ brave defenders whom we must
Apf<pd against unjust charges.
fn<rs are bad elements In every
amy. With the fundamental VIII
Y the people the army will disown
tnern-
In retrospect. the recent political
harvest creates different feelings.
rcmc regarding IL reckless descent
n the direction OF the destruction
= existing orders; others believe the
eamea are uncertain and are cropping
fvr reform. Both opinions should be
sxpresped. Opposition insures par
banentary Independence"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-23

II you value your watch. let
Haynes repair II. Next Liberty
theatre. Advertisement
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-23
DRAFT EvADER
HELD DESERTER

LOS ANGELES. Oct. .9.--BenJa.
min Livingston. who was brought
back 10 Los Angeles from venc.
xuela. charged with cvading the
draft. today was examined by his
draft hoard here and declared will.
ful deserter from the Unitcd States
army.
He was turned over 10 tho army
authorities. and viii be taken 10
Fort Macarthur late today. where he
will join his brother. Robert. also
awaiting court.martlal there for dc.
sertion-
Seventeen other alleged shakers
were examined by draft boards here
today.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-23

II all things seemed right with the
world and you were suddenly thrust
out OF your home and into the street
with your belongings. wouldn't ~
sort Of break your faith In human
natures Miss IL. I. Anderson
thinks so.
Early Tuesday morning. October
Is. she was ordered by her landlord.
J. c. Sllberstone. proprietor Of the
Pioneer Drug Co. out OF a rooming
house at isfs Seventh ave. which
she has conducted for the past ak
years.
For a week she has been guarding
her property. sitting on the curb.
rain ard shine
Health department officials had
ordered the place condemned because
OF unsanitary conditions. Silbcr.
stone Is out Of the city. 80 could no;
be reached 20 give his version Of
the trouble. Repairs. II Is under
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-23
WHEAT SHIPMENTS TO
ST. PAUL ARE LIMITED

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.--Short.
age OF storage facilities at 81. Paul
and Minneapolis has forced the plac.
ing Of limitations on shipments OF
wheat TO those cities.
The railroad administration estab.
lishcd an individual permit system
for controlling wheat shipments.
This system has been In effect on all
coarse grain. but heretofore has not
included wheat
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-23
HUNS AFRAID OF
AN EXCHANGE
OF PRISONERS
ny HAROLD T.. BECIiTOL
European Manager Of the News
paper Enterprise Associaiionl


LONDON, England. oct, 2a.--fh'
German rulers do not want 10 cN
change prisoners wi tho the British
BECAUSE
The German rulers know:
THAT they would expose Ger
prisoners would carry the truth
to all parts Of Germany;
THAT they would scatter
thruout the empire stories 81
the hind. considerable treatment
they received.
THAT they woud expose Ger.
man Hes and schemes and tell
tho Germans nj home how the
kaiser and his cohorts have
fooled them:
THAT they would tell their
friends and relatives that Eng.
land has plenty Of food: plenty
Of every thing: that the t.boai II
10 failure;
THAT they would show the
German people that the kaiser
and the miiilarists are leading
them 20 certain defeat. that the
longer they pin their faith TO
these rulers the farther they
will he led down the black valley.
The above IN not conjecture, IL T.
the inside story of the reason behind
tho German delay" IN ratifyinR the
agreement reached with the British
at Tho Hague few months ago foI
the exchange OF prisoners.
Excuse Of Germany
Several months ago the BriuHl
sought an agreement on the ex
change OF able bodied men. \ meet
Ing at The Hague was arranged and
AN agreement fun OF conditions OF
exchans. was drawn up, Hut the
expected ratification from Germany
did not arrive.
Questions were asked. And II de
velopcd that the German govern
ment had put forward n demand that
before Il would ratify the agreement
britain must pledge Its word that
certain German subjects Ia China
China, mark you should not be cx'
PEELED or interned.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-23
Attractive
Offerings in
Mems Shirts

MEMS Fiber Silk
N Shirts. carefully tai
lored from finely woven
fiber silk, in a variety OF
novelty stripes and color
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and popular colorings,
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Frcnch-Cuff Shirts in
novelty striped percales,
madras and crepe effects,
$3.50.
Soft-Cuff Shirts. we'll
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madras in novelty and
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Negligcc Shirts with
attached collar, in n wide
range of colors and de-
signs as well rs plain
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and S1.75.
THE BASEMENT STORE
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-23

m H E Sc 10 w priced
l. Brushes have strong
black or white bristles
set in metal, and wood
backs, 35c and 45c.
THE EASEMENT STORE.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-23
Albers Resigns as
President of Mill

PORTLAND. Oct 23.--Sfenry Al.
bcrs resigned today as president Of
the Aibors Bros. Milling Co. Tho res
ignation follows closely upon the ar.
re;s OF Aibcr-. charged with violating
the espionage act lie Ia out on tio..
600 bond. Associated with Henry Al.
bers In the company are his three
brothers.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-23

WASHINGTON. Oct. 2a.--Deciar.
ing that these are times when Il IL,
that men who would lift
affairs TO "A new plane OF action and
humane achievement ehould stand
together and In public councils be
adequately represented" President
Wilson today appealed to the voters
OF New Jersey to elect the demo.
cratic candidates for the senate.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-23

NIOMEN'S Stockings with fiber silk b
w hemmed top and Isle heel and toe; bl
can-brown, gray and brown, sizes Sls to 10.
THE BAsEME
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-23
RAILWAY WORKERS CAN
INDULGE IN POLITICS

WASHINGTON. oct. 23.-Em.
ployes of the National railways to.
day were given more leeway to en-.
gage in politics. Modification OF the
anu.politics order OF the railroad ad.
minlstration. bearing the approval of
President Wilson, was announced by
Director General McAdoo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-09
NEED MORE ROOM
Another Building May Be Built
by Y. w. c. A.
The Accommodations Now Are
Entirely Inadequate.

The Topeka Y. w. c. A. is looking
forward to the building or leasing OF a
hall or residence, according to an artl-
Gle appearing in the current number
of the Church Outlook. The building
erected by the association eight years
ago is entirely inadequate to furnish
housing facilities for the hundreds OF
girls who come to Topeka as strangers
in the course of year, and are IN
need of a pleasant, cheap and sa1e
place of residence, the secretary ana
the president of the board, have de-
clared. Miss Allena Grafton. the sec
rotary of the local association, says
that she is obliged to turn away great
many girls who apply for room at
the association.
This building" she says, should
be primarily an administration build
ing, with what rooms we can spare
for sleeping apartments, but we need
regular residence, which shall be IN
charge of the workers here, and which
will be large enough to accommodate
a much bigger proportion of applicants
for rooms than the present quarters
can take care of.
If the association can lease the
right kind of a building for the pur-
pose, it hopes to do so in the not dis
tant future. If it becomes necessary
to build a house, a greater delay Will
be necessary, inasmuch as 1t could not
he undertaken until after the war, or
while materials are as high priced
as they are at this time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-09
HE'S A RICH MAN
Topekan, However, Says He
Can't Get Possession of Wealth.
He's Been Known to Proyident
Association for Years.

Nearly everyone in town has seen
him. He is a little man. with a slight
ly foreign accent. and he goes by
variety of names, MARITIME. Antoine
and others. His paramount hallucin-
alton is that he is heir to a fortune
and that he should be helped by the
people and institutions of this city to
lay hands on it. In his accounts of
himself he is either a Frenchman or
a Belgian. according to his mood.
He has been haunting the Provi-
dent association for several days. ask
ing the SECRETARY to look up his in
fluentiaI connections in Nevada, to en-
able him to get possession of his for
tune. While the association has been
running down his references and get
ting answers that the little man has
no prospects except in his magma
ton, the good citizens of Topeka have
been 'phoning in to offer their assist
ance to the cause of recovering the lost
fortune.
Is an Old Patron.
Under various names, the man has
appeared in the Provident association
files from time to time for years. The
secretary. whose memory goes back
to former encounters with the Belgian
or Frenchman. has informed him that
so long as he is able bodied. he will
the county farm.
In high dudgeon he declared that
he was thru fooling with a lot of
women" and the last he was seen, he
was hurrying off in search of some
kind hearted men who. would be less
business-like than the women at the
Provident association.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-09
CASEY IN MAGAZINE
Topeka Lieutenant's Picture Repro
duced in French Publication.

The September 21st number of
LIllustration," which is considered
the best illustrated weekly magazine
of France, contains a picture of a To-
peka man, Lieut.. Wallace Casey, who
appears with another United States
soldier of the United States signal
corps. The two men are stationed as
Observers of the American artillery oc-
cupying the old German observatory
of Montsec. Casey is standing with
his face toward the object of observa-
ton. and his comrade is taking OBJ
servations thru telescope.
The picture is one of many Of the
scenes on the American battle front,
taken by staff photographer of the
magazine, who takes interesting scenes
wherever he happens upon them.
Lieutenant Casey was one of the
well known newspaper men of Topeka
at the time of his enlistment. He has
been abroad for several months.
The September 21st issue of ILLUS
tration" is devoted almost entirely to
the American sector of the allied lines
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-09
WHAT OTHERS THINK OF US
Depot Quartermaster at Chicago
Praises Paper
(From Trench and Camp.)

At the request of Brig. Gen. A. D.
Knjskern. depot quartermaster at Chi
cago. Ill, that he be supplied with a
number Of the back copies of Trench
and Camp, the editor of the Camp
Funston camp paper sent file for
the past six months. In his request
for the papers General Kniskern states
that they were wanted in order that
his office might keep in touch with
the various kinds of conservation pub
licity being used in the training
camps.
The following letter was received
this week:
Mr.. r. E. Lewis,
Editor Camp Funston Trench and
Camp.
"This officer is in receipt of the
bundle of copies of Trench and Camp
which you sent him. Your publica-
ton seems to be above the average of
the Trench and Camp papers coming
into this office. You are to be con-
graduated upon it's many admirable
features.
I'VE shall look forward with inter-
est to receiving the future copies of
Trench and Camp.
"a. D. KNISKERN,
Brigadier General, @. NJ c.,
Depot Quartermaster."