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Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-09-13
BILLIONS WASTED EACH YEAR
That country's Water Power Is So Lit.
tie Used Is a Reflection on Citi-
zens' intelligence.

In the early days of this country the
grist mill was built where there was
water power, and in time other indus
tries also located there for the same
reason. H. II. Windsor writes in POpu-
lar Mechanics Magazine. Many of our
largest manufacturing cities have
grown up around these grist mills. But
many of the best water powers were
so inaccessible, and the surrounding
country so unfit for agriculture, that
no mills and towns have ever taken
advantage of the cheapest mill power
known.
Today, thanks to the electric motor,
transmission lines, and high voltage,
the factory may locate convenient to
transportation and labor, and have the
water power brought to it.
Every "a hours there goes to waste
unused water power equivalent to the
coal energy of 100000 tons, or $685.
100000 tons each year. At low aver
age of present prices this waste repre-
sents $2,000.0o0,000 yearly.
Switzerland gets her coal from Ger
many. This year the supply Is only
two-thirdS Of requirements, yet Swift
zerland will pay Germany over $4,000
100000 for coal. AT the present mo-
ment there are undeyeloped water pow
ers in Switzerland amounting to $780,
900 horse power which, with 526UOO
horse power already harnessed, would
make Switzerland almost Independent
of outside coal supply.
Our own unused water powers remain
undeyeloped because the restrictions
our government demands do not appeal
to private enterprise, which naturally
is reluctant to invest vast sums un1er
u franchise which may be terminated
at any time With the financial burdens
with which our government will
emerge from this war, it will doubtless
be years before congress would feel
justified in appropriating the money
necessary to make this development.
1t would seem wise, therefore, rather
than wait an indefinite number of
years. that franchise of say 80 years
should be granted, with privilege of
taking over the properties at the end
of that time on some basis of valuation
fair to government and owners. On
such IA basis development would begin
at once.
In the meantime the 100000 tons
value of coal is rushing to the sea
every 81 hours, an absolute waste,
without the slightest benefit to any
one.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-09-13
Benefits Of War.

That the benefits of war overshadow
its damages is the firm conviction of
Uncle John of Excelsior Springs
Standard, who writes:
ut shows the world, fer instance,
how to loosen up its band an to deal
sort of iestice that the brute can
understand. 1t reminds the unwashed
heather. which they mighty nigh for
got. that there's hell inside Yankee
when his blood is biln' hot
"Then-we know the joys of savin',
which we maybe hadn't saw till the
roarin' beast Of Berlin got too handy
with his paw; so, we've somehow,
hitched our Vaughn to an everlastin'
star, that will keep right on a-shlnin'
when we've clean forgot the war"
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-09-13
TOOK FLING AT BOOSTERS
Visitors Suggestion Probably Did MOI
Tend TO Make Him Popular
in Los Angeles.

Merle Sldener, local advertising
man. recently returned from a West
ern trip In which he visited the city
of Los Angeles. lie was impressed
with the boosting of the Los Angeles
citizens and said he learned that an
Oregon colonel from Portland was the
guest of honor at Il banquet in Los
Angeles. The usual after-dinnel
speeches We're made, all boosting the
city of Los Angeles, but each speaker
regretted that Los Angeles had not
been founded on the coast. The speak
ers all said that had the city been on
the coast instead of ten miles or sc
from 1t, the city you'd be the garden
spot of the world. The visiting colo
mel was called on to speak and said:
"Gentlemen, | am impressed witt
your city as much as you are and be
lieve that | can suggest n way in
which you can accomplish your wish"
All of the citizens present leaned
forward eagerly, for this was no doubt
the solution that had long been wait
ing for. The colonel continued:
This is what you should do. OBJ
tain large pipe, run it from the cen
ter of your city into the ocean and il
you can suck rs hard as You can blow
the ocean viii soon be la your city,
indianapolis News.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-09-13
Naval Lieutenant Wins Honor.

Although officers in the military
forces of this country are not allowed
to accept decorations or gifts from for
eign governments the British admiral
ty has just conferred honors upon a
young American officer. To Lieut..
Frank Loftin, u. S. N, on duty on an
American destroyer operating in the
war zone, has been given the distin-
guished service cross. The navy de-
partment announces this recommen-
dation made through the British am
bassador. Loftin was executive Off
Ger of the destroyer which. with 9TH
ers, was conveying Il number of troop
ships. when general quarters was
sounded as torpedo was sighted COM
ing toward the ship. Sizing up the
situation, he rang to the engine room
for full speed ahead. Getting this, he
altered the ships course and headed
directly for the periscope of the u
boat. Quick maneuvering followed and
a depth charge dropped in the course
of the submerged enemy sent him out
of sight. Lieutenant Loftin is from
Tennessee and graduated from the
Naval academy in the class of 1907.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-09-13
Recalling Early KIondike.

Just twenty years ago at this tlm4
Joaquin Miller. being II true prospeG
tor, miner, and all around adyenturerl
as well as a poet of nature, joined
thousands of Others on the long trail
to the Klondike, and wrote back that
although his party was supposed TO be
one of the first TO start, on its arrival
5000 claims had already been record.
ed. 1t has always been ii mystery how
news of the discovery of gold in the re-
hottest regions is carried broadcast
over the face of the earth. Where
Joaquin Miller expected to find the
quiet of his own Sierras, he found pop
ulous towns and camps, and was so
disappointed by the discovery and that
he at once took the long trail back.
The great majority of those whom he
left behind returned more leisulrt-, but
they are nearly all back now ,Jhrls-
tian Science Monitor
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-09-13
TYPIFlEs SPIRIT OF FRANCE
Brave Thirteen-Year-old Girl, With
Two Sr,all Brothers, Doing All
the Work on Farm.

When the work in your war gar
den seems tedious and you straighten
your aching back and look longingly
toward the inviting shade of the trees
or toward the arm chair on the awning
covered porch; when you mutter TO
yourself that ii will not matter much
whether the weeds do choke the beet
patch-it may help sou To finish Your
task if you call To mind story told
in My War Diary" by Mrs. Mary King
Waddington.
In village near ours, says the au-
thor, a girl of thirteen is running the
farm. At the beginning of the war it
was thriving farm with a man and
his wife, six sons and one daughter.
Then the blow fell. and all the men
in France were mobilized the father
and his two eldest boys went OFF at
once--four hours after the decree Of
mobilization was received in the vii
lage. The farmer had no time TO put
his house in order, but left the farm
in the hands of his wife and the two
big boys, aged fifteen and sixteen. The
man and his two eldest sons are HOW
dead, the two next are in the army,
and the poor mother, a wreck phys
ically and mentally, cries All day. The
girl and the two little boys do the
whole work of the farm. The young
est, who is only ten years old,
cannot accomplish much, but he does
manage to watch the cows and to
carry cans of milk or baskets Of but
ter.
see the girl simetimes; she is per-
feetly well, never complains and never
asks for nything-except occasional
ly for warm petticoat or a hood to
keep her head and neck warm and dry
when she is working in the fields.
There are hundreds of girls doing that
work all over France.-Youth's Com
panion.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-09-13
No Better Security on Earth.

The credit Of the United States was
so high and unquestionable that in
1900, two years after the Spanish war,
? per cent bonds were offered at par
and oversubscrbed This is flnan.
cial performance no other nation has
ever equaled. United States per
cent bonds in 1888 sold as high as 100
and in 1901 brought 1879 on the stock
market. The United States has ney-
or defaulted on any of its bonds. Not
one of IFS bondholdcrs has ever lost a
cent of principal or interest, except
those who voluntarily have taken
losses by selling their bonds in a PEE
riod of temporary price depression
international Confectioncr.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-09-13
HEInZ'S GREAT COLLECTION
Ivory Carvings Owned by Pittsburuher
Are Declared to Be Almost
Priceless.

During many years II. J. Heinz Of
Pittsburgh has gathered together one
of the finest collections of ivory cary
lnes in America. There are probably
dozen notable collections of this
sort In the country. and among them
the Heinz group Of LOO pieces holds
distinguished rank, says writer in
SegIbner's.
As rich and fascinating field for a
discriminating collector. ivory cary
ings are perhaps without a peer. Exc.
cute1 In n material that has always
been costly. too rare as n rule, To be
subjected TO poor or mediocre work.
mansip, they may we'll be considered
as typical of the artistic development
of the time In which they were pro
dueed. They represent the art, more
over. not of one people. of one period
but, II Is scarcely IN exaggeration tc
say, of all'peoples aud all periods.
From prehistoric nges down through
the civilizations of Egypt and Assyria
aud of classic Greece and Rome have
come priceless examples of seulptured
worries The dark axes of Europe, SC
meager In artistic treasures. have be.
quefthcd Us an unbrokcn chain OF
ivory carvings. Much of the most in
tefcsting of such work must be accrcd
tied 10 the centuries of The Gothic re
viyal, the thirteenth. fourteenth and
fifteenth. The Renaissance and the
centuries succeeding have yielded Il
wealth Of carved worries of great rich
ness and beauty. From india, China
and Japan come worries OF deep shIs
torle interest and especially in the
work of japan, of genuine artistic
achievement.
Periods of exceptional turbulence
such as the fall of Constantinople, the
reformation In England and the French
revolution. have caused the destruction
of Incompatible treasures. That sc
much has survived seems cause fol
wonder. The explanation lies in the
very nature of the carvings.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-09-13
lar Collection and adjournment

Bona Collection and adjournment
Afternoon Session
100 Devoionals Roll call md reading journal
Moderator's Annual Address Appointment committees
$50 Introduction ondng Messengers and visitors
800 Reading OF letter Report officers Collection and adj
ouhrment
100 Devoionals
500 Educational Sermon Rev. VIM Moody
Collection and adjournment
Saturday Morning
$50 Deyoionals Roll call and reading OF journal
Miscellaneous business. Report and election
officers
Davis Collection and adjournment
Afternoon Session
1880 Devotonals 90 Roll Call and reading o journal
2sIo Miscellaneous business reading letters
900 Sermon Rev. Edgar McCrary Alternate Rev. levi
Thompson
Collection and adjournment
Evening Session
1850 Devotonals
Missionary Sermon Rev. J. H. lilly. Alternate mo
Bruen
sundny Morning
900 Modern Sunday Scool The raises the most
money will receive a valuable prize
400 Sermon DR.. w. P. Washington. Alternate Rev M Z
Parnel
500 Rally Let every minister messenger give in this f.
nanoial muster
500 Memorial Sermon, Rev Parrish Others to be selected
Collection and adjournment
so DeTouonals 500 Sermol, Rev. J. b McCrary
Collection, Installation and adjournment
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-09-13
Her Record Still Still.

ant who, while very attentive to. her
duties, has never been known to give
anybody civil answer. Purely as an
experiment, the lady of the house
brought her new calico dress, and
gave it to her, saying:
II am glad to have the pleasure,
Matildy, of giving you this dress"
Yer mout hab had dat pleasure
long ago eff yer had any regard fo' my
feelings" was the gracious reply
Chicago News. ~ smaag
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-09-13
Mustard Gas Invented Here.

The report that an American in
yentor laid before an agent of the bu-
reau of mines II months ago form
ula for mustard gas, which the Ger
mans are now supposed to be using is
to be taken up by the American In
yentors' association. The allegation
brought to the attention of the asso-
citation at its meeting the other day
was to the effect that Benjamin Z.
Brooks, chief chemist of the CONNER
cial Research company of Flushing, l..
l., gave a formula to the government
bureau and heard nothing more from
1t, A few months ago it was found
Germany had hit upon the gas, accord
ing to +. J. Hemen, president of the
northumberland Star.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-09-13
Fewer Japanese silks.

Just as we had learned to value jap
snese silks and crepes and so on, es-
peeially as substitutes in these times
of shortage of so many materials, we
hear that certain ships engaged in the
Eastern trade, and that brought us
these serviceable and charming ma
terials, have been loaned 10 the I'M
perial government, and that has ere
ated scarcity in transportation ia
cilities. So georgettes, crepe de
chimes, and so on, are added TO the list
of growing scarcitles and advancing
prices. Added TO this, little silk is
coming from the French and Italian
markets.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-09-13
Benefit of Art Education.

A glimpse at the development OF
trade in European countries, in which
industrial art has played such an inn
portant role, is full of suggestion to US.
When Germany discovered at the Paris
exposition in 1878 how crude and in
artistic her exhibits were, her greatest
artists, laying aside their easels and
canvases, began designing textiles, wall
paper, furniture and advertisements.
The results of these activities we Wit
messed in the German Applied Arts
exhibition held in all our large cities a
few years ago. BY means of intensive
art education in Prussia the trade
routes of the world were changed in
favor of Germany. Trade in toys was
diverted from Switzerland, in printing
materials from England, and in dress
trimmings from France. In France and
England in similar way trade has
been developed through attention ia
art education. II
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-09-13
Effect Of Poison Gases on Troops.

Certain gases have for their more
immediate object the irritation of the
eyes (the lachrymatory gases, one part
in n million of air being effective), tenn
porariy binding the victim; others
are designed for the irritation of the
nose (the "sneeze-gases'), making it
almost impossible for the fighter to
overcome the tendency to throw off
his mask; and others again, for the
production of burns when in contact
with the flesh, which are of most
distressing character, and, even if
they do not cause death, incapacitate
the victim for service for period of
months. The last-named gases are
likewise toxic and lachrymatory to a
high degree. The so-called mustard
gas" compound somewhat similar
In character to mustard oil, but far
more Of an irritant, has proved par
ticularly destructive, and doubtless ac-
counts for many of the casualties in
recent attacks.-IIenry L. Talbot, in
Atlantic.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-09-13

"They say something broke out about
Il man IN the camp which made sonnet
suspect he was in the pay OF the
kaiser. DO you know what II was?~t
ayes; the German measles"
Arizona republican., 1918-06-23
CLEVER CAMOUFLACE
 DONE WITH MAXWELL

In the display window of the Buquor Motor company. says the Fl Paso Herald, is a comouflage scene rarely equaled lover here.' In the back ground is canvas on which is painted a battle scene-bursting shells and air lurid with explosives. Before this is a Maxwell car, although it's best friend would hardly recognize the car because of the camouflage It is spotted and spattered with green and fire colored spotches. Foliage, in addition to that on the canvas, is supplied by palms and leafing plants.
 Standing close to the arrangement, there appears but little remarkable about it. but from the sidewalk the camouflage is quite apparent. From the middle of the street the automo- bile can hardly be distinguished from the plants and the glare of shots. The work performed by J. l.. Buquor, is so admirably executed that the ma chine blends with both the glare of shots and with the foliage in such a way as to quite conceal the auto from across the street. The work was done with water colors.
 In thus showing how camouflage prevents autos from being detected in time of battle. spot light has been provided which is used at night time giving an even better effect than a day view
Arizona republican., 1918-06-23
VALVE SPRING COMPRESSOR

Any device that will tighten the job of grinding the valves, will undoubt- edly be welcomed by the average car owner who does his own maintenance work. Here is an unusually ingeni- ous compressor for valve springs. Use a piece of pipe of say three quarters of an inch in diameter. Cut off a length of this that will just fit in be- tween the valve spring washer and the engine base, when the valve is fully opened. Cut out longitudinal section of this bit of pipe, so that it may be slipped in around the push rod and stem. Push the compressor into place when the valve is open and turn the engine over until the rod settles down. After the valve has been pushed down through the washer the pin may be removed and grinding may be carried out. The spring and washer need not be disturbed while the grinding is going on. After the operation is completed, the valve Is dropped into place, the pin thrust in and the engine turned over so that the compressor may be removed.
Arizona republican., 1918-06-23

Johns Hopkins university. As the re- suit of his studies, MT. Haynes bought two-cycle marine engine and began the construction Of the first motor car by adapting the engine for use on the road.
 His experiments were attended with many predictions of failure for the project, even the mechanics who as- sembled the parts for the car being so skeptical that they demanded payment every Saturday night for the work done that week.
 The initial run on July 4, 1894, was the elimination of long series of tests and experiments by MT. Haynes, dating back farther than 1893. The first car travelled S2 miles on a gallon of gaso- line. It moved slowly, averaging be- tween six and seven miles an hour, but that speed was considered marvellous then for a vehicle without horse.
 The first run proved to be the most important step in the improvement
 of transportation since the invention of the steam engine.
 i The first car was complete in all es- sential details. It had wire wheels
 cushion tires, a carburetor and a muf- fer, the last two being invented by
 MT. Haynes. It had two speeds for ward and as many reverse, for the
 new machine reversed by reversing the engine.
Arizona republican., 1918-06-23
AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY U,S, . BORN QUARTER OF CENTURY AGO

As a monument to the inventor and the great step in improved transporta tion he provided, the United States
 government has on exhibition in the
 Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D. C., the first American motor car.
 But the "horseless carriage" has not always been looked upon as a bene- factor of humanity. Those who first
 heard that MT. Haynes was working
 on such a machine declared it was a
 dream which could never materialize. The idea of such a conveyance was conceived while MT. Haynes was the superintendent of a gas company at | Greentown, Ind. His many necessary
 trips day and night, regardless of wea-
 ther or road conditions, led him to seek
 some more certain, less tiresome
 method of travel.
 He was a scientist and inventor of some note at that time, having been
 particularly successful in original re-
 search work at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass, and at
Arizona republican., 1918-06-23
CITY MEN HEAR BEST

II is a pretty well accepted prin- ciple of science that long disuse Of an organ tends to reduce its func- tioning power, and will finally elim- mate it altogether. Unused muscles become weak and shrunken, unused faculties lapse into atrophy, and even mental possessions which are not ex- ercised cease in time to be of worth or service to their possessof. While nature does not design that her gifts shall be abused, she has generously provided that they are not injured by ordinary and even exacting use, but, on the contrary, are improved and made more enduring by such treatment, whereas their nonuse is penalized by their partial or complete withdrawal. Fishes whose habitat is the darkened pool in a cave, where no light can penetrate, can not em- ploy the sense of sight, and thus, in the course of time, is evolved a spe- cies without eyes at all.
Arizona republican., 1918-06-23

,. KOKOMO, Ind, June 22-The auto smobile industry will reach the quarter Century mark of it's growth on July 4. .What is now Americas third great in- slustry dates from the invention of the first successwul American automobile by Elwood Haynes in 1893.
 Special significance is attached to she celebration of the event on the eountrys birthday by the important Contributions of the automobile world do the great war Airplanes, trucks and tanks as we'll as passenger cars, Are rendering important service in Helping win the war. And, without ex- -ception, they have been made possible Through the invention of the automo- Bile and the development of gasoline pngines brought about by the advance Df automobile engineering.
 Such is the position of what has grown from a mere curiosity to a world necessity within the memory of the majority of the fathers and mothers of tOdaV
Arizona republican., 1918-06-23

have so placed it in our plant that we will still be able to continue the manu- fracture of automobiles in reasonable quantities."
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-14
Senate Bills

These bills were introduced and re-
ferred in the senate:
MIR. Andrews: No, 2S9-A NH 10
define the rights of benetlciaries IN
certain life insurance policies and 10
exempt the proceeds thereof from
debts of the assured, Referred TO the
committee on Insurance and banking
Mr. Goodloe; No. 270-~A bill to
authorize the boards Of supervisors of
Wise county to borrow money aud 49,
sue bonds Of said county or any or
the magisterial districts thereof. for
a sum not exceeding $4,000, for the
purpose of repairing damage done hy
flood to the public roads and bridges
of said county, and to levy taxes TO
pay the interest thereon ana 10 Gre
ate q sinking fund for the payment
of such bonds at maturity. Referred
to the committee on special private
and local legislation.
Messrs. Bowers, Cannon, Gravatt
and Addison: No. 271~--A bill 70 APP
propriate 100000 Il constnu.e an
emergency military and defense fund.
Referred to the committee on finance
MFR. Goodloe; No. 2T2-A bill 10
authorize the board of supervisors OF
Lee county to borrow money and is
sue bonds of said county, or any Of
the magisterial districts thereof. for
a sum not exceeding $50, o00. for the
purpose of repairing damage done by
floods to the public roads and bridges
OF said county. and to levy taxes to
pay interest and to create 4 sinking