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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-05-09
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You'll find Sloan's Linimene
softens the severe
rheumatic ache

Put It on freely. Don't rub It IN.
Just let it Penetrate naturally. What q
sense OF soothing relief soon follows!
External aches, stiffness, soreness.
cramped muscles, strained sinews,
back "cricks"--those ailments can't
fight off the relieving qualities Of
Sloan's Liniment. Clean, convenient,
economical. Ask any druggist for it.
Putnam patriot., 1919-01-17

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Putnam patriot., 1919-01-17
HAS A WAR
 SOUVENIR
Ernest Chandler Given Dented Whistle By
 Overseas Officer
Soldiers Appreciate Night Officers
 Kindness to Them.

An officers whistle dented by a lunge from a German bayonet and which protected the wearer from a more serious wound than that he really received, is in the possession of Patrolman Ernest l.. Chandler, given him by an overseas officer who passed through Putnam a few weeks ago. Patrolman Chandler, whose father, the late Moses Chandler, was veter- an in the civil war, and whose own son, Wilfred, is in an overseas con tingent, is thoroughly patriotic and believes that while Wilfred is receiv- ing favors and being helped by some one over there, he can do favors for somebody else's boy on this side.
 So it has been pleasant thing for him to visit night trains of overseas soldiers that pass through Putnam and distribute pocketful of cigar cites, some chewing gum and stamps to mail letters for the soldiers who COulu not itttN ' Atit AAA9 9t
 One night he collected nearly a hundred letters that the men were anxious to have mailed, and very few of the letters had stamps on them. Patrolman Chandler explained that he would mail them all preferring to buy the stamps as his contribution to the comfort of the men. An officer in charge was so appreciative of Mir. Chandler's generosity that he asked without waiting for Mir. Chandler to reply he unlocked whistle from his blouse and offered it to the patrol man.
 That whistle saved me from a more ugly wound" said the officer. "We were in action and l turned just in time to partly ward of lunge from Hun bayonet. It got me on the left shoulder and ripped the flesh down to the bone, but had it not been for the whistle and chain which were attached to the lapel of my shoulder, the bayonet would probably have smashed my shoulder entirely"
 He then turned back his blouse and shirt and showed the ugly gouged scar that was only partly healed.
 Patrolman Chandler asked the off cer his name, and the man said he would go into the ear ahead and get one of his cards. but before he could return the train started and the pa trolman is still ignorant as to the identity of the officer
 Patrolman Chandler carries the whistle with him each night on his beat, and finds it valuable in signal ling to other patrolmen.
Putnam patriot., 1919-01-17

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Putnam patriot., 1919-01-17
HAD RECEIPT FOR
 LIBERTY BOND
Also a Check Book and Roll of
 Bills
Patterson Alleged to Have Robbed
 Man He Offered to Befriend

A man giving the name of James Patterson, who said his home is in Webster, was arrested by Sgt Julius Cordier in a Pomfret street restaur- ant Tuesday morning after Webster officers had notified the police here that the man was wanted for turning out the pockets of Charles Sparhawk in Webster. When Patterson was searched at the police station, police say, a check book on the bank of North Hempstead, Port Washington, x. r., receipt for a liberty bond made out in the name of Sparhawk, and over a hundred dollars in money, were found on him Police say the liberty bond receipt had been tucked into one of his shoes.
 According to the police Patterson and Sparhawk had been together in Webster Monday night and Sparhawk had said he would go to a hotel for the night. Patterson is alleged to have invited Sparhawk to his house.
 About o'clock Sparhawk felt chil- ly and looked around for his overcoat, which was missing. Further investi- gation showed his money, liberty bond receipt and some smaller arti- cles missing. Patterson had also dis appeared.
 The Webster officers traced him to Putnam and after he was located by the sergeant he was taken back to Webster Tuesday afternoon.
 He walked right out and turned around several times-and walked right in again. That's what Daniel Mack did He got out of Brooklyn jail Monday, according to the police, and after visiting a while in Putnam found Main street worse than the deck of a ship in gale or the saddle on a hucking broncho for maintaining an equilibrium. Sgt. Julius Gordier took exceptions to the practice of a minuet right on the main thorough fare and took Mack lover there. v Then Mack appeared in city court Tuesday morning and Judge Geissler presented him with costs of court and thirty days somewhere in Brooklyn.
Putnam patriot., 1919-01-17
ORDER NITRATE
 BY JAN. 25 Farm Association Calls Atten- ton to Date Whitman Danielson, Elected Seere- tsry In Place of Rev. MT
 Harrison.

Order for nitrate of soda for use by farmers in this county cannot be received later than Jan 25. This is the last day set by the government for receipdng orders at $S1 a ton and those desirous of obtaining 1t should reme mber to communicate before the date mentioned The soda is priced at the loading point, which will prob ably be New York. C. & Hyde, Brooklyn; C. F.. Pomeroy, WilIiman- tie, and Howard Peekham, Wood stock, have besn named by the asso- eiation as special committee to receive orders and arrange for the shipment of the soda Application blanks can be obtained of this committee or at the othce of E. " Ellis. county farm agent, Union block. Putnam.
 Rev Fosdlek B. Harrison, who has been secretary of the association since its organization in 1915, resign ed at the meeting of the association Monday night He has done excellent work ,n that position ana had helped to adu n great amount of interest ia the efforts of the association, and in recognition of this the association ex- tended vote of regret at his resigns tion. Whitman Danselson, Putnam, was elected secretary to fill the ya- cancy.
 This executive committee was elect ed: Everett F.. Brown, Pomfret; {; Whitman Danielson. Putnam; " iliiam Nj. Gallup, Woodstock, Henry Dor rance, Piamfeld; c. B. Pomeroy, Willimantie; W. S. Spokesfeld, So windham; C. s. Hyde, Brooklyn.
 Finances and plans for the associa- ton for the coming year were dis eussed and it was reported that the association this year will devote much time to getting the production cost of farm products, particularly milk, that the farm owners may have a real baS- is for establishing their prices.
 An extension school of four days will be Feb 25-6-7-S in Grange hall, Abingdon. and two day extension school will be in the brick hal1, East Woodstock, the first week in Febru- ary. At the East Woodstock school only women are invited to discuss home economics.
Putnam patriot., 1919-01-17

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New-York tribune., 1919-06-08

pride in their crane is indicated by
the fact that an accurate history of
it has been kept. AS the writer
goes on to say:
Fortunately, the story of the old
Rhine Crane has been preserved for
the present and future generations in
cluding the 'Kranenbucher from 1911
TO 1743.' in which is told all that con-
Germs the crane. In these books one
may read the town councils yearly rec
ord OF receipts and expenditures.
"Important as these documents are.
there are others as interesting; for in
stance. the original drawings of the
builder. Another record of absorbing
interest is a parchment bearing two
seals Of the year 1854, with the follow
ing inscriptions:
Archbishop Adolf Won Coin sane
tlons the building by the City of An
dernach of new crane house on the
Rhine, August Is, 1904
"In the following year the building
of the crane began, reaching compile
ton in 1857.
That there was a still older crane
on the bank Of the Rhine at Andernacl
is understood from the decree Of Adol,
Won Coin, in which he speaks of build
ing new crane-housc, an indirect
reference to an earlier hoist. Accord
ing to the 'kranenbuchcr,' the olde,
crane dated back to the year 1911
There are no historical records extan
to show whore this earlier crane stood >
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08
Like Shark?

- HARK MEAT is delicate in flavor
and texture, and sharks are plen-
tllul In certain parts Of Florida, but
the fshermen de- not catch them be-
cause they are not salahlc. The
nome demonstration agent of Mon
roe County, Florida, decided last
winter on an effort to establish in
favor this fish now under the ban.
At her request fisherman caught
one, bnt warned her that no one
would eat it. Undismayed, she in
Vlted large company Of women 20
home economies luncheon at which
was served a fish salad When all
had tasted the I'd she asked for a
va" as to how many liked it and
wanted the recipe. Without cxcep-
ton the women voted their hearty
approval, and thus proved to them
selves that their prejudice was
without foundation.-Am Food
JOuru0i
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08

stallations. Whatever the position of
the defectors the vessel is steered by
carrying helm on the rudder in the
ordinary way.
In practice it is stated tha, so
degrees of helm is generally sufficient,
though with ordinary rudders to 3S or
even 80 degrees may be used When the
defectors are partially closed to the
neutral position, a vessel carrying helm
turns on an axis somewhere about her
middle, without moving ahead or
astern, and under helm when the de-
Electors arc fully closed she turns while
going astern. Rudders of this kind
have been tested with satisfactory re.
suits on 50foot $50 horsepower Ad-
miralty launch and on various boats
up to eighty feet in length, and work
is now in hand for fitting them to YES
sells with prorellers up to eight feet
in diameter. For large propcllers the
only new problem to be overcome is
considered to be mechanical one.
the principle being the same as with
small ones. 1t is also thought that
under suitable conditions the rudders
can be applied to twin screw vessels.
while with triple screws the middle
propeller can be fitted with them and
used for man~uvring in the same way
as with n single e-screw vessel"
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08

training fields as to which aviator
first shot the other, when both showed
hits on their film This necessitated
the introduction of some form of time
indicator. At present the gun camera
in photographing a hit also registers
the time on the same image.
ut was believed at first that the
aiming of the gun camera would have
to be done mechanically, and one had
visions of intricate gears and other
mechanism. But the problem of aim
ing was solved by a system of mirrors.
"The gun camera is properly regis
tered with relation to the sights of
the machine gun to which it is at
tached by first sighting the machine
gun on point definite distance
away and then moving the camera so
that the point of the bisecting lines
of the 'graticule' fell exactly on the
point where the gun was sighted. Suit
able clamping members then insure
the accuracy of aim.
'In place of the explosive force of
the usual cartridge, something had
to be introduced in the gun camera
for driving the mechanism. The de-
signers in the present and latest
model have made use of a spring,
which is wound with a handle similar
to that employed in winding phono-
graph motors. The spring is fastened
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08
4 Real Gem

THE crane is more than CONNER
cal, labor-saving device. 1t is an
architectural gem, as much pains be-
ing taken with its ornamentation as
though it was an abbey or schloss
TIE stonework is seen to-day in its
original setting. 1t has not required
restoration. Some of the interior wood
work. however. has had to be replaced
t. make good the ravages of time.
"A view Of the interior mechanism
gives an interesting insight into the
engineering methods of the sixteenth
century. The main pillar Of the crane
j. an immense oak beam more than
ten metres high. 1t is set in basalt
socket and supports the arm of the
crane, which travels IN wide arc.
Leaving the interior arrangements
for view OF the exterior, it will be
seen that the crownins glory of the
attic is the cornice, which is enlivened
With a dado of running acanthus
leaves, which give late Gothic effect
As the coronation differs from the
heavier decorations or the ground
WORK, so the light cciling cornicc is
in studied contrast to the chief cornicc
and, while the eye follows the pleas
ing convolutions of the leafy orna-
men,s. 1t slides involuntariy upwarc
'ronl one decoration to another until il
includes the mcdallions, and rests
finally on the laurel-adorncd Tnapera
iorcnkopfe'
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08

directly to the shaft that turns the
Geneva cross movement which causes
the intermittent action of the shutter
and film shifting mechanism each time
the gun is fired. The film is standard
motion picture stock, and in the gun
camera it travels from a spool in the
small end of the magazine, past a
light trap where it is exposed and
thence TO a reel five inches in diam
eter at the larger end of the maga-
zine, where it is stored until developed.
Each gun camera is ordinarily pro
vided with three magazines, which may
be loaded in daylight.
The hits are recorded on the
motion picture film. The
crossed lines serve to indicate
the accuracy Of aim with relation
to the arplane photographed the
white clock dial indicates the exact
time even down to the second. A
glass plate called a 'graticule' is inter
posed in the lens barrel at the focal
plane Of the lens, which means prac-
tically in contact with the film The
graticule carries the crossed lines and
circle, which are photographed in each
image recorded. The developed images
serve to indicate whether given shot
would have proved vital or not in
actual combat
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08
That S0-called Gun Camera

and each exposure called for a manual
operation.
Then the United States entered the
war, and among other things the mat
ter Of q satisfactory gun camera came
up in due course. AS rush Job, the
British gun camera was not at all bad,
but after a while the American camera
designers came forth with an idea for
making the gun camera separate
device that might be attached to any
standard Lewis gun. In that manner,
they pointed out, it would be possible
for an airman to obtain more realistic
training. Again, more realism called
for a camera that could make 100 ex-
posures at one loading, and like the
machine gun could fire in bursts and
continue firing automatically as long as
the trigger was under pressure.
"The gun camera in its perfected
form weighs only thirteen pounds in
all and has a lens barrel but eight
inches long and two and half inches
in diameter 1t is of metal construc-
tion throughout. The film magazine is
oval shaped. 1t is fitted with a Lewis
gun magazine lock. which serves to
fasten the film magazine in place.
"Soon after the gun camera was in
troduced arguments arose at the
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08

its parent society were derived from
Paris, where, earlier in the same year.
The Aeronautical Society had on ex-
hibition at the Champ de Mars a sim
liar airship, measuring 1874 feet long,
thirty-four feet high, and twenty-five
feet wide, constructed from the de-
sign of NJ. Lennon, a French officer,
who was to have ascended with seven
teen passengers and set them down in
Hyde Park four hours later.
80 confident were the promoters of
the success of this enterprise that one
of them took up his residence in
Sherrard Street, Golden Square, to be
at hand when the airship arrived and
supervise the return journey.
Unfortunately the balloon burst
while being filled, and the crowd-esti-
mated to exceed 100, ,o00-rushed in and
tore it to pieces. A fragment Of the
envelope is preserved in Vol. " of
'Aeronautica Illustra.a' in the Patent
Office library.
The Eagle here illustrated was an
enterprise of the same company, which
now was known as The European
Aeronautical Society," and the designer
and chief Snowman as Count de Len
noX.' The Mechanics Magazine duly
IS, 1880 provides some interesting
measurements. The balloon or gas
holder was covered with 2.40O yards of
cotton lawn. thoroughly varnished to
make it alright; its capacity is SAID
to have been 1000 cubic feet. The
car. or packet boat, is 75 feet long and
feet high. the framework of wood
with strong netting all around to pre-
vent any Of the crew or passengers
from lalllnG out.
The vessel was to be propelled or
directed to favorable currents of air
by four wings, each formed of eighty
movable flaps of vanished lawn EN-
cept an allusion to the cabin contain
ing the machinery no information is
the propcllng force. The sails at the
ends were for steering, or alternatively
to add to the propelling force by tax
ing advantage of favorable winds. A
careful examination of all the printed
matter relating to 1t has not disclosed
how-if in any manner--the ship
moved. The whsela or rollers under
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08

day evening early in September 70
Nauxhall Gardens, and an ILLUSTRATED
broadside printed and sold by G. Smet
ton was reissued, Now exhibiting at
Vauxhall Gardens being substituted
for Which is shortly to ascend from
Kensington.' A rumor that It had bee.
destroyed was contradicted, but it VII
ultimately seized for debt By tts
Sheriff of Middlesex, and removed Is
three wagons, a newspaper (the cutting
not identifed) commenting: 'BehoA
the farce of the bottle conjurer over
again.
81 have failed to trace the subst
quent fate of the Eagle. 1t was %
exhibition at Vauxhall on Septembef
-, when an ascent in twelve days time
with Count Lennox. his wife, and SIX
other persons, was promised; but
have been unable TO discover anything
further
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08

n T WAS for some time a question
with the men and officers of tho
A. British fleet whether or not the
Germans were flying aeroplanes
from the decks or turrets of their
warships and whether they had
done anything in the development of
the aeroplane- carrying ships Of the
type Of the Furious, the Argus and
the new Nindictive. A member Of
the Allied Naval Commission in Ger
man waters recently wrote:
"Those who saw the German ships at
close range when they were brought
over to surrender for internment had
little doubt about the first point, and
any one who had a chance to observe
the Germans themselves when they
were in sight of one of the British fly
ing machine carrying ships had the
answer to the second.
German light cruisers, battle-cruis-
ars and battleshps showed no evidence
either of carrying aeroplanes or of hav-
ing been equipped to carry and fly
them. The very evident astonishment
which the Germans displayed at the
sight OF aeroplanes perched on the tur-
rets of British battleships and battle
cruisers, or on the revolving platforms
of the light cruisers, made it practi-
cally certain that they we're gazing on
q sight entirely new to them. Even
greater was the excitement they dis
played at the sight Of the British car
ricr' ships. Few of them saw the
Furious and Nindictive-the only two
in the line Of the Grand Fleet the day
Of the surrender-at under three miles
and at that distance even their fine
Zeiss and Corr glasses would not have
revealed much in the way of details.
But when the squadron of 'Kaiscrs
were being escorted up to Scapa for
internment by the division of Iron
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08
The Tube to France

PLANS for a tunnel under the
English Channel. discussed 50
frequently during the last sixty-odd
years, are now on the verge o.
materialization 1t is ANNOUNCED
that England and France are in per-
feet accord on the subject, and tha'
war experiences have robbed It's op'
ponents Of most of their contentious
From an engineering standpoint no
serious difficulty is tlcpated'
through the impervious gray cnaS
underlying the channel bottom ele'
trio drills will doubtless find eaa
and rapid progress.
The plan calls for two 2o-too'
tubes, side by SIDE, connected a.
short intervals by cross opening"
a drainage tunnel underneath as
poses of seeaage water. At 'ns
centre of its len~~th the tunnel dips
to its lowest grade for one mile, con,
stituting a water lock which doula
be flooded from the shore in case o
military necessity. The total iens'D
from near Dover to a point bet"ee"
Calais and Boulogne will be thirN
miles, of which twenty-five VIII !"
95 to 175 feet below sea bottom. ~
channels greatest depth over ''
proposed course is $50 feet. Esti'
mates allow five years for con'pie'
ton. at cost of $l00.000,ooo. Eies'
trio trains will make the passage -
forty to forty-five minutes, glv'"s,
England direct access by rail TO -
parts of Europe. A
Popular Meckanics
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08
1T WAS necessary that combat
aviators have aerial target

Ut WAS necessary that combat
aviators have aerial target
practice-hardly anything is
more necessary, the majority of
airmen agree. So British technical
experts rugged up a Shooting cam
era" and, as usual, American genius
enlarged upon the idea until, shoot
ing with cameras, the prospective
combat fier knew just how efficient
he was as an aerial marksman.
"The Scientific American" takes up
this interesting phase of aviation
as follows:
in casting about for suitable meth
cd of training aviators in aerial marks
manship it was the British who first
introduced the so-called gun camera
This device in it's early form was
simply camera patterned after 8
Lewis gun, with long lens barrel in
place of the usual barrel. The gun
camera was then a cumbersome con-
trivance; it's operation did not simulate
that of a genuine Lewis gun; it car.
ried plates for twelve exposures only
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08
Where the Hun Fell Down

Dukes the Argus, which was out in
the Firth doing trials came gliding
out of fog bank and passed the Ger
man line, on opposite courses, at
distance of not over 1900 yards. The
monstrous loom of her fantastically
high freeboard, the unbroken run of
deck which was almost as large as
polo field, the smoke yelling up from
under her stern, the aeroplane diving
for landing, combined to form an
apparition, which seemed fairly to
carry the Germans on all five of the
ships off their feet with excitement.
They could be seen tumblng up as
though Action Stations' had been
sounded, gesticulating excitedly and
snatching glasses from each other. They
continued to line the starboard rails
and gaze wonderingly into the blank
smother astern long after the Argus
had been engulfed in the shifting fog.
Evidently the Huns had been gazing
on something new at least SO far as
their own experience went"
In the opinion of IAN eminent
r. A. +. officer, a member of the
commission" this did not constitute
an evidence of a lack of enterprise
on the part Of the Germans. He
said:
"The fact that we had practically the
complete control Of the surface of the
North Sea pinned their naval heavier
than-air machines--those of the Ger
man stations, | mean, which, unlike
those in Belgium, were not able to fly
to England and back---to strictly
defensive role. They were perfectly
sound in not spending lot of time,
material and money on swift carriers, >
like the Furious and Argus, which
would have had small chance of ever
getting within striking distance of the
British coast. For the work they had
to do-long distance reconnaissance or
attacks on British mine layers or mine
sweepcrs, as the case might bc-pow-
erfully cngined seaplanes, flying from
coastal stations, supported by a few
fast aeroplanes, also working from the
land, were better than anything else.
They were quite right in putting the
effort we put into aeropla carrying
! ships into improving their scaplancs.