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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-28
Finoers of Naval Stations On
Shore Give Angle, Mathe-
mates Does Rest.
WAR NECESSITY MOTHERED IT
Navigator Who Wishes to Know His
Latitude and Longitude Sends Out
Wireless Message and Listen
inc Stations Give Bearings.

New York.-FOgS, clouds and storms
are losing their terrors for naval men.
In the not very distant past a ship
that could navigate when the sun was
hidden became the subject of wild sea-
faring tales, but the radio direction
finder has eliminated many of the per-
lis due to the absence of the sun. To
day navigator who wishes to know
his latitude and longitude has only to
send the following wireless message:
"This is the (ship's name). Where am
-" And the data supplied by the
various listening stations will give him
his bearings. The wireless direction
finder is not a new device-finders
were patented as long ago as 1907
but war developments have empha-
sized the value of the instrument for
general navigation, says a writer In
the New York Evening Post.
1t consists of loop of wire at
tached to receiving machines. When
messages are being received the waves
set up current in the two sides of the
loop. If the waves strike both sides
of the coil equally there is no differ
ence in voltage. But when the waves
strike the coil in such manner that
there is a difference in voltage be-
tween the two sides of the coil the re-
ceiving machines indicate the extent
of this difference. BY making 9athe-
NAUTICAL calculations based on this diff
ference it is possible to determine the
direction of the ship which is sending
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-28
SIGNIFICANT Fossil Remains.

The question of the origin of the
West indies will be decided. scientists
aver, when the Indigenous animal life
is found to be related ndisputably to
that of the South and Central Ameri-
can mainland. But mammals, which,
being wingless, could not have flown
over the intervening seas, are unfor-
tunateIy the most poorly represented
group of the higher life of the Antilles.
For this reason much scientific inter
est attaches to recent expedition to
Jamaica, backed by the American Mu-
scum of Natural History, asserts an
article In Popular Mechanics Maya
zine. Believing that the West Indies
once had a much larger mammal in
habitation than today, the expedition
concerned itself with the excavation
of fossil fauna from the islands lime
stone caves. Many fossils were found,
several of them new to science.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-28
Man of His Word Is Freed.

A man of his word. despite having
served a term in the Fort Leaven-
worth penitentiary. David Blatinkoff
of East Detroit, Mich. left the Kings
county court free man after plead
ing guilty to petit larceny.
Blatinkoff was indicted for forgery
two years ago. District Attorney
Lewis lodged a warrant at Leaven.
worth for the mans arrest when his
sentence expired. and several days ago
was notified that Blatinkoff's time
there was up. The district attorney
directed that Blatinkoff be put on his
honor to report to him. Yesterday
Blatinkoff walked into his office. Coun-
ty Judge McDermott gave Blatinkoff
a suspended sentence.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-28
He Wouldn't Stop
Work for Wedding.

DISQUALIFICATION to duty
prevented Nicholas Alexander,
cook, from taking an hour off to
get married.
His fiancee, Isabelle NJ. Sahay-
cav, applied at the county
clerks office for a marriage IL
cense and, in response TO the
clerks question as to why the
bridegrOom-to-be had not come,
she said Nicholas was too busy.
She said further that they had
agreed to marry a year ago, but
they had a quarrel and Nicho-
las tore up the license he had
taken out.
After long and mature DELHI
Grafton Isabelle came to the con-
cluSion that she had been wrong
and that If she did not admit it
she ran a good chance of losing
Nicholas forever.
She went to him in a penitent
mood and found him receptive,
but on one point he was ada
mant. He would not leave his
work for a minute TO get mar
ried, and if she wanted to be-
come his wife she had to take
out the marriage license, engage
Il minister and bring him to the
kitchen where the ceremony was
to be performed. They were
married.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-28
After Pirates Gold.

The ever-stirring lure of pirates
gold has started another little band
of adventures off to Cocos islands,
where. at the bottom Of a snug little
harbor, are said to lie huge brass
bound treasure chests. In little
craft of 60 feet, the eight men who
form the expedition have set sail
from d port on the Atlantic seaboard.
The central figure in the group Is
Andrew B. Cullen of Haileybury. Ont.
who is the owner and operator of
the instrument with which he claims to
be able to discover any kind of
metal, and upon which the pro-
moters depend to find their fabulous
riches.
Another essential figure is one Nc
Grath of New York, the promoter of
the venture They will be accom-
panied by a prospector of Swedish
descent who is said to have discov-
cred book and maps in the Hudson
bay district of northern Canada
which contains directions as to the
approximate location of the hidden
riches of the pirates of olden days.
The instrument is expected to do the
rest
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-28
RADIO GUIDES
SHIPS IN FOG

in relation to the port which is re
ceiving.
In order to locate the ships posi-
ton exactly the data from at least
two receiving stations must be com
pared and it is desirable that another
station send its data to check the ac-
curacy of the finding.
War Necessity Mothered It.
Especial attention was paid TO the
development of the radio direction
finder during the war when many fight
ing ships found that fog was almost
on a par with submarines as a naval
menace Experts thereupon expert
mented to discover a certain method
of giving a ship her ''reckOning" when
the sun was Obscured. The radio di-
rectiOn finder in it's most modern form
was the result. 1t is now proving its
great usefulness in time of peace
Merchantmen are constantly using
our stations to find out where they
are" said naval officer. II should
say that for one warship that calls for
its bearings there are ten privately
owned vessels. Our radio direction
finding stations are really becoming
public service Institutions"
The navy has erected and is operat-
ing stations at the entrance of almost
all of the large commercial ports in
the country. There are several sta
lions near New York harbor, including
Montauk Point, Fire Island, Sandy
Hook and Far ROckaway. On clear
days the men on duty at these posts
have more or less of "Sinecures." but
on fOggy day they are constantly at
work directing ships which have gone
astray. All the listening stations
transmit their information to head
quarters and headquarters tells the
skipper where he is.
Some elderly naval men were skcp-
teal about the radio direction finder
when the navy department first intro
duced the device, but one experience
with the instrument usually sutfices
to convince them of its worth. Re-
Gently a new destroyer left Norfolk.
Va. bound for Newport, r. I-ordi-
narily no great feat of navigation.
However, the compass was new and
untried, and the captain and the navi-
eating officer prayed for clear weather.
1t Beats an Erratic Compass.
Despite their prayers they ran into
heavy fog. and from the time they
left Cape Henry until they sighted
the reef lightship at the entrance TO
Newport they could see nothing. New
ertheless. the run was made without
mishap owing to the directions sent
out by the finding stations, and on
landing the officers, who had been
skeptical, were converts. 1t was dis
covered later that the magnetic COM
pass, by which they would have steered
under the old methods might have
brought them to grief, for it showed
an error of more than ten degrees.
eve are handicapped in extending
this work." remarked the naval officer,
Shy lack Of personnel. In fact, we've
been compelled to close up one or two
stations recently owing to shortage
of men. But eventually we hope TO
have a station at practically every
moderately large portland that 1
think. will cause making port in fOgs
to be considered a very ordinary and
not at all dangerous achievement"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-28
SAFETY OF THE AIRPLANE
Passenger Can Expect to Fly Million
Miles Without Danger OF
Accident

The airplane is the fastest machine
man has ever built, but fast as it u.s.
it has not yet caught up with its repu-
tation for danger. That reputation
was acquired when the plane was In
its infancy, when man was just be-
ginning to master the air and In the
mind of the average man it has not
yet been downed.
The British air ministry collected
statistics on all commercial flying in
that country for the last seven months
of 1919. The results amazed even
pilots and engineers. who long had re-
garded the risk in flying as negligible,
says the New York Sun. The figures
covered 1880 flights by 403 machines
Of total time in the air of S,o6S
hours. during which time $4,000 miles
were Travelled. In all this flying IN
good weather and bad. one passenger
was killed in every 1906 passenger
hours in the air, To put it different
ly. single passenger might expect to
fly about 1.1S0.000 miles-forty-seven
times around>the world-before becom-
ing the victim of fatal crash. That
sounds utterly absurd to the land
sturm, yet the British government
stands back of the figures.
The pilots who tested experime' tai
planes did stunt flying and ran other
unnecessary risks showed 4S death
per 1000 hours. as compared with the
passenger rate of .06 per 1000 hours
Coming nearer home. figures COM
piled by the postoftice department
show to the end of last year 100000
miles flown with loss of three pilots.
These pilots, of course. ran many
risks. for they carried the mail through
rain, snow and fog that blinded them.
Even in training pilots the figures
are exceedingly low. From the he
ginning of the war until the end of
1918, 1850 men learned to fly in the
United States air service. They spent
705. 243 hours in the air. One man
was killed in every 2.310 hours, or
one TO about every 10000 miles. With
these positive proofs of aviation's
safety before US. American airplane
manufacturers are going ahead build
ing planes, confident that the realiZa-
ton soon will come everywhere that
man can take care of himself as sure
Iy in the realm of the birds as in the
realm of the fishes.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-28

various groups and then for ''close-
ups" and expressing much amusement
at the persistence of the American
photographers, who went within four
feet of the pontiff and snapped him
smiling into the camera.
This occurred after the pope had
celebrated mass for the visiting Amer
lean Knights Of Columbus in the open
vatican gardens and had given holy
communion personally to each knight.
Vatican officials were amazed that the
pope appeared In these scenes for
about 20 minutes, and which proved
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-28
DENTAL MISFORTUNE.

No one would suspect the Princeton
Telegraph of boosting Grand river as
a fishing resort. yet this request Is
printed In the current issue. Anyone
who is fortunate enough TO catch fish
in the Grand river is requested TO look
carefully and see If the catch is wear
ing a new set of false teeth. If found.
please return to resident of Mercer
who had the misfortune TO lose his
newest set OF teeth while wading in
The riycr."-kansas City Times.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-28
SAWDUST AS BASIS OF FUEL

situation. BY means of a still. the
old moonshine variety. he says he
can force Iurrentine and Il high-power
diStillate from the SawduSt. He has
already cornered 1000 tons of saw
dust and Will begin operations at
once.
So certain is Mr.. HUFF of his dis
covery that he has applied for q
patent on the process. He further
Offers TO purchase the whisky stills
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-28


The national park movement, with an army OF
enthusiasts behind it, is one of the Invest causes
OF the times. That is why have established
since 1872 when the first national park in the
world, tn. Yellowstone, was created, system OF
ninetee" national parks and thirty-fve national
mOnulf4ntS.
Yes it is true beyond question that in general the
hundreds of thousands of yearly visitors to our
beauty spots of nature thrill with an emotion that
quite apart from understanding of the
before them. America has the nObest scenic mag
niticence that is easily accessible in all the world.
And among the greatest of its manifold values is
the fact that it is the record OF America in its
making. An appreciation of this magnifcence and
its values will add to its enjoyment.
To gain this understanding and appreciation is
of the several motives impelling the activities
Of the School of Wild Life Protection and PrOpaga
tOn at McGregor
The American frontier is no more Gone are
the buffalo herds that covered the great plains
Extinct is the passenger pigeon. Civilization and
wild life cannot exist together. The automobile
takes the tourist everywhere The arplane means
the end of the silent places. In few years the
American will have to 90 to his national parks
to the wild animal life of his native land in it's
natural surroundings. For the national park is the
wild life sanctuary of earth--the one and
only place where wild life is sufficiently free from
molestaton to hold its against man and civill-
cation.
So, to protect and propagate Wild life by keep
ing inviolate the national parks and by establish
ing more national parks is another purpose eXem-
plifed in the American school in the area pro-
posed for the Mississippi Valley National park.
This proposed national park lies in the north
east corner of Iowa and the southwest corner of
Wisconsin. The Mississippi divides it: the Wis
consin and Yellow empty into the Mississippi
from the east and west within the boundaries.
About 10000 acres land and water. including
1000 acres of Mississippi with islands, are under
consideration. There are 167l acres in the Wis
conSin State park at the mouth of the Wisconsin,
Mrs Martha B. Mum of New York has offered
10 give the 125 Iowa forming the scenic
keystone 1t is proposed that the federal govern
shall purchase for park purposes about
1000 acres appraised at about $2240O0.
Scenically. educatiomally and historically the
area is verify of national park honors. Geo
tionaI park. There is scenic national park
worthy of the name between Rocky Mountain in
Colorado and Lafayette in Maine. Railroads and
transcontinental automobile highways run close
hy There is river transportation. Big cities sur
round the site Fully 20O00C00 people are within
:: few hours OF the
The Mississippi Valley National park project in
NIL its qualifications is backed by the General Fed
GRAFTON of WomenS Clubs the Mississippi Valley
association and long list of organizations of
large variety
The attitude of the General Federation Of WOnl-
ems Clubs is typical. The work of this nation
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-28

An expedition Of American scientists
have just returned from a trip OF ex-
ploration in the West Indies. where
they made many remarkable discover
les. 1t has been generally supposed
that the thousands of islands. many
of them very small, in this general
group were raised from the sea At
some period long past. The scientists
found many fossils. however. which
show that the islands were once popu-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-28
Lust Imn Feet 70 Death

Bowling Green, Ky.-Two feet sep
arated Robert Fulton, oil well drilier,
from death. His employers, Il Cincin-
natl concern, had given up hopes Of
oil and ordered abandonment
Of the "dry" well wen go two feet
further" Fulton said. At the second
foot Oil was struck, and in the fire
which followed Fulton was burned TO
death.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-28
PrnnIInciatinn of 7

The pronunciation of the letter 2
as zee is an Alnericanism. The Eng
fish pronunciation is zed. from the Old
French zede. which in turn is de-
rived from the Latin zeta. the name
of the sixth letter of the Greek al
phabet. corresponding to the English
zed. Shakespeare in King Lear. act II.
scene 2. gives the English pronuncia-
ton, which is still in vogue: Led
thou unnecessary letter."
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-28
KNEW HE HAD OTHER WIFE
Mans Second Choice Asks to Go to
Jail With Husband, Saying She
Loves Him.

Baltimore, Md--"We love each 9th
sr dearly: send us 70 jail together.
please don't separate us" pleaded Dir.
and Mrs. James NJ. Moon to Magis-
trate Johannsen-
Moon. who admitted to detectives
that he is 4 bigamiSt. was arrested for
alleged resprtion OF his first wife and
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-28

It is true that out of the crosses
and vexations of life. its petty cares
and troubles as well as its great
griefs, Is to come the discipline that
makes souls fine and strong. But we
mistake our province when we allow
our own i'll temper and seifishness to
supply such material to our neighbors.
They will find all necessary hardships
without our adding to the number
Exchange.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-28
READING When promsy.

To read or study when tired or
drowsy is to strain the eyes to dan
gerOus degree. writes w. NJ. Carhart
in Public Health. Avoid evening study
whenever possible. If you are using
your eyes by artificial light be sure the
light does not shine directly into the
eyes, and try TO have it come from be-
hind and to the left side so as to avoid
the harmful glare
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-28
West Indian Animals of Old

lated with many animals larger than
any living today. Some of these are of
the rodent type which fiourished in
remote geological times The ques-
ton is. how could these animals have
found their way 10 the islands far out
at sea? It is calculated that they lived
about 100000 years ago. 1t is sup
posed. therefore. that the West Indies.
as we know them. were once connected
with the mainland or were parts OF .
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-28

Bolivia. The great metalliferous
mountain of Cerro Gordo de Potosi is
IS miles in circumference and about
$4,000 feet high. and its conical top
has been pierced by more than 5000
openings for silver Bolivia'S recent
silver yield has ranged from $4,000
to 10000 Kilograms (2,5OO,0oO to
100000 fine OunceS) a year.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-28
HEAVY LOSS OF
SUGAR STOPPED

mainder is held in storage for varying
periods, as dictated by business needs.
Can Be Prevented.
Having identified the injurious mi
cro-OrganiSmS, Doctor and Mrs. Ko-
peloff developed a method by which
the quality of a given sugar might be
determined in this respect. BY simply
consulting chart after a preliminary
analysis, one may now find out wheth-
er or not given sugar will deterfo-
rate or lose its sweetness in storage.
The sugars which are unsafe to keep
may be melted up first, the Sounder
sugars being held in storage with
safety.
Doctor and Mrs. Kopeloff, by max
ing archaeological examinations at ey-
cry stage of the sugar-making proc
ess, have found that sugar deteriora-
ton can be prevented by substituting
dry or super-heated steam Cor water
in the final process of washing sugar
in the drums in which sugar is dried.
0AAS~N ~NAitA bSoio- are
in their whirling suck up air from the
floor which may be contaminated with
germs. Also, it Is common practice to
make the color of the sugar lighter
by washing the crystals with water,
which may be contaminated with
mOlds and bacteria.
In the new process, 1t Is shown that
dry steam is successful in killing over
80 per cent of these avid moIds and
bacteria.
While the practice of steaming su-
CARS is not new one, the results are
shown to have a direct practical value
in eliminating losses which have been
a considerable factor in the American
bill for sweets.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-28
"TrimmerV

AS name for certain &inu OF
politician the word trimmer came into
use shortly after the restoration of
the Stuarts. 1t was used as a name of
reproach for a person who tried to
take two sides at the same time; "one
who runs with the hare and hunts
with the hounds" A more worthy
meaning was that the person 20 whom
it was, applied was a moderate. 1t
is said that in the reign of Charles
H.. a very able public man of the
time, Charles Montague, earl of Hal
fax. adopted the term trimmer to sig
nifty that he was neither an extreme
wing nor an extreme tory.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-28
POPE POSES FOR THE MOVIES
Pontiff Amused as photographer
Takes Groups and "Close-Ups"
in Vatican Grounds.

Rome.-For the first time in history
a nope has POSED for the motion pic
ture camera.
Not only was permission granted for
the filming of scenes in the Lourdes
chanel grounds, but Pope Benedict
took a leading part. posing first with
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-28
Saws Hooch Ate AWAY Boil.

Hammond, Ind..-One thing for
which the hOOch made in the Calumet
region Is valuable mas been discovered
by Capt. Thomas Downey Of the In
diana Harbor police. He raids three
or more noOnshine stills week and
says he knows whereof he speaks. He
has been afflicted with boiIS and ac-
cidentally spilled some cOniiscaied
hooch on one OF the hollis. Pain Stop
ped and the hOil was eaten away lay
the fiery liquid.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-28
Worlds Greatest Silver Mine.

In the district of Potosi in Bolivia
is the greatest silver mine the world
has known, and the production of gold
and silver since 1853 has been esti-
mated at more than S2.000O00,000. The
silver has been placed at not less than
80. 100000 Kilograms out of a total of
1880. 600 Kilograms for the whole of
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-28
Los Anoelss Man Confident He Has
Solved One of the Problems Of
the World.

George Van Buren, HUFF. known as
"The Sawdust King" because during
the war he organized the Q. X. Saw
dust company and utilized the waste
matter from lumber yards of Los An
geleS. has invented a process for fuel
which he says will JOLT the gasoline
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-28

four children in SOmmervllIe. Ga. sew
eral years ago. Wife No. 2 is being
held as a witness.
Moon said he met his second wife.
Miss Lille House of Chattanooga.
Tenn, while on a visit there. and af-
ter their marriage spent his time
equally beteween his two wives. His
first wife was ignorant Of his second
marriage, he said. but his second wife
knew of his former marriage.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-28
Rooster Just Like Mother.

ROo5IGT JUST LIKE MOLTIGT-
WinSted, Gonna yearling Rhode
Island Red rooster owned by Elmer
Robbins is brOoding a number of
chickens that weigh from one and Il
half to two pounds each. The young
rooster also fills mothers role by
calling the chicks when he uncOvers
worms. At night the chickens huddle
beneath his wings.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-28

and the moOnShiners' outfits which the
government has confiScated These
he says. can be utilized. To make the
fuel and the turpentine
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-28

great continent with mountains and
rivers, and the widely separated islands
are mere fragments of the original
body.-Boys' Life.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-28
inviting Battle.

Bob Hawley's married his cook"
Yes. he'd rather fight than eat
Judge.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-28
Went at Full Speed.

~Has Dick travelled much?"
Il should say so. He's been through
s'yo fort apes. - t5ostoa Transcript.