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Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-19
By H. A. TARANTOUS.

Unquestionably the most serious
problem that has confronted engl-
neers stree the beginning OF the au-
tomobile industry has been to so de-
sign a car as to make it economical.
Upkeep has been retarding Unfit
ence even in the purchasing OF cars,
for the initial cost is hardly ever
given so serious consideration as up
keep. There are three factors Of
automobile upkeep which interest the
engineer and user alike. These are:
Tires, gasoline and repairs. These
three fundamental controls of the
cost of keeping car running are re-
duced almost in the same proportion
as the car is scientifically reduced in
weight. At the same time that this
all-important upkeep is reduced by
lightweight construction there comes
of necessity a sirnplihcation of the
chassis and easier handling.
The car of the future will be a
better riding car, lighter car, bet
ter performer, and paradoxical as it
may seem, a larger car than the
present one.
To Weigh Less.
J The light weight construction,
which is inevitable in the future car,
and which already is being used on a
number Of present models, may be
obtained in numerous ways all of
which 80 to produce vehicle which
will show:
/. Lower operating cost. The av-
erage cost should not exceed rail
| travel.
2. Lower consumption of fuel.
The average car should give so miles
per gallon.
3. Less tire wear. The average
tire should give at least 10000 miles
service.
4. Better performance.
All of these results may be accom-
plished for the benefit of the car
owner, the manufacturer, the roads
and the country as whole, through
the proper use of the correct mate
rails, the proper proportioning of the
weight OF the car, proper design so
that lighter materials may be used.
That this may be done to produce a
superior vehicle has already been
shown, since there are few cars
on the market which exhibit prac-
tically all the characteristics men,
| toned. In going over these cars
and in studying the subject of light
weight vehicles one will find that
there is greater use of alloy steels,
aluminium and pressed steel to sup
plant the heavier metals such as car
bon steels, parts of larger sections,
cast iron, etc. In other words. if an
iron part weighing SO pounds can be
discarded for pressed steel part
weighing one-third as much and do
ing the same or better work there
seems no logical reason why the lat
ter should not be used. At the same
time that a change of metal is con-
sidered the subject of cost comes up.
In some cases an actual saving may
be made by the substitution, but in
others it means an increase in cost.
However, the point to be carried in
mind is that the initial increase in
cost usually is slight compared with
the aggregate savings due to the ac-
complishments of the lightweight
vehicle.
More Wood Used. -
A short time ago it was suggested
by one engineer that the BODY could
lbe made OF plywood and the frame
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-19

conservative scientist, given only to
publishing his discoveries and MAX
ing no unsound conclusion there
from. Professor Percival Lowell,
was brother of President A. Law
renee Lowell Of Harvard, the as
tronomers of which university, in
cidentally, never agree with Profess
sor Lowells conclusions about
Mars. Professor Lowell always de-
clared that he made no surmises in
stating that the lines he saw on
Mars were the result of intelligent
construction, but the facts them
selves lead to no other conclusion
than that Mrs was inhabited. Prof.
Lowell, who was man of independ-
ent means, endowed his observatory
at Flagstaff, and his Mars works is
being carried on there by DR.. V. M.
Slipher and other scientists who
were Professor Lowells associates.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-19
Finds Two-Headed Snake.

Waynesboro, Pa, Oct. ia
baby snake with two separate and
distinct heads was found by S. E.
Fitz, a local fisherman. The heads
are divided at the neck and each is
thoroughly equipped to function as
a head-tongue, fangs, eyes and all.
Fitz made the discovery following
a battle with a mother snake. He
was wading in Conochegue creek
when the old reptile attacked him.
with head uplifted and Kissing like
escaping steam. Fitz killed the
snake and took it to the bank, where,
after dissecting it, he discovered the
freak
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-19
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speaking, than we are, and, if one
may, carry out Prof. Lowells con-
illusions, the inhabitants of Mars
will certainly cry out for water
when they signal back to the earth,
for Mars is desert, Prof. Lowell
contended, and is slowly but surely
drying up to the point where life
will eventually be extinct-a fate,
incidentally, which scientists also
predict for the earth and other
planets not already dead.
Previous Reported Flashes.
Speaking from the standpoint of
an astronomer, Mars A. Baumgardt,
in charge of the astronomical OBJ
servatory of w. A. Clarke, jr., said:
II have read with interest of Prof.
Todd's balloon experiment, and /
Judge that he intends to attempt to
signal Mars by means of mirrors.
Several years ago there was re-
port that signals or flashes had been
received. from Mars. Doubling not
that such flashes had been actually
seen, it was later generally be-
lieved that the flashes might have
come from the reflections on large
seas of ice or snow at the polar
caps of Mars. l do not believe that
Prof Todd intends to try to do any
actual telescope studying OF Mars,
because he would gain nothing for
his purpose by going $4,000 feet
nearer Mars than the earth, and also,
the instability of swaying balloon
would make any telescope work
impossible. A telescope ouch as Mr..
Clarke's six-inch glass on West
Adams street was placed on an iron
frameu ork which rests on con-
crete base deep in the ground, and
no part of the frame touches the
building on which it stands. The
rumbling of wagons or cars on
West Adams street would affect the
stability of the telescope were it not
so placed, so one may see from this
that moving balloon is impossible
for any but signaling purposes"
Astronomers Interested.
Those who decline to follow the
conclusions of Prof. Lowell that his
long observations of Mars proved
the existence of intelligent life there,
admit, however, that the discoveries
at Flagstaff aroused lively inter-
est among astronomers as to what
is taking place on Mars, that inter-
est taking its lates form in the bal
loon trip of Prof. Todd.
The Encyclopedia Britannica de-
clares that, apart from the sound
ness or unsoundness of his conclu-
sions, the work of Prof. Lowell
placed him at the head of all Mars
authorities. Therefore, to the Flag
staff astronomers views one must
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-19
Skeletons Unearthed on
Massachusetts Beaches
BY International News Service.

Gloucester, Mass, Oct. 1.-two
skeletons have been unearthed on
the beaches here.
One skeleton, apparently that OF
a young woman, was found at
Wigersheek beach. Another skele.
ton, that a man, was found on the
same shore by two boys.
Pieces of wood. in which Ions
nails had been driven, were found
around the skeletons, as if the
bodies were originally in a box.
Nothing to identity the skeletons
was found.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-19
Death Punishment Resumed
for Murder in Missouri
BY International News Service.

Jefferson City, Mo-. Oct. 49,
After having been abolished for
practically two years, death punish
ment is again in vogue in Missouri.
At the last session of the legisla-
ture a bill restoring capital punish
ment for murder was passed.
Despite much agitation against
the passage of the bill. it was passed
by the solons, who believed il wouh
aid in the prevention of crimA
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-19
More Wood Used

A short time ago it was suggested
by one engineer that the body could
be made OF plywood and the frame
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-19
HELLO MARSH SIGNALS TO GO FROM FORT OMAHA
AND SCIENTISTS EXPECT TO GET RETURN FLASHES
Prof. Todd Will Attempt to Rise $4,000 Feet
in Biggest Balloon Ever Built---Leo Stevens
to Be Pilot---Expect Ascension in Near Fall

hat Mars Inhabited Firmly Believed Soundes Scientists the World
"Wo aThirst Says Lowell Without Water the Canals
Being Convey Melted Ice From the PoHas Little Specific Gravity and
Elephants Could About Like Gazee Feet Will Take Aron
"VacuumThey Will Have Oxygen
Height Enable Rise Above Dust Aura of
4 Upper Atmosphere
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-19
Elephants Good Jumpers.

Fighting for life as the inhabitants
of Mars must be, according to
Professor Lowell and remembering
that ditch can be dug seven times
easier on Mars than on earth, the
construction of this immense net
work of canals was task that could
be and was accomplished. There
we're no mountains to dig through,
and as an elephent on Mars could
jump as easily as a gaelic, think of
what the workers with intelligence
could accomplish in their desperate
fight for water! The GASES are some
rs miles across, giving sufficient
space for living and the means to
live, and those may will be the cities
of Mars.
A Sound Scientist.
Prof. David Todd, who plans to
make the balloon trip to study
Mars, has been director of the AM
herst (Mass.) College Observatory
since 1881, and has been at various
times in charge of government as
Economical expeditions to Tripoli,
Barbary, Russia, and the Andes to
study the eclipses, and was chief Of
the Mars expedition to the Andes in
1907. He is a member of all of the
leading astronomical societies Of the
world. and is regarded as sound
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-19
Of the remnant of water that each
year gathers as snow and ice about
the poles"

OF the remnant of water that. each
year gathers as snow and ice about
the poles"
People Worth Knowing.
Prof. Lowell writes: Thus, not
only the observations we have scan
ned lead US to the conclusion that at
this moment Mars is inhabited, but
they lead US to the further one that
these denizens are of an order whose
acquaintance would be worth the
making. =
Whether we shall ever converse
with them in any more instant way
is a question upon which science at
present has no data to decide. More
important to US is the fact that they
exist, made all the more interesting
by their precedence of US in the path
of evolution. Their presence GER
tainly Gusts US from any unique or
self-centered position in the solar
system, but so with the world did
the Coperniean system, the Ptol-
emiac, and the others survive. this
Geposing change. So may man. To
all wEo have a cosmoplanetary
breadth OF wind it cannot but be
pregnant to contemplate that we
have warrant for believing that such
life now inhabits the planet Mars. y
Last Spark Of Life.
"a sadder interest attaches to
such existence-that is, cosmically
speaking-soon to pass away. To
our eventual descendants life on
Mars will no longer be something
to scan and interest. It will have
lapsed beyond the hope Of study or
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-19

which, passing through the canals,
brought vegetation along the canals
of life. Prof. Lowell also discov-
cred immense double canals and
GASES or functions. Canals to the
number of SIS had been charted up
to 1908.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-08-18
Bureau of Fisheries
(F etchikan Chronicle)

(f etch1kan ChrOn1Ce)
 For everyone in Southeastern Alaska where all ested in the fisheries, is annoying, discouragine and disgusting to learn of the allotment of the funds of the Bureau of Fisheries, for the purpose to which they are to be put this season It is as convincing argument anyone might need to show Congress the folly of attempting to industry from 5000 miles away, by competent per sons much less by inefficient underpaid clerks Fisheries is given $1 0OO which is to all in tents and purposes for the protection of the fisher ies of Alaska, to patrol the streams, to educate the public in the proper and handling fish, and for the of the fur seals of the Pribiloff islands.
 For this work appropriation of million dol lars would be adequate amount, even if distance the national capital But when the Government only allows $125,O00 for this enormous work and then inefficient clerk, Bureau chief with hobby sets aside $90,O00 of that money to build bone factory or fertilizer plant the Pribiloff islands, leaving $35,0O0 to protect tho fisheries along coast line of more than 25,0Oc miles, to say nothing of the thousands of miles of nayigable streams, it is too much.
 It simply makes the old-timer of the North squirm once more and he has wnced good many times in his life indignity, hardship insult have been heaped upon him by upstart officials and misunderstanding Congressmen.
 But let not the occasion go by without regis tering with the Bureau of Fisheries at least pro test for its division of the funds placed in its
 There probably is question that the Prbiloff Islands are entitled to their bone factory that the Government should build one, but do so al, the expense of all the rest of the Territory when there needs far more demanding, gives the thou sands of persons engaged in fishing just cause for complaint
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-08-18
Important Mining Experiment

Dawson News)
 The exeeriments being conducted near Dawson of thawing frozen goldbearng gravels with cold wa ter are of importance this camp and the entire Northland. If the experiments prove successful, as they now promise to- it will bringing into workable reach of low grade auriferous graves not now possible to handle at profit
 Hundreds of miles of low grade graves near Dawson alone. have lain idle these many years be- the of thawng the gravel would have been higher than the value of the gold which would have been recoverable. In many other parts of Yukon Territory the same condition exists The will be heard. Throughout Alaska and Yukon, and in the frozen of Siberia where gold is penti- ful, low grade gold bearing grounds have been un- touched because of no knowledge of thawing them at low enough cost to afford profit on the opera tions @
 The cold water thawing experiments give prom ise of eliminating entirely the heavy expense of heating water by wood or other artificial means, IS. and consequently reducing the costs of thawing to vast extent. Some even claim the costs can be cut in twain, while others are more conservative. All concede if the saving be only 10 to 20 per cent it will tremendous gain, and an immense saving the heavy expenditure here annually, One company here has burned high 35,000 cords of wood year, costing, laid down the ground $1O to $14 cord. Millions of dollars have been spent in thawing gold bearing gravels of this camp A small percentage of saving on those would have netter many fortune
 dus of fifty miles of Dawson, has estimate of s2o000ooo0 in placer gold yet unmined That estimate applies to workable gold under ,n the . old half tenth and the increased poentiali- ties of this camp will be great The same promis-
 
 which tributary to Dawson
 Many of the low grade gold creeks worked to extent by hand and some scarcely worked at all be made productive if the cost of thawinc be sufficiently reduced by methds.
 The process will be watched with keenes interest throughout the North. Individuals well as the big companies all make the experiments at little cost and effort. It may pay them hand somely. Old abandoned claims and idle creeks might yet be opened by the wholesale and bring a speedy new era of prosperity to the Yukon. Now is the time to try 1t out
 The nations need the gold, and Yukon has it. Only the frost intervenes. In Yukon victory frost will be second only to the victory the Huns.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-08-18
JOYFUL NEWS

The word from Washington that Delegate Gr1gs by is preparing a full Territorial form Of GoVerh- ment bill for Alaska and that he will press It aS a matter of paramount importance to the Terrltory will be hailed by Alaskans with profound pleasure There is issue important to this people as that of sef-government. Aaskans should have con tro of Alaskan matters. The government Of the people should be brought home to the people
 The fisheries and questions, the manage ment of all local affairs, the selection of sheriff and other peace officers and full local county gov ernments should be in the hands of the people o Alaska. No people understand the needs of coun try like those who live in 1t and under the law made for them And matter how hard officials may strive how just their government, how faii sincere may be their efforts, there will alwayS be dissatisfaction long they are not answer able to those whom they
 Government in Alaska will be satisfac tory, and there will never be a maximum of content the part of the people until the highest possible measure of home rule is secured for Alaska
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-08-18
CLEMENCEAU'S ULTIMATUM

It is of Cemenceaus ultmatum to the Ger mans which in this comment It is his ultmatum to the French of which he delivered himself on his recent visit to the devastated re- gions.
 You must not suppose that, just because the treaty of peace has been signed things are to fall back into their accustomed order without tremendous effort your part
 You must think you can leave everything to be done by the Government. Without individual effort without the development of personal genius and the cultivation of the talent for initiative by every man and woman governmental aid will come to naught
 You forget that mo country es capes the law of work"-"that in the of the brow thou shalt thy bread"
 We wish that the "Od Tiger would come over to America and stump the country this platform. France is not alone in its need be warned that there is no escape from that elemental law.
 All over the world there abound indubitabe evi dences or the hallucination and there is some other way to live than by ceaseless struggle anG foil, and America is exception the rule.
 What it springs from heaven only knows. Not scintilla of evidence for this delusion exists any single page of human history No scheme device nor invention has ever for a single moment released us from the pressure of that law Our labor saving machinery has only shifted burdens from our hands to dur feet or from our backs to our brains. single principle of our natures if noth- ing else. must hold chained to our tasks. No sooner do we find way satisfy existing needs by easy effort than develop needs of other kinds and must stick to toll to produce their sats factions.
 And yet all thoughtful minds are staggered by the prevalence of the belief the part of men and women that work is unnecessary and calamity if not a curse.
 The "Old Tiger" knows that any one who thinks is fool and that any who tries shirk the tasks imposed upon him by the necessities Of his life on earth is knave.
 We consider this desire to shorten. unreasonably. the hours of labor; to skimp ones work; to get for nothing; to Let George do it. as fhe fundamental evil of the day and peril of the
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-08-18
SHRINE DANCE TOMORROW NIGHT
 AT ELKS' HALL
Nob|es of Mystic Shrine To Stage Informal Dance Including Snappy Vau-
 deviIIe SpeCiaItieS

"The Shrine dance tomorrow even- ing at Elks Hall is going down in local history of social functions, as one of the biggest, best, brightest, bang-up dances and entertainment ever staged on the banks of old Gas inoaus Channel is the breezy, brist- ling with-joy statement made by Lou Harding, president of the southeast ern Alaska Shrine, to the city editor of The Empire this morning. Just remember the four B's," he said, as he extended the staff cordial invita- ton to be present.
 The fine dance auditorium of the Elks will be indescribably beautiful in its array of Alaskan wild flowers with here and there a colored light to enhance the beputy; several rat ting good vaudeville specialties will be put on-the kind with a punch" that never fail to tickle one; the glorious Shrine punch. now aging in the slaves of oak, will give you a re ceipt in full for every penny you owe
  cially arranged and rehearsed, will move to rythmatic action even the pedal extremities of an elephant; the novel program of dances will enable 9very one to keep on their course; the big, competent boor committee If fourteen, will see that no one, un- less they so desire, sits out a dance; he little red fezes of the Nobles and he handsome gowns of the ladies will add charm to the scene; in fact every detail that goes to produce m enjoyable, neverto be e-forgotten 9vent-one that will be pleasantly re membered by all present, has re- ceived the closest attention by the Nobles of the Shrine.
 Remember the date of the big event Tuesday evening, August 19, at Elks Hall, Juneau. Any Noble of the Mystic Shrine will gladly give you an invitation. Step lively, ye seekers of ioy and make reservations to join the great caravan which starts to move across the hot sands of the des- ert to the Land of Mecca promptly at nine o'clock Tuesday evening at Elks Hall.
 Every Noble must wear his fez. in addition to the Mystic Shrine smile; failure to do so will subject him to heavy fine.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-08-18
Luke McLuke Says

Luke McLuke Says
 After five years of married life a wife has a harder time realizing her husbands worth than she has really ing his worthlessness.
 If you are big enough fat-head to take up busy mans time, don't apologize for it. The apology will werely waste a little more of his time.
 Ever notice that man isn't very choice in the language he uses when he knows he can lick the man he is talking to?
 It might we well to remember that hanging a horseshoe on the door will not bring you as much good luck as hanging paddock on your lips.
 The man who always leaves undone those things he should have done seldom leaves unsaid the things he should not have said.
 Funny how a half dozen years of married life and few children can change bright, classy girl into a dull kitchen mechanic
 There is no nature faking to f when a girl has Corn Fod legs and 9 flat chest. But there is nature fakins going on when girl has canary bird legs and a 3Sinch bust measurement
 Some men wait so long to make sure that they are right that they never get ahead
 We once heard of a man who told the truth and nothing but the truth all the time. And when he wasn's in the hospital he was in jail.
 Once upon time there was a IT. year-old youth who didn't imagine that he knew more than his father But he was too good for this world and he died
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-08-18
CAPT. MUSTARD RETIRES
 TO PRIVATE LIFE AGAIN

Capt. J. D. Mustard. formerly 8 practicing physician at Nome, who was a Juneau visitor for time last month, was retired from the army August 4, and was spending a few days vacation at Seattle He ex- poets to leave shortly for an eastern trip, and will return about October to relocate. probably, in Alaska Dr. Mustard was among the first of Alaskans to enter the army after the declaration of war, and served from the beginning with the rank of Cap. tain in the Medical corps.
 Give us your next order for trans fer work or coal. Juneau Transfer
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-08-18

Paragraphers engaged in the campaign to mako Wilson unpopular still quoting Senator Brande- gees statement that the President pocketed the treaty with France and attempted to prevent the American people from learning its terms while IL was known to all in Great Britain Yet the treaty word for word it printed in Great Britain printed in full in all the afternoon Associa ted Press papers the day before it appeared in the London Times campaign based on deception carried far.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-08-18

nation We abhor the person or any age or sex of any station in society calling in life who does not live to put forth effort to overcome obstacles; to blow to spin, to weave buy, to sell, to write pr sneak or paint or carve, do his share of the necessary work of the world. Hence these recent utterances The sTiger" never spoke truer words