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THE NAVY

In connection with the work OF
constructing the giant rigid airship
FRS for the United States by the
German government on reparations
account, 1t was stated at the bureau
Of aeronautics Of the Navy Depart
ment last week that the newly estab-
lished offlce of inspector OF naval air
craft at the Zeppelin Airship Com
pany. Friedrichshafen, Germany. Is In
charge of Lieut.. Commander G. Full
ton. Construction Corps, United States
NAVY. who has been detailed by the
Secretary of the Navy to this duty.
The IRIS. when completed. VIII oe
the largest airship in the worio ana
will be flown to this country across
the Atlantic by German crew ana
dei,vered at the naval air station,
Takehursk N. ]. It will have a cub.
ical capacity of 10000 meters. and will
carry thirty passengers ana q crew
I.seut. Commander Fulton has with
him q corps of assistants wnicn
he took to Germany from TINS coun-
try to aid in the work of inspecting
the ZR-3 in the course OF construc,
tim. According to the plans gold
beaters' skins will be used Tor the
gas contafner.
to note that more than a half milton
head Of cattle will make contrioution
toward the completion Of the nam
moth airship. Gold beaters SKINS are
secured from the intestfnes OF catte'
snS are the most impervious mem-
brane known to man.
when the ship 10 delivered to this
counfry At will be inflated with heium
ras. thereby obviating all posstpilEy
ofsits meeting the fate Of the HI-lSsed
ZR-2 and the Roma. notn oh wSics
were Inflated with hydrogen. w4iSn
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ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
By Maj. Arthur c. Duncan u S. R.

GERS and National Guard officers of
that area.
An official opening Of the first mu :
nicipal airplane landing field in the
state of Maine took place recently in
the town of Brunswick. Among
those present during the dedication
Army, officers stationed in the 1st
Corps Area, National Guard officers
and civilian airpiane pilots.
Practically every airdrome In Texas
has been visited by an xB-1A plane
18th Squadron has been using
these ships for Photographic, radio,
infantry contact. courier service and
bombing missions.
An Interesting experiment was re-
Gently conducted at Kelly Field in
connection with the DH-4B airplanes.
In an effort to find the best ship for
speed in the Goth Squadron, ten
mile race was flown by five ships.
After circling the airdrome in close
formation, the ships were aligned be-
crossing a signal was given and the
throttles were tammed forward. The
first ship back to the starting point
was to be declared the winner. The
ships crossed the line as II they were
propelled by the same motor. The
pilots reported that their motors
turned up between 1850 and 1,SOO
revolutions per minute.
Two classes were graduated last
month from the Air Service Mechan-
les School at Chanute Field, Rantone,
Ill. The first class, consisting OF
eleven armorers, will be distributed
as follows. Three to the Panama
Canal Zone and four each to the
Philippine and Hawaiian departments.
The second class, consisting of six
teen mechanics (airplane engine),
will be distributed as follows: Five
each in the Philippine and Hawaiian
departments, three to the Panama
Canal Zone, two to the mechanics
school and one to the Fifth Squadron
at Miechel Field.
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lation OF leases costing the govern
ment scot. 900 annually.
: With the governments transporta-
tion bill amounting to $4,000, 900, ex-
elusive of the Post Ofiice Department
there has never been any agency, act
ing for the government as a whole
with supervision over this tremendous
business. Now. under the director OF
the bureau of the budget. acting
through the chief co-ordinator, there
has been established a federal traffic
board. which has assumed authorita- :
tive supervision over the twenty-si1
government departments and estab-
lishments authorized to spend federal
money for transportation of persons
and supplies. This board is effectins
real economies through correcting
carelessness in r routing failure to
classify properly. failure to take ad-
vantage Of land grant rights. failure
to utilize the most economical meth
ods of shipment and routes and fail
ure to properly discriminate between
what should be expressed and what
should be sent by freight
standard Coatraet Forms.
b far the greater portion Of the
vast sums paid by the government for
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event that the commission is unable to report
direct continued work on the 1922 scale until
a supersedng scale is ready. ,...,...a x.
THE commission shail investsate eA
haustiyely every phase Of the coal industry; ~
1t shall reveal every cost OF production c ana
gress to confer authority for the most thor
oush Investigation and make appropriaatI99ns
necessary to do such work. The commission
establishment and maiatenance q industris!
waste due to intermlttency and instability. and
suggest plans for dependable fuel supply.
ators RS. have ave replied. Their reply Is saflicsntly
vague. but is interpreted by the White House SO
the United Mine workers met at washington
yesterday and Its reply may now be IN the
nanas If ths It
will not reply until they have seen the an
! The strike Of the railroad shopmen is
seriously affecting shipments of coal from
Despite the statement of the RAILROAD Labor
Board on July that the shopcrafts unions
shs BOARD 9%seh
to mean that the shopmen must must sp accept 1 the
further with them). Mr.. Hooper. chairman Of
the board and Mr.. Jewell big chief Of the
srs bsa ha IN Mr. srsd I
railroad executives to negotiate with Mr..
Jewell The executives at hrst refused the m
fore their representatives would talk to the
strikers representatives But on Friday mr.;
Of the two parties Into conferences. AS L
write this an sdjustment in the ,,,. very near ar
said to be on the seniority question. On July
10 the seniority privileges Of men remaining
The shopmen have been guilty of good
deal of outrageous behavior during the week.
heads and few killed. In Illinois. Kansas
and Missouri state troops have been sent to to
troops have been mobilized and are being held
in readiness.
by their chiefs similar to those issued to the
maintenance-of.waym men-namely, ITO con-
of the Labor Board under protest pending
efforts to obtain a satisfactory settlement"
classes Of railroad workers Especially the
maintenance men) more from sympathy with
their own s grievances. s | is observable. @ % AS to to
the probability of rapid spread of the strike
tions concerning the shopmen fail that is
guesswork. to be eschewed.
.oA., e-detector" S & has been Invented By re-
whether or not you are telling the truth,
hs sere hsa ensf. am m
the United States. 1t seems that there is only
by the fesera IN
Louisiana. which has capacity for only 200
patients.
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Miseellaneous.-The Hague conference, we
are told. merely awaits the coup de grace of
a resolution to adjourn sine die. 1t does not
deserve an obituary notice.
The rebellion in Paraguay continues.
Greece has been compelled to resort to a
forced loan of $50. 100000. Consult the oracle!
Sun Yat-Sen remains aboard of his gun
boats. awaiting for the arrival back from
Kiangsi province of his principal forces on
whose arrival. says he. he will give Gen. Chen
KwangMing "tit' for the latter's tat"
The Yap treaty with Japan is in effect. rati-
fcations having been exchanged at Washing
ton July 13.
After exhaustive investigation and ex-
perience. using crack mediums, eminent
scientists of the Sorbonne declare that they
can find no such substance emanation as
"ectoplasm."
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fu,, IT will be a long. lean hungry
generation before we can see grand
mas knees and then grandma will
be under the daisies and the shame
less young thing now just come FROM
college will be officiating where
grandma now deplores the wicked
ness of the rising generation.
And the shameless young thing,
thirty years from now. will be yelling
her crown and bridge work loose at
some frivol of the girls of the day
Today when grandma sees the shame
less young thing from college, switch
ing the vestige of her caudal append
age, she is greatly shocked. Grandma
forgets the Grass indecencies Of the
Grecian bend and the Saratoga dip.
Grandma forgets the unspeakable in
decency of the hustle. And so in 1850
the grandma of that day will forget
that she Rmetimes flashed her knees
upon grandpa and SO lured him to her
lair.
But now these knees are to be turn
ed to weapons of peace; perhaps not
exactly plowshares or pruning hooks.
but something equally domestic. And
we mere men, who have salted our
eyes upon the beauties of nature,
will have to go back to the billboards
and the underwear sales for release
for our suppressed complexes- And
SO we have the first faint recession OF
the crime wave.
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Austria Is Bankrupt Politically;
u. S. Financiers Can Save Her

, workmen. In her very heart she has
her own Ireland She is preoccupied
with the vast problem of India and the
distressing complications in the Near
East. On the Continent her prestige
Is greater than that Of any other
power, but that very prestige engen-
ders fears. suspicious and 1ealousies.
Should Austria turn to France? The
quality Of the political power she
might borrow here would be open to
serious question. France Is chauvin-
istic and Is accused of ambitions for
least objectivity, perhaps, of any con-
tinental nation. She always looks at
every problem in the light of its effect
on France. To borrow political au-
thority from France might mean the
borrowing of quality of authority
| that would be as bad as bankruptcy.
The oid-time political and racial an
tagonism between Italy and Austria
makes the borrowing of political au-
J thority from Italy undiscussible.
| No Hope From Entente.
| II the borrowing Of authority from
the combined allies were to be con-
| sidered. from England. France and
| Italy. there are already such differ
ences between them that the result
would be disastrous.
| Where else can Austria GO? There
is vital political movement in AUS
tria favorable to q union between
Austria and Germany, but Germany
is financially bankrupt now and the
assassination of RatheRau indicates
| she Is in danger Of becoming politi-
ca1ly bankrupt as welL There are
apparently insurmountabfe obstacles
In the way Of a German union, and
at the same time It Is doubtful ii such
a union. under existing conditions
could produce the necessary results
| What remaining source IL there In
Europe? Czechoslovakia is fragile
and beset with many dinlculties, and
there is territorial antagonism be-
tween Czech. German and Austrian
Should disorder come In Vienna. and
It may come at any time, II Is not
| improbable that Czechoslovakia will
make a military move to restore or
der. She might make such q move
under mandate from the powers, but
l this would not mean the early recon-
I struction Of Austria, nor would II re-
lieve Europe from the danger Of an
Austrian collapse, with all its impii-
cations-
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Illustrations which could be widely
multiplied would all prove Austria so
bankrupt of political authority that
she hasn't within herself the power
souudiy to reorganize the economics
OF state.
Is it conceivable. then. that the
great crisis can be averted? Can the
magnificent city of Vienna, one of the
most important seats of culture in the
entire world, be saved from fate DIP
proximately that Of Petrograd? Can
the powder magazine of Europe be
guarded from the danger that would
come from the sparks of Vfennese
revolution? Can the danger be avoid
ed of lighting the flames of another
war? Such dangers lie in the possible
political scramble of Austria's neigh
bors il there be partitioning OF
Austrian. territory.
believe all this can be avoided. but
to do so will require such novel po-
litfcal measures, such new financial
adventures. and, withal, will demand
such prompt action. that there Is tbs
gravest danger, through inaction OF
financial collapse, social disorder, mil
itary occupation and territorial dis
ruption, with selfish, ambitious Eu-
rop. ,snarIing and fighting over the
spoils.
If Europe Is to be saved from tn!s
catastrophe, and believe 1t to be an
Immediately imminent catastrophe
some formula must be found by
which a nation placed as Austria Is
placed can borrow political author
ity. At the same time there will have
to be a loan of financial credit. The
amount of credit needed. however. Is
In comparatively light figures.
To whom Can She Turns
Where is it conceivable Austria
could borrow political authority? II
she should look to England 70 save
her, as the wisest political organiza-
tion in Europe. she would find that
power bound by such domestic politi-
cal difficulties as would make 1t i'm
probable that the British government
would or could undertake fresh re-
sponsibility.
At home the English government Il
confronted with a .-dinicult financial
position, coupled with q distressing
Industrial situation which has brought
unemployment to a million and hall
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.unn,ies is expended under. contract.
There has been no co-ordinatione De-
tween the contracting agencies OF the
various departments and Independent
establishments, and absolutely no CO.
ordination in many cases oet"een
branches of the same department.
The government has had no standard
form of contract. Each department
has its own methods and forms. ana
an also have different bureaus WITHIN
tbe departments. The board OF con-
+rac&s and adjustments has been or
ron;xed to correct this serious con-
d;,fon One of the most constructive
r.,u,ts of the work of this board VIII
he a contract manual which Will
serve all the contracting omceFs Oh
the government and will present to
them the fundamental requirements
of government contracts. Existins
reo,,,rements Of law governing con-
tracts have also been given very care
full study and it is probable tha'
recommendations will be made to
Congress for legislation that will
make procedure uniform for the vari-
Gus government procuring agencies.
Representative VIII r: Wood Of IN
diana. a member OF the House appro-
priations committee. has for years
been advocating such reforms in the
purchase Of supplies for the govern
ment.
Other co-ordihating activities, too
numerous to discuss in detail, include
the federal board of disqualification,
the federal specifications board. the
oo-ordination Of the government teie-
phone and cable operations. and she
restriction. control and co ordination
Of government printing plants and
sctivities has been touched n yet.
Budget Director Lord emphasizes :.
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AS | See 1t
Continued from First Page.)

avenue shops are down to shoe top
lengths. For four long and happy
years legs have been staples rather
than luxuries. They came in with the
war. The war worker had to have
room according to her strength, so
she shucked her shins. And being re-
neved she took the envelopes or her
knees, and finally, shed her petticoat
and reduced her corset to q compro-
mise between a liver pad and an elec-
trio belt.
Then man. seeing society backed into
the Garden of Eden. where mama
would be wearing a salad for an
apron, began to hedge in his admira-
tion. He was getting a plenty which
was more than enough of this Tor
to behold and for to see" business
about which kipling sings SO Well
And now down comes the skirt length
to the shoe tops. In another three
months there will not be leg worth
seeing on Main street from harlem
to the. Golden Gate.
So line up. gentlemen, get an eye
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sociaIisink the New Force.


Scientists are fretting themselves
sick because they are about to dis
cover a new force released by decom-
posing the atom, force vastly mote
expansive than steam. force which
will put power in every mans hands
vast physical power beyond the
dreams Of any human being today so
long as the world Is full of ladies and
gentlemen whose self interest is just
barely enlightened enough to keep
their back feet out of the trough, IL
they got a chance to hog it. The
worry of the scientists Is not without
reason. The great force that Is tip
toeing in the wings OF tomorrow
might be the element for the destr0c-
ton of a wicked and perverse genera
ton. The hand that would wipe. out
the state of a civilization is unit for
the knowledge stolen from. the high
gods, for. after all. wisdom is not OF
the head, but of the heart, and the
heart of man needs some general over
hauling and heavy repairs before It
will carry much more of a load.
II science can for a moment forget
about the decomposition Of the atom
which will release the new force. and
can hide its secret for another thou-
sand years, perhaps man will be ready
for it, But man has an awful lot of
steam on his chest and stomach full
of unassimilated electricity. and It's
no time to load UP on decayed atoms
that are full OF bilious complications
and poison gases. A little atom is. q
dangerous thing when 1t In decona-
posed. s3.s 50
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!. AIR SERVICE

Two-tnch gunnery planes were re-
Gently received by the air oficer Of
the LIST Corps Area to be used In
giving practice Nights to reserve om-
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THE ARMY

Under the auspices of the Aero
Club of Switzerland, the Army team
entered in the Gordon Bennett inter-
national balloon race departed for
Geneva last week. The team is
latter part of July, spending the in
tervening time before the race, Au-
gust s, in the preparation of equip
ment and study of meteorological
conditions.
Through the courtesy of the
weather bureau. a table has been pre-
pared showing mean conditions of
direction. together with velocity at
various attitudes for this general Pc
riod of the year. The main concern
of the team will be to ascertain
whether the season is advanced, nor
NAL or retarded.
The balloon used will be the same
as that with which the national race
was won this year. Its dimensions
are 100 feet from basket to top of
bag and rs feet in diameter. The
capacity of the bag is $4,000 cubic
feet. and is rated to carry 1850
pounds of weight. A distinct char-
acteristic is a ring about one and a
half feet in width around the circum-
ference of the bag, which steadies the
bag much as deep-sea anchor, and
permits remaining in favorable air
currents of limited depth.
Headed by Maj. Oscar Westover.
Bond, "A. s., aide. and First Lieut.. w.
E. Connelly, A. S., the personnel is
the same as that which won the ma
tional balloon race in 1921.
Tech Training for Omcers.
Twenty-eight student officers of the
ordnance department are taking
course No.. at the Massachusetts, In
stftute of Technology and twenty
three are scheduled for course No. 2
at Watertown arsenal. Course No. l
embraces studies in differential equa-
tions, mechanics, heat engineering,
chemistry. specializing in explosives,
electrical engineering, power labora-
tory, preliminary machine tools and
ordnance engineering. Course No. 2
includes machine shop, forge. melt
ing Of metals, pattern making, metal
lurgy and Autobiography, shop man
agement. commercial law and arsenal
administratt tton. The courses, which
commenced early this month. will
continue until June of next year.
G. A. Course Opens September L,
Fifty-eight coast artillery officers
have been selected to attend the coast
artillery school for duty as students
in the battery officers course, which
will open September 1 at Fort Mon
roe, Va. The course is Of nine
months duration. and graduate of
the course is splendidly equipped to
carry on any problem involving coast
defense gunnery.
Regimental infantry Changes.
Some revisions of the tables of or
ganization have been made necessary
as result Of reduction in. the Army.
1t is believed that the howitzer COM
pany and battalion headquarters COM
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is highly infiammabIe. 1t is expected
that the work of constructing the
giant rigid will take approximately
year and q half.
The German government Is supply
Ing the IRA to this country in ac-
cordance with terms of reparatione
and Its delivery will take the place
of two smaller airships- which were
to have been surrendered to the
United States, but which were iiIe-
gally DESTROYED by Germany after the
U. q. 9. New York Wins Trophy.
Excellence In gunnery for the year
lsz1-1922 has been awarded the u S.
s. New York. which, in addition to
carrying the gunnery trophy. will be
entitled to paint a white letter "E -
denoting excellence. on each side Of
the coming tower
The California and Tennessee,
standing two and three in the battle
ship class in gunnery. will each be
entitled to paint red "E" on each
side of the coming tower, denotinR
their efficiency. A letter of commen-
dation has been addressed to officers
Of the U. S. S. New York by the Score
tary Of the Navy, together with let
ters OF recognition to officers Of other
battleships who, in the opinion of
their commanding officers, have con-
tributed most to the gunnery success
of their respective ships. Fifteen
battleships took part in the gunnery
contest for the year 1921-1922.
New Soundings Invention.
OF far-reaching effect upon deep
sea navigation is the DEVELOPMENT Of
new apparatus known as the sonia
range finder, which determines the
depth of the water by measuring the
length of time that is required for
sound oscillations to travel from the
ship to the ocean bottom and back
to the ship.
BY means of this invention accurate
measurements can be secured without
stopping the ship. The invention is
being tried out on the DESTROYER
Stewart on its trip from Newport to
Gibraltar. DR.. Harvey C. Hayes at
tached to the technical staff of the
naval engineering experimental sta
ton. Annapolis. who is in part re-
sponsible for the new equipment, is
making the trip on the Stewart, from
which the Navy Department has re-
ceived daily reports. all indicating
that the invention Is proving a COM
plete success. Soundings were taken
covering depths from 30 to $500
fathoms. ~
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Resimental infantry Chanxe..

OAAM8Ss
Some revisions, of the tables of or
ganization have been made necessary
as result OF reduction in. the Army.
It is believed that the howitxer COM
pany and battalion headquarters com.
pany of the infantry regiments will
be abolished. :
The regimental headquarters CONF
pany will be reorganized SO as to- Inc
clude an additional platoon. to be
known as the howitxer platoon. and
other changes are being considered.
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Putting the U. S.
On Business Basis

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stanaard Contract Forns.

b far the greater portion OF the
vast sums paid by the government for
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-10-24

Hygiene" before these ladies. The
Junior Red Cross exhibit which had
been displayed to the teachers of the
Newberry college summer school by
Miss Dawson, Red Gross worker and
Miss Lightsey was taken by Miss
Lightsey to the colored summer
school. The exhibit was shown for
two days and some health talks made.
Miss Lightsey enjoys the confidence
of the people of Newberry and it is
earned by the sterling work she has
done since she has been here. She
enjoys the distinction of having re-
NAMED in her position since her ap-
pointmert over five years ago. Few
nurses in the state have done this.
Last spring Miss Lightsey organized
a class for midwives and all those
persons practicing midwifery in the
county were obliged to attend these
classes. This work was discontinued
this summer but is to be resumed in
October. This is perhaps the first
and most Fundamental step in COM
batting the great death rate among
mothers and infants.
Attached is statistical report of
the work done for the month of Sep
tember, FOR the third quarter, and the
totals for the year thus far. Reports
ordinarily are dry and uninteresting
and We 90 not claim this one to be
an exception. The work would be
Just so to US were it not for the fact
that we are dealing with problems
that concern life and death. The re-
suits obtained are difficult to write
and are to be found only in the COL
umn of elves. lost and found
E. Paul Knots.
County Health Officer.