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The New York herald., 1922-04-04
MOVE TO RECONDITION
( FORMER GERMAN LINERS
Ask Specifications for Mount
Vernon and Agomemnon.

wAsHINoroN. April 3.--W. r. Gibbs
OF Gibbs Brothers. in charge OF recon-
ditionlng the liner Leviathan, has been
asked by the Shipping Board TO prepare
specifications for the reconditioning OF
the Agamemnon. formerly the Kaiser
wilhelm IL. and the Mount Vernon. for
merly the Kronprinzessin Cecilie.
IL the cost OF reconditioning Is not
prohibitive the ships may be placed in
the North Atlantic passenger service
with the Leviathan.
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TO INSPECT CUTTER MoDoC.
New Unit OF Coast Guard Ice Pa
troll ON way 10 washington.

4. WASHINGTON, April 3.--The new coast
guard cutter Modoc, built at Oakland at
= cost OF $750,0o0, is expected to arrive
In washington this week for inspection
before assignment to the North Atlantic
ice patrol, II was said to-day at the
Treasury.
The Modoc Is 244 feet long, has a
30 foot beam, is equipped with electrical
turbine driven engines capable OF de-
veloping sixteen knots, and carries a
battery OF two 5-inch guns and one anti
aircraft gun. The Modoc is Of the most
advanced and modern type OF coast
ruard vessel
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BY Independent Wireless Telegraph
Company. Inc.

tDstante given IN miles: position at noon
unless otherwise specified
Aeolus G3i sE Ambrose /. v Sd.
Arno Mendi 800 $ New York ! AN Cd.
Bird City G2J Sc Boston I'd.
Bridgctown 800 SE Scotland l. I'D.
Carlton 7S2 T. Hole IN Wall 3D..
Casey $50 II Hole In Wall Sd.
Centennial state /, ,325 - Ambrose i ist.
City or 81 Joseph co. u Ambrose l. v 3D..
Clan Buchanan f05 u Ambrose l. Sd.
collamer oil w Bordeaux LIST.
Conaort as Il Ambrose l. I'd.
Deuperata 2Si ENE Abaco I'd.
Devolente 1,215 NE Hole In Wall 3D.
Dochet $40 r Boston l. 3D..
Eastern Leader $50 Il Boston 3d.
Eastern Pilot lat 3s 70. lon 60 07 I'd.
East Side ITO Ambrose l. " I'd
East Wind 325 SIC Ambrose L v 3D.
Edith d57 Scotland !. Sd.
Editor G32 w Hook OF Holland -
Evelyn $40 s Scotland y v Sd
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WIRELESS REPORTS.

Str Ebro (Br), Valparaiso. sc. for New
York. Ia expected TO dock at pier AZ, North
River, foot OF Morton street, about AM
Tuesday.
Transport st Mihiel, Colon. &c. for New
York. II expected to dock at pier . Army
Base, brooklyn, about 0 AM Wednesday.
Str Crofton Hpil, from Montcvideo. &c,
will arrive Mt Boston Wednesday morning.
str Susquehanna. Bremen for New York
IL expected TO arrive Wednesday.
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Dangers to Navigation.

The two barges before reported In collision
with str Spauiding Saturday evening, sank
in about the following locations One barge
700 yards 1856 deg. true. from. Statue. Of
true, from the Statue Of Liberty.
BOSTON, April 3-Cutter Tampa relieved
cutter Seneca on ice patrol. lat Al 40. lon
80 80, to-day: heavy ice fields extend north
from lat 43 55, Ion 40 40: large berg
ported lat ~ 3s. lon 80 o. dangerous for
vessels TO pass south OF lat ~, between lon
40 and lon 81; no Ice reported west OF Ion
40 south of AZ.
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Str Kosmo (Br), Swinney tfrom Bombay
Philadelphia (residue) e)-Houlder, Weir &
Boyd Inc.
str Cold Harbor. Madden. Boston Gin tran
sit)-North Atlantic and Western Steamship
Co.
Str Delaware Robinson. Boston (generaD
Eastern Steamship Corporation.
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Winds OFF Atlantic Coast.

North OF Sandy Hcok-Moderate variable
winds and cloudy weather Tuesday.
Sandy Hook 20 Hatteras-Gentle variable
winds. partly cloudy weather Tuesday.
crate east and southeast winds and fair
weather Tuesday.
Disturbance OF marked intensity some
dirtance east of the Grand Banks and NOV
ing eastward.
East Gulf-Fresh east and southeast
winds: fair weather Tuesday.
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CAPE con CANAL LINE OPENS.

The Metropolitan Line service Of the
Eastern Steamsip Lines between New
York and Boston by way OF the Cape
Cod Canal will be resumed to-day by
the sailing hence, at r. NJ, OF the
steamship Calvin Austin. The Nortland
which sailed yesterday from Boston. Is
due here to-day. The service IL week
ahead or former schedules.
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NOTICE TO MARINERS.

Red fixed light established by lighthouse
tender Larkspur April !, 1922. TO mark
from Coney Island light station. Light Is
on mainnast 20 feet above water. Wreck
lies in 8 fathoms of water. with two masts
showing about 20 feet out OF water.
BOSTON. April 3-Capt Herbert of str
Merrimack. from Philadelphia. reported red
gas buoy In Pollock Rip Slue and Seventeen
Foot Lump white gas buoy not burning at 3
AM Friday
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THURSDAY. APRIL @.
TRANSPACIFIC MAILS.

Close at New York at PM as follows:
Japan and Corea Especially addressed
only) via Seattle. str EASTERN PRINCE,
April o.
Hawaii (4), Samoan Islands, Australia and
New Zealand, via San Francisco; also parcel
post mails for Samoan Islands and Aus
tralia. str SONOMA. April 8.
Hawaii % via San Francisco, str WILL
HELMINA, April Z.
Hawaii (t) and specially addressed mail
for Japan. Corea and China via San Fran
cisco; also parcel post mails for Fill ISL
ands str SdINYO MARU, April s.
Hawaii ~, Fill Islands, New Zealand and
Australia via Vancouver and Victoria, BIC.
str MAKURA, April 10 (s).
Japan, Corea, China, Siberia, French Indo-
China. Netherlands East Indies texcept Su-
matra) and Philippine Islands ~. via Seat
tie; also parcel post malls for Japan. Corea.
China, Siam, French Indo-China and Straits
Settlements, str SILVER STATE. April
10 (s).
'Ordinary (unregistercd) letters mailed up
to 3 Pm the next day will, provided there
Is no delay in the overland transit reach
Seattle In time for connection with the
steamer mentioned.
Supplementary mail accepted on pier.
4All classes OF mail. including domestic
parcel post, sent to Hawaii, Guam and
Philippine Islands by the above dispatches.
Mails OF the following dates, Kobe March
16 and Yokohama 18th, which arrived per
str Empress OF Japan, were dispatched east
from Seattle March 80 and due In
New York on the morning OF Tuesday.
April T.
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TRANSATLANTIC MAILS.
TUESDAY. APRIL I.


Europe, Africa and West Asia, via Cher
bourg and Southampton; also parcel posi-
mails for France and the countries men
MAURITANIA, s AN (sup $3.50 AM y.
Great Britain, Ireland, South Africa.
Maass and cape vsras Ss
Plymouth ana Cherbourg; also parcel post
mails for Great Britain, Ireland. France and
below Via Plymouth and Cherbourg. str
PANHANDLE STATE. 10 AN tsup II go
AM r..
WEDNESDAY, April. $.
Europe, Africa and West Asia Except
Lettonia. Esthoaia and prints for Great
Cape Verde Islands, Via Havre: also parcel
post mails for France and the countries
mentioned in note below. str PARIS, $50
Senegal and Gambia Canary Islands and
other parts or Yves. Africa must be specially
addresssd) Via Tcneriffe, Daser, Bathurst,
Grand Bassam. AKIN. Seccondee ana Accra;
also parcel post malls for Santa Cruz oe
Teneriffe. cadiz and Liberia, str NEW
Germany, Poland. Russia. Lithuania. Let
tonia and Esthonia via Cuxhaven, Danzig
and Lioau; also parcel post mails for Ger
Switzerland. Poland. Lithuania and Let
tonia. str PoLONIA. 1880 AN.
THURSDAY. APRIL g.
Ireland (other countries must be specially
addressed). via Londonderry; also parcel
post malls for Ireland. via Londonderry. str
CAMERONIA, AM tsup $50 AM ~.
Germany Especially addressed only). Via
Hamburg; also parcel post mails for Ger.
many. Austria, Czecho-Slovalda. Hungary
and Switzerland. str WUERTTEMBERG,
S 80 AM.
Italy (parcel post mails and specially ad-
dressed correspondence) Via Palermo and
Naples, str CANADA, 80 AM.
Lettonia. Esthonia and Finland Especially
addressed only. via Libau. Reval and
Helsingfors also parcel post mails for Fin
land. str WESTPORT, 80 PM
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HIPPING NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD

West Gulf-Fresh and strong southeast
and south winds: overcast weather and
local rains Tuesday.
Caribbean Sea and Windward Passage
Moderate northeast and east winds; gener-
ally fair weather Tuesday
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NEW YORK April 3-The time ball above
tho Navigation and Marine Engineering
School OF the Seamen's Church Institute, 2J
South street. dropped to-day eli exact noon,
18th meridian. or hours slow OF Greenwich
mean time. Any one desiring correct Green
wch mean time telephone Bowling Green
vnaO
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CLOSING OF MAILS

F0Te mails win close promptly indicated below pO Office and
a
!
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CABLE REPORTS.

PASSENGER STEAMERS ARRIVED.
ARABIC (Br), at Alexandria 1st.
BAY STATE, at Yokohama 30th.
METAGAMA (Br), at Liverpool 1st.
NIEUw AMSTERDAM (Dutch), at Plym
outh Sd.
PATRIA (Fr), at Gibraltar list.
SOUTHERN CROSS, at Buenos Aires Sd.
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PASSED CITY ISLAND.
Bound South.


Schr Gamble. Stamford. ct, for New York,
to the Scott Shipping Co.
Sclr General Torbert, Port Jefferson Tor
New York.
Schr Storm Petrel Sullivan, Me. via Provi-
dence for New York. to Gimartin & Co.
Schr Alice & Wilson, Nantucket for New
York. with fish.
Tugs Chas McCaffrey. with barges
Cat AS AND: Western, with sat 2:4o
PM); Hooper. with lat 1925 PM)
Battler, with 8 (at 4:40 PD: Edmond J
Moran, with Cat :15 PM 1st).
Motor barge Choctaw tat 10:45 AND.
Bound East.
Schr Laura Annie Barnes. st Marc for
Stamford, CT.
Schr Henry ii Chamberlain, Perth Amooy
for Eastport tpassed 1sD.
Tugs NJ A Baxter. light (at e:25 AND
Underwater, with barges (at 4 80 PM) /;
Bulley, with o lat :55 PM).
Passed East LIST, tugs Aries. with barges
Cat 10 PM): Henrico, with lat 3 80 PM) /;
Frederick T Keller, with (at 1880 PM.
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FOREIGN WEATHER CABLE
GRAMS

CAPE RACE, NF, April barometer at
noon 20 55 inches; wind. NE, strong breeze;
weather. dull and hazy; temperature. 3s deg
Fair.
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PASSENGER STEAMERS SAILED.

MCCALL HELLAS Greek. from Patras
25th for Nesv York.
MELITA (Br), from Liverpool 1st for st
John, NIB.
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Juan. str MARGARET. ii AN (sup - Mp.
81 Thomas. 81 Croix. st kits. Nevis,
SABA, st Martins, s. Eustatius. Antigua.
Montserrat Guadeloupe. Dominica, Martin
iaue. st Lucia. Barbados and Guiana Gre
na6a, st Vincent and Trinidad must be spe-
cially addressed) Via st Thomas. 81 Croix,
81 kits. Antigua Guadeloupe. Dominica.
Martinique. ST Lucia and Barbados. str
Haiti (except Cape Haiti and Port dc
Paix). Canal Zone, Panama. Salvador
(priats. SCI. Nicaragua Except East COAST.
Amapaa CITY, Choluteca (also prints, &C,
In Honduras, Cauca and Narino Departments
OF Colombia. Ecuador and letter mail for
Peru lexcept Iqutos). Bolivia and Chile
tother parts OF Honduras and letter mail for
Port au Prince and Cristobal, str COLON
,sea post), II 80 AM (sup 80 PMD.
Canal Zone. Panama, Salvador (prints.
&c), Nicaragua Except East COAST ANA
Nacaome Tegucigalpa and Yuscaran) in
Honduras Cauca and Narino departments of
Colombia, Ecuador and letter mail for Peru
(except Iquitos), Bolivia and Chile (other
vador must be specially Addressed. via
Crstobal. str LEWIS LUCkENBACH. PM
Csup PMD.
THURSDAY, APRIL G.
Yucatan and Campeche (Cuba and other
parts of Mexico must be specially addressed).
via Havana, Progreso, Vera Cruz and Tam
plco also parcel post mails for the Mexican
States OF Campeche, ChiapaS. Guerrero,
Hldalgo, Mexico. Morelos Oaxaca, Puebla.
RAMA, 8 AM %.
Turks Island and Dominican Republic (spe-
cially addressed only), via Turks Island,
Monte Christi. Puerto Plata. Samana. San
San Domingo City, Aqua and Barahona. str
MODENA, IL NJ.
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and Eastern an rus
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STEAMSHIPS. EXCURSIONS and TOUR,

Continued on Following Page.
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DROPPING OF TIME BALL.

The time given In the above table Is East
ern standard time and Il furnished by the
United States Coas' and Geodetic Survey.
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MAILS FOR SOUTH AND CEN
TRIAL AMERICA, WEST
INDIES, &C.
WEDNESDAY. APRIL 5.
TUESDAY. APRIL 1.

Bahamas Cncuding Inagua and Fortune
islands. via Nassau. str MUNARGO. 10
AM.
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Almanac for New York April 4.

Sun rises ... : 80 Moon rises. 10 81 AM
sun eets..... % Moon sets...i2 is AM
TIME OF HIGH WATER APRIL 4
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Santos. Argentina. Uruguay and Paraguay
Especially addressed only via Santos. Mon
tevideo and Buenos Aires, str CAMOENS.
$3.50 AN.
Bermuda via Hamilton. str FORT HAM
1LTON, 80 AM.
Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay Via
Montevideo and Buenos Aires, str Hell
LENES, 8 AM.
Turks Island and Dominican Republic via
Turks Island. Monte Christi, Puerto Plata
Sanchez, La Romana. San Pedro de Ma
coris, San Domingo City and Barahona. str
CATHERINE, 80 AM.
Jamaica and Colombia Except Cauca and
Narino Departments) via Kingston, Carta-
AOLA, . AM (sup $50 AM ~.
Porto Rico (ordinary mail only via San
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DIE THURSDAY, APRIL g.

Acropolls, Constanza. American Black Sea
Araguaya, Bermuda 4th. Royal Mail
City OF st Joseph, Lisbon I'D 20 d Mallory
City OF Yokohama. Hartlepool 24th,
Norton. Lilly Co
Fort Victoria. Bermuda 4th .Furness- Bermuda
Gen Geo w Goethals, Colon 10Th. Panama RR
Giuseppe Verdi Naples 22d,
Mcdonnell g. Truda
Mohawk Jacksonville Sd. ........ Clyde Line
Messiah, Liverpool iith...............1 NJ
Port Augusta, London 26th. .Funch-Edye
Santa Marta. Santa Marta 30th. United Fruit
Sarcoxie, Rotterdam 23d. nan. Cosmopolitan
Seydlitz. Bremen 2Jth,......N German Lloyd
Somerset. Hamburg .0th.........R T. Hague
Urbino, Manchester 21st Atlantic Transport
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SAIL TUESDAY.
Steamers Due in New York.
DUE TUESDAY. APRIL 4.

Steamer. From. Agents.
Almagro, Colon 25th. Pacific Steam Nav
Bayamo. Cienfuegos 2sth. ....... Ward Line
Britannia. Marseilles 18th. Elwell Co
Canadian Planter. Colon 9th,
Wilford & Mckay
Carrilio, Kingston 2sth. United Fruit
@ of Montgomery, Savannah 1st.. SIS Co
Comanche. Jacksonville ist. Clyde Line
Ebro, Colon 27th. Royal Mail
FL Sud. Galveston 29th....... Southern Pac
Harrington Court. Cherbourg 1sth.. -
Modena, Turks Island 27th. Columbus SS Co
Siboney Havana 1st,..........W Ward Line
Trinculo SOUTHAMPTON g7th.......R r. l. Hague
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DUE WEDNESDAY. APRIL s.

Barfond, Trinidad o6th. Caribbean SIS Co
Bayern, Hamburg I'D. ...... Hamburg Amer
Cape Henry Colon 2Ith. Att, Gulf & Pac
Citta di Messina. Lisbon a2d. Peirce Bros
Consort, Avonmouth 21st.....J II Winchester
Quaker City, Leith 18th. h............u Nav
ST Mihiel Colon 10Th. ..........U A 4
Stonewall. Palermo 18th. -. Garland SIS Co
Susquehanna, Queenstown 24th....U Lines
Winneconne, Madeira 10Th Foreign NJ ID
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-08
GLOBE ARTICHOKE \. DELLCACY.
A Desirable Addition to the Vegetable
Garden and Easily Grown.

Although not commonly grown i'm
northern gardens and not fully appreci-
ated by many as a food plant the Glo1e
artichoke is held to be a highly desirable
addition to the vegetable garden by ex-
perts at the New York experiment sta
ton. Geneva. where it has been grown
Guite successfully for a number of years
The ease of. cultivation and the vigorous
growth of the plant should recommend II
to both the amateur and professional
gardener, providing there is ample space
available as each plant requires about
1G square feet for proper development.
The edible portion of the plant is the
immature flower buds produced on a
strong, upright fruiting stalk which
stands above the foliage. The heads or
buds are cut when they have reached
their greatest size, just before the flower
experts the Globe artichoke Is easily
grown from seed sown directly i'm the
open ground. but this method of propa-
ganda is not recommended as the seed
tend to produce Il large number of
strains differing widely in productivity.
more satisfactory method is to remove
the suckers from the old roots in the
spring when the leaves have attained a
length of u to II inches Since vigOr-
Gus roots will send up from 16 to 20
suckers and since only five or six should
be allowed to remain, there will always
| be an abundance of new material for
young stock in an old bed. In removing
! the suckers it is advised to cut away q
! few roots with the young shoots and tC
| set the cuttings directly in the perma.
nent row. allowing four feet between
rows and between plants in the row.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-08
ANOTHER CLUE IN
PETERS SHOOTING
Indicates That. Peters Was Shot al
Home OF Walter s. Ward-Let-
ter Found In Auto.

WHITE PLAINS. y. Y, June s. -
Another clue tending to substantiate the
story of james. ]. Cunningham, race
track detective" that Walter $. Ward
shot and killed Clarence Peters at the
Ward home in New Rochelle on the night
of May 10 bobbed up today. The new
clue was in the form of a letter which
Benjamin Kendall, White Plains
garage employe. turned over to the au-
thorities with the explanation that he
founde it in the coupe of ]. Franklin
Burke of Scarsdale, left with him Mon
day night to be washed The letter read
in part. according to Kendall
Frank was there when it happened
and left at 1890. The glass that they
found in the driveway was not from
Wards car at ALL. 1t came from mine
Walt didn't arrive until $50 although
Beryl was waiting"
Mr.. Burke. who is connected with the
New York Wooden Co, said that the
letter had no bearing on. the Ward case
and that neither he nor his wife had at
tended a card party at the Ward home
on the night of the killing.
Mrs. Alfred Fl. Hook who lives across
the street from the Wards and whose
christian name, Frances. is abbreviated
to Fran by her friends, admitted to
newspaper men today that she was at
the Ward party on the night of the Peters
shooting. She said Mrs. Burke was there
also.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-08
NOT ALARMED OVER
YOUTH OF TODAY
Prof. Boas Says They Have No Back
ground of Stable Years - Spirit
of Daring Not Criminal

An appreciative audience including
nearly all the teachers of the Brattle-
boro schools with a sprinkling of high
school students and a few parents lis
tened to very interesting lecture on
Youth and the New World last
evening in the high school assembly room
by Prof Ralph II. Boas of the Central
high school of Springfield, Mass. Prof.
Boas proved to be a convincing and en-
tertaining speaker with a particularly
sympathetic understanding Of his diff
cult subject. ....-. .. ~
He spoke of the anxiety of many of
the older people lest the young people
of today. by reason of their restleSsness
and daring. were headed far from the
straight and narrow path; but he said
that his wide experience with boys and
girls of today had not led him to share
their anxiety. He asked his hearers TO
remember that the high school pupils of
today were in the lower grades when the
World war broke out eight years ago
and that they have no remembrance of
any time not filled with unrest and un-
settled conditions. no background of
stable years, as the older people have
known.
He admitted that it seemed depressing
to him that from one end of the country
to the other peoples clothes were just
alike Their hairdressing is similar,
they live in the same type of houses and
dance the same dances He did not won
der that the youth of today were at
| least trying to show a bit of individual
ity. lie said that many of the older
people Of today do not get their ideas of
youth from observation but rather from
reading the Sunday supplements.
He laid the responsibility for the pres
ent fOOlishness of the youth of today t0
parents and guardians who follow the
] line of least resistance and do not at.
tempt to enforce discipline or to under.
stand the problem. He recalled Edmund
| Burkes famous speech on Cancellation
! delivered in the days of the Revolution
| Burke's three ways of dealing with thC
| youthful American colonies still apply in
the treatment of American young men
and women. Burke said: We can
prosecute the spirit as criminal. we car
remove the causes of controversy or We
can make the best of the situation as il
/ presents itself" In the matter of you'll
/ he urged teachers and parents not to re-
gard the spirit of daring as criminal
| but to set reasonably advanced standards
! for the young people to go by. We mus
! realize, he said. that the world dc
| move and to meet the new condition,
| lend hand in creating new ideals to fl
n new situation.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-08
SEEING BY RADIO.
Scientist Says Wireless Vision Will
Soon BE Common

at will soon be possible to see as
well as to hear by means of electricity
This is the startling statement of
NilloIa Tesla. noted electrical engineer
and discoverer. writing on the future of
wireless in the Popular Science Monthly.
''relevison." Tesla declares, will be
employed as generally as telephoning-
As one listens to a, voice ut the other
end of the line. he will also see every
expression on the speakers face.
1T will be possible to see as well as
to hear either by the wireless telephone
or over the regular wire circuits. There
will be no limit to the distance of such
transmission, so that we shall be able TO
talk to a person in any part of the
world and watch his face at the same
time
"In a general way the instrument
used for television will closely resemble
the mechanism of the human eye.
The radio transmission of sound will
also be developed in the future far be
yond the present system. twill be pos
sible not only for any person with a sta.
tion to listen in. but also to transmit at
the same time to every other station.
have already accomplished this in my ex-
periments. Rutland Herald.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-08
STUDY BRIDGE PROTECTION.
Federal Warning to Smokers Who Drop
Fire on Wooden Floors.

WheH crossing bridge with a wooden
Iodr, don t drop lighted cigars or cigar
cites, warns the United States depart
ment. of agriculture, as it may start
IRE and destroy the bridge.
Many fires are started in such a man
ner by careless smokers. Most of them
are put out with small damage, but oc-
casionally Il large structure is destroyed
1t seems strange that a steel bridge
should be DESTROYED by fire, but heat
from burning floor may cause the de
struction Of whole bridge by soften
ing; the breaking of one weakened mem
Der viii cause the whole span to drop
into the river. On some large bridges
a watchman is kept on guard against
this danger. and in dry season fires
have been known to occur almost daily.
A committee composed of a repre-
sentative of he bureau and representa-
tive of the national board of the Fire
Underwriters. the humber and creosote
industry and The Engineering News
Record. an engineering, magazine, is now
investigating he subject and considering
the best means of protection.