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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-12-22
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, Meeting.

An annual meeting of the stockhold-
of the Hancock County Fair Associa-
ers of the Hancock County Fair Assoc
citation will be held at the office OF ID.
F.. Robinson in Ellsworth. Hancock
county, Maine, ON the third day OF
January, at 1870 o'clock y. M. for the
election Of officers for the ensuing
year, and for the transaction or any
other business that may properly
come before said meeting.
E. F. ROBINSON,
Secretary and Clerk of said Assn.
Ellsworth, Dec. %. 1925.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-12-22
STATE OF MAINE.
Collectors Advertisement of Sale of
Lands of NOn-Resident Owners.

the town of Brooksville. in the
County of Hancock, for the year 1926.
The following list of taxes on real
estate of non-residents owners in the
town Of Brooksville for the year 1925
committed to me for collection for said
town on the seventeenth day of April,
remains unpaid; and notice is hereby
given that if said taxes, interest
and charges are not previously paid,
so much of the real estate taxed as is
sufficient to pay the amount due there
for, including interest and charges,
will be sold at public auction at town
hall, in said town, on the first Mon
day of February, 1927, at ten o'clock
a. m.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-12-22

The State grange has gone on
record as opposed to the proposed
scent gasoline tax. If the PROPOSE
ton was advanced, as suggested,
merely to get line on public senti-
ment," the proponents should be
we'll satisfied. We predict that the
legislature will hear nothing about
it next winter.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-12-22
COLUMN
TO LET.

E1VE-ROOM FLAT, CITY WATER
and electric lights; "a Birch ave- Caii
2O9. "a State street.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-12-22

Ellsworth merchants, to date, re-
port the best Christmas trade ever.
And they deserve it, for never have
they shown more attractive goods or
made better offerings to Christmas
shoppers. OF course, the fine condi-
ton OF the roads plays an important
part in this Christmas trade, but
even good roads would not bring the
shoppers if the merchants Of Ellis
worth were not alive
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-26
Blind Worker for Nations Blind
Has Realized Hopes of Her Childhood

tive years. With her father and sis
ter she went to Des Moines to live,
and there she undertook to keep house
for them. She did it. THAT was real
achievement she says. Il don't
know anything | have ever done that
has given me the thrill that came
from baking my first batch of bread.
To work it with my hands. measuring
the -four and salt and yeast; to feel
it soft and spongy under my fingers
after it had risen: to put it into the
oven and take it out when it was done,
and cut a slice to eat, warm and good
and crisp--that was thing to be
proud Of. | had become a useful mem
Der of society. I had contributed to
human wealth by the labor Of my
hands"
She did practically everything about
the house, and she loved it. 1t arched
her back and put a spring into her
step and brought little wordless songs
to her lips. She was no longer bird
with broken wing.
During this period she filled in her
spare time with the writing of short
stories and articles for magazines and
newspapers and with club activities,
She became president Of the Des
Moines Association of Workers for
the Blind, and she maintained her con-
nection with the State and national
organizations continuously. She was
instrumental in founding the Iowa
Home for Sightless Women. and 1t
was at this time, also. that she wrote
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-26
A RECORDER WHICH MEASURES PROPELLER POWER ON SHIP
MODELS ALONE.

use huge paragraphs commercial
adaptation of a nursery toy-in con
verting the dimensions and lines
which the shipbuilder provides, into
the form of paper templates. These
templates are cross. sections Of the
hull of the model cut at different sta
tions. Wooden patterns are cut by
use Of the paper templates. These
wooden templates are then mounted
securely in a special machine so that
sheathing can be nailed in position to
form a dummy model whose shape is
transferred to the real model by an
ingenious machine invented at the
navy yard.
This dummy model is placed in the
base of a mighty electrical molding
machine. With almost human intelli-
gence, this automatic apparatus accu-
rately measures the model in dozens
of different planes. These data gov
ern the activities OF keen-cutting
knives in the upper part Of the ma
chine. These knives carve an accu-
rate model from the redwood. Con
siderable of the finishing work has to
be done by hand. Ultimately the
model is completed. its joints being
cemented together with special water
proof glue. 1t is as accurate and per
feet a representation Of the proposed
ship hull as man and machinery can
make. 1t is protected with two coats
Of paint and one application OF var
nish, which render it impervious TO
water exposure.
Since the inception of the navy
Yards model basin some c,705 models
of naval and commercial vessels have
been tested This means an average
of about 100 testing jobs annually
Usually it takes about two weeks for
the naval experts to build the model,
conduct the towing tests. interpret the
results in accurate figures Of horse
power necessary to run the ship at a
certain speed. and prepare these tech
meal data for delivery either to the
United States Navy or to private ship
building corporations. You can gain
some idea Of the inestimable value of
these results to ship construction.
WHEN the model basin was first
" geared for practical tests Of this
kind the design of battleships of the
Georgia class was current. Tests OF
models Of this design. were begun.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-26

first cruise and developed $1,000 horse
power. Thus. although the displace-
ment Of the Tennessee was more than
twice as much as that of the Virginia,
and although her speed was greater
by more than two knots, yet the
power developed by the Tennessee was
less than half as much again as that
produced by the Virginia. This rela-
tive saving in power was due In part
to the advantage in propulsion gained
from increased length and partly to
the improvement in underwater ship
form resulting from model basin re-
search.
The navy yard test basin is respon
sible for the improved forms Of the
ships which are now in use. 1t has
specialized In Investigations. which
brought to light serious flaws in pre-
vious hull designs. Its experimental
ton and research have reYolutioniZed
ship architecture. 1t has also coop
Grated with other model basins In
answering the obstinate problems of
ship construction. particularly the
effect Of the length of the greyhound
or naval cruiser on it's resistance.
About 20 Of every 100 models tested
at the navy yard consist of the Hill
putian likenesses of proposed private
vessels, lnCluQlnS pressure SdlHtS
small commercial ships and seaplane
hulls. Many ship propellers have also
been tensted in miniature to 'leter-
mine their efficiency. The model sys-
tenn has proved itself to- be an !nval
liable source of accurate information
about ship propellers and their power
distribution. For example, the model
may be equipped with small electrical
motors of about one-eiyhth norsepow
err capacity apiece. Each motor is
harnessed to drive small metal pro
peller attached to shafting projecting
through the little ship below tie Wa
ter line exactly as on full sized yes
sell Recording devices are linked t.
this experimental set-up in such q
manner that they keep track of the
power developed and used in running
the toy ships
In the propeller tests, the models
are operated under their own power.
Curious to tell. the propeller of ship
acts to a certain extent as suction
drag and retards ship progress for
ward even though supplying the pow
er which moves the vessel. The pro
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-26
Model Basin at Navy ard Is Proving Ground of Ship P0W

cial type Of battleship. All the fea-
lures Of the mighty vessel are re-
duced to proper size and scale IN the
small model.
The model must also bear a cor
rect relation to the weight OF the snip
in order that it may float at a depth
representing the ships draft to scale
A 20-foot model of ship 4OO 1eet
long with a displacement of 5000 tons
would have a weight of one ton. This
is accomplished by suspending the
model on scales and adding ballast
usually leaden plates-to bring the
weight to the correct figure. This bal
last must be carefully adjusted TO
make the model float on an even keel
and also to bring the model to correct
"trim"-uniform balance at bow and
stern.
Corresponding reductions are also.
allowed for in the speeds at which
the models are operated in the model
basin as compared with the velocities
of which the completed ships will be
capable when they steam along the
traffic lanes of ocean travel. Thus the
model of a naval destroyer travelling
at a velocity OF 7.43 knots an hour In
the experimental basin is a typical
representation of the completed ship
speeding in open water at 35 knots an
hour. The battleship model being
towed in the test pool at about four
knots an hour is an accurately re-
duced picture Of an actual future bat
tleship gliding along over smooth
sea at q knots.
THERE is even an electrical wave
l. maker-an offspring of technical
originality-which is used to produce
waves of known trough and height in
order that their effects on the various
ship models may be studied. This de-
vice consists of a hinged bulkhead at
one end of the test basin.
Waves as long as 20 feet can be
produced by this cleverly perfected
apparatus. The effect of wave force,
intensity and velocity on the ship mod.
els can be surveyed only where the
small vessels move full head into the
waves. 1t is impossible to make OBJ
servations of diagonal wave influence
on the tiny test ships with the appli-
ances available. However, such fac
tors as the pitch and roll of the model
and the amer in which salt water Is
tossed as the ship plows through the
waves can be recorded. 1t is impor-
tant to ascertain whether the water
will be tossed aside or thrown over
the deck as the ship steams forward.
The Washington model basin Is
only surpassed in dimensions by one
in Hamburg, Germany-the largest
ever built There are several of these
proving grounds of ship passage in
use in England. France, Italy and
Austria are also lettering shipbuild-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-26

tached to the lower end of the YER
teal arm Of the balance, arranged in
such a way that pull from the model
stretches the spring. A previous cal
culation furnishes a scale by which
the record of the equilibrium pen may
be converted into pounds and frac-
tions of pounds.
After a run, the reading of this pen
gives the correction to be applied to
the weight on the scale pan in order
to measure the true resistance of the
model to its pull through quiet water.
A rough graph Of speed and resist
ance is maintained by the observers
in order that they may know what
test weights to use for the next run.
The values If speed and correspond
ing resiSta nee which result from
these tests Of ship models are sub
sequently turned over to expert
draughtsmen and computers. who
convert them into actual terms Of ship
speed and estimated effective horse
power. Effective horsepower means
the power which would he absorbed
by a tow rope in towing the vessel.
the shafting by the propelling ma
chinery. The shaft horsepower of
ship. by the way. is always greater
than the effective horsepower because
of unavoidable losses of energy in
the propeller.
THE models which are used in
these extraordinary tests are
made of California redwood and are
made a standard length of 20 feet.
Formerly, the models were made of
white pine, but because California
redwood is cheaper and entirely as
satisfactory. this material is now en-
ployed exclusively.
When Congress first authorized the
constipation of the Government model
basin. 1t provided that Uncle Sam
should also test ship models for com
merCial shipbuilders at cost. when
ever these agencies requested such as
sistance. Commercial firms have avail
ed themselves Of this national aid to
such an extent that nowadays
model Of practically every new vessel
which is built is first tested at Wash
ington before the keel Is laid. Our
National Capital, although some dis
lance from seaboard. nevertheless
eXerts a vital influence on ship con-
struction and design. The basin at
the Washington Navy Yard is the
official testing ground OF the Ameri
can shipping which clears from the
United States for the ports of the
seven seas.
The models are made from so-cahed
sets of lines" These are really
geometrical representations of the
shape of the various vessels at differ
ent positions along the proposed hulls
These "sets of lines" are really speci-
fication figures from which the ship
is built. Navy yard draughtsmen
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but particularly in the frequent
change of texts that made quickly use
less the few that were so laboriously
acquired Nearly everything must be
read aloud to her by some sighted"
person, and a sighted person was not
always available. Here was another
handicap to he conquered.
So it was with great eagerneSs that
Mss Hoyt realized that the coming
home of the soldiers blinded in the
World War had Weakened the public
to a fresh sense of interest and re-
sponsibility. The number of Amer
leans blinded in the Army and Navy
was not great. but it was sufficient
to cause the Red Cross to issue a call
, for volunteers TO learn the intricate
and fascinating process of making
Braille books. This was in 1919, at
the time when Mrs. Gertrude T.
Rider, in charge of the room for the
blind in the Library of Congress, be-
gan to organize the volunteer tran
scribers. Mrs. Rider asked Miss
Hoyt to help her, and Miss Hoyt as
scented gladly
But her days as a volunteer were
few. She was too efficient and adapta-
BILE, and too eager, and she gave all
her time to the work. So. in short
while Mrs. Rider realizing that here
was an unusual person. gave her the
opportunity to become paid as
sistant. The blind woman, Adelia
Hoyt, came into the room for the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-26
Ultraviolet in Pills.

r ULTRAVIOLET RAYS in pill form
may be a popular medicine Of the
future, according to statements made
recently at the British Medical Asso-
citation. The ultraviolet rays from
the sun are helpful in curing ricketts,.
II cholesterol. white, tasteless. odor-
less type of alcohol that constitutes a
part of living matter. is exposed to
ultraviolet rays II becomes ''ac-
tivated," and when introduced into
the blood it enables the intestines to
absorb the salts, lime and phosphates
required to build up bone. This radi-
ated cholesterol may be put up in
tablet form. and so may displace SON.
baths ana cod.iiver oil. 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-26

contains more than 1000 600 gallons
Of water
An efficient towing carriage. al
most as wide as the building itself,
operates back and forth along the
length Of the structure under cleo
trical and mechanical control. In
many respects, this carriage resem-
hles a modified travelling crane. 1t Is
operated by four 50-horespoWer cleo
trio motors governed by trolley wires
al the sides Of the basin. The towing
carriage can be run at speeds which
vary from one half a knot to Is knots
an hour. The carriage is equipped
with both electrical and mechanical
systems Of braking. Thus. II electric
itv fails, the mechanical brakes can
be applied to stop the crane. and vice
versa The effectiveness Of the me-
chanical brakes Is shown by the fact
that the towing carriage. which
weighs 40 tons, can he stopped in the
space Of 10 feet when travelling al a
speed Of eight ts-approXimately
Q Ia miles an hour.
The towing carriage, which daily
makes many scientific Journeys up
and down the basin. acts as marine
mule and pulls the ship models TO be
teeted--one at time. Mute. me.
chanical fingers record the story or
each trip In testimony winch science
alone can translate. The speed Of the
ship model is registered automatically
in each instance as well as the resist
ance Of the Tom Thumb vessel to its
onward course.
A special time pen marks on half
second intervals The length OF these
intervals measured by suitable scale
gives directly the speed of the car
rage. simultaneously. second reg
istering pen keeps tab on the condl-
ton of equilibrium of the balance by
which the resistance of the model Is
weighed in pounds. This balance has
a horizontal beam with equal arms.
from each Of which a scale pan is
suspended The ship model is at
tached TO a similar vertical arm. The
balance is set up with its axis cross.
wise Of the basin. Counter weights
are so adjusted as 10 bring the center
of gravity of the system into this
axis.
When a test is being made. a
weight liz placed in the appropriate
scale pan equal to the anticipated
amount of model resistance at the
speed at which the next run is to b
made. There il a light spring at
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peller only delivers about SIS per cent
of the actual power in the form OF
ultimately completed work. which is
put into it. Ordinarily. the average
ship is provided with about twice Is
much power as is really essential to
operate it under ideal conditions. in
order to allow for such unavoidable
losses as occur in the use OF propel
lers.
In all cases, the results of the trial
l. trips of the ships which have
been built have confirmed the fig ire $
obtained from previous model basin
tests as far as the accuracy of ship
instruments for measuring power
could verify the detailed data result
ing from Washington Navy Yard re-
search.
Briefly. the model basin recorders
are more accurate and precise than
any which are installed on shipboard
A prominent naval officer has written
a large book about the amazing oper
atoms at the navy yard. where the
speed and power of ghost sIips-ves
sells of the future. which have never
turned a wheel-are predicted from
miniature models.
Among the remarkable changes in
ship design which have been obtained
from the model basin experiments, the
dubious bow" of current construction
is outstanding National naval craft
built according to this plan are
equipped with bullying bows which are
shaped so as to offer minimum re.
sistance below the water line.
The United States Navy has profit
ed greatly from this recent improve
ment in ship design. Gradually mer.
chant vessels. treading the marine ar.
chitectural trails which Uncle Sam
blazes, are adopting similar styles in
underwater bow form in order to re-
duce power bills.
The standard length of the shir
models is 20 feet. No matter what the
length Of the vessel which the model
Stimulates. the model itself is always
240 inches long. Hence the scale OF
the model differs with each ship. A
battleship more than 600 feet long Is
reduced to 2O-foot model A com
mercial freighter, only one-half al
large, is also reproduced In a test
specimen which Is 90 feet over al
from bow to stern. Each model IL q
seometrical representation Of spe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-26
Blocked by Butterflies.

BLOCKED by a cloud of butterflies
was the experience of three trav.
elers in a light automobile in Ceylon
recently.
The butterflies descended with
smothering impact. says Popular
Mechanics. producing the sensation of
having been struck by a cotton ham,
mer. according to one of the party
who described the attack" The
wheels of the auto skidded and with
difficulty made Roadway through the
thousands of tiny bodies which COW
cred the car and its occupants. fore
ing the men to shield their faces.
The sitting encounter lasted seven
minutes, when the butterfly legions
were left behind. Millions Of the in
sects gather in close formations such
as this during migration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-26
BY GEORGE II. DACY.

A the navy yard overlooking
~ the Potomac is Washington
"A only swimming pool of
4 4 science proving ground
Of ship power-where lillipu-
tian models of proposed battleships.
destrovers and cruisers, as we'll as
commercial craft for transportation of
passengers and freight. contribute to
the advancement of engineering
science
This remarkable model basin of the
United States Navy has been writing
marine history for 26 years. This
history is not only set down in Gov
eminent records, but it also Is told
in the efficient changes in ship design
which have been consummated. Line
up an orderly and consecutive process
sion of naval vessels. designed and
built by the United States Navy dur
ing the last quarter century. Study
them closely. and you will note that
they constitute sequence Of stepping
stones in nautical achievement.
The Washington model basin is the
relatively unknown source Of much of
this seafaring accomplishment
Guesswork formerly governed GER
tain important features Of shiphuild-
ing The nautical architects and en-.
steam power would be required to
propel a certain new type of ship at
a given speed-until the vessel was
built and subjected to trialtest trips.
Power thus became the plaything of
doubt. Power was not subject to
direct calculation. The only effective
method of estimate was to compare
the proposed ship with others of sim
liar design which had previous
~ been built. II the new ship was
markedly different in speed and de-
sign from any others which had been
built, your guess was as good as mine
concerning her power requirements.
Speculation and guesswork were
guides of ship construction until six
decades ago. when an ingenious Eng
lishman. William Froude. demon
strated conclusively that the power
essential to drive a certain ship could
be estimated from the power required
for a model Of such a vessel. Hence
the first model basin in civiliza tons
diary was completed for service In
England about 1870. This place for
ship models to cut technical capers"
under the watchful observation Of
scientific eyes was so successful that
eventually all the shipbu.lding coun-
tries copied the English scheme. To
day there are two of these expert
mental basins in the United States
one at the University of Michigan.
the other at the Washington Navy
Yard-whle England. France and
Germany maintain at least a dozen
others.
CONGRESS authorized our national
- model basin in 1896. but it was
not until four years later that the
Enclosed pool~--wonder - k i ste /.
concrete and electrical and mechan-
ical autOmdtonS--WaS 'cauT fol active
service. A vast concrete tank was
built with a water surface 40 feet
long, AZ feet wide. and IA feet deep
along the central line. The surface
Of the technical pool shelves abruptly
to a bottom width about one-fifth its
surface transverse. This indoor basin
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and shortly shipbuilding science dis
covered that improvements could he
made in the shape of the hull which
would result in reduction of 1000
horsepower in the amount required to
operate such a ship at her maximum
speed. This infornla ton resulted in
subsequent changes in design which
saved millions of tons of coal and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-26

the story called After Graduation"
which has been often reprinted and
translated into other languages abroad
\ \
TN 1918 she came to Washington and
l. the years that followed were a
repetition of those in Des Moines. AL
ways she chafed at the limitation
that were hers and those of others like
her, because there were so few books
to read in Braille. In school she had
had constant problem, not only in
the lack of adequate numbers of books.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-26

he contrasted with the Tennessee. one
of our latest electrically driven battle
ships. The normal displacement Of
the Virginia was $4,000 tons. Of the
Tennessee $1,000 tons. Upon her trial
trip the Virginia made 1901 knots an
hour and developed 20.300 horsepower.
The Tennessee. on the other hand.
ran at speed of 21.22 knots on her