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New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
The Liberty Starter

THE Liberty starter is an air motor and
l. compressor in oae- While acting as &
starter 1t runs as four-cylinder air
raotor, cranking the aeroplane engine
through train Of gears inclosed in its
transmission.
At the end of the transmission Is q final
drive that connects direct to the crankshaft
OF the engine. This drive runs continually
e. engine speed and operates q small pump
which furnishes pressure for the gasolene
feed. After starting the engine the Lib
erty starter automatically disengages and
remains so until needed for furthe, uge
either as starter compressor.
In order TO keep an adequate air supply in
the tank the starter is engaged as a COM
pressor by pushing button on the control
valve while the aeroplane engine is running
at low speed.
When engaged the engine must be speedcd
up to 1900 to 1400 revolutions q minute
At 23o pounds pressure the compressor au-
tomatieally disengages. There are over nine
hundred Of these starters in use on planes in
this country, and the United States Mail
Service is installing them wherever possible
Now the Liberty starter is ready for for
eign service. 1t has been thoroughly tested
and in every instance has shown itself the
best type of aeroplane. First, it is light,
weighing but thirty pounds; second, it is
compact, measuring eight inches long; third,
it is efficient, cranking the aeroplane engine
at $50 revolutions a minute or more, and re-
plenishng its own energy in thirty seconds.
less than any other device known; and
finally, it is simple; az there are no pipes
leading TO the aeroplene engine, this leaves
the engine in its natural state. The tank
weighs twelve and one-quarter pounds,
making the complete outfit forty-nine
pounds.--Frsm Aerial Age Weekly.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03

7ised FOR the purpose, the recedng waves
could not clear the blades efficiently.
"To those who have not experimental
with float mounted on such a body of
water as TO give it appreciable power
whenever waves were produced, such as on
rivers, lakes. or perhaps on the ocean
shore, it is probably a little difficult to
perceive that such a power plant as Tho
will develop any really appreciable amount
OF energy. The reader may form a good
idea IS to just how much power even ii
small wave viii give by an instance whicA
the author noted not long ago. In this
case, the float (on the shore measured
ABOUT lox20 feet and was used US 4 launch
landing on a river milc wide Whenever
one of the steamboats, plying this river
passed at distance of half a mile. l. G.. in
mldstrear, the waves created from the
sidewheels of the boat were sufficient,
when they reached the shore, to oscillatc
the float Con which rested one end of
fairly long and heavy gang plank with
surprising power, and to give an idea of
just how powerful this action was, it can
be stated that with four people. weighing
about six hundred pounds in the aggre-
gate, the float was thrown rapidly up and
down on its guide poles distance Of about
four feet, much as If it had been merely
an eggshcll resting on the water By conf
parison it is easy to see that the ocean
waves which arc much more powerful on
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03

ent rate, ranging from 200 TO 400 flashes
per second. These five tiny shafts Of inter.
mittent light travel side by side in close
array until they fall upon the sheet OF
printed paper. There they produce line
of luminous dots just the size of the letter
Il II. now, selenium tablet, connected
with q battery and telephone, is placed near
this shining line the light from each fash
ing dot produces current in the seleniun
which surges to and fro at the same rate
as the flashing of the dot, and each dot thus
produces its own musical note in the teic-
phone. By converting, so to speak, tho
light into electricity, seIenium bridges tho
gulf which ordinarily separates seeing FROM
hearing.
"Now what happens when the line of
dots passes across printed letter? Some
of the dots will fall on the Write spaces.
The notes corresponding to these will con-
tnue sounding in the telephone. Others
VIII fall Oh the black body Of the letter,
These notes will be silent. And as the let
ter Is passed the chord changes and the
letter, SO to speak, sings out its name A
word sounds like succession of harmonies
and discords, mixed with squeaks and twit-
ters The characteristic sound of each let.
ter must be learned. 1t can be done in %
fortnight, and another six weeks practice
sufhces for learning to read with accuracy.
Speed comes later. So far the record is
some ten words minute, but this will
probably be more than doubled soon. It IS
found that typewrtten letters, and even
letters written by hand, in imitation or
type, can be deciphered with the optophone.
But, for the present. it sufices that tho
printed literature of the world is once moro
open to them that dwell in darkness
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03

on poles and most Of the poles have been
planted by the French. But inside the she'll
torn section that stretches at least four
miles from the front wires have to be pro-
tected by being buried from six to eight
feet deep. so that only q direct hit by
large she'll will disturb them. Within half
a mile Of the front not even this protection
is sufficient as the shells churn and re-
churn the ground. Therefore all wires in
this zone are duplicated and are strung
along both sides Of the trenches. Some
times trench wall is covered with wires.
These hundreds of lines back Of the front
are joined into main lines or cables, which
hold from twenty to fifty circuits. Accord
ing to the present increase Of our forces in
France it will not be long before we will
need probably 10000 miles Of circuit, and at
least 12.5oo men will be necessary to keep it
open and in repair.
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though the air was thick with the fumes
and reek of the explosives.
Still our men, who had put in such siren
uous work for so many hours, were glad
when they were ready to get away, and
left the front line to 60 down the COM
munication trench with as little concern
munication trenches and the second and
reserve lines are always constantly bonl-
barded during an attack to try 20 prevent
reserves coming up to the front line.
Fortunately they all got out without q
scratch, but they dropped a quantity OF
their "tackle"-hammers, saws, airpipes,
shovels and the like-n their hurry, as I
discovered afterward when left after fir
ing the mines.
In order to blow up this mine to form
ready-made communication trench the
charges had to be laid in a series, equids-
tant and Of equal amount, except for those
nearest our own end, which for safety's
sake were made lighter. These charges
were connected up electrically in series
and in parallel so that there could be no
possible doubt Of their exploding as soon
as the exploder, or battery, was used. To
make doubly sure q fuse had been at-
tached. SO that if the electrical connec-
ployed.
The disadvantages of the latter method
in case like this is that the rate of the
fire travelling along the safety fuse is one
foot in 80 seconds. AS our nearest charge
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
Tunnel Warfare: Preparing for the Attack

with these operations is to ventilate the
galleries and yet avoid the noise made by
mechanical ventilators or fans As the
"stemming'' has ito be passed from hand
to hand to insure quiet, the number of
men necessary in gallery hundred yards
long is so considerable that the air is
rarely good enough to allow q candle to
burn.
In this instance we were also without
electric lamps, and the. work had to be
done almost entirely in the dark-at any
rste, during the last twenty-four hours.
at 1880 a. M, and the mines had to be ex-
ploded at 4:29 a.. M, so that the infantry
might rush forward under cover Of the
smoke from the explosion. II was very
important, therefore, to have our watches
set to the exact time Of the Brigade Head
quarters, so that there would be no con-
fusion and that our infantry might not
start too early and be hlsvn up by our
own mines. The strain Of the last few
minutes was very trying. The seconds
passed like hours.
However, we had had one difficulty On
top OF another to contend with, and it was
4:25 a. m. before we were actually ready to
fire. So that we had only four minutes 20
spare.
By this time it was raining shells and
trench mortars all around, and in the
darkness before dawn the vivid flashes of
our own guns, as we'll as those Of the
bursting German shells, blazed out even
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
Casing gGernns
in Books

4 LMOST the first thing to meet the
~ eyes of French hygienists in their
wartime campaign for protecting the
younger generation was their old enemy,
the circulating book, we'll known as car
rier Of disease. The many obvious solu-
tions Of the problem shared one disadvan-
tage: while killing the germs they de-
stroyed the book also.
For the method perfected by DR.. Mar
soulan and now practised in the Institute
for Wounded aud lnfrm Workmen, at Mon
treuil it is claimed that for one fourth Of
cent for each book and with safety to
operators books can be sterilized without
the slightest injury. Two pieces Of very
simple apparatus are used:> bester and
q disinfector.
The bcater is long box open at one
end and communicating at the other with
an ordinary stove. Inside of the beater are
wooden rods so arranged that the turning
OF handle will cause them to strike on
the books placed on sliding frame. AS
the rods beat the books the heavier parti-
cles Of dust fall out into tray of disin-
fectant below, and the lighter are car
ried by an exhaust fan Co a stove, where
they are burnt.
The books are hung, open, by spring
clips from skeleton framework. and
wheeled into the disinfecting chamber,
which is equipped with tank containing
a solution Of formaldehyde. The tempera
ture is raised to 1900 F., the formaldehyde
kills the germs and the fumes are carried
off by funnel.-From Popular Science
Monthly.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03

out from our improvised shelter feeling
that We had failed
How pleased we were 10 meet cheery
captain we went along the front line
toward the communication trench, who told
us the mine had exploded splendidly. The
captain was now in the same state of sx-
citement awaiting his time to lead his
men over the parapet and across 70 the
German lines as we had been waiting for
4:29 a. nl
He was the captain Ct the second line,
which was now manning the front line
trench, while the front line fellows were
already in No Mans Land and lying hid
den in a ditch
At last the moment arrived, and the
order to charge forward was given. Away
they rushed across the open and in less
than half an hour had taken the first three
lines Of German trenches. The sappers.
too, had rushed out, and with pick and
shovel were busy making the connection
blown by our mine into g communication
trench by which ammunition and reserves
could be brought forward to the lads in
front.
This work brought to light the fact that
we had blown in German gallery within
four feet of our own and had killed at
least four Germans by the explosion-how
many more there might have been in their
demolished gallery one could not say.
For our part, tired out by the exertions
of the previous few days, it was not long
before ne were back at billets and fast
aslecp
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
wv Y1TH the idea in mind Of utiliz-
w ing the vast power resources
'. Of ocean waves, Z. T. Stod-
der of New RnchelIa ]

DER, OF new hOCnelle, N. T.,
has invented "wave motor" which is
described in 'The Electrical Expert
menter" The illustration here re-
printed shows how the device would be
installed. The EXperimenter" says of
the idea:
The basic idea of this wave motor in
wolves the utilization Of the powerful lift
ing force exerted by the waves as they
rise and fall, and to this end the inventor
proposes the use of large steel float mem
bers, each float in commercial sized ma
chine TO measure about so feet square,
thus giving an area on which the wave can
exert b lifting action Of $500 square feet,
while number Of these floats can be
placed along the pier as our illustration
shows. At each end Of these float mem
bers, which are alright, Of course, there
are two steel cables which lead upward to
specially devised air compressors, so that
no matter in which direction the float
rises or falls efficient work is performed
by each and every movement Of the float.
"All Of the compressed air generators
connected with the cables from the floats
are connected. with main pipe line, and
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
Trucks to Pump Out
Trenches

MEN in the trenches have made a
AvA feeble effort to save themselves
from rheumatism and pneumonia by bailing
out the water with buckets. The British
army is now employing trucks to pump out
the flooded trenches.
The new apparatus consists Of 32-horse-
power, four cylinder gasolene motor mount
ed in the body Of motor truck, and con-
nected to dynamo furnishing current by
flexible cables to three motor centrifugal
pumps.-From Popular Science Monthly.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
H0l7 NJ
UnsunS Heroes of the War

I'm the battle of Seicheprey it is said the
Germans concentrated their artillery
FIRE on the American telephone and
telegraph wires, which were in conse-
ouence cut many times.
But our boys were not to be beaten in
that way, and almost as fast as the enemy
shells disrupted them the men of the Signal
Corps, in the face of the heavy lombard
msnt, restored the wires.
It is heroic work, that of the daring line
men who fix battle telephones, and one of
the most important Of all scientific ends OF
modern warfare, yet outside of the service
il is rarely mentioned.
When the fighting begins over the top
sith the charging infantrymen go the line
men, generally with the second wave, in
charge Of an observing officer. Immediately,
in magnificent disregard of danger, they be-
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03

gin eoolly to string lines behind the ad-
yancing first line, SO that the artillery may
he kept informed Of the advance or told to
concentrate their fire on a certain Boche
sun crew who, in we'll protected position,
are making things obnoxious for our men.
Usually the linemen as quickly as possible
make for point where they can establish
20 observation post, and as they pass on
and through the enemy's barrage they un-
roll their line. One of them carries q field
ssiephone through which he somehow man
sges, it the din OF battle to make himself
acard.
That telephone is like battle fag, and
many q man goes down with it, only to
have it picked up and carried forward by
another member of these nop-combatant
troops whose only business is to serve, not
10 fight.
When the battle moves forward rapidly
and the telephone and telegraph wires have
10 be moved at top speed TO keep up with
the advance the Importance of the signal
service is demonstrated in g way as i'm
pressive as the onward rush of light artil-
ieEy going into action
When division moves to another position
with 1t SO two cable wagons, carrying cable
wnlea is attached at one end TO permanent
Aae They are autocrats in their way, these
wiremen, and no one is permitted to inter
.ere with the swift execution Of their work.
iney have the righ. Of way over troops and
supplies, and at rapid trot dash through
'ne roads, the men on the wagon paying out
lae cable. Back Of the wagons ride men on
horseback who with hooked sticks toss the
cable into bitches and behind hedges, out
q Inc way OF troops and transport wagons,
while further back other horsemcn tie the
hAe and make it secure.
Iaey are in tho forefront Of every ad
vance, and in the retreat are sometimes the
'ast 70 leave the front line, where they stick
% the end of their wires under terrific
sneil fire until ordered to rejoin their COM
mands, if they can get through alive.
raging yet No Mans Land is swept by con-
s'ans artillery FIRE, when the night is dark
ana when the troops huddlc in their
trenches and dugouts to keep warm and
escape the stray enemy bullets, somewhere
~ sae battalion headquarters signal ofice or
sasont where the hundreds Of wires from the
Nsshcnes and observation posts centre and
"here the receivers hum with the constant
.'einors Of world under fire. lineman
~anges In corner rolling cigarette.
The wire to b Battery Is down." the
him.
All right, SIR is the answer. And the
nan climbs on. of the dugout, repair kit
S'sr MS arm and tin hat on his head
~ the trench he finds the wire that Is
s10Sen and begins to follow 1t along. It is
gps work; shells are dropping thickly; but
y eossn's mind much. He follows the wire
G sg1n communication trench and then for
aeaE tiise into the open, where he has to
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03

the average, would exert an infinitely
greater power. In the case of che aoat
just cited. the work expended by the waves
amounted TO 2,4oo foot-pounds, or consid-
cradle over one foot-ton. The Aoat was
capable of lifting much greater weight
than that mentioned, but this will serve
as practical example to show the great
water"
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
By Lieut.. ]. c. Roscamp. r. E.

~ A@'Sot' - ~ ANOoSoA4APs A\' -.
This is the second of three crti-
cles by Lieutenant Roscamp on the
hazardous acoa.k OF those under-
ground fighters, the tat,,mellers.
"HE tunnellers had been busy day
and night putting in the charge OF
explosive to blow the mine. 1t was
small undertaking, for the gal
lery in which it was laid was over a hun
dred yards from the shaft or outlet and
only measured about 3 feet high by 80
inches wide.
All the explosive had to be carried very
carefully and placed in position, and the
Boches were working SO close to US that it
was imperative to make no noise or the
whole business would be given away. After
the explosive a quantity Of "stemming,"
consisting Of sandbags we'll filled with clay
and rubbish, had to be built up to prevent
the force of the explosion following the
line Of least resistance and simply expend-
ing its force along our own gallery and
probably damaging our own lines.
This particular mine Was 50 close to the
German trenches that you could hear the
rife bolts click as they unloaded after
firing. Moreover, with view to blowing
ready-made communication trench the
mine Was close to the surface that the
concussion from the explosion Of even the
and anywhere near US put all the candles
cut.
One Of the creates. difficulties connected
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03

70 the shaft was some forty feet off It
would have been necessary to leave q
length sufficient for minute Or two oil
the fuse to allow the man who lit it to
get out, and, as have pointed out, we
were tied down to minute. Of course
it could have been done with instantaneous
fuse, but it would have required all the
length TO the shaft top from each separate
charge, and as the tunnel was exceedingly
wet this would not have been practicable
AS it was, we had twelve leads" or
cables coming out of the shaft top which
were all marked and numbered so as to
prevent any mistake, and all brought to
point behind thickish part of the para
pet, where we rigged up few stout poles
and props as covering at any rate against
splinters.
Here we crouched and waited the time
when our watches should point to 4:o9
a. N.
The time came at last, and we pushed
down the handles of the exploders. So
great was the concussion of the shells
dropping at the time that I thought the
charge had failed, though such a charge
or series of charges as we were firing was
sufficient to shake down dugouts several
hundred yards away.
To make sure we hurriedly changed the
connections on the batteries. using three
exploders for each separate charge. and
then when our minutes grace was almost
up we gave up troubling further and came
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-03

states that delivery is delayed several hours. That feature will also receive attention.
 "It is thought that after the service has been in operation for a time 1t will work smoothly and prove satis. factory In any event this appears to be the only practicable arrange ment under present conditions.
 ''In regard to the withdrawal of the steamer Dora from the route be- tween Seward and Nushagak, which is referred to in Governor Riggs tel"- gram l have to state that practically the same conditions prevailed on that route as on the other routes, except that the rate demanded by the com pany for continuance of such trips as if saw fit to make were prohibitive Fortunately another responsible party. A. II. Smith of Portland. Ore. con sentcd to inauguratc service on that route, and contract has been awarded to him for continuance of monthly service.
 Yours very truly,
 tSignedD OTTO TRACER. Second Assistant Postmaster Gen
 eral"
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-03
Enlisted Men Who Are Unfit for Service
 Want Recognition

SEATTLE. Oct g. National rccog- milton in the way of some button or insignia for soldiers who have offered their lives for their country, under gone the training and hardships of camp, and through no fault of their own discharged as physically unfit for service. is sought by Granville" Hawkins of Kansas. former priyat" at Fort Lawton.
 Hawkins was honorably discharged after amputation of an arm as the re suit of q railroad accident He feels that action by th" war department such as he proposes. would show to the world that these discharged sol diors are not slackers or unpatriOtiC but entitled to tn" sam" cOnsid"ra- tion as men in uniform Al present he says. many such men are pushed aside when seeking employment
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-03
SUMMONS-No 940

In the District Court of the Territory
 of hlHeli1. Third Division William
 McFadden. plaintiff. va Mary Me
 Faddcn. defendant The President of the United States of
 America, erecting to Mary McFad.
 den, the ahOVe-namcd defendant:
 You are hereby required to appear in the district court of the territory of Alaska, Third division. within thirty days after the completion of the publication of this summons, to wit, within thirty days after the 9th day of November. 1918, and answer the complaint of William MCFadden. the above named plaintiff in the ahOve-cntitlcd cause, which is an aC- tiOn for divorce in one of the cases prescribed by law. wherein the pl0ntin prays an absolut" divorce from you. forever dissOlvinE the bonds of matrimony existing between vOu and the abOve-namcd DlaintifI and you are hereby notified that if you fail to appear and answer the said complaint as herein required the said plaintiff will take judgment against YOU for want thereof. and twill apply to the court for the relief demanded in his said complaint as hereinabove set out.
 The order for the publication of this summons was duly made and entered on the 5th day of June, 1918. The date of the first publication of this sum mons is tn" 2Sth day of September, 1918, and the date of the last puhli- cation thereof is the 9th day Of No vember, 1918
 Witness the Honorable Fred M. Brown judge of said court and the seal thereof, this Eth day of June. in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eighteen. and of our Independence the one hundred and forty-third.
 ARTHUR LANG, Clerk.
 By C. II. WILCOX, Deputy
 (Seal of District Court for the Territory of Aloska Third DivisionD
 R. F. Capers and B. O. Graham. Cordova. Alaska, attorneys for plaintiff
 Date of first publication, Sept 2S, 1918.
 Date of last publication, Nov. Q 1918.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-03
Christen Battery of Guns in Honor of
 Governors Wife

OLYMPIA. Wash. Oct , Cover nor Ernest Lister has been notified by Lieutenant J. De Brion, command. CT of the Fifth battery. 55th regiment of French artillery. that the first group of his battery has been christ ened in honor of Mrs. Lister. Her name is painted on the gun barrel All the guns in the battery, said the officers letter. have been christened in honor of prominent French and American women