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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-23
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South American republic, the farreaching
value of immigration from Europe and
other parts of the world is evident.
Here at La Paz one finds a railroad GEN.
ire for three lines. The city is indeed the
pivot, not only for the Bolivian railway
system, but the centre of the future prog
ress of the country. La Paz is a rapidly
growing city; there are many fine buildings,
and the suburbs are rapidly building down
the valley AS in other American states,
the past history of the country has been
checkered, and there have been many
changes in which La Paz has shared. In
deed. the traveller will have pointed out
to him quite line Of cities and towns
which have been at some time the capital
of this land. An Engishman is reported to
have asked: Where is really the capital of
Bolivia p A Bolivian answered his question
by replying, The capital of Bolivia is the
back of the horse which the President of
the Republic rides"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-23
Mark ct Day in the Viii
lage of Meng- Ting

DOY CHAPMAN ANDREWS, who
IN was in charge of the Asiatic zoologi-
cal expedition Of the American Museum
of Natural History, writes in "Harper's"
of his journeyings through China in this
connection. In 108 different spots the
party pitched it's tents during the trip.
One of these was the Shan village of
Meng-Ting, where, the day following their
arrival, was held the weekly market. This
brought out, Mr.. Andrews declares, "the
most picturesque crowd of natives it has
ever been my fortune to see." He con-
tinues:
1T was group flashing with color, and
every individual study for an artist. There
were blue-clad Chinese, Shans with tattoocd
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-23

becomes acetic aldehyde. and this can be
done without any difficulty. 1t is still
more easy to transform this aldehyde into
acetic acid by oxidation; several processes
are known: they reviewed in the Bull
letin of the Society Of Encouragement
"On the other hand, acetic acid under
the effect of various treatments gives
ethylic alcohol, the spirit-of-wine. A long
time ago Berthelot pointed out the way in
which to perform the synthesis of alcohol
by starting out from ethylene. In reality
there are three methods of obtaining acety-
lene. They are due to the efforts of two
Frenchmen: Berthelot and NJ P Sabatier,
the famous chemist Of Toulouse
"Are these methods in use? 1t is said that
they are in use in Germany and about to be
used in Switzerland The essential thing
is to know what this will cost, especially
in times of peace. In war times one may
have recourse to burdensome fabrications
because it is indispensable to procure GER
tain products. But will the chemical in
custry of peace times be able to produce
alcohol at lower price than from grapes
and sugared materials in general? That
remains to be seen. This matter depends
to great extent on motive force"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-23
Let Waterpower Relieve
Coal.

TN VIEW Of the fact that thescoal short
age for next year is estimated by
the fuel administration at 80,0Oo,OO0
tons, the following proposition, by w. W.
Nichols, in "The Electrical World" Is
worthy of consideration:
THE common conception Of waterpower
development would induce the thought that
the application now is under high pressure,
and that, time being now the desideratum,
this development is impossible. On the con-
trary, there are many different kinds of
waterpower development.
"The year 1917 was one of inferior de-
mand in waterpower machinery, yet 1885,
600 horsepower of hydro electric machinery
was built and installed. This alone repre-
sents saving of 100000 tons of coal, be-
sides saving in production labor awd trans
portation. Ten per cent of the estimated
coal shortage of this year, therefore, would
be met if the industry could do az we'll this
year.
without building new plants there are
two ways OF hydro-electric development:
(1) BY increasing the capacity Of plants al
ready built. In this connection it has been
estimated that 100000 horsepower can be
developed in the next twelve months by cen
tai stations. CD Replacement of ma
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-23
Vacations at Cost in Cali.
fOrnia

WRIT1NG in "Leslie's," John l..
w Cobbs, Jr., describes novel plan
Tor recreation which has been worked
out successfully in the West:
"a two weeks vacation in the noun
tains for $3.50 is almost unbelievable in
these days of mounting hotel costs, but
that is what the city of Los Angeles offers
its residents at the city's municipal camp
ground. Almost every one can manage to
scrape up $3.50, and as an investment in
tn there is nothing that excels a trip
to the mountains. Last summer more than
$500 people who might not have had
vacation otherwise temporarily dropped
business and worrying about making a dol
lar buy two dollars worth of supplies. and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-23

legs and turbans of pink or white, and
Burmans dressed in brilliant purple or
green; Las, yellow skinned Li-sos, at-faced
Palungs, Was, and Kachins in black and red
strung about with beads or shells. Long
swords hung from the shoulders Of those
who did not carry spear or gun, and the
hits of wicked-looking daggers peeped from
beneath their sashes Every man carried
weapon ready for instant USE
Nine tribes were present in the market
that day and almost as many languages were
being spoken. 1t was a veritable Babel and
half the trading was done by signs The
narrow street was choked with goods of
every kind spread out upon the ground.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-23
Worlds Great Workshop Of Science

poles do not break off, Wood poles have
greater f1exbility, and this often relieves
severe load by increasing the sag of the
pulling span; but when the ultimate
strength is reached they snap, dropping
everything reinforced concrete pole. be-
cause of its greater Stiffness comes more
quickly to serious DISTRESS but although it
may be wrecked beyond repair it will only
pend. Even If it lets part of the overhead
touch the ground it almost invariably holds
up part, and SO keeps the attachments in
fairly good shape.
properly treated, concrete pole is of
pleasing appearance, but unfortunately.
with very few exceptions, in the making
it looks very unsightly"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-23

basic substance Of vinegar. The starting
point of this scientific operation which
may become an industrial operation is
acetylene.
THE operation is begun by heating in an
electric oven coke and limestone, which
gives carburet of calcium. The latter.
when combined with water, decomposes
into acetylene and lime. The acetylene.
when made to absorb one molecule of water.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-23

while the valve in the connecting pipe under
the base Of the tank is opened. The valve
A is then opened, and as the water rises in
the tank the air is compressed and forced
through the pipe d into the tire. After the
tire has been filled to the requisite pressure
the water is turned off, the valve is
opened and the water drained out to irrigate
the garden. The plug in the middle of the
tank is fitted with tiny glass-covered port
so that it may be determined when the water
level passes that point"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-23

world. AS the traveller gets his first
glimpse of it lying in the valley one thou
sand feet below him, with vertical walls
ten miles long and three wide, surrounded
with snow-capped mountains, it makes an
unforgettable scene. Five rivers flow
through the valley crossed by ponderous
bridges You descend to this city contain
ing 10000 to 100000 population (accord-
ing to the movement of the people,, in an
elect ic car line built by an American. and
throughout this land, as in many another
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-23

great cell-like Spanish structures in the
mountainous sections of Peru, seemed to
nave eorked up the cold for four hundred
years and their bleakness is absolutely i'm
p'egnaoie. No one who visits Bolivia in
winter can possibly imagine how any popu-
lA'lon could build houses with rooms thirty
isst long and sixteen feet high, with no ar
Engagements whatever for warming them, to
resist climate as cold as the United States
IN November or December. unless these
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-23
Bolivia, Where Even
Three Overcoats
Don't Suffice!

~LAYTON SEDGWICK COOPER
1 asked a certain gentleman
Z 4 whom he met coming out of
Bolivia wearing three overcoats
abat, he thought of the country. The
Gentleman answered grimly, II didn't see
snvthing of Bolivia. spent the whole
.me in the country in bed, which was
The only place found where | could
keep warm"
Mere staying indoors, however, seems
insufficient precaution; for, according to
Mr. Cooper, it's even colder indoors than
nut. Indeed" he says, writing in 1.-THE
South American
4the houses Of Bolivia, like many of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-23

chinery installed prior to 1911 This would
take care of an increased horsepower OF
100000.
BY these means 100000 tons of coal
would be saved in the twelve months in adj
dltlon to labor and transportation.
Power is now more than ever funda-
mental to our existence. The power short
age is national calamity, calling for a
broad national treatment"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-23
The Saddest Procession
of All

I'm AN article on reconstruction work
in France, Mary Ross writes in "The
Survey:
paris is the knot through which PASS all
the refugee trains from the north on their
way to tranquil French towns in Brittany
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-23
China's Newspapers

China has about 44o newspapers, with
an average circulation per issue Of not
more than 5000 copies. A Shanghai
daily, printing 10000 copies, claims to
have the largest circulation of any paper
in the Celestial republic-Gas Logic.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-23
Concrete Poles for
trolley Wires

quotations point to the substitu-
ton Of the concrete pole for the old
wooden trolley pole of the present
day. Not until 1910 did the rein
'0'ceo concrete pole, long matter of ex-
pertinent, become a reasonably practical
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-23
Tackling Alcohol in the
Laboratory

\ WRITER in ole Pays de France"
L "a discussing various methods for
procuring alcohol, notes:
alcohol, spirit-of-wine, may be syntheti
cally formed in the chemical laboratory:
the same thing is true of acetic acid the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-23
Taller Towers at Nauen
Station Increase the
Sending Range

T IMPROVEMENTS made in the WIRE
less station of the German govern
ment at Nauen enable it to transmit
signals $500 miles. 1t now has several
additional towers, ranging in height
from 800 to $50 feet, which are en-
ployed in transmitting wireless mes
sages. -- Popular Science Monthly for
July.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-23

the station canteens; the camions did duty
night and day carrying the refugees and
their luggage from station to station, to
the hospital or to Il temporary refuge"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-23

which added to their distinction. The lips
Of practically every other man and woman
were stained from the red juice, which is
IN universal use throughout India the Ma
lay Peninsula and the Dutch East Indies"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-23

vaiVe. A pressure gauge is fitted at
the top of the tank, and the air pipe
IS htted with valve, d, as in the
sketch. TO initiate tire the hose from the
al. AIR pipe is connected with the tire valve.
The valve in the outlet pipe is closed,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-23

This is best
q C c o m p ! ] shed
with an old hot
water boiler, az
illustrated. The
pipes A and B
are provided
W / t h separate
shut-of valves,
and lead into the
bottom of the
tank through q
connecting pipe,
which is also
provided with a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-23
Hitch Your Tire to a
Hydrant.

DUMP up your automobile tires with
air by the use of the water press
ure, if you are so fortunate as to live
in city where the water pressure is
seventy pounds or more, says R. j.
Midgley, in Popular Mechanics" And
he goes on to explain how it's done:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08

to obtain Other soldiers were coming home, and she thought he, too, should return It was letter that pulled hard on the soldiers heartstrings; and after pondering it's urgent appeal a few days. he slipped out of his place in the line one night and started homeward.
 When he reached the border of North Carolina his thoughts began to give him trouble He was a deserter. How would this fact affect his future? The longer he pondered, the more difficult appeared his situation, and at length be decided to return to Petersburg, and take his place in his company When he reached the lines, however, he was arrested as a deserter and soon after he was tried and condemned After sentence had been pronounced the soldier addressed the court-martial board. T am not afraid to die," he said, but I want you to look here" and he opened his shirt in front, and showed the scars of honorable wounds he had received in battle. T saw that man shot," said the officer who told me the story. &
 The story made deep impression upon me. I thought I knew something of con- ditions in Lees army at that time, but had never before received even inti- nations of such a state of affairs. For added information, not long after, l turned to the official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies pub
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stenographers and confidential men; with Dr. Grayson whose function it will be to keep the President well; with a Red Cross stewardess who shall take care of Mrs. Wilson's health; with redoubled presidential body guard; with high officers of the army and navy, and their emblazoned staffs,S and left behind at the station,- cavalry escoT Wnlch with flashing sabres and dangling spurs bad beat back curious mobs from the Presidents carriage.g
 CARE OF INNER MAN
 On the George Washington the Pres- ident found that his agents had acquit- ted themselves of their arduous duties with unquestionabfe efficiency. Aboard were 50 chefs, the chief and 15' hirelings of whom had been taken from the Hotel Savoy, New York. The President knew, as result, that the inner man would be well cared for while the mental was pre- raring for the gigantic tasks ahead. In addition, there were two bands of mu- sicians, one organization being equipped with brass instruments and the other with stringed. During the. dinner hour the stringed instruments will play those tantalizing waltzes which incite the ap- petite and later, the feet In the even
 ings the brass band will beat out mar
 
 from the wave.
 A staff of physicians to assist Dr. Gray son was aboard. A staff of erudite col lege professors, skilled in theory, was
 awaiting to keep the President posted
 on economies and history of ancient and forgotten things. There was the expert
 on the Balkans, on Russia, on Greece and Rome and the expert on internal prob IensS on nations dead and extant." There
 +se,t, ant on theory, and on theory tear them down; there were moral philosophers and pious theologians. These gentlemen, as result of concerted effort had amassed H. brary of charts and treaties and dusty tonnes officially declared to weigh sew eral tonsn It is safe to predict that the Presidents love of reading and pryins into unseen things will not be denied its fullest indulgence as the party braves the oceans breast.
 Tn the larder of the ship were vast
 stores of the most delicate viands. ant enough of the substantial to entertain those of the chefs staff who do not speak French This latter feature was pleasing to the boys in khaki drawn up at at tention on the front deck--and to the hundreds of sailors whof at that tint were climbing ropes and cleaning guns | in expectation of the signal "cut loose 1 And thus the democratic delegates rep | resenting the country which fought t | make the world safe for democracy set sail There was a crash of bras and a rat-a-ta- bum and the booming O
 single cannon. Mobs lining the wharve I set up brave cheer. The Presiden waved his hand, and Mrs Wilson wavei her hand; then MT. Lansing and MT White waved their hands. The Presiden lifted his hat, and at regular succeed l ing intervals his assistants raised thet
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Story of the Civil War

Henry Burrage, in Leslie's.
 Not long ago Confederate officer of high rank in the civil war told me a. story. I5e was referring to the reelection of President Lincoln in November 1864, and it's depressing effect upon the Con- federate army, and the southern people generally. They had hoped, he said, that General Mcclellan would be elected, since with his election a compromise with the north would be effected andfhe war brought to an end, But Lincoln was reelected. This meant war to the finish, and was so interpreted at the south. our soldiers began to desert," he said. land the only way in which we kept our army together after that was by military executions
 This was his story. A soldier inN North Carolina regiment received let ter from his wife describing home con ditions The children were SICK. Food was becoming more and more difficult
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state house and engaged in the work of his office.
 one hundred years pass, and Mir. Wilson sails for Europe on a palatial steamer bearing hundreds of atten1- ants ranging in importance from mlli- tary dignitaries to chefs and musi- cians--a steamer conveyed by super dreadnaught and IS destroXers. The richness and splendor of the Spanish Armada is outdone.
 THROUGH SENSE OF DUTY
 Tkere are very few people in Wash- ington, however, who hold with Sena- tor sherman, republican, of Illinois that Wilson goes to Europe to minSle with "the crowned heads in his ca- pacity of the crowned head of the United States; that he is consumed with his idea of his own greatness, and believes that if he cannot acquire perpetual domination, he is entitled at least to receive the homage of Euro pean millions. On the contrary, ths great majority believes that he goes more through sense of duty, through belief that he will be able Ito show the way" to Clemenceau and Lloyd George-to elucidate all their prob lens and cast a light into all the dark and mysterious situations incident 10 international diplomacy. Likewise, II is held that the outward and visible sign of p0mpOSlty, or lerGeSLlal SloiS, which the presidential party has as- sumed, is more the result of the nov ing finger writes" conditions as the result of the passage of 100 years than a desire on the part of Wilson to abandon the honest simplicity of Thomas Jefferson
 Iri espective of such views, however, it is a matter of interest, of news, per- haps, to consider the style of the pres- idential or diplomatic voyage, and the plans of the promoters of that voyage to secure comfort, dignity, safety, and to impress the nations of Europe with the potentiality of the United States. It is common knowledge that the Pres ident is aboard the George Washing ton, palatial in every respect; that he is conveyed by the Pennsylvania su- perdreadnaught, and 15 destroyers; that before reaching port of debarka- ton, his armada will be met by 10 topedo boats It is also known that he will be greeted at port by official France and amid the flashing of French sabres and through long ave nues of madly delirious people, he will be escorted to the palace of Prince Murat whose ancestors in the time of the first Napoleon were kings. While England, of all the allied nations, less effusive, has not as yet formally ex- pressed purpose to turn over to the President the palace of Buckingham. Italy has gone to the extent of declai- ing that while visitor to Rome, MT
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NEVER BEFORE DID. HEAD OF A NATION SET FORTH UNDER ER SUCH SURROUNDINGS Trip of the George Washing ton Goes Down in History
 as World Event "SENSE OF DUTY" PROMPTED WILSON
 IN MAKING JOURNEY Equipment of Vessel Is on Scale That Might Be
 Envied by Greatest
 Potentate
By HUGH ". RoBERrs

Washington, December 7-(Special) When it is recalled that the first dem- ocratic President declined to permit the conventional ceremonies incident to Inauguration, the visit to Europe of the present democratic President, with attendant features, can but indi- cate the revolution in ideas if not in fundamentals of government which this country has experienced within century.
 Thomas Jefferson, so history teaches considered it improper for an official servant of the people to permit tie mildest forms of flattery. When it came time for him to take the oath of of flee he mounted his horse, rode to the capitol. was sworn in as President; he thers.bvemounted, returned to his
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Wilson snail sleepgin the quirinal, the palace of the King, himself, and If deduction be accurate, so close to his imperial majesty that he might catch, in the stilly lshours of the night, the audible evidence of his slumbers.
 CAUSES ACRIMONIOUS DEBATE
 These facts have given rise to acri- monious debate inv Congress. Tha repub- licans cry, "He would be king of Amer iea." The democrats contend that such ceremonials are merely incidental, and are as displeasing to Mr. Wilson as to the average American of democratic in- stincts.
 It is the same variety of difference as that which asserted itself when the President seized the cables, and dis patched the numerically vanguard of press agents to the capital of France. The republicans contended that the President had taken possession, in time of relative peace, of the sole means of transatlantic transmission-for the pur- pose of furnishing through such medium and by his chosen staff of writers, that brand of information the dissemination of which he desired and denying public ity to any criticism of him or This mis- sion which might be expressed in the American Congress- It is the democratic viewpoint, on the other hand, that MT. Wilson seized the cables and dispatched his gentlemen of the press ahead in order that he might freely and fully and with the greatest facility, communicate with the local seat of government. The fact that on a special ship 800 other corre- spondents of the independent press sailed prior to the departure of the President is conteracted by the republicans con- tending that these writers, because of the governments control of the cables, can report only those things which the Pres ident, acting through his agent of pub licity, George Creel, might desire them to report.
 It is not so much with deductions drawn from Presidential arrangements that this story would deal, as with the arrangements themselves. The account of the equipment of the George Washington will perhaps, in full detail, never be written The White House has made no fact known. Little by little, however, things have been learned, for in prepar- ing for a presidential voyage, the agents, however discreetly they might proceed, can only with the greatest difficulty pre- vent talk and then publication. There is no question but that no man ever left American shores. or any other shores, in this or any other age, more handsomely and completely equipped by attendants of all varieties than MT. Wilson. In the day of his glory William Hohenzollern could not have sailed in more splendor, An oriental potentate might have pre- sented a more. splendid personal ap- pearance in ermine robe and diadem' But he could. not have surrounded him. self with greater or more complete evl- dence of power and office of high estate. The American delegates left Washing ton with their wives their manservants, their maidservants, their clerks and