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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-09

resolution was drawn up endorsing
Congressman c. 3. Slemp as 2 candi-
date for reelection. Mr.. Slemp will
make the race this fall without oppo-
sition as the Democrats of the district
have decided not to place candidate
in the field.
Right Rev. Monsignor James T.
O'Farrell. vicar general of the diocese
OF Richmond, has gone to Norfolk to
assume charge of the Catholic parish
OF st. Mary's. He will succeed Rev.
Father John Doherty, who died sud
denly August s. Monsignor O'Farreil
has been serving as rector of Sacred
Heart Cathedral for five years, and
has endeared himself to Richmond
Catholics. He will be-. succeeded By
Rev. Father Felix Kaup, assistant rec
tor. and chancellor Of the diocese CT
Richmond.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-09
REGISTRATION IN PROGRESS

y Io
A number of Alexandrians whose
age. range from IS to 45 years regis
saered Saturday with the draft board
-Names were received also at night.
The board has been kept busy today
registering those eligible for military
service. All seem to be cheerful anu
willing to perform their duty should
they be called to fight for their coun-
try.
t. must be remembered that every
man who is called on to register-and
that means every man who will be
eighteen on September y or who IS
under forty-six is subject to the call
of the government. He is part OF
the effective. manpower of the nation,
and if he is not called on to shoulder
gun he may be called on with per-
. feet propriety to do something else.
And in the word that comes from
Washington it is made clear that ne
must get into some productive occupa-
ton: otherwise he will be Indicted in
to the army. And there are thous-
ands of jobs in the army that can be
done by men who are not fit for active
service those limited military service
Jobs such as are held down by clerks
and other noncombatants at the mill
tary camps and naval stations.
Let no man of family, or one who
knows himself to be physically inca
pacitated for active military service.
console himself with the idea that
when he registers. under the new man
!, power act he will be performing a
I perfunctory service, and registering is
all there will be to it. IF he does, he
I will be sadly deceiving himself.
'~Word came from Washington yes
terday that he must either work or
Z fight and that if he cannot fight for
physical reasons, and the government
decides not to take him into the
army because he has family, he
must get into some productive occu-
patton something that will he p in
putting the skid under the bochc and
winning the war Moreover, they must
work continuously at such jobs. Put
ting in two or three days Il week and
loafiing the remainder Of the time
will not do.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-09
VIRGINIA NEWS

Can't. Walter ]. Tennent, Of Balti-
more. commander Of Battery +. 1llth
field artillery, has written to Mayor
Harry Wooding regarding a ch!vai-
rous act done by the Danville men
composing the organization in France.
The battery is quartered in French
village. Recently one of the most m
poverished families there, composed CT
an aged man. woman and eight
small children, lost their entire wheat
supply through fire. The Southern
men. touched by the pitiful plight OF
the family, made up a purse which,
according to Capt. Tenant, "was very
mich in excess of what was advisable
to give to the farmer
With the arrival Of S.415 new draft
ed men at Camp Lee last week all pre-
vious records in the history of the
environment for the receipt OF men IN
a two weeks period were broken. The
camp the previous week received ap-
proximately 10000 draftees, of which
number 10000 were white men from
Pennsylvania and $500 were negroes
from Virginia and the District Of CO.
lumbia. In the two-weeks' period the
c.mn has received 10000 men, sur
passing by approximately 1000 the
largest previous draft in the same
length of time.
Corporal Joseph c. Manger, OF the
Second battalion. l55th depot brigade.
at Camp Lee, has just been sentenced
to five years at hard labor for making
disloyal remarks against the United
States. Although born in this coun-
try, Manager is of Ii,varian parent
age. He was forwarded to Camp Lee
from Unicntown, Pa.
Ruthlessly shot down by an unknown
negro Saturday morning IN Il branch
store OF the Atlantic ard Pacific lea
Company, at Leigh and Harrison
streets, Richmond, James c. Bowman,
a well known citizen of Richmond,
died shortly after he had been admit
ed to the Virginia Hospital-The crime
took place about 8 o'clock, when Mr..
Bowman, temporarily filling the place
of cashier, refused to hand over the
stores receipts to the negro. The bull
let penetrated his thigh. Loss Of
blood caused his death.
The Ninth Virginia District Repu2-
lican Committee has voted rot to hold
district convention this year. a
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-09
RELIGION AMONG SOLDIERS

Stonewall jackson carried his rclig-
ion with him wherever he went. At
tired in his Confederate uniform, the
renowned Strategist would creep into
country churches unannounced and
take the lowest seat. Duty toward
God and man was his watchword, and
having conscientiously performed it,
he left the result with his Maker. 1t
is fact that he never lost a battle.
During the present war it is pleas
ant to note that United States soldiers
are taking more interest in affairs
spiritual than was ever known before
in the history of our nation. They
can be found among all Alexandria
congregations on Sundays. During the
warmest periods of the closing sum-
mer men in uniform. officers and pri-
Yates, mingled with the people of this
city in their various houses of wor-
ship. Yesterday in some places of
worship a large percentage OF -
congregations was composed of uni
formed men. They also attend Bible
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-09

special program. This is new de-
parture in the line of war camp ac-
tivities which has been inaugurated
by the War Camp Community Service
of this city.
A total Of eighteen ministers,
priests, chaplains and Y. NJ. c. A.
workers took part in the services in
the different churches here yesterday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-09
JEWISH NEW YEAR

The third day Of the Jewish New
Year was observed in synagogueS
throughout the country yesterday with
special services. President Wilson's
message; indorsing Palestine as a
homeland for the Jewish people was
rcad At all synagogues in Washington.
Representative c. F. Reavis told Of
his experiences in the French war
zones at the Eighth Street Temple in
the forenoon.
,I-. Reavis spoke Of the hilleting Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-13

Paste This Up in Your Furnace Room; Gve 1t to Your ia,
Haven't a Furnace of Your Ooyu to Run

An Air Valve with large opening should al
Ways DC placed at point in piping where it is
about to fall below the water level in the pip
If YOU DON'T some radiators will be slow
10 neat you will also considerably more
coal than II you use these "vent' valves.
Chimney and Smoke Pipe should BE cleaned
OF SCOT as often possible, every year at least.
If NOu DON'T the draft becomes poor. too
much coal is burned and there is danger Of fire.
Smoke Pipe should be taken down every
spring, cleaned thoroughly wrapped in paper
and stored away in dry place till fall.
II YOU DON'T the pipe will rust through in
a few years.
Smoke Pipe Joints and where same enters
chimney should be made absolutely air-tght.
Try for leaks by holding a small flame at
Joints; IT leak exists the flame will be drawn
IF YOU DON'T the draft will be impaired.
you. will have trouble getting up steam and
Damper in Smoke Pipe must be made with a
hole in the centre, so pipe can not be closed
tight.
is YOU DON'T your house may become full
of coal gas and loss of life may result.
Check Damper is at rear of boiler, and when
open admits cold air into chimney checking the
fire. Connect to regulator chain and that
IF YOU DON'T it may remain open and pre-
vent fire from coming up, even though the ash
Radiator Tops should be kept free from
IF YOU DON'T the radiator will be lnefi-
Cient and the room may be cold.
Window Seats should be made with a cold
air opening at bottom and larger opening at top
so placed that pillows ETC., will not cover same.
If YOU DON'T your room may be cold.
Boiler Flues the most important part of
heating plant to keep clean; you can't clean too
often. Remember SCOT is practically as good
heat insuator as asbestos.
If YOU DON'T you heat outdoors and not
your home. You may burn so per cent more
coal this winter than necessary by ncglecting
this.
Coaling in Mild Weather. Keep fire pot full.
Put plenty of coal when you fire. Leave
few inches Of ash CRATES.
If YOU DON'T results will be unsatisfac
tory. Tinkering with fire does more harm than
good
Coaing in Cold Weather. Handle same as
for mild weather, only keep fire pot free from
ashes.
IF YOU DON'T you will have to fire too
often, as fire will not last
Fire Door must be kept closed at all times
and never used to check fire at night.
IF YOU DON'T you defeat the purpose of
the damper regulator and admit cold air onto
hot surfaces of boiler, chilling the water
therein
Banking Fire at Night Clean fire thorough
ly; remove ashes from below CRATES, add plenty
all the sas from the new or green coal is driven
off, then move ball regulator to the centre
of rod so draft door in base is closed and
check open. Unless night is very windy do
not change the position of smoke pipe dainpcr
from its day set.
If YOU DON'T leave dampcr partly open
coal gas may escape into the house. II you
open feed door you waste heat and have colder
house in the morning.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-13

and their cheerfulness further helps dis
pei the hospital idea. The patients are
army officers whose wounds have long
since healed and who are undergoing
treatment designed to restore the use Of
arms or legs. A visitor to the two in
situations is surprised to see most of the
beds vacant. A majority of the patients
spend the day roaming about the parks
in which the buildings arc set.
In every case the wishes Of the patient
are consulted by the surgeons. This ar
rangement has led to many interesting
requests from the wounded men,
A Canadian officer, wounded early in
the war, came to St. Katharine's Lodge
to have his left arm made over. The
elbow had been so badly shattered t.'g.t
surgery, wonderful as it's skill and re-
sources are. could not entirely recon
struct the joint. So the officer was given
a choice Of two things-either TO have a
weak, movable elbow, or strong stiff
one. Without hesitation the Canadian
chose the stiff elbow, anG he astonished
the surgeons by asking that the arm be
made perfectly straight.
They pointed out to him that the arm
would be far more useful if the elbow
was set at an angle. If set straight he
wouldn't be able even to put his hand in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-13

Air Valves must be so adjusted and cleaned
'hat AIR and not steam can escape.
if YOU DON'T adjust air valves will
spit steam and radiator may only partially
heat
Radiator Valves must be turned completely
on or off, never halfway.
IF YOU DON'T the radiator will bang and
spit water
Radiator Valves must be kept we'll packed
IF YY oU BoS I's ssksss type nssd
etc., may be unexpectedly ruined by leaky
valve.
Boiler and PIPING in cellar must be covered
with some good insulator, such as asbestos.
IF YOU DON'T at least 10 per cent Of Your
coal IS used to needlessly heat an unused cellar.
Damper Regulators, if properly used, save
coal and labor: Adjust follows: Raise
gauge a." move iron weights on rod till it is
level, then adjust chains that the draft door
"B" is closed and also check damper &C"
chains, being nearly taut with little slack to
If YOU DON'T adjust chains properly both
draft doors will be open at same time; one will
then try to boost the fire and the other check it.
Water Level in boiler should be kept as near
me me, centre Of gauge glass possible; if too
full draw off; if water .oes not show in glass,
and opening the lower try cock fails to bring
and let boiler cool off
IF YOU DON'T the contact of cold water on
the hot iron will crack the boiler, followed by
cold house and the cost of expensive repairs
Gauge Glass should be kept clean and valves
at top and bottom open, turned all the way out
If YOU DON'T water may be out of boiler
without showing such to be the case in the
glass.
City Water Valves should be turned com.
pletely off and never leak
IF YOU DON'T a flooded system will result,
water will come out of air valves, etc.
Summer Care of boiler demands that in the
'prng old water be drawn off, boiler washed
out and relied to water line with fresh water.
If YOU DON'T refill some may start a
newspaper or rubbish fire and crack boiler.
Air Leaks. Make sure no air gets to fire. ex-
cept through draft door provided Places where
eaks may occur around base frame door
frames floor etc.
If YOU DON'T the fire is not under control
and on windy days will probably burn too rap
idly; Also the regulator becomes almost use
less.
Slice the Fire through clinker door provided;
never poke fire from above, always from be-
If YOU DON'T the fire will be full Of holes,
burn unevenly, clinker and be unsatisfactory.
Repairs. When heating season closes have
plant thoroughly looked over and all necessary
repairs and requirements made at once
If YOU DON'T you may find that in the fall
you only Of the ''late BIRDS and have
to wait your turn at the steamhtter's or
plumbers.
R r; HN,, Ashes Daily from the ash pit.
If YOU DON'T the CRATES are Liable to warp
or melt and have to be replaced at needless
expense.
Silt All Ashes, recover the pieces that will
still burn, these to bank fire or for any
other purpose.
If YOU DON'T you are guilty Of wasting
fuel which can be used to WIN TIE WAR.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-13
A New Source of Oil Supply?

oil shalc formation is one Of those en-
trancng romances which have their in
c!Mency in the far off geologic ages which
mean SO much to the scientist and SO little
to the layman, and achieve their climax and
elimination under such conditions Of world
stress as we are now passing through.
Omitting the precise scientific terminology
OF the geologist, it may be said that in that
tar distant past these oil shales were laid
down as richly organic muds on the beds
OF shallow lakes of vast extent. They con-
sist largely of organic matter, part of
which was contributed by the animal life
OF the period, but more probably by the re-
mains of aquatic plants, with additions of
wind blown land vegetation which -four
ished in those ancient times. After a de-
post of this character had been laid
down, there came deposits of inorganic
matter washed sands, silt, etc.-which
overlay the material that went to the max
ing OF the stratum Of oil shale. This was
repeated time and again, with the alternate
strsta Of varying thickness, some Of the
oil shale beds being but few inches in
thickness, and again aggregating many feet.
The deposits containing these shales were
first buried under hundreds, perhaps sew
eral thousand Of feet OF other beds before
they were later elevated through vast up
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-13
en- Remade to Order at Orthopedic

the pocket Of his trousers. But the
Canadian had anticipated that argument
by arranging with his tailor to have the
pocket placed so low that by launching
his shoulder he could get his hand into
it. The reason he wanted the arm made
rigidly straight was to be able to use a
hunting rifle and billiard cue
Another Canadian officer insisted on
having his smashed leg SO rebuilt that he
could continue to ride horse. It was
job that, required months of orthopedic
treatment, but when the patient finally
left the hospital to return to his ranch
in Western Canada he was ready for the
saddle.
Both hospitals are auxilialies Of the
British Military Orthopedic Hospital al
Shepherds Bush, one Of England's great
orthopedlc centres. st. Katharine's
Lodge, formerly one of the homes Of
King George ", is big, rambling two
story house Of beautiful architectural
design. 1t was turned over to the Red
Cross by William Solomon, New York
banker. Baroda House was built by an
Indian prince, the Gaekwar of Baroda.
Mr.. A. Chester Beatty, an American
mining engineer, the present owner.
moved out to make room for the Red
Cross. A better building for hospital
purposes could not have been selected, in
the opinion of the medical staff
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-13

heayals Of the land, and still later revealed
here and there b. erosion and the develop
mcnt Of the present drainage system, lcav-
ing the edges OF the oil shale deposits
exposed.
"The oil obtanable from these shales is
petroleum. but it can be secured only By
processes Of distillation. Even as nature
in her processes does not make all pc
trolcum alike in all of the natural petro-
leum fields, so with the oil from the shaes
much depends upon the methods of dis
tillation pursued, as we'll as on the char
acter and richness of the various deposits.
"In the opinion OF the Geological Survey
experts, the success of the budding indus
try is probably to be confined at first to
portions of the Western states. While oil
shalcs are found in many other parts of
the United States, no deposits in the East
or South are known to be so extensive and
at the same time SO rich as those in Col
orado, Utah, Nevada and small area in
southwestern Wyoming. There are thin
deposits Of shale, we'll as camel shales,
in the East that can be distilled for oils
and for many years before the drilling of
the Appalachian oil fields in 1859 such
distillation was carried on to some extent,
especially in Pennsylvania. Thick deposits
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-13

sake of avoiding any birds of prey that
may be about, for which reason they keep
to the valleys while on their flight. The
route they follow is always the same. The
first journey carries them from New Zea
land to South India The second from
South India to Northern Africa by way OF
the Red Sea. The third carries them across
the Mediterranean to France by way of
Corsica. On the fourth they arrive here
in southern England, flying in through the
Avon Valley. Why do they follow this par
ticular route? Why, just because this mi
grafton dates back so many hundreds of
centuries. These little mi grants still fol-
low the track where the continents once
we're Joined together, points like Corsica
and H@lgoland being the only ones still
above the water of what was once dry land
from England right to the South Seas.
"After stopping here for little time
these little sandpipers make one more
flight, which carries them to Siberia, for
their breeding season. for they always pre-
fer to breed where the temperature is
broken
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-13
A New L Sc for the X-Rav

INTERESTING experiments have been con-
H. Quoted at Munich and Vienna in the exam
nation of old portraits with Rocntsen ray.
One of the curatcrs of the art museum
used the A-rays on an old Madonna pof
trait and discovered evidence of later
overpaint.ny In Vienna Professor Max
Dvorak applied the same test TO II picture
of the Mantegna School which had been
badly distigured by later attempts at re-
construction. The X-ray photograph dis
closed perfectly the original contour of the
painting Electrical E1pcrimentcy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-13

wireless stations report that they
have heard SOUNDS cf voices,
music, tramping of crowds and
explosions of sound for which they can
not account. 1t is supposed that in
some as yet not understood way the
vibrations of the wireless pick up
these sounds. The operators say that
the air does not suffer from "attenua-
tion," as wires do, and that they believe
the wireless station will eventually
be able to pick up sound at any distance.
If this be true, we may indeed be on the
eve Of an electric miracle, "Recdy's Mir
ror" reports, and then goes on to quote
the theory, as recently advanced by 1.-THE
Los Angeles Times:
Vibrations of all sounds thrown into
the air and remain there for some time.
This is shown by the length Of time re-
quired for the echo to return to its starting
point, by the length of time which elapscs
between the sending and the receiving Of 4
wireless call, and by the fact that sound
travels to US, as is indicated by the little
pause which can be perceived before VIC
hear what we have already seen. The air
envelope around the earth, however, is only
fifteen miles deep. Outside OF that radius
vibrations cannot carry. This has been
demonstrated by the kites which the
Weather Bureau has used for number Of
years to help the prediction of tempera-
lures. Now. from all this evidence, we
have this deduction: The earth is ball
whirling around in space with an envelope
Of air fifteen miles thick, an envelope which
must have absorbed all the sounds that have
been made since the world began
The question is, Where a4c those soaui >
They must be somewhere. They must be
within the radius of fifteen miles, unless
their vibrations have died out, and recent
experiments have shown, it is contended,
perpetual movement. The range of the
wireless is something over 5000 miles; so
that, even as this comparatively early day
in electrical science, il may be that we are
beginning to pick Up these vibrations Wire
less operators always complaining Of
breaks in their transmissionS, queer odd
sounds, which seem almost articulate. and
which cannot be accounted for on any other
ground than that of some phenomena con-
nected with the lingering vibrations Of
other days
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-13

arc also found in the East, but so far as
known, the thick ones arc too lean to dc.
serve consideration at present.
Various estimates Of what the oil shales in
workable thickness can be made to produce
In petroleum have been given out In u
recent magazine article the quasi official
statement was made that many tests by the
Geological Survey show that the american
rocks contain forty to fifty gallons to the
ton, and those in one deposit tested ninety
gallons, or more than tHo barrels, to the
ton
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-13
row long will the world be able
to tap the depths for oil? An
-'"- -~ article in "The Manufact-

~~- - article in "The Manufact-
urers' Record" declares that
the United States alone has taken
1000, 100000 barrels from the earth since
1858, and that many producers believe
the peak Of production has been reached.
There are other oil fields still unde-
veloped perhaps in other parts of the
world, in Central Asia, Southeastern
Europe, Northern Africa and parts of
Polynesia. But an increasing gas en-
CINE civilization demands oil, and some
where the demand will have to be in
creased or another fuel for motive power
developed. "The Manufacturers Record"
points to the vast oil shale formations
of the United States as new source of
supply, with the information that the
government is already aware of the po-
tential value of this extensive field. The
ar'ic!c continues:
', hcS,n AZ to ieG;Nning, tho story OF