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New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
Brazil's Iron Wealth

CTEEL and victory are pretty closely re-
- lated terms just now. And since
steel is coal plus iron, one is indebted to
"Syren and Shipping" (London, England)
for its valuable and timely information on
the wealth in iron Of Brazil, the new South
American ally:
"Some of the deposits are almost fantastic
in their assays. There is a stretch Of the
Central Railway between Queluz, in Rio Ja-
neiro, and Sahara, in Minas Geraes, where the
whole surface Of the country is one layer of
iron. The Mount Itabira situated in that dis
trict, Is one solid mass Of mineral, giving rs
per cent. Of ore, the other mountains aver
aging 6b per cent.
"The iron wealth Of the States of Espirito
Santo, Sac Paulo. Santa Catharina, Bahia.
Matto Crosse, Goyaz and Rio Grande do Sui
has hardly been touched and is waiting for
foreign capital, which is mainly necessary for
the extension Of the country's railroad sys-
TEN, an indispensable feature for a successful
exploitation of big bulk commodity such as
iron"
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
Growing Fruit i'm the Cape

is an era when every angle of the
food question is both important and
interesting. The following resume
from an article written by e. v. Pick
stone, which appeared in "The Journal of
the African Society" (London), is there
fore timely:
During the early period of the wide
awake Dutch East India Company, which
was particularly interested in the develop
ment of agriculture and horticulture,
every then known fruit compatible with
the country's climate had been introduced: ::
all sorts of varieties of citrus, grapes,
olives, pines, guavas, custard apples, man
goes, pears, apples, peaches, apricots and
plums. But from the middle of the eigh-
teenth to the middle of the nineteenth CEN
tury most of these fruits, for various rea-
sons, have almost entirely disappeared.
The discovery of diamonds in the early
'7Os of the last century revived, among
others, also the cultivation of the fruit in
dustry. At the beginning the latter was
almost wholly limited to peaches, apricots
and apples, with few pears and plums
thrown in.
Citrus planting had, at that time, to be
completely abandoned owing to the raw
ages by the Icerya Purchnsi pest. Amer
ica, fortunately, solved the problem In
1891 by delegating the California diminu-
tive lady-bird (Vedalio cardinahs), which
was at once Hospitality lodged in specially
constructed houses in Fernwood, a suburb
of Cape Town.
The fact of the absolute reversal of sea-
sons between Europe and South Africa
was so obvious that the fruit growers in
the Southern Hemisphere had the imagi-
nation spurred with the picture of fresh
peaches in London, New York, Paris and
Berlin at the Christmas and New Years
dinner tables.
GAS to the future Of fruit growing
within the South African Union," Mr..
Pickstone concludes, "it is full of hope.
During the war progress was severely
handicapped owing to the inability to get
sufficient cold storage accommodations on
the ships, many of which are used for war
only"
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
The Place of Feeling in Religion

HE place of emotion in religion is surely
very large one. Objection could be
iegitimately taken to Matthew Arnold's def
milton OF religion morality touched with
I emotion" But there must be emotion in
religion, very strong emotion, because re-
iigion IS nothing if it be not an uplift of
the soul 1t is true that sometimes the ap
peal to the feelings has been too one-sided
and exclusive. That was the strength. but
that was also the weakness of the great
evangelical revival of the eighteenth GEN.
tury In cold and formal age such as that
was' when very narrow conception of rea-
son was made so largely dominant in life
there was need for warm food of feeling
such as the evangelical revival brought.
But the appeal to the emotions was too ex
elusive, and it was forgotten how truth
seeking intellect has also it's share in the
discoveries OF truth. The soul that is up
ilfted IN religion must be the whole soul
intellect, feeling, conscience and will
study of the place of feeling in the life of
Jesus ls quite instructive and helpful. It is
evident that He felt very intensely and
showed His feelings. No reader of the
gospels would therefore come away with the
impression that He was weak character
but, on the contrary, that He was very strong
and very rich.-Christiam Work.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
Faith Must Show Itself

THE Church is salt, then the Church
must be different from the world around
IL. II the Church is light, then the Church
must De unlike those who have not com
mltted themselves to the leadership of
onilst' when Christians say the same things
which unbelievcrs say, and do the s.mo
things which scoffers do, thew cease to ha
ieavening force in society If faith in Christ
Is to have any meaning it must show itssIf
IN the creation of new type of man A
CHRISTIAN should have something in him nor
10 10 De found in any other human being
Chless ne is more in disposition, aim and
conduct than those around him. he is not piv-
ing the world the impulse or guidance which
macle Tidings. "S ""e'-
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
Growth of the Urban
Population in Russia

|nNE Of the main contributing causes of
~ the relative facility in overthrowing
the Romanoff regime was the enormous in
crease Of the industrial proletariat in a
dozen or so Of the principal cities of the
Russian Empire. A few authentic figures
relating to this momentous change in the
composition of the population of Russia
are furnished by Lies Annales de Geo.
graphic" (Paris):
"The city population was, in 1897, 1885,
600; in 1915, 27,405,000. In 1897 there were
in entire Russia twenty cities with more
than 100000 inhabitants (total population OF
these twenty cities, 6,oo0oOO); in 1915 there
were forty-sx cities of this category, total
ling 1884 900 inhabitants
"In 1897 Petrograd had 1,367,123 people;
in 1915, 2318,645. Moscow had 1,035664
people in 1897; to-day the ancient capital
harbors over 100000"
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17

q. During July and August strong
wind sets in from the southwest from the
African side of the Arabian Sea on
shore on the coast Of Sind. The monsoon
as an onshore wind is fiercest there, vet
Sind is arid.
Climatology, the writer complains, is
still in its infancy, and too much general
lzlng from insufficient data is INDUCED in,
even in some of our reputed standard
works on meteorology. 1t must, however,
candidly be admitted that facts about
winds are everywhere difficult to ascer
tain, especially in connection with rain
fall. Our own Weather Bureau could with
great advantage profit by the hints thrown
out by the English meteorologist.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17

slabs of wood, laid on either side of the truck
~neel, as shown. The tailboard chain was
r.gged between the saplngs just inside OF
the wheel. tourniquet of rope was made
with small stick, and fastened to the free
ends Of the saplings. The jack was set under
the rim of the wheel, and as the latter was
lifted the tournQuet and the tailboard chains
we're drawn uo to bring the saplings close
against the wheel. BY this means the wheel
wes gradually lifted out of the rut, and extra
slabs placed under it so that the truck was
then easily driven to solid ground. Slabs
were also piled under the axle as a precau-
ton, in case the wheel should slip back into
the rut."
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17

utilis. Seeds were generously imported
from Algiers, and there are now more
than 100000 soap-nut trees growing in
Florida alone, large numbers in other
Southern states and in nineteelf foreign
countries. Some importations were made
from China by the United States DEPART
ment of Agriculture
The hull of the nut supplies raw ma
terial for the manufacture of soap and
other articles which require an ingredient
with saponaceous properties. This ma
terial can even be used as soap without
compounding. By shreddng the hull and
using it with water as if it were soap a
perfect lather is readily obtained, and
some authorities state that the cleansing
qualities are superior to manufactured
soaps.
The extracts efficiency as a foam
producer makes it further useful as an
ingredient in carbonated beverages.
The kernel yields fixed oil, which
some say for culinary purposes is equal
to olive oil. Some therapeutic value is
also attributed to the nuts.
The wood Of the tree is close grained.
takes good polish and is we'll adapted
for furniture making The tree grows to
a height of fifty feet. The yield of nuts
being from SO to $40 a year to each
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
Out of a Rut

LIVERY ONE, at some time or other,
- has doubtless come upon the un.
fortunate spectacle of big auto truck
stuck in a rut-perhaps holding up traffic.
The next time you encounter such a
catastrophe recall the experience described
By Edwin L. Purkess in Popular Me-
chanics" and you will be able to offer velu-
able suggestions at moment when such
suggestions count for their full value. Mr..
Purkess writes:
"A heavy auto truck became mired in a
deep rut on country road, and the driver,
without assistance and with only the auto
Jack available, was forced to devise some
means of getting his machine again under
way. The method employed was so simple
and effective that it may abe of interest to
most motorists. Two saplings were set cross
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
Push Button Dynamo
Replaces Batteries

g OMETHING new in push buttons has
~ been invented at last by an Eastern
man that bids fair to send the old dry bat
teries now in use to ring your front door
bell to the ashcan. 1t is quite simple ar
rangement, and it is strange that no one
should have thought of such simple device
is geared to a small dynamo, and when the
button is pushed the dynamo armature
rotates in the field of permanent mag
ret, thereby generating enough electricity
to ring the bell. The whole unit hardly
takes up more space than the ordinary
push button, and does away with the con-
slant expense of renewing batteries
From The Electric Erperimenter.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
A Tree That Yields SOAP
IS \ MEXICAN FORESTRY" Wash.

IS \ MEXICAN FORESTRY" wash
ington, in a recent issue intro
duced to it's readers a relatively new men,
Der of the American tree family, the soap
nut, or, to give its Latin family name
Sdplndlts utilis. The Rev. Benjamin Helm
brought some of the seeds from China to
Florida some thirtyodd years ago. From
these seeds only one fully developed tree
is in existence, and for many years it's
owner did not think that it produced any
thing of value.
1t was in 1905 that report on the
economic value of the tree, by United
States Consul Kedder, at Algiers, first
called the attention of American arbori-
culturists to the possibilities of Sopindus
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
A Motorcycle Windshield

NO YOU ride a motorcycle? Here is
a contribution touching contriv-
ance of great value these frigid
days. 1t is supplied by George Stencham
and appears in the February issue of
Popular Science":
"This windshield is made of sheet metal
bent to conform to the shape of the handle
bar. AS shown, three fastenings are used,
but more may be applied if desired. One is
at the head and the other two are about half
way between the grips and the head. 1t is
topped with an isnglass protector, fastened
as illustrated There is flare of each grip
to make room for the hands and to shelter
them from the wind and rain.
"The mudguard is also made of sheet metal.
T. consists of two wings bolted to the frame
so that the front guard will clear, the foot
boards having just room to fold up.'
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
Water Power in Tasmania

\ N ARTICLE in recent number of
"The Engineer" London) gives an
interesting account of the Tasmanian gov
ernment's Great Lake hydro-electric power
undertaking, which was inaugurated in
1909 and opened last year. The scheme is
based chiefly upon joint utilization of the
two rivers Ouse and Shannon, the latter of
which rises in the Great Lake and the for
mer in what are known as the Ninety
nine Lagoons. The Great Lake lies at an
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
Deterioration in Heating
Value of Coal

\ REPORT on the deterioration, in
a the heating value of coal during
storage, covering five-year period, has
just been issued by the Bureau of Mines,
as Bulletin 1856. Horace C. Porter and
F. K. Ovitz are the authors. The tests
show that the amount Of deterioration
of coal in heating value during storage
has commonly been overestimated. Ex-
cept for the sub-bituminous Wyomine
coal, no loss was observed in outdoor
weathering greater than 12 per cent in
the first year, or 81 per cent in two
years.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
Cheering Up the Detected
Heel

4 N INVENTION for building up worm
down heels is reported by "The Scien-
tlhc American" in the form of simnle
metal treadplate which has an upturned
marginal flange tapering on opposite sides
OF the middle line and disappearing near
it's edges.
The plate is perforated and has up-
standing ENDORSEMENTS about the respec-
tive perforations, the ENDORSEMENTS being
of such height as to correspond to the
shape of the heel to which the tread
plate is to be attached. Thus it becomes
possible to build up the worndown heel
with one of these new tread-plates in q
few moments time and at an insignificant
cost; and the wearing qualities of the new
heel are far greater than those of leather"
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
Hidden Dawn
By CHARLES r. MURPHY

fF GOD De too great to heed our little
selues
ne IS not great enough for rs;
Either He as the holding palm
And the bent head above, leaned doson
10 the sDirl and shatter of these years;
On else He is not anywhere,
And We are lonelier than death.
Thus shall we choose-only let as think
Denial IS not an easy thing to make.
For erery c'umb of justice done and lore
bestoaoed
Weighs to the proof of Him we do not
knoaU,
And every brave deed rentured
hlrets coming affirmation to o,tr souls.
ana ont Of the brace enigma of the past
CptJts daacn Wherein ioe dare to die.
The Nation.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
Reverence and Catholicism

r. y" many Catholics in their behavior
IN church seem to forget that it is
M 'rutn the house of God, seem to lose
'ishe OF that august presence locke. in the
10y nss'eflous silence of the tabernacle II
more Catholics realized in their lives the
animating belief in the real presence of God
IN their church which they profess with their
ups, ethe doors of our churches would soon
Dc too narrow to admit the thronps tb.,
sf0rmed them-The Pittsburgh Catholic.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
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How One Minister Is Reactin9 70
the War-Dr. Eaton Goes Out
Of the Pulpit and Exhortx
Laborers to Pray: "Cod
Damn Kaiserismv
Darnrs Kaiserism!'

CTANDING on a pile of steel plates in
- yard of the Staten Island Ship
building Company few days ago.
the Rev. DR.. Charles A. Eaton. on leave
from the Madison Avenue Baptist Church
for the purpose of making "speed up
speeches to shipbuilders, is reported to
have addressed to 1000 mechanics the fol-
lowing words:
when the truth comes out about all that
the Germans have done in this war there
won't be a man in the world but will say in
his heart: God damn Kaiserism to the bot
tom of the seal And that will be one of
the most earnest prayers ever uttered"
"The New York World" chronicling the
occasion, wrote:
with a whoop of approval the workers
let the minister know that they seconded his
sentiment. 1t was not pulpiteer language,
but real man talk that struck right home.
"Ihen DR.. Eaton, who always was a two
listed American with the gift of plain, strong
speech. made an appeal for hard work, for
speed, for intense devotion to duty by his
hearers, and they pledged him their support
with genuine. loud-voiced fervor"
He then continued:
while you were sleeping the night before
last the ship Tuscania, carrying our soldiers,
was struck by one of those internal German
machines, and your blood brothers were
hurled to death by those damned assassins,
ut takes six tons of shipping to keep. an
American soldier fighting in France. You
who are building the ships are just as much
soldiers AS though you wore khaki. Give
three cheers for our boys in France, and
then stand silent thirty seconds in memory
of the boys who. were drowned"
When the cheers had been given. and
after the men had stood in responsive
silence, DR.. Eaton continued, getting in
some of his most telling strokes of oratory:
''The Germans have murdered little babies.
ravished beautiful women who were loved as
you love your mothers sisters and sweet
hearts. They call swine. Boys. it's up to
you to build these ships. Every rivet is a
nail in the Kaiser's coffin. Let US make him
a beautiful cofin!"
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
Cleaning Warships' HulIs

TINE old method Of cleaning ships hulls.
L which was a laborious and lengthy
process, is being replaced by electrical
methods. Formerly it was customary to al
low ITO to 200 man-days for the work, but
recently several electrically y-driven ma
chimes have been found to be both speedy
and effective according to "The Elec-
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
When the Tank Overflows
a Bell RINGS

4 N EFFECTIVE tank-overfow alarm
"A circuit is detailed in the figure.
When the tank becomes so full that
water flows through the discharge pipe
the water impinges on block mounted
on the end of a lever, as shown. This
forces the contact point (p) of the lever
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17

+rician." Brushes and scrapers are used,
and by their means, at moderate ex-
penditure Of electricity in driving the
operating motors, an 18,O0O-ton battleship
IAN be completely cleaned in twelve hours,
and vessels dry-docked after having been
cleaned by this method have been found
to have remained quite free from any sub
sequent marine growth.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17

Malaria causes an economic loss in the
United States estimated to be not less
'nan slO0,00O,O0O a year. The annual
number of cases is believed to be in the
Aeaghborhood of 00.000.-Cas Lo0ac.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17

tree, the timber will probably not be
largely used.
The tree begins bearing at the age Of
six years
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17

together
Ners Inc onapsibe small
is soutz4
end and on one side with hat b
to house the homeless the " "@se''''
The Trained NurS udHosnoz
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-03
NEGRO MUTINY
At NEWPORT
NEWS IS QUELLED

Newport News, Va, March o
One man OF the negro stevedore
regiment stationed here was killed
and two others wounded, one prob
ably fatally tonight when guards OF
the Forty eighth Infantry (regu-
lars) fired on several hundred of the
stevedores who were attempting to
wreck a small store near this camp
some miles north OF this city.
pue upm prop oql 70 s9mrd oqL.
the wounded were not made public
Col. Daniel Van Noorhis, CHIEF OF
staff here, in a statement tonight,
said the stevedoreS had been re-
turned to their camp and that no
further trouble was anticipated. The
attack on the store the colonel sad,
resulted from an argument late to-
day between Private Turner OF the
steyedore regiment and a white
clerk at the soda fountain in the
store. Turner returned to camp,
gathered together about 800 men
tonight and marched on the store,
attempting to smash it with brick
and bottles.
When the assault began, the
coloneIs statement said, the Forty
eighth Infantry guard was ordered
to arrest the men. As the guard
approached, the negroes ran. Two
commands to halt having passed
unheeded, the guard was ordered to
fire. Three Of the negroes fell, one
dying almost instantly.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-03

He has been tried Alderman and Mayor of his home
town County Commissioner of his district and Represen
ave of his county and everyone agrees has surely
and undoubtedly made good He has lived in what is
known as Murray County for 25 years. following retail bus
There agreement that Carter County has Senator at
all times and Senator aates between Love and Murray
Counties 1t is Murray Countys choose the
tor No opposition is looked Counties
and the chances good that Mr. Draughon will
in his county the sentiment very much favor of
him.
Mr. Draughon has been always looked a safe and
sane Democrat delegate to the first Statehood Convention
and has attended delegate alternate most all State
ventons since. He is from the minute Of Vrgnia-sf
ing through Tennessee and Texas chairman of the 4mnue
of Murray County and to have patriotism he
has would just have be larger and that would
hard for any TO do. He just feet and inches high
weighs 245 lbs and hear the boys saying election day.
Vote for Little Jimmie Draughon-the Right Man for the
Right Place. To that he would fill Senator's would
be mild expression.
He has platform sure-the platform that all good Demo-
Gratis stand on from President down. and you not
the opportunity of hearing him his version of what he
thinks is pure dripping Democracy He has always been
upbulder and booster.
The 18th Senatorial District think could do better
In the Sixth Legislature Representative Draughon was
Chairman of Committee House Expenses and Public
counts and Member of Committees Appropriations Educa-
ton Public Buildings Insurance Public Roads and Highways
and Capitol Building
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-03
DAYLIGHT SAVING WILL
SAVE HEALTH AND COIN i

Washington, March 2.-Daylight
saving will increase production of
the shipbuilding yards and war ma
terial plants and expedite training
of the national military forces, the
chairman of commerce OF the Unit
ed States told congress today in
urging passage OF the daylight say
mig bill now pending in the house
after passage by the senate.
"All along the line, daylight saw
ing means increased efficiency in
the Improvement OF health, morals
and social welfare of the twenty
million workers OF the country it
was urged. Light bills will be cut
down and outdoor recreation stimu-
lated. More than 100000 tons OF
coal a year is the estimated saving,
and the saving in fuel oils is equal
ly impressive. Great Britain, Italy,
France, Germany and eight other
nations have adopted daylight say
ing since the outbreak OF the war
and in all OF them it is 4 great sue
cess.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-03
SULPHUR GETS PLUMS
AT HIGHWAY CONVENTION
lSnecial TO The ArdmorciteD

Especial to The Ardmoreite.)
Sulphur, Okla, March with
the return OF the delegates to the
Williams highway convention held
at Durant, the Sulphur representa-
tiyes are more enthusiastic than
ever. In addition to being placed
on important committees, and T. +.
Gafford being made temporary
chairman, President {. O. Johnson
of the Williams highway completed
the highway map and put Sulphur
where she Justly belongs. County
chairmen were named for each
county traverSed and A. b. Davis
Of Durant was selected as secretary
treasurer of the organization. Muir
ray County needs only to place the
hard surface over her splendid road
bed. The famous ebert road ma
terial which has been found so val
liable in the government park here
where IS miles of modern road way
afford the tourist a treat in 4 spin
over beautiful Platt National Park,
will be used. Delegates will meet
at Hot Springs, the point at the
head of the Williams highway, in
April. The Williams highway and
Tex-Oklahoma and Gulf highway
officers will meet at Sulphur in June
to elect officers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-03
BRITAIN WANTS INVASION
Believes Japan Would Act With
ScrupulouS Honor.

London, March 2.-While the in
terest OF the press and the public
continues to be focused upon Ja-
pans possible Intervention in 81
IBERIA, statements OF her diplomatiSts
here that she has not made any
specific proposal to that end have
induced a tendency to discuss more
fully all aspects of the question,
and, in view of the obvious COM
plications of the situation, to await
further developments, especially the
attitude the United States may ulti-
mately adopt.
Meantime, the commentators gen
orally continue to acquit Japan of
any idea OF self-aggrandizement,
and insist that any action she may
take eventually, will certainly be in
the interest OF the allies and of Rus
.,